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A green heron goes all in after some prey while fishing on Horsepen Bayou. I am always amazed that they will make this type of commitment.
Just as I was leaving the park, I see this lady coming out with the crutches. I had to have this pic. What sells it for me is the way the son is looking at his mom!
If there's one thing I've committed to, it's this – visiting places no one goes, or at times when no one goes there. The precarious lighthouse at Boar's Head is certainly no secret, but you'll likely be alone on days like these. No one passing on the winding walk up, no one down to darkness but me. It's a long way from home to Long Island, about as far as I'll venture in an afternoon – two highways and a ferry to go. It's that body of water I'm spanning at last, Petit Passage narrowly keeps me from the mainland. The wind is screaming, and for the first time this season, it stings. Burning my fingers as my blood runs off for warmth, raking my face with breezes from all sides at once. This structure is much younger than many similar ones in my homeland, only raised in 1957. About the same age as my mother, but unlike her, infinitely more weather-worn. Facing the brunt of an angry Atlantic, day and nightly, never a reprieve. I stand and shiver until I can't face her any longer. It's my time now to turn for home.
December 13, 2022
Tiverton, Nova Scotia
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the wine was excellent - very refreshing - while I couldn't put down his first book, The Sympathizer, this one is dragging.... not sure if I'm committed to finishing.
Instant Discipleship
Reflections on 1 Thessalonians
This past year, my husband has been praying and studying the Bible with Robert, a new Christian. Robert is a former addict, and his life reflected sins from that lifestyle. While he is now committed to Christ, he continues to walk in some of those sins. Many Christian men who have mentored Robert gave up when he didn’t stop sinning on their timeline.
Walking alongside a new Christian with years of ingrained sinful habits can be discouraging. While the Bible doesn’t provide a blueprint for quick discipleship, Paul provides an encouraging model in Thessalonians.
For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe (1 Thess 2:11–13).
Paul’s example is the example of Jesus himself. Rather than simply commanding holiness, Paul and his team lived holiness among the Thessalonian church. Paul became a “father” to them. The work of a parent is ongoing and sometimes arduous—repeated instructions, reprimands for rules broken, and the modeling of a godly life. Paul guides the Thessalonians to holiness by wielding words with love and urging them on in faith.
He commends the faith and love of the Thessalonian believers, but he still warns them against particular sins like sexual immorality, laziness and revenge (1 Thess 4:3; 5:14–15). These believers found it difficult to adhere to the strict ethical code of their new faith. Yet Paul, recognizing the work ahead of them, encourages them because God is at work.
Despite what we may see outwardly, there is a patient, intimate work that God is performing in his people.
Aubry Smtih, “Instant Discipleship,” in Moment with God: A Devotional on Every Biblical Book (ed. John D. Barry and Rebecca Van Noord; Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2014).
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
The clod of dirt is about an inch long. This is oat grass I grow for my cat to eat.
For Our Daily Challenge topic 'Stand Out in a Crowd'
A few hours ago I just got the worst news of my life, something I have torn the soul. One of my best friends committed suicide.
Still can not believe it and I think it was all a nightmare. Right now I feel a mixture of shame and anger, I am furious at having been their choice. I guess when you outweigh the problems, if you do not see the easy way out. But I keep wondering if I did my best and if I could help in some way, I miss you very much and I keep remembering all the times we spent together, both for good and for bad.
I'm tired to cry, to mourn and to hit the table, now I just have to accept it and resign, even though I have the certainty that this does not end here.
It was a lovely girl full of energy, you could talk to her about anything, he was a tremendously intelligent.
She was not prepared to live in this society, neither in this world as we know it.
I could not stand such injustice and believed in a borderless world, used to say that money was one of the great evils of this world and all these situations would have to be destroyed and replaced by ones that really make this world a place " free "in every way, where love stood out above all in his head was still making his ideal world as a means of escape, he questioned everything I could tell .... But that was not enough and really wanted that world he kept in his head based on ideas and thoughts come true.
From rebellious spirit and endowed with great character, could not take no for an answer, one that does not come from the depths of this infinite universe.
How I miss you dear friend, I hope that when we meet again either in this world, in this physical plane and get my life back, as a new member in my family, as the neighbor across or as you agreed in your Book of life.
With these words I do not want to tie you to me, on the contrary wish to continue your journey and follow evolving. Sure you still have much to learn and to teach those who need it.
With these words I just want to show my love and affection. This is not a goodbye or anything, we could leave it in a "goodbye".
Sorry
Forgive
Thanks
I love you
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“Be the best version of you there is—be determined to grow, brave enough to begin, and committed enough to rise.” Stay the course [Inspire, Be Inspired, Encouraged, Motivated 5.11.26]
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[Once again I’m writing this for the committed photographer.]
Review: David Ulrich, “Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography” (Watson-Guptill, 2018) 217 pages. creativeguide.com/zen-camera/
I do hope that Jim Williams from Canada www.flickr.com/photos/55920888@N08/ doesn’t mind my quoting a recent message from him:
“The way I shoot is very deliberate - almost a Zen exercise.”
I responded that this is exactly the way I like to work too and that indeed photography is my therapy. So I said that I would write a brief review of a book I still find a source of much inspiration.
“Zen Camera employs the camera for its most noble purpose: to learn to see what is.” (p.3)
David Ulrich teaches photography at the Pacific New Media Foundation in Honolulu, Hawai’i. This book is both an inspiration and a practical workbook. Ulrich believes that discipline is required in mastering the craft of photography. The principal discipline in this workbook is to photograph every day. Real progress is only possible he believes by taking 100 to 200 photographs a week following this advice:
“Give yourself the space and luxury of the pure enjoyment of taking pictures for their own sake. Refinement and completion come in their own time. Do not edit. Do not judge. Merely watch with interest what images arise.” (p.17)
Ulrich provides the reader with plenty of his own examples, but the work of many other historic and contemporary photographers is featured as well. He is a Zen Buddhist practitioner by conviction, but everyone can learn from his method. Ulrich has a lovely shot of the Tibetan Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard taken in Hong Kong. Ricard (a former leading French scientist and son of the famous French philosopher Jean-François Revel) also practices photography as a meditative discipline. www.matthieuricard.org/en/photographies
LESSON ONE: OBSERVATION
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” – Dorothea Lange (1895-1965).
I love that quote. Lange of course gave us some of the most powerful images of The Great Depression. She learned to see things that most other people couldn’t, and that is the essence of great photography. So we must begin by looking.
LESSON TWO: AWARENESS
Mindfulness and heightened awareness of the world around us are the two key elements of this lesson. Training our minds to be like a camera sensor soaking in the light (both real and metaphorical). Once again Ulrich quotes one of my favourite photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004):
“I believe that, through the act of living, the discovery of oneself is made concurrently with the discovery of the world around us which can mold us, but which can also be affected by us. A balance must be established between these two worlds – the one inside us and the one outside us. As the result of a constant reciprocal process, both these worlds come to form a single one. And it is this world that we must communicate.” - From “The Decisive Moment” – one of the most important books ever published on photography.
