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The Russian Navy's Humiliating Defeat 117-Years Ago 'The Battle of Tsushima'
Since Russia launched its attack on Ukraine in late February, a heavily outnumbered and outgunned adversary has handed the Russian navy several high-profile losses.
The Russians have lost at least five Raptor-class patrol boats, one Tapir-class landing ship, one Serna-class landing craft, and most notably the Moskva, a Slava-class guided-missile cruiser that was also the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.
The losses themselves are not catastrophic for the Russian navy and are unlikely to alter the course of the war or the balance of power in the Black Sea, but they are blows to Russian prestige and come a little over a century after another historic debacle for Russia: the Battle of Tsushima, the last time a Russian navy flagship was sunk in combat.
The Japanese and Russian empires fought in the waters between Korea and southern Japan on May 27 and 28 in 1905. The battle cemented Japan's rise as an equal to Western powers and had a lasting impact on both empires.
Competing empires
Japan's overwhelming victory in the Sino-Japenese War in 1895 had stoked tensions between the Japanese and Russian empires.
Japan, equipped with an organized, modern army, pursued ambitions in Korea and China that brought it dangerously close to Russian interests, especially in Manchuria and Korea.
Of particular importance to Russia was Port Arthur — now Dalian, China — which it leased and was the Russian Empire's only warm-water Pacific port. Port Arthur became the headquarters of Russia's Pacific Fleet and the government had plans to connect it to Russia via the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Negotiations between Japan and Russia over the future of the region went nowhere, and on February 8, 1904, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the main part of the Russian Pacific Fleet at Port Arthur, formally declaring war hours later.
Japan gained a naval advantage relatively quickly. It fought off an attempt by the main part of the Russian Pacific Fleet to break the blockade of Port Arthur and largely defeated Russia's Vladivostok-based squadrons at Chemulpo Bay and Ulsan — victories that allowed Japan to effectively dominate the Pacific.
Unwilling to concede defeat, and with Japanese ground forces beginning a siege of Port Arthur itself, Russia's Tsar Nicholas II ordered the creation of the 2nd Pacific Squadron, which would be made up of ships from the Baltic Fleet.
Commanded by Vice Adm. Zinovy Rozhestvensky, some 40 ships — including 11 pre-dreadnought battleships, nine cruisers, and nine destroyers — composed the 2nd Pacific Squadron.
Sailing from the Baltic in October 1904, they were supposed to relieve the Pacific Fleet at Port Arthur, destroy any Japanese ships they encountered, and cut the supply lines between Japan and mainland Asia.
Russia's doomed fleet
Russia's navy had been modernized in during the latter half of the 1800s, but while the 2nd Pacific Squadron appeared strong on paper, it was not a first-rate naval force. Some of the warships were new and untested, but many were old and bordered on obsolete. Others were little more than auxiliary ships with guns mounted on them.
Russian Navy leadership was also of low quality. Many of its officers came from wealthy and connected families who simply bought their commissions. The rank-and-file sailors were not much more professional, as many of them were inexperienced conscripts.
These issues were on full display during the seven-month, 18,000-mile journey to the Pacific.
While in the North Sea near England, the fleet opened fire on British fishing trawlers, somehow thinking they were Japanese torpedo boats. The mistake killed two fishermen, injured one, and sunk one trawler while damaging four others. In the chaos, some of the Russian ships even fired on each other, causing casualties and damage.
Diplomatic maneuvering managed to prevent the British from joining the war on the side of Japan, but the Russian fleet's troubles were only beginning.
Most of the fleet sailed around Africa rather than through the Suez Canal. The longer journey took a toll on the crews, who had never experienced such a different climate or such a long time at sea. The ships themselves were also under considerable strain. During gunnery practice with a mock target towed by a cruiser, the only thing the fleet hit was the cruiser.
With no allies, the Russians couldn't dock in friendly ports, and so they had to take on more coal while at sea. Conditions on the ships deteriorated, and disease and respiratory issues killed a number of sailors.
By the time the fleet was in Madagascar in January, Port Arthur had fallen. Their mission was then changed: They were to meet the remnants of Russia's Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok before engaging the Japanese in a decisive battle.
Slaughter at Tsushima
When the Russian ships finally reached the Tsushima Strait on the night of May 26, 1905, Rozhestvensky attempted to slip through unnoticed. Unfortunately for him, a patrolling Japanese vessel had spotted one of his ships.
Even more unfortunately, the Russian ship mistakenly believed the Japanese vessel was a lost Russian ship and signaled that more Russian ships were nearby.
With the location of his enemy confirmed, Japanese Adm. Tōgō Heihachirō's Combined Fleet — which included four modern battleships, over 20 cruisers, 21 destroyers, and 43 torpedo boats — set out to meet them.
