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BRIGHTON by TimWebb

BRIGHTON - ON : 105654

Built 1903, by William Denny and Bros, Dumbarton (Yard # 683) as BRIGHTON

GRT : 1129 / DWT : ??

Overall Length : 83.4 metres x Beam 10.4 metres.

Machinery : 3 shafts each driven by a Parsons Steam Turbine manufactured by Parsons Marine Turbine Co. Ltd., Newcastle

Speed : 21.0 knots

History POR = Port of Registry

1903: BRIGHTON : London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Co : POR Newhaven

1910: Brighton collided with the German five-masted ship Preussen. The Preussen was badly damaged in the initial collision and, when being brought back to port by a tug, was caught in a November storm that broke both anchor chains and led to the ship sinking. The Master of the SS Brighton was found culpable for the collision and eventually committed suicide in a London pub.

1914: Converted into a troopship.

1915: Converted into a hospital Ship with capacity for 140 casualties. During her period as a hospital ship, she made 973 voyages and carried 122,636 sick and wounded men.

1920: Returned to owners and returned to service on the Newhaven – Dieppe route.

1923: BRIGHTON : Southern Railway: POR Newhaven

1930: ROUSSALKA : Walter E. Guinness, Lord Moyne : POR Newhaven

1930: Converted into a private yacht. Steam turbines were replaced by 2 x 8 Cylinder Atlas diesels on 2 shafts. One of her two funnels was removed. Speed reduced to 15 knots (max).

1933: 25 August : Wrecked after hitting Blood Slate Rock, Freaklin Island after leaving Killary Harbour in fog. The vessel slipped off the rock and sank in deep water. Lord Moyne, guests and crew escaped the sinking vessel safely.

BRIGHTON photographed taken from a postcard dated between 1915 -1919 as a hospital ship.

Ship Details : Miramar / www.clydeships.co.uk / Book : Hospital Ships by Plumridge.

Barefoot In The Head - Brian W. Aldiss by Cadwalader Ringgold

Title: Barefoot In The Head

Author: Brian W. Aldiss 1925-

Type: paperback, novel

Publisher: Ace

Pages count: 280

Edition: 1st Ace

Cover artist: not credited

Publication date: June 1972

Cover Price: $.95

Magazine appearance: not listed

Comments: One of the better looking Ace covers from the 1970’s and typical of Ace not to credit the artist. The cover strongly reflects the theam and content of the book.

Culpability: All images are from publications owned of Calwalader Ringgold /\ Weazel. Image scanning, editing and compiling of bibliographic data was performed by Calwalader Ringgold /\ Weazel.

Death of Freddie Gray by Newsillustrator - Rich Johnson

Sketches from the courtroom of the first trial of the Baltimore police officers accused of being culpable in the death of Freddie Gray. www.washingtonpost.com/news/drawing-dc-together/

Cairo - Mosque Mohamed Ali by pepandtim

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The Postcard

A postally unused carte postale that was published by Lehnert & Landrock of Cairo. The card has a divided back.

Lehnert & Landrock

Lehnert & Landrock was a photographic studio run by Rudolf Franz Lehnert and Ernst Heinrich Landrock.

They were active in Tunisia and Egypt in the early 20th. century, and were noted for producing Orientalist images.

Rudolf Franz Lehnert and Ernst Heinrich Landrock produced images of North African people, landscapes, and architecture for a primarily European audience.

These images were mainly distributed in monographs, although they also produced original prints, photogravures, and lithographic postcards.

Muhammad Ali Pasha

Muhammad Ali Pasha (Arabic: محمد علي باشا), was born in Kavala on the 4th. March 1769. He was the Albanian Ottoman governor, and the de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848.

He is considered to be the founder of modern Egypt. At the height of his rule, he controlled all of Egypt, Sudan, Hejaz and the entire Levant.

He was a military commander in an Albanian Ottoman force sent to recover Egypt from French occupation under Napoleon. Following Napoleon's withdrawal, Muhammad Ali rose to power through a series of political maneuvers, and in 1805 he was named Wāli (viceroy) of Egypt and gained the rank of Pasha.

As Wāli, Muhammad Ali attempted to modernize Egypt by instituting reforms in the military, economic and cultural spheres. He also initiated a violent purge of the Mamluks, consolidating his rule and permanently ending the Mamluk hold over Egypt.

Militarily, Muhammad Ali recaptured the Arabian territories for the sultan, and conquered Sudan on his own accord. His attempt at suppressing the Greek rebellion failed decisively, however, following an intervention by the European powers at Navarino.

In 1831, Muhammad Ali waged war against the sultan, capturing Syria, crossing into Anatolia and directly threatening Constantinople, but the European powers forced him to retreat. After a failed Ottoman invasion of Syria in 1839, he launched another invasion of the Ottoman Empire in 1840; he defeated the Ottomans again and opened the way towards a capture of Constantinople.

Faced with another European intervention, he accepted a brokered peace in 1842 and withdrew from the Levant; in return, he and his descendants were granted hereditary rule over Egypt and Sudan.

The dynasty he established ruled Egypt until the revolution of 1952 when King Farouk was overthrown by the Free Officers Movement led by Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser, establishing the Republic of Egypt.

-- The Death of Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali died at the age of 80 on the 2nd. August 1849 in the Ras el-Tin Palace, Alexandria. He was laid to rest at the Mosque of Muhammad Ali that he had commissioned himself.

Despite all that Muhammad Ali had done for Egypt, the immediate reaction to his death was noticeably low key, thanks in no small part to the contempt the new wāli Abbas Pasha had always felt towards his grandfather.

Eyewitness British consul John Murray wrote:

"The the ceremonial of the funeral was a most meagre,

miserable affair; the diplomatic Consular was not invited

to attend, and neither the shops nor the Public offices

were closed.

In short, a general impression prevails that Abbas Pasha

has shown a culpable lack of respect for the memory of

his illustrious grandfather, in allowing his obsequies to be

conducted in so paltry a manner, and in neglecting to

attend them in person.

The attachment and veneration of all classes in Egypt

for the name of Muhammad Ali are prouder obsequies

than any of which it was in the power of his successor

to confer.

The old inhabitants remember and talk of the chaos and

anarchy from which he rescued this country; the younger

compare his energetic rule with the capricious, vacillating

government of his successor.

All classes, whether Turk, or Arab, not only feel, but do not

hesitate to say openly that the prosperity of Egypt has died

with Muhammad Ali. In truth my Lord, it cannot be denied,

that Muhammad Ali, notwithstanding all his faults, was a

great man."

The Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha

The Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha (Arabic: مسجد محمد علي) is a mosque situated in the Citadel of Cairo in Egypt. It was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848.

Situated on the summit of the citadel, this Ottoman mosque, the largest to be built in the first half of the 19th. century, is, with its animated silhouette and twin minarets, the most visible mosque in Cairo.

The mosque was built in memory of Tusun Pasha, Muhammad Ali's eldest son, who died in 1816.

This mosque, along with the citadel, is one of the landmarks and tourist attractions of Cairo, and is one of the first features to be seen when approaching the city from any direction.

-- History of the Mosque

The mosque was built on the site of old Mamluk buildings in Cairo's Citadel between 1830 and 1848, although it was not fully completed until the reign of Said Pasha in 1857.

The architect was Yusuf Boshnak from Istanbul, and its model was the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in that city. The ground on which the mosque was erected was built with debris from the earlier buildings of the Citadel.

Before completion of the mosque, the alabastered panels from the upper walls were taken away and used for the palaces of Abbas I. The stripped walls were then clad with wood painted to look like marble.

In 1899, the mosque showed signs of cracking, and some inadequate repairs were undertaken. The condition of the mosque became so dangerous that a complete scheme of restoration was ordered by King Fuad in 1931, and was finally completed under King Farouk in 1939.

Muhammad Ali Pasha was buried in a tomb carved from Carrara marble, in the courtyard of the mosque. His body was transferred here from Hosh al-Basha in 1857.

-- Architecture of the Mosque

Muhammad Ali chose to build his state mosque entirely in the architectural style of his former overlords, the Ottomans, unlike the Mamluks who, despite their political submission to the Ottomans, stuck to the architectural styles of the previous Mamluk dynasties.

The mosque was built with a central dome surrounded by four small and four semicircular domes. It was constructed in a square plan measuring 41x41 meters.

The central dome is 21 meters in diameter and the height of the building is 52 meters. Two elegant cylindrical minarets of Turkish type with two balconies and conical caps are situated on the western side of the mosque, and rise to 82 meters.

The use of this style, combined with the presence of two minarets and multiple half-domes surrounding the central dome — features reserved for mosques built on the authority of the Sultan — were a defiant declaration of de facto Egyptian independence.

The main material is limestone, probably sourced from the Great Pyramids of Giza, but the lower storey and forecourt is tiled with alabaster up to 11.3 meters.

The external facades are severe and angular, and rise about four storeys up to the level of the lead-covered domes.

The mihrab on the southeastern wall is three storeys high and covered with a semicircular dome. A mihrab is a niche in the wall of a mosque, at the point nearest to Mecca, towards which the congregation faces to pray.

There are two arcades on the second storey, rising on columns and covered with domes. The forecourt measures 50x50 meters. It is enclosed by arched riwaks rising on pillars and covered by domes. A riwak or riwaq is an arcade or portico (if in front of an entrance) open on at least one side. It is an architectural design element in Islamic architecture and Islamic garden design.

A riwak often serves as the transition space between interior and outdoor spaces. As portico or arcade structure, it provides shade in hot climates, and cover from rain.

The interior of the mosque gives a great feeling of space. The use of two levels of domes gives a much greater sense of space than there actually is. The central dome rises on four arches standing on colossal piers, and there are four semicircular domes around the central dome. There are also four smaller domes on the corners. The domes are painted and embellished with motifs in relief.

-- The Tower Clock

There is a monumental tower clock in the middle of the northwestern riwak, which was presented to Muhammad Ali by King Louis Philippe of France around 1836–1840. The clock was reciprocated with the obelisk of Luxor now standing in Place de la Concorde in Paris.

It is a very simple tower clock with three trains, and no remontoire. A remontoire (from the French remonter, meaning 'to wind') is a small secondary source of power, a weight or spring, which runs the timekeeping mechanism and is itself periodically rewound by the timepiece's main power source, which is a mainspring.

Don't Pay by johnawatson

People across the developed world face huge hikes in power prices over the coming winter. These range from 4% in France but the EU average is somewhere in the region of 40%. In the UK, however, the riss is somewhere in the region of 400%. Yes, 400%! This is scandalous and we can't rely on the politicians (who are culpable for designing such an egregious system) to do anything about it. People will have to take action themselves. I support that. The meek don't inherit the earth.

En el caso Celebgate el segundo acusado se declara culpable by iphonedigital

En el caso Celebgate el segundo acusado se declara culpable iphonedigital.es/celebgate-fotos-phishing-segundo-acusado...

Anglican Division C, Row 7, Plot 8 by Discover Waikumete Cemetery

FATALITY AT THE HOSPITAL

DEATH OF A PATIENT.

A patient named Robert Muir, about 50 years, was accidentally killed at the Auckland Hospital last night. He fell or jumped out of one of the Hospital windows about 8 p.m., and sustained such injuries that he shortly expired. He was a wheelwright of Kyber Pass Road, who has a shop opposite Seccombe's brewery. He had been ill for some time, and it is supposed that in some way he eluded the vigilance of those in charge and jumped out of the window. An inquest was proceeding at the Hospital this afternoon, Sergeant Treanor being in charge.

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18990623.2.91

THE HOSPITAL ACCIDENT

THE INQUIRY.

After we went to press yesterday afternoon the following evidence was taken at the inquiry into the recent fatality at the Auckland Hospital, whereby Robert Muir lost his life: —

William Elwin, a patient in the Hospital, said that Nurse Pascoe left the ward and went into the pantry just before the accident occurred. Witness went out of the ward about two minutes after her, and shut the door behind him. This was the time the nurses generally got the drinks ready for the patients before nurses were changed. Witness went out of the building and down the steps, to go to the fever wards, and just then he heard glass breaking and a thud, and saw someone lying on the ground. A nurse came to the man's assistance, and he was then taken away on a stretcher. He had previously noticed nothing peculiar in Muir's demeanour. There was nothing to suggest that he was deranged or delirious.

Dr. J. H. Neil, assistant medical officer, stated that he saw Muir on Thursday afternoon. Mrs Muir was there. She was much distressed, and said that deceased wished to leave the Hospital. He told her that her husband could not leave without permission of the hon. physician, and that he would not leave without her being apprised of his discharge. There was nothing extraordinary in the conduct of Mr Muir. He said that there was no power to keep him in the Hospital. Mrs Muir made no suggestion of her husband being delirious, or that he wanted special watchfulness. Witness did not remember Mrs Muir's inquiry as to deceased's condition. He did not say that deceased was not seriously ill. Witness next saw Muir at about 7.45 p.m., when making his night round. He asked if he were getting on all right, and received an affirmative reply. When witness heard of the fatality he had not the slightest, idea of the identity of the man till he saw him in the operating theatre.

Nurse Lennard, charge nurse of No. 2 ward, deposed that she was on duty on the night of the fatality, which took place at about eight o'clock. He had dressed himself in the afternoon with the idea of going home. Witness accompanied Dr. Neil on his night rounds in No. 2 ward and the special ward, leaving Nurse Pascoe on duty. She was absent from No. 2 ward about five minutes, and returned to the ward before the accident. Shortly afterwards she went into an an adjacent room to write her report. Nurse Pascoe being then in the ward. Immediately after leaving the ward she heard a crash a.nd then rushed into the ward. She saw the patient's feet disappear through the window when she reached the foot of the bed. She did not see Nurse Pascoe on her return to the ward.

Nurse Pascoe stated that she was on duty on Thursday last from 3 to 8 p.m. Mrs Muir spoke to her, and said that her husband was light-headed, and that he wanted to go home. The patient did not give any trouble or make any complaints. At Nurse Lennard's instructions she brought Dr. Neil to see the patients at 7.50 p.m. She went through the ward to the pantry. Deceased was then sitting up on his pillows, and she put him down in the bed. He was then quite calm. She had just got to the pantry when she heard a crash. When Mrs Muir spoke to her in the afternoon she said that her husband was light-headed, and that he had said that they were going to kill all the old people off.

Edward Wolstenhohne, porter, deposed that he picked up deceased and carried him to the operating theatre.

Mrs Muir, widow of deceased, stated that her husband entered the Hospital at his own desire. When witness called on the Thursday he took no notice of her. She heard him make some rambling remarks, and he was apparently light-headed. He was aroused by her voice, and asked her to have him taken home. Witness told Nurse Pascoe the condition of her husband, and after she had seen him a doctor was sent for. Mr Muir said that he must go home, and the doctor soothed him, afterwards telling witness that he was not well enough to go home. Dr. Neil did not say that there was nothing much the matter with her husband.

This being all the evidence, the inquiry was adjourned till the ordinary meeting of the Board on Monday, when a decision will be given.

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18990629.2.43

An inquiry was held yesterday afternoon at the hospital, into the circumstances surrounding the death of Robert Aluir, a patient. who jumped from one of the windows of No. 2 ward on the 22nd inst., and died on the following day. The inquiry was conducted before the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, and evidence was given by the nurses in change of the ward, Dr. Neil, and two patients who saw the occurrence. The decision of the Board will be given at their meeting on Monday next. Mrs. Muir, the widow has been left in very straitened circumstances. She has a large family to provide for, and an effort is being made to assist her. A subscription list has been opened at the Great Northern Brewery.

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18990629.2.20

THE HOSPITAL FATALITY.

DEATH OF A PATIENT

VERDICT OF "TEMPORARY INSANITY."

An inquest was held at the Auckland Hospital yesterday afternoon into the circumstances attending the death of Robert Muir, a patient 51 years of age, who threw himself out of a window of ward two, on the northern side of the Hospital. Muir leaves a wife and family who live in Kyber Pass Road. Dr. Philson conducted the inquest.

Arthur Cash, carter, of Vincent Lane, and at present a patient at the hospital, was the first witness. He said that on Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock, he was in bed in No. 2 ward, on the northern side, opposite to deceased. Muir had been in bed, but witness saw him rise up and break a large pane of glass in one of the windows. He (deceased) then stood on a box, got through the broken window, and stood on the windowsill outside. A patient named Wilson tried to lay hold of him, but failed, and deceased jumped down on to the asphalt below, a distance of some 30ft. Witness heard no sound, nor did he see deceased afterwards. He did not know deceased, had never spoken to him, nor did he know the nature of his disease. Deceased had been in the hospital but three or four days. Witness did not consider him a troublesome patient or think that he required special watching. He did not see who was attending to deceased particularly, there being three female nurses in the No. 2 ward. There were no nurses in the ward at the time, one having just left about two minutes before the occurrence. The gas was lighted in the ward.

Dr. James Hardie Neil, house physician, stated that deceased had been admitted to the hospital with a letter from Dr. Hooper, to the effect that he was suffering from heart disease and pneumonia—this was on June 10. On examination, the heart was shown to be very week, and deceased, though quite rational, complained bitterly of shortness of breath and want of sleep. Under treatment Muir improved somewhat, and on the 22nd expressed a wish to go home to his wife and family, but was informed that he was not fit to go. Witness visited the ward on the evening of the occurrence, left it at ten minutes to eight, and a few minutes later was informed that a patient had thrown himself out of the window of No. 2 ward. Witness went down and found deceased in the operating room. He was alive, and showed only a few scratches on his hips, there being no other wounds or fractures. Deceased spoke deliriously, and was evidently in great pain. He was treated at once for shock, and witness sent for Dr. Haines, hon. surgeon, who was almost immediately in attendance, but found no injury but those mentioned. The patient did fairly well up to four o'clock on the morning of the 23rd, when he died in the presence of two of the nurses. Witness opened the body, and found a flabby, dilated heart. The cause of death was heart disease, accelerated by shock from falling from a height of 25ft.

The nurses not having witnessed the occurrence, no further evidence was called.

The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased had died from heart disease, accelerated by shock through jumping from a window while temporarily, insane.

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18990624.2.30

Another effort is being made to assist Mrs, Muir, the widow of the man who jumped out of the hospital window and was killed. Mr. Quinlan, of the Edinburgh Castle Hotel, is organising a benefit social on her behalf. She is left with four children in straitened circumstances.

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18990701.2.23

Was it Culpable Neglect?

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO18990701.2.5

No blame attached to the offficials

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18990703.2.53

Plot 8: Robert Coran Muir (52) 1899 – Coach Builder – Jumped out of Hospital window

ROBERT CORAN

MUIR

of Wigtownshire

Scotland

died 23rd June

1899

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Valley Of The Kings, Neferkare Setepenre Ramesses IX Tomb, Egypt. by PHOTOGRAPHY by DM & DBM.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_IX

Neferkare Setepenre Ramesses IX (also written Ramses) (originally named Amon-her-khepshef Khaemwaset) (ruled 1129–1111 BC) was the eighth pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He was the third longest serving king of this Dynasty after Ramesses III and Ramesses XI. He is now believed to have assumed the throne on I Akhet day 21 based on evidence presented by Jürgen von Beckerath in a 1984 GM article. According to Papyrus Turin 1932+1939, Ramesses IX enjoyed a reign of 18 years and 4 months and died in his 19th Year in the first month of Peret between day 17 and 27. His throne name, Neferkare Setepenre, means "Beautiful Is The Soul of Re, Chosen of Re." Ramesses IX is believed to be the son of Mentuherkhepeshef, a son of Ramesses III, since Mentuherkhopshef's wife, the lady Takhat bears the prominent title of King's Mother on the walls of tomb KV10, which she usurped and reused in the late 20th Dynasty; no other 20th Dynasty king is known to have had a mother with this name. Ramesses IX was, therefore, probably a grandson of Ramesses III.