LESSON THREE: IDENTITY
“Know thyself.” – Socrates.
Here Ulrich deals with two important elements: Personal style and Authenticity. In order to communicate effectively we must find our own voice. But, it’s one voice within a community of voices (so history and context matters).
LESSON FOUR: PRACTICE
This is the central chapter of the book. All forms of success in art flow from its practice. Ulrich cites Malcolm Gladwell’s research that it takes about 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to gain mastery in a field. Nothing comes easily and one must pay their dues. This is not a popular message in a world of instant gratification. But then, that’s why our photographs are so quickly forgotten.
LESSON FIVE: MASTERY
“Freedom flourishes in a climate of discipline.” – David Ulrich.
It may seem counterintuitive, but true freedom always works within boundaries. The true “master of a discipline” can only push the boundaries once the fundamentals have been established. Two of my examples here: (1) Before ever Picasso became the master of Cubism, he had already mastered classical portraiture, and (2) Jazz musicians can only ever succeed in improvisation when they understand the rudiments of musical form.
LESSON SIX: PRESENCE
This is by far the most challenging chapter philosophically. I won’t go into detail here, but a few summary thoughts. Ulrich contrasts “spectacle” with “presence”. What do we mean by photographs with presence? We see plenty of spectacle in social media; in earlier days these sorts of pictures were referred to as “chocolate box”, but today they are probably over-processed spectacular sunsets with more than a little post-production fakery. They are made photographs to attract attention (something essential for social media success).
But “real presence”, that’s something much more difficult to achieve. It is central for instance to the Christian concept of a sacrament. Here the photograph is a representation of something ineffable behind it. You can’t quite define a photograph with presence, but you know when you see it. Try any number of Ansel Adams’ photographs. A mere landscape is somehow transformed into a meditation on the glories of nature with a minimum of darkroom fuss. The scene is spectacular, but only because the photograph reveals the TRUTH about the scene. We are brought face to face with the essence of Nature. The same with a great portrait: It reveals a truth about the character and personality of the sitter, in a way that a selfie doesn’t.
Annie Leibovitz www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQtXoseZMuo
For David Ulrich one of the keys to achieving “presence” in photography is to learn to pay attention. And this takes us back to mindfulness practice. Being awake, alive, attentive, observant, present!
It’s a great book with plenty of practical suggestions for exercises in moving beyond the snapshot to mastering the discipline of photography.
* Cover photos taken with the Leica D-Lux 7.
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A deeply religious people committed to their Creed, the Mandalorian Forgemasters serve as priests to their people. Armor and weapons are part of the Mandalorian religion, none more sacred than Beskar. It is the hands of the Forgemasters that shape their most sacred steel.
The Forgemasters tend living as the Morticians tend to the dead, presiding over the day to day lives of their highly communal tribes and distributing supplies among members of the covert under the guidance of their principles of justice, merit, and equity.
The Mandalorians of Taris is now without their Forgemaster, slain in an honor duel with a claimant of the title of Mand'alor. Beloved and respected among the vode of the covert, his death sparks strong emotions among the Faithful that remain.
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The cemetery of Taormina has something singular, it contains stories that you do not imagine, when I go to visit my dear departed, I invariably extend the tour "of visits" to the old part, with the various niches located on a long "outdoor tunnel" with tombstones arranged on two wings facing each other, narrow and high, where people, entire families, stories of lives suddenly broken ... because many of these people-families perished under the bombing of Allies of Taormina on 9 July 1943 (the day of the Patron Saint San Pancrazio, who, for not having prevented such bombings on his feast day, was punished for many years, and was no longer celebrated; only recently the recurrence as patron saint has returned); I then go to find the grave of the German photographer Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden, who lies not far from his studio assistant, the photographer Gaetano D’Agata, who was also my great-grandfather; but ... almost as if it were an act of devotion ... I always go, invariably to lay a bouquet of flowers on the tomb of a Jewish family (I also take my children there, they must know and remember): there lies a mother with his three children, they, at the end of the ultimatum of the racial laws in the fascist period, decided to take their own lives all together, closely tied with a rope between them ... in the waters of Taormina, in that of Mazzarò beach.
For several years now, on the occasion of the anniversary for "the day of remembrance" of January 27, I recall on Flickr the tragedy that struck this unfortunate family; until recently I knew nothing about them, except the facts that led to their death: they took all four of them rowing on a boat, until they reached the bay of Mazzarò, they all tied themselves together, they stones in the pockets to weigh themselves down, and thus tied, were thrown into the deep waters near a rock off the coast called "Scogghia Longa" (translated from the Sicilian, High Rock).
Finally, after much research, I was able to find traces of their past lives, it was enlightening to find an online article of the site
"NewSicilia.it", which I report here (in addition to the link), also reporting some discrepancies that appeared in the article on the names and surnames, because it would be necessary to understand who made the mistake, if in transcribing the article, or who recorded the names on the tombstone, for example on the tomb one reads "Lindenfeld Elconorr", while the article talks about "Lindelfeld Eleonor", even the surname is slightly different, where is the mistake?
here the article, the Autor is Aurora Circià:
"Taormina, racial laws and suicide at sea: the story of the Kuerschner family"
TAORMINA - The extreme choice of suicide to escape those who wanted to have the will to decide their death. This is what the Kuerschner family did 81 years ago.
It was March 11, 1939 when 73-year-old Eleonor Lindelfeld and her three children Arthur, Eugene and Renèe, rented a rowboat in Mazzarò to get away from the shore and, offshore, put an end to their lives. They did this by throwing themselves into the water together, weighing their clothes with stones to make sure they wouldn't come back to the surface.
The "fault" of the Kuerschner family? Being Jewish.
For a few weeks, mother and children had been guests in the Flora hotel in Taormina. They tried to escape the racial laws and escape the cruelty of the Nazi and Fascist regimes. Right in their room, following the discovery of the tragic act made by the four, the police at the time claimed to have found a letter according to which the mother and children would have chosen suicide because they were tired of life because they were alone and without friends. A version denied by the letter dated 2 March 1939, which Arthur, a radio journalist expelled from Nazi Germany, had sent to a dear friend, to whom he had entrusted the real reasons for the painful decision taken by the family: "Today the time has come: we all four we will die voluntarily-involuntarily. The deep sea will welcome us more kindly than all the high governments of the countries around us. We will fill our pockets with stones, so as not to return to the surface. Our decision was made half a year ago. It was made easier for us by the awareness of having always led an honest life and happy to work, sometimes crowned with successes and never having done any harm to anyone ”.
