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'Gentle visitor pause awhile : where you stand death cut away the light of many days : here jewelled names were broken from the vivid thread of life : may they rest in peace while we walk the generations around their strife and courage : under there restless skies’
A memorial stands on the actual execution site where famous people lost their heads. Queen Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey (who was only 16), Queen Catherine Howard (another unfortunate wife of Henry VIII), and Margaret Pole, a noblewoman who had royal blood.
Anne was beheaded by a French swordsman, as she knew axe beheadings were sometimes messy. Margaret Pole wasn't so lucky; the 60 something year old was hacked when the axeman didn't chop her head off in one swing. Some say she ran around bleeding to death while the axeman chased after her (a popular myth, but probably untrue). She did die horribly though and it took more than one swing to kill her.
Now this poignant and sad memorial rests in place. This is fairly recent. The beefeater said they had an older and less plain memorial before. You can find the memorial on Tower Green, just right outside the Tudor-style houses and St Peter Ad Vincula Chapel (where the beheaded were laid to rest).
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Two police officers were shot "execution-style" in their car in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood at around 3 p.m. today. The New York Post reports that both officers have died, as has the shooter.
"The perp came out of the houses, walked up behind the car and lit them up," a high-ranking police official told the New York Daily News.
"It looks like they were shot in the upper body," Deputy Chief Kim Royster told the New York Times. The suspect then fled to the nearby Myrtle-Willoughby subway station where he shot himself in the head. "They were, quite simply, assassinated," police commissioner Bill Bratton said.
Per Åström spent a few hours trying to climb the execution rock at Hanveden today. It's not high, but it's still a very tricky climb.
Coin, AD 65
Nero used coins to stress his concern for the people of Rome and his efforts to ensure their wellbeing.
Here, the emperor distributes money to the citizens.
Citizens handling these coins would feel safe in the knowledge that the emperor cared about their needs.
[British Museum]
Nero: the Man Behind the Myth
(May - Oct 2021)
Nero is known as one of Rome's most infamous rulers, notorious for his cruelty, debauchery and madness.
The last male descendant of the emperor Augustus, Nero succeeded to the throne in AD 54 aged just 16 and died a violent death at 30. His turbulent rule saw momentous events including the Great Fire of Rome, Boudicca's rebellion in Britain, the execution of his own mother and first wife, grand projects and extravagant excesses.
Drawing on the latest research, this major exhibition questions the traditional narrative of the ruthless tyrant and eccentric performer, revealing a different Nero, a populist leader at a time of great change in Roman society.
Through some 200 spectacular objects, from the imperial palace in Rome to the streets of Pompeii, follow the young emperor’s rise and fall and make up your own mind about Nero. Was he a young, inexperienced ruler trying his best in a divided society, or the merciless, matricidal megalomaniac history has painted him to be?
Nero was the 5th emperor of Rome and the last of Rome’s first dynasty, the Julio-Claudians, founded by Augustus (the adopted son of Julius Caesar). Nero is known as one of Rome’s most infamous rulers, notorious for his cruelty and debauchery. He ascended to power in AD 54 aged just 16 and died at 30. He ruled at a time of great social and political change, overseeing momentous events such as the Great Fire of Rome and Boudica’s rebellion in Britain. He allegedly killed his mother and two of his wives, only cared about his art and had very little interest in ruling the empire.
Most of what we know about Nero comes from the surviving works of three historians – Tacitus, Suetonius and Cassius Dio. All written decades after Nero’s death, their accounts have long shaped our understanding of this emperor’s rule. However, far from being impartial narrators presenting objective accounts of past events, these authors and their sources wrote with a very clear agenda in mind. Nero’s demise brought forward a period of chaos and civil war – one that ended only when a new dynasty seized power, the Flavians. Authors writing under the Flavians all had an interest in legitimising the new ruling family by portraying the last of the Julio-Claudians in the worst possible light, turning history into propaganda. These accounts became the ‘historical’ sources used by later historians, therefore perpetuating a fabricated image of Nero, which has survived all the way to the present.
