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Event: Fro-Nationale Fashion Show
Location: The Highline Loft, NY, NY
Date: March 21, 2013
Photograph from Fro-Nationale Fashion Show.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Kevin Lofton attends Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)
David Findlay sent a card from England to his fiancée Fanny Wynter, his true love. The card was sent just before he was posted to the Western Front at Messines, Belgium where he was killed. His special girl never forgot him, not marrying until 1942 when she was 49. She lived till she was 91, the last 29 years as a widow.
THIS IS DAVID'S STORY:
Private David Gray Findlay (Service No. 2648) was a despatch rider in the 47th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force during the 1914-18 War. He was killed in action on that dreadful day of June 7th, 1917, when the Allied offensive, intended to take the Ypres Salient, began with the detonation of 19 tunnels packed with high explosives. The resulting explosions, erupting almost simultaneously at 3.10am, created the largest explosion ever created by humankind to that point, left large craters up to 300M across and destroyed an estimated 10,000 German soldiers.
The 47th Battalion AIF were waiting behind the New Zealand Division. Once the German front line was devastated and the remnants in shock, the New Zealanders were to advance east across No Man’s Land, then take Messines and advance down the slope beyond. Only 2 kms to the south, from the splintered woods near the village of Ploegsteert, gas-shells rained down all night long to prevent any advance by the Allies through the forest. That night was well lit by an almost full moon and on the Messines Ridge ahead the Germans were silent though expecting an attack. What they weren’t expecting was for the ground to erupt beneath their front lines.
It may have been expected that no one slept that night as the Allies prepared for zero hour at 3.10am. However because of the effort taken to move forward and assemble ready for the advance, many of the men did sleep. To heighten the suspense, at 2.52am, green and yellow flares rose above the horizon just to the left of Messines and that was the German signal for artillery-fire. The barrage that broke out could be heard coming from the area to the north of Messines. All troops were now anxiously awake.
The Germans were in position awaiting the Allied artillery. Then, the ground shook and the “trench-walls rocked; to the left” less than a mile way , “ a huge bubble was swelling, mushroom-shaped from the earth, and then burst to cast a molten, rosy glow on the under-surface of some dense cloud low above it. As its brilliance faded two more bubbles burst beside it.” Within those fateful 20 seconds, a total of 19 great mines detonated and an estimated 10,000 German soldiers along the front line were blown to smithereens. The barrage of Allied machine guns followed and for 2 hours Messines and its ridge could not be seen by the Allies because of the smog and dust.
Under the cover of the dust and smoke the Allies moved forward. For a while enemy resistance was almost absent. As the New Zealanders advanced on Messines, they found a few Germans in concrete shelters, and some in shell holes, but most had fled leaving a litter of paraphernalia (including rifles, munitions, food, cigars). The New Zealanders worked their way around and fought their way through Messines as some of their enemy were still firing from cellars or concrete shelters.
Just to the south-east of Messines the Australian 38th Battalion encountered some opposition as they reached the major frontline trench, Ungodly Trench, and other German defences on Bethleem Farm. Blockhouses were taken, guns captures, then enemy troops became fugitives on the run or surrendered.
The New Zealand Division reached the intended position with the Australians to the right and left forming the new front line and all began to entrench themselves.
The Australian 52nd, 49th, 45th and 47th Battalions marched forward ready to be part of the afternoon attack. They were lined up north to south behind the New Zealand Division by 11.30am ready to move east. They had less than 2 hours to move forward to the new front line and resume the attack.
Private David Findlay and his mates could see the landscape ahead: the devastation of the former no man’s land, the trenches and fortifications of the former German frontline across the shallow valley on the slope and the pocked farmland on the broad low ridge that they knew now as Messines Ridge, and to their left was the damaged village of Messines. No word had arrived to confirm or alter the new zero hour to begin the assault, so the Australians had moved into their new positions – the 47th Battalion had moved forward beyond the former German Front line position and onto Bethleem Farm. What lay ahead was a landscape of treed windbreaks, a few large farmhouses and barns, and a clear view as far as the church spires of Comines (6kms). But what the trees concealed was the movement of the German reinforcements that had been urgently gathering at Warneton, just 3 kms away and out of sight in its vale.
Captain Grieve of the 37th Battalion stated that at this stage it seemed “more like a picnic than a battle” on this bright, hot day, except for bursts of the protective barrage. But further up the line to the north there had been delays and the result was that the troops south of Messines were in position and exposed whilst the zero hour was set back by 2 hours. This was necessary on the section of the front north of Messines through to Ypres, but at Bethleem Farm the unprotected battalions were exposed to the renewed German counter-offensive. Some picnic!
There were losses in all the battalions around and to the south of Messines that afternoon. One of those killed was Private David Gray Findlay. When word of him arrived home to his parents in the rural community at Maroondan, outside Bundaberg, Queensland, it was to the effect that he was missing in action. The Findlay family continued praying and hoping that he would one day, “walk in the door”. In fact it wasn’t until a Court of Inquiry was held “in the field” on 24th November 1917, that it was officially determined that David had been killed.
