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Lions’heads on troughs and other ornaments typically indicate designs fabricated in the Elizabethan period of history. This trough is smart, roomy and elegant. Use it with companion Oxford Box Planters. The light weight material makes them an excellent choice especially if you are planning a roof top or other garden space. Material is Fiberglass. Finish is a Dark Lead.


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Respecta Mi Pinta

I have a new header banner today. First of January and all that. I used to change the header image once every six months or so. The a few months ago I thought I’d change it randomly every few days. I was bored. I’ve settled on a new banner image each month now. Something that reflects the month if possible. Although January is tough….not much of a wintry scene for me to photograph here, and all my banners are made from my photos. So a very Mexican banner it is this month. Graffiti.

Not any old graffiti though. It’s to be found on a bus, on Orizaba, just off Alvaro Obregon. This bus has been sitting there for years. And every now and again someone comes along and gives it a new paint job. It’s a pretty famous bus too. I’ve seen it on the telly a couple of times, once in a Renault advert. It’s current design is very poor compared to previous efforts. But I like the slogan.

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  1. I like the idea of frequent header changes. Now that I have reverted to a generic background, I could accesorize now and then with a new header. What do you use to crop the photographs for your header? I am certain it is a simple process.

    • It is pretty easy. I use Photoshop. But there are easy, cheaper ways of cropping an image. In fact, you shouldn’t need to pay for something to do basic things like cropping. I can tell you you’ll want to create an image that’s 787×192 pixels in dimension.

      You could try Gimp for doing it free –

      If you wanted something to do this and manage and edit all your photos, then Lightroom is the best you can get. Not cheap at $200 though.

      ACDSee does pretty much the same thing as Lightroom, and is an excellent alternative. And less than 70 bucks.

  2. I think I know that bus. For a good while it was covered in a hand knit bus sweater. It’s at the intersection of Calles Orizaba and Guanajuato, if I recall correctly. The north end of the pleasant Plaza Luis Cabrera, Colonia Roma Norte.
    (Can you tell, I’m longing to revisit? We were there last in June of 2010.)

    Don Cuevas

      • Gary wrote:
        “If I were staying in DF and could pick a place to live, this area would be it.”

        Same here, if I could afford it. It’s just about the polar opposite of the small, rural ranching community in which we live. Maybe I should develop a blog post on this theme. Could be that if we did live there (Colonia Roma), we’d make occasional getaways to a small, rural ranching community.

        Don Cuevas

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Gaudete is looking for singers!

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We are pleased to introduce Gaudete, a new kind of choir in Denver that will provide opportunities for singing sacred music for people who don’t want to go to church (or who just want to sing more!). We are creating a new choral singing experience, and we’re looking for singers who are interested in what we have to offer:

  • A chance to sing sacred works without the trappings and dogma of a church service
  • Opportunities to learn about new types of spiritual music and to sing old favorites, from a range of denominations and cultures
  • Performing monthly in a Sunday evening offering to the community

As a singer in Gaudete, you will be auditioned based on our expected standards, which include:

  • Ability to match pitch and sing in the correct octave
  • Basic sight-reading capability, which will establish your ability to work on music outside of rehearsal
  • Ability to sing a musical line or melody against a contrasting musical line or harmony
  • A love of singing choral music

We rehearse on Thursday evenings, 7-9 pm with our first rehearsal on Thursday, Oct. 11th, and our first public offering is Sunday, Nov. 18th at 7pm.

We rehearse and perform at the Althea Center, 1400 N. Williams St., Denver, CO 80218.

Gaudete is starting out as a dues-based choir, with hopes of achieving a donor base and non-profit status; For more information or to schedule an audition, contact the director, David Bell, at or 720-384-3712.

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COPENHAGEN, Sept 2 (Reuters) – The cost of transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe and the United States jumped this week after the collapse of South Korean Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd.

Container spot freight rates on the world’s busiest routes from Asia to Northern Europe jump 36.6 percent to $949 per twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) this week. Rates increased by 51 percent to the U.S West Coast and 45 percent to the U.S. East Coast.

Following the Hanjin default there has been a considerable rise in freight rates, brokerage firm Fearnley Securities wrote in a note to clients on Friday.

“To our understanding this has been driven by shippers being reluctant to put their cargoes on Hanjin vessels, whilst ports are not accepting the vessels as they are afraid of not getting paid,” Fearnley wrote.

A Hanjin spokeswoman said that 44 of its 98 container ships had been denied access to ports including Shanghai, Sydney, Hamburg, and Long Beach, California. One ship had been seized, in Singapore.

As the collapse happened in the midst of the peak season it has spurred a supply shock in a market which, despite poor freight rates, was characterized as relatively tight, the Fearnley note said. (Editing by William Hardy)

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Through his works he takes us on a journey through time, to the harmonious worlds of the great Chinese philosophers where nature lives in peace with men and where beauty demonstrates itself on a spiritual dimension.


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GEN555094 | LIF, human, Monoclonal Antibody, Mouse size: 100ug | 833.93 USD

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Long gene name LIF antisense RNA 1
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Scope note:Identification of proteins or peptides that have been electrophoretically separated by blot transferring from the electrophoresis gel to strips of nitrocellulose paper, followed by labeling with antibody probes.
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Other names leukemia inhibitory factor isoform 1; Leukemia inhibitory factor; leukemia inhibitory factor; D factor; human interleukin in DA cells; melanoma-derived LPL inhibitor; differentiation-inducing factor; hepatocyte-stimulating factor III; cholinergic differentiation factor; differentiation-stimulating factor; differentiation inhibitory activity; leukemia inhibitory factor; Differentiation-stimulating factor; D factor; Melanoma-derived LPL inhibitor; MLPLI; INN: Emfilermin
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Form/Appearance Protein G Purified-Liquid
Also known as LIF, human
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Test Mouse or mice from the Mus musculus species are used for production of mouse monoclonal antibodies or mabs and as research model for humans in your lab. Mouse are mature after 40 days for females and 55 days for males. The female mice are pregnant only 20 days and can give birth to 10 litters of 6-8 mice a year. Transgenic, knock-out, congenic and inbread strains are known for C57BL/6, A/J, BALB/c, SCID while the CD-1 is outbred as strain.
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Gene targetLIF Monoclonal
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Morning Worship:    9:30 a.m.

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Cocaine is a powerful central nervous system stimulant that’s often associated with addictions. When families see signs of addiction, they need to communicate with treatment programs and arrange for enrollment. Some programs provide around-the-clock inpatient care, others provide outpatient care, and some provide a mix of the two formats. There are no hard-and-fast rules about which setting is best. Since cocaine cravings can be persistent, families should look for treatment programs that provide ongoing and comprehensive relapse prevention support.

What is Cocaine?

Cocaine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant and popularly abused illicit drug. While cocaine does have some legitimate medical uses as a local numbing agent to help with painful mouth and nose procedures, the vast majority of it is produced and sold for the black market.

Cocaine is used to induce a sense of euphoria and enhance mood, with other mental effects including increased energy and confidence. This drug can be snorted, injected, and swallowed. Powder cocaine and crack cocaine are two different forms of this drug. Crack cocaine comes in small rock-like formations that can be smoked through a pipe, while powder cocaine typically snorted or ingested orally

Cocaine abuse and cocaine addiction are associated with numerous physical, psychological, and social problems. Professional rehabilitation is often needed to address drug dependence. Street names include Blow, Bump, C, Candy, Coke, Charlie, Snow, Crack, Toot and Rock.

What are the Side Effects of Cocaine Abuse and Dependence?

People who abuse cocaine extensively are likely to experience a range of physical health, psychological health, and social problems.

Adverse, acute effects of cocaine use include:
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While dependence is not is not associated with distinct physical-somatic withdrawal symptoms when intake is stopped, dependent users do suffer a range of intense emotional and motivational symptoms.

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While medications are largely ineffective for the treatment of cocaine problems, psychotherapy and relapse prevention programs can be extremely effective.

Cocaine Addiction Treatment

The addiction treatment process typically includes three separate elements, all of which are designed to work together: detoxification, rehabilitation, and aftercare support.

  • The detox process is designed to enable drug discontinuation and alleviate potentially dangerous withdrawal symptoms. At this time there is no set pharmacological approach for the treatment of cocaine addiction, although some medications, like disulfram, used to treat alcoholism have shown to possibly be effective. Researchers continue to test medications and have developed clinical trials to narrow down which medical intervention is the best.
  • Rehab is designed to address the emotional and environmental precedents of drug addiction, with inpatient rehab and outpatient programs both available. A range of psychotherapy models can be applied to treat dependence, including cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, family therapy, contingency management, 12-step programs, and relapse prevention among others.
  • Aftercare support programs also play an important role in treatment, including SMART Recovery, sober living environments, and groups such as Cocaine Anonymous.

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Behavioral therapy is designed to alter drug taking and other problematic behavior patterns from the inside-out. During a typical therapy program, therapists will help recovering addicts to recognize cognitive and emotional distortions so that they can learn to make better lifestyle decisions. Relapse prevention techniques and systems play an important role in this process, with patients learning how to recognize emotional and environmental triggers, avoid dangerous situations, and cope with the challenges of life as they arise.

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Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Afriyie Akoto, has called on players in the private sector to support government’s flagship programmes by engaging the youth.

According to him, the youth need to take advantage of the numerous flagship programmes- ‘Planting for Food and Jobs,’ ‘Planting for Jobs and Rural Development,’ ‘One Village, One Dam’ ‘One District, One Factory’ to create sustainable and viable agribusinesses for themselves.

To this end, he called for research to promote agribusinesses.

Dr Akoto disclosed this in a keynote address read on his behalf at AFGIAC II, an annual forum on government, industry and academia collaboration hosted by the African Business Centre for Developing Education (ABCDE) on Thursday in Accra.

He said the agriculture sector employs about 35.95 percent of Ghana’s active labour force and serves as a major source of revenue for government

The Minister added that a substantial growth is likely to have a huge impact on the country’s economy.

In 2015, Ghana’s total revenue from non-traditional exports alone amounted to $2.522 billion (GH¢9.210 billion).

Indicating that Ghana had competitive advantage in the production of high-value horticultural crops, he said “despite these strengths and opportunities, MoFA is also confronted by weaknesses and threats that could compromise agribusiness development, if not properly addressed.”

Nicolas Gebara, BUSAC Fund MAnager, in a remark, said ABCDE had identified a mismatch between the number of white collar jobs and the large number of graduates coming out of the country’s universities and technical institutes.

Also, he said government and other international organisations had realized that the youth constitute about 60 percent of the unemployed population in Ghana, mirroring the epidemic of high youth unemployment across Africa.

He, therefore, backed the calls for collaboration between government and private sector organisations to help reverse the trend and give hope to unemployed youth.


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GHS Solutions is a qualified access & hire, engineering and industrial solutions provider across regional Western Australia. A diversified and progressive business based in Geraldton, GHS Engineering through organic growth and acquisitions has emerged into a fully integrated, multidisciplinary engineering & scaffolding provider to the oil & gas, mining and construction sectors.

GHS Solutions leverages over 25 years of quality access, design, and engineering and construction experience with the knowledge to provide comprehensive, cost effective and innovative solutions to the benefit of our clients. Our success can be attributed to our team of professionals, delivering high quality outcomes, safely, on time and on budget.

GHS Solutions is an employer of choice offering positions of employment in lifestyle rich Geraldton. GHS Solutions is a family friendly employer, providing a supportive team environment. Should you have the right attitude, skills and experience to contribute to this progressive team, we encourage you to apply.
Purpose of Position

GHS Solutions has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Trades Assistant for ongoing site works in and around the Geraldton region. All members of the team have a shared responsibility in keeping themselves and all employees safe from harm.
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Regional Western Australia, permanently based in Geraldton.

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Coachella Fashion Trends 2018 | Festival Fashion

Sadly Coachella is over, although its sad its come to and end, we are exited the festival season has started off with a bang and now we are ready for a whole summer full of music festivals.

The Coachella valley music festival for the more sophictaed type of festival goer. No shouting "AAALLLAN" or falling over drunk in the mud like our british festivals. The hottest models, celebrities and boho fashionistas come together and create one big festival catwalk. Music festivals are usually all about the music but fashion at coachella is key part of this festival and we love seeing fashion trends at Coachella. its the perfect festival outfit inspiration for the rest of the festival season.

We have gathered some of the best fashion at Coachella 2018 and some of this years festival fashion trends 2018.

Here are 9 biggest fashion trends of Coachella 2018

1. Platform Boots

Forget the wedges or high heels your at a festival, you need to be comfortable to dance for 12 hours, welly boots are to much and to hot so why not opt from some platform grunge shoes for the hottest boho festival look.

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2. Body Jewellery and Accessories

Body jewellery at Coachella valley has turned into a classic. They look great this is the ultimate festival must have. if you would like a unique body piece claudia pink, makes full body jewellery accessories which are commonly worm just with nipple covers over the top! in fact just glittery or sequin outfits of any kind are always a festival fashion winner!

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3. Face Glitter, Face Jewels and Gems

Is it even a festival if your not shimmering and smothered in glitter? Face glitter and face jewels complete the festival look. We sell an amazing array of face glitters check them out here > FESTIVAL GLITTER! we are excited to announce we will be stocking brand new all in one festival face jewels very soon! so watch this space. its not a festival with out glitter so why not take our kit with glitter glue to make your glitter and jewels last all day!

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4. Gingham

Gingham is a is a huge festival fashion trend at the moment. if your going for more innocent girly look rather than the bum cheeks and harness fetish style maybe gingham is more you. Look super cute at a festival.

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5. Yellow

yellow is the new in colour for his summer. if you want to be festival ready you have to have at least one yellow item in your festival outfit over the weekend. Beyonce at Coachella covered a few of the  festival fashion trends all in one out fit with her yellow jumper, short shorts and tassel boots. or actually should i say holographic tassel silver boots.

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6. Crochet

Its not a festival unless you wear your hottest crochet dresses, this was a popular festival fashion of 2017 but it so hot its worked its way into 2018s festival fashion.

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7. Fringed outfits and Tassels

fringing and tassel outfits are super cute and finnish of that boho festival style. Fringe and tassel never get old for us, its safe to say the festival tassel outfit trend is still going strong

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8. Short Shorts

I think this is pretty much a trend anywhere these days but short shorts are always a must have at a festival, high waisted with a belt looks super cute with a belly top like this festival hottie! The ultimate boho outfit.

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9. Sheer skirts

Sheer skirts are so in this festival season with a sexy swim suit underneath. Festival goers at Coachella wore some of the cutest boho sheer dresses and skirts ever.

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We hope you enjoyed our favourite Coachella outfits and trend! We love seeing your festival trends so please tag us on instagram @glitopia to have the chance to be featured on our page. Until next time festival hunnies!


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The purpose of the orders is clear: to prevent public protests at the climate conference, making it even more impossible for activists to approach the capital. A broader state of emergency bans all demonstrations.

COP21, as the conference is known, is widely considered the planet’s last chance to pass a binding resolution to curb greenhouse gas emissions before the earth warms to more harmful and irreversible levels. Previous attempts failed or have been ineffective. At a moment when the pressure of concerned citizens is most needed, their protests are quieted amid a concerted muffling of free speech.

Particularly affected by the restrictive measures is a group of activists protesting the construction of a new international airport in Nantes. Members of Defending Zone A, known by the French acronym ZAD, comprise a range of people, from militant environmentalists and anarchists to simple farmers who oppose the destruction of their land.

For supporting ZAD, the attorney Joel Domenjoud, also a member of the legal team for an assembly of 130 environmental NGOs critical of COP21, has been placed under house arrest until Dec. 12 — when COP21 concludes. The lawyer was summoned to a police station on Thursday morning and issued an order to stay home between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. daily and to check in at the police station three times a day.

Six militants on the extreme left and ecologists in Rennes, about 60 miles from Nantes, have received similar commands. Sources close to the activists say one of the six was allegedly involved in clashes with security forces during a demonstration in Nantes, but the person was never investigated. The only connection to Domenjoud, apparently, is that they support the fight against the airport.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve justified restrictions on personal liberty by citing the threat to public order represented by people suspected of belonging to radical movements. The state of emergency, in which France will live for at least three months, allows such measures without the approval of a judge.

Even the French government itself wrote a letter to the E.U. Human Rights Council that it was going to derogate the European Convention on Human Rights. In other words, these human rights violations aren’t in dispute; France has admitted them.

“It is unacceptable that environmentalists have become the targets,” said Emmanuelle Cosse, secretary general of the Europe Ecology – The Greens political party. Greenpeace France said the same, and Stephan Oberreit, director of the French section of Amnesty International, said “the systematic ban on all events that have a link with the COP21 takes away a fundamental means of expression from all critical voices.” Even tougher is the president of the League of Human Rights, Françoise Dumont, who expressed deep opposition to the establishment of a state of perpetual emergency.

Meanwhile, as officials attending COP21 arrived in the northeastern outskirts of Paris yesterday afternoon, about 400 members of ZAD arrived to demonstrate against the conference. But they were miles away, on the other side of town near Versailles palace.


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Catholic Church. In Africa, Pope Francis dedicated his message to peace and environmental stewardship. At the Extraordinary Jubilee in Rome, he turns his message inward.

Two popes, ‘extraordinary’ times

In a day filled with celebrations (the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and the 50th anniversary of the Vatican II council) and strong symbolic gestures (first of all, the presence of two popes in the ceremony), the Holy Door of St. Peter has once again opened for Pope Francis’s “Extraordinary Jubilee.”

There were huge expectations for the pope’s speech. The “extraordinary” nature of the Jubilee, a period of forgiveness in Christian tradition, is due to the unusually timing — typically the Jubilee is every 50 years; the last was in 2000. But with Francis’s Jesuitical wisdom, he dominates the mass media dimension of his mission. From this point of view, the instrument of the Jubilee, the historical expression of the power of the papal monarchy, is perfectly in tune with the vision of Jorge Mario Bergoglio on the missionary value of “popular piety” and the power of the Church of Rome to manage it.

However, it was Francis himself who explained during the homily in what way his pastoral project can be interpreted nowadays, when Christianity is not even a myth. If at Bangui, Central African Republic, the pontiff specifically addressed secular powers on the subject of peace and ecology, in yesterday’s speech he instead favored a dimension within the Church, entirely focused on the notion of “mercy.”

In his speech, short but full of explicit and implicit references, Francis reiterated that “the history of sin can only be understood in the light of love that forgives.” As the journalist and politician Raniero La Valle has stressed, the neologism coined by Bergoglio “misericordiare,” which does not mean to do mercy, but to show that God is mercy, remains a central interpretation of his mission, a pastoral action that elevates understanding and forgiveness above guilt and condemnation, thus disrupting the traditional system of indulgence.

The political implications of this approach are now clear enough: the dismissal (or at least the sidelining) of the Ratzinger polemic against society relative to the Pope’s commitment against the “globalization of indifference.” Again, in terms of self-representation, it is understood why some sections of the homily were dedicated to Vatican II.

During yesterday’s celebration, since it was the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the Council, excerpts from the four conciliar constitutions and the Declaration on Religious Freedom were read. For his part, Francis spoke about the old controversy concerning the hermeneutics of Vatican II, stating that the reform impulse of the event went far beyond the writing of those documents. Against a widespread ecclesiastical tendency that sought to reduce the scope of the Vatican II Council appealing to the continuity of tradition, the pope celebrated the memory of the assembly desired by John XXIII (sanctified by Bergoglio) to update the profile of the Church and to “get out of the doldrums in which for many years she had locked herself.”

These are claims of some weight in the sphere of Catholic culture in the way that Pope Francis confirms that the council is an essential compass to guide his mission of mercy “to go out to meet every person where he lives: in his city, in his home, in the workplace.”

The “spirit of the Council” is back in vogue then, marking a significant break with the line of the emeritus pope present yesterday at St. Peter’s. Nevertheless, it would be a mistake to interpret yesterday’s activities, and Pope Francis’s mandate in general, simply as a historical recourse. Of course, the celebrations encourage this kind of dialogue.

However, it must be said that after the change of direction (largely still to be implemented) set in motion by the Council, the last 50 years, and in particular those of the charismatic Pope John Paul II, have left their mark on the Church. This is evident in the decision of Bergoglio to hold an Extraordinary Jubilee, that is, to use the tool with a self-celebratory and Rome-centric character.
Even through the instrument of the Jubilee, Francis is a pope with a pastoral ministry to the masses. In that sense, he is perfectly aligned with the politics of our times.


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David Marr Bio

David Ewan Marr FAHA was born on 13th July 1947. He is an Australian journalist, author, and progressive political and social commentator. His areas of expertise include the law, Australian politics, censorship, the media, and the arts. He writes for The Monthly, The Saturday Paper, and Guardian Australia. He is also a regular in as a semi-regular panellist on the ABC television programs Q&A and Insiders.

David Marr Age He was born on 13 July 1947(age 71) in Sydney, Australia
David Marr Education University of Sydney (BA, LLB)
David Marr Occupation Author, journalist
David Marr Partner Sebastian Tesoriero (Domestic Partner)

David Marr Early Life and Education

Marr studied at Sydney Church of England Grammar School in North Sydney and subsequently graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts in 1968 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1971. He worked for a while as an articled clerk at the law firm Allen, Allen and Hemsley, and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor before turning to journalism.

David Marr with his Partner Sebastian Tesoriero

David lives in Newtown with his gay partner, Sebastian Torosiero.

David Marr with his Partner Sebastian Tesoriero
David Marr with his Partner Sebastian Tesoriero

His take on his self-realisation that he was gay. “There are two ways to deal with it. One is to accept it and get on with your life. The other, with the influence of a family who believes deeply in conventional behaviour, in not disturbing the neighbours, is to fight it. And I fought it. When it was all over, I was a questioner of society, with a deep interest in fairness and equality. And no tolerance at all for unnecessary cruelty, unnecessary censorship, unnecessary restriction. I was one of those young gay men whose sexuality led them to question the way society worked.”

David Marr Career

  • Marr started working as a journalist working for The Bulletin magazine and The National Times newspaper in 1972 before being appointed editor in 1980.
  • In 1980, Marr published his first book, Barwick, a “hostile” biography of Chief Justice Sir Garfield Barwick. It won the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction but was received poorly by its subject, who accused the author of fabricating quotes.
  • (1985, 1990–91) Marr was a reporter on the ABC TV program Four Corners, a role in which he won a Walkley Award, and presenter of Radio National’s Arts Today program (1994–96).
  • From 2002 to 2004, he hosted the ABC TV program Media Watch. He is a frequent guest on ABC TV’s Insiders program. During his term as presenter of Media Watch, he played a crucial role in exposing the ongoing cash for comment affair, which Media Watch had first raised in 1999, concerning radio commentators Alan Jones and John Laws. In 2004, the program’s exposé of Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) head David Flint – who had written letters of support to Jones at a time when the ABA was investigating Jones – played a significant role in forcing Flint’s resignation.
  • In 2002, Marr stated on Media Watch that conservative newspaper columnist Janet Albrechtsen had misquoted a French psychiatrist, Jean-Jacques Rassial, and claimed that she had done this deliberately to make it look as though violence and gang rape were institutionalised elements of the culture of Muslim youths. Albrechtsen did not deny the misquote but responded by accusing Media Watch of inherent left-wing bias and of deliberately leading a witch-hunt against contrary views. When the Minister for Communications, Senator Helen Coonan, appointed Albrechtsen to the board of the ABC in February 2005, Marr publicly questioned whether she was qualified for such a position in light of what he described as “breaches of proper conduct as a commentator and as a journalist.”
  • In 2008, He was named by Same Same as one of the 25 most influential gay and lesbian Australians for his coverage of the Bill Henson case.
  • Marr has advocated drug law reform and has written candidly about his life experiences: “I’ve had a lot of fun on drugs … I’ve had a lot of marvellous experiences. I’ve danced a lot. I’ve had a great time. I’m not ashamed of it. And I don’t see what’s wrong with it.”
  • Marr announced his resignation from the Sydney Morning Herald on 13 July 2012, saying “People underestimate what a deeply conventional person I am. I’m turning 65, and that feels like the right time to go.” However, in April 2013 it was announced that Marr was joining Guardian Australia

David Marr Publications

Marr has published a number of books, including a critically acclaimed biography of Australian writer Patrick White, which won The Age Book of the Year award and the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. More recently, Marr wrote, along with Marian Wilkinson, Dark Victory, an account of the 2001 Australian election campaign in the wake of the Tampa affair.

Marr’s books include:

  • 1980 Barwick, Allen & Unwin
  • 1984 The Ivanov Trail, Nelson
  • 1991 Patrick White: A Life, Vintage Classics
  • 2000 The High Price of Heaven
  • 2004 Dark Victory (with Marian Wilkinson)
  • 2007 His Master’s Voice: The Corruption of Public Debate under Howard in the Quarterly Essay, Issue 26
  • 2008 The Henson Case, The Text Publishing Company
  • 2010 Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd, in the Quarterly Essay, Issue 38
  • 2011 Panic, Black Inc
  • 2012 Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbottin the Quarterly Essay, Issue 47
  • 2013 The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell, in the Quarterly Essay, Issue 51
  • 2015 Faction Man: Bill Shorten’s Path to Power, in the Quarterly Essay, Issue 59,

David Marr Awards

  • Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Newcastle
  • Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Sydney, 2013
  • Honorary Fellowship, Australian Academy of the Humanities, 2013
  • Liberty Victoria Voltaire Award, 2012
  • Alfred Deakin Prize for an Essay Advancing Public Debate, for ‘Do Not Disturb: Is the Media Asleep?
  • Victoria Premier’s Literary Awards, 2006
  • Walkley Awards 2004 (jointly), 1991 and 1985

David Marr Annual Salary

Salary A$1,159,129
Salary A$1,178,299
Bonus A$910,028
Bonus A$1,095,626
Total Annual Compensation A$4,343,082

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The Handbag

To anyone who ever had a loud obsession with Sex and the City, I know. It was more than a show, it was a bonding experience. It was as if the females in my life and I never truly knew one another until we sat down and watched other women sit down and talk. And yes, my group of friends in high school did choose which characters each of us we were, and then my group of friends in college did the same. Luckily, I don't really relate to any of them now, but I still recognize the brilliance of the show, and I would still watch it because quite frankly, it was just pretty

However, I do blame Sex and the City for the ongoing struggle to find the perfect bag. When I started watching the show, I had just graduated from backpack to H&M tote, and I was carrying text books, not lipstick or condoms (now I carry a mess of other shit, but still no lipstick or condoms). But even back then, I knew the importance of a good bag. Which leads me to my recent struggle to find a purse large enough that I can carry my life in it, without inducing back problems, but which also looks fucking good, and that isn't too expensive. And because of my current crusade, I threw in the requirement that it should look like a chic-as-fuck leather bag, but not have any negative impact on the earth or other people.

As I went digging for a purse that would meet all these requirements (which, it should be stated, usually do not go hand-in-hand), I found something that I thought might actually fit the criteria: vegan leather. Vegan leather? That's like, non-leather leather! It will look like leather, but vegans are into it, so it HAS to be good for you! Suddenly things were popping up all over the place. Bloggers' lists of good vegan leather options, lower-end vegan leather bags on Amazon, higher-end vegan leather bags made in Montreal and California... the possibilities were endless and I thought for one glimmering second that I had found the answer. I found one company called Matt & Nat, cool, but pricey... Then I found Angela Roi: the cheaper version of Matt & Nat, with awesome vegan leather bags in my price range. The below $50 price tag made me swoon and I was basically ready to buy right then and there. Then my boyfriend asked me what I was doing, and I shouldn't have responded, but I did, and he asked, "so if it's vegan leather... what is it actually made of?" and I realized I had to be honest and say "I have no fucking idea."

Vegan leather is, in most cases, just a fancy way of saying "PU," the abbreviation for polyurethane, which sounds like it was made in a beaker. Every once in a while, other materials like kelp might be used in vegan leather, but the vast majority is a man-made product that emits harmful chemicals into the environment. And since it's harmful to the fucking atmosphere of the planet, you can bet that it was harmful to anyone who was around when it was being made. Matt & Nat does have some options that are not made of PU, but the ones that are not PU-based are small and made out of shit like bottle caps or bike tires and while I am not opposed to a funky, colorful handbag every now and again, that wouldn't do on an everyday basis.

I started thinking that maybe I should just buy some real fucking leather. Would it be better to carry my planner and chapstick in the refined skin of an animal, or in shit that was made in a factory and then stitched together in Korea? For the record, I am not pulling Korea out of my ass, Angeloa Roi actually has factories in Korea but the "supply chain" is totally "transparent" so no worries guys.

These were taken from the Angela Roi website, where they put the words "high quality" in front of "PU leather" and collage images of hands sewing next to pictures of the finished product to make us feel like conditions are good and the potential toxins are better. I don't know about you, but yes. YES.

So now we find ourselves at the crux of a decision. Real leather, or vegan leather? (I even looked into canvas bags on Amazon, but unless you are going to the beach or like looking like a newspaper boy circa 1950, those are not viable options either... and canvas can be shady too). So, back to vegan vs. real, read this:

This blurb was taken from a fucking awesome article by a lady named Jody McCutcheon in Eluxe Magazine. Click here to read the whole thing, and trust me, you will want to. She finishes out with this tidbit:

"Ultimately, even the most adamant vegans need to consider this fact: the pollution caused by ‘vegan leathers’ seems to hurt all other
animals, including humans, in the long run."

So, vegan leather is out. Regular leather is, if you are so inclined, out. If you are cool with spending money, go for recycled or up-cycled leather. It's already been made, so at least it's being re-used and isn't ending up in a landfill somewhere. If you like funky shit, get that purse made out of bottle caps and bicycle tires. Or... go cheap and buy whatever the fuck you want second hand. It's already out there. Words to live by coming, so get a pen ready: the most responsible way to create, is to re-use.

The only list I have found that has legitimate options for nice purses that are mostly made with linen, recycled or vegetable-dyed leather, organic cottons, etc., is this one. Be careful, though, because Matt & Nat is listed here, but if you wander onto their website, they do have PU-based options. If you decide to try and avoid all PU, you'll want to check what each bag is made of. Personally, I really like Shannon South, Love Mert, and Fleabags. All three are relatively expensive, but... you pay extra so that the employees get paid, I guess.

My mom raided her closet and sent me a bunch of shit she's not interested in anymore, so I got a big new purse from her. It's got a little wear and tear, and I'm not sure if it's leather or vegan leather... but the price was "free" and I'll give it to my kid or a Salvo one day. Long live the handbag.


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Book Review: The Last Days of the Incas

There are many books written on the Incas, and it can be a challenge sifting through the Last Days of the Incasplethora of books out there.  Perusing  Kindle samples (which I love) helps but can sometimes take time. However, this book, The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie, pulled me in immediately. Part of my rationale for choosing this book over the many other books was that it was not written by explorers claiming to have found Inca ruins, and MacQuarrie is a four-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker and an anthropologist.  If you have any interest in what happened to the Incas, the brutal takeover by the Spanish as well as three American explorers of Peru, this is a well researched and written book with a focus on the thirty-six year war between the Incas and Spanish.

MacQuarrie’s detailed account of the events during this war is woven into a fascinating story.  The book kept my attention throughout the roughly 540 pages as it reads more like a novel and has a number of interesting characters- the brutal and ruthless Pizarro brothers, the Inca emperors, Pachacuti, Manco, Atahualpa and his brother, Huascar.   And there is an added bonus towards the end of the book where MacQuarrie transitions from the thirty-six year war to the trials and tribulations of three American explorers (Hiram Bingham, Gene Savoy and Vincent Lee) who rediscovered various Inca ruins.  This section of the book was another fascinating read about the cutthroat explorer business.  This is a must read, in my opinion, for anyone planning to visit Cusco, Peru and the Inca trail and ruins.

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Several lawmakers, including the two top House Republicans, are urging adding $485 Million to the Defense Budget for a Jet-Engine project the Pentagon opposes.

“We have recommended for several years now against funding this engine, considering it a waste of money,” Mr. Gates, the defense secretary, told reporters last week.

According to John Boehner (R-Ohio), Steve Dreihaus (D-Ohio), and Eric Cantor (R-Virginaia), a second engine built by General Electric and Rolls-Royce will create competition and lower costs to the government in the future. Newly elected Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) has also come out in favor of the project. Not surprisingly, many of the production plants fall within their districts.

“It’s another classic example of politics being local,” said Rep. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican who opposes the engine spending. Mr. Flake said supporting the spending undermines Republicans’ description of themselves as the party of fiscal responsibility. “If we can’t rein in this type of spending now, how are we going to do it later?” Mr. Flake asked.

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Professor and Poet Elizabeth Alexander Named President of Mellon Foundation

Elizabeth Alexander (photo via elizabethalexander.net)

by Robin Pogebrin via nytimes.com

Elizabeth Alexander, whose memoir was a finalist in 2016 for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award and who wrote and recited an original poem at Barack Obama’s 2009 inaugural, will be the next president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the country’s largest humanities philanthropy.

“All of the things that I’ve cared about my whole life and worked toward my whole life Mellon does,” said Ms. Alexander in a telephone interview, citing areas like higher education and scholarship, arts and cultural heritage, and diversity.

She added that “arts and humanities are not the most protected entities right now.”

Ms. Alexander succeeds Earl Lewis, who has served since 2013. She will start in March, becoming the foundation’s first female president.

“She has deep experience in cultivating partnerships that extend and amplify creative vision,” Danielle Allen, the foundation’s chairwoman, said in a statement, adding that Ms. Alexander “brings an artist’s forward-looking energy to institutional purpose.”

Ms. Alexander, who has written six books of poetry and two essay collections, was most recently a humanities professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Before that, she served as the director of creativity and free expression at the Ford Foundation, where she helped design Agnes Gund’s $100 million Art for Justice Fund.

“This appointment is a milestone in the history of American philanthropy,” said Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation. “It’s the combination of being both rooted in the arts and grounded in the humanities and understanding philanthropy that is going to make her a success.”

Ms. Alexander has also worked closely with the Poetry Center at Smith College; the nonprofit Cave Canem, which trains aspiring poets; and Yale University, where she spent 15 years on the faculty and helped rebuild the African-American Studies department.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/arts/design/mellon-foundation-president-elizabeth-alexander.html

How a 3-D Printed Arm Gave Hope to Daniel Omar, a 12 Year-Old Maimed in Sudan Bomb Blast

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Story via CNN: article by Mick Ebeling, founder of Not Impossible Labs and The Ebeling Group.

It’s a good thing I didn’t know exactly how dangerous a trip I was embarking on, because when I left home in October 2013 to fly to Sudan, I was scared enough. What I had committed to was, quite frankly, the most “impossible” thing I’d ever tried to accomplish.

Three months earlier, over dinner, I’d learned about a doctor in Sudan’s Nuba mountains, Dr. Tom Catena, who was treating thousands of people — many of them children — who’d had limbs blown off in the Sudanese government’s bombing raids. By coincidence, we’d just posted an article to our website about Richard Van As, an amazing inventor who created a low-cost, 3-D printed prosthetic hand. So, over a second beer, I raised the possibility — wouldn’t it be cool if we brought printers over to Sudan and made arms for these kids?

The story might have ended there — one of those plans you cook up over dinner and forget by breakfast. Really, what can one person do in the face of such widespread sorrow thousands of miles away?

But when I got home and looked up Dr. Catena, I read about one of the patients he’d treated: Daniel — a 12-year-old boy who, in attempting to protect himself from an aerial attack, wrapped his arms around a tree. The tree protected his body, but both his arms were blown off by the bomb that exploded those few meters away.

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The amputation and hospital treatment had saved his life, but when Daniel woke and realized what had happened he said he wished he would have died. It was one of the most heart-wrenching stories I’d ever read.

It was 11pm. I looked down the hallway to where my three boys were sleeping and thought, “What if it were my kid?” What if this happened to them and somebody out there could help them — and didn’t?

In that moment, I realized I couldn’t just close the computer, get a glass of water and go to bed. I had to do something.

Going to Sudan try to help thousands of people was way too daunting. There was no way I could get my head around that.  I couldn’t help the many. But I could help one.  I could help Daniel.

Crash course in 3D printing

Mind you, at the time I knew very little about 3-D printing, and even less about prosthetic arms. So I did what I always do: surround myself with smart people, shut up, and absorb their brilliance. I brought together all the experts — including the great Van As himself — to give me a crash course in 3-D printing and prosthetic arms.

Step 1: 3-D print the files.

Step 2: Soften orthoplastic in hot water, then wrap it around the patient’s limb to mold the custom-fitted, medical-grade, breathable plastic that will anchor the printed components.

Step 3: Attach the hand and the gauntlet, and thread the cabling through each digit, running it back to an attachment point behind the patient’s wrist or elbow. The motion of the wrist (up and down) or elbow (side to side) then pulls on the cabling and draws the fingers to a close. In short, the cables tense and release around a pivot point.

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Singer Akon Aims to Bring Electricity to 1 Million Homes in Africa Through “Akon Lighting Africa” Initiative

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Singer Akon has launched an ambitious endeavor that aims to improve the lives of over one million people in Africa.  His new initiative, “Akon Lighting Africa”, hopes to bring electricity to one million households by the end of 2014 to help promote energy sustainability and sufficiency throughout the continent.  “The lack of electricity is currently a major problem in Africa,” reads the website for the campaign. “A significant number of households in rural areas and even urban cities do not have access to electricity. This is a real obstacle to Africa’s Sustainable Development.”

Akon, who is Senegalese-American, has partnered with local charities and corporations to aid in the efforts of the campaign by addressing Africa’s energy issue and installing solar equipment in households.  The “Right Now” singer will travel and meet with leaders in nine countries in nine days to discuss the project including Senegal, Mali, Guinea Conakry, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and the Ivory Coast.

Learn more about Akon Lighting Africa here.

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5 Old School Shops in Beauty World Center You Should Visit!

For those who grow up in the West of Singapore during the 70s to 90s, probably remembered their visitation to one of the three Beauty World buildings at Bukit Timah. It has the vibrant, busy shopping centre / market as well as a Hot Spot places for our Parents to sit down for a coffee with their friends. The mall used to consist almost every kind of shop, from homewares to cosmetics and fashionables. Many of them were shifted out, however some shops still remained over 20years.

1: Old School Children Toy Shop
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People who were born right into an age of high-tech gadgets and social media, the typical Singaporean Generation Y childhood has much less complicated Toys and Technology to play with. They would probably never know how the 70s or 80s play during their childhood or how their Toys would have looked like.
Kids in the 70s to 90s probably would remember the tinny rides they have sat on. And here, in Beauty World Centre have all of it till now for your Kids or future kids to experience your childhood!

2: Old School Haircut Shop
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(and the one next to it)
Where can you find a $5 or $6 haircut in Singapore? The Answer is right here.

3: Old School Children's Outfit Shop
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You may find some Old School Children's Outfit Shop around your neighbourhood but this one here will definitely be much affordable.

2: Old School Travel Essential Shop

And again, where can you find a Travel Luggage below the price of $30?
They've as cheap as $22! Oh my Gawrrr!
A larger version of the luggage can be found at $29 in the same shop.

1: Old School Book Store

Just like some of the Book stores at Bras Basah complex, it has this deep nostalgic feeling in the shop.
Unlike most of the Book store, either customer buy or rent the books.

This Book store at Beauty World centre allow you to buy their books and sell back to their book store. Sound so worthy isn't it?

Nearest MRT Station: DT5 Beauty World Station

Exit A / B:

1) Bukit Timah Shopping Centre

2) Beauty World Centre

3) Bukit Timah Plaza

4) Cheong Chin Nam Road food outlets.

5) Lorong Kilat

Exit C:

6) Bukit Timah Market and Food Centre.

7) Toh Yi Estate Coffeeshops

8) Eng Kong Terrace

Buildings in this areas are built in consecutive years in the 1980s, Beauty World Plaza (1982), Beauty World Shopping Centre (1983) and Beauty World Centre (1984) each of them carries their own distinctive architectural design, providing visitors with unique sense of space while they go about their weekly activities.

Beauty World Centre Address:
144 Upper Bukit Timah Road

♥ Thanks for reading as always!
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Pamaj has left OpTic Gaming

Long-time Call of Duty content creator Austin ‘Pamaj’ Pamajewon announced Wednesday that he was leaving OpTic Gaming.

In a YouTube video Pamaj detailed the series of events that led him to leave the organization that he has called home for the last three years.

Many of his issues ended up not having to do with OpTic Gaming specifically, but rather Infinite Esports, OpTic’s parent company, that came in and changed things. According to Pamaj, everything started to change after he left the Scuf House back in 2016. “There were a lot of promises, not from anyone from the SCUF house, but from corporate, that just didn’t happen,”.

As time went on after leaving the house, Pamaj noticed even more changes happening within the organization. While there was plenty of expansion on the esports side of things, Pamaj said that “on the content creation side, there wasn’t much support. There wasn’t a lot of communication and there was a lot of sketchy things that I felt like were happening, and it wasn’t cool,” Pamaj said of the decisions from ‘corporate.’

Pamaj grew concerned over time that many of these decisions weren’t happening for the better of the organization as a whole. “It was very upsetting to just sit here and watch what we’d built over a certain amount of time just not getting the love and respect that it should have gotten. Just watching it getting taken away from us and torn down a bit. That hurt. It’s like, what did we do this for?”

This led him to start questioning his place with OpTic saying “It felt like everyone in OpTic wanted their own thing. The brotherhood, as soon as we moved, just disappeared.”

Pamaj maintains that he has no hard feelings with anyone on OpTic or from the SCUF House and he feels at peace with his decision.

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World War I

The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest battles in human history - Military strategy & conflicts Essay introduction. More than 1 million men were killed, wounded or captured in that fiasco. (Ellis and Cox) In the end the battle appeared to have no tactical significance, it cost many lives yet little ground would be gained. Later historians would paint it as a strategic victory for the Allies because ultimately the Germans could not replace the quality troops they lost at Somme. But if the battle can be considered a victory it was a pyrrhic one at best, it would be the first of many battles of attrition where the Allies were willing to sacrifice so many men so long as they could kill or incapacitate a certain number of the enemy.

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Strategy had evolved little since the Napoleonic era. Armies were still expected to rush forward and capture vital enemy territory such as their capital or deal a significant defeat against the enemy army to force their surrender. In 1914 the Kaiser’s armies went out to do just that, conquer Paris and force France to her knees. Allied offensives were designed to break up the Kaiser’s troops and force him to capitulate. Yet it was not on the bloody battlefields of Europe that victory would be achieved. The slow process of attrition ground up the opposing armies. But it was the strangulation of the German empire by an effective British blockade and US intervention that eventually defeated the Kaiser.

Expecting sweeping victories similar to their success in the Franco-Prussian war, the Germans were severely disappointed. This was because of many innovations in military technology and the inability of tactics to catch up. The machinegun and reliable semi-automatic rifles made mass infantry charges suicidal. Defenders could fire again and again from the relative safety of their trenches while attackers had to endure a hail of enemy fire before they could attempt to breach the barbed wire and if they were lucky get into the enemy trenches and engage the troops there. Even if they captured the first trench, further rows of entrenched enemies would still confront them. Despite the futility of massed infantry attacks, the commanders on both sides still relied on their murderous charges to defeat their opposition. Machineguns, artillery and semi-automatic rifles were all too willing to harvest the young lives thrown at them by generals using antiquated tactics.

The static nature of the Western Front made logistics largely irrelevant. With little movement of the frontlines, it was a simple matter to just stockpile supplies behind the lines. On a tactical level logistics played a minimal role. Strategically, both sides relied heavily on materiel shipped to Europe from their colonies. Both Germany and England tried to deny the other supplies from overseas. England succeeded eventually crippling the Germans.

During the Franco-Prussian War, machineguns were in their infancy. Even the massed infantry assaults were met with heavy casualties because breach-loading rifles had become standard and defenders could fire more often and at longer ranges than ever before. In 1914 machine guns were standard in both armies. Breach-loaders had improved rates of fire. Conventional artillery was deadlier than ever. Chemical Weapons were employed en-masse. All these methods increased the efficiency with which men could kill other men. The only thing that was not improved was the ability of men to endure such punishment.

Tannenberg was an early German victory. Despite being outnumbered by the Tzar’s armies the German’s accomplished a stunning victory. They inflicted over 120,000 casualties and destroyed a whole Russian Army in exchange for just 20,000 of their own. The victory is highly celebrated because after it no Russian Army would march on Germany again until the later part of World War II. When World War I began the Allied powers in the West planed to do their best to stop or at least slow down the German offensive to the West. In the mean time, the Russian Army would assemble and crush the Germans from the west. After all, the Russian has 10 whole armies more than the Germans had and the Germans had to fight on two fronts. The Germans were aware of this, in fact their main battle plan was to smash the Western allies quickly so that their forces could be transferred east to stop the Russians. The battle featured Two complete Russian armies, the first and second, they were suffering from supply problems and their commanders hated each other. The Germans had one army, the Eighth. A series of rapid redeployments courtesy of the excellent German railroad network and aggressive moves by the Eight resulted in the 2nd Army being pocketed and destroyed.

The Battles of Neuve Chapelle and Artois was a battle in the First World War. It was a British offensive in the Artois region and broke through at Neuve-Chapelle but they were unable to exploit the advantage. In 1915 The British were arriving in large numbers to reinforce the embattled French army. By March it was decided that a counter-offensive would be launched against the Germans. The battle saw the first use of aerial reconnaissance by the British. Lack of communication and the general confusion resulted in the attacks being uncoordinated and piece-meal. For all their valor the 40,000 British troops succeeded in recapturing a mere 2km of French soil. Some 11,000 British and Commonwealth troops were sacrificed for those two kilometers. They would be among the first of tens of thousands who would fall in fruitless frontal assaults against prepared positions equipped with machineguns and supported by artillery.

Verdun was yet another example of the bloody and often fruitless attacks carried out during that era. It started as a golden opportunity for the Germans, Verdun was once an important fortress for the French but had since been stripped of many of its guns and ammunition supplies. Like the Battle of the Somme which occurred around the same time, the strategy at Verdun was that of attrition. Kill more of the enemy than they can kill of our own. Eventually, if the plan worked, the enemy would run out of fighting men before the Germans did. The plan’s brutal logic was that of a numbers game.

The initial attack was successful thanks to the use of Storm troopers and flame throwers. Storm troopers were specially trained German troops trained to use grenades instead of their rifles for their initial attack. They were specially trained to get into the French trenches and wreck havoc while follow-on forces dash to their aid. The French had never encountered these units before and suffered as a result.

As expected the German assault turned into a meat grinder. Verdun became an end in itself. Thousands of German and French troops were thrown into fruitless attacks against well entrenched opposition. The Germans were forced to weaken their forces to react to the Somme Offensive while more and more French arrived to reinforce the city. In the end French counter-attacks would force the Germans to retreat to their starting lines. The over 700,000 casualties the two sides suffered did little to change the face of the war as both sides were back where they started. 300,000 men died in vain. Ultimately, the battle was representative of the battles to come. Thousands would die in the expectation that they could kill or wound more of the enemy than they lost themselves. New weapons such as the Tank, Airplane and Chemical gas only made the slaughter more efficient. A whole generation of European youths would die. All because some Archduke of a dying empire was shot by a Serb.

Paul von Hindenburg was the victor of the battle of Tannenberg. Yet before the battle he had already retired from active service. He was recalled from retirement to command during the battle as a result of the previous Eighth army commander being recalled. Together with Erich Ludendorff they were the military geniuses behind the victory. The Schlieffen Plan, the German master plan, called for the defeat of France before the Russian could mobilize. Unfortunately the Russians were already gaining ground in East Prussia far earlier than expected.

Hindenburg’s objective during the battle was to delay or if possible destroy the invading Russian armies. To this end, he called reinforcements from the Western front. Some historians argued that since the battle was already won before reinforcements arrived the transfer was counterproductive and may have cost the Germans the war. But with his end in mind, Hindenburg knew that if he was defeated Berlin lay open to the Russians.

His units made excellent use of manoeuvre and economy of force to present an effective front against the Russians. Later they performed an envelopment effectively surrounding and destroying an entire Russian army. The rain transport also allowed them to move swiftly and position themselves before the Russians, traveling on foot, could deploy themselves.

The Leadership and unity of command in the battle were no problems for the Germans. It was however, a pitfall for their Russian opponents. The commanders of the two Russian armies hated each other and had no desire of cooperating. In fact, one army was surrounded before the other could be bothered to try and help it. The lack of coordination and unity between them also allowed an army that outnumbered them to defeat one army then prepare to hold off a second in detail. Had the Russians simply worked together, they would have crush an enemy which they outnumbered by a significant margin.
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Foley, Robert. German Strategy and the Path to Verdun

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Roman Impact on Christianity Essay

A World-Changing Impact: The Roman Empire’s Impact on the Early Christian Church It would be simple enough to say that the Christian faith has much to do with Rome’s political status and the instatement of the Pax Romana, but there are so many other factors that had the great empire closely correlated with the Christian faith - Roman Impact on Christianity Essay introduction. For one, a succession of rulers with different types of ruling styles would force believers and converts to flee in fear of persecution, but one important and overlying factor was the spread of the Word of God and his works through his son, Jesus.

Throughout history, the Roman Empire has had a great impact on the Christian faith both positively and negatively, but the Message and the fervor of its followers has been able to stand the tests of man and time. The Pax Romana’s reign over the Roman Empire can be followed after the end of the Republic Civil Wars and the rise of Augustus in 27 BC. During this time, fighting relatively ceased with some skirmishes still occurring in Spain and in the Alps and Augustus instated himself as the lead power of Rome. Alternatively, the name speaks for itself: Pax Romana translates to “Roman peace”.

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Some scholars believe that because of this emergence of peace, the Roman world was “set up” for the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This openness to His ministry meant that more and more people would be accepting to hear it, but as history shows us, this religious tolerance would not last forever. Abigania 2 During Augustus’ rule, a rise to power that has some scholars arguing over whether or not his claim to the throne was out of necessity or greed, much – if not all – of Rome’s institutions underwent reformation.

Changes to society, politics, and the governing of land were not necessarily “changed” for improvement, but simply directed to one person: Augustus. One event that has a major impact on the Christian faith is the Census of Quirinius. In Luke 2:1-7, readers will find the story of Christ’s birth which happens under Augustus’ rule. Verses one through 3 read: 1 At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire. 2 (This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census. One cannot speak about the impact the Roman Empire had on Christianity unless he or she mentions the Census of Quirinius. In context, during this time, the countries of Syria and Iudaea were acquired by the emperor and in order to increase profit, he had the census – which had every person in the Empire go back to their homes of origin – instated. Joseph and Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, travel back to Bethlehem.

There, the life of Christ and his ministry would take off. Whether one would argue over Augustus’ impact on Christianity being positive or negative, his reforms would bring peace to Rome for at least two hundred years. After Augustus, another emperor would rise to power: Tiberius. Tiberius’ reign began 14 AD and continued on through until his death 37 AD. Jesus’ ministry began, according to Luke 1, fifteen years into Tiberius’ reign. Albeit the spread of the miracles performed by Jesus spread through Rome quite rapidly, some debate that Tiberius may not have even known of Jesus’ existence because in 26 AD, Tiberius had moved to his palace on the island of Capri. The impact Tiberius had on the early Christian church was not so direct, but through another governor during his reign. Pontius Pilate would be very important to Jesus’ ministry in that he is pivotal in the completion of Jesus’ purpose on earth by way of The Crucifixion. Brought before Pilate, Jesus would be sentenced to death because of Pilate’s fear of rumors of a rising “King of the Jews”. Pilate’s decision is mentioned in each book of the Canonical Gospels.

Some may argue that each book takes a different light on Pilate, but the facts remain that as in Matthew 27:24, Pilate “washed his hands before the crowd saying, ‘I am innocent of this man’s blood. The responsibility is yours! ’” Another emperor, the second after Tiberius, would be known for a huge move. Claudius is held responsible for the expulsion of Jews from Rome in 49 AD for “causing riots”. In Acts 18:2, Paul meets Aquila and Priscilla in Corinth: 2 There he [Paul] became acquainted with a Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife, Priscilla.

They had left Italy when Claudius Caesar deported all Jews from Rome. At this time, the apostle Paul had already began his trip to spread the word of God with other cultures and because of Claudius’ decree; he helped spread the Gospel by expelling the Jews (including the ones who believed in the Jesus’ message) out of Rome. Abigania 4 In the early Christian church, no name stirred up fear like Nero. Nero was noted as the first Roman emperor to persecute the Christian church as a whole. His relentless torture and execution of the Christian people would have Rome in one of its bloodiest reigns yet.

On one such event, Nero is said to have blamed the early Christian church the reason why the city of Rome burned down. Nero’s rule would frighten the early Christian church into hiding in fear of a torturous death. During this time, Christians were known to flee underground. Meetings would be discreet having secret symbols and words. For example, in today’s society, the “Christian fish” was a symbol that represented Christ during Nero’s rule. Some speculate this has to do with the feeding of the 5,000 in the book of John, while others may say it has to do with the idea of Christ making believers “fishers of men”.

With Nero in power, it would not be for almost another 250 years until the early Christian church would see freedom from persecution. One of the final Roman emperors to have a great impact on the Christian church is Constantine. Constantine ruled from 330 AD to 337 AD, but a decision that would give the early Christian church freedom from persecution would come before he was seated at the Roman throne. To obtain this freedom, Constantine instated the Edict of Milan. The Edict of Milan called for religious tolerance in the Roman Empire.

With this new law instated, Christians could come out of hiding and practice their faith openly without the fear of death. On top of open practicing, any property belonging to the Christian church that was taken from them would be returned. Abigania 5 Constantine would be known as the first Christian Roman emperor however, much of his story about his acceptance of Christ is shrouded by legend. In fact, one account has it that one night while he was sleeping Constantine received a dream – a command – to place the sign of Christ (the cross) on the shields of his soldiers before heading to war.

By doing so, Constantine was victorious at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. Most accounts of this story are vague, and scholars agree more often than not that this story, although fantastical and extremely noble of him, may be false and that this story may have been concocted to help his image with the Christian community. Another story about his acceptance of Christ as Savior has it that on his deathbed, he accepts Christ in hopes to atone for all his sins and gain entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Whatever the case may be, Constantine’s rule as emperor helped pave the way for Christians during his time. The Christian faith that is practiced today has much to do with the events that unfolded in the ancient days of Rome. The lives sacrificed, the time given to spread the Good News, but most importantly, the blood that was shed by Jesus Christ gives all who believe in Him the opportunity for everlasting life – and none of this would have been possible had it not been for God’s master plan.

The Roman Empire had much to do with the early Christian church and for the most part, in a way, helped shaped it to what it would become in years to follow. Today, religious freedom may not be a universal idea, the Message of God and the teachings of Jesus can be seen on every continent in almost every language. Although many atrocious events happened to the early Christian church under Roman rule, had it not been, the world might have turned out to be a whole different place.

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