Nero was born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus on 15 December AD 37.
He was the son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina the Younger. Both Gnaeus and Agrippina were the grandchildren of Augustus, making Nero Augustus’ great, great grandson with a strong claim to power.
Nero was only two years old when his mother was exiled and three when his father died. His inheritance was taken from him and he was sent to live with his aunt. However, Nero’s fate changed again when Claudius became emperor, restoring the boy’s property and recalling his mother Agrippina from exile.
In AD 49 the emperor Claudius married Agrippina, and adopted Nero the following year. It is at this point that Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus changed his name to Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus. In Roman times it was normal to change your name when adopted, abandoning your family name in favour of your adoptive father’s. Nero was a common name among members of the Claudian family, especially in Claudius’ branch.
Nero and Agrippina offered Claudius a politically useful link back to Augustus, strengthening his position.
Claudius appeared to favour Nero over his natural son, Britannicus, marking Nero as the designated heir.
When Claudius died in AD 54, Nero became emperor just two months before turning 17.
As he was supported by both the army and the senate, his rise to power was smooth. His mother Agrippina exerted a significant influence, especially at the beginning of his rule.
The Roman historians Tacitus, Suetonius and Cassius Dio all claim that Nero, fed up with Agrippina’s interference, decided to kill her.
Given the lack of eyewitnesses, there is no way of knowing if or how this happened. However, this did not stop historians from fabricating dramatic stories of Agrippina’s murder, asserting that Nero tried (and failed) to kill her with a boat engineered to sink, before sending his men to do the job.
Agrippina allegedly told them to stab her in the womb that bore Nero, her last words clearly borrowed from stage plays.
It is entirely possible, as claimed by Nero himself, that Agrippina chose (or was more likely forced) to take her own life after her plot against her son was discovered.
Early in his rule, Nero had to contend with a rebellion in the newly conquered province of Britain.
In AD 60–61, Queen Boudica of the Iceni tribe led a revolt against the Romans, attacking and laying waste to important Roman settlements. The possible causes of the rebellion were numerous – the greed of the Romans exploiting the newly conquered territories, the recalling of loans made to local leaders, ongoing conflict in Wales and, above all, violence against the family of Prasutagus, Boudica’s husband and king of the Iceni.
Boudica and the rebels destroyed Colchester, London and St Albans before being heavily defeated by Roman troops. After the uprising, the governor of Britain Suetonius Paulinus introduced harsher laws against the Britons, until Nero replaced him with the more conciliatory governor Publius Petronius Turpilianus.
The marriage between Nero and Octavia, aged 15 and 13/14 at the time, was arranged by their parents in order to further legitimise Nero’s claim to the throne. Octavia was the daughter of the emperor Claudius from a previous marriage, so when Claudius married Agrippina and adopted her son Nero, Nero and Octavia became brother and sister. In order to arrange their marriage, Octavia had to be adopted into another family.
Their marriage was not a happy one. According to ancient writers, Nero had various affairs until his lover Poppaea Sabina convinced him to divorce his wife. Octavia was first exiled then executed in AD 62 on adultery charges. According to ancient writers, her banishment and death caused great unrest among the public, who sympathised with the dutiful Octavia.
No further motives were offered for Octavia’s death other than Nero’s passion for Poppaea, and we will probably never know what transpired at court. The fact that Octavia couldn’t produce an heir while Poppaea was pregnant with Nero’s daughter likely played an important role in deciding Octavia’s fate.
On 19 July AD 64, a fire started close to the Circus Maximus. The flames soon encompassed the entire city of Rome and the fire raged for nine days. Only four of the 14 districts of the capital were spared, while three were completely destroyed.
Rome had already been razed by flames – and would be again in its long history – but this event was so severe it came to be known as the Great Fire of Rome.
Later historians blamed Nero for the event, claiming that he set the capital ablaze in order to clear land for the construction of a vast new palace. According to Suetonius and Cassius Dio, Nero took in the view of the burning city from the imperial residence while playing the lyre and singing about the fall of Troy. This story, however, is fictional.