Two of his mates in the 47th Battalion, those who witnessed his signature on his will just a few days before he was killed, both suffered different fates but both returned to Australia after the war. Grenadier Tom McPhail from the Darling Downs was wounded (thigh wound) and taken prisoner, imprisoned at Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany. (There were 25,000 prisoners held at Güstrow and another 25,000 registered there and assigned to work camps.) On release he was hospitalised at Étaples, France then returned to London. Discharged from medical care he went awol having been caged for too long, for which he was punished by loss of pay. He was repatriated to Australia. Ernest Cunningham, a younger fellow, formerly a pattern maker in the Bundaberg foundry, was also wounded with severe wound to a foot. But after hospitalisation, Ern was returned to the battle front before the war ended. He also returned to Queensland.
But for David’s family, the grief and questions continued. His mother, Jessie Findlay , wrote to the Australian Army on September 24th, 1917:
Officer in Charge,
Dear Sir,
My son, (No. 2648) David Gray Findlay was reported Missing since June 7th, 1917 and heard no more word since about him when I got a letter from one of his mates on Sept 21st saying he had been wounded & he was in England somewhere. We have heard no word from himself since he was missing. Could you possibly find out for me where he is and if he is severely wounded. If you can find out any information would you kindly let me know as early as possible.
And you will oblige Mrs J. B Findlay, Maroondan, Mount Perry Line, via Bundaberg, Queensland.
Mrs Findlay’s distress is reflected in a response to another letter she wrote and placed it in a comforts parcel that was sent to troops. The parcel containing the letter was received by Driver T. C. G. Phillips, Australian Armed Service Corps to the British Red Cross Association. Phillips wrote, "In a comforts parcel received from Queensland, I found a rather pathetic appeal from a mother requesting information about her son - 2648 Pte David G Findlay 47th Battalion AIF. I am writing to the mother Mrs J. B. Findlay, Maroondan, Queensland, Australia and would be very pleased if you could furnish me with some particulars and details about her son. I think he was reported missing 7/6/17 and later on reported killed. Thanking you in anticipation. Yours faithfully, Driver TCG Phillips.”
The reply to Driver Phillips simply informed him that Private Findlay was officially reported killed in action on 7.6.17 having been previously reported missing on that date. "We have no further information about him at present except that he is reported to be buried 550 [sic.] yds past of Messines. We are making every possible enquiry concerning him and will immediately advise you should we succeed."
David Findlay’s last postcards sent home were received by his mother, his fiancée Fanny Wynter, and sister Kate, in late May, 1917. Kate replied the next day. She told all the news of family and home and of her impending move to the Monsildale in the upper Brisbane Valley “where there is some good timber hauling there. Bob is going up on Monday to have a final look around. Bob wanted me to live in town for a few months but I’d rather go straight away. I don’t like leaving Mum behind, but all being well, I’ll come and have a look at them every year or so.” She continues, “You won’t know Heatherleigh when you come home. We are shifting the Bullyard house down to Bundaberg. We have got an allotment in Barolin Street near the school...”
Give our love to Charlie [Clarke] and yourself, with fond love and thanking you for remembering me – I remain your loving sister, Kate Stehbens.
David never did come home, and Kate’s letter never reached David. It was eventually returned to Kate with the following successive messages added:
“On Active Service Abroad”
“Missing”
“UNDELIVERABLE AMPO RETURN TO SENDER”
“RETURNED MAIL OFFICE VICTORIA BARRACKS BRISBANE”
“DECEASED”
“Not Maroondan - Try MRS R G STEHBENS, Monsildale Sawmill, Via Linville, Brisbane Valley Line, Queensland”
Kate treasured the returned letter for the rest of her life, a tangible memento of a brother she would never forget.