The Kuerschners had moved to Germany after the end of the First World War, which Arthur had fought with the rank of captain on the Italian front: a feat that had earned him decorations and medals. In Berlin, having become a German citizen, Arthur had held an official role in the government radio station for 15 years. His life and that of his whole family were, however, turned upside down by the arrival of Adolf Hitler. Racial hatred, in fact, forced them to move to Austria, where they obtained citizenship. In 1938, however, the Austrian country also came under the aegis of the Nazi leader. It was at that point that the Hungarian Jewish family retreated to Italy, where Eugene had already found a job, active in the world of German cinema until the advent of Hitler.
In Italy, Eugene worked as a producer and supervisor on two films: “But it's not a serious thing” (1936), directed by Mario Camerini and the screenplay by Ercole Pattie and Mario Soldati, with Assia Noris and Vittorio De Sica; and “È tornato carnevale” (1937) directed by Raffaello Materazzo, with Armando Falconi and Mario Pisu.
Not even in Italy, however, the Kuerschner family was safe: the decree law of 7 September 1938 n.1381, in fact, provided that the foreign Jews present in the national territory would leave the country by 12 March 1939. It was thus that, on the eve of that ultimatum, mother and children put an end to their lives. The news of their tragic death was reported in the New York Times edition of March 23, 1939 by the Rome correspondent of the American newspaper.
Eleonor Lindelfeld, Arthur, Eugene and Renèe Kuerschner are buried in the non-Catholic section of the Taormina cemetery. On the plaque placed for their memory is engraved: “Under the rose garden we rest, we were placed there when the sad days correan for us poor Jews. We were welcomed to this golden island, we left our future at home. Tremendous is for the mother to choose death for himself and for her. The four of us went by boat, then one after the other we dived into the water. When they found us, the ropes still encircled the body ”.
post Scriptum
- the photo with the inscription "6,000,000 were few" I saw it made many years ago with a black spray can, next to the street name "alley of the Jews" of Taormina, when I was a 16 year old boy, the writing was from me made in post-production, to bring back what I saw in the image;
- see the story by Massimo Gramellini, Italian journalist, writer and TV presenter, who tells of what happens a few kilometers from the borders of Italy, of which I report the link (At 01:20:09 - on a total of the broadcast lasting 01:24:35 - Gramellini in memory of the "day of remembrance of January 27", to remember the victims of the Shoa: Gramellini tells of a tragic event (an event that is a symbol of who knows what unknown tragedies) 400 km from the border Italian, happened to "Ali the crazy".
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Il cimitero di Taormina ha qualcosa di singolare, vi sono racchiuse al suo interno storie che non ti immagini, quando vado a trovare i miei cari defunti, immancabilmente allargo il giro “delle visite” alla parte vecchia, coi vari loculi situati su di un lungo "tunnel all'aperto" con le lapidi disposte su due ali tra loro affacciate, strette ed alte, ove giacciono persone, intere famiglie, storie di vite spezzate all'improvviso...perchè moltissime di queste persone-famiglie perirono sotto i bombardamenti avvenuti a Taormina, da parte degli aerei Alleati, il 9 luglio 1943 (giorno del Santo Patrono San Pancrazio, il quale santo, per non aver impedito, proprio il giorno della sua festa tali bombardamenti, per tantissimi anni fu messo in castigo, e non fu più festeggiato; solo da poco si è tornati a celebrarne la ricorrenza come Santo Patrono); vado poi a trovare la tomba del fotografo tedesco, il barone Wilhelm von Gloeden, che giace a poca distanza dalla tomba del suo aiutante di studio, il fotografo siciliano Gaetano D’Agata, il quale era pure il mio bisnonno; ma…quasi fosse un atto di devozione...vado sempre, immancabilmente a deporre un mazzolino di fiori sulla tomba di una famiglia di ebrei (ci porto anche i miei figli, loro devono sapere, e ricordare): li giace una madre insieme ai suoi tre figli, essi, allo scadere dell'ultimatum delle leggi razziali nel periodo fascista, decisero di togliersi la vita tutti insieme, strettamente legati con una corda tra loro... nelle acque di Taormina, in quel di Mazzarò.
Sono diversi anni che, in occasione della ricorrenza per “il giorno della memoria” del 27 gennaio, rievoco su Flickr la tragedia che colpì questa sventurata famiglia; fino a poco tempo fa nulla sapevo di loro, tranne i fatti che portarono alla loro morte: si portarono tutti e quattro remando su di una barca, fino a giungere al largo della baia di Mazzarò, si legarono tutti tra di loro, si misero delle pietre nelle tasche per appesantirsi, e così legati, si gettarono nelle profonde acque in prossimità di uno scoglio al largo detto "Scogghia Longa" (trad. dal siciliano, Scoglio Alto).
Finalmente, dopo tante ricerche, sono riuscito a trovare traccia delle loro vite passate, illuminante è stato trovare un articolo online del sito "NewSicilia.it", che qui riporto integralmente (oltre al link), riportando anche alcune discrepanze apparse sull'articolo sui nomi e cognomi, perchè sarebbe da capire chi ha commesso l'errore, se nel trascrivere l'articolo, o chi ha inciso i nomi sulla lapide, ad esempio sulla tomba si legge "Lindenfeld Elconorr", mentre nell'articolo si parla di "Lindelfeld Eleonor", anche il cognome dei figli è lievemente differente, dove sta l'errore?
qui l'articolo, la cui Autrice è Aurora Circià :
“Taormina, le leggi razziali e il suicidio in mare: la storia della famiglia Kuerschner”
TAORMINA – La scelta estrema del suicidio per sottrarsi a chi voleva avere l’arbitrio di decidere della loro morte. È quella che 81 anni fa fece la famiglia Kuerschner.
Era l’11 marzo del 1939 quando la 73enne Eleonor Lindelfeld e i tre figli Arthur, Eugene e Renèe, affittarono una barca a remi a Mazzarò per allontanarsi dalla riva e, al largo, porre fine alle loro vite. Lo fecero gettandosi in acqua insieme, appesantendo i propri vestiti con delle pietre per assicurarsi che non sarebbero tornati in superficie.
La “colpa” della famiglia Kuerschner? Essere ebrea.
Da qualche settimana madre e figli erano ospiti nell’albergo taorminese Flora. Cercavano di sfuggire alle leggi razziali e sottrarsi alla crudeltà dei regimi nazista e fascista. Proprio nella loro stanza, in seguito alla scoperta del tragico gesto compiuto dai quattro, la polizia all’epoca sostenne di aver trovato una lettera secondo la quale la madre e figli avrebbero scelto il suicidio in quanto stanchi della vita perché soli e senza amici. Una versione smentita dalla lettera datata 2 marzo 1939, che Arthur, giornalista radiofonico espulso dalla Germania nazista, aveva inviato a un caro amico, al quale aveva affidato i reali motivi della dolorosa decisione presa dalla famiglia: “Oggi è arrivato il momento: noi tutti quattro moriremo volontariamente-involontariamente. Il mare profondo ci accoglierà in maniera più gentile che tutti gli alti governi dei paesi che ci circondano. Riempiremo le nostre tasche con pietre, per non ritornare più a galla. La nostra decisione è stata presa già mezzo anno fa. Ci è stata resa più semplice dalla coscienza di aver fatto una vita sempre onesta e contenti di lavorare, a volte coronata anche da successi e di non aver mai fatto a nessuno del male”.