On the morning of May 27, the fleets made contact. Before the firing began, Tōgō hoisted a signal flag that conveyed a predetermined message to his fleet: "The Empire's fate depends on the result of this battle, let every man do his utmost duty."
The ensuing battle was a slaughter. In addition to better training, discipline, and experience, the Japanese were equipped with modern armor-piercing rounds that tore the Russian ships apart.
By the end of the day, the Japanese had sunk four Russian battleships. Imperator Aleksandr III sank with its entire crew of over 700 sailors, while Borodino sank with all but one of its more than 800 crew members.
The flagship, Knyaz Suvorov, sank with all but 20 officers, while about half of Oslyabya's crew went down with the ship. The Japanese sunk a number of cruisers and destroyers as well.
As night fell, the survivors attempted to make it to Vladivostok under cover of darkness. Tōgō's destroyers hunted them down, picking off two more battleships and several other warships. By the following afternoon, most of the survivors surrendered.
Lost prestige
Russian losses were immense: 21 ships sunk or scuttled, and seven captured. Only three ships reached Vladivostok, though six others made it to neutral ports in China, the Philippines, and Madagascar.
The Japanese killed over 4,000 Russian sailors were killed and captured almost 6,000. The Japanese lost only three torpedo boats with just 117 killed and about 500 wounded — including a young Isoroku Yamamoto, mastermind of the attack on Pearl Harbor, who lost two fingers in the battle.
The Russian navy's prestige never recovered after Tsushima. It saw little major action in World War I, being unable to rebuild to the same grand scale. The Soviet Navy also only saw limited action in World War II and never truly proved itself during the Cold War, though Soviet submarines were a constant concern for NATO navies.
Today, the Russian navy boasts a smaller, more modern fleet that focuses on green-water operations rather than high-seas campaigns, but its surprising losses against Ukraine show it has yet to regain the dominance it lost a century ago.
By Benjamin Brimelow.
#The Russian Navy's Humiliating Defeat 117-Years Ago 'The Battle of Tsushima'#The Sino-Japenese War#japan#russia#ukraine#battle#fighting#naval battle#naval ships#long reads
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Срећна Слава нама и свима ко слави. Овај пут далеко смо од куће, али шта мора није ни тешко! Сегодня мы отмечаем Славу - день, когда предок рода Матичей принял православие. В этот раз мы далеко от дома, но главное - вместе. Today we are celebrating Slava, a Serbian religious holiday which tells us about the day when the Dejan's ancestor joined the Orthodox church. For us, he made this on Saint Nicholas's day. #srecnaslava #olgainguz #вахтатакаявахта #амурскаяобласть #свободный (at Свободный) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmWXtXJtP8n/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Samantha Ritter skated with Jim Wang until 2020 and trained in Novi with Igor Shpilband. (b. 2003)
Daniel Brykalov skated with Ekaterina Kuznetsova for Azerbajian in 2019 and was training in Philadelphia with Slava Uchitel, Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland (b. 2000)
Leia Dozzi skated with Michael Valdez in 2019 for Hungary and trained in Novi with Igor Shpilband, competed at Nebelhorn and Finlandia (b. 1999)
Pietro Papetti skated with Chiara Calderone from 2017-19 and was Italian junior champion, 13th at junior worlds in 2018 (b. 1999)
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Going to give everyone's timeline a break while I begin preparing for St. Nicholas' slava today. <3
PS: Promise to get to non-#KrampusCookie tags/reblogs in the next day or two.
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All ready for my wonderful priest to come and consecrate water for my Slava (St Nicholas of Myra).
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Saint Nicholas Day!
Activity title: Celebrating and preparing for Saint Nicholas day
Type of activity: Creativity
Date: 17th-21st December, 2020
Learning outcomes:
◇ I have identified my own strengths and developed areas for personal growth.
◇ I have demonstrated that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.
◇ I have shown commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences.
◇ I have demonstrated the skills and recognized the effects of working collaboratively.
Activity description: December 19th was my slava, Saint Nicholas. Before that, my family members and I prepared various dishes for the feast, after which we celebrated it and spent a relaxing day together.
Reflection: I genuinely value Serbian tradition and Saint Nicholas is one of my favourite holidays. I`ve always been into cooking but I haven`t seriously tried my hand at baking, and all I can tell you is - I will definitely be trying it again! As you can see on the collage I made, we baked hazelnut nests (my favourite!) and bajadera (another national nougat dish), meanwhile my father and sister took care of the savory dishes. It relaxed me greatly and I also got to spend quality time with my mother, which is always a great thing. I can`t wait to repeat it next year as well and to invest more of my time in baking!