Tacitus, the only historian who was actually alive at the time of the Great Fire of Rome (although only 8 years old), wrote that Nero was not even in Rome when the fire started, but returned to the capital and led the relief efforts.
Tacitus, Suetonius and Cassius Dio all describe Nero as being blinded by passion for his wife Poppaea, yet they accuse him of killing her, allegedly by kicking her in an outburst of rage while she was pregnant.
Interestingly, pregnant women being kicked to death by enraged husbands is a recurring theme in ancient literature, used to explore the (self) destructive tendencies of autocrats. The Greek writer Herodotus tells the story of how the Persian king Cambyses kicked his pregnant wife in the stomach, causing her death. A similar episode is told of Periander, tyrant of Corinth. Nero is just one of many allegedly ‘mad’ tyrants for which this literary convention was used.
Poppaea probably died from complications connected with her pregnancy and not at Nero’s hands. She was given a lavish funeral and was deified.
Centred on greater Iran, the Parthian empire was a major political and cultural power and a long-standing enemy of Rome. The two powers had long been contending for control over the buffer state of Armenia and open conflict sparked again during Nero’s rule. The Parthian War started in AD 58 and, after initial victories and following set-backs, ended in AD 63 when a diplomatic solution was reached between Nero and the Parthian king Vologases I.
According to this settlement Tiridates, brother of the Parthian king, would rule over Armenia, but only after having travelled all the way to Rome to be crowned by Nero.
The journey lasted 9 months, Tiridates’ retinue included 3,000 Parthian horsemen and many Roman soldiers. The coronation ceremony took place in the summer of AD 66 and the day was celebrated with much pomp: all the people of Rome saw the new king of Armenia kneeling in front of Nero. This was the Golden Day of Nero’s rule
In AD 68, Vindex, the governor of Gaul (France), rebelled against Nero and declared his support for Galba, the governor of Spain. Vindex was defeated in battle by troops loyal to Nero, yet Galba started gaining more military support.
It was at this point that Nero lost the support of Rome’s people due to a grain shortage, caused by a rebellious commander who cut the crucial food supply from Egypt to the capital. Abandoned by the people and declared an enemy of the state by the senate, Nero tried to flee Rome and eventually committed suicide.
Following his death, Nero’s memory was condemned (a practice called damnatio memoriae) and the images of the emperor were destroyed, removed or reworked. However, Nero was still given an expensive funeral and for a long time people decorated his tomb with flowers, some even believing he was still alive.
After Nero’s death, civil war ensued. At the end of the so-called ‘Year of the Four Emperors’ (AD 69), Vespasian became emperor and started a new dynasty: the Flavians.
[Francesca Bologna, curator, for British Museum]
Taken in the British Museum
I've started watching Game of Thrones. In the first episode the line "The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." stuck with me a bit. Seems pretty honorable, anyway I'm stoked to see where this show goes. I heard the books were good.
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History
The Coughton estate has been owned by the Throckmorton family since 1409. The estate was acquired through marriage to the De Spinney family.[2] Coughton was rebuilt by Sir George Throckmorton, the first son of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton Court by Catherine Marrow, daughter of William Marrow of London.[2] The great gatehouse at Coughton was dedicated to King Henry VIII by Throckmorton, a favorite of the King.[2] Throckmorton would become notorious due to his almost fatal involvement in the divorce between King Henry and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.[2] Throckmorton favoured the queen and was against the Reformation. Throckmorton spent most of his life rebuilding Coughton.[3] In 1549, when he was planning the windows in the great hall, he asked his son Nicholas to obtain from the heralds the correct tricking (colour abbreviations) of the arms of his ancestors' wives and his own cousin and niece by marriage Queen Catherine Parr[3] (see gallery drawing). The costly recusancy (refusal to attend Anglican Church services) of Robert Throckmorton and his heirs restricted later rebuilding, so that much of the house still stands largely as he left it.[3]
After Throckmorton's death in 1552, Coughton passed to his eldest son, Robert. Robert Throckmorton and his family were practicing Catholics therefore the house at one time contained a priest hole, a hiding place for priests during the period when Catholics were persecuted by law in England, from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I of England. The Hall also holds a place in English history for its roles in both the Throckmorton Plot of 1583 to murder Queen Elizabeth, and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, although the Throckmorton family were themselves only indirectly implicated in the latter, when some of the Gunpowder conspirators rode directly there after its discovery.