His reign is best known for the year 16 and year 17 tomb robbery trials, recorded in the Abbott Papyrus, the Leopold II-Amherst Papyrus, Papyrus BM 10054 and on the recto of both Papyrus BM 10053 and Papyrus BM 10068. It has been suggested that the undated Papyrus Mayer B, dealing with the plundering of the tomb of Ramesses VI, may also stem from his reign but, so far, this remains conjecture.

During these trials it became clear that several royal and noble tombs in the Western Theban Necropolis had been robbed, including that of a 17th Dynasty king, Sobekemsaf II. Paser, Mayor of Eastern Thebes or Karnak, accused his subordinate Paweraa, the Mayor of West Thebes responsible for the safety of the necropolis, of being either culpable in this wave of robberies or negligent in his duties of protecting the Valley of the Kings from incursions by tomb robbers. Paweraa played a leading part in the vizierial commission set up to investigate, and, not surprisingly, it proved impossible for Paweraa to be officially charged with any crime due to the circumstantiality of the evidence. Paser disappeared from sight soon after the report was filed.

In the sixth year of his reign, he inscribed his titulature in the Lower Nubian town of Amara West. Most of his building works centre on the sun temple centre of Heliopolis in Lower Egypt where the most significant monumental works of his reign are located. However, he also decorated the wall to the north of the Seventh Pylon in the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak. Finally, his name has been found at the Dakhla Oasis in Western Egypt and Gezer at Canaan which may suggest a residual Egyptian influence in Asia; the majority of the New Kingdom Empire's possessions in Canaan and Syria had long been lost to the Sea Peoples by his reign. He is also known for having honoured his predecessors Ramesses II, Ramesses III and Ramesses VII. He also paid close attention to Lower Egypt and built a substantial monument at Heliopolis.

Ramesses IX is known to have had two sons: at Heliopolis, "a gateway was reinscribed with texts including the king's names and also those of the prince and High Priest Nebmaatre, who was fairly certainly his son." Ramesses IX's second son, Montuherkhopshef C, perhaps this king's intended heir, who did not live long enough to succeed his father, took over the former KV19 tomb of Sethirkhepsef B in the Valley of the Kings. The throne was instead assumed by Ramesses X whose precise relationship to Ramesses IX is unclear. Ramesses X might have been Ramesses IX's son, but this assumption remains unproven. Tomb KV19, which was one of the most beautifully decorated tombs in the royal valley, had been abandoned by Sethirkhepsef B when the latter assumed the throne as king Ramesses VIII and one of prince Montuherkhopshef's depictions there "bears the prenomen cartouche to Ramesses IX on its belt" thereby establishing the identity of this prince's father. The tomb of Ramesses IX, KV6, has been open since antiquity, as is evidenced by the presence of Roman and Greek graffiti on the tomb walls. It is quite long in the tradition of the 'syringe' tunnels of the later 19th and 20th Dynasties and lies directly opposite the tomb of Ramesses II in the Valley of the Kings; this fact may have influenced Ramesses IX's choice of location for his final resting place due to its proximity to this great Pharaoh. While Ramesses IX's chief queen is not precisely identified in surviving Egyptian inscriptions, she was most likely Baketwernel.

In 1881, the mummy of Ramesses IX (nr. 5209) was found in the Deir el-Bahri cache (DB320) within one of the two coffins of Neskhons—wife of the Theban High Priest Pinedjem II. This pharaoh's mummy was not apparently examined by Grafton Elliot Smith and not included in his 1912 catalogue of the Royal Mummies. When the mummy was unwrapped by Maspero, a bandage was found from a year 5, mentioning the lady Neskhons, most probably from the reign of king Siamun. A further strip of linen from a year 7 identified the mummy as "Ra Khaemwaset" which can be taken as a reference to either Ramesses Khaemwaset Meryamun (IX) or Ramesses Khaemwaset Meryamun Neterheqainu (XI). But since an ivory box of Neferkare Ramesses IX was found in the royal cache itself, and Ramesses XI was probably never buried at Thebes but rather in Lower Egypt, "the [royal] mummy is most likely to be that of Ramesses IX himself." It is estimated that the king was about 50 years old when he died (but it is extremely difficult to correctly establish the age of mummies) and his mummy was found to have broken limbs, a broken neck and damage to its nose, which is missing.

In April 2021 his mummy was moved from the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization along with those of 17 other kings and 4 queens in an event termed the Pharaohs' Golden Parade.

The novel Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer is told from the perspective of characters living during the reign of Ramesses IX, including Ramesses IX himself. Most but not all of the novel takes place on one long evening in 1123 or 1122 BCE, during which the characters (including Ramesses IX) tell stories of the past. The majority of the book concerns the reign of Ramesses II, approximately 150 years before the night of the narrative; the Battle of Kadesh (1274 BCE) is in turn the central event of this sub-narrative.

CULPABLES - Cultura profetica Ft Gocho & Willy ♫ by M.Castillo \'

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Dejame notitas & seras mejor personita Jojojo :)

Death of Freddie Gray by Newsillustrator - Rich Johnson

Sketches from the courtroom of the first trial of the Baltimore police officers accused of being culpable in the death of Freddie Gray. www.washingtonpost.com/news/drawing-dc-together/

Captain Robert Falcon Scott by Aussie~mobs

Captain Scott's ill-fated South Pole 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910 - 1913.

The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. It was led by Robert Falcon Scott and had various scientific and geographical objectives. Scott wished to continue the scientific work that he had begun when leading the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic in 1901–04. He also wanted to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. He and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, where they found that the Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen had preceded them by 34 days. Scott's entire party died on the return journey from the pole; some of their bodies, journals, and photographs were found by a search party eight months later.

The expedition, named after its supply ship, was a private venture, financed by public contributions augmented by a government grant. It had further backing from the Admiralty, which released experienced seamen to the expedition, and from the Royal Geographical Society. The expedition's team of scientists carried out a comprehensive scientific programme, while other parties explored Victoria Land and the Western Mountains. An attempted landing and exploration of King Edward VII Land was unsuccessful. A journey to Cape Crozier in June and July 1911 was the first extended sledging journey in the depths of the Antarctic winter.

For many years after his death, Scott's status as tragic hero was unchallenged, and few questions were asked about the causes of the disaster which overcame his polar party. In the final quarter of the 20th century the expedition came under closer scrutiny, and more critical views were expressed about its organization and management. The degree of Scott's personal culpability, and more recently, the culpability of certain expedition members, remains controversial.

016- Juicio a una culpable- The costume of China…1805- William Alexander by Cesar Ojeda

Esta imagen pertenece a www.odisea2008.com

Referencia post:

www.odisea2008.com/2014/03/costumbres-y-vestimentas-china...

Nicole - "Culpables". by carolinadagach

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Making of Video Clip "Culpables" de Nicole.

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two by carolina_amos

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Nicole durante la filmación de su video CULPABLES.

Invasores by xaro gata

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Pena me da pensar que las próximas generaciones no podrán disfrutar del mar como nosotros, pero más pena me da pensar que nosotros tampoco lo hemos disfrutado como nuestros antepasados y no hemos hecho nada para poder remediarlo. Son ellas las invasoras o somos nosotros los culpables??

Casa de la Cofradía del Santo, Santo Domingo de la Calzada (la Rioja, España) by El senyor dels Bertins

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A la façana de la Casa de la Cofradía del Santo figuren els escuts del Corregidor de la ciutat, Diego de Ocio y Vallejo, i el de la seva esposa, que la van fer edificar vers 1556. Des de 1968 és l'Alberg de Pelegrins i seu de la confraria assistencial més antiga del Camí de Santiago. Fundada per Santo Domingo de la Calzada al segle XI, compta amb museu i un dels millors albergs a la Ruta Jacobea. Dins es crien els galls i gallines blancs que es col·loquen vius en el galliner de la Catedral en memòria del miracle del pelegrí penjat.

La llegenda del gall i la gallina

Al segle XIV pelegrina a Compostela Hugonell, un jove alemany de 18 anys que va acompanyat pels seus pares. En la fonda on s'allotgen treballa una noia jove que s'enamora d'ell i li requereix d'amors, al que el noi es nega. Despitada i amb ànsies de venjança, guarda al sarró del jove una copa de plata i després l'acusa de robatori.

El jove Hugonell i els seus pares es disposen a partir per seguir el pelegrinatge, quan arriba la justícia i comproven l'acusació registrant el sarró del noi. El declaren culpable i és condemnat a la forca. Els pares no poden fer res per ell més que resar a Santiago. De retorn a Alemanya, a l'acostar-se al cos penjat del seu fill per acomiadar-se senten com aquest els parla des de la forca i els diu que està viu per la gràcia del Sant.

Feliços i contents van a comunicar la notícia al corregidor que, just en aquest moment, està sopant opíparament unes aus. El corregidor naturalment es burla del que sent i llança la frase coneguda: «El vostre fill està tan viu com aquest gall i aquesta gallina que em disposava a menjar abans que em importunarais». I en aquest moment, les aus salten del plat i es posen a cantar i cloquejar alegrement.

D'aquesta llegenda va néixer la dita popular: «En Santo Domingo de la Calzada, donde cantó la gallina después de asada». Es tracta d'una llegenda molt similar a la Llegenda del Gall de Barcelos i probablement les dues tinguin un origen comú.

Pàgina a la UNESCO World Heritage List.

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"Terra Nova" - by Aussie~mobs

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Captain Scott's ill-fated South Pole 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910 - 1913.

Impeachment...House vote on impeachment rules...Intelligence Committee public hearings by Hughes Songe

Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body levels charges against a government official. Impeachment does not in itself remove the official definitively from office; it is similar to an indictment in criminal law, and thus it is essentially the statement of charges against the official. Whereas in some countries the individual is provisionally removed, in others they can remain in office during the trial. Once impeached, an individual must then face the possibility of conviction on the charges by a legislative vote, which is separate from the impeachment, but flows from it, and a judgment which convicts the official on the articles of impeachment entails the official's definitive removal from office.

Because impeachment and conviction of officials involve an overturning of the normal constitutional procedures by which individuals achieve high office (election, ratification, or appointment) and because it generally requires a supermajority, they are usually reserved for those deemed to have committed serious abuses of their office.[1] In the United States, for example, impeachment at the federal level is limited to those who may have committed "Treason, Bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors[2]".

Impeachment exists under constitutional law in many countries around the world, including Brazil, France, India, Ireland, the Philippines, Russia, South Korea, and the United States.

Contents

1Etymology and history

2In various jurisdictions

2.1Austria

2.2Brazil

2.3Bulgaria

2.4Croatia

2.5Czech Republic

2.6France

2.7Germany

2.8Hong Kong

2.9Hungary

2.10Iceland

2.11India

2.12Iran

2.13Ireland

2.14Italy

2.15Liechtenstein

2.16Lithuania

2.17Norway

2.18Pakistan

2.19Philippines

2.19.1Impeachable offenses and officials

2.19.2Impeachment proceedings and attempts

2.20Peru

2.21Poland

2.22Romania

2.23Russia

2.24Singapore

2.25South Korea (Republic of Korea)

2.26Taiwan

2.27Turkey

2.28Ukraine

2.29United Kingdom

2.30United States

3See also

4References

5Further reading

Etymology and history[edit]

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The word "impeachment" likely derives from Old French empeechier from Latin word impedīre expressing the idea of catching or ensnaring by the 'foot' (pes, pedis), and has analogues in the modern French verb empêcher (to prevent) and the modern English impede. Medieval popular etymology also associated it (wrongly) with derivations from the Latin impetere (to attack). Some contend that the word comes from the Latin impicare (through the late-Latin impiciare, impiciamentum), that is the punishment that in Latin antiquity they gave to parricides, consisting in throwing them into the sea confined in a culleus, namely a sac made of esparto or hide and covered with pitch or bitumen on the outside, so that the water delayed in entering; they sometimes confined some aggressive beasts with the convict so to increase his last torments ("Culleus, tunica ex sparto im modum crumenae facta, quae liniebatur a populo pice et bitumine, in qua imcludebantur parricidae cum simia, serpente, et gallo; insuta mittebatur in mare et, contendentibus inter se animantibus, homo maioribus poenis afficiebatur").[3]

The process was first used by the English "Good Parliament" against Baron Latimer in the second half of the 14th century. Following the British example, the constitutions of Virginia (1776), Massachusetts (1780) and other states thereafter adopted the impeachment mechanism, but they restricted the punishment to removal of the official from office.

In various jurisdictions[edit]

Austria Austria[edit]

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The Austrian Federal President can be impeached by the Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung) before the Constitutional Court. The constitution also provides for the recall of the president by a referendum. Neither of these courses has ever been taken. This is likely because while Austrian Presidents are vested with considerable powers on paper, they act as a largely ceremonial figurehead in practice, and are thus unlikely to abuse their powers.

Brazil Brazil[edit]

See also: Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff and Impeachment proposals against Michel Temer

The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil may be impeached by the Chamber of Deputies and tried and removed from office by the Federal Senate. The Brazilian Constitution requires that two-thirds of the Deputies vote in favor of the impeachment of the President and two-thirds of the Senators vote for conviction in the subsequent trial for removal from office. State governors and municipal mayors can also be impeached, tried and removed by the respective legislative bodies. Upon conviction, the officeholder has their political rights revoked for eight years—which bars them from running for any office during that time.

Fernando Collor de Mello, the 32nd President of Brazil, resigned in 1992 amidst impeachment proceedings. Despite his resignation, the Senate nonetheless voted to convict him and bar him from holding any office for eight years, due to evidence of bribery and misappropriation.

In 2016, the Chamber of Deputies initiated an impeachment case against President Dilma Rousseff on allegations of budgetary mismanagement.[4] Following her impeachment by the Chamber of Deputies and her conviction by trial in the Senate, she was definitively replaced by Vice President Michel Temer, who had served as acting president while Rousseff's case was pending in the Senate.[5]

Bulgaria Bulgaria[edit]

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The President of Bulgaria can be removed only for high treason or violation of the constitution. The process is started by a two-thirds majority vote of the Parliament to impeach the President, whereupon the Constitutional Court decides whether the President is guilty of the crime of which he is charged. If he is found guilty, he is removed from power. No Bulgarian President has ever been impeached. The same procedure can be used to remove the Vice President of Bulgaria, which has also never happened.

Croatia Croatia[edit]

The process of impeaching the President of Croatia can be initiated by a two-thirds majority vote in favor in the Sabor and is thereafter referred to the Constitutional Court, which must accept such a proposal with a two-thirds majority vote in favor in order for the president to be removed from office. This has never occurred in the history of the Republic of Croatia. In case of a successful impeachment motion a president's constitutional term of five years would be terminated and an election called within 60 days of the vacancy occurring. During the period of vacancy the presidential powers and duties would be carried out by the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament in his/her capacity as Acting President of the Republic.[6]

Czech Republic Czech Republic[edit]

In 2013, the constitution was changed. Since 2013, the process can be started by at least three-fifths of present senators, and must be approved by at least three-fifths of all members of Parliament. Also, the President can be impeached for high treason (newly defined in the Constitution) or any serious infringement of the Constitution.[7]

The process starts in the Senate of the Czech Republic which has the right to only impeach the president, and the Senate passes the case to the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, which has to decide the verdict against the President. If the Court finds the President guilty, then the President is removed from office and is permanently barred from being elected President of the Czech Republic again.[8]

No Czech president has ever been impeached, though members of the Senate sought to impeach President Vaclav Klaus in 2013.[9] This case was dismissed by the court, which reasoned that his mandate had expired.[10]

France France[edit]

In France the comparable procedure is called la destitution. The President of France can be impeached by the French Parliament for willfully violating the Constitution or the national laws. The process of impeachment is written in the 68th article of the French Constitution.[11] A group of senators or a group of members of the National Assembly can begin the process. Then, both the French National Assembly and the French Senate have to acknowledge the impeachment. After the upper and lower houses' agreement, they unite to form the High Court. Finally, the High Court must decide to declare the impeachment of the President of France—or not.

Germany Germany[edit]

The Federal President of Germany can be impeached both by the Bundestag and by the Bundesrat for willfully violating federal law. Once the Bundestag or the Bundesrat impeaches the president, the Federal Constitutional Court decides whether the President is guilty as charged and, if this is the case, whether to remove him or her from office. The Federal Constitutional Court also has the power to remove federal judges from office for willfully violating core principles of the federal constitution or a state constitution. The impeachment procedure is regulated in Article 61 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany.

There is no formal impeachment process for the Chancellor of Germany, however the Bundestag can replace the chancellor at any time by voting for a new chancellor (constructive vote of no confidence, Article 67 of the Basic Law).

There has never been an impeachment against the President so far. Constructive votes of no confidence against the Chancellor occurred in 1972 and 1982, with only the second one being successful.

Hong Kong Hong Kong[edit]

The Chief Executive of Hong Kong can be impeached by the Legislative Council. A motion for investigation, initiated jointly by at least one-fourth of all the legislators charging the Chief Executive with "serious breach of law or dereliction of duty" and refusing to resign, shall first be passed by the Council. An independent investigation committee, chaired by the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal, will then carry out the investigation and report back to the Council. If the Council find the evidence sufficient to substantiate the charges, it may pass a motion of impeachment by a two-thirds majority.[12]:Article 73(9)

However, the Legislative Council does not have the power to actually remove the Chief Executive from office, as the Chief Executive is appointed by the Central People's Government (State Council of China). The Council can only report the result to the Central People's Government for its decision.[12]:Article 45

Hungary Hungary[edit]

Article 13 of Hungary's Fundamental Law (constitution) provides for the process of impeaching and removing the President. The President enjoys immunity from criminal prosecution while in office, but may be charged with crimes committed during his term afterwards. Should the President violate the constitution while discharging his duties or commit a willful criminal offense, he may be removed from office. Removal proceedings may be proposed by the concurring recommendation of one-fifth of the 199 members of the country's unicameral Parliament. Parliament votes on the proposal by secret ballot, and if two thirds of all representatives agree, the President is impeached. Once impeached, the President's powers are suspended, and the Constitutional Court decides whether or not the President should be removed from office.[13][14]

Iceland Iceland[edit]

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The Constitution of Iceland does not provide a process to impeach the President of Iceland. The President can be removed from office by a three-fourths majority in Parliament and a subsequent majority in a referendum. Cabinet ministers can be impeached by Parliament and their cases are adjudicated by the National Court. Since cabinet ministers can be relieved of duty only by the President, a guilty verdict can result in only a fine or imprisonment.