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almost no one knows him but i’m here to talk about him,,
Ognjeslav Kostović Stepanović
(or Огњеслав Костовић Степановић in serbian)
this guy. this is my great something grandpa and he is the ultimate madlad.
he was a russian serbian inventor AND a russian military and navy captain. starting off with his inventions because omg there’s lot and i’m not getting into all of them:
he created a prototype of the submarine and called it “fish-boat”
no materials fit his needs so he created his own. arbonite, commonly known as plywood
he built his own petrol engine
designed at least two hot air balloons
in the early 1880s designed and built an aircraft (about 20 years before ferdinand von zeppelin) but he never got to test it since it ended up being destroyed in a fire
these are only some of his inventions but there are a probably a lot more. however, since he was part of the russian military, some of them remain secret. (talking about his military service, during the russian-turkish war an explosion ended up blinding him in one eye)
now his family. he was born in a serbian noble family in 1851, his grandpa owned a lot of land and had a wheat business, his father married an austrian girl but then he ended up dying of tuberculosis when he was young so his mother, elizabeth, was left to care for 5 children, including ognjeslav.
he had three daughter two of which became nurses during the the first world war guess with who else... Nadežda Petrović,, like, the painter.
he also had weird relations with royal families. he visited the czar’s palace often and some sources said that he was friends with the empress of russia, alexandra feodorovna. his brother on the other hand worked for the serbian royal family and was natalie’s (natalie of serbia) personal accountant.
now the funniest part; he was friends with dmitri mendeleev, yes the guy who created the modern day periodic table. they were very close friends. like,, awfully close friends. they attended the same parties together, every year when ognjeslav celebrated the slava of saint nicholas, dmitri was invited, some people even say they might have lived together (they were,, alleged?? roommates)
he ended up dying in saint petersburg in 1916 when he was 65 years old and almost no one remembers him
that’s it for ognjeslav today might write more about him later but there really isn’t a lot of stuff on him
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Putin' on airs
(from The Guardian: cartoonist Nicholas Jennings)
Slava Ukraini
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The Church of St. Nicholas (Shtoj)
Around the 13th century, it is assumed in 1346, the Benedictine abbey was built that is now known as St. Nicholas Church in the Shtoj area. In 1553, it was left because of the invasion of the Turk. It was damaged by the earthquake in 1979 and later rebuilt with the UNESCO fundraiser, where it was ordained in 1988. The materials used to build this church are: stone, lime, cement and other building materials. The church has a length of 20m and a width of 8m. The courtyard of the church is filled with graves, some of which belong to Albania. This church is one of the oldest Catholic churches in the territory of Ulcinj. The history of the church is found in the traditions, stories and relations of the then bishops.
This church plays a special role not only in historical and in cultural but also in religious view. It is a special church where people of different faiths attend the mass. This can be especially noticed on the feast of St. Nicholas on May 9th, where believers from different religions and different countries of the world come to participate in the mass. It is worth noting that many miracles have taken place in this church, one of which is the healing of both children and adults, regardless of their faith, from various illnesses.
In the church there are many old statues (2 of St. Nicholas, 1 of St. Roko, 1 of the Virgin Mary) as well as various kinds of flags for procession brought from Italy, which are about 100 years old. An old legend says: "The Venetians carried the bones of St. Nicholas after his death from East Asia to Bari of Italy. Because of the bad weather they were obligated to spend the night exactly in the territory where this church is today. The Venetian journey lasted from the 6th December till the 9th May of the next year.” This is why St. Nicholas' feast is celebrated twice a year in this church.
Crkva Svetog Nikole (Štoj)
Oko 13. veka, pretpostavlja se da 1346. godine, sagrađena je benediktinska opatija, sada poznata kao crkva Svetog Nikole. 1553 godine napuštena je zbog invazije Turaka. Nekoliko puta je oštećena zemljotresom, a 1979. godine obnovljena je sa UNESCO-vim fondom, gde je 1988. godine zaređena. Materijali iskoristeni za izgradnju ove crkve su: kamen, kreč, cement i drugi građevinski materijali. Crkva ima dužinu od 20m i širinu od 8m. Dvorište crkve je ispunjeno grobljima, od kojih neka pripadaju Albaniji. Ova crkva je jedna od najstarijih katoličkih crkava na području Ulcinja. Istorija crkve se nalazi u tradiciji i odnosima tadašnjih biskupa.
Ova crkva ima posebnu ulogu kako u istorijskom tako i u kulturnom i religioznom pogledu. To je posebna crkva u kojoj ljudi različitih vera prisustvuju misi. Ovo se posebno može primjetiti na slavi Svetog Nikole 9. maja, kada vjernici iz različitih religija i različitih zemalja svijeta dolaze da učestvuju u misi koja se održava tog dana. Vredi spomenuti da su se u ovoj crkvi desila mnoga čuda, od kojih je jedno lečenje dece i odraslih, bez obzira na njihovu veru, od raznih bolesti.
