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Italian postcard in the Divi del Cinema series by Vetta Traldi, Milano, no. 389. 112.
Athletic Italian actor Raf Vallone (1916-2002) was an internationally acclaimed film star, known for his rugged good looks.
Raffaele Vallone, known as Raf, was born in 1916, in Tropea, Calabria, Italy. He was the son of a prominent lawyer and his aristocratic wife. Vallone studied law and philosophy at the University of Turin and entered his father's law firm. He played semi-professional soccer but never realised his dream of becoming a professional athlete. Subsequently, he became a sports reporter for L'Unità, then the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party, and also a film and drama critic for the Gazzetta del Popolo. During the Second World War, Vallone served with the anti-Fascist resistance. His first film appearance was as a sailor in Noi vivi/We the Living (Goffredo Alessandrini, 1942), but Vallone was not interested in an acting career. Originally hired as a researcher on a film about labor unrest, Giuseppe de Santis cast him in 1948 as a respectable sergeant competing with no-good Vittorio Gassman for the love of Silvana Mangano in Riso amaro/Bitter Rice (Giuseppe De Santis, 1949). De Santis pronounced Vallone a natural actor, and Riso amaro became one of the landmark films of the postwar Italian neorealist movement. Many fans came to see the film solely on the strength of the now-famous production still of the buxom Silvana Mangano standing in the rice field wearing tight shorts and torn black stockings. The box office success propelled both Mangano and the handsome Vallone into international stardom, and he ended his journalism career.
After his spectacular film acting debut, Raf Vallone played a succession of roles as heroic rural types struggling for survival amidst the uncertainties of postwar Italian life. He starred in the neorealist Il Camino Della Speranza/The Path of Hope (Pietro Germi, 1950) about the plight of illegal immigration, as experienced by a pair of Sicilian miners. That year he also starred in Il Cristo Proibito/Strange Deception, (1950), the film directorial debut of novelist Curzio Malaparte, who also wrote the musical score. The film combines a standard revenge tale with a postwar reenactment of the first four books of the New Testament. Giuseppe De Santis directed him in another exercise in neorealism, Non C'e Pace Tra Girl Ulivi/No Peace Under the Oliver Tree (1950). Vallone was reunited with Silvana Mangano and Vittorio Gassman in the melodrama Anna (Alberto Lattuada, 1951). He then started making films in French, German, and Spanish too. Vallone co-starred with major actresses like Anna Magnani in Camicie Rosse/Red Shirts (Franco Rosi, 1952), Sophia Loren in Il Segno di Venera/The Sign of Venus (Dino Risi, 1952), Simone Signoret in Therese Raquin/The Adulteress (Marcel Carné, 1952), Martine Carol in La Pensionnaire/The Boarder (Alberto Lattuada, 1954), Michelle Morgan in Domanda di Grazia/Obsession (Jean Delannoy, 1954), Maria Schell in Rose Bernd/The Sins of Rose Bernd (Wolfgang Staudte, 1957) and Carmen Sevila in La Venganza/The Vengeance (Juan Antonio Bardem, 1957). Some producers insisted upon casting him again and again as a jet-setting playboy, nattily attired in the latest fashions, a beautiful girl on each arm.
In the 1960s, Raf Vallone achieved popularity with American audiences, starting with his supporting roles in the Oscar-winning drama La ciociara/Two Women (Vittorio De Sica, 1960) and the medieval epic El Cid (Anthony Mann, 1961), both co-starring Sophia Loren. He also turned to the theatre, scoring a particular triumph in Paris in 1958 when he appeared in Peter Brook's production of Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge. The role of Eddie, an Italian-American dockworker tormented by desire for his niece, was tailor-made for Vallone, and he reprised it to great effect in the film version, A View from the Bridge (Sidney Lumet, 1962). Other roles in American films included The Cardinal (Otto Preminger, 1963), The Secret Invasion (Roger Corman, 1964), the biopic Harlow (Gordon M. Douglas, 1965) starring Carroll Baker, and Nevada Smith (Henry Hathaway, 1966) starring Steve McQueen. Among his European films were Phaedra (Jules Dassin, 1962) starring Melina Mercouri, Volver a Vivir (Mario Camus, 1967) and La Morte Risale A Ieri Sera/Death Took Place Last Night (Duccio Tessari, 1970). He appeared in such resounding failures as The Kremlin Letter (John Huston, 1970), Rosebud (Otto Preminger, 1974), and as John Exshaw mentioned in The Independent: “a slew of trashy melodramas in which Vallone's perpetually pained expression was presumably unfeigned.” He was memorable as the Mafia boss Altabani in the original The Italian Job (Peter Collinson, 1969) starring Michael Caine. He also played many priests during his long career, culminating with the well-rounded portrayal of Cardinal Alberti in The Godfather: Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990). This priest, the confessor of mobster Michael Corleone, becomes pope and is then murdered by the Mafia. After this role, he began curtailing his film work. In 2001 Vallone published his autobiography, L'alfabeto della memoria. One year later he died in Rome. Raf Vallone was married to actress Elena Varzi from 1952 until his death in 2002. They had three children, two of whom are actors, Eleonora Vallone and Saverio Vallone.