I Kuerschner si erano trasferiti in Germania dopo la fine della Prima Guerra Mondiale, che Arthur aveva combattuto col grado di capitano sul fronte italiano: un’impresa che gli era valsa decorazioni e medaglie. A Berlino, diventato cittadino tedesco, Arthur aveva ricoperto per 15 anni un ruolo ufficiale nella stazione radiofonica governativa. La sua vita e quella di tutta la sua famiglia venne, però, stravolta dall’arrivo al potere di Adolf Hitler. L’odio razziale, infatti, li costrinse a trasferirsi in Austria, dove ottennero la cittadinanza. Nel 1938, però, anche il Paese austriaco finì sotto l’egida del capo nazista. Fu a quel punto che la famiglia ebrea ungherese ripiegò in Italia, dove aveva già trovato lavoro Eugene, attivo nel mondo del cinema tedesco fino all’avvento di Hitler.
Nel Bel Paese Eugene lavorò come produttore e supervisore a due film: “Ma non è una cosa seria” (1936), per la regia di Mario Camerini e la sceneggiatura di Ercole Pattie e Mario Soldati, con Assia Noris e Vittorio De Sica; ed “È tornato carnevale” (1937) diretto da Raffaello Materazzo, con Armando Falconi e Mario Pisu.
Nemmeno in Italia, però, la famiglia Kuerschner era al sicuro: il decreto legge del 7 settembre 1938 n.1381, infatti, prevedeva che gli ebrei stranieri presenti sul territorio nazionale abbandonassero il Paese entro il 12 marzo 1939. Fu così che, alla vigilia di quell’ultimatum, madre e figli misero fine alle loro vite. La notizia del loro tragico decesso venne riportata nell’edizione del New York Times del 23 marzo 1939 dal corrispondente da Roma del giornale americano.
Eleonor Lindelfeld, Arthur, Eugene e Renèe Kuerschner sono sepolti nella sezione acattolica del cimitero di Taormina. Sulla lapide posta per la loro memoria è inciso: “Sotto il roseto noi riposiamo, posti vi fummo quando i giorni tristi correan per noi miseri ebrei. Fummo accolti in quest’isola dorata, lasciammo in patria il nostro avvenire. Tremendo è per la madre sceglier la morte per sé e per i figli. In barca tutti e quattro andammo, poi uno dietro l’altro in acqua ci tuffammo. Quando ci ritrovarono, le corde ancora il corpo ci cingevano”.
Post Scriptum:
- la foto con la scritta "6.000.000 sono stati pochi" io la vidi molti anni fa, realizzata con una bomboletta spray nera, accanto il nome della via "vico ebrei" di Taormina, quando ero un ragazzino forse di 16 anni, la scritta è stata da me realizzata in post-produzione, per riportare in immagine quello che io vidi;
- vedi il racconto di Massimo Gramellini, giornalista, scrittore e conduttore televisivo italiano, che racconta di ciò che avviene a pochi chilometri dalle frontiere dell'Italia, del quale riporto il link (alla ora 01:20:09 - su di un totale della trasmissione della durata di 01:24:35 - Gramellini in ricordo della “giornata della memoria del 27 gennaio”, per ricordare le vittime della Shoa: Gramellini racconta un tragico evento (avvenimento simbolo di chissà quali tragedie non conosciute) a 400 km dal confine Italiano, accaduto ad “Alì il pazzo”.
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below a series of links, which refer to what I reported in the caption:
Massimo Gramellini: Le parole della settimana
Puntata del 23/01/2021 (da Rai Play):
www.raiplay.it/video/2021/01/Le-parole-della-settimana---...
- the journalist, writer, Massimo Gramellini tells of Ali il Pazzo's attempted escape to Italy, he will die from the wickedness suffered:
www.raiplay.it/video/2021/01/Le-parole-della-settimana---...
- the article, finally illuminating for me, searched for years without results, which shed light on who was the Jewish family that committed suicide in Taormina (autor, Aurora Circià):
newsicilia.it/messina/cultura/taormina-le-leggi-razziali-...
www.academia.edu/41751608/Taormina_le_Anti-Jewish_Reading...
www.prefettura.it/FILES/AllegatiPag/1157/pannelli_mostra.pdf
www.vaitaormina.com/taormina-longo-classe-1923-bombardame...
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qui sotto una serie di link, che fanno riferimento a quanto riportato da me in didascalia:
Massimo Gramellini: Le parole della settimana
Puntata del 23/01/2021 (da Rai Play):
www.raiplay.it/video/2021/01/Le-parole-della-settimana---...
www.raiplay.it/video/2021/01/Le-parole-della-settimana---...
- il giornalista, scrittore, Massimo Gramellini racconta del tentativo di fuga in Italia di Alì il Pazzo, morirà per le cattiverie subite:
Massimo Gramellini, Le parole della settimana
Puntata del 23/01/2021
- l'articolo, finalmente per me illuminante, ricercato per anni senza risultati, che ha fatto chiarezza su chi fosse la famiglia ebrea che si suicidò a Taormina (autrice, la giornalista Aurora Circià):
newsicilia.it/messina/cultura/taormina-le-leggi-razziali-...
www.academia.edu/41751608/Taormina_le_Leggi_antiebraiche_...
www.prefettura.it/FILES/AllegatiPag/1157/pannelli_mostra.pdf
www.vaitaormina.com/taormina-longo-classe-1923-bombardame...
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Eugenen Kurschner worked as a producer and supervisor on two films, one is the film “But it's not a serious thing or "But It's Nothing Serious” (1936), here a link of clip of the film,
But It's Nothing Serious (Ma non è una cosa seria):
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Committed the photographers cardinal sin today, I forgot to check that I had a memory card in my camera! It was quiet in the city centre this morning and I quite liked the reflection from the O2 mobile phone shop window onto the wet pavement and so the next best camera at hand was my iPhone. I played with the perspective setting in snapseed a bit and adjusted glamour glow and pop colour adjustment settings. I like the coolness in the blues and the warmth of the yellow.
Name: John T. Ingleson
Arrested for: not given
Arrested at: North Shields Police Station
Arrested on: 30 March 1915
Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-260-John T Ingleson
The Shields Daily News for 7 April 1915 reports:
“BREAKING AND ENTERING. SOLDIERS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL AT NORTH SHIELDS.