Though there are unknown soldiers buried in the Bethleem East Cemetery, very close to where David Findlay was said to be buried “750 yards east of Messines” at the Allied Black Line, his burial place “is known only to God” and his life and military service are commemorated in perpetuity on the Menin Gate, Ypres Memorial, Ieper, Belgium.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Atmosphere at CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Maddy Suennen, Lisa Suennen, Geetha Vallabhaneni, Melissa Dyrdahl, and Aaron Cullinui attend Dignity Health Founadtion's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Nathan Dean, Nicole Dean, Suzanne Dean, Caretha Coleman, Tessie Guillermo, Sister Carol Keehan, and Michael Covarrubias attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Andrew Caulfield for Drew Altizer Photography)
關於人性，我一直都抱持著本惡的態度
到了關鍵時刻，人們為了生存總會顯現出最原始的醜態
我也深受社會這樣的不堪狀態，感到憂慮
這本書其實滿有趣的，前半段從人類的起源開始說明
透過各種不同年代歷史戰爭、社會新聞、心理實驗、考察與與洞察，推翻人性天生惡劣和憤世忌俗的印象，應證人性善良且團結的那個面貌
很像看了文字版的老高，講了不少知名的人性實驗，像是米爾格蘭的電擊實驗、史丹佛監獄實驗(路西法效應)、復活節島上人類相殘互食的敘事，還有曼德拉與恐怖份子喝茶的歷史、凱薩琳.蘇珊.吉諾維斯的死亡事件…等搜集不同角度的史料以及被掩蓋的真實資訊，來告訴讀著們：關於人性，你知道的幾乎都是錯的
有鑑於報章媒體、政治宣傳、普羅大眾對於「人性」的偏誤解讀，他想透過這本書傳達一個核心訊息：「大部分的人在內心深處，其實是相當正派的」。作者在書中旁徵博引，以詳盡的事實和深入的查證，說明了人類無論是出於天性、身為孩童時、在無人島上、當戰爭爆發、當危機來襲，對於自己「好」的一面
又從這些延伸到當今社會層面，談論了論民主政體的模樣、教育的本質、工作的內在動機
其實看完並沒有讓我對人性有多大的改變
問題不是二元化的「人性本惡或本善」選擇題。反而，透過這些精采的正反論述，猶如偵探小說抽絲剝繭般的分析，我理解到的是人性真正的「複雜」
但我相信裡面一項明確的事實：新聞與媒體，確實將人性惡的那面推波助瀾，他們放大了個案，帶著有色眼鏡與政治利益，用狹隘的觀點誤導、散播這世界僅有的少數惡行
讓人們誤以為這個世界就是這樣，但這不又是人們想看的東西嗎？每當這些討人厭的新聞不段重播總能獲得更大的關注和迴響，環環相扣且惡性循環？到底誰才是根源？
Life lessons learned:
因此我們不需要去相信什麼人性是光明還黑暗，我們選擇善良，不愧對自己的良心，「當你把一個人當人看，他就會表現得像一個人。」瞭解歷史的事實，讓我們得以明辨是非，擁有信念，影響身邊的人我想就已經足夠
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Delane Duvall and Shannon Duvall attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Lloyd Dean, Brenda Wright, and Steve Bowdry attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Atmosphere at Dignity Health Foundation’s Humankindness Gala 2017 on May 18th 2017 at City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jana Asenbrennerova for Drew Altizer Photography)
What part of humanKIND is so hard to understand? 😟💔 The day I posted this on my social media two more horrific incidents of gun violence occurred, just several weeks after the mass school shooting that happened two miles from where I live.
(The heart shape had been nibbled out, but I’ll take it!)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Fred Najjar attends CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Shrik for Drew Altizer Photography)
“The Land of Eternal Night” -
Experience the downfall of humankind and the rise of the lords of the night.
In Nox Aeterna, vampire society has flourished and through impressive spellcraft they’ve even bent the sky to their rule guaranteeing that none need fear the rays of the sun ever again.
Atop the mountains sits one such stronghold, sprawling amongst the crags and peaks. Beneath it a village on the edge of a lake, steeped in tradition and protected as much by the denizens above as the forest surrounding it.
Nox Aeterna -
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Remy Kajogbola, ? and Amir Rubin attend Dignity Health Foundation’s Humankindness Gala 2017 on May 18th 2017 at City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jana Asenbrennerova for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Geetha Vallabhaneni, Kenneth Coleman and Carita Coleman attend Dignity Health Foundation’s Humankindness Gala 2017 on May 18th 2017 at City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Jenks for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Atmosphere at CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Amir Rubin, Lloyd Dean, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ? and ? attend Dignity Health Foundation’s Humankindness Gala 2017 on May 18th 2017 at City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jana Asenbrennerova for Drew Altizer Photography)
Philadelphia dance company, ArcheDREAM for Humankind teamed up with Bay Area composer Eric "EO" Oberthaler for this performance at Philadelphia Experiment's (PEX) stage at Burning Man '08 inspired by this year's theme, The American Dream. I had to put other music to it (Keb Mo) due to the audio on my camera not sounding so good, but EO's music was awesome. See this show when it comes to your town! If you want to see the entire clip, please go to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzOyCXUCnf8
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Shrik for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Melissa Dyrdahl, Jed York, Maddy Suennen, and Lisa Suennen attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Paul Edgett, Dana Edgett, David Cyganowsk,i and Kate Bulick attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Atmosphere at CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Shrik for Drew Altizer Photography)
الله , محمد , علي , حسن , حسين , اهل البيت , شيعة آل محمد , Ya Mahdi, Ya Hussein Ya Muhammad , Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Mahdī , the ultimate savior of humankind, the final Imām of the Twelve Imams, the Awaited Mahdi, the Twelfth Imam, Islam, Muslim, Major Occultation, Al-Muntadhir, Al-Qa'im, Sahab az-Zaman, Imam az-Zaman, Wali al-'Asr, Al-Hujjah, the Proof of Allah's justice, the Leader of the Age, the Rising one, صاحب الزمان, ولي العصر, المنتظر, القائم, الحجة بن الحسن
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Andrew Caulfield for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Fred Najjar and Matt Deziak attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Shrik for Drew Altizer Photography)