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In 2022, we served more than 1,800 people in 1,156 households. And, because of the community’s support, The Journey Home was able to help 119 households move into housing; and an additional 247 households avoid eviction for a total of 366 households stabilized in their housing. 297 individuals received life-saving winter shelter through our Coldest Nights program and our Wellness Clinic saw and treated 127 people. We served nearly 40,000 meals this past year with the help of more than 1,000 volunteers.

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The Journey Home Receives $30,000 from Wellpoint Tennessee to Address Homelessness

February 14, 2024 February 16, 2024

Partnership to support homeless and disadvantaged of Rutherford County by helping to rehouse and provide resources and relationships that encourage whole health, economic stability, and reintegration into community life MURFREESBORO – February 14, 2024 – The Journey Home, a nonprofit organization serving the unhoused of Rutherford County, received $30,000 from Wellpoint, a leading healthcare company, Continue reading The Journey Home Receives $30,000 from Wellpoint Tennessee to Address Homelessness →

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Join us for JOURNEY24 as we walk alongside our unhoused residents of Rutherford County and see how their lives are impacted by The Journey Home. JOURNEY WITH US We invite you or your company to partner with us for JOURNEY24. This event is one of our primary fundraisers for operationalexpenses. We hope this will be Continue reading JOURNEY24 →

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First United Methodist Church focused on The Journey Home during this year’s Lenten season and each Sunday during their Mission Moments. Church members who have volunteered with The Journey Home spoke and gave testimony on their volunteer experience and made the case for investment in The Journey Home’s Capital Campaign. FUMC also created a display Continue reading Lenten Season Special Offering →

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Two more households can find affordable housing in Rutherford County with the new addition of two houses just opened to renters through The Journey Home. On May 18th at 11 am, The Journey Home joined with the community to bless the new homes at the corner of Kings Highway and Dosie Lane and memorialize Austin Continue reading Austin Troutt Dedication Ceremony →

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As The Journey Home finishes it’s 15th Year of Service, we are so proud of how we have served our vulnerable community. Read more about our 2021 accomplishments!

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Homelessness in Russia: A Visit to a Homeless Shelter in Moscow

Last month, after visiting Moscow for the first time, I published an account of what I saw and experienced there.

In my account, one of the subjects on which I commented was the extent of visible homelessness in central Moscow. I wrote that:

It is always a challenge to estimate the level of homelessness in a society, especially when one relies principally upon one’s personal observations in the street. Many homeless persons might not be apparent to a casual observer. Also, local authorities might have taken steps to conceal the level of homelessness by, for example, confining the homeless to districts that are rarely visited by outsiders. It is therefore possible that Moscow suffers from a far higher rate of homelessness than was apparent to me. All I can say is that, based on the criteria I normally apply in Western societies when I try to gauge the level of homelessness in a city, the number of homeless persons whom I encountered while walking the streets of central Moscow was far below what I am accustomed to seeing in Canadian and other Western cities. In ten days, during which time I walked well over 120 kilometres in central Moscow, I saw, at most, five persons who appeared to me to be homeless. Typically, when I walk for just thirty minutes in the central areas of Toronto and Montreal, I see far more homeless persons than I saw in Moscow over a ten-day period.

Prior to visiting Russia in April of this year, I served for eight years as a board member for the Unity Project for the Relief of Homelessness in London , an NGO-operated homeless shelter in London, Canada.

One of the many lessons I drew from my experiences as a Unity Project board member is that homelessness is a feature, not a bug, of capitalist systems.

Another important lesson was that many homeless persons are invisible to ordinary citizens, and that the problem of homelessness tends to be far more pervasive than a superficial inquiry might reveal.

With those lessons in mind, I decided to delve deeper into the problem of homelessness in Russia.

To that end, I visited the Nochlezhka homeless shelter in Moscow. Nochlezhka describes itself as Russia’s oldest charity providing assistance to homeless people.