The house has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1946. The family, however, hold a 300-year lease and previously managed the property on behalf of the Trust. In 2007, however, the house reverted to management by the National Trust. The management of the property is renewed every 10 years. The family tenant until recently was Clare McLaren-Throckmorton, known professionally as Clare Tritton QC, until she died on 31 October 2017.[4]
The house, which is open to the public all year round, is set in extensive grounds including a walled formal garden, a river and a lake.
A Canadian Iranian software engineer is facing imminent execution in Tehran for allegedly operating a pornography website after the Iranian Supreme Court rejected a final appeal from his lawyers.
Saeed Malekpour, 35, says he was tortured into making a confession about the website on live TV and Iranian officials used the broadcast to give him the death sentence.
The software engineer's family says the web software was only designed for uploading and sharing photos and that adult sites used it without is knowledge.
Human rights campaigners believe the hardline Islamist regime wants to use Malekpour as an example as it cracks down on Internet freedom ahead of elections.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089959/Canadian-residen...
Lisa Schilling, RN, MPH, vice president, Healthcare Performance Improvement and Execution at Kaiser Permanente gives closing remarks during the forum. All photographs by Nicka Smith, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy
Each dot is a bullet hole.
Death sentences usually took place at night, starting from 22:00. The sentenced inmate was taken from the cell to the execution chamber with hands in handcuffs or tied up. In the execution chamber, a Cheka officer would stand next to the door; then, he fired a shot to the forehead.
The walls of the execution chamber were covered with wooden panels and additional layers of rubber-coated fabric. A hole in the room’s corner collected the blood of the person executed. The doors had extra noise isolation material to muffle the sound of the shots. Moreover, a truck engine kept running straight outside the room.
Afterward, the KGB officers wrapped the dead bodies and buried them in the forest.
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"My dear Brother, when you receive this letter, I shall be dead by then. Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion... "
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Jose Rizal's final letter to friend Fernando Blumentrit)
A very interesting read is the Encyclopaedia of Executions that covers each execution in Britian in the Twentieth Century.
Title / Titre :
Making a fill in /
Execution d'un remblai
Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Unknown / Inconnu
Date(s) : Unknown / Inconnu
Reference No. / Numéro de référence : MIKAN 4359693
collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&...
collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&...
Location / Lieu : Canada
Credit / Mention de source :
Canadian Baptist Archives. Library and Archives Canada, e010952639 /
Canadian Baptist Archives. Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, e010952639
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Along the western edge of the churchyard, a row of gravestones in memory of coastguards of the Kimmeridge stattion.
Leftmost:
TO THE MEMORY
OF
THE LATE JOHN LAVERY
Boatman in the Coast Guard
Aged 26 Years
who lost his life by accidentally
Falling over the Cliff while
in the Execution of his duty
on the night of October 7th 1839.
THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY HIS
OFFICER AND BOATMEN
AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
Seek ye the LORD while he
may be found; call ye upon Him
while He is near.
In the centre, a memorial to JOHN PERREN(?), 'who was drowned in Kimmeridge Bay while in the Execution of his duty on the night of April (29th?) 1838, Aged 26 Years'.
On the right, a memorial to 'ALEXANDER SIMPSON, a Boatman in the Coast Guard at Kimmeridge who was accidentally killed by his own firearm while in the Execution of his duty...'
According to www.genuki.org.uk/big/Coastguards/S.html : Alexander Simpson was born 1815, died 1841. "According to the Kimmeridge PR Alexander Simpson of the Kimmeridge Coast Guard station was shot on duty, accidentally falling on his own pistol."