U crkvi se nalaze dosta stare statue (2 od Svetog Nikole, 1 od Svetog Roka, 1 od Bogorodice), kao i razne zastave za povorku donjete iz Italije, stara oko 100 godina. Jedna stara legenda kaže: "Venecianci su prebacili kosti Svetog Nikole nakon njegove smrti iz istočne Azije u Barima Italije. Zbog lošeg vremena su bili primorani da provedu noć upravo na teritoriji na kojoj se danas nalazi ova crkva. Venecijansko putovanje trajalo je od 6. decembra do 9. maja sledeće godine.” Zbog toga se u ovoj crkvi dvaput godišnje slavi se slava Svetog Nikole.
Kisha e Shën Nikollës (Shtoj)
Rreth shekullit 13, supozohet se më 1346, ndërtohet abatsi benediktian që tani është e njohur si kisha e Shën Nikollës në zonën e Shtojit. Në vitin 1553 braktiset për arsye të pushtimit të Turqve. Disa herë dëmtohet nga tërmeti dhe në vitin 1979 rindërtohet me fondin e UNESCO-s, ku në vitin 1988 shugurohet. Materialet të cilat u përdoren për ndërtimin e kësaj kishe ishin: guri, gëlqerja, çimentoja dhe materiale të tjera ndërtuese. Kisha përfshin një gjatësi prej 20m dhe gjerësi prej 8m. Sipërfaqja e oborrit të kishës është e mbushur me varreza nga të cilët disa i përkasin edhe Shqipërisë. Kjo kishë është njëra ndër kishat katolike më të moçme në territorin e Ulqinit. Historia e kishës gjendet tek gojëdhënat e relacioneve të ipeshkve të atëhershme
Kjo kishë luan rol të veçantë si në pikëpamje historike ashtu edhe në pikëpamje kulturore e fetare. Është kishë e veçantë ku në meshë marrin pjesë njerëzit nga besime të ndryshme. Kjo mund të vërehet posaçërisht në festen e Shën Nikollës më 9 maj, ku besimtaret nga fetë e ndryshme dhe vendet e ndryshme të botës vinë të marrin pjesë në meshën që mbahet atë ditë. Vlen të përmendet se në këtë kishë kanë ndodhur mrekulli të shumta, një nga këto është shërimi, si i fëmijëve ashtu edhe i të rriturve, pa marrë parasysh besimin, nga sëmundjet e ndryshme.
Në kishë gjinden statuja të ndryshme mjaft të moçme (2 të Shën Nikollës, 1 e Shën Rrokut, 1 e Zonjës Marija) po ashtu edhe bajraqe të llojllojshëm për procesionin e meshës të prurë nga Italia që kanë një moshë rreth 100 vjeçare. Një legjendë e moçme thotë: “Venecianet i barten eshtrat e Shën Nikollës pas vdekjes së tij prej Lindjes së Azisë deri në Bari të Italisë. Për shkak të motit të keq ato u detyruan të kalojnë natën pikërisht në territorin ku sot gjendet kjo kishë. Udhëtimi i venecianeve zgjati nga 6 dhjetor deri më 9 maj të vitit tjetër.” Për këtë arsye festohet festa e Shën Nikollës dy herë në vit në këtë kishe.
Die Kirche des Hl. Nikolaus (Shtoj)
Im 13. Jahrhundert, es wird angenommen im Jahr 1346, wurde die Benediktiner Abbate erbaut, die heute als die Kirche des Hl. Nikolaus in der Gegend von Shtoj bekannt ist. Im Jahr 1553 wurde es wegen der Invasion der Türken verlassen. Es wurde durch das Erdbeben beschädigt und 1979 mit der UNESCO-Spendenaktion wieder aufgebaut, wo es im Jahr 1988 ordiniert wurde. Die Materialien, aus dem diese Kirche gebaut wurde, sind: Stein, Kalk, Zement und andere Baumaterialien. Die Kirche hat eine Länge von 20m und eine Breite von 8m. Im Innenhof der Kirche befindet sich ein Friedhof mit Gräbern, von denen einige zu Albanien gehören. Diese Kirche ist eine der ältesten katholischen Kirchen in Ulcinj. Die Geschichte der Kirche findet sich in den Anekdoten und Geschichten der damaligen Bischöfe.