India India[edit]

The president and judges, including the chief justice of the supreme court and high courts, can be impeached by the parliament before the expiry of the term for violation of the Constitution. Other than impeachment, no other penalty can be given to a president in position for the violation of the Constitution under Article 361 of the constitution. However a president after his/her term/removal can be punished for his already proven unlawful activity under disrespecting the constitution, etc.[15] No president has faced impeachment proceedings. Hence, the provisions for impeachment have never been tested. The sitting president cannot be charged and needs to step down in order for that to happen.

Iran Iran[edit]

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The Assembly of Experts can impeach the Supreme Leader of Iran and appoint a new one.

The President of Iran can be impeached jointly by the members of the Assembly (Majlis) and the Supreme Leader. A new presidential election is then triggered. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran's first president, was impeached in June 1981 and removed from the office. Mohammad-Ali Rajai was elected as the new president.

Cabinet ministers can be impeached by the members of the Assembly. Presidential appointment of a new minister is subject to a parliamentary vote of confidence. Impeachment of ministers has been a fairly commonly-used tactic in the power struggle between the president and the assembly during the last several governments.

Republic of Ireland Ireland[edit]

In the Republic of Ireland formal impeachment applies only to the Irish president. Article 12 of the Irish Constitution provides that, unless judged to be "permanently incapacitated" by the Supreme Court, the president can be removed from office only by the houses of the Oireachtas (parliament) and only for the commission of "stated misbehaviour". Either house of the Oireachtas may impeach the president, but only by a resolution approved by a majority of at least two thirds of its total number of members; and a house may not consider a proposal for impeachment unless requested to do so by at least thirty of its number.

Where one house impeaches the president, the remaining house either investigates the charge or commissions another body or committee to do so. The investigating house can remove the president if it decides, by at least a two-thirds majority of its members, both that the president is guilty of the charge and that the charge is sufficiently serious as to warrant the president's removal. To date no impeachment of an Irish president has ever taken place. The president holds a largely ceremonial office, the dignity of which is considered important, so it is likely that a president would resign from office long before undergoing formal conviction or impeachment.

The Republic's Constitution and law also provide that only a joint resolution of both houses of the Oireachtas may remove a judge. Although often referred to as the "impeachment" of a judge, this procedure does not technically involve impeachment.[16]

Italy Italy[edit]

In Italy, according to Article 90 of the Constitution, the President of the Republic can be impeached through a majority vote of the Parliament in joint session for high treason and for attempting to overthrow the Constitution. If impeached, the President of the Republic is then tried by the Constitutional Court integrated with sixteen citizens older than forty chosen by lot from a list compiled by the Parliament every nine years.

Italian press and political forces made use of the term "impeachment" for the attempt by some members of parliamentary opposition to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 90 against Presidents Francesco Cossiga (1991),[17][better source needed] Giorgio Napolitano (2014)[18][better source needed] and Sergio Mattarella (2018).[19][better source needed]

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein[edit]

Members of the Liechtenstein Government can be impeached before the State Court for breaches of the Constitution or of other laws.[20]:Article 62 As a hereditary monarchy the Sovereign Prince can not be impeached as he "is not subject to the jurisdiction of the courts and does not have legal responsibility".[20]:Article 7 The same is true of any member of the Princely House who exercises the function of head of state should the Prince be temporarily prevented or in preparation for the Succession.[20]:Article 7

Lithuania Lithuania[edit]

In the Republic of Lithuania, the President may be impeached by a three-fifths majority in the Seimas.[21] President Rolandas Paksas was removed from office by impeachment on April 6, 2004 after the Constitutional Court of Lithuania found him guilty of having violated his oath and the constitution. He was the first European head of state to have been impeached.[22]

Norway Norway[edit]

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Main article: Impeachment (Norway)

Members of government, representatives of the national assembly (Stortinget) and Supreme Court judges can be impeached for criminal offenses tied to their duties and committed in office, according to the Constitution of 1814, §§ 86 and 87. The procedural rules were modeled after the U.S. rules and are quite similar to them. Impeachment has been used eight times since 1814, last in 1927. Many argue that impeachment has fallen into desuetude. In cases of impeachment, an appointed court (Riksrett) takes effect.

Pakistan Pakistan[edit]

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The country's ruling coalition said on August 7, 2008, that it would seek the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf, alleging the U.S.-backed former general had "eroded the trust of the nation" and increasing pressure on him to resign. He resigned on August 18, 2008. Another kind of impeachment in Pakistan is known as the vote of less-confidence or vote of mis-understanding and has been practiced by provincial assemblies to weaken the national assembly.

Impeaching a president requires a two-thirds majority support of lawmakers in a joint session of both houses of Parliament.

Philippines Philippines[edit]

Main article: Impeachment in the Philippines

Impeachment in the Philippines follows procedures similar to the United States. Under Sections 2 and 3, Article XI, Constitution of the Philippines, the House of Representatives of the Philippines has the exclusive power to initiate all cases of impeachment against the President, Vice President, members of the Supreme Court, members of the Constitutional Commissions (Commission on Elections, Civil Service Commission and the Commission on Audit), and the Ombudsman. When a third of its membership has endorsed the impeachment articles, it is then transmitted to the Senate of the Philippines which tries and decide, as impeachment tribunal, the impeachment case.[23]

A main difference from U.S. proceedings however is that only one third of House members are required to approve the motion to impeach the President (as opposed to a simple majority of those present and voting in their U.S. counterpart). In the Senate, selected members of the House of Representatives act as the prosecutors and the Senators act as judges with the Senate President presiding over the proceedings (the Chief Justice jointly presides with the Senate President if the President is on trial). Like the United States, to convict the official in question requires that a minimum of two thirds (i.e. 16 of 24 members) of all the Members of the Senate vote in favor of conviction. If an impeachment attempt is unsuccessful or the official is acquitted, no new cases can be filed against that impeachable official for at least one full year.

Impeachable offenses and officials[edit]

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The 1987 Philippine Constitution says the grounds for impeachment include culpable violation of the Constitution, bribery, graft and corruption, and betrayal of public trust. These offenses are considered "high crimes and misdemeanors" under the Philippine Constitution.

The President, Vice President, Supreme Court justices, and members of the Constitutional Commission and Ombudsman are all considered impeachable officials under the Constitution.

Impeachment proceedings and attempts[edit]

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President Joseph Estrada was the first official impeached by the House in 2000, but the trial ended prematurely due to outrage over a vote to open an envelope where that motion was narrowly defeated by his allies. Estrada was deposed days later during the 2001 EDSA Revolution.

In 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, impeachment complaints were filed against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, but none of the cases reached the required endorsement of 1⁄3 of the members for transmittal to, and trial by, the Senate.

In March 2011, the House of Representatives impeached Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, becoming the second person to be impeached. In April, Gutierrez resigned prior to the Senate's convening as an impeachment court.

In December 2011, in what was described as "blitzkrieg fashion", 188 of the 285 members of the House of Representatives voted to transmit the 56-page Articles of Impeachment against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.

To date, three officials had been successfully impeached by the House of Representatives, and two were not convicted. The latter, Chief Justice Renato C. Corona, was convicted on May 29, 2012, by the Senate under Article II of the Articles of Impeachment (for betraying public trust), with 20–3 votes from the Senator Judges.

Peru Peru[edit]

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See also: First impeachment process against Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski speaks about the impeachment process against him

Poland Poland[edit]

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In Polish law there is no impeachment procedure defined, as it is present in the other countries. Infringements of the law can be investigated only by special Parliament's Committee or (if accusations involve people holding the highest offices of state) by the State Tribunal. The State Tribunal is empowered to rule for the removal of individuals from public office but it is not a common practice.

Romania Romania[edit]

The President can be impeached by Parliament and is then suspended. A referendum then follows to determine whether the suspended President should be removed from office. President Traian Băsescu was impeached twice by the Parliament: in 2007 and more recently in July 2012. A referendum was held on May 19, 2007 and a large majority of the electorate voted against removing the president from office. For the most recent suspension a referendum was held on July 29, 2012; the results were heavily against the president, but the referendum was invalidated due to low turnout.[24][circular reference]

Russia Russia[edit]

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The President of Russia can be impeached if both the State Duma (which initiates the impeachment process through the formation of a special investigation committee) and the Federation Council of Russia vote by a two-thirds majority in favor of impeachment and, additionally, the Supreme Court finds the President guilty of treason or a similarly heavy crime against the nation and the Constitutional Court confirms that the constitutional procedure of the impeachment process was correctly observed. In 1995–1999, the Duma made several attempts to impeach then-President Boris Yeltsin, but they never had a sufficient number of votes for the process to reach the Federation Council.

Singapore Singapore[edit]

The Constitution of Singapore allows the impeachment of a sitting President on charges of treason, violation of the Constitution, corruption, or attempting to mislead the Presidential Elections Committee for the purpose of demonstrating eligibility to be elected as President. The Prime Minister or at least one-quarter of all Members of Parliament (MPs) can pass an impeachment motion, which can succeed only if at least half of all MPs (excluding nominated Members) vote in favor, whereupon the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will appoint a tribunal to investigate allegations against the President. If the tribunal finds the President guilty, or otherwise declares that the President is "permanently incapable of discharging the functions of his office by reason of mental or physical infirmity", Parliament will hold a vote on a resolution to remove the President from office, which requires a three-quarters majority to succeed.[25] No President has ever been removed from office in this fashion.

South Korea South Korea (Republic of Korea)[edit]

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Further reading

Esin Ayirtman - Sugihara (2020) Chiune Sugihara ISBN 978-9464007862

Yukiko Sugihara (1995), Visas for Life, translation by Hiroki Sugihara and Anne Hoshiko Akabori, Edu-Comm Plus Editors, ISBN 978-0964967403

Yutaka Taniuchi (2001), The miraculous visas – Chiune Sugihara and the story of the 6000 Jews, New York: Gefen Books. ISBN 978-4-89798-565-7

Seishiro Sugihara & Norman Hu (2001), Chiune Sugihara and Japan's Foreign Ministry : Between Incompetence and Culpability, University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-1971-4

Ganor, Solly (2003). Light One Candle: A Survivor's Tale from Lithuania to Jerusalem. Kodansha America. ISBN 978-1-56836-352-3.

Gold, Alison Leslie (2000). A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara: Hero Of The Holocaust. New York: Scholastic. ISBN 978-0-439-25968-2.

Kranzler, David (1988). Japanese, Nazis and Jews: The Jewish Refugee Community of Shanghai, 1938–1945. Ktav Pub Inc. ISBN 978-0-88125-086-2.

Saul, Eric (1995). Visas for Life : The Remarkable Story of Chiune & Yukiko Sugihara and the Rescue of Thousands of Jews. San Francisco: Holocaust Oral History Project. ISBN 978-0-9648999-0-2.

Iwry, Samuel (2004). To Wear the Dust of War: From Bialystok to Shanghai to the Promised Land, an Oral History (Palgrave Studies in Oral History). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-6576-9.

Paldiel, Mordecai (2007). Diplomat heroes of the Holocaust. Jersey City, NJ: distrib. by Ktav Publishing House. ISBN 978-0-88125-909-4.

Sakamoto, Pamela Rotner (1998). Japanese diplomats and Jewish refugees: a World War II dilemma. New York: Praeger. ISBN 978-0-275-96199-2.

Staliunas, Darius; Stefan Schreiner; Leonidas Donskis; Alvydas Nikzentaitis (2004). The vanished world of Lithuanian Jews. Amsterdam: Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-420-0850-2.

Steinhouse, Carl L (2004). Righteous and Courageous: How a Japanese Diplomat Saved Thousands of Jews in Lithuania from the Holocaust. Authorhouse. ISBN 978-1-4184-2079-6.

Ten Green Bottles: The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of Shanghai by Vivian Jeanette Kaplan (St. Martin's Press, 2004) ISBN 0-312-33054-5

J.W.M. Chapman, "Japan in Poland's Secret Neighbourhood War" in Japan Forum No. 2, 1995.

Ewa Pałasz-Rutkowska & Andrzej T. Romer, "Polish-Japanese co-operation during World War II" in Japan Forum No. 7, 1995.

Takesato Watanabe (1999), "The Revisionist Fallacy in The Japanese Media 1 – Case Studies of Denial of Nazi Gas Chambers and NHK's Report on Japanese & Jews Relations" in Social Sciences Review, Doshisha University, No. 59.

Gerhard Krebs, Die Juden und der Ferne Osten at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 November 2005), NOAG 175–176, 2004.

Gerhard Krebs, "The Jewish Problem in Japanese-German Relations 1933–1945" in Bruce Reynolds (ed.), Japan in Fascist Era, New York, 2004.

Jonathan Goldstein, "The Case of Jan Zwartendijk in Lithuania, 1940" in Deffry M. Diefendorf (ed.), New Currents in Holocaust Research, Lessons and Legacies, vol. VI, Northwestern University Press, 2004.

Hideko Mitsui, "Longing for the Other : traitors' cosmopolitanism" in Social Anthropology, Vol 18, Issue 4, November 2010, European Association of Social Anthropologists.

"Lithuania at the beginning of WWII"

George Johnstone, "Japan's Sugihara came to Jews' rescue during WWII" in Investor's Business Daily, 8 December 2011.

William Kaplan, One More Border: The True Story of One Family's Escape from War-Torn Europe, ISBN 0-88899-332-3

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Immortal Chaplains Foundation Prize for Humanity 2000 (awarded to Sugihara in 2000)

Foreign Ministry says no disciplinary action for "Japan's Schindler"

Foreign Ministry honors Chiune Sugihara by setting his Commemorative Plaque (10 October 2000)

Japanese recognition of countryman

Chiune Sempo Sugihara – Righteous Among the Nations – Yad Vashem

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – Online Exhibition Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara

Yukiko Sugihara's Farewell on YouTube

Sugihara Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania

Interview Nobuki Sugihara

Chiune Sugihara at Find a Grave

Oh dear, what a terrible tragedy... by Eleventh Earl

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Oh dear, how fucking sad. One less right-wing piece of shit staining this planet with his vile hate.

**FILE** The Rev. Jerry Falwell speaks at the SBC Pastors' Conference on in a June 20, 2005 file photo in Nashville, Tenn. A Liberty University executive says the Rev. Jerry Falwell has died. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

He was actually pronounced brain dead thirty seven years ago...

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citizens vs. state by Dana L. Brown

LOGLINE:

Collective is a gripping, real-time docu-thriller that follows a heroic team of journalists as they expose shocking corruption in the Romanian national health-care system.

SYNOPSIS:

After an explosive fire claims the lives of 27 people at Bucharest nightclub, Colectiv, officials reassure the public that surviving victims will receive care in facilities that are “better than in Germany.” Weeks later, a rising causality count leads intrepid reporters at the Sports Gazette to investigate. Just as a crucial tip exposes Hexi Pharma, a local firm’s culpability, the firm’s owner dies under mysterious circumstances and the health minister quietly resigns amid the uproar -but this is only the first chapter in a thrilling, ever- twisting exposé.

Closely tracking the efforts of the Gazette team as they methodically discover layer upon layer of fraud and criminal malfeasance, Alexander Nanau’s COLLECTIVE is a fast- paced, real-time detective story about truth, accountability, and the value of an independent press in partisan times.

"When I started working on this film in early 2016, I never imagined that the year would be a major turning point for democracy all around the world. I never suspected that, by the end of the production, most of what could be said about Romanian society would be equally relevant for older, more established democracies, be it the UK, the US, Italy, Brazil, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, etc. There was a pattern of populists taking over, lying and attacking the free press, misusing state institutions in their own interest and perverting the very meaning of liberal values and social structures. 2016 tested democracies worldwide, but it also tested each and every one of us."

––Alexander Nanau

William S. Burroughs, Acrylic on Canvas by Steven Bower

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William S. Burroughs, acrylics on 18x24 canvas. A brief history according to Wikipedia:

William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs's work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition that marked the last fifty years of his life. A primary member of the Beat Generation, he was an avant-garde author who affected popular culture as well as literature. In 1984, he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.

In 1944, Burroughs began living with Joan Vollmer Adams in an apartment they shared with Jack Kerouac and Edie Parker, Kerouac's first wife. Vollmer Adams was married to a GI with whom she had a young daughter, Julie Adams. Burroughs and Kerouac got into trouble with the law for failing to report a murder. The murder involved Lucien Carr, who had killed David Kammerer in a confrontation over Kammerer's incessant and unwanted advances. During this time, Burroughs began using morphine and quickly became addicted. He eventually sold heroin in Greenwich Village to support his habit.

Vollmer also became an addict, but her drug of choice was Benzedrine, an amphetamine sold over the counter at that time. Because of her addiction and social circle, her husband immediately divorced her after returning from the war. Vollmer would become Burroughs’ common law wife. Burroughs was soon arrested for forging a narcotics prescription and was sentenced to return to his parents' care in St. Louis. Vollmer's addiction led to a temporary psychosis, which resulted in her admission to a hospital, and the custody of her child was endangered. Yet after Burroughs completed his "house arrest" in St. Louis, he returned to New York, released Vollmer from the psychiatric ward of Bellevue Hospital, and moved with her and her daughter to Texas. Vollmer soon became pregnant with Burroughs's child. Their son, William S. Burroughs, Jr., was born in 1947. The family moved briefly to New Orleans in 1948.

Burroughs was arrested after police searched his home and found letters between him and Allen Ginsberg referring to a possible delivery of marijuana. Burroughs fled to Mexico to escape possible detention in Louisiana's Angola state prison. Vollmer and their children followed him. Burroughs planned to stay in Mexico for at least five years, the length of his charge's statute of limitations. Burroughs also attended classes at Mexico City College in 1950 studying Spanish, "Mexican picture writing". codices, and the Mayan language.

In 1951, Burroughs shot and killed Vollmer in a drunken game of "William Tell" at a party above the American-owned Bounty Bar in Mexico City. He spent 13 days in jail before his brother came to Mexico City and bribed Mexican lawyers and officials, which allowed Burroughs to be released on bail while he awaited trial for the killing, which was ruled culpable homicide.[9] Vollmer’s daughter, Julie Adams, went to live with her grandmother, and William S. Burroughs, Jr. went to St. Louis to live with his grandparents. Burroughs reported every Monday morning to the jail in Mexico City while his prominent Mexican attorney worked to resolve the case. According to James Grauerholz two witnesses had agreed to testify that the gun had gone off accidentally while he was checking to see if it was loaded, and the ballistics experts were bribed to support this story. Nevertheless, the trial was continuously delayed and Burroughs began to write what would eventually become the short novel Queer while awaiting his trial. However, when his attorney fled Mexico after his own legal problems involving a car accident and altercation with the son of a government official, Burroughs decided, according to Ted Morgan, to "skip" and return to the United States. He was convicted in absentia of homicide and sentenced to two years, which was suspended.

Burroughs was cited by Robert Anton Wilson as being the first person to notice the 23 numerological phenomena, or "23 enigma," as it is sometimes called.

Wesleyan Division A, Row 5, Plots 14a & 14b by Discover Waikumete Cemetery

CRUSHED BY A BOILER.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT NEW LYNN.