***
"The Coastguard was formed in 1822 by the amalgamation of three services set up to prevent smuggling:
•the Revenue Cruisers
•the Riding Officers
•the Preventive Water Guard
In 1831 the Coastal Blockade also became part of the Coastguard.
From 1822 several different departments were responsible for the Coastguards, so Coastguard records are widely scattered in The National Archives.
After 1856 the duties of the Coastguard were defending the coast, providing a reserve for the Royal Navy, and preventing smuggling.
In 1925 the focus shifted towards saving lives, salvaging wrecks and supervising the foreshores.
The establishment books used the following abbreviations for coastguard ranks:
•chf officer = chief officer
•boatn = boatman
•chf btman = chief boatman
•permt extn = permanent extraman
•comd bn = commissioned boatman
•tempoy exn = temporary extraman".
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/co...
***
"In 1809 the Preventative Water Guard was established and can be regarded as the immediate ancestor of HM Coastguard. Its primary objective was to prevent smuggling, but it was also responsible for giving assistance to shipwrecks.
Each Water Guard station was issued with Manby's Mortar which was invented by Captain George William Manby. The mortar fired a shot with a line attached from the shore to the wrecked ship and was used for many years.
In 1821 a committee of enquiry recommended that responsibility for the Preventative Water Guard be transferred to the Board of Customs. The Treasury agreed and in a Minute dated 15 January 1822, directed that the preventative services, which consisted of the Preventative Water Guard, cruisers, and Riding Officers should be placed under the authority of the Board of Customs and in future should be named the Coast Guard.
In 1829 the first Coast Guard instructions were published and dealt with discipline and directions for carrying out preventative duties. They also stipulated that when a wreck took place, the Coast Guard was responsible for taking all possible action to save lives, to take charge of the vessel and to protect property."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_Majesty's_Coastguard
***
"...it didn't do for Coastguards to become too well acquainted with the local people, and they were transferred quite frequently... The use of the word 'stations' is not strictly accurate, because, until the familiar blocks of Coastguard cottages were built during the second half of the nineteenth century, personnel were dispersed in ordinary houses in towns or villages round the coast (several hulks were moored in the creeks of Kent, Essex and other counties to accommodate Coastguard men and their families)..."
www.genuki.org.uk/big/Coastguards/
***
"Until the late 20th century accommodation was provided
for most ranks of the Coastguard service and their families –
that is District Officers/Inspecting Officers; Station Officers/
Chief Officers; and Boatmen/Coastguardsmen (the titles
have varied over time). This usually took the form of rows
of cottages, of up to 16 properties for the Admiralty and
three or four for the Board of Trade and its successors...
Because the Admiralty era stations might
need to be defended from attack it has been said that the
houses were designed to be intercommunicating and the
number of entrances was kept to a minimum. Gardens
were provided to allow for the growing of vegetables.
Sometimes the senior officer’s house was built separately;
otherwise it might be placed at one end of the terrace.
The difference in accommodation between the officer’s house
and the cottages for the men does not seem to have been
great. The former may have had four bedrooms while the
latter had two, or later more commonly, three. The Admiralty
provided some furniture but under the Board of Trade the
perception was that the quarters had been inadequate and a
considerable sum of money was spent in the 1920s bringing the
houses up to standard and in providing new accommodation.
Sometimes the officer’s house contained a watch room (see
below). If so, this was provided with separate access and was
unconnected to the residence. From the 1920s this space
was usually called the duty room and contained the station
telephone; it was sometimes provided with a canted bay
window from which a watch could be maintained.
WATCH ROOMS OR WATCH HOUSES
These spaces were used to store arms and ammunition,
which in the 1850s included muskets, bayonets, pistols, swords
and powder. Signalling and observation equipment, such as
telescopes, binoculars, signal lamps, foghorns, megaphones
and rockets, may also have been kept here. It was also the
place in which Coastguards were mustered and orders were
issued. Watch rooms seem to be more a feature of pre-1920s
Coastguard stations, after when the duty room may have
served a similar function."
www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/iha-coastguard-s...