Diese Kirche spielt sowohl in historischer als auch in kultureller und religiöser Hinsicht eine besondere Rolle. Es ist eine besondere Kirche, in der Menschen verschiedener Glaubensrichtungen an der Messe teilnehmen. Dies kann besonders am Fest des Hl. Nikolaus am 9. Mai beobachtet werden, wo Gläubige aus verschiedenen Religionen und verschiedenen Ländern der Welt an der Messe teilnehmen. Es ist erwähnenswert, dass in dieser Kirche viele Wunder geschehen sind: eines davon ist die Heilung von Kindern und Erwachsenen, unabhängig von ihrem Glauben, von verschiedenen Krankheiten.
In der Kirche gibt es viele alte Statuen (2 von dem Hl. Nikolaus, 1 von dem Hl. Rrok, 1 von der Jungfrau Maria) sowie verschiedene Flaggen, die für die Prozession, die aus Italien gebracht wurden, welche etwa 100 Jahre alt sind. Eine alte Legende besagt: "Die Venezianer haben die Knochen von Hl. Nikolaus, nach seinem Tod, aus Ostasien nach Bari in Italien verlegt. Aufgrund des schlechten Wetters mussten sie die Nacht genau in dem Gebiet verbringen, in dem sich diese Kirche heute befindet. Die venezianische Reise dauerte vom 6. Dezember bis zum 9. Mai des nächstes Jahres." Deshalb wird in dieser Kirche zweimal im Jahr das Nikolaus Fest gefeiert.
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Сегодня в Сербии празднуют одну из самых больших Слав - Св. Николу. В этот день предок рода принял христианство. Утром идут в церковь, потом ломают каравай и целый день принимают гостей. It is one of the greatest Slava, St. Nicholas, celebrated in Serbia today. On this day, the ancestor of the family adopted Christianity. In the morning, Serbs go to church, then they break a loaf and entertain guests all day. Данас се у Србији обележава једна од највећих Слава – Свети Никола. На данашњи дан предак породице је примио хришћанство. Ујутру иду у цркву, па ломе колач и цео дан примају госте. #срећнаслава #србија #ольгаингуз #ясчастливыйкакникто #srećnaslava #srbija #slava #svetinikola #святойниколайчудотворец (у месту Letnjikovac) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXrBdbFt_1x/?utm_medium=tumblr
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The Bowie Counterparts
In the months after Bowie’s death, Kian S. Bergstrom put up a wonderful list on Facebook in which he paired every single Bowie album with a thematically appropriate film (first) and book (second). Having just rediscovered this list in my files (I cut-and-pasted it at the time & feared I’d lost it), I felt like it should be shared more widely. Hope he doesn’t mind.
Some connections are obvious; others, not so much, but often quite inspired. All of these films and novels are worth checking out, in any case. As canons go, this is a superb one. Off to the library and streaming services, Bowie fans.
David Bowie [1967]: THIS SPORTING LIFE [Lindsay Anderson, 1963] & THE BUTTERFLY KID [Chester Anderson, 1967]
David Bowie [1969]: CABARET [Bob Fosse, 1972] & WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE [Shirley Jackson, 1962]
The Man Who Sold the World [1970]: CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH [Nagima Oshima, 1960] & THE COLLECTED WORKS OF BILLY THE KID [Michael Ondaatje, 1970]
Hunky Dory [1971]: CHELSEA GIRLS [Andy Warhol, 1966] & DISPATCHES [Michael Herr, 1977]
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars [1972]: PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE [Brian De Palma, 1974] & AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RED [Anne Carson, 1998]
Aladdin Sane [1973]: LIQUID SKY [Slava Tsukerman, 1982] & BURNING CHROME [William Gibson, 1986]
Pin Ups [1973]: F FOR FAKE [Orson Welles, 1974] & THE CHAIN OF CHANCE [Stanislaw Lem, 1976]
Diamond Dogs [1974]: BRAZIL [Terry Gilliam, 1985] & 1984 [George Orwell, 1948] (Obvious choice, but in this case I want it anyway)
David Live [1974]: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE [Tobe Hooper, 1974] & NELLY’S VERSION [Eva Figes, 1977]
Young Americans [1975]: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE [Nicholas Ray, 1955] & FRANNY & ZOOEY [J. D. Salinger, 1961]
Station to Station [1976]: THE PASSENGER [Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975] & CHIMERA [John Barth, 1972]
Low [1977]: CRASH [David Cronenberg, 1996] (Obvious choice is THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, but that’s too on-the-nose) & A SCANNER DARKLY [P. K. Dick, 1977]