While a new boiler was being tested at the Brick, Tile, and Pottery Company's works, New Lynn, yesterday, the temporary foundations collapsed, and the boiler fell, crushing beneath it a man named Robert Ezzy, and striking the supervising engineer, John Colinshaw, under whose direction the test was being conducted. As soon as the accident happened medical aid was summoned, and Drs. Carolan, Harding Porter and Dudley were sent for. Dr. Porter and Dr. Carolan were quickly in attendance, and it was found that Mr. Ezzy had sustained a fracture of one leg, and that his thigh was crushed. He was sent at once to the District Hospital, where he died late last night. The supports of the boiler had to be sawn away before he could be liberated. Mr. Colinshaw's injuries were also very serious. His face was shockingly injured, the nose being crushed, and his eye socket very badly fractured. Several pieces of bone had to be removed from the eye socket, and it is doubtful whether the optic nerve is not destroyed. The eyeball is intact. but terribly bruised. It is almost certain that the sight of this one eye will be affected. When Mr Colinshaw was struck he was knocked down, and when down was again struck by the boiler. An operation was performed by Dr. Porter, chloroform being administered by Drs. Carolan and Dudley. Mr. Colinshaw was removed to the Waverley Hotel, Auckland, where he had been staying. His condition gives the medical men some anxiety.

A man who was working at the boiler saw that the ground beneath it was collapsing, but he was unable to warn the others, as he was so alarmed that his speech left him, and he had scarcely time to get clear when the boiler fell.

Mr. Ezzy was a married man, and his home was at New Lynn.

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19060531.2.34

The remains of the late Mr. Ezzy, who died from injuries received at the New Lynn Pottery Company's works on May 30, were interred at Waikumete on Sunday. The cortege left the residence of deceased on June 2 at New Lynn, and was attended by members of the family and several members of the A.O. Druids from Ruckland. Rev. Mr Grieg officiated. Much sympathy is expressed for the widow. The late Mr. Ezzy was a trooper in the Australian Bushmen, and held the South African and Coronation medals, and was held in high esteem.

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NEW LYNN FATAL ACCIDENT.

QUESTION OF PROPER PRECAUTIONS.

RIDER BY THE JURY.

The inquest in connection with the death of Albert Ezzy, who died from injuries received at the New Lynn Pottery Company's works on May 30, was continued at the hospital yesterday morning, having been adjourned for the evidence of the Government inspector of machinery.

Mr. T. Cotter appeared on behalf of the superintending engineer, and Mr. Alexander on behalf of deceased's relatives.

Henry Wetherilt, senior inspector of machinery for the Auckland district, stated that he inspected the debris on May 3, the day after the accident. The machinery was then in a confused heap, but his observations led him to believe the boiler which came down had not been properly supported. Ultimately brickwork would have been placed round, and until that brickwork was in position other necessary supporting work was required. He would not have trusted the boiler to stand in the position it was in without efficient support. The result of his inspection led him to firmly believe that the boiler and its supports were not sufficiently supported nearest the engine-house. He would say that the kauri ricker, position of which was produced, was not a sufficient support. The outside of the timber should have betokened to a careful man that the ricker was unsound. Witness would have had six strong struts supporting the boiler structure. The leaving of the side nearest the stack of bricks unsupported was anything but prudent.

The Coroner: In your opinion, was it not the absolute duty of Mr. Cowlishaw, the superintending engineer, to see that the stays were in place, he having said he could not say when the other three supports were removed?

Witness: I should think a man's own sense of safety would lead him to see that the supports were in position. On Mr. Cowlishaw's own evidence I would not have trusted my life under that boiler to inspect it minutely. I consider it was the duty of Mr. Cowlishaw to see that the structure was sufficiently supported on all four sides.

The Coroner: Mr. Cowlishaw said the fact that the stays were placed where they were would not affect the stability of the structure, as they were placed there in the course of erection; and after the nipples, or connecting tubes, were bolted up the structure would have stood by itself. Mr. Cotter: And that will be our evidence. We have witnesses and produce photos, to show that a similar boiler erected at Ashburton was passed by the Government inspector when there were no supports whatever, beyond the actual structure itself.

Witness: Dock it not appeal to anyone's common sense that, those four long legs at the corners of the framework are not sufficient support?

Mr. Cotter: Mr. Cowlishaw has had long experience.

The Coroner: It is not a question of ability, but culpability.

The Witness: So many times in my experience have things been done in one particular way until there is an accident, and then they realise how lucky they must have been in the past. Long before that boiler was in the stage of erection it was the firm should have given me notice of it. I did not know there was such a boiler here until after the accident. They are not obliged by the Act to give notice, but every firm in the colony does give notice and supply designs, and we apply our formula and know what test to apply. I may be an extra cautious man, but whoever trusted their lives under these boilers in the past. I would not do it. I still say, notwithstanding that the nipples or connecting tubes were fixed, supports were absolutely necessary for, the complete safety of the structure.

The Coroner: Having in view the fact that Mr. Cowlishaw was in charge of this structure, and having in view the fact that the structure was not sufficiently supported on four sides, would you express to the jury your opinion as to whether Mr. Cowlishaw's bare duty should have consisted in satisfying himself beyond all question that the structure was properly supported. That is somewhat involved, but what I want you to say is whether or not you consider that Mr. Cowlishaw was guilty of culpable negligence.

Witness: I don't know in what other way to put it. He might have done it for so long without any support that he believed it safe. For my part, I say that Mr. Cowlishaw was neglectful in not having the structure equally supported on each of its four sides. He deemed it desirable to put up six supports, and they should have remained there. There was an absence of such care as a reasonable, prudent superintending engineer would exercise.

To Mr. Cotter: Witness would not say it was absolutely impossible for the boiler and framework to stand, and be tested without requiring further support, but, personally, he would not have risked it. He had no control whatever over the actual erection. His only control would be when he went to make the inspection of the boiler, and regard for his own personal safety would lead him to require additional support before making the inspection.

Mr, Cotter: If a person had put tip other boilers in the same way, without accident, would you say he was criminally negligent?

Witness: I don't say he was criminally negligent.

After some further discussion, the witness said, in reply to Mr. Cotter: "I do not consider that Mr. Cowlishaw, if he had previously erected this kind of boiler, and the same had remained rigid on its four legs without additional support, after the connecting pipes had been fixed, would he guilty of culpable or criminal negligence in thinking that this boiler would be safe without additional stays. The fact that the water had remained in the boiler for three days previously would lead anyone to suppose that the structure was secure, and would, in my opinion, justify him in assuming that it was safe. It does not surprise me to learn that Mr. Carmen, a Government inspector of machinery, inspected such a boiler at Ashburton, when there were no supports beyond the structure itself.

William George Hillyer, manager for Messrs. Reid and Gray at the Ashburton branch, called by Mr. Cotter, stated he had superintended the creation of a similar boiler at Ashburton, and no supports were used after the framework was completed. A similar boiler stood for a week, on the Sydney show ground without support. The boilers were made in England complete in every detail, and only put together here. Mr. Cowlishaw was sent out from Home by the maker of the Hornsby boilers to superintend erections.

Medical testimony having been given, the jury retired for half-an-hour, and then returned with a verdict that deceased came to his death through shock caused by the falling of a boiler. The jury was further of the opinion that sufficient precaution was not taken by Mr. Cowlishaw in the erection of the boiler.

The Coroner: This involves a serious question. By this do you mean that you consider he was so neglectful that he caused the death of the deceased?

The Foreman: I think that is implied.

The Coroner: Then, do you mean to say in your verdict that Mr. Cowlishaw was guilty of any crime?

The Foreman: We simply came to the conclusion set forth, and we're, not concerned with the rest.

The Coroner: Pardon me, you are. I am bound to take a jury's verdict, but it must be concise. The second part leaves it open to doubt as to whether you mean that he was guilty of manslaughter or culpable negligence.

Mr. Cotter: I thought that point was cleared up. You said that the evidence of Mr. Wetherill did not justify a verdict of manslaughter. If there is any doubt. I want to call further evidence.

The Coroner: The jury must give a decisive verdict.

The jury retired, again for a short period, and returned with the verdict, "That, in the opinion of the jury, deceased's death was the result of shock, caused through the falling upon him of a boiler at New Lynn, and that the occurrence was accidental and by misfortune." The jury, also added a rider expressing the opinion that in the election of similar constructions, the greatest possible precautions against accident should be adopted.

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Plot 14a: Albert Ezzy (39) 1906 – Orchardist – Crushed by a boiler

Plot 14b: Laura Woodruffe (28) 1911

In Loving Memory

ALBERT

beloved husband of

Ada E. EZZY

Born N.S.W. 1867.

Died 30th May 1906.

– through injuries

received at –

New Lynn.

Rest dearest Albert

sweetly rest

They miss you most

who loved you best.

Also

LAURA CLYTHA

beloved wife of

Arthur

WOODRUFFE

born March 29th 1882

died Sept. 12th 1911

Sleep dear one.

Memorial to the sons of Rev Bryan Sneyd Herbert Broughton Rector of Washington - Bryan and his brother Thomas Herbert who died aboard HMS Orpheus - Holy Trinity Church by Bolckow

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Holy Trinity Church, Washington, County Durham.

Placed by the two surviving brothers and aunt ( Reginald, Clement John Edward Broughton and Mary Jane Briggs) of Bryan Sneyd Broughton and Thomas Henry Broughton.

Re No WM96688

www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/96688

"On the 21st April, drowned, through some injury to his boat in a heavy squall, between Picton and Onahau Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand, Bryan Sneyd Herbert Broughton, aged 24, second son of the late Rev. Bryan Sneyd Broughton, rector of Washington, in the county of Durham."

Deaths Notices Leeds Inteligencer Newspaper Saturday 26th July 1862

Saturday 4 th April 1863 The Secretary of the Admiralty begs to acquaint the Editor of The Times that the following intelligence has been received at this office:-

"Suez, April 2nd.

"Her Majesty's ship Orpheus was a total wreck on Manakaou Bar, New Zealand, on the 7th of February, 1863, with loss of Commodore Burnett, 22 officers, and 167 men. Nothing saved. Survivors, 8 officers and 62 men- Officers, C. Hill, lieutenant; Yonge (supposed to be D.D. Yonge), lieutenant; Amphlett, paymaster; Hund (supposed to be C.G. Hunt, midshipman); Filding (supposed to be B.W. Fielding), midshipman; H.M Barkly, naval cadet; W. Mason, boatswain; J. Beer, carpenter."

Further information will be given respecting the seamen who survive, but, owing to the incorrect spelling of the telegram, it is impossible to give the names with any hope of accuracy until they have been compared with the Records in office.

Monday 6th April 1863 THE WRECK OF THE ORPHEUS.- The following list of seamen saved from the wreck of Her Majesty's ship Orpheus has been received by telegraph at the Admiralty: - H. Brown, Henry Brown, quartermaster; Bales, probably W.E. Bayliss, painter; Morley, John Morley, capt. Forecastle; J. Wilson, there are two men of the name (one Josh. W. Wilson, capt. Hold the other Jas. Wilson, capt. Foretop); Finnis, John Finnis, capt. Maintop; Stupple, Henry Stupple, boatswain's mate; Oliert, Wm. Oliert (alias Alex. Hills), signalman; Weir, Chas. Weir, capt. Mast; Kennedy, James Kennedy, ditto; Carpenter, Robt. Carpenter, cox., cutter; Wm. Johnson, Wm. Johnson, capt. mizzen top; J. Russell, J.J. Russell (there is a Thos. Russell. A.B.); W. Russell, Wm. Russell, ordinary second class; Ward, George Ward, A.B.; Mayes, Wm. Mayes, A.B.; Walker, Hen. J. Walker, A.B.; J. Hall, there are two men of this name, John Hall (1), ordinary, and James Hall, ordinary; Quinton, John Quinton; captain foretop; Walsh, Edward Walsh, ordinary; Parson, James Parsons, ordinary; Horrigan, John Horrigan, commodore's servant; Nicholson, John Nicholson, carpenter's crew; Brigg, Edward Briggs, carpenter's crew; Partbury, Henry Portbury, A.B.; Doly, Patrick Daley, A.B.; Koop, probably Henry Corps, quartermaster; no man of the name of Koop; Taylor, James Taylor, stoker; Clus, William Clews, stoker, ran awav on the 14th of September, 1862; nothing to show that he returned to the ship; Crierson, R.M., Joseph Crouson, drummer, R.M.; Rolf, R.M., no such name (there is a R. Roe, private R.M.); Betortelp, probably Henry Bentlett, boy first class; Izers, cannot be identified; no name resembling this on the books; Banuister, no such name on the books to December 31,1862, latest returns; Hunt, probably John Higham, A.B.; Hudosted, probably George Hurlstone, boy first class; Burton, Thomas H. Burton, boy first class; Hubert, no man of the name (there are two men of the name of Herbert, viz., T. Herbert, A.B., and W. Herbert, boy second class); Ideson, John D. Ideson, boy second class; Butler, no such name on the books to 31st of December, 1862, the latest returns received; R. Young, no R. Young - there are John Young, ordinary, and George Young, A.B.; Palin, William Palin. A.B.; Geary, Thomas Geary, A.B.; Fisked, probably William Fisher, A.B.; James, no man of this name; Brown, no James Brown, there is an Alfred Brown, stoker; Snudden, Thomas Snudden, A.B.; Hubert, probably one of the Herberts mentioned above; Caland, probably James Boland, ordinary; Sparshott, William Sparshott, ordinary second class; Wells, Noah Wells, ordinary second class; Ankell, Alfred Ankelt, ordinary second class; Cochine, J.G. Cochrane, ordinary second class; Roberts, George Roberts, ordinary; Quille, probably George Turtle, ordinary; Sul, probably John G. Seale, ordinary; Newman, Henry Newman, ordinary second class; Pilbrow, probably Alfred Pilbeam, ordinary; Hahrg, probably Arthur Haggis, captain Cox.; Laryish, probably William Langush, ordinary; Tilley, Arthur S. Tilley, ordinary; Jordan, Joseph Jordan; Graann, probably Henry J. Graham, ordinary; J. Graam, Jomes Graham, ordinary.

Wednesday 8th April 1863 The screw corvette Orpheus, 21, 400-horse power, the news of the total wreck of which has been received, was one of the most recent of the corvette class of vessels built at Chatham dockyard, and was launched from that establishment on the 24th of June, 1860. She was considered the finest of that description of vessel ever constructed, and was built under the personal superintendence of Mr. O.W. Lang, the present master-shipbuilder at Chatham, from the designs of Sir Baldwin Walker, the then Controller of the Navy. Her dimensions were:- Extreme length, 226ft. 6in.; extreme breath, 40ft. 8in.; depth in hold, 24ft. 2in.; burden, 1,705 tons. She was fitted with a pair of 400-horse power engines by Messrs. Humphreys, Tennant, and Co. As this was her first voyage, the greatest interest was experienced for her success, and the news of her wreck was received with the deepest regret.

Monday 13th April 1863 (From Our Own Correspondent.)

Melbourne, February 24th .

I regret to say that I have to announce the wreck of Her Majesty's ship Orpheus, on the bar of Manukau Harbour, on the west coast of New Zealand, with the loss of 189 lives, 70 only having been saved. The Orpheus left Sydney on the 1st day of this month.

Monday 13th April 1863

LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP ORPHEUS.

ADMIRALTY, APRIL 12th 1863.

The Secretary of the Admiralty begs to acquaint the Editor of The Times that the intelligence contained in the accompanying document has been received at this office: -

"Her Majesty's ship Miranda, Auckland,

February 10th 1863.

"My Lord,- In addition to my first letter from the scene of the wreck of Her Majesty's ship Orpheus, dated the 8th inst., sent to their Lordships, to save the Southern Mail, by the Wonga Wonga, I have to enclose for their further information the detailed narrative of Lieutenant C. Hill, the second lieutenant, and the senior surviving officer. It is a clear and truthful account of the whole proceedings of this melancholy calamity, so far as he and the other officers that are saved are acquainted with them.

"2. According to my judgment on the spot, nothing can exceed the exertions of Lieutenant Hill, the other officers, and all the survivors of the crew, who, at the imminent peril of their own lives, continued to the last to make the utmost endeavours to save the lives of their shipmates.

"3. I am informed that the Wonga Wonga was at the time of the Orpheus striking steaming out of the south channel of the Manukau. She first steamed outside the bar to the entrance of the main channel, hut afterwards returned by the south channel, picking up the boats off Paratutai Point, and towing them to the wreck by the main channel.

"4. Their Lordships will observe from the narrative of Lieutenant Hill that from the time the steamer was first observed, at 2 o'clock, until she reached the wreck at 6, the most critical and invaluable time was unaccountably lost, but Captain Renner and all on board the Wonga Wonga were most kind and hospitable in the treatment of the sufferers when they reached his ship from the wreck.

"5. Mr. Wing, pilot, and in charge of the signal station at the Manukau, informed me that the wreck of the Orpheus is precisely on the bearings laid down in Captain Drury's chart and sailing directions, since the publication of which the middle banks and small shoal on which the ship first touched have shifted bodily and considerably to the north.

"6. With their Lordships, I deeply deplore the loss to Her Majesty's service of an officer so distinguished as Commodore Burnett; it appears he met his much-to-be-regretted death when, sitting in the mizen-futtock rigging, the mast fell over to port, and, the top striking him on the head when in the water. It is said he never made the least exertion to save himself.

"7. I have directed Mr. Sullivan to proceed in Her Majesty's ship Harrier to tho Manukau Heads, and to detach an officer and party as far as he may consider necessary along the shore, north and south, for the purpose of burying, with such honours as circumstances will admit, the bodies of any officers and men, late of Her Majesty's ship Orpheus, which may be found, and also to recover such remains of the wreck, public and private, as he may deem fit; so soon as he may consider it no longer necessary to continue on this service I have directed him to conduct the duties of senior naval officer in New Zealand.

"8. With the view to save the mail which will leave Sydney on the 20th inst., it is my intention to proceed at once under steam to that port with the six officers and 10 of the crew of the Orpheus who have been selected as the most able to give evidence relative to the loss of that ship. These I propose sending to England by the mail steamer; the remaining 51 men and boys I have detained for disposal on the station; the majority have already volunteered for the Miranda and Harrier. I have sent 25 to the Harrier, for about which number she has vacancies to complete her complement.

"I have the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient humble servant,

"ROBERT JENKINS, Captain and Senior Officer.

"The Right Hon. Lord Clarence E. Paget, C.B, Secretary to the Admiralty."

"Her Majesty's ship Miranda, Auckland,

New Zealand, February 5th.

"Sir,- In obedience to your directions. I have the honour to report for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that Her Majesty's Ship Orpheus sailed from Sydney on the 31st of January. After a fine passage to the coast of New Zealand, we sighted the land on the morning of the 7th inst.; it was my forenoon watch, at about eight miles from the bar of the Manukau. Steam was got up in two boilers; we had been condensing. The ship proceeded at 12 30, under all plain sail, with starboard foretopmast studsail set, towards Manukau, steering east till 1 o'clock, then N.E.E., being the courses laid down - so the master told me - in Captain Drury's sailing directions, keeping the Ninepin on with the end of Paratutai. The hands were on deck, the ropes manned for shortening sail, the commodore, commander, and master on the bridge; leadsmen in both chains; spare tiller shipped, with relieving tackles hooked, and six men stationed; gratings and hatchway covers were placed ready for battening down.