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Constable Cullinane was rather badly knocked about on Saturday afternoon, in the execution of his duty. It seems that a man named John Duffy was interfering with Constable Jackson when the latter was trying to arrest a "drunk" in Wyndham-street. Constable Cullinane came along and warned Duffy, and eventually the man drew off and allowed Constable Jackson to take his prisoner to the lockup. Duffy, however, followed Cullinane, and after being told to go away struck the constable, it is alleged, a severe blow on the nose, knocking him down. On trying to rise the policeman was struck in the face again and kicked on the hip. Then Messrs Swan and Blutcher, two by-standers, intervened, and caught hold of Duffy. He broke away, however, and bowled the constable over again, and as none of the bystanders cared to tackle Duffy, who is a big, burly fellow, Constable Cullinane, feeling weak from the blows he had received, went into Queen-street for police assistance. Eventually Duffy was arrested by Detective McMahon and Acting - Detective McIlveney, and charged with using obscene language and with assaulting Constable Cullinane in the execution of his duty. He appeared at the Police Court this morning, and was remanded for a week. Bail was allowed in two sureties of £25 each.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18980627.2.45
We regret to learn that Ex-constable Cullinane is in a precarious condition. He was recently retired, on half-pay, with the option of returning to duty within a twelvemonth if he got better. He has an affection of the spine, which is ending in paralysis. He has to be lifted out of bed to a chair. Some three years ago, while effecting the arrest of a man, he was brutally maltreated, the offender, getting a lengthy term of imprisonment. It is supposed that he then got kicked about the spine, which has led to his present condition.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19010211.2.22
Mrs. Cullinane, wife of Constable Cullinane (who was transferred from Nelson to Kumara a few weeks ago), has been presented by a number of citizens with a purse of sovereigns, prior to leaving to join her husband.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19010422.2.70
Ex-Constable Cullinane, who has been ill for some time, died at the hospital yesterday morning. In yesterday's issue we stated he was nearing his end. Some three years ago the deceased constable was brutally kicked by a man he was endeavouring to arrest, and his injuries proved so serious that he was retired from the force on half-pay at the beginning of this year, with the option of rejoining the force within a year if he recovered. His assailant was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. For some time past he had been paralysed owing to injuries to his spine. He joined the police force in Auckland in 1896, and leaves a widow and one child.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19010509.2.22
"The policeman's lot is not a happy one." Constable Irwin was so brutally assaulted in a cab by a prisoner whom he was taking to the lock-up that he now lies in a critical condition. Indeed, it is quite on the cards that the prisoner, John Duffy, may have to face the serious charge of murder. The strange part ot the affair is that Irwin, who is a returned trooper and a mere lad, should have ventured alone in a cab with a prisoner who had already mastered him in the street. Another remarkable circumstance in the affair is that Duffy is said to be the man who inflicted upon Constable Cullinane the injuries that are alleged to have led to that officer's death. Needless to say, this was not known to Irwin, or he would have been more careful.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO19020405.2.6
THE DUFFY CASE.
ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE,
TEN YEARS' HARD LABOUR.
The trial of John Duffy, who pleaded not guilty to four charges of assault, including one of aggravated assault, upon Constable Irwin, was concluded at the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, before His Honor Mr Justice Conolly.
The jury retired at a quarter to twelve, and returned at half - past three with a verdict of guilty upon all four charges, but recommended prisoner for mercy.
His Honor said be did not think they would recommend mercy when they heard accused's record.
Mr Reed stated that he had been informed that accused had had an injury to his head, and that when drunk his mental faculties were affected.
His Honor said that he had sentenced accused about four years ago for an assault on Constable Cullinane.
Detective Mcllveney stated that Constable Cullinane had never recovered from the effects of that assault.
His Honor, referring to accused's record, said he had been convicted three or four times for assault, and had a long list of convictions recorded against him for breaking a dwelling, drunkenness and obstructing and assaulting the police.