Frederick Jones (19) and John Thomas Ingleson (19), soldiers, stationed at Earsdon, were brought up on remand at North Shields today charged with breaking and entering on the 30th March a dwelling house, situated at 9 Lovaine Terrace and stealing 16 knives, a cruet, clock, pair of scissors, case of needles, silver tray and two salt cellars valued at £3 7s 6d the property of the executors of the late Thomas Williamson.
They were also charged with breaking and entering between 10pm on the 29th ult. and 7.45am on the 30th ult. a confectioner’s shop in Queen Alexandra Road and stealing two loaves of bread, valued at 7d, the property of Messrs Patterson and Reed.
George Anderson, a cashier, identified the goods as the property of the executors of the late Mr Williamson. PC John Dixon stated that at 2.50am on the 30th ult. he found a window broken at 9 Lovaine Terrace. He lifted the sash and upon shining his lamp around the room he saw Jones behind a bookcase and the other man crouching in a corner. Witness arrested defendants and on searching them at the police station found the goods mentioned in their possession…
Det.-Insp. said that on the morning of the 30th, from what Jones told him, he examined Messrs Patterson and Reed’s shop and found a large stone, which exactly fitted the break in the window. Afterwards witness jointly charged both men and Jones replied, “We did it” and Ingleson said, “I say the same”. When formally charged with the first offence Jones said, “We took them” and Ingleson said, “We wanted to get in there mostly to get some clothes”. Replying to the second charge, defendants both said they wanted something to eat. They were committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions and the magistrates complimented PC Dixon upon his smart capture. On the recommendation of Chief Constable Huish, the Watch Committee have granted the merit badge to PC Dixon.”
The Shields Daily News for 9 April 1915 reports:
“SHOP BREAKING BY SOLDIERS AT NORTH SHIELDS
Frederick Jones, 19, and John Thomas Ingleson, 19, privates in the Duke of Wellington’s First Riding Regiment, stationed at Earsdon, were charged with having broken into the unoccupied house of the late Mr Thomas Williamson, Lovaine House, Lovaine Terrace, North Shields on March 30 and with having stolen various goods, valued at £3 7s 6d. They were also charged with the theft of two loaves of bread from the confectionery shop of Messrs Patterson and Reed at North Shields on the same date. Accused pleaded guilty.
An officer from the prisoners’ regiment said they were indifferent soldiers, because they had repeatedly absented themselves without leave. The officer knew nothing about the men’s records and said that was a matter that was not very carefully gone into at this time.
The Chairman said he observed from the depositions taken at the police court that Jones said, “We wanted money and clothes. I have soldiered for six months for a shilling. I got 90 days pay stopped.”
The officer said it was true that Jones had lost a great deal of his pay but that was for absenting himself from his regiment. The balance of the account was on the other side.
Jones, who was convicted of wilful damage at Dublin in May last, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour on each charge, to run concurrently. Ingleson was sentenced to four months imprisonment with hard labour”.
These images are taken from an album of photographs of prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1916 (TWAM ref. DX1388/1). This set is our selection of the best mugshots taken during the First World War. They have been chosen because of the sharpness and general quality of the images. The album doesn’t record the details of each prisoner’s crimes, just their names and dates of arrest.
In order to discover the stories behind the mugshots, staff from Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums visited North Shields Local Studies Library where they carefully searched through microfilm copies of the ‘Shields Daily News’ looking for newspaper reports of the court cases. The newspaper reports have been transcribed and added below each mugshot.
Combining these two separate records gives us a fascinating insight into life on the Home Front during the First World War. These images document the lives of people of different ages and backgrounds, both civilians and soldiers. Our purpose here is not to judge them but simply to reflect the realities of their time.
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The Abandoned Pennhurst Asylum
May 25th, 2014
Some info on this historic location:
“Pennhurst is the scariest place I have ever seen. Period. I have traveled all over the country visiting haunted places and attractions and nothing compares to this incredible, dilapidated campus. Last October, I was approached by the owners of Pennhurst Associates, and asked if I would like to be a partner in their haunted attraction. At first I was skeptical because everyone thinks this industry is easy, with a “get rich quick” attitude, and we all know how much work is involved and how hard it is to be successful. I was really skeptical…until I visited Pennhurst. The day I drove into this huge complex of brick structures, I was hooked. I knew this place had the potential to be the greatest haunted attraction ever. With a ton of money, corporate sponsors, the right build crew, and a great plan, Pennhurst Asylum could come to life and entertain the hard core haunters. Not only does this place have an incredible ambiance, a built in cult following, and a treasure trove of unique props, it has a history; a history riddled with accusations of torture, abuse and neglect. A history of mental patients chained to the walls in dark tunnels, children left for years in cribs, sexual abuse by the staff and even murder. All this happened behind the walls of Pennhurst State School, Spring City, Pennsylvania.
Pennhurst was constructed and opened in 1908 as a state school for the mentally and physically disabled. Pennhurst's property was vast, covering 120 acres. Created to house over 10,000 patients at a point in time, Pennhurst was one of the largest institutions of its kind in Pennsylvania. Half of Pennhurst's residents were committed by court order and the other half were brought by a parent or other guardian. It was devoted strictly to the care, treatment and education of the disabled. Originally named Pennhurst Home for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic, it finally was just called Pennhurst State School. Pennhurst employed a large number of staff to help assist in maintaining the facility. This staff included a board of trustees, medical staff, dental staff, and specialists in psychology, social services, accounting, and various fields of education. The grounds of Pennhurst included a 300-bed hospital, which had a full nursing staff and two surgeons on call at all times. Others at Pennhurst included members of the clergy and farming experts who grew most of Pennhurst's food . Pennhurst was an essentially self-sufficient community, its 1,400-acre site containing a firehouse, general store, barber shop, movie theatre, auditorium and even a greenhouse. The buildings of Pennhurst were named after towns in Pennsylvania such as Chester and Devon. The original buildings were designed by architect Phillip H. Johnson. All of Pennhurst's electricity was generated by an on-site power plant. A cemetery lay on the property, as well as baseball and recreational fields for the residents. Many of Pennhurst's buildings were strictly for storage; however, the majority were dormitory and hospital-style living quarters for the residents. Many of the buildings had security screens that were accessed on the inside, to prevent patients from escaping, or jumping to their deaths. Most of the stairwells had security fences to keep patients from jumping over the railings. Many of the buildings are linked by an underground tunnel system designed for transportation of handicapped patients to and from the dormitory, recreational buildings and dietary.