"The wind S.W. to S.S.W., force 5 to 6, with occasional slight squalls; high water at 12 20. As we approached the bar there was nothing more to see, in the shape of rollers or sea on, than I had been led to expect. The signal from the pilot station had been flying since 11 30 a.m, ' Take the bar;' the commodore and master were very attentive with the chart on the bridge, and very particular in the steerage of the ship, and in their orders to the engine-room, to keep the steam at command, the signal officer and signalman on the look out. At about 1 30 she touched slightly in the after part, when the commodore gave the order, 'Give her all the steam you can.' At about 1 40 the ship struck forward; order given, 'Astern full speed;' but the engines or screw never moved. At the same time the commodore ordered 'Hands shorten sail.' The ship broached to, with her head to the northward, lurching heavily to port, the rollers setting in from the westward, which immediately made a clean sweep of the upper deck, taking away port quarter boats (second cutter and jolly boat), netting, and bulwark. Sail was shortened as far as possible, the men not being able to keep the deck; immediately the ship took the ground the hatchways were battened down, which, however, proved perfectly useless, as the fastenings were thrown up by the bumping of the ship.

"The commodore then ordered the port guns to be thrown overboard (we succeeded in lightening the ship of four guns), and the starboard cutter to be manned and lowered, the paymaster and secretary to place in her his private signals, the public records, and the ship's books; but from the heavy lurching of the ship the men were unable to pass all the books they wanted; some were lost overboard. Mr. Fielding had orders to land what he had got and return. After great difficulty the cutter got clear of the ship. She was reported to be swamped two or three times. When seen on one occasion five hands were observed to be missing. It was about this time a steamer was seen coming out of the Heads. The commodore next ordered the pipe, 'Hands out boats,' yards and stays having previously been triced up. The pinnace was the first boat out. As I was returning from the maintop Commander Burton ordered me into the pinnace to go to the assistance of the cutter; the commodore then came to the starboard gangway, and on my telling him that I had seen the cutter all right when on the main yard he ordered me to take Mr. Amphlett, paymaster, who was well acquainted with the place on shore, for the purpose of getting assistance. Mr. Amphlett was then and there told to jump into the boat; this was at 2 30. We shoved off, and with great difficulty, from the strong ebb, cleared the ship. As we proceeded I observed the smoke of a steamer to the southward, going seaward. After a two hours' pull against a heavy rolling sea, we weared the Ninepin, when I spoke Mr. Wing in the pilot boat. We learnt from him that the steamer in sight (now seen coming up the South Channel) was the Wonga Wonga, returning to the Heads, that he had no boat to send to the Harrier to report our distress, that there was a lifeboat hauled up on shore, hut no hands or means to get her afloat; it would take 12 men a considerable time. The cutter now came up with us; Mr. Wing and his Maories came into the pinnace, while Mr. Amphlett, two sick men, and two boys, and two others started off in the whaler of the Harrier.

"We pushed on to the steamer, now between the Heads, waving, signalizing, and making every effort to gain her attention; after some delay she turned round and closed us, taking pinnace and cutter in tow, proceeding to the wreck, which we reached at 6 p.m. I found her very much lying over to port, the masts all standing, the crew in the rigging above the tops, the sea at times sweeping as high as the futtock rigging; the sails had been cut away from the yards, it being impossible to furl them. Taking, in addition the pilot's boatcrew, four young Maories, with the pinnace being to windward of the wreck, we dropped down to about 30 or 40 yards on her starboard bow, hailed the men on the bowsprit and jibboom to jump off and swim for it. I picked up seven or eight; having drifted to leeward, the steamer came and towed me to windward. I dropped down a second time with the cutter in company. This time three or four more men were taken in in the pinnace, and the boatswain and four or five in the cutter. It was now about 7 o'clock; the flood tide had made, the rollers soon became very high and dangerous on the change; the jibboom broke off short by the cap; it was quite impossible, with safety to the boats, to remain any longer by the wreck. As I was going back I shouted to the wreck to make a final attempt but none would venture.

"The steamer picked up boats and anchored close to the north side of the South Spit; distant from wreck about three-quarters of a mile. This was at 8 o'clock. At 8 30 the masts went. Boats returned to the wreck. The Wonga Wonga kept burning blue lights, blowing her steam whistle and ringing her bell. The pinnace picked up six or eight and returned to the steamer with one or two in the last stage of exhaustion. On again nearing the wreck I found the ship completely broken up. It was a beautiful clear moonlight night, and masses of the wreck kept passing in with the flood, clinging to which Lieutenant Yonge and six or eight men were saved. The cutter got so far to leeward that she made for the land, the pinnace returning to the steamer. We remained on deck the whole night, keeping a sharp look-out. At daylight nothing could be seen of the ill-fated Orpheus but a stump of one mast and a few ribs.

"From the commencement and during the whole proceedings nothing could exceed the coolness and decision of Commodore Burnett, C.B., the commander, and the officers all in their stations, sentries on the spirit room and store rooms; while the good feeling and steadiness of the men was beyond all praise, remaining at their posts until ordered by the commodore to mount the rigging. Many were washed overboard in obeying orders.

"I must not forget to mention the gallant conduct of the Maori crew; they were first and foremost in saving lives. On going ashore in the cutter Mr. Hunt and Mr. Barkly (midshipmen) were picked up, one Maori taking Mr. Barkly on his back and carrying him along the beach to his hut. They afterwards gave them food and put them in their own beds for the night.

"William Johnson (captain of the mizentop) three times jumped out of the pinnace with a rope to the rescue, and was the means of saving three drowning men.

"On board the Woaga Wonga, which officers and men reached cold and naked, the greatest kindness and hospitality were shown and continued by all on board, until we were transferred to the Avon, where I had reported myself to you.

"I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,

"CHARLES HILL,

"Lieutenant Her Majesty's ship Orpheus."

"LIST of SURVIVORS.

"Officers.- Lieutenant Charles Hill, Lieutenant Duke D. Yonge, Mr. E.A. Amphlett (paymaster), Mr. Bernal W. Fielding (midshipman), Mr. C. George Hunt (midshipman) Mr. H.M. Barkly (midshipman), Mr. W. Mason (boatswain), and Mr. James Beer (carpenter).

"Seamen.- Robert Carpenter, William Fisher, William Johnson, George Turtle, Charles Weir, W. Cooper, W. Clews, Alfred Pilbeam, Samuel Bannister, Noah Wells, John Quinton, James Parsons, Henry Walker, John Nicholson, Joseph Jordan, George Roberts, William Russell, James Summers, Henry Holmes, James Taylor, George Ward, James Kennedy, William Langrish, William Pasin, Patrick Daley, Edward Briggs, Arthur Tilly, Thomas Smedden, George Seal, Charles Fox, Thomas Burton, William Ollert, William Ball, Henry Graham, Joseph Boland, Henry Portbury, James J. Brown, James Wilson, Thomas Herbert, John Cochrane, Alfred Ankett, Henry Bentell, Henry Brown, Frederick Butter (belonging to Harrier), Henry Stuffle, James Graham, John Finnies, Edward Walsh, William Mayes, Henry Newman, Thomas Rusgell, George Young, John Hall, John Morby, William Geary, James Sparshott, George Hurlestone, Richard Roe (marine), Joseph Crowson (drummer), William Herbert,(boy second class), John Ideson (boy), William Horrigan (commissioner's servant), picked up at 1 o'clock on the 8th by a coaster off Peeponga.

"List of Men left behind at Sydney.- Sergeant Carter (Royal Marines), George Monday (gunner Royal Marine Artillery), Stephen Hodge (private Royal Marines), George Tarpler (boy first class), James Ashwood (boy first class), Thomas Rees (able bodied seaman), William Barnes (boy first class)

"CHARLES HILL,

"Lieutenant Her Majesty's ship Orpheus."

(From the New Zealander, February. 9th.)

Yesterday (Sunday) morning, at an early hour, the inhabitants of Auckland were horrified by the intelligence that Her Majesty's ship Orpheus, for sometime back expected on this station, had been totally wrecked in attempting to cross the Manakau bar, and with the awful loss of 185 souls out of a ship's company mustering 256 officers, seamen, boys, and marines. The Orpheus (a fine new corvette of 21 guns, 1,706 tons, 400-horse power), sailed from Sydney on the 31st of January, and after a fair passage, under canvas, fetched the land off the Manakau heads on Saturday, at noon. The ship was at that time under al plain sail, and within eight miles of the entrance, the signal flying on Paratutai -"Take the bar" - Commodore Burnett and the master being at that time on the bridge. Steam was got up at once, the commodore determining to go in. The lead was kept going; a sharp look out was observed, the ship steering east until one p.m, and then north-east by east, the Ninepin rock on with Paratutai, being in accordance with: Drury's sailing directions in the New Zealand Pilot. At twenty minutes past one the ship bumped slightly, but still went ahead. At half-past one, however, she struck hard, and orders were given to back astern full speed. The engines never moved. The ship fell off broadside to the rollers, the sea knocking away her stern post, port bulwarks, and boats, and making a clean sweep over all. The wind was from about S.W. to W.S.W., a stiff breeze, with occasional puffs. In this dismal plight Commodore Burnett, whose coolness and decision were the theme of admiration among his officers and men, gave orders to Mr. Fielding, midshipman, to take a cutter with the records, ship's books, and other articles; but, on losing sight of her, fearing that she was swamped, the pinnace was got out, and, with Lieutenant Hill and Mr. Amphlett, paymaster, was despatched to her assistance, with instructions to push on towards the heads, in the vain hope of obtaining relief through White's lifeboat, known to be stationed there, but, alas, without a crew to launch or to man her. It was an awful moment, but it is gratifying to know that even in this extremity all hands, officers and men, spoke in praise of each other, and of their gallant chief, who expressed a determination to be the last to quit the wreck, After the pinnace had left the launch was got over the side, with 40 men to lay out anchors, in the hope of making grapplings fast to haul into smooth water. The ebb title unhappily swept her under the bows, where she was stove, and nearly all on board, including Lieutenant Jekyll, were drowned. The pinnace meanwhile continued her course towards the heads, descrying the steamer Wonga Wonga, outward bound for Wellington; the anxiety was intense, as the Wonga Wonga went round and round, and nearly out of sight. Mr. Amphlett at length succeeded in reaching the pilot-boat, and came up with Her Majesty's ship Harrier at half-past 10 p.m. The Wonga Wonga anchored, and the few survivors were transferred to her from the boats of the Orpheus that had been got afloat. Had White's lifeboat been able to be launched and manned, we are informed, upon good authority, that most of the ill-starred seamen might have been saved. The heavy guns broke adrift about half-past 5 p.m., tearing up the upper-deck, and driving the people to the tops, the rollers becoming longer and heavier. The masts stood firmly until the flood tide made, at about half-past 6 p.m. They then began to go, and the ship parted in halves, the rollers breaking into the tops. When the masts went the crew gave three cheers, as if taking farewell of life. Commodore Burnett and the young gentlemen were in the mizzen-top; all perished, except Mr. Barkly, son of the Governor of Victoria. Commander Burton, Mr. Strong, sailing-master, and Lieutenant Mudge, who were in the main-top, were lost, the men who were saved succeeded in getting down the jibstay on to the jib-boom, dropping from thence into smooth water, where they were packed up, Many of the survivors are badly wounded, having legs and arms broken, and bodies bruised and maimed by the guns and falling spars. A despatch from Commander Sullivan, Her Majesty's ship Harrier, which was received on Saturday at midnight, informed his Excellency the Governor of this disastrous event. With the utmost promptitude the military authorities took measures to render every possible assistance- Colonel Gamble, Quartermaster-General; D.A.C.G. Chislett, Mr. Hamley, Ordnance Department, with six ambulance waggons, tents, 500 blankets, and other requisites, setting out for Onehunga. The steamer Avon, in charge of Mr. Hunt, with Captain Jenkins, Her Majesty's ship Miranda, started yesterday at 2 a.m. On reaching the heads not a vestige of wreck was to be seen. The Wonga Wonga, which was on her way to Onehunga, on meeting the Avon, transferred the rescued seamen to that vessel, and proceeded on her southern voyage. The Harrier got under weigh on Sunday at 4 a.m, but, having grounded, had to wait the flood tide, and did not get fairly away until nearly 3 p.m., about which hour the Avon had got back. The Avon went at once alongside the Onehunga wharf, and every care and attention were paid to the wounded.

(From the Wellington Spectator, February 12th.)

The Wonga Wonga sailed, from the Onehunga wharf, Manakau, on the 7th inst. On arriving at the bar she noticed a vessel in the offing, apparently a man-of-war, but the signal being up to take the south channel the Wonga proceeded on her course. On getting well clear of the channel, Captain Renner noticed the vessel to be labouring very heavily, and apparently ashore. Captain Renner then proceeded to the outer entrance of the north channel, but being unable to take it, on account of the heavy sea on the bar, he returned to the pilot station by the south channel. On reaching the pilot station he found two boats, the pinnace and cutter, belonging to the ill-fated vessel. The pilot then went on board the Wonga Wonga, took the two boats in tow, and proceeded to the scene of the disaster. On arriving there he found that the sea was making a complete breach over the vessel, and she was, of course, labouring very heavily. He then found it was impossible to get alongside with the boats, in consequence of the heavy sea; the boats were therefore pulled as close as possible under the jib-boom, and the officers in charge of them called to the crew to jump into the water and they would pick them up, as it was the only chance left of saving their lives. Several of the men jumped into the water and were picked up by the boats, but some were unfortunately drowned in the surf by the drawback. At this stage of the proceedings the scene was most appalling, the only chance of the crew getting saved being to jump into the boiling surf. All the men at this time were clinging to the rigging. The Wonga was steaming as close as possible to the scene of the wreck, and was fearfully tossed about by the tumultuous sea. The boats then returned to the Wonga, having succeeded in picking up about 14 of the drowning men, several of whom were nearly exhausted, and every means was adopted to restore animation, by the application of hot blankets and other remedies. Several who were wounded and very much bruised had their wounds dressed, and every possible attention shown them. The boats in charge of the second lieutenant again gallantly put off to the wreck, and succeeded in rescuing several from a watery grave. By this time it was becoming dark, and the pilot, not deeming it prudent for the Wonga to remain in the position she was then in, proceeded a short distance into the channel and anchored. At about 9 o'clock, the night being very dark, the foremast went by the hoard, casting all the poor fellows who were clinging to it into the raging billows. Immediately after, the main and mizzen masts fell over the side, carrying the last of the crew with them. During all this time the most superhuman exertions were being made by the second lieutenant and the gallant crews to rescue his unfortunate shipmates. The two boats, and a boat belonging to the Wonga, were pulling about amid the breakers until past midnight. All hopes of saving any more lives having vanished, the pinnace, in charge of the second lieutenant, returned, with several more of the unfortunate crew, to the Wonga, and the cutter proceeded into the pilot station, being unable to fetch the Wonga, and landed seven more of the crew in safety, including the son of Sir Henry Barkly, the Governor of Victoria, who was saved after clinging to a spar for upwards of two hours. The Wonga burnt blue lights, and showed other signals until daylight, in hopes of picking up any more of the unfortunate crew who might be floating about the wreck. At daylight, the Wonga proceeded towards the wreck, but by this time a very small portion of the ill-fated vessel was to be seen. Commander Jenkins returned thanks to Captain Renner, his officers, and the crew of the Wonga Wonga, for their praiseworthy exertions and unremitting kindness to the sufferers. One of the captains of the mizzentop, who was one of the boat's crew, gallantly jumped overboard three times, and on each occasion succeeded in saving a shipmate from a watery grave. The Commodore was last seen in the mizzen rigging, and is supposed to have been killed by the falling of a spar. The wind was about W.S.W., with a terrific sea on, when the Orpheus went to pieces.

Tu 14 April 1863 We have received the following letter from our Malta correspondent, dated Valetta, April 7:-

"… Several officers and men who were saved from the wreck of Her Majesty's ship Orpheus, on the coast of New Zealand, arrived this morning in the mail packet Ellora, on their way to England. They are Lieut. Hill, Lieut. Yonge, Paymaster Amphlett, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Fielding, and Mr. Barkly, midshipmen ; Mr. Mason and Mr. Beer, petty officers, and nine seamen".

Sa 18 April 1863

THE LOSS OF THE ORPHEUS.

The following dispatch, addressed to the Duke of Newcastle, has been received from Sir G. Grey, Governor of New Zealand :-

"New Zealand.- No. 10.

"Government-house, Auckland, February. 9th, 1863.

"My Lord Duke,- I have the honour to report to your Grace the total loss of Her Majesty's ship Orpheus on the bar of the harbour of Manukau, on the west coast of the North Island, nearly opposite to the harbour of Auckland, which is on the east coast.

"2. Eight officers and 61 men have been saved from the wreck. The names of the officers who have been saved are given in the enclosure to this despatch. Twenty-three officers and 158 men, it is believed, have perished, as the vessel has entirely gone to pieces, and nothing has been seen of them. The names of the missing officers are also given in the list transmitted herewith.

"3. It is positively known that many of these officers and men have perished, as they were killed in the presence of the survivors by spars and ropes. There is but slight hope that any of them can be alive; they can only have escaped by having been first washed out to sea on some spar, and then washed up on some other part of the coast.

"4. The ship, as far as I can collect, was rather to the southward of the port, and was, at about half-past 1 o'clock in the day, with beautiful weather and a fair wind, making the harbour under steam and sail, going about 12 knots. Running thus from the southward, she was intending to make the passage across the bar as laid down in the chart of 1853. Since that time the bar has shifted about three-quarters of a mile to the northward. She was thus rather more than that distance too far to the southward, and touched first on a small shoal off the middle banks, and in a few minutes ran directly on to them, where there is always a very heavy sea, and where her position (about four miles out at sea) was hopeless.

"5. At between 4 and 5 o'clock a small coasting steamer, the Wonga Wonga, which was going out of the harbour, seeing her peril, went to her assistance, but, from the heavy sea and breakers, was unable to get very near her; but the boats of the Orpheus, and those of the men who were saved under the shelter of the steamer, managed from time to time to pick up others. They were aided in the most gallant and determined manner by three Maories from the pilot-station, who steered the boats.

"6. The conduct of Commodore Burnett, his officers, and men, was perfectly heroic. I have never heard instances of greater courage, carelessness of self, and efforts to save the ship and others than have been detailed to me. At about 9 at night the mainmast went overboard; the other two masts went in less than 20 minutes afterwards. Those of the crew (and they were a great number) who had not yet been washed overboard or killed by spars and ropes were on the masts and rigging, and the poor fellows, as these went, gave three parting cheers and then perished. I am told that not a murmur or cry was heard from the wounded and dying, and yet the manner of some of their deaths was terrible. Altogether it is one of the most affecting events that I have ever heard of, and yet one that excites admiration from the courage, self-devotion, and energetic resignation both of the many who perished and the few who were saved.

"I have, &c.,

"G. GREY.

"His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, K.G."

Monday 20th April 1863 The surviving officers and crew of Her Majesty's ship Orpheus arrived on board Her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, on Friday evening. They arrived at Portsmouth by Southampton steampacket from the Peninsular and Oriental Mail Company's mail steamship Ellora, which arrived the same day at that port from Malta.

Tuesday 21st April 1863

HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, APRIL 20th.

THE LOSS OF THE ORPHEUS.