I was given a tour of the shelter by Dasha Amosova, Nochlezhka’s PR specialist. At the conclusion of the tour, Dasha kindly agreed to be interviewed. The video of her interview can be viewed below . I also have posted below some of the photographs I took during my tour of the shelter.

Entrance to the Nochlezhka homeless shelter in Moscow

Nochlezhka shelter’s mobile homeless assistance unit

Reading room for residents of the Nochlezhka homeless shelter in Moscow

The Nochlezhka shelter’s resident cat

“Homelessness is a feature, not a bug, of capitalist systems.”

Yes, progressive economist Ricardo Tranjan similarly notes that there is no housing “crisis,” per se. There’s nothing broken about the housing market. It’s working exactly as intended, it’s meant to extract as much profit as possible, and it’s doing a very good job of that through governmental policy choices and deregulation.

Tranjan’s new book, The Tenant Class, will be landing soon in bookstores and public libraries.

Dimitri I can’t put into words what a “blessing” it is to listen and see the range of experiences you have had with people and places during your time in Russia. And I say to myself ” Yes, yes !” What I am seeing and hearing is so in keeping with what I am hearing from my family in St Petersburg . My many many visits to Russia over the past 30 years has primarily been in and around St Petersburg ( population of about 6 million people ) and while my daughter has explained the significant differences between Moscow and St Petersburg I see and feel the similarities of peoples thoughts and feelings in what you have shared . Now I tell people to go to dimitrilascaris.org and then we can talk.

Thank you, very good report of a common problem of countries dominated by the capitalist system.

Fascinating interview. Thanks for sharing.

great work! the world needs more of this people like you who can bring to light what is completely natural is that no matter where you go people are all the same , helping one another and giving love where needed . Just proves that only the leaders are so corrupt and detached from normal life reality .

Dimitri thank you soo much for all you do, I often say you are a compassionate gentleman. Been reading/watching/listening all your dispatches, interviews, and yourself being interviewed and so fourth from Russia and its been a true delight and incredible insight into the country. Gotta have you back on one plus one to discuss the trip but just want to type a job well done, so much more I could say about each post but for now, keep up the great work and really hope more people like you in our people power movement make an effort to go to russia and seek out all Russian voices, your trip and dispatches and more has been a gift to us. keep up the great work

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‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ Finale Will Make You Cry, if Only for a Moment

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The series finale of Ewan McGregor’s hotel drama brought tears to my eyes—even if only for a moment.

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We’ve reached the end of A Gentleman in Moscow , but we can’t wrap things up without one final escapade for Alexander ( Ewan McGregor ), Anna ( Mary Elizabeth Winstead ), and Sofia (Beau Gadsdon). Before the finale wraps, they’ll need to become spies for the American government—this way, Sofia will have a ticket out of the corrupt Russian leadership.

The plan sounds simple enough. While Sofia is off performing at the conservatory in Paris, she’ll sneak off in the middle of the show to deliver the important tapes Alex recorded from dinner a few nights ago. She’ll head to the American Embassy in Paris, hand over the evidence, and Richard (Lucian Msamati) will get her on the next plane to the United States. Then, once everything has arrived safely, Richard will call every phone at the Metropol Hotel, alerting Alex to his child’s safety.

Sofia is fitted for her recital dress—really one of the most gorgeous dresses I’ve seen all year, a fit that would look marvelous on Anne Hathaway—by Marina (Leah Harvey), and Alex is speechless. “You look so grown up,” he says through tears. Wait…am I also crying? This is kind of adorable. I’ve spent weeks complaining about how much I want this show to end, but now, I’m a little sad it’s coming to a close. Just two episodes ago, Sofia was giggling while hiding a thimble in Alex’s room—now, she’s a woman.

Sofia is fully on board with the plan, but she has one request: If she’s going to do this, Alex and Anna need to join her in America, too. Ugh. We know that’s not possible, Alex knows that’s not possible, but Sofia—sweet, youthful, naive Sofia—still has a dream. Alex lies and says that he and Anna will be right over following her journey.

