A young girl barely the age of 14, Zinaida Portnova experienced the horror of living under German occupation during World War II. When the German Army passed through her home town in Belorussia, they beat her elderly grandparents, hit her over the head with a rifle butt, and stole her cow. Determined to get revenge, Zinaida joined a local resistance group called the “Young Avengers”. Posing as a harmless little girl, she worked as a cook’s aid in a German Army camp where she would secretly poison the food. When suspicion fell upon her, she tasted the food to “prove her innocence” making herself sick but giving her time to escape. Eventually the Gestapo (secret police) caught up and arrested her. During her interrogation, the Gestapo interrogator laid down a pistol in the middle of the table in an attempt to frighten her. She picked up the pistol and shot him, then shot two guards who rushed into the room. Zinaida escaped the prison but was recaptured. She was executed on January 15th, 1944 (age 17), and posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Of all the faculty at Nesop who taught me so many important lessons about photography, life, and myself, there was one member who stood out. He wasn’t an official faculty member. His class didn’t meet in 537 Comm. or 650 Beacon, and he wasn’t on their official payroll. It didn’t have a regular meeting time - sometimes it would be every day, sometimes it wouldn’t meet for weeks. It lasted as long as you wanted it to, depending on how much time you each had. The cost per credit hour was reasonable: water, a cup of coffee, some food, a cigarette if you had one to spare, or anything else you may have felt he needed. The subject covered in this class was a pretty broad one: life. And in this class, the lessons I learned were lessons you won’t learn in any academic institution and lessons that not just anyone can teach. Melvin, you were a truly beautiful soul. You never failed to greet each of us with a smile, ask us how things were going and actually want to know the answer, and show us what it is to be a good person, no matter what the circumstances. Thank you for watching out for us, I know you’ll continue to do so wherever you are now. May you rest in peace.
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friendly reminder that ina garten, the host of barefoot contessa on food network, majored in economics and was in charge of writing the budget for the US’s nuclear program and drafted policy memos regarding construction of nuclear centrifuges under US presidents ford and carter
also she fund raises for planned parenthood and supports gay marriage so yeah this woman can budget, plan nuclear policy, and cook a mean meal and now u know
If you can’t design your own nukes, store-bought is fine.