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he wished to put a question to the noble duke at the head of the Admiralty respecting the loss of Her Majesty's ship Orpheus. In the official despatch on the subject it was stated that the Orpheus, with nearly 200 men, was lost by acting, not against, but in compliance with the directions on her chart. The telegraph flag was flying telling her to take the bar; she obeyed that instruction, and consequently was wrecked. Since the chart was issued in 1853 the sand at the mouth of the harbour of Manukau had shifted three quarters of a mile, and in consequence the Orpheus, instead of passing safely through the channel, ran directly on the sand itself. He wished to know what steps the Admiralty were in the habit of taking for the purpose of collecting information on foreign stations respecting those changes which occurred from time to time, affecting the navigation of the waters, and also what means they adopted for disseminating that information among the officers of the Royal Navy. Although it appeared, in this instance, that Her Majesty's officers were unacquainted with the changes which had occurred, the merchant service were not ignorant of them, for he had seen in the newspapers a letter from a gentleman commanding a vessel stating that they were perfectly well known.

The Duke of SOMERSET said he was very glad that the noble earl had put this question to him, as it enabled him to correct an error on the subject which was very generally prevalent, and into which it was not surprising that the noble earl had fallen, as it originated in the despatch of the Governor of New Zealand, Sir George Grey. In that despatch it was stated that the Orpheus "was intending to make the passage across the bar, as laid down in the chart of 1853. Since that time the bar has shifted about three-quarters of a mile to the northward. She was thus rather more than that distance too far to the southward." The loss of this fine vessel and her gallant crew was, of course, a most painful calamity; but it would have been an additional source of deep affliction if it had been caused by any neglect on the part of the Admiralty in not communicating to the officers of the ship the changes which were known to have occurred in the harbour. So far, however, was this from being the case that the chart of 1853 was brought to the notice of the Hydrographer's office in October 1861, if not before. A notice was then drawn up, of which printed copies were sent to the senior officer on the Australian station to be distributed among the ships in that quarter. That notice contained the following observations:-

"It appears from the Remark Book of Her Majesty's Ship Niger, 1861, by Mr. A.J. Veitch, Master, that since the survey by Captain Drury in 1853 the main channel at the entrance of Manukau Harbour has shifted; as also, that the code of signals noticed in the New Zealand Pilot, 2d edition, 1859, established to assist the navigation of that port, has been altered and improved. The following directions will therefore supersede those heretofore in use; but from the shifting nature of the entrance of Manukau Harbour, as also of all the bar harbours on the west coast of the north island, the seaman is cautioned to pay strict attention to directions that may be given from pilot stations; and it has been recommended as a general rule, in the absence of direct information of changes in the channels, that that portion which has the smoothest water between the breakers should be taken, as experience has proved that it will be the deepest part. The north side of the middle banks forming the southern boundary of the main channel to Manukau, has extended to the northward since Captain Drury's survey in 1853; vessels, therefore, in crossing the bar of this harbour should bring the Nine Pinrock twice its base open to the southward of Paratutai, N.E. by E 1/2 E., which will lead about a cable northward of the breakers."

Thus seamen were first cautioned that the bar had shifted, and were also warned to pay attention to local information. When he first heard of the accident to the Orpheus he was anxious to learn whether the officers had ever received the notice he had referred to. He therefore sent for the issue book kept in the Hydrographic-office, from which it appeared that the New Zealand notice was sent to Portsmouth on the 13th of November, 1861, and placed in No. 5 Australian chart box. On the 23d of November the Orpheus drew this No. 5 box from the store at Portsmouth, and the receipt for it was in the Hydrographic-office at the Admiralty. Moreover, he had seen an officer on Saturday who was saved from the wreck, and he believed he was correct in stating that the master of the Orpheus had a copy of the very notice in question in his hand at the time when the ship was approaching the bar. He mentioned these circumstances only to justify the Admiralty, and to show that they were not chargeable with neglect of duty. He would not go any further into the subject. Their lordships were doubtless aware that the Orpheus, which drew about 20ft. Of water, was rather larger than most of the ships frequenting that coast, end he might observe that he had sent her out at the pressing instance of the Governor of New Zealand. The noble earl had also asked what were the general orders of the Admiralty in regard to correcting charts. Those orders were very complete. The master was directed to note all inaccuracies in any of the charts supplied to the ship, but especially in those published by the Admiralty, so that the requisite alterations might be presently made. If the position of the dangers was materially altered, or if he should discover any new dangers, or if the inaccuracies he might have detected in the charts were of importance, he was to report them immediately to the Admiralty by the very first opportunity, so that no time should be lost in applying the necessary corrections. Again when a hydrographic notice of a newly discovered shoal, or rock, or other danger, or a notice to mariners of a new or altered light, buoy, beacon, or land mark was received on board, the master was at once to insert it in red ink in all the charts to which it referred (these being always enumerated at the foot of the notice), and to note the same in the sailing directions, reporting to the captain that he had so done. Further, all masters of Her Majesty's ships were required to report to the Secretary of the Admiralty through their captain the discovery of any new rock or shoal. The governors of our colonies and. Consuls constantly sent information, and harbour masters and merchant captains did the same. The Hydrographic-office was in constant correspondence with all parties who could furnish information in all parts of the world. As soon as it was received, if considered of fair authority, it was printed and circulated not only for the benefit of Her Majesty's ships, but of all navigators. He thought he had now shown that every care was taken to let the officers of the unfortunate vessel know the changes which had taken place in the harbour. He had only to add that there would of course be an inquiry into all the circumstances connected with the loss of the ship, and then probably it would be ascertained how the vessel came to be lost. He could not omit bearing testimony to the gallant bearing of all on board, and of the crew of the vessel, who, seeing death coming upon them in all directions, still remained steadfast in the execution of their duty. (Hear, hear.) Such conduct afforded a fine example of the courage and bravery of British seamen. (Hear, hear.)

Thursday 23rd April 1863 A meeting has been convened for this evening by the Mayor of Portsmouth to raise a public subscription for the relief of the widows and orphans of those who perished in the wreck of the Orpheus.

Tuesday 28th April 1863 A naval court assembled on board Her Majesty's ship Victory at Portsmouth yesterday, for the trial, pro forma, of Lieutenant Charles Hill, and the surviving officers and crew of Her Majesty's ship Orpheus at present in England, for the recent loss of that ship on the bar of Manukau harbour, New Zealand. The Court was composed of Captain Scott, Her Majesty's ship Victory, President; Captains Wainwright, Cumming, Phillimore, Chamberlain, and Seccombe. After hearing a mass of evidence the finding was read by the Deputy Judge-Advocate. It set forth that Her Majesty's ship Orpheus was lost by striking on the bar of Manukau harbour on the day named when going over it in the absence of pilot boats, that no blame whatever was attached to Commodore Burnett, C.B., or any of her officers and crew, that the conduct of every officer, seaman and marine, man and boy. On board was deserving of the very highest praise, and that Lieut. Hill and the officers and crew of Her Majesty's late ship Orpheus were therefore fully and honourably acquitted. Lieut. Hill was then called to the table and presented with, his sword. The President observed that the duly he had to perform was gratifying to him, and that he only expressed the feelings of the entire Court when he said they felt the sword could not be intrusted to better and more worthy hands. It gives us much pleasure to announce that Her Majesty has forwarded to Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.B., Admiral Commanding at Portsmouth, through Sir C. Phipps, the sum of 50 l. for the families of the crew of the Orpheus, with the expression of Her Majesty's deep sympathy with them in their affliction.

Monday 4th May 1863 NO ONE TO BLAME!- The Court of Inquiry into the circumstances of the wreck of the Orpheus have found, as we are informed by the correspondent of The Times, "that Her Majesty's ship Orpheus was lost by striking on the bar of Manukau harbour when going over it in the absence of pilot boats, that no blame whatever was attached to Commodore Burnett, C.B., or any of her officers and crew, and that the conduct of every officer, seaman and marine, man and boy, on board was deserving of the very highest praise." This is an astounding verdict, excepting only the last award of praise, thoroughly merited, as regards the conduct of all after the stranding of the ship. The conclusion is that no one was to blame for the loss of a fine ship in broad day and moderate weather. It was all right that she should attempt to enter the Manukau when she had no particular business there; it was all right that she should make the attempt at the wrong tide-time; in short, it was right that she should be lost, for, if there was no wrong in the case, all was right and as it ought to be. It is unfortunately true that the officers to whom blame may have attached are not living to defend themselves, but surely the Court, without direct censure, might have adverted to the causes of the disaster with regret, and thus given a warning against the repetition of the same errors. As it is, the imprudences seem approved and sanctioned. The Court found that the ship was lost by striking on the bar when going over it in the absence of pilot boats. The bar is only a cable's length in breadth. The ship first touched according to lieutenant Hill's statement, at 1 30, and 10 minutes afterwards struck, where she went to pieces. Was she, then, with all plain sail set, a fair wind and steam power in aid, 10 minutes in traversing the distance of a cable's length? If not, she was clearly not lost on the bar, the passage over which could not have taken her two minutes, allowing for a strong adverse tide, As we have before explained, the ship was lost on the Middle-bank, inside the bar, and not at all in the position of a bar, which, as the name expresses, stretches across the entrance of a harbour or port; the Middle lies in the direction of the entrance, and its north side makes the south side of the channel. The Court find that the ship struck in the absence of pilot boats. Does it pretend that pilot boats could be expected? Is it not well known that the pilot boats do not go beyond the Heads, and in the Admiralty Sailing Directions is it not notified that "it is seldom possible for the pilot boat to board outside the bar?" And for this reason all necessary directions for guidance are given by signals from the pilot-station at the Paratutai Head. But if, notwithstanding information to the contrary, the ship expected a pilot and was disappointed, why did she not then give up the attempt and proceed to Auckland, with a leading wind round the north cape? It is quite clear that the disaster was referable to the culpable error of attempting the entrance at the wrong tide-time. The signal for water was made at 11 30, 50 minutes before high water, and if there was only water enough in the 50 minutes before high water, there would certainly not be more in the 50 minutes after high water; for wherever there is a great inlet like the Manukau the first of the ebb runs off quicker than the last of the flood runs in. But with only 50 minutes of tide time to be depended on the Orpheus did not even approach the bar till that time had expired, and might have passed it about an hour and ten minutes after high water, when the tide had fallen full half a fathom, and a rougher weather-tide had increased the sand, and by so much diminished the depth of water necessary to float the long-legged ship over the shoals. But there was nothing to blame in all this according to the view of the naval Court, and officers are free to follow the example of Commodore Burnett without fear of censure, living or dead. Certain we are that the unfortunate officer himself must in his last moments bitterly have reproached himself for the rash error by which he had thrown away the lives of so many brave men. No officer's character stood higher than that of Commodore Burnett, and inexplicable is the one fatal error closing his meritorious career. Perhaps it never occurred to the Court to inquire what the ship was doing from daybreak, when she made the land, to midday, when she ran her head against the shore, for the answer might give some clue to the cause of the disaster, and might not be reconcilable with the foregone conclusion that no one was to blame.- Examiner.

Friday 8th May 1863

THE LOSS OF THE ORPHEUS.

The Secretary of the Admiralty presents his compliments to the Editor of The Times, and encloses herewith a return of the names of officers and men who perished in the wreck of Her Majesty's late ship Orpheus, at the entrance of the Manukau harbour, New Zealand, on the 7th. Of February last.

Admiralty, March 7th.

A Return of the Names of Officers and Men lost in the Wreck of Her Majesty's ship Orpheus, at the entrance of the Manukau harbour, New Zealand, on the 7th of February, 1863:-

William F. Burnett, C.B., commodore; William T.F.W. Mudge and Arthur Jekyll, lieutenants; William D. Strong, master; Robert H. Burton, commander; William J. Taylor, second master; William Hudson, gunner; Arthur R. Mallock, Thomas H. Broughton, and George H. Verner, midshipmen; John J. Tozer, master's assistant; Rev. C.B. Hazlewood, chaplain and naval instructor; William H.P.M. Gillham, secretary (assistant-paymaster); A.D. Johnston, assistant-paymaster; James Clarkson, asistant surgeon; Samuel Stephens, chief engineer; Jqhn H. Adams, engineer; John H. Vickery, assistant-engineer, 1st class; Edward J. Miller, William Adamson, and George F. Gossage (lent from the Miranda), assistant-engineers, 2d class; Henry N. Naylen, clerk; George Townsend ship's steward; George Drew, ship's cook; John E. Ernest, master-at-arms; Thomas Osborne, ship's corporal; William Sheppard and John Hutchins, gunner's mates; Frederick Kemp, Jesse Bignell, Frederick Allen, and Thomas Lane, leading stokers; Michael Mahoney, ropemaker; John Bosworthick, blacksmith; John Trautman, carpenter's mate; David Norris, caulker; George Warn and Henry Corps, quartermasters; Arthur Haggis, captain's coxswain; Thomas Ambrose, captain maintop; Abraham Voice, coxswain launch; John Pascoe and William Milliard, boatswain's mates; Joseph. W. Wilson; captain hold; John Plowman and Edwin Lloyd, captains after guard; George .Redman, armourer; George Vincent, caulker's mate; John Davey, captain mizen-top; Samuel…Mardon, musician; Henry Baker; cooper; Henry Redman, sick berth attendant; Alfred Brown, Felix Kelley, James Healy, David Lee, John H. Maud, Charles Davis, Andrew Dorey, William Swain, and John Moore, stokers; Thomas Smith, sailmaker's crew; William E. Bayliss, painter; George Hill and Thomas Kelly, leading seamen; Charles E. Rowe, John Pay, and Henry Thomas, carpenter's crew; John Wealords, shipwright; John Woodrow, tailor; George Anderson, Thomas Parke, Henry Sheargold, Edwin Pelham, William H. Hutton, William Stephenson, James M'Cloud, John Higham, Joseph Northover, Charles Whetnam, Jos. J. Rockett, Robert Randall, Edward Jenner, John Young, Edward Springer, John Hewitt, Harry Mark, George Mark, and William Cowen, A.B.sa; William Hillier and John Davis, ordinary second-class; John Cleary, James Hall, Daniel Hines, Edward Finn, William Rowland, Herbert Adams, John Bennett, William Blackwill, Alfred Crow, Noah Jones, Samuel Cole, James Ellis, William H. Bickle, William Halson, and Peter Newman, ordinary; Henry Weatherstone, William Palmer, Henry Welstead, and William Gannaway, ordinary second-class; William H. Cookney, wardroom steward; Thomas Stoneham, wardroom cook; C. Goldshmidt, captain's steward; Augustus Holdgate, captain's cook; John Hyde, gunroom steward; George Mitchell, gunroom cook; Samuel Scutt, engineer's servant; and John Phillips, engineer's cook. Boys.- James Goodwin, William F. Hunt, Edward M. Warner, William Jenkins, John T. Broadway, William J. Bridle, William J. Orchard, John Kingston, Jeremiah Murphy, Denis Donoghue, George Duffett, Charles Theobald, George Bunce, John Simmonds, Isaiah Thompson, and John Searle, first-class; Samuel F. Spencer, ship's steward's-boy; John H. Avis, William Davis, Albert Early, John Knowlden, Richard White, William Hartfield, Robert H. Veal, Thomas Callaghan, and John Cronin, second-class. Royal Marines.-Edward E. Hill, First lieutenant Royal Marine Artillery; John Howard, corporal; Sidney Hoyle, Thomas Ladbroke, John Shorthouse, David Horsfield, Daniel Davis, John Greenwood, Henry Baylam, Francis Starrs. Michael Flanaghan, Thomas Coffins, John Durkin, George Gray, Thomas Doren, Thomas Littlefield, Stephen Foyle, Henry Gardner, and John Heard, privates; William Tranter, sergeant; George Gordon, corporal; John Broad-wood, Bradley Starkay, John Kave, Lewis Cramp, Henry Crabb, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Brady, William Hobbs, Thomas Letheby, George King, William Burge, Charles Heath, and John Vince, gunners; Charles Binfield, Thomas Tucker, Henry Pearin, George Trott, Thomas Gould, John Williams, James Andrews, John P. Masters, Richard Williams, John Budge, and Peter Pafford. Privates.

Thursday 14th May 1863 WRECK OF THE ORPHEUS.- In 1846, in Her Majesty's sloop Osprey, Captain Patten was wrecked off the same fatal bar. An interesting account of the encampment of her crew, and their march across the island of New Zealand, was written by the steward (Mr. H. Moon), and has been introduced by the Lords of the Admiralty into the seamen's libraries. The signal then was, "Take the bar, there is no danger."

THE ORPHEUS RELIEF FUND.- The widows and relatives of the crew of Her Majesty's late ship Orpheus, who have been paid allotments for the month of April from the relief fund at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, are requested to attend at the college at 11 o'clock on Friday morning, the 29th of May, when they will be paid the allotments for the month of May. Any other applications for relief from the fund will be considered at the same time.

Monday 14th March 1864

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

MELBOURNE, JANUARY 25th.

… I may also mention in this place that since the disastrous wreck of the Orpheus the entrance into Manukau harbour has been re-surveyed, and carefully, and, I am informed, rather profusely buoyed, so that the steamers engaged in the inter-provincial trade, and those in communication with the General, pass into and out of that harbour with safety and with perfect confidence.

Thursday 14th July 1864

THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

MELBOURNE, MAY 26th.

The following is the list of killed and wounded. Where not described otherwise, the wounds are gunshot wounds:-

HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CURACOA - Lieutenant Hill, late of the Orpheus; and James Harris, ordinary seaman.

Thursday 17th November 1864

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT TUNIS.

(From the Malta Times, November 10th.) It is with feelings of the deepest sorrow that we have to announce in our columns to-day an awful calamity which has befallen a number of brave officers and men of Her Majesty's ship Orlando. The afflicting tidings reached us by the French steamer Du Trembly, arrived this morning from Tunis, that one of the boats of the above ship bad been upset in a squall, by which no less than eight of her officers, three seamen, and a marine lost their lives. All the men-of-war in port, including the French frigate Cacque, immediately hoisted their flags half-mast high, and a like testimony of regret and mourning was shown by many of the merchant ships in harbour as soon as the lamentable event became more generally known. The following are the particulars of this catastrophe, which will cast many families into mourning:-It appears that on the morning of the 3d inst. a cutter, having on board the following officers:- Lieutenant Still, Surgeon Wood, Captain Pritchard, Royal Marines, Midshipmen De Gama, Fielding, and Kemble, Master's-Assistant Hadrill, and Assistant-Paymaster Stratford, together with four seamen and one marine, left the ship on a picnic party, and while returning at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, under sail, a sudden squall struck the boat when about a thousand yards from the shore, and upset it. Seeing that all hope of assistance was impossible, one of the seamen struck out for the shore, and was the only man saved. Ha was found the next morning completely exhausted, and in a state of nudity, in an Arab hut, by another cutter of the Orlando, which, in tow of the French frigate Invincible's steam launch, had been sent in search of the missing boat. Up to the last accounts, nothing else had been found but a jacket belonging to Mr. Fielding and a portion of the mast of the boat, notwithstanding the Orlando and gunboat Tyrian had been searching under steam for the missing bodies. The Orlando is expected here at the end of the week. The sudden calamity has created universal sympathy in Tunis. All the foreign representatives displayed their flags half-mast, and waited upon the English Consul-General to express their condolence and respect for the memory of so many brave officers and men appertaining to Her Majesty's naval forces, whose untimely death has deprived their Sovereign and their country of their valuable service. The Commandant Chevalier of His Imperial Majesty's ship Inflexible, senior officer of the French Emperor's ships in those waters, also waited on Her Majesty's representative for the same purpose, and the French Consul-General wrote besides a very feeling letter of condolence on the melancholy occasion. His Highness the Bey also conveyed his sympathy and condolence, and gave strict order to the authorities on the coast to protect any of the bodies of the victims that might be washed ashore, and to report immediately any such occurrence to the Bey's Government. It is a circumstance of melancholy interest to know that Mr. Fielding, one of the unfortunate young officers who perished on this occasion, was one of the few survivors of the lamentable wreck of Her Majesty's ship Orpheus on the coast of New Zealand.