Detective Mcllveney said the police regarded prisoner as a very dangerous man, and one of the worst.
His Honor, in passing sentence, said it appeared to him that accused became like a wild beast, and he did not know whether he should not restrain such a wild beast. Had the constable died, accused would have been tried for murder and hanged. The sentence of the Court was that he be kept to hard labour for ten years.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19020510.2.66
Plot 90: Thomas Cullinane – Constable – Injury to spine
Minnie F. Cullinane (adult) 1917
Of Your
charity pray for the Repose of the Soul of
THOMAS CULLINANE.
beloved husband of
Mary Cullinane.
who died 8th May 1901
aged 33 years.
"Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord
and let perpetual light shine upon him."
R.I.P.
also MARY
wife of the above
died 27th Jan. 1917
aged 48 years.
R.I.P.
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Photo #2 from the series
the shoot was actually to depict on how does a wet market looks like after everyone gone (about 5-6pm) and to get some dramatic shadows for the photos. it was an overcasted day so i didn't get the shadows i want.
however, the first thing that nabbed my attention as i entered the market was was there were chickens being locked up in tiny cages for waiting to be executed, which i am pretty sure, not by choice. (what you see on the first photograph). the cage was so small, there's barely room for them to move or stand properly.
then as i walked around, i came across a section where various meats were hung about for sale. (photograph number two) this is the place were buy/sell takes place in the morning.
last but not least, (photograph number 3) is where the remains/leftovers of the slaughtered chicken were dumped. it was actually right next to the cages of chicken. the place looks like a holocaust for animals that we actually feed on. the whole place has a disconcerting stench of blood as well.
like i said, i'm not much of a PETA person like pamela anderson or neither am i a vegetarian, but somehow, i do think that we could make some kind of changes can be made to treat them better. at the current rate that we're going, it's a suprise that there's no major plaque breakout from the the way we handle the poultry and farm animals.
Medium: T-Max Film (film border is left purposedly for my own reference)
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BOB TAYLOR goes to Germany, Summer 2006
Ludwigsburg/ Berlin, Deutschland
Bob Taylor had his internship following Producer Kristine Knudsen on the shoot of the feature film REINE GESCHMACKSACHE.
What do I do? Kristine Knudsen describes her job
I am a filmproducer based in Berlin. This summer I had the great chance of shooting the first selfproduced feature film.
A filmproducer is resposible for the financing, planning and execution of a filmproject. As the person responsible for the development and/or choice of sujets and scripts, for the aquisition of the necessary financial means, putting together the organising, the artistic and technical team and doing the marketingplans and distribution strategy, the producer makes decisions fundamental for the success or failure of a movie.
My interest for films started growing in my homecountry Norway. Being curious on another country I decided to study Filmproducing in Germany- at the Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. During the 4 years- study we learned filmmaking the real way - learning by doing. On no-budget & lowbudget experimenting with other filmmakers, learning to tell stories in pictures and sound.
The strange thing about filmmaking is the long periods where one develops and finances a project. It takes only few persons but loads of time, normally between 1-3 years.
And then, within the 2 months of preparation and most drastically the 5 weeks of shooting a whole circus is on the road. An uncontrollable mass of artist, technicians and helpers who by some wonder work harmonically towards one goal.
Our first film has the working title REINE GESCHMACKSACHE, translates PURELY A MATTER OF TASTE.
It is a lowbudget feature film of ca 100min.
45 persons im team, 5 main actores, 20 smalles roles,
It is shot on ca 13.000 meter S- 16 mm Kodak filmmaterial, in 25 days on ca 35 locations.
Facts about the Film
The Team:
Producers: Kristine Knudsen & Boris Michalski, Director: Ingo Rasper, Screenplay: Tom Streuber & Ingo Rasper, Director of Photography (DOP): Marc Achenbach, Editor: Patricia Rommel, Music: Martina Eisenreich, Production Design: Christian Strang, Costume Design: Bettina Marx.