"Heroes" [1977]: IN A YEAR OF 13 MOONS [R. W. Fassbinder, 1978] & TRITON [Samuel R. Delany, 1976]
Stage [1978]: USED CARS [Robert Zemeckis, 1980] & THE BOOK OF LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING [Milan Kundera, 1979]
Lodger [1979]: BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW [Panos Cosmatos, 2010] & HOW GERMAN IS IT (WIE DEUTSCH IST ES) [Walter Abish, 1980]
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) [1980]: POSSESSION [Andrzej Żuławski, 1981] & WOLF STORY [William McCleery, 1947]
David Bowie in Bertolt Brecht's Baal [1982]: DIE 3 GROSCHENOPER [G. W. Pabst, 1931] & THE HANDMAID’S TALE [Margaret Atwood, 1985]
Let's Dance [1983]: SID AND NANCY [Alex Cox, 1986] & EDWIN MULLHOUSE: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF AN AMERICAN WRITER, 1943-1954, BY JEFFREY CARTWRIGHT [Steven Millhauser, 1972]
Ziggy Stardust: the Motion Picture [1983]: ONE MAN UP [Paolo Sorrentino, 2001] & THE DOUBLE [Jose Saramago, 2002]
Tonight [1984]: INTO THE NIGHT [John Landis, 1985] & CITY OF GLASS [Paul Auster, 1985]
Never Let Me Down [1987]: STREETS OF FIRE [Walter Hill, 1984] & LONG RED HAIR [Meags Fitzgerald, 2015]
Tin Machine [1989]: DONNIE DARKO [Richard Kelly, 2001] & AN AFGHANISTAN PICTURE SHOW: OR HOW I SAVED THE WORLD [William T. Vollmann, 1992/2013]
Tin Machine II [1991]: HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND AND THE END OF THE WORLD [Haruki Murakami, 1985] & KINDRED [Octavia Butler, 1979] *
Black Tie, White Noise [1993]: MONSOON WEDDING {Mira Nair, 2001] & THE GROUND BENEATH HER FEET [Salman Rushdie, 1999]
The Buddha of Suburbia [1993]: MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDERETTE [Stephen Frears, 1985] & BREATH, EYES, MEMORY [Edwidge Danticat, 1994]
1. Outside [1995]: LOST HIGHWAY [David Lynch, 1997] & THE CIPHER [Kathe Koja, 1991]
Earthling [1997]: AEON FLUX [Peter Chung, 1991-5] & CELESTIAL MATTERS [Richard Garfinkle, 1996]
Hours... [1999]: CROUPIER [Mike Hodges, 1998] & LOST GIRLS [Alan Moore & Melina Gebbe, 2006]
Toy [2000]: L’ENFER [Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1964/2009] & THE ORIGINAL OF LAURA [Vladimir Nabokov, 1977/2009]
Heathen [2002]: CURE [Kurosawa Kiyoshi, 1997] & THE BLAZING WORLD [Siri Hustvedt, 2014]
Reality [2003]: CACHÉ [Michael Haneke, 2005] & HERE [Richard McGuire, 2014]
The Next Day [2013]: ZERO DARK THIRTY [Kathryn Bigelow, 2012] & GERTRUDE OF STONY ISLAND AVENUE [James Purdy, 1996]
Blackstar [2016]: THE NEON DEMON [Nicholas Winding Refn, 2016] & PATIENCE [Daniel Clowes, 2016]
* two books for TMII, for whatever reason. If you need a film, maybe Dead Again.
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Who knew that “A Christmas Carol” could be so dangerous!
The assaults begin even before the first line of dialogue in the new, charming if overlong, and extraordinarily well-designed Broadway production of Charles Dickens’ 1843 classic, starring Campbell Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge and Andrea Martin and LaChanze as Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present. Cast members on the stage dressed as 19th century English blokes and birds throw clementines and cookies to (at?) the audience…vigorously.
“I’m suing,” said somebody sitting behind me, in a comical impression of Scrooge, after he was hit by one of the packages of chocolate chips. “Are you an attorney?”
Later, at a climactic moment in the story, an entire Christmas dinner comes shooting down from the mezzanine, piece by piece. Long links of sausages dropped directly onto audience laps, and we were urged to pass them onto the stage, where the spectacular feast was assembled.
These enlivening assaults by food were part of the production’s wondrous stagecraft, which also features a dark set warmly lit by lanterns and graced by bells, and two separate snow storms – which looked and felt like real snow (in control to the paper blizzard at Slava’s Snowshow.) There are also a dozen Christmas carols. The first song is worked into the narrative humorously:
Carol singers who show up at Scrooge’s door: oh tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy
Scrooge: Oh Christ
Carol singers: God rest ye merry gentlemen Let nothing you dismay
Scrooge: You dismay me.
The last carol — Silent Night, performed entirely by handbells held by the cast – concludes the show and is one of the two most moving moments in it.
