“(…) Nicholas White, who was trapped in an elevator in New York City’s McGraw-Hill building for forty-one hours. Here is a condensed look at White’s ordeal, as captured by the building’s security cameras.” (video) Nick Paumgarten in The New Yorker, Up and Down. The lives of elevators: “The longest smoke break of Nicholas White’s life [...]
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The killer countess: The dark past of Baron Heinrich Thyssen’s daughter
October 26th, 2007
‘Davos, Palace Hotel, im Krieg: Gräfin Margit von Batthyány, ihr Ehemann Ivan und Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza’ (FAZ) “When I was researching my book about his family, Baron “Heini” Thyssen-Bornemisza, self-styled “Swiss” industrialist and legendary art collector, always insisted that Margit, his vivacious older sister, was in fact shy and retiring, while his family’s castle at [...]
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The War
October 8th, 2007
442nd: Storming the Vosges. Japanese-American soldiers of the 442nd RCT advance up a steep hillside in France. November 4, 1944. The War is een 7-delige oorlogsdocumentaire van Ken Burns in september en oktober 2007 uitgezonden door PBS. (Metacritic – 8.2.) THE WAR | Extended Preview op YouTube. Waarschijnlijk zijn deze 14 uur aan oorspronkelijke beelden [...]
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TED: Steven Pinker: A brief history of violence
September 19th, 2007
TED Talks: Steven Pinker: A brief history of violence: “In a preview of his next book, Steven Pinker takes on violence. We live in violent times, an era of heightened warfare, genocide and senseless crime. Or so we’ve come to believe. Pinker charts a history of violence from Biblical times through the present, and says [...]
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Alive Day
September 14th, 2007
Sgt. US Marine Corps Eddie Ryan, 22 – Alive Day 13 April 2005. Documentaire Alive Day van James Gandolfini (Sopranos) is tot 16 september 2007 op HBO.com te zien. (via) “In a war that has left more than 25,000 wounded, ALIVE DAY MEMORIES: HOME FROM IRAQ looks at a new generation of veterans. Executive Producer [...]
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Explosive Reactions
August 3rd, 2007
“There is an unquestionable need for clear thinking about suicide bombing. But thinking is muddied by the powerful emotions of horror and repulsion it properly stirs. Suicide bombing, as anthropologist Talal Asad notes, is not the most deadly weapon even in conflicts where it is endemic. Rather, the suicide attack is among the most effective [...]
Tags: de horror · mia bloom · suicide bombing · talal asad · terrorism · violence
‘Beast of Omaha’ weeps as he recalls slaughter of thousands on beach
June 7th, 2007
Scotsman.com: “He was the last German soldier firing, and may have accounted for about 3,000 American casualties, almost three-quarters of all the US losses at Omaha.”
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Gisèle en haar onderduikers
April 26th, 2007
“Met haar uitzonderlijke moed en persoonlijkheid en haar netwerk van kunstenaars en dichters, waaronder A. Roland Holst en Max Beckmann, kon ze de voorwaarden scheppen voor het materiële welzijn van haar onderduikers. Haar inspirerende invloed op de artistieke ontwikkeling van de jeugdige onderduikers droeg ertoe bij dat de jongeren de oorlog geestelijk ongeschonden doorstonden.” Gisèle [...]
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