While grabbing a final drink at the bar with Anna, Sofia mentions how excited she is to live life in America with her and Alex. Anna is confused for a second—wait, she’s not going to America with Sofia—and then understands. Alex had to create this lie to ensure Sofia’s safety. Anna goes along with it, and after a few stories about Sofia’s mom Nina (Leah Balmforth), Sofia is sent to one last dinner with Alex.

This is all getting to be a bit too saccharine—we could’ve cut to Paris after the dress bit. Alex and Sofia are nearly sobbing into their pork chops, crying about how much they’ll miss one another and how worried they are for their safety. “I shall be incredibly sad in your absence,” Alex says, his voice shaky, “but I’ll be full of joy thinking of the adventures that you’ll have.” How is Sofia still blind to the fact that he’s not coming with her, even after this?

Everyone says goodbye to Sofia while pretending that this is only a two-week jaunt, so as to not disturb the Bishop (John Heffernan), who suspects something is afoot. Everyone on staff invites Alex to a big party to get his mind off of Sofia’s departure—they drink, juggle knives, gossip. Alex tells an old wives’ tale about a bloody apple that provides the chance to live life over again if eaten; he says he wouldn’t eat it at all. Life is good. He loves its imperfections.

Osip confronts Alex after the dinner because, of course, we have to wrap up this pointless arc in some way. I’ll keep it short for you: Osip (Johnny Harris) regrets the fact that he didn’t really get to say goodbye to his daughter when he sent her off. Although Alex may be thinking about leaving, he should really stay put and see Sofia’s departure to Paris as the best closure he can get. No matter what, after Sofia’s quest, the Russian government will hunt Alex down until he’s dead. He should distance himself from Sofia sooner rather than later.

Sofia arrives in Paris. She’s not worried: As the first performer of the night, she will have plenty of time to put on a disguise and sneak over to the American Embassy. But the organizer confronts her at the start of the show—actually, Tarkovsky has requested her to be the penultimate performer of the night. Godammit.

Back at the hotel, Alex and Anna are still trying to figure out what they’ll do to escape. All that matters is that they have each other. They make some vague plan about taking a train to Helsinki once they know Sofia is safe, but it still seems like Alex will stay at the Metropol Hotel forever. Anna departs for her train to Helsinki, Alex promises to meet her there, but c’mon. Man is staying in the hotel until the day he dies. He wouldn’t risk anything for his girls.

There’s a bit of action intertwined as events play out in Paris and at the hotel. The Bishop sees Anna leaving and starts to get nervous—so he ransacks Alex’s room, looking for clues as to what’s going on. Alex threatens to shoot the Bishop, then chains him up in the basement while throwing all the prisoner files on his fellow Metropol staffers into a fire. They can now be free; there’s no record of any of them in the Russian system.

At the same time, Sofia finishes her performance and races off the stage. She cuts her hair off and changes into a disguise; then, she must somehow escape the theater while the conservatory organizer hunts around for her. This conservatory woman is on a damn mission—why is she so pressed about Sofia? Kids will be kids; let her run wild in Paris. Sofia escapes, barely, and we never see her again.

We do, however, hear every phone in the Metropol start to ring. She’s safe. She did it. Alex weeps. But…now, what’ll he do?

We don’t really know, that’s the answer. Sofia narrates that she never saw Alex and Anna ever again, but she did somehow hear that they made it out of the hotel safely. We cut to some vaguely European farm where an older Alex and Anna are living together; but there’s no real description on how this happened, and then the show just ends . Okay, sure. If they’re going to end the show on such a lackluster note, I’ll do the same with this recap—whatever.

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Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: The Retreat

Entering moscow.