Pennhurst was often accused of dehuminazitation and was said to have provided no help to the mentally challenged. The institution had a long history of staff difficulties and negative public image, for example, a 1968 report by NBC called "Suffer the Little Children". Pennhurst State School was closed in 1986 following several allegations of abuse. These allegations led to the first lawsuit of its kind in the United States, Pennhurst State School and Hospital vs. Halderman, which asserted that the mentally retarded have a constitutional right to living quarters and an education. Terry Lee Halderman had been a resident of the school, and upon release she filed suit in the district court on behalf of herself and all other residents of Pennhurst. The complaint alleged that conditions at Pennhurst were unsanitary, inhumane and dangerous, that these living conditions violated the fourteenth amendment, and that Pennhurst used cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth and fourteenth amendments. After a 32-day trial and an immense investigation, prosecutors concluded that the conditions at Pennhurst were not only dangerous, with physical and mental abuse of its patients, but also inadequate for the care and habilitation for the mentally retarded. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania also concluded that the physical, mental, and intellectual skills of most patients had deteriorated while in Pennhurst.
In 1986, Pennhurst was ordered closed, and began a program of de-institutionalism that lasted several years. Once the buildings were closed, they began to rapidly deteriorate from lack of heating, moisture invasion and vandalism. Thousands of people began to illegally tour the property spray painting everything in sight and breaking all the glass in the place. Theft was rampant and the destruction of the property was in full swing. Patients were thrown out and a large homeless contingent developed in the area.
Pennhurst fell into complete ruin as the complex was shut down. Buildings were abandoned as they were, with patient’s clothes and belonging strewn about. Furniture, cabinets and medical equipment were left to decay as if someone had just got up and walked out the front door. This is the place that will eventually resurrect into one of the most studied properties in the ghost hunter media, and will become an amazing haunted attraction.
As I research the history of this place, I begin to realize the potential of Pennhurst as an intriguing location for a haunted attraction. This place is really haunted. Several reputable Ghost Hunter groups have documented audible recordings, temperature changes, and unexplained movement of objects in the buildings of Pennhurst. This is the kind of environment I want to build the next generation of haunted house; a proven haunted location.
My team, headed by John Brady, Shawn Sieger, Jim Souflous, Todd Beringer, Rob Sieger and others search the complex for valuable props. We wander deep into the tunnels that stitch the complex. We move into the basements of maintenance buildings, storage areas, dormitories and dietary in search of unique items that will set this haunt apart from all other. We find a huge electro-mechanical device that has to be the control for the electrotherapy department. It is so old that it used electrical tube circuits developed in the 30’s. Insulators and other unrecognizable devices are strewn about the room. This is a huge find. As we cruise through the old abandoned hospital, we harvest giant 48” surgical lights that are suspended from the rotting ceilings. They are mounted on tracks that allow the lights to be moved to focus on the unsuspecting patients. These will be perfect in the rooms for our haunt. We find medical cabinets, drawers, storage lockers, operating tables are everywhere. This is a veritable treasure trove of props for our attraction. As we move through the dark corridors, with flashlights moving side to side, I can’t keep the feelings of growing anticipation from my mind. I know there is something out there but can’t put my finger on it. I come around the corner and enter a small room to the right, and there it is; the morgue. I recognize it because it has two drawer slides and a refrigeration unit on top. This is what we came here to find. This will be one of the most unique features of our attraction; a real morgue scene. Stainless steel tables with large drains, stainless steel cabinets, lab equipment and a real, 1930’s autopsy table! I am blown away by this scene. I can picture the thousands of customers coming through our attraction knowing that everything in here is REAL. My arms have gooseflesh!
Back at the Administration building, construction is moving forward. All the asbestos has been abated, the floors have been repaired, roof repaired, windows replaced, and structural inspections have been completed. The building is safe for use as an amusement building. Now the hard work of turning this into one of the most complex haunted houses is under way. A full electrical upgrade needs to be completed. Smart lighting, imbedded audio systems and fiber optical controls will be installed. Pneumatic infrastructure will be run throughout the building so props can be installed in any room. A lot of work must be completed in a few short months in preparation for the 2010 season.
We want this attraction to be a full experience of Pennhurst, but we need to work the audience up slowly so they won’t chicken out right away. This place is so creepy, that we need to get the ticket sales completed before they see the complex. A state of the art POS system will be installed by Interactive Ticketing, and can handle the thousands of expected customers. This system will track every ticket sold, and with the aid of digital scanners that are integrated with the internet, and keep track of each customer. Once the customer has bought their ticket, they will be guided to the walkway that surrounds the complex. This walkway will act as a huge queue line to the main entrance of the haunt, but will take them on a tour around several other buildings before entering the Administration building. As the customers walk the 800’ long walkway, they will experience the vastness of Pennhurst. With over 10 buildings in view, most in bad condition, they will be able to witness the downfall of this once beautiful campus. The once beautiful courtyards are now overgrown and the children’s playground equipment lay rotting all around. As the people approach the Admin building, they will be diverted to the side and then around to the front and into the main entrance. A large stone portico greets the crowd as they are ushered into the attraction. A unique feature of Pennhurst will be the museum. Many local residents have a strong feeling that the memories of the atrocities that occurred here should be preserved in some way so that they will not re-occur in the future. With this in mind, we felt that the construction of a Pennhurst Museum was in order. We have reconstructed four rooms on the first floor that will act as an indoor queue line and, at the same time, teach the public about the history of this magnificent place. With high tech videos, historical photos and artifacts from the past, the customers will be able to go back in time and witness the rise and fall of Pennhurst, as it happened. As they move slowly through the museum, they will notice that the rooms are beginning to decay. By the time they enter the great corridor the building has fallen into disrepair. This is when they will enter the scariest haunted house imaginable.
With an asylum theme in mind, and real, antique hospital equipment on hand, we began to build our attraction. We painted the entire interior with a special barrier sealant that encapsulates any lead paint and is also 100% flameproof. Rotted flooring has been replaced, and roof leaks have been plugged. We install MDF board as a wainscote and paint it to look like the marble that was part of the original building, but stolen long ago. We want an old time feeling to envelope the customers; a feeling of going back in time. The first room you enter is the intake office, complete with a psychiatrist giving you the Rorschach test, otherwise known as the ink blot test. As the Dr. engages the crowd, slides flip by on a large screen. After the intake, you enter the de-lousing showers, where shower heads spew out a combination of fog, air and CO2, giving it a cold feel. Other rooms include the dietary unit with copious use of existing cafeteria items like tray holders, rolling carts, plastic ware, cups, plates, tables and ovens. Pneumatic and actor scares abound in this haunt as there are a large number of great setups and hiding spots throughout the building. Moving upstairs, we have a large room with the ceiling removed. It shows the expansive architecture of the building, and the roofline looms over 35’ above your head. The focus in this room is the old, female actor in the corner, who is sitting in a vintage wheelchair. She is spot lighted with down lighting that also shows beds, furniture and other belongings. As she distracts the crowd, a switch is flipped and flood lights reveal the height of the ceiling, filled with another animatronic surprise.