The Principal Cast:
Edgar Selge, Florian Bartholomaei, Franziska Walser, Roman Knizka, Traute Hoess.
The Story:
First-time feature director and co-author Ingo Rasper hits the road with Reine Geschmackssache (translation: Purely A Matter Of Taste), a buddy comedy about a father and son who are no longer able to avoid each other and really get into trouble.
This is the story of Wolfgang, an `old school´ sales agent, who sells clothing to `Best Ager´-boutiques, catering for women aged thirty-five and above. When he loses his driving licence he commandeers his son, Karsten, to drive him around the province with a car loaded with next year’s fashions.
What nobody except Wolfgang knows, is that he’s both bankrupt and under threat from a younger and increasingly successful rival. What nobody knows is that Karsten is not only desperate to leave the family home and party in Spain, but he also has a very big secret of his own. Things come, as they must, to a head.
INTERVIEW - what Bob wanted to know about Kristine Knudsen and her professional life
- Why are you the best Ð If you are?
Because I love my job. When I have a mission and a vision, it gives me energy to push the project a little bit further every day.
Being a filmproducer is like being a big fat mama for a audiovisual project. Embracing the vision, planting ideas, help them grow and finally let them go - into the world, to the audience.
I truly enjoy my profession when a project is financed. Only problem is it takes so long for a filmproject to be ready for shooting.
Most problems that then arrive are solvable, either through persuation and motivation or compromises. When the train is rolling there is no way to stop it, just to do the maximun possible with the means one have.
Im am good at being a producer because I am a generalist. I know something about many areas, but let other people do the specialization.
It is my job to keep the overview and stay true to the underlying vision.
Combined with a strong attitude of knowing what I want and a gut feeling. Often it is hard to make so many decitions, and one must trust the own instincts.
- What is your special spirit Ð if you have one?
Being positive and believing that everyone is the architect of ones on fortune.
- What drives you professionally Ð if you are?
Curiousity.
On life, on people, on film handcraft and film form.
Search.
Film can be a treasure search in human nature, there are no borders for what stories to tell. The own imagination is the only limit.
An out-of daily routine searching for cast and locations for a film.
Being on the search for something makes one sensible for the environment, makes one see more than in daily routine.
Sometimes life is more exiting than fiction. Letting fiction and real life inspire each other.
The creative urge
and want to tell a story to an audience.
Pulling the Threads
Enjoying the role of being a thread- puller, achieving the best resulats by giving the partners creative freedom within the frames of time and budget.
Setting the frames, then letting the heads of department play withing those frames. Like watching children play in the sandbox.
- When do you get most inspired Ð if you get that?
From a idea, story, theme, moment that moves me emotionally, either makes me laugh or cry.
From people. The fine, sensible machinery of a cast and a crew of ca 50 people coming together for some months, working under hard circumstances, trying to achive something remarkable. When actors give life to the written charcters we only know from the paper over 1-2 year of script development. When the crew push each other further and solve problems as they pop up.
- What is most important to you Ð if anything is?
Passion for ones job. Going for the maximun, but not at all costs.
Doing business with style. Staying grounded. Beeing a “ maximum” person.
- Why is your product better than othersÕ Ð if it is?
We want to entertain and move people, also stimulate to think about their lives.
I like the humour in our project, it is very german but not so often seen in cinema here.
- How do you use knowledge Ð If you do?
The best way can. Listening to the knowledge of the old masters and trying to learn from my own mistakes as I go along.
- Why are you different from others Ð If you are?
Here I am a little bit different because I am a foreigner from a neighbour country.
- Why are you more innovative than others Ð If you are?
I don’t know if I am, but I should be in the distribution.
Our film hopes to be classical good, intelligent entertainment.
- Why is it you and not others that receive and INturn Ð because it is?
Because Bob just really wanted to go to Germany since it is so wunderful in the summer and German films are starting to kick ass again!
Prague (République Tchèque).
Prag (Tschechien).
Prag (Czech Republic).
Praha (Česká republika).
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