"Bryan and Clement Broughton had emigrated to the western arm of Queen Charlotte Sound on the South Island. Clement had settled in Anakiwa and become a sheep farmer. Bryan, too, was almost certainly engaged in farming, exploiting the knowledge he had acquired at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester in 1853/4, where he had obtained a Diploma, coming first in the Order of Merit and having his name placed on the College’s Honours board. He had married Maria Theresa Downes, at Picton, Marlborough, in January 1861.

After playing cricket in Picton on 21 April 1862, Bryan Broughton was sailing home between Picton and Onahau Bay when a heavy squall arose and he was drowned, aged 24, leaving a wife and a three-month-old baby daughter (Broughton Bay in Keneperu Sound was subsequently named after him). " Mark Penfold from an article about their aunt pittvillehistory.org.uk/bios/9920.html

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LOST - Commodore, W. F. Burnett, C.B., Commander, R. H. Burton, Lieutenants, Mudge and Jykill Master, W. D. Strong Lieutenant Hill, Royal Marine Artillery Rev. C. Hazlewood, Chaplain Mr Gillham, Commodore's Secretary Mr Johnston, Assistant Paymaster Dr Clarkson, Surgeon Dr Crawford, Assistant Surgeon W. Stephens, Chief Engineer W. D. Taylor, Second Master A. R. Mallock, Midshipman T. H. Broughton, G. H. Verner, J. J. Tosser, Master's Assistant ; Mr Avian, Assistant Clerk J. H. Adams, Engineer 3lr Vickery, Engineer's Assistant Mr Miller, Engineer's Assistant, Mr Adams, Engineer's Assistant G. Gossage, Engineer's Assistant W. Hudson, Gunner.

SAVED - Lieutenant Yonge Lieutenant Hill Paymaster Amphlett Mr Barfely, Midshipman Mr Fielding,Midshipman, Mr Hunt, Midhsipman, Mr Mason, Boatswain Mr Beer, Carpenter and 61 Sailors and Marines.

#Repost @victormanuelleonline with @repostapp ・・・ Yo no quería engañarte, pero hacía mucho frío y una noche me canse de no encontrarte y la necesidad hace que los ladrones no sean tan culpables. -Víctor Manuelle El tema que se ha mantenido firme en su po by VICTOR MANUELLE

London Fashion Week demo - 15 September 2017 by Ron F.

Loud and lively anti-fur demonstration on the opening day of London Fashion Week 2017.

The organisers note that -

"Despite many big labels like Armani, Stella McCartney, Calvin Klein and Vivienne Westwood denouncing fur, London Fashion Week continues to provide the largest platform for fur in the UK - even though fur is illegal to produce in this country.

As high fashion drips down into high street fashion, the relentless promotion of fur by high brow designers is culpable in the normalisation of cheap high street fur items that have been brought back into shops and market stalls. London Fashion Week is currently responsible for the deaths of millions of innocent animals who are enslaved and tortured for their fur. This has to stop."

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Parque del Retiro, Madrid.... by Santos Diaz

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La naturaleza es la culpable de esta imagen...

It's her fault! by Eusebius@Commons

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Détail de "Dieu réprimandant Adam et Ève", par Domenico Zampieri (1625). Musée de Grenoble.

Siempre hay culpables by Anne Broflovski

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'Dejé la habitación desordenada, no me molesté en colocar los zapatos esparcidos por el suelo, los libros y papeles del escritorio, ni siquiera cerré la tapa del ordenador. Todo sucede por una razón, cada uno obtiene lo que se merece y mierdas así siempre me han sacado de quicio, sólo sirven para calmar conciencias castigadas y tranquilizar a estúpidos que dejaron que les tomaran el pelo o a pobres desgraciados cuya vida les ha castigado absurda e inexplicablemente. Salí del sucio portal con la cabeza gacha, a veces no queda más remedio que ir a comprar lo necesario para subsistir, y el peor momento para darte cuenta es cuando acabas de cambiarte de ropa, ponerte cómodo y decidir que pasarás las próximas 4 horas tirado frente al ordenador viendo series con subtítulos en español latinoamericano y comiendo cualquier cosa grasienta que tendrá de todo menos algo sano y nutritivo.

Al girar la esquina me crucé con una chica jóven... (seguir leyendo)'

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CIELO ROJO by Farashi Soul-Whitman

El mariachi es un símbolo mexicano que realza el sentido festivo de todos nosotros. Este grupo de hombres con sus trajes e instrumentos llegan a inundar de música, alegría, tradición y romance los lugares que pisan. Desde bodas hasta serenatas, este particular espectáculo es muy popular en nuestro país.

Para todos nuestros lectores extranjeros, un mariachi es un género musical de México. Se popularizó tanto en nuestro país que así también se le conoce a sus intérpretes: músicos vestidos con traje regional de charro, quienes cantan canciones acompañados por sus instrumentos de cuerda.

Las canciones de mariachi sin duda alguna son uno de los rasgos más característicos con el que identifican a nuestro país y de los que más ha traspasado fronteras.

algunos de los nombres de canciones con mariachi más sonadas.

1. Cielito Lindo

2. Cielo Rojo

3. La Bikina

4. Acá entre Nos

5. México Lindo y Querido

6. Sabes una Cosa

7. Amorcito Corazón

The mariachi is a Mexican symbol that enhances the festive sense of all of us. This group of men with their costumes and instruments flood the places they walk with music, joy, tradition and romance. From weddings to serenades, this particular show is very popular in our country.

For all our foreign readers, a mariachi is a musical genre from Mexico. It became so popular in our country that its performers are also known as: musicians dressed in regional charro costume, who sing songs accompanied by their string instruments.

Mariachi songs, without a doubt, are one of the most characteristic features with which our country is identified, and one of those that has crossed borders the most.

some of the names of the most popular mariachi songs.

CIELO ROJO / RED SKY

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Alone, without your love, I'm walking

Solo, sin tu cariño, voy caminando

I'm walking and I don't know what to do

Voy caminando y no sé qué hacer

Not even heaven answers me

Ni el cielo me contesta

When I ask about you, my good

Cuando pregunto por ti, mi bien

I have not been able to forget you, since the night

No he podido olvidarte, desde la noche

Since the night I lost you

Desde la noche en que te perdí

Shadows of doubt and jealousy

Sombras de duda y celos

They only surround me, thinking of you

Solo me envuelven, pensando en ti

Let me look for you and if I find you

Deja que yo te busque y si te encuentro

And if I find you come back again

Y si te encuentro vuelve otra vez

forget the past

Olvida lo pasado

Don't remember that yesterday

Ya no te acuerdes de aquel ayer

forget the past

Olvida lo pasado

Don't remember that yesterday

Ya no te acuerdes de aquel ayer

While I am asleep, I dream that we are going

Mientras yo estoy dormido, sueño que vamos

The two very close to a blue sky

Los dos muy juntos a un cielo azul

But when I wake up

Pero cuando despierto

The sky is red, I miss you

El cielo es rojo me faltas tu

Although I am guilty of that sad

Aunque yo sea culpable de aquella triste

From that sad separation

De aquella triste separación

Come back, for God's sake, your eyes

Vuelve, por Dios, tus ojos

Love me again, come back my love

Vuelve a quererme, vuelve mi amor

Let me look for you and if I find you

Deja que yo te busque y si te encuentro

And if I find you come back again

Y si te encuentro vuelve otra vez

forget the past

Olvida lo pasado

Don't remember that yesterday

Ya no te acuerdes de aquel ayer

forget the past

Olvida lo pasado

Don't remember that yesterday

Ya no te acuerdes de aquel ayer

Love scene in a Drama by satheesan nair.c

Love killed six times more Indians than terror attacks, government records revealed.

Between 2001 and 2015, love was the officially recorded reason for as many as 38,585 murders and culpable homicide cases. Terror, on the other hand, killed 20,000 people, including civilians and security forces, in the same period. Andhra Pradesh witnessed the highest number of love-related murder cases.

Times of India. April 02/2017.

Pic. a love scene from a Drama.

Culpable by Lissette Antoinette Ortiz Passerini

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no busquemos culpables, sino soluciones by christian oneto gaona para el documento

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A Scholar..Chapter 4...Cup In Hand by charlie gregory

Life in Windsor was much different after the Winter Break. I don’t know what it was, it sure wasn’t as explosive as the first half, for one the courses were changed. Asian Studies 101 was now taught by young Professor Burton whose field was that of China, I found this subject almost as fascinating as studying India. Mr Burtons style of teaching was much different than Professor Spellmans, it was interesting but it was no rock concert the way the previous lecturer shook your head, made you think and examine yourself. In place of the first semester Drama course I took the more interesting Communication Arts course which switched to a lecture series held in a huge auditorium attended by a couple of hundred students. The lecturer was the department head Dr Romanow. Rounding things out there was more Theology taught by Father Culliton and Philosophy 101 presented to us by Professor Deck. Geography unfortunatlely had been dropped in the first semester as there was an element of mathematics that one needed in order to understand some matters, I was not up to the task.

Funds were getting tight for Peter and myself. Our second portion of the grants were slow in coming to the bank where they were direct deposited. With a sigh of releif we greeted the funds when they did arrive. The money didn’t last very long most of it was needed for rent and other necessities. By mid February we were flat broke and we had to survive until Mid May when classes would be over. Mary Lewis a Chinese Canadian girl who worked on the Harpoon the alternative campus newspaper came up to the apartment for a dinner. I remember this well as I served a new creation, breaded, then baked tinned sardines with a can of tomato soup for a sauce. She was a lovely girl, she did not complain being that mannerly kind of person, polite to the end. Mary must have been aware of my poverty. We were like buddies, her folks owned a business she was getting educated, a liberal woman from downtown Windsor.

There was a memorable time in March, Pete and I must have been desperate as I was cooking our last package of meat, smelly grey sausages. They were sizzling away on the stove in the tiny kitchen when Pete brings old Johnny Blue up to say hello. Blue first apologized for ripping us off months earlier at the party, blamed that on his friend Doc Pat. Blue said, “you can’t eat those sausages, they’ve spoiled, they’re bad!” He was right they had gone smelly, it was the last thing we had to eat in the house. Old Blue, he had a solution, he gave us directions to a large church across the main street a few blocks away in the more working class part of town. He then told us the ministers name that we had to see, it was a Protestant church, he told us what day the church pastor would talk to us, told Pete and I to both go separately, that way we would get a coupon voucher each instead of just one. In order to survive until that day we got up early a few mornings and took the money out of the milk bottles of neighbouring homes. Our eyes lit when we found crisp one dollar bills in some of the bottles there was also lots of change, enough to keep us fed for the time being.

The following Wednesday as pointed out by Blue, Pete and self headed to the church at about three in the afternoon. We entered the church office where a kindly middle aged minister listened to our story, ‘no food, no jobs, struggling students’ we truly were hungry, he gave us both a cheque for twenty dollars each, actually a food voucher for a local grocery store, the new modern Steinbergs located downtown quite close to the multi level St Vincent de Paul store and the waterfront. Well we were like millionaires! I bought us a carton of smokes, a roast pork, ordered some deli meat which we ate while pushing the cart up the aisle then hid the packaging as we got the other necessities for the coming week. Things like milk and eggs and bread, coffee, cereal, sugar, fixings for a real spaghetti sauce, more meats. I recall almost dancing in the aisles! Everything that we were out of had been purchased! When I got home I invited Mary Lewis up for a real meal, she brought a bottle of wine and the neighbour, Sam dropped in with some Ouzo as he had a habit of doing whenever we were making a racket.

Every week afterwards we would head out to the church to pick up our vouchers that were waiting for us in the church office. We never had to eat anymore rotting sausages thanks to Johnny Blue he more than paid us back for the trouble he created back in the fall. I now look on his theft of our party money as a loan, a street sort of lay a way plan, we got much more from the church than the $85.00 that was taken. Neither of our families was able to help us with money for food, at my house in Toronto, it was a daily struggle for mom to put food on the table. I think in Petes situation it was a question of his pride, not wanting to ask for help. We didn’t have to go out in the morning stillness to steal milk bottles off of the neighbours porches anymore. If anyone is wondering where the milk money in the milk bottles on the porches was going, we took it, early in the mornings that late winter early spring of 1972.

Dr.Romanow’s lectures were intended to be an introduction to the workings of the media. I didn’t fall for his line of shit, all he would talk about were the positive aspects of media, the great media as if it was not culpable for the brainwashing of millions of mindless Westerners, reducing the vast majority of them to trash heads, thoughtless fools who program their existences around certain televised events, their heads stuck in newspapers that give the news that they (corporate editors) want you to read and radio shows that spend more time flogging products that are not needed leaving you at times depressed because of over-information. As Spellman once wisely pointed out ‘in ancient civilizations news traveled at a tortoise like pace it is human nature but it didn’t get to you in seconds or minutes as it does today’. We sit there watching events, like the bombing of Iraq, or the Tsunami victims relations as they mourn their dead, we have sanitized the event, when you occasionally see a dead body on TV you don’t smell the death, you don’t see the tears or feel the emotions partly because TV has already shown you more graphic images on regular programming, we are all to familiar with death and tragedy because of this so when something really happens you are desensitized you reach for those emotions that you used in media and find they are diluted.

I’d go to class and try to keep my mouth shut. When the professor was talking about commercials for example I’d intentionally speak out disrupting the class to bring my point of view into play, bringing to light the fact that a seemingly good company like General Electric was also supplying nuclear equipment for American dominated nations. There were many other examples of the media controlling the minds of Westerners and I was more than happy to point this out, but you know, even though some students would compliment me on the information I think 99 per cent of them just went about like robots concerned only with their grades not being able to view the big picture not able to get away from the ME. Dow and Monsanto were big targets, at the time I attacked them relentlessly, factories around the world were being picketed by educated people, there was an air of defiance and it was an honour to be a small part of the peoples demonstration. At times I’d leave the oval shaped auditorium energized by the event, the opportunity to lash out at the candy coating the lecturer was putting on his topics, he was nothing more than a media dupe. My mark on a frivolous essay at the end of the semester was poor and I complained about this to no avail, I dug my own grave. I deserved that mark but for class participation I should have gotten a medal!

The first semester Drama class had some interesting moments, I wish I had stuck with this line of study that I had fluked on as a replacement for English. There were several elements of the classes that would have made a difference in my career paths. Students learned hands on methods of editing film, real film, movie film, as well we worked in a studio using large Television cameras. There was a component of the course that dealt entirely with theatre. I wonder if my shyness had something to do with my being unable to discern a latent interest in these topics. The drama professor was a consummate professional.

Drama was broken into two segments, first semester was a hands on Drama introduction where a gifted Lady Professor taught by discussion and practical workshops the numerous intricate crafts that are required to make a production, from behind the stage work, set design, lighting, selling tickets, promotion, to what for some was the more interesting facets, acting, writing scripts, editing, costumes etc, it is a big field. There were 'in class' plays that we filmed and then evaluated the performances of, this was most interesting as we got to use some professional TV cameras on stands, for one of our assignments the Professor had us all write a one person play and we had to put on the play as a major portion of our semesters work. She was none to pleased when I handed in my script about Jesus Christ. In the play I played two rolls, one of Jesus making a phone call to God, asking God some relevant questions, there was a little swearing, and I never thought that the subject matter was out of bounds. I used language like two ordinary street people might do.

Jesus speaking, (telephone rings up in heaven, someone picks up the phone, a voice is heard), “Is this God?”

“Yes this is the Most Divine, All Knowing, Infallible, Speaker of the Truth in all languages, All Forgiving, Ever Watchful of Evil Doers, can I help you?”

Jesus looks at the audience, smirks a little, makes Jack Nicholson eyes and says,

“If you are so fucking smart how come we gotta use phones to communicate?”

Well the Professor blew a gasket, just about stopped me from continuing, gave me just a passing mark, I never would have thought she could let her religious beliefs impact on her judgment, but she sure as hell did. Other than that there was a guest speaker one day, a famous set designer, as he was introducing himself he said in a voice that switched from male to female without batting an eyelash, "I just came back from Greece, he shook his bum, where, as you know, there is a double standard for men, then he stuck his tongue out a little and continued talking, you know, so it was a very enjoyable experience.” But my play about God and Christ was irreverent, here’s this forty something teacher telling all of us to go and bend over for the boys because it’s alright you’re in Greece! I got even with the Drama department in the next semester, when it switched to Communication Arts, as I had decided to shit disturb whenever I felt the Prof was using the media to promote ideas that supported the western lifestyles in ways I found to be against Truth.

Mr Burton was an associate professor in the Asian Studies department, he had just returned from China he was married to a lovely Chinese woman who was tall and had naturally rouged cheeks with high cheekbones. From time to time we sat in the cafeteria for coffee her halting English causing her to blush innocently, she was my friend. One day she appeared in our class at which time she showed the students a film with images of burning bodies, both young and old people, Japanese people rolling on the floor the earth in pain, half their limbs gone, their skin melting off, just before they died. There were dead infants, grieving parents, photos of entire cities gone, burned to the ground. This was a graphic account of the horrors of the bombs that fell on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. It was an important moment as all of the students myself included had been brainwashed by the media to think the bombing of these cities was a small thing, mainline press would never show such graphic details of the nuclear bombings.

Burton had an idea to take three or four students to the BC woods to work in logging camps for the summer, study all things Chinese during our time off, learn some Cantonese dialect at night while sitting around the campfire and save a bunch of money so we could all travel to China the following year, and work on Chinese communes. I was dating a nice girl from Hamilton who was a nursing student. When I told her of our plans she kinda dropped me though there were other reasons, my partying, her career of nursing was going to have to be put on hold so we could go save the Chinese! Good old Burton he sure lit a spark. Those heady ideas, where do they go? As you know it took me over twenty more years to get to China but I got there and I got to B.C. too.

As a topic for an essay I had chosen a title that interested me, it was “The Importance of the Colour Purple in Ancient Chinese Society.” Professor Burton gave me a good mark an A- but not what I was expecting as I had researched the topic extensively, using over twenty reference books that backed up the title. Burton commented on the fact ‘a more serious topic could have been chosen’ as the choice of topics was up to the student. Today I wonder if anyone else has wrote on the same topic, now that the seriousness of the Chinese situation has lessened in the minds of some Westerners. Just recently (2005) I learned that Doctor Spellman had studied the Significance of the number 12 in ancient Indian Civilization. Those purple mushrooms from the woods of New Brunswick got a mention in the essay. If nothing else it was an excellent exercise in creative writing. Sadly the essay was destroyed not to far down the road by Alex along with all the other paper treasures I had collected over the year, that still hurts. When almost fourty years later the photo of me in the Buffalo skin Mounties coat at Tribag Mine was given to me by a relation an entire block of memories opened up that had been locked away in pain.