Another part of the building is an area that has suffered a moderate fire. Door frames and headers are charred, and the smell of burnt wood is still perceptible. The area that was burned housed two sound proof cells; small rooms where patients could be locked away and their screams could be totally muffled. The floors, walls and ceilings are 6” thick with heavy insulation stuffed between the studs. The interiors are lined with sound proof tiles, and the exterior is sheathed in another layer of sound proofing. Even the doors are 8” thick and insulated. As you walk into these rooms, you can feel the air get heavy, the sounds deaden and you can imagine how the patients felt being locked up in the pitch dark with no one hearing your screams.
As you can imagine, the really cool rooms are left for last. With tons of great, original props, we build out sets that appear to be real operating rooms. One room is set up to be themed as a lobotomy operating room. Steel tables, medical cabinets and surgical equipment are everywhere. Actors bring off the scare and make this scene believable. The next room is our autopsy chamber. This room is decorated with the original equipment we found in the old hospital. The cabinets mounted to the walls are stainless steel, and look brand new, even after 50 or more years. The large sink structure, with an industrial size in-sinkerator, and long overflow drain, is up against the far wall. On the right is the original two drawer morgue unit, moved here from the hospital basement, and restored to its original form. The drawers roll out as easily as they did when first installed, and the refrigeration unit above the drawers adds to the realism of the scene. To top it off, an antique autopsy table stands in the center of the room. I bought the table at a funeral home auction 15 years ago and it has now found a new home. Overhead is a huge surgical style lamp, measuring over 40” across, and fitted with a friction gear that allows one to direct the light in any direction.
Another great room design we are using is the shock therapy room. This room has tile walls and floor, large overhead lights (harvested from the depths of building c) and the original electroconvulsive shock therapy machine retrieved from the hospital. Most modern ECT machines deliver a brief-pulse current, which is thought to cause fewer cognitive effects than the sine-wave currents which were originally used in ECT. Our machine is of the sine wave type, and caused unconsciousness and convulsions for 15 to 30 seconds. It is a large stainless steel console with dials and meters, and long electrode leads still attached. Our shock table is hinged in the center, and can tilt down for easy loading and unloading of the patient. The table has a latch where the actor can drop the foot of the table and attack the audience. This coupled with bang sticks, strobe lights, fog machines and a blistering 400 watt soundtrack make this one of the premier rooms at Pennhurst. In all, Pennhurst Asylum will have 18 complete rooms, not including the 4 room used in the museum. All of these rooms are highly detailed to be realistic in every way.
We have really strived to mix fact with fiction, folklore with fear, to come up with some of our unique room designs. There have been accounts of an old dentist chair that was located in the deep recesses of Mayflower, one of the more notorious dorms at Pennhurst. This chair is a little different than the ones you and I are used too; it has restraining straps attached to the arms, legs and headrest. This chair was reportedly used to remove the teeth of patients that were prone to biting the staff here. Imagine yourself being strapped into this device and having all your teeth ripped out without any kind of medication. This is just one more example of how unique this location is.
The most intriguing part of Pennhurst is their tunnel complex. All of the buildings on the campus are connected by above ground walkways with tunnels under them. These tunnels are 10 feet high, 8 feet wide and thousands of feet long. Concrete floors, tile walls and concrete ceilings create an incredible echo effect at certain intersections. In fact, I have looked behind myself several times to see if there is someone following me a few feet back. The echoes are so distinct you can hear whispers from hundreds of feet away.
As the guests are scared out of the last room in the Asylum, they find themselves in a large foyer with paintings and photographs on the walls. This is the queue line for the tunnels. Once through the lines, the guests are ushered down a long set of stairs and into the basement. Once there, with a temperature drop of at least 20 degrees, they are let through the double doors that lead to the exit…900 feet away. Scenes and actors appear at intersections along the way. Glass jars with cages around them contain the only lighting down here, and they are all connected to commercial lighting controls that are programmed to flicker, dim and occasionally go completely dark. We also added several subsonic bass tubes that cannot be heard, only felt. This will induce an uneasy feeling in all who enter the tunnels. Special chicken exits have been designed into the tunnel system and I’m sure will be used many times. This will be the scariest part of this attraction. The best part of the tunnel system is that it will contain our guests on their way back to the main entrance. People coming into the show along the walkways above will hear the screams emanating from the tunnels below them. They will hear the reactions to our show before they even enter the walkways leading to our haunt. What better way to elevate the anticipation and fear level than to hear, first hand, how scary this place is. If this place is scary to seasoned haunters, imagine how the general public will feel.
Another unique feature of Pennhurst is that it is really haunted. Featured on the Travel Channel, the Ghost Adventures crew have recorded many strange voices, noises and unexplained movement and documented this in their shows. The Pennhurst Ghost Tours, open to professional and amateur ghost hunters, has been a huge success, with recordings, photos and accounts of physical contact throughout the Pennhurst complex. So, if you want to get scared, come to Pennhurst Asylum. You may even witness the supernatural… whether you want to or not.”
Mosby winery is committed to producing award-winning Cal-Italian wines. Bill and Jeri Mosby purchased the old de la Vega land in the early 1970s, and the first thing Bill did was plant vines. The Mosby’s first commercial wines were bottled under the Vega label, named after the old Spanish California land grant. Bill’s wine began to gain industry attention, and a following of Mosby wine enthusiasts continued to develop. In 1986, at his family’s insistence, Bill changed the Vega label to reflect the Mosby name and winemaking philosophy.
Located in the Santa Barbara County AVA, the vines are planted in various microclimates found on the estate with care taken to match the grape type with the most suitable conditions. This results in wines with the distinctive varietal character Bill Mosby demands. Bill’s experienced palate and careful, ongoing search for interesting new varietals have resulted in vintage after vintage of award-winning Pinot Grigio, Sangiovese, Dolcetto, Teroldego, and more. His latest addition is the first domestically-produced Sagrantino released in this country.
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This is Soledad Prison shot on a far away hilltop. My spirit was saddened to think of those men who will spend the rest of their lives in prison because of the crimes committed. I was sitting safely on a ledge near a vineyard enjoying Thanksgiving dinner and started to think about the lives of all these souls behind bars.
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- Happy Rezz Day to Me! The longest committed relationship I’ve ever been in is the one I have with my @secondlife avatar. 15 years ago I saw people fighting over land on an episode of Judge Judy and I had to try it out. Over the years we’ve been on again and off again. I’ve been through countless heartbreaks, scandals and name changes 😂 I went from embarrassed to tell people I played to a successful content creator. Along the way I’ve forged so many life changing relationships and friendships and I’m so grateful for those people. Without Second Life, my real life would be so boring LOL so here’s to 15 and 15 more! As long as SL’s around, I will be too!
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Edinburgh remained committed to the front-engined double-decker long enough for its first rear-engined Leyland Atlanteans to be fitted with the curvaceous Alexander A-Type body. By contrast, Glasgow Corporation’s first Atlanteans featured the squarer, flat-fronted style that was broadly similar to that offered by MCW, Weymann and Roe. Similar Alexander bodies were supplied to other operators, although the front panel illustrated here is believed to have been unique to Glasgow (18-Mar-22).