Sources: John Exshaw (The Independent), Jon C. Hopwood (IMDb), Hal Erickson (AllMovie), Wikipedia, AllMovie, and IMDb.
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Divis Tower rises near the interface between Falls Road and Shankill Road. It is currently the sixth tallest building in Belfast.
Divis Tower is a 61-metre (200 ft) tall tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 20 floors tall, it was built in 1966 as part of the now-demolished Divis Flats complex. It is named after the nearby Divis Mountain. The complex of 850 flats, housing 2,400 residents was designed by architect Frank Robertson for the Northern Ireland Housing Trust.
Due to Provisional IRA activity in the area, the British Army constructed an observation post on the roof in the 1970s and occupied the top two floors of the building. At the height of the Troubles, the Army was only able to access the post by helicopter.
Divis Tower was a flashpoint area during the height of the Troubles. Nine-year-old Patrick Rooney, the first child killed in the Troubles, was killed in the tower during the Northern Ireland riots of August 1969, when the RUC fired a Browning machine gun from its Shorland armoured car into the flats. The RUC claimed that it was coming under sniper attack from the tower at the time. Patrick Rooney's death took place during a day of street violence in the area. Chairman of the enquiry into the riots, Mr Justice Scarman, found the use of the Browning machine gun "wholly unjustifiable".
On 12 May 1981, an Army sniper killed INLA member Emmanuel McClarnon from the top of Divis Tower on the night that Francis Hughes died on hunger strike.
Following the IRA's statement that it was ending its armed campaign, the Army decided to dismantle the observation post. Dubbed a 'spy' post by Sinn Féin, removal of the observation post commenced on 2 August 2005. In 2009 the top two floors of the tower floors were reinstated as residential properties. As part of a £1.1 million refurbishment programme by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive 8 extra flats were provided.
Inscription at the Library of Celsius proclaiming the Augustus the "Imperator" (Emperor, commander of the army), "Son of the Divine One" (Julius Caesar), and "Pontifex Maximus" (High Priest).
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
©2014 Patrick J Bayens
Eagle Beach is a beach and neighborhood of Oranjestad, Aruba. The neighborhood is famous for its many low-rise resorts and wide public beach. It has soft white sand and has been rated one of the best beaches in the world.
Divi-Divi Trees (Caesalpinia coriaria) is a leguminous tree or large shrub native to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. C. coriaria rarely reaches its maximum height of 9m because its growth is contorted by the trade winds that batter the exposed coastal sites where it often grows. In other environments it grows into a low dome shape with a clear sub canopy space. It is one of the most recognisable sights of Aruba.
Castlereagh Hills to Divis & Black Mountain
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Waiuta (near Reefton), West Coast, South Island
Joseph Divis emigrated to New Zealand in 1909 from Bohemia. Already an experienced miner, he also took photographs to supplement his income.
Although living and working in different mining towns over the years, he eventually settled in the isolated goldmining town of Waiuta in 1930.
Many images taken by Divis can be identified because he appears in them: by using a shutter time release, he could set up the shot and then quickly get himself into position. Divis chronicled the town, the mine and important social events, capturing the essence of the hard life of a miner.
Joseph was injured in the Blackwater Mine in 1939 and never worked again. During WWII, he was interned as an enemy alien, and his health declined in captivity. When he returned to Waiuta in 1943, he was only able to move about on crutches.
After the Blackwater Mine closed in 1951, Divis was one of the few residents who decided to stay in Waiuta. Most of the houses were removed and, within a few years, Waiuta was a ghost town. The photographer/miner passed away in 1967, and his house gradually deteriorates...