Being broke, just eating, no cash for beer, the grind started to take its toll. I also think there may have been withdrawals from lsd, and the other intoxicants we so freely enjoyed prior to this period of life. My personality flattened out, was I experiencing depression by chance? The spark which I had come to school with was gone, perhaps I had burned out. Had I underestimated the commitment needed to get through the courses, probably, there wasn’t much support from the family, they were just getting by themselves, living in their nightmare, thank goodness the strong friendship base was there, always was in place, very supportive.

An assignment had been given to us by Father Culliton for our final mark. The student was expected to read a long complex Teilhard de Chardin text. With the info garnered within we would be able to answer a dozen or so Theology questions, ten or twenty pages of very serious stuff. I had met a Quebec third year student, a radical, we shared a common smoking interest and I mentioned my plight, he offered to write the answers to the questions for me, I gave him $20 dollars and left town the year over, packed my suitcase and headed back to Toronto. Before leaving I checked out the courses for the next year, you needed to chose a major in order to re register. Without English I didn’t have many choices, I should have went with Communication Arts but signed up for Asian Studies instead with a minor in Com Arts, what was going on in my head? For Asian Studies you had to learn Hindi, and some Sanskrit, those books the Gita, the Shads, the Sutra they are like Shakespeare only in translated Hindi. I had the summer to think it over. The report card arrived a month or so later, surprisingly I passed with a C+ average, I like to think it was almost a B! The good Father later said he never received my final test, he passed me any ways on class participation, the same in philosophy Prof Deck passed me on class participation, Romanow passed me, had to, class participation, the high Asian Studies mark buoyed the other marks up. This was great for a Mt Dinky boy with a grade nine education. If one understands the varied aspects of my life they will comprehend the success this year as A Scholar has meant to me.

i feel... by exploding-girl

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Hey! I'm back, or something :)

I'm sorry for being so out lately, but i've been very very busy. Now it seems that I have a break, because the Xmas holidays are coming, so I'll try to catch up with all your pics.

This pic is one of the Graphic Design exercises I've done lately. I had to build typography with objects and texture x)

Vintage Kodachrome. July 1954. Climbing Training in Moroccan Atlas. by Jean-Paul Margnac

In july 1955, fifteen days of climbing training, organized by the Youth and Sports of Morocco (then under French protectorate ), have been nearly to end tragically.

We left with an instructor to explore the bed of a dried river who had cut deeply the plateau of the High Atlas where was intallé our camps.

The entrance to the river was dominated by two towering cliffs hundred and fifty meters high.

Our intention was to way out on the plateau.

The first few hours were relatively easy climbing that we did not pose a problem.

The error, which could have been fatal to us, came because we made a rappel by rope which prohibits us all back. We were thus condemned , regardless of the difficulties that we could meet, always moving forward to finally way out " from above" , ie to lead the plateau.

The night came and we were still prisoners gorges of the wadi. Some of my classmates , other culpable negligence of the teacher, were swimsuit. They shivered with cold.

Finally, the next day, in the early afternoon, we came on the set and rejoined our camp. Needless to say the monitor was seriously year due to the ease with which he had led half a dozen students in such a hazardous expedition .

The following photos show some very perilous passages. In one of which I almost unscrew more than sixty feet high ...

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"Stage de Haute Montagne dans l'Atlas."

Quinze jours de stage de haute montagne, organisée par la Jeunesse et les Sports du Maroc ( alors sous protectorat français), faillirent se terminer tragiquement.

Nous étions partis avec un moniteur pour aller explorer le lit d'un oued desséché qui avait profondément entaillé le plateau du Haut Atlas où était intallé notre camps.

L'entrée de l'oued était dominé par deux imposantes falaises de cent cinquante mètres de haut.

Notre intention était de le remonter jusqu'au plateau.

Les premières heures furent relativement facile, de l'escalade qui ne nous posait pas de problème.

L'erreur, qui aurait pu nous être fatale, vint du fait que nous effectuâmes une descente en rappel qui nous interdit tout retour en arrière. Nous étions ainsi condamnés, quelles que soient les difficultés que nous pouvions rencontrer, à toujours aller de l'avant pour réussir enfin à sortir "par le haut", c'est à dire à déboucher sur le plateau.

La nuit vint et nous étions toujours prisonniers des gorges de l'oued. Certains de mes camarades, autre coupable négligence du moniteur, étaient en maillot de bain. Ils grelottaient de froid.

Enfin, le lendemain, en début d'après-mid , nous débouchâmes sur le plateau et rejoignîmes notre camp. Inutile de préciser que le moniteur fut sérieusement mis an cause pour la légèreté avec laquelle il avait entraîné une demi douzaine de stagiaires dans un expédition aussi hasardeuse.

Les photos qui suivent montrent quelques passages très périlleux dont un où j'ai bien failli dévisser de plus de vingt mètre de haut …

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BarcelonA - AnarquistA * by Wolfgang Sterneck

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In the Cracks of the World

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JO TAMBÉ ESTAVA AL PARLAMENT... I HO TORNARIA A FER

El dia 31 de març comença el judici contra les 20 persones imputades per l’intent de bloqueig del Parlament del 15 de Juny del 2011. Aquell dia s'anaven a iniciar el tràmits per aprovar els pressupostos amb el primer paquet de retallades a Catalunya, que va propiciar el tancament d'empreses públiques, la privatització de la sanitat, les retallades al sector de la cultura, educació, etc.

La mobilització “Aturem el Parlament” va succeir dues setmanes després del brutal desallotjament de la Plaça Catalunya a mans dels antidisturbis dels Mossos d'Esquadra a les ordres del que era conseller d'Interior i ara ho és d'Empresa i Ocupació, Felip Puig. També responsable del dispositiu policial que va disparar contra l'ull d'Esther Quintana.

La criminalització per part de la premsa subvencionada pel Govern i l'escalada repressiva que va venir després (judicis contra persones que volien impedir un desnonament al Clot, nombroses detencions a les vagues generals, multes absurdes per les persones que es manifestaven o per enganxar cartells, etc), va ser i és encara, una resposta planejada per procurar frenar l'augment de la indignació i de la força de les protestes populars contra el poder polític, econòmic i altres injustícies quotidianes, com el patriarcat i el racisme.

Durant aquells dies, la gent es va organitzar arreu per construir política des del carrer, com moltes seguim fent. La política que volem és assembleària, horitzontal, autogestionada, sense representants, és del poble i per al poble, i xoca amb la política institucional que ens governa. La qual ha estat protagonista d'un espiral de corrupció i de tenir llaços, sovint familiars o personals, amb grans empreses privades que reben encàrrecs d'obres públiques i amb els peixos grossos del poder financer.

Aquell dia érem milers de persones les que vam anar a intentar aturar el Parlament, per combatre el drama de tantes vides immerses en la misèria, els acomiadaments per les retallades, els suïcidis pels desnonaments, etc. Perquè moltes d'aquestes barbàries s'aproven dins dels murs d'aquest edifici. Per aquest motiu estàvem assenyalant els culpables el 15 de Juny de 2011 i per això mateix, ho tornaríem a fer sense por, perquè legitimem la nostra actuació, i perquè si la gent del carrer, a qui ens afecta tot això, no lluitem, ningú altre ho farà per nosaltres.

Sabem i tenim clar que aquest és un judici polític, una farsa per atemorir a aquelles que decideixen plantar cara i actuar contra els responsables de tanta precarietat. De fet, ens reafirmem al comprovar que l'acció directa contra els poderosos i generar alternatives de vida els molesta, i molt. Per això, i perquè som conscients del poder que podem tenir quan ens organitzem, no ens volem doblegar davant les seves intimidacions i fem una crida a estendre la solidaritat a aquells i aquelles que pateixen la repressió i la violència quotidiana d'aquest sistema econòmic, en les seves infinitats de formes.

Convoquem manifestació el dia 29 de març a Barcelona a les 18:30 a Plaça Catalunya.

SOLIDARITAT AMB TOTES LES REPRESALIADES I AMB AQUELLES QUE LLUITEN!!

La propera vegada que agafin un helicòpter, que sigui per marxar ben lluny i no tornar a molestar!

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I was at the Catalan Parliament too…

and I would do it again

On March 31st the court case against the 20 people who are charged with an attempt to block the Catalan Paliament on June 15th 2012 will begin. That day in June, the process of implementing the first round of budget cuts in Catalonia began. Cuts that involved closing public companies, the privatization of health care,as well as cuts in the area of culture, education, etc.

The mobilization “Aturem el Parlament” (“Paralize the Parliament”), took place two weeks after the brutal eviction of Plaza Catalunya (Barcelona), by the riot police Mossos d´Esquadra under the command of Felip Puig. He was the minister of the Interior at that time and is currently the minister of companies and labour. He was also responsible for the police operation that shot Esther Quintana in the eye.

The criminalization by the media (that is funded by the state) and the increase of repression which followed (court cases against people trying to prevent an eviction in the neighbourhood of el Clot, many detentions during the general strikes, absurd fees for people protesting or hanging banners with tape etc), was, and still is, a planned response to try to stop the rise of outrage and the strength of popular demostrations against economic and political power, and other daily injustices (such as patriarchy and racism).

During those days, people organized themselves all over to build and create politics from the streets, as many of us continue to do. The politics we want are based in assemblies, horizontal, self-organized, without leaders; they belong to the people and they are for the people, and clash with the institutional politics which govern us. The same institutional politics and their protagonists are creating a corruption spiral and have relationships, mostly family-based, with private companies (that receive contracts for public constructions) and with high-up people with economic power.

That day we were thousands of people trying to paralyze the Catalan Parliament in order to fight the drama of so many lives embedded in misery, the layoffs due to the cuts, the suicides due to evictions, etc. Because many of these atrocities are approved behind the walls of that building. This is the reason that we were pointing out the guilty ones that 25 of June 2012, and because of this, we would to it again without fear. Because we legitimize our action, and because if we, the people from the street -whom are the most affected-, don´t fight, nobody will do it for us.

We know that this is a political court case, a farce to scare those who decide to stand up and take action against thoseresponsibleforall this precariousness. In fact, we reaffirm our ideals and actions after proving that direct action and the creation of alternatives of life bothers them, a lot. Because of this, and because we are aware of the power we can have when we are organized, we don´t want to bow down to their intimidation. We call for a spread of solidarity for all the ones who suffer daily repression and violence within this economic system, in its infinite shapes.

SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THE REPRESSED AND THOSE WHO FIGHT!!

The next time that they take an helicopter, it should be to go far away, and not come back to bother us.

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Repression in Spain. A call for international solidarity

During the last three years Spanish society has witnessed a period of intense social protests against austerity, corruption, unemployment and so on. As in other times in history, the greater and more radicalised the protest the bigger the repression that the state organises against it. Since the general strike in September 2010, a common trend of this repression strategy is been a kind of ‘laissez faire’ in the streets but followed by ´selective´ detentions months later. Police have been literally knocking doors down of those who continuously take part in different actions and demonstrations, and consequently dozens of people have been arrested.

On June the 15th 2011, ten thousand people surrounded the Catalan parliament in Barcelona. That day the government wanted to approve a vast austerity cut in health and education, and the idea was to block politicians from getting into the building. “Inexplicably” the police did not protect some politicians, which caused direct confrontation with protesters, and of course that fact was used by the media as an example of violence against democracy. After that, people were violently dispersed, and the MPs could do their job.

On October the 4th 2011, 22 people were arrested in their homes. They have been accused of a crime against the state, using a law designed for coup leaders and that had never been used before in Spain. They now face a penalty of up to 8 years in jail, whereas some of them have been also accused of different crimes related to other demonstrations. The trial will start in March the 31st 2014 and it is expected to last four days.

There will be a national day of solidarity in Spain on March the 29th with demonstrations in several cities. So we also call for international solidarity.

You can call, email or block different Spanish embassies or institutions. Or you can do whatever you consider appropriate…

“That day we tried to block the Catalan parliament to combat the drama of many lives immersed in poverty, layoffs by cuts, suicides by evictions, etc. Because many of these atrocities are approved behind the walls of that building. We were pointing at the guilty, and because of that we would do it again without fear. We know this is a political trial, a farce to scare those who choose to stand up and take action against those responsible for such precarious living conditions. In fact, we reaffirm it to find that both direct action against the powerful and generate alternative lives bothers them a lot. For this reason, and because we understand the power that we can have as we organise ourselves, we do not want to bow to their intimidation and we make a call to extend solidarity to those suffering the daily repression and violence of this economic system, in its myriad forms”.

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"Audiència Nacional Demolició!"

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World of Tiers - Vol 1 - Philip Jose Farmer - cover by Boris Vallejo by Cadwalader Ringgold

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Title: The World of Tiers Volume 1

Author: Farmer, Philip Jose 1918-2009

Type: Hardbound; anthology; 2 novels

Publisher: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.

Pages count: 312 pgs

Edition: Science Fiction Book Club

Cover artist: Boris Vallejo 1941-

Publication date: unknown

Cover Price: not listed

Magazine appearance: not listed

Comments: This volume consists of the following three related novels:

The Makers of the Universe, 1965, 170 pgs.

The Gates of Creation, 1966, 150 pgs.

The Lavalite World, 1977, 127 pgs.

Nice Vallejo cover.

Culpability: All images are from publications owned by Calwalader Ringgold /\ Weazel. Image scanning, editing and compiling of bibliographic data was performed by Calwalader Ringgold /\ Weazel.

The Earth Tripper - Leo P. Kelley by Cadwalader Ringgold

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Title: The Earth Tripper

Author: Kelley, Leo P. 1928-

Type: Paperback – novel

Publisher: Fawcett Gold Medal

Publisher ID: T2719

Pages count: 159

Edition: 1st printing

Cover artist: not credited – no signature line on cover

Publication date: May 1973

Cover Price: .75

Comments: Leo P. Kelley’s first published speculative fiction was in 1955 and abruptly terminated in 1974. He published 9 novels and two anthologies. I have read his 1971 book The Coins of Murph and would recommend it. This book is on my shelf of books “to be read someday” boy is it loaded. The Fawcett edition T2719 is considered to be the “First Edition”. The cover is a “psychedelic experience” type illustration fairly common on paperback covers in early 70’s

Culpability: All images are from publications owned by Calwalader Ringgold /\ Weazel. Image scanning, editing and compiling of bibliographic data was performed by Calwalader Ringgold /\ Weazel.

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Making of Video Clip "Culpables" de Nicole.

Video Clip:

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DOC36/4828 - Wall painting in the grave of Ramses IX by Marten Kuilman

HORNUNG, Erik (1985/1995). Tal der Könige: Die Ruhestätte der Pharaonen. Weltbild Verlag GmbH, Augsburg/Artemis Verlag AG, Zurich.

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Ramesses IX (also written Ramses) (originally named Amon-her-khepshef Khaemwaset) (ruled 1129 – 1111 BC) was the eighth king of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt. He was the third longest serving king of this Dynasty after Ramesses III and Ramesses XI. He is now believed to have assumed the throne on I Akhet day 21 based on evidence presented by Jürgen von Beckerath in a 1984 GM article. According to Papyrus Turin 1932+1939, Ramesses IX enjoyed a reign of 18 Years and 4 months and died in his 19th Year in the first month of Peret between day 17 and 27. His throne name, Neferkare Setepenre, means "Beautiful Is The Soul of Re, Chosen of Re." Ramesses IX is believed to be the son of Mentuherkhepeshef, a son of Ramesses III since Montuherkhopshef's wife, the lady Takhat bears the prominent title of King's Mother on the walls of tomb KV10 which she usurped and reused in the late 20th dynasty; no other 20th dynasty king is known to have had a mother with this name. Ramesses IX was, therefore, probably a grandson of Ramesses III.

His reign is best known for the year 16 and year 17 tomb robbery trials, recorded in the Abbott Papyrus, the Leopold II-Amherst Papyrus, Papyrus BM 10054 and on the recto of both Papyrus BM 10053 and Papyrus BM 10068. It has been suggested that the undated Papyrus Mayer B, dealing with the plundering of the tomb of Ramesses VI may also stem from his reign but, so far, this remains conjecture.

During these trials it became clear that several royal and noble tombs in the Western Theban necropolis had been robbed, including that of a 17th Dynasty king, Sobekemsaf II. Paser, Mayor of Eastern Thebes or Karnak, accused his subordinate Paweraa, the Mayor of West Thebes responsible for the safety of the necropolis, of being either culpable in this wave of robberies or negligent in his duties of protecting the Valley of the Kings from incursions by tomb robbers. Paweraa played a leading part in the vizierial commission set up to investigate, and, not surprisingly, it proved impossible for Paweraa to be officially charged with any crime due to the circumstantiality of the evidence. Paser disappeared from sight soon after the report was filed. Ramesses IX brought a measure of stability to Egypt after the wave of tomb robberies. He also paid close attention to Lower Egypt and built a substantial monument at Heliopolis.

Ramesses IX is known to have had 2 sons: at Heliopolis, "a gateway was reinscribed with texts including the king's names and also those of the prince and High Priest Nebmaatre, who was fairly certainly his son." Ramesses IX's second son, Montuherkhopshef C, perhaps this king's intended heir, who did not live long enough to succeed his father, took over the former KV19 tomb of Sethirkhepsef B in the Valley of the Kings. The throne was instead assumed by Ramesses X whose precise relationship to Ramesses IX is unclear. Ramesses X might have been Ramesses IX's son, but this assumption remains unproven. Tomb KV19, which was one of the most beautifully decorated tombs in the royal valley, had been abandoned by Sethirkhepsef B when the latter assumed the throne as king Ramesses VIII and one of prince Montuherkhopshef's depictions there "bears the prenomen cartouche to Ramesses IX on its belt" thereby establishing the identity of this prince's father. The tomb of Ramesses IX, (KV6), has been open since antiquity, as is evidenced by the presence of Roman and Greek graffiti on the tomb walls. It is quite long in the tradition of the 'syringe' tunnels of the later 19th and 20th Dynasties and lies directly opposite the tomb of Ramesses II in the Valley of the Kings; this fact may have influenced Ramesses IX's choice of location for his final resting place due to its proximity to this great Pharaoh. While Ramesses IX's chief queen is not precisely identified in surviving Egyptian inscriptions, she was most likely Baketwernel.

The novel Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer is told from the perspective of characters living during the reign of Ramesses IX, including Ramesses IX himself (Wikipedia).

Death of Freddie Gray by Newsillustrator - Rich Johnson

Sketches from the courtroom of the first trial of the Baltimore police officers accused of being culpable in the death of Freddie Gray. www.washingtonpost.com/news/drawing-dc-together/

Death of Freddie Gray by Newsillustrator - Rich Johnson

Sketches from the courtroom of the first trial of the Baltimore police officers accused of being culpable in the death of Freddie Gray. www.washingtonpost.com/news/drawing-dc-together/

Curvas y lineas by Christian Callejas

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