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Okay! None of you asked for it but here it is! My thoughts on SHAZAM The Movie :)
Holy freaking cow! They did it! DC actually made my boy Billy B his own movie and it wasn’t absolute trash! :D
YEAH!
I absolutely loved it! If this is the road DC is going down, I’m all in! Bring on Hoppy The Marvel Bunny! Give me Uncle Marvel! I want it all! :P
Wow! They committed to the corny-ness of Captain Marvel but it wasn’t cheesy! They poked fun at how ridiculous it all was and put a lantern on the cheesiness and the dumb costume and the magic and the goofy nature of it all and it was perfect! :P
Plus I’ve got to give them credit for is that WB stuck to their guns and put this in the DCEU. Billy Batson and Jared Leto Joker are in the same universe and that’s just bonkers to me! :P
And I gotta say, Asher Angel’s “SHAZAM” has to be one of the best so far! He belts that magic word like there’s no tomorrow and I freaking loved it!
Also can we talk about Jack Dylan Grazer’s facial acting for a second? That kid is so expressive and he played Freddy so well! I gotta wonder though how he managed to get all of his fan gear though. Like does Aquaman have a PR guy in Philly that screen prints t-shirt’s for him? Do toy companies in the DCEU make replicas of throwing stars from all the other murderous vigilantes in the world?
Also can someone explain to me how Batman and Superman (two majorly controversial political figures in BvS) are now your average kids toy? Batman branded people like cattle and burned people alive! Superman destroyed a city and then got stabbed by cave troll! I find that they’re now a kids play thing much harder to believe than the magic doofus in red tights and a cape :P
Okay sorry, back on topic!
In a similar complaint I had with Aquaman, I feel like the pacing for the movie could have been a little better though. It wasn’t as bad as Aquaman clearly, but they could have cut some of the contrived Sivana origin stuff maybe, but I don’t know. Those scenes still had a purpose in the end so yeah it's a toss up.
I’ve read the New 52 book cover to cover on multiple occasions so where some of the story fluffing came in to play it felt jarring. It was inevitable to fill in the gaps and simplify the narrative but it still bugged me a little though.
Also, I really had a hard time buying the baby Billy scenes and his Mom. I get why they were there, but like, did they need to be? Like a few lines of dialogue would have also been fine, but I guess that final scene with his Mom was one of those pivotal points in the story too so I get it. It’s just that plot thread with his Mom may have been the weakest of the bunch but it was a necessary one. But naming her CC Batson was nice touch! :)
The rock of eternity set was incredible! From the Sins along the wall, to the big dumb lighting bolt poster! It wasn’t a kitschy/artsy version of the batcave or a spaceship fortress of solitude. It was the real deal! :D
And they freaking did Mister mind!!!! Oh my gosh!
Again, I need to reiterate that Will Smith’s Deadshot and Mister Mind now exist in the same universe what the actual heck! :P
Oh and I enjoyed the workaround when The Wizard referred to Black Adam and his people as just “The First Champion”. It worked and got the point across in a nice tidy way without saying “Hey remember like five years ago when we said we’d maybe kinda sorta cast Dwayne as The Reverse Shazam someday never?! ...uh yeah we’re not talking about that right now... he’s too busy hanging out with Jason and some other bald muscle-y fellas or like being a zoo keeper for a wolf with wings or something… yeah… we don’t know either...”
Can I say though, they made some bold choices with Dr Sivana! The dude is a super genius, so of course he’d find a way back to The Rock of Eternity! It was another neat work around from the source material for him to go head to head with The Wizard like that. Also this squeaky-clean glam and broody Sivana gave me the vibe that he belonged in a band and was “too cool for you” all the time.
I mean if we were to go comic book accurate Sivana, I still think either Wallace Shawn or Danny Devito would could have played him perfectly tbh, but over all, Mark Strong made an interesting new version out of him that I don’t really mind (though I still like his Sinestro WAAAAAY better!)
Another thing I really enjoyed about the movie was how the humor didn’t feel forced. It came up in good moments and didn’t kill the drama with quips, or wasn’t over saturated by lovey adored and never irritating topical 80s references.
“Stupid adult hands!” Loved it! :P
I also liked how they managed to squeeze in classic Batson phrases in an almost cynical way! Like bratty Billy would totally say Gee Whiz and Golly Mister ironically! It made so much sense and worked really well in execution!
Like yeah man... this movie just felt nice. Like it felt like what all these movies are trying to feel like. It was fun and emotional but dumb and also it new it was dumb but it still played with the genre in a fresh way. Here’s hoping we can get an appearance from Bulletman or some other Fawcett characters in the sequel :P
I know this ‘review’ was bit all over the shop but these are just the things I was thinking and I wanted to share them with you all! Plus, I’m just proud that one of my favorite superheroes got the best movie he could have gotten and that’s pretty great :)
ALSO HIS NAME IS CAPTAIN MARVEL AND I’LL FIGHT ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH ME! I MEAN IT’S THE CAPTAIN MARVEL FAMILY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! THEN THERE’S CAPTAIN MARVEL JR AND MARY MARVEL AND UNCLE MARVEL! I MEAN UNCLE SHAZAM SOUNDS JUST AS DUMB BUT LIKE COME ON! THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY I HATE THE NEW 52 SO DARN MUCH! I MEAN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD BECK NAMED THE WIZARD SHAZAM! HE CALLS UPON HIM FOR THE POWERS OF HIS MAGIC! LIKE HOW WOULD BILLY EVEN INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO ANYONE EVER LIKE I MEAN COME ON DID ANYONE THINK THIS THROUGH?! BILLY BATSON IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE CAPTAIN MARVEL AND YOUR WRONG IF YOU TRY TO CORRECT PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET LIKE ME… oh wait
Okay I’m done. Review’s over! Go home!
SHAZAM! :D
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Shot for Jake Stockwell, We’re Here!, DOF Friends challenge
DOF is as wide open as this lens get at 70mm, but as this is macro, that is wide open
Shot with Fuji X Weekly’s Ilford HP5 Plus 400 film simulation recipe; SOOC; First Shot - No Editing
Monique Denoir, Human Paladin (Werner Klocke, artist)
Lume cube used for backlighting
Macro less than 1:3 approaching 1:2
Handheld
took the boys on a little holiday, we stayed in a pet friendly holiday house with loads of beaches within minutes in any direction!
it wasn't as weather-friendly as I'd hoped, the rain has been following me, but it was at least warmer :-)
Saxon is a strong swimmer, here in the midst of some small swirling waves.
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This group of cranes were late arrivals at this pond they had selected for their nighttime roost. They are dropping down to the water in a steep descent... more a free fall drop than a glide in. The shot against a cloudy western sky results in a silhouette view of the birds against an opening in the clouds
IMG_0424; Sandhill Cranes
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