The other moment, surprisingly moving, involves Tiny Tim, portrayed refreshingly by one of two young boys who have disabilities (I saw it with Sebastian Ortiz.) He hugs Scrooge and says “God Bless Us Every One.”
Originally produced by the Old Vic in England, this Christmas Carol is a fairly faithful adaptation of the story of a miser’s redemption after a nightmarish visit by several ghosts. All the changes to the tale are slight and beneficial, especially the effort at an inclusive cast: All three ghosts, for example, are women. The whole enterprise reflects the trademark strengths of its creative team — written by Jack Thorne, the playwright of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and directed by Michael Warchus, whose extensive Broadway credits include “Ghost The Musical,” “Matilda The Musical” and “Groundhog Day.” The cast narrates as a group, divvying up the lines. One scene is conducted between a performer in a box seat and another in the mezzanine!
If I may be a (pre-redeemed) Scrooge for a moment: The enticing promise of the stars in the cast doesn’t really get fulfilled: Andrea Martin plays it straight, and LaChanze doesn’t get any solos. At two hours over two acts (plus a 15 minutes intermission), this A Christmas Carol feels too long. It’s also a bit rich to be offering a lesson against avarice and yet charge up to $179 a ticket. With so many theaters all over the city offering the same story (at far less cost), the Broadway production is not a must-see.
But there’s that real snow, and the warm lanterns, and those bells… and the uplifting message that Scrooge can finally hear: “Change is within all of us. It’s why life is such a thrill.”
A Christmas Carol
Ethel Barrymore Theater
Adapted by Jack Thorne from Charles Dickens.
Directed by Matthew Warchus.
Set and costume design by Rob Howell, lighting design by Hugh Vanstone, sound design by Simon Baker, composed, orchestrated and arranged by Christopher Nightingale, movement by Lizzi Gee.
Cast: Campbell Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, Andrea Martin as Ghost of Christmas Past, and LaChanze as Ghost of Christmas Present/Mrs. Fezziwig.
Erica Dorfler as Mrs. Cratchit, Dashiell Eaves as Bob Cratchit, Hannah Elless as Jess, Brandon Gill as Fred, Evan Harrington as Fezziwig, Chris Hoch as Father/Marley, Sarah Hunt as Belle, Matthew Labanca as Nicholas, Alex Nee as Ferdy, Dan Piering as Young Ebenezer/George, and Rachel Prather as Little Fan. Sebastian Ortiz and Jai Ram Srinivasan share the role of Tiny Tim.
Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes (including one intermission)
Tickets: $49 to $179
A Christmas Carol is on stage through January 5, 2020.
A Christmas Carol Broadway Review: Dicken’s Tale with Campbell Scott as Scrooge, Andrea Martin and LaChanze as Ghosts, food assaults, and real snow Who knew that “A Christmas Carol” could be so dangerous! The assaults begin even before the first line of dialogue in the new, charming if overlong, and extraordinarily well-designed Broadway production of Charles Dickens’ 1843 classic, starring Campbell Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge and Andrea Martin and LaChanze as Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present.