On the 15th September , a week after the bloody battle of Borodino, Napoleon entered Moscow. He had expected to enter with glory, met by a delegation of the city's highest officials assembled in recognition of his victory and ready to negotiate peace. But there was no delegation; in fact, there was hardly anyone left there at all. Of Moscow's 200,000 inhabitants from before the war, only 2% remained, predominantly wounded soldiers and some remaining to plunder the homes of those who had fled.   Even less could Napoleon have predicted how soon he would also be leaving the city; since it was also on the day he arrived that the first fires were lit, doubtless under the supervision of Moscow's governor Rostopchin (although at the time it was circulated in Russia, to incite more patriotic feeling against the enemy, that the fault lay with the French). Initially, Napoleon installed himself in the Kremlin, but the spreading blaze forced him to leave for the outskirts of the city only the next day. Thus on the 16th September he moved into the Petroff palace to the north-west of Moscow on the St Petersburg road with his troops camped nearby. Moscow burned for six days.

Waiting for Peace

On the 18th September , Major General Ivan Tutolmin was received at the Petroff Palace. The subsequent letter he wrote to the Tsar's mother Maria Feodorovna, on Napoleon's request, regarding the opening of peace talks received no reply. A similar attempt by Napoleon to open dialogue around peace came on the 22nd September , soon after the end of the fires, when Ivan Alekseevich Yakovlev, former captain of the guard, wrote to the Tsar on Napoleon's behalf, but again to no avail.   Meanwhile, in the terrible weather and mud which hampered the troops from 18th-23rd September , Napoleon turned his attention to Russian manoeuvres, hoping to crush any resistance. Cossack bands, however, continued to thwart French attempts at control led by Murat. By the 26th September , Napoleon had discovered that Kutuzov's main forces were on the main Kaluga road. Over the end of September and the beginning of October, the Russian Army slowly retreated to Tarutino, where it took up a defensive position on 3rd October after clashes with Murat's troops. During this period, Napoleon was also thinking about the pursuance of the campaign. Several options were open: retreat to Smolensk in order to winter in safety before continuing the campaign the following year; a drive on St Petersburg in order to take Russia's second capital, and finally force Alexander into submission; or to engage Alexander in peace negotiations. Napoleon's preference for the final option led to his sending Lauriston to Kutuzov's headquarters to discuss possibilities for peace. Caulaincourt had refused the Emperor's plan to approach the Tsar on the grounds that it would be in vain. On the 4th October, Napoleon wrote to Kutuzov (CG, 31792): ‘Prince Kutuzov, I send one of my aides de camp to you in order to discuss several important matters. I hope that Your Highness will believe what he is to say to you, above all when he expresses the high esteem and particular respect I have for a long time held for your person. Moscow, 3rd October 1812. Signed: Napoleon.'   On the 5th October , Kutuzov received the letter. On reading it he agreed to a secret meeting with Lauriston, and suggested to the French that he would take their peace proposals to the Tsar. Alexander had already stated that he had no intention of any negotiation with Napoleon as long as there was a single French soldier left in Russia, and was furious when Kutuzov informed him of this meeting; in meeting with Lauriston, Kutuzov had acted in direct contravention to an imperial order. But Kutuzov was in fact playing for time and had no intention of negotiating peace, indeed he guessed that Napoleon's keenness on negotiation was in the end a sign of weakness. Keeping French hopes for peace alive allowed him precious time to organise Russian forces for the next stage of the campaign while the Grande Armée remained in the ashes of Moscow.   It gradually dawned on Napoleon that peace talks would not be forthcoming; and with the Russian winter approaching he was left with the dilemma of what to do next. The circle surrounding him spoke of Napoleon's initial determination to stay in Moscow for the winter months, not because of its military value, but because of the political blow that would be dealt him should he leave; this would look like an admission of defeat, and could harm his standing in Europe. But arrangements did also begin to be made for a retreat, although too little too late. The horses did not have horseshoes which would allow them to cross the ice safely, and the men were not appropriately equipped for the bitter cold to come.  But finally, on the 14th October , Napoleon decided to leave Moscow. He directed Berthier to organise the evacuation of a convoy of 1,500 injured soldiers to Smolensk, accompanