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Don't you realise trolling works best when it appears to be genuine.
So are you saying that you "make your posts look genuine" when in fact you are merely a troll yourself ….?
Well Peter S Troll – you would certainly know bless ya…
Just a shame that Trolls are generally not as intelligent as they'd like us to think they are, posing with their allegedly post-modern tongue stuck firmly in their post-modern cheek ('head up own arse' anyone'…?)
If only they were half as intelligent emotionally as they like to think they are intellectually then the online world would be a far better place…
I hope he makes a full recovery. A dear friend of mine was diagnosed with Brain Cancer about 6 years ago and she made a full recovery. The only side effect she has had is sometimes her short term memory isn't too good. But other than that she is fine.
Sending Andrew some much needed good wishes for full and speedy recovery!
I wish Russell and Andrew all the best and hope Andrew will be able to make a full recovery. I am also a brain tumour patient but am lucky at least mine is benign, but that's not to say it hasn't had a huge impact in my life – I had to retire from my 32 year career as a nurse – but one goes on! I wonder alos if some of you would consider supporting several brain tumour charities such as Brain Tumour UK, Sandra Dickson Brain Tumour Trust, Hammer Out to name but a few. These all help to suppiort 'BT' sufferers, their loved ones, and contribute to research.
*Hugs* again to Russell and Andrew and to anyone else with this problem.
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Every MLB Team's Player Who Fans Already Want Traded or Sent Down to Minors
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Hit .240 with 15 doubles, five triples, five homers and 32 RBIs in 275 at-bats. He played every position but first base and catcher and made starts at second, short, left and center.
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Former Assistant Secretary of State P.J. Crowley, who stepped down (presumably under pressure) after condemning the treatment of accused whistle-blower Bradley Manning, tells Al-Jazeera English he does not regret his comments.
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A new "panic button" cellphone application is being promoted by the U.S. State Department for pro-democracy activists, especially those in the Arab world and China, that wipes out the phone's contacts and alerts fellow activists.
With U.S. nuclear and energy officials offering dire assessments of Japan's nuclear disaster, the State Department expanded the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi plant to 50 miles, four times that ordered by the Japanese government. France, Britain, Australia and Turkey have all ordered evacuations of Tokyo or warned against travel to the region.
"Ridiculous ... counterproductive ... stupid." Those are the words chosen by U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley to describe the country's treatment of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the alleged WikiLeaker being held in solitary confinement in a military jail.
In an apparent contradiction of the official Washington line, U.S. special envoy Frank Wisner has publicly stated that beleaguered Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak should stay in power in order to oversee a transition to democratic rule.
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There are few scenarios more frightening for America than a domestic nuclear terrorist attack. We now know that U.S. policy is actually increasing the danger of a nuclear incident.
This entertaining Rap News summary of the WikiLeaks Cablegate saga features "Hillary Clinton" busting rhymes and much more worth six minutes of your time.
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Richard Holbrooke, a diplomatic fixture since the Vietnam era whose last assignment was special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died Monday following heart surgery. ... (more)
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Iran is winning and Israel is losing. That is the startling conclusion we reach if we consider how things have changed in the Middle East in the two years since most of the WikiLeaks State Department cables about Iran's regional difficulties were written.
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In the first major policy fallout from the WikiLeaks disclosures, the State Department has ordered all U.S. diplomats to "cease and desist telling the truth until further notice."
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It was to discuss the many issues surrounding poverty - its causes, effects and possible solutions - that the Hudson County Anti-Poverty Network and the Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey held a Hudson County Regional Forum last week at Pope Hall located on the campus of St. Peter's College in Jersey City.
The goals of the forum, according to event information, were to: "create an ongoing Hudson County Anti-Poverty network which will work to address issues of poverty on a local level," to empower impoverished people to get help and look for solutions, and "inform elected officials, the press and the community on local poverty issues and to create and maintain working relationships with elected officials."
According to Santos Murillo of the Sharing Place, a shelter in Jersey City, "Hudson County has always been a poor collection of communities. Some more than others. Sure, it has affluent people, but none of them are from here, and that creates a kind of division among the community. We have very powerful rich and very weak poor people. But if the poor were to be able to coalesce and create an organization, they would realize that they could actually be quite powerful. All it takes is a spark."
Headed by Anne Christensen of Women Rising, a Hudson County-based organization that assists women and their families to achieve self sufficiency and live safe, fulfilling and productive lives by providing them access to counseling, shelter, advocacy and child care, and by Cathy Chin of the Mental Health Association of New Jersey, the forum attracted an overflow crowd consisting of students, care-givers, elected officials and members of the community. Assemblywoman Joan Quigley was present for the forum as was a representative from U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine's office.
The forum began with a Power Point presentation given by the soft-spoken Anjali Srivastava, director of the Poverty Research Institute of Legal Services of New Jersey. The presentation served as a sort of statistical "slap in the face" for many gathered at the conference, for some of the numbers presented were shocking.
According to the presentation, the real cost of living in New Jersey is more than double what the federal standard is. In Hudson County, the rise in housing costs (what it truly costs to rent a one-bedroom apartment) between 2001 and 2002 was the second highest in the United States, rising 17.65 percent per month. In 2003, the "Housing Wage" in Hudson County is $14.52 per hour, more than three times the hourly minimum wage. What this translates to is that a minimum wage worker in Hudson County would have to work 136 hours a week in order to afford a one-bedroom unit at the area's fair market price.
It's easy to see how many of Hudson County's poor are being priced right out of whatever modest homes they may have had and into the street.
Another aspect of poverty in Hudson County and by extension, New Jersey, that was examined was the widening rift between those who have the money and those who do not, both literally and psychologically. From a monetary point of view, statistics show that there is a growing gulf. In 1999, (the last time statistics were compiled), 40 percent of households with the lowest income had only 12.6 percent of the total income, while the 5 percent of households with the highest income had 22.5 percent of total New Jersey income. What this means is that the small number that makes the most money to begin with, possesses the greatest amount of it, while one in every eight people in Hudson County are in poverty.
Cathy Chin of the Mental Health Association of New Jersey echoed Santos Murillo's sentiments and added, "Another concern I have is that the wealthier people that are coming into Hudson County are having less real contact with poor people. There's no connection, and that's creating an even greater divide in the communities."
Women Rising's Anne Christensen took an even tougher tack with the situation, saying, "To me, this is what 'homeland security' should be all about. Our state slogan is all about liberty and prosperity, but you have growing numbers of people scratching for food. It just doesn't make any sense."
No concrete answers were proffered at the conference, but the doors of discussion were opened. The Anti-Poverty Network of Hudson County will hold their next meeting on Monday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Parish Hall of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. The church is located at 440 Hoboken Ave. in Jersey City. Parking is available on the premises.


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Sept. 17, 2002 CORVALLIS, Ore. - Following are the final results from the Shanico Invitational at the par-72, 6,160 yard Trysting Tree Golf Club. Sophomore Kim Welch finished 20th in the 96-person field with a 54-hole total of 227 (+11). It was Welch's ninth career top-20 effort. Freshman Stephanie Parsley tied for 26th with a 14-over par total of 230. With a three round total of 933, the Cougars finished 10th in the 18-team field, two strokes ahead of Portland State and Idaho. The Cougars return to action, Monday, Sept. 30 at the Vandal Invitational in Moscow, Idaho.
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For quite some time, manufacturers of decorative luminaires were hard hit by the innovation of LEDs. What to do with their traditional designs that were built around lamps and spots? They have since overcome the future shock and the industry is now fielding new products in all shapes and sizes.
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Whether it is curtains, wallpaper or floor coverings - Frankfurt's "Heimtextil" trade fair is the perfect venue to explore the fundamental ingredients of interior design. Some of the wallpaper manufacturers' presentations were particularly impressive. And we even spotted a number of technological innovations among the umpteen books of specimens with their colorful ornaments.
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Having hard, tough tissues that persist from year to year and are capable of producing shoot or flower buds. Woody plants also have the capacity to increase in diameter from year to year.
Hard in texture.
Woody plants have hard stems and buds that survive above ground in winter. For instance, trees (which are further broken down into the deciduous and evergreen categories) are woody plants. The opposite of woody is herbaceous.
made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls
Producing hard rather than fleshy stems and having buds that survive above ground in winter.
The description of a plant stem that has hardened and will not die off in winter conditions or during the plants dormancy.
Referring to hard-stemmed perennial plants that are capable of surviving cold weather without dying back.
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In theaters: January 13th, 2012 Joyful Noise Copyright © 2012 Warner Bros. Pictures
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill (Latifah), stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, while the fiery G.G. Sparrow (Parton) thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old. Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G.'s rebellious grandson, Randy (Jeremy Jordan). Randy has an ear for music, but he also has an eye for Vi Rose's beautiful and talented daughter, Olivia (Keke Palmer), and the sparks between the two teenagers are causing even more heat between G.G. and Vi Rose. If these two strong-willed women can overcome their differences and find a common voice, they--and their choir--may make the most joyful noise of all.
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I was in tears when Dad's picture came up on screen and the whole crowd sang Stand Up For Sid Waddell
- Says DAN WADDELL
DRESSED as beer bottles, babies and Oompa Loompas, they stood as one chanting in unison in memory of one man – legendary commentator Sid Waddell.
Four thousand darts fans packed into London's Alexandra Palace on Sunday night and saw Phil "The Power" Taylor beat Dutchman "Mighty" Mike van Gerwen 7-4 to win his 16th world title.
But they were also there to raise the roof in memory of Sid.
This was the first world championship without the picture-painting puns of the Bard of Darts, who sadly died of cancer aged 72 in August last year.
Just before the finalists made their tub-thumping entrances, a series of pictures were beamed on to the huge TV screens to provide a fitting memorial to the great man.
Then the bouncing crowd of beer-drinking men and women got to their feet as one, spontaneously, to sing: "Stand Up For Sid Waddell".
The showpiece event became a celebration of a man who left his imprint on the millions who had the pleasure to hear the Geordie coal miner's son riff: "Keith Deller is like Long John Silver. He's badly in need of another leg."
Sid's son Dan was given the honour of handing the giant Sid Waddell trophy — newly named in memory of his father — to Sid's pal, PDC world champion Phil Taylor, who scooped £200,000 prize money.
After the match, Dan, 40 — who was at the final with his mum Irene — said: "It was emotional for us at the start, particularly when the crowd were singing Stand Up For Sid Waddell and they showed a montage, which took us a bit unawares.
"I was sat here with my mum, so we were filling up. Then it was a great game of darts which I thought was really fitting."
Indeed it was. And it all took place in Alexandra Palace, a lager-fuelled cauldron once described by you know who as a "cross between the Munich Beer Festival and Rome's Colosseum when the Christians were on the menu".
After Irish beauties Kelly Donegan, 23, and Hazel O'Sullivan, 22 — in their sparking golden dresses — accompanied the competitors up to the oche, a pantomime atmosphere was soon whipped up.
Taylor was greeted with boos and jeers — after his semi-final spat with Raymond van Barneveld.
Then fans sang along to Planet Funk's Chase The Sun with the now famous "oi, oi, oi" pay-off to add to the noise.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stood on the tables hoisting their 180 cards aloft as one of the players thumped in another maximum, while Batman and Robin jigged with Wolverine in the walkway.
Hopping up and down on their seats were engineer Ian Wilkinson, 38, dressed as SuperTed, and painter Michael Leigh, 43, as Spotty Man.
Michael, from Hull, said: "It's a great laugh and we don't care who wins. I'm here as SuperTed's sidekick and that's all that matters!"
As the beer continued to flow, the chants were not only reserved for the players on the oche.
"Boring, boring tables!" periodically belted out from the stalls before those in the more expensive table seats blasted back: "Sit down, in your plastic seats!"
Chelsea Thackeray, a 22-year-old nurse from Manchester, a first-timer, said: "I've come here with my boyfriend and it's just unbelievable. I love it and it's great to watching it live."
Karl Grove, 30, a company managing director from Brighton, was dressed as The Mask. He said: "The atmosphere is so great and I've been lucky to watch Taylor here three times.
"I'm a big Liverpool fan but everyone is here for the darts — you don't get this at the football."
Spider-Man — and salesman — Lawrence Bromlick, 29, from north London, added: "It's my first year here and we've been giving it some tonight — a New Year's special. We're superheroes, so who's going to stop us?"
The crowd kept turning from the action on the oche to boom out renditions of Stand Up For Sid Waddell. Taylor, roaring back from a two-set deficit, responded with a 180 as he looked to the heavens.
Gas engineer Ryan Horton, 34, from Bristol, said: "He was the best commentator in the world and it's great to be here tonight to see his son handing over the trophy."
After the final, world champ Taylor gave a moving tribute to his old mate. He said: "It was amazing to hear the crowd singing There's Only One Sid Waddell — and in a way it inspired me.
"All of a sudden I hit a 180 and I thought, 'That's for my pal'. It was lovely and to win the Sid Waddell trophy was very emotional for me.
"I've shed a few tears because we were very close and tonight showed just how much he's missed."
Sid's son Dan added: "It was fitting that Phil won it because him and my dad went back a long way and they were very close. I knew Phil would really want to win and be the first name on the Sid Waddell trophy.
"I'm surprised he could even lift it above his head. It's not subtle or understated but, then again, neither was my dad.
"2012 was a terrible year for us — he leaves a gap and the world is a far less fun and joyous place.
"It's a shame he wasn't around to see this great match but his name is now on that very heavy trophy."
Sid's sayings
This lad has more check-outs than Tesco.
He looks about as happy as a penguin in a microwave.
That's like giving Dracula the keys to the blood bank.
The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in with some chips, you could hear the vinegar sizzle.
If we'd had Phil Taylor at Hastings against the Normans, they'd have gone home.
Four legs on the trot – it's Strictly Come Darting.


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Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman here brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't. A classic historical survey of a time and a people we all need to know more about, The Guns of August will not be forgotten.
©1962 Barbara Tuchman, Renewed 1990 by Lester Tuchman (P)2011 Tantor
"Fascinating.... One of the finest works of history written.... A splendid and glittering performance." (The New York Times)
"Best history on the origins of WWI"
I have loved this book since I first read it many years ago and was not expecting any surprises. Nonetheless, I was surprised in the best possible way.
This is a complicated book with many different players, from the the British High Command to the Czar and the Kaiser. The narrator managed to bring them to life and because of the very high quality of his reading, it was actually easier to keep track of the various personalities.
As well as I know this book from previous reading, it was like reading it for the first time. It was, in short, great.
This is a classic. It is brilliantly written, highly entertaining, detailed, and wonderfully well read. In my opinion, this is the best book ever written about the origins of the first world war. It explains so much and so well that anyone who has any interest in history should read it. If you have, as I have, read it before, listen to it again because you will be delighted with this production. It's great.
Gen-Xer, software engineer, and lifelong avid reader. Soft spots for sci-fi, fantasy, and history, but I'll read anything good.
"Narrative history at its best"
Ever since I was a kid, I've been fascinated with World War One and the huge transition point it represented in history. Despite knowing a good bit about the subject, I was still very impressed with The Guns of August. Tuchman accomplishes what few history writers pull off, which is to make readers forget what they know about history and see its drama unfold through the eyes of people at the center of events, who didn't know what would happen next. The book's very detailed, but has the sense of narrative of a novel.
Tuchman opens, with a fitting sense of moment, at the 1910 funeral of King Edward of Britain, where the heads of future belligerent states gather on still-cordial terms. From there, she sets the stage with a portrait of Europe as it stands in the early 20th century, and the policies, mindsets, histories, and cultural attitudes that shape each country's leaders, as they look towards a war that everyone is certain will come. She captures the relationships and self-fulfilling expectations that drive those leaders towards fateful decisions, like players in a Shakespearian tragedy, and the gears and wheels of military plans inexorably grinding forward while diplomats search in vain for the "halt" button. Then comes the tremendous drama of the war's first weeks, when vast armies are in motion, the fate of nations hangs in the balance, and choices are made that will come back to haunt both sides. While there are probably better "academic" works on the war and books that better capture the horrors of trench warfare, I don't know of any that so well explains the key players and the flow of events, while conveying the excitement, fear, hope, and desperation that gripped each country as the crisis exploded. It was hard not get a little caught up in the emotions of events, such as the brave defense of Belgian forts, even knowing that initial success wouldn't last against overwhelming forces.
Is Guns of August a perfect work? Probably not. Like all historical writers, Tuchman has her biases, and seems to put primary blame for the war on Germany. In her version, they're aggressors who blindly refuse to put aside preset invasion timetables, even when the option of avoiding war with a less menacing France seems at hand. Other historians probably have more subtle pictures. Also, Tuchman covers politics and battles in equal levels of detail and some readers might get bored with the play-by-play descriptions of maneuvers and clashes that fill the latter half of the book (though I enjoyed that part myself).
However, the positives far outweigh the negatives. As a chronicle of a crucial forty days in human history, The Guns of August remains fresh and alive even half a century after its first publication (when much was still in living memory). On the audiobook experience, I thought that the narrator did a good job with French, German, and Russian accents. Apparently, there's another audio version out there, but I don't know how that compares.
PS. If you enjoy this sort of narrative history, I recommend seeking out Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast, which is more informal, but driven by a similar enthusiasm for recreating the moment of decision.
4.5 stars
"So good ...."
What an extraordinary piece of writing. I am so glad that I got to listen to this wonder piece of non-fiction. Narration is wonderfully delivered to summarize one of the 20th centuries' greatest follies. If you are history fan, like my-self, this book cannot be missed. To think that the entire war, in the first month of conflict could have ended in so many different ways, will simply astonish you. One day I will have to listen to it all over again. Thoroughly recommended!
I love reading and listening to books, especially fantasy, science fiction, children's, historical, and classics.
"A Vivid, Witty, Suspenseful, and Moving History"
From its opening chapter describing the funeral of King Edward of England, Barbara Tuchman???s The Guns of August grabbed me and elegantly thrust me into its world of Europe on the brink. I had to concentrate to learn the different German, French, Russian, and British names of leaders and places, and, not having maps with the audiobook I could only vaguely envision where the action occurred, but Tuchman???s clear prose was so understandable and her history-telling so suspenseful, that I listened to her accounts of the sieges, battles, retreats, and counter-attacks and even of the endless (and often flawed) politicking, strategizing, and communicating on the edge of my seat.
Tuchman is so good at weaving into her story vivid details of character and culture that I empathized with the main players and countries as she rotates chapter by chapter through their different points of view through that fateful August in 1914. She objectively displays the folly of war, the blindness of leaders who warp reality to fit their set plans, the capacity of common soldiers for endurance and sacrifice, the military proclivity for destruction and waste, and the human potential for envy or admiration, prescience or obtuseness, bravery or cowardice, and magnanimity or brutality. And she writes with wit and style, as when she says of the doctrine of ???continuous voyage??? that, ???Prematurely buried by the Declaration of London before it was quite dead, it was now disinterred like one of Poe???s entombed cats with similar capacity for causing trouble.???
John Lee???s reading is flawless. I had to get used to him speaking the quotations in German, French, Russian, British, or American accents, and I almost wish he had just read everything in his usual brisk British voice, but perhaps it helps the listener follow the changing characters and countries.
If you like detailed, absorbing, and witty history books that evoke a particular historical moment and also transcend it, you should try The Guns of August.
A lover of good stories and intelligent non-fiction.
"Fascinating, gripping and enlightening"
This is one of the best audio books I've ever listened to. If you think that the assassination of an Austrian Duke was the spark that lit the fires of WW I, then think again. The truth is much more complex and, as described in this book, much more fascinating.
This is a book that doesn't just describe actual historical events. It imbues them with life, action and suspense. Yes, even though we all "know" what happened at the beginning of WW I, Barbara Tuchman manages to keep us in suspense.
Her descriptions of the characters involved in these world shattering events brings them vibrantly to life in the mind of the reader.
I would compare this book in terms of the quality of writing and it's ability to keep an iron grip on your interest, to "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond and "The Zimmerman Telegram" also by Barbara Tuchman.
The narrator was brilliant. He could do convincing accents from every part of the world: British, German, French, Japanese, American, you name it, he could do it.His narration was crystal clear but never monotone or boring. He had a great flow.
If you think that any leader we have in the world today is somehow above human frailties, errors and idiosyncrasies, then you need to listen to this book. You will see just how human they really are and just how susceptible to imperfection they are.
If you want to learn something about humanity and how not to fall into the same traps that humanity has in the past then listen to this and other books like it.
If you want just a good read to pass away the time, whether commuting or otherwise, then listen to this book. It presents history, historical players and historical facts with the excitement, suspense and entertainment of a novel.
"An outstanding historical account perfectly read."
Yes. This book is an important historical account of events in 1914 that shattered the world of that time and for the decades which follow down to this day. The author presents a complex thread of events from the perspective of various major players in a well detailed, clear and interesting manner. She also puts the events into context to help explain what happened and why. An audio page turner!
John Lee's reading made this history come alive. His interpretation and rendering makes it seem like he was describing events as an eyewitness. Certainly not a dry account that keeps moving and makes you wish it wouldn't end. He is a clear and easy to listen reader.
As an observer of history, the point that struck me most in this book is how the events of this time are a product of inept decisions, self-delusion, stupidity, pride, jealousy, greed and hubris to name a few qualities in play here. And at what cost? History proves true that nothing has changed...except the cost.
Highly recommend to anyone interested in modern history.
"History repeats itself?"
In reading The Guns of August one must ask questions about the world past and present. The fact that the Allies let Germany rise again so soon after "The Great War" is amazing. The Germans were horrendously aggressive in the first WW and every one knew it.
As incomprehensible as the outcome of this history seems it should give us pause about the current situation today and the parallels developing in the 21st century.
"compelling but complex"
Tuchman is a fine writer, and the narration is very good. The most impressive feature of the book to me is the depth of her research; she really seems to know exactly what was happening at all times in all places during the summer of 1914. I must admit, though, I found the narrative, while compelling, difficult to follow at times just because of the number of characters involved. I do like her caustic wit, though; she's great at exposing the pretensions and follies of the people in charge.
"Excellent introduction to WW1"
The Germans' repeated justification for initiating the war and for the mass killing of civilians in Belgium is remarkable.
John Lee is, in my opinion, just about the perfect narrator. This performance did not fail to impress as usual.
As my first book on WW1, I found it very informative. I plan on reading more, but this was a good starting point as it delves into the politics leading up to the war and through the critical early battles. It does not describe the fighting in any great detail, but focuses more on the movement of the armies and the strategic decisions made along the way.
I would suggest opening a few maps of the early stages of WW1, particularly the Map of the Battle of the Frontiers and the Map of the Tannenberg Campaign. I found them online.
"Fascinating story explains the start of WW1"
Really enjoyed this one.
Finding out who started the war.
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London Show Explores Skin as Human Body's Frontier
Superficial blood vessels of the head and neck. Coloured mezzotint by J. F. Gautier D'Agoty, 1748. Photo: Courtesy Wellcome Library, London.
By: Isabel Coles
"Visitors may find some images in this exhibition disturbing," reads a sign at the entrance to the
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's latest exhibition: "Skin."
"Skin" tracks attitudes toward the human body's largest organ since the 15th century from scientific, artistic and historical perspectives.
The exhibition is divided into four parts: objects, marks, impressions, and after-life. There is also a Skin Lab, which looks at recent developments in skin science.
A black and white photograph of a patient in a Parisian hospital is the first piece in the exhibition. Running the length of the patient's back is a giant scar.
"This photograph sums up a lot of the underlying themes in the exhibition, first and foremost the exploration of skin as a physical and metaphorical frontier between the inside and outside of the body," co-curator of the exhibition Lucy Shanahan told Reuters.
"Another thing that recurs throughout the exhibition is this strange paradox between something horrific and something beautiful," she added.
For early modern anatomists, skin was superfluous. Figures in 16th century anatomical diagrams were drawn without skin, or participating in the removal of their own skin, as if undressing.
"The illustrations were obviously intended for medical purposes, and yet they have this incredible artistry to them," said Shanahan.
"Marks," the second section of the exhibition, explores the idea of skin as a document of a person's experiences.
In "Medical Heirlooms," artist Tamsin Van Essen re-creates the texture of various skin conditions - psoriasis, the affects of syphilis and acne - on 17th and 18th century apothecary jars.
"They're really about challenging our prejudices toward skin disease... what's really intriguing is that you're drawn toward them as beautiful objects, but once you discover what they are, your feelings toward them might shift," Shanahan commented.
"Healing of Wounds," an educational video for medical undergraduates in the 1960s, is "not for the faint-hearted," says Shanahan. "In fact, there have been several people fainting whilst watching it," she adds.
The film shows a layer of skin being scraped off a patient's thigh for grafting onto a wound. "A lot of people have mentioned graters and kebabs," Shanahan said.
Pieces of tattooed human skin from the 19th century are on display beside a case devoted to the Maori tradition of tattooing.
Aging is also examined through photography and art.
Two close-up films, one of perspiration and the other of spots being squeezed, are on show. At such high magnification, the subject of the footage is not immediately clear.
"It's like looking at a strange lunar landscape with small creatures burrowing their way out," said Shanahan.
Also in the collection is a small book: a treatise on virginity bound in human skin. "It is bound with a piece of female skin, tanned by myself with sumac" reads an inscription inside the front cover.
The Peruvian mummy in the "after-life" room shows the durability of skin, even hundreds of years after death.
"Looking at the skin itself, it is utterly remarkable how strong and resilient it is," Shanahan noted.
Hanging on a rail in the Skin Lab are garments from designer clothing range SkinBag. The waistcoats and jackets, which are made from skin-like, rubber-based materials encourage visitors to think of clothing as a second skin.
Pharmaceutical pioneer and avid collector Henry Wellcome's vast collection was the starting point for the exhibition.
"The last decade has revealed a burgeoning interest and fascination with human skin, particularly among philosophers, writers, artists and designers," said Shanahan in a statement. "So there couldn't be a better time to get under the surface of this subject."
(Editing by Paul Casciato)
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Welcome to Richmond Woodturners
Richmond Woodturners, previously known as Woodturners Anonymous of Richmond, was started in May of 1997. We are a group of people who love wood and love to turn wood. We love to have fun and share our ideas and expertise with each other. We meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month at Woodcraft in Richmond, Virginia located at 9862 West Broad Street (804-355-3945). We invite anyone else who loves wood to join us.
Announcements & Latest News
* Read up on past meetings, upcoming events and information in our newsletter section.
* Keep up on "Regional Information" in our Links section.