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Happy Slava St. Nicholas! Срећна слава!
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網友熱搜十大度假海島！行李箱拿出來，選一個出走吧！
2019-02-21
【文／Yahoo奇摩搜尋】春夏梅雨酷暑，秋冬溼冷寒流，住在台灣（尤其是北部）的你，是不是常常想要丟下台灣的一切，一頭栽進南島清澈海水、陽光海風的念頭？
Yahoo奇摩搜尋這就來了！幫你整理了十大台灣網友熱搜的海島度假景點，從高檔到小資，從西到東，從秘境到熱門景點都有，一次掌握海島度假精華！機票網站一起準備好，我們出發囉！
網友熱搜第一名 — 日本，沖繩
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身為日本最南部的縣市，沖繩在南洋風情與日本文化的交雜之下，有一股無可比擬的海島風情，加上擁有大鯨鯊的海生館、台灣少見的大型鐘乳石洞等等，小編私心覺得沖繩有點像是墾丁，但又同時可以滿足吃日本美食和購物的私慾，一舉數得，網友熱搜第一，當之無愧！
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網友熱搜第二名 — 菲律賓，長灘島
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第二站馬上進入總是讓人傻傻分不清楚的東南亞島系列。長灘島能在東南亞島系列勝出，絕對不是省油的燈，「亞洲最美海灘」、「全球最美島嶼」這些頭銜都拿過了，長灘島說自己第二，誰敢當地一（沖繩表示？）。擁有綿延四公里的白色沙灘，在長灘島可以盡情享受「放鬆」的氛圍，不是「吃」就是「海」要不就是「買」，再加上低廉的物價，想要放空耍廢？選擇長灘島就對了！
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網友熱搜第三名 — 美國，關島
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哎呀呀怎麼一下子就來到美國了！關島雖然是美國的島嶼，但其實離台灣直飛只需要大概3.5個小時，名義上是美軍基地，但實際上是放閃聖地。關島擁有大大小小的美麗教堂，成為許多新（有）婚（錢）男女的結婚聖地。關島也是許多人的蜜月、度假首選，從水上度假村、高空跳傘、溜索到潛水，還可以一覽美軍與當地原住民的文化，講的小編都想現在先去訂機票再回來寫了！
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網友熱搜第四名 — 馬爾地夫
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就說我們從小資到高檔的地點都有了吧！小編曾經好奇的查過去一趟馬爾地夫的「代價」大概是多少，來，告訴你，不多不少，一個人差不多十萬塊左右可以好。會想去馬爾地夫，不外乎就是被那些蓋在清澈無比海水上的度假村所吸引，那種早上起床打開落地窗就可以直接跳下海水親近自然的早晨，就像頭等艙一樣，一輩子一定至少要經歷一次啊！
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網友熱搜第五名 — 馬來西亞，沙巴
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沙巴？可能聽過但其實不太了解？很多海島都適合放空耍廢行程，但來到沙巴，如果不好好認識當地豐富的原住民文化和殖民歷史就太浪費了！沙巴就像一所綜合型大學，從大自然到文化到娛樂再到美食，每一樣都是強項，如果想要來一趟綜合型海島之旅，那就去沙巴吧！
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網友熱搜第六名 — 印尼，峇里島
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峇里島算是元老級度假勝地了，想當初小編的爹娘就是去那裡度蜜月的啊（遠目～）雖然度假文化發展已久，但峇里島仍不忘時與時俱進、推陳出新，度假村真的是一間比一間高級啊（再遠目～）當然，除了讓人一進去就不想出門的度假村之外，峇里島用細細軟軟的白沙鋪成的各種海灘，也是讓世界各地旅客流連忘返的重點，但小編私心覺得，峇里島的原住民文化與周邊商品，也相當迷人，雞蛋花、藤編籃和色彩鮮豔的織布，這些元素組合在一起，不知不覺就放鬆下來了呀～
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網友熱搜第七名 — 日本，石垣島
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石垣島，石垣牛（愛心眼）。愛吃的人一定聽過石垣牛這號人物，每天在海島上吹海風看夕陽的牛，感覺就特別美味啊（咦？）。其實石垣島也屬於沖繩的一部分，但地理位置較沖繩靠近台灣（根本就在宜蘭龜山島的隔壁隔壁啊），也因此成為台灣旅遊界小有名氣的景點。從白沙海灘到浪漫燈塔，再從風獅爺文化到美軍文化，又可以大肆買日本藥妝買到剁手，而且還有石垣牛！怎麼辦石垣島應該得第一的啊！
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（啊！不對！是石垣島資訊）
貼心Yahoo小百科時間：「垣」要怎麼唸
網友熱搜第八名 — 菲律賓，巴拉望
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「最、後、的、處、女、地：巴拉望」，聽起來就很威！相較於上面某一個稱號很多的菲律賓景點，巴拉望是菲律賓人心中的秘境（還沒被觀光客佔領的那種），但主要原因是交通不甚方便，觀光人次相對較少。旅客來巴拉望，通常會選擇跳島的方式遊玩，知名的「愛妮島」，就是其中之��。然而，物以稀為貴，有限的運輸方式，也讓巴拉望旅遊價位偏高。
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網友熱搜第九名 — 美國，夏威夷
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夏威夷短短三個字，但真的很難用一兩百個字介紹啊！夏威夷其實是由多個島組成，包括一個叫做可愛島（Kauai）的島嶼，整個群島從海洋生態、火山地形到原住民文化都相當豐富，如果說峇里島是度假界的元老，那夏威夷應該就是度假界的亞當夏娃，去過夏威夷，甚至會覺得當地人都留著度假血，伴著美國自由的空氣，啊～～～好想現在就吸一口啊！
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網友熱搜第十名 — 泰國，蘇美島
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本次入榜唯一一個泰國小島！一樣是一個放空的好地方啊（寫到這小編也開始放空了）！沙灘、啤酒、度假村，不同於前面的放空，在泰國還可以享受各種按摩以及正統的泰、式、料、理啊（又吃），泰國人天生樂天可愛的性格，總是讓泰國旅遊添上一層歡樂的氛圍，什麼漂亮的海灘、浮潛、衝浪那些都不用說了（前面的每位也都有），如果真的要比，當地文化產生的氛圍，或許才是在這茫茫島海中應該認真考慮的事！
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