Dizem os nativos que esta árvore é torta assim porque o vento em Aruba sopra sempre do continente para o litoral. Interessante, né?? hehehehe
Mais uma das magias desse lugar majestoso!! Simplesmente espetacular!
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Natives say that this tree is that strange because the wind in Aruba blows from the continent to the coast. Quite interesting, hãn?! LOL
Simply stunning!!
Thuburbo Majus -- Originally a Numidian town it grew into a Phoenician city. Later used by Augustus to 'divi out' pensions to veteran soldiers.
The mural culture in Belfast still is very much alive. Here are murals along Falls Road / Divis Street in the Republican part of Belfast.
This mural addresses the war and genocide in Yemen that is fueled by outside forces, in particular Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Britain. In view are the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, Donald Trump, and Teresa May.
There are significant differences between the Loyalist and Republican mural cultures. The Republicans update their murals continuously. Republicans to this day clearly see themselves as a liberation movement, and many murals express an affinity to other liberation movements around the world, past and present.
Tiberius (Latin: Tiberius Caesar Divi Augusti filius Augustus; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March 37 AD) was Roman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. Born Tiberius Claudius Nero, a Claudian, Tiberius was the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. His mother divorced Nero and married Augustus in 39 BC, making him a step-son of Octavian.
Tiberius would later marry Augustus' daughter Julia the Elder (from his marriage to Scribonia) and even later be adopted by Augustus, by which act he officially became a Julian, bearing the name Tiberius Julius Caesar. The subsequent emperors after Tiberius would continue this blended dynasty of both families for the next forty years; historians have named it the Julio-Claudian dynasty. In relations to the other emperors of this dynasty, Tiberius was the stepson of Augustus, grand-uncle of Caligula, paternal uncle of Claudius, and great-grand uncle of Nero.
Tiberius was one of Rome's greatest generals, conquering Pannonia, Dalmatia, Raetia, and temporarily Germania; laying the foundations for the northern frontier. But he came to be remembered as a dark, reclusive, and sombre ruler who never really desired to be emperor; Pliny the Elder called him tristissimus hominum, "the gloomiest of men."
After the death of Tiberius’ son Drusus Julius Caesar in 23 AD, he became more reclusive and aloof. In 26 AD, against better judgement, Tiberius exiled himself from Rome and left administration largely in the hands of his unscrupulous Praetorian Prefects Lucius Aelius Sejanus and Quintus Naevius Sutorius Macro.
It was during the government of Tiberius that, in the Roman province of Judea, Jesus was crucified by Pontius Pilate.
Augustus died in AD 14, at the age of 75. He was buried with all due ceremony and, as had been arranged beforehand, deified, his will read, and Tiberius confirmed as his sole surviving heir
Caligula, Tiberius' grand-nephew and adopted grandson, succeeded Tiberius upon his death.
The distinct aspect of Jeju is the matriarchal family structure, found especially in Udo and Mara, but also present in the rest of the province. The best-known example of this is found among the haenyeo ("sea women"), who were often the heads of families, because they controlled the income. They earned their living from free diving, often all year round in quite cold water, without scuba gear in order to harvest abalones, conchs, and a myriad of other marine products. It is thought that women are better at spending all day deep-water diving because they resist cold better.
But because of rapid economic development and modernization, not many Haenyeo are actively working these days.
The archetypical tree of Aruba, shaped by constant strong winds, are full of personality and are endlessly fascinating.
Here is the same spot nearly 6 years later. Compare the grow of these trees from 2004 to 2009.
Moraceae (mulberry, fig family) » Artocarpus altilis
ar-toe-karp-us -- from the Greek artos (bread) and carpus (fruit)
al-TIL-iss -- fat
commonly known as: breadfruit • Hindi: bakri-chajhar • Kannada: ದೀವಿ ಹಲಸು divi halasu, ರೊಟ್ಟಿ ಹಲಸು rotti halasu, ಸೀಮೆ ಹಲಸು sime halasu • Konkani: जिवी कडगी jivi kadgi • Malayalam: കടച്ചക്ക kataccakka, ശീമച്ചക്ക seemachakka • Marathi: नीरफणस nirphanas, विलायती फणस vilayati phanas • Tamil: ஈரப்பலா irppla • Telugu: కూర పనస kura panasa • Tulu: ಜೀ ಗುಜ್ಜೆ jee gujje
Native to: New Guinea and s Pacific islands
References: Flowers of India • PIER species info • Top Tropicals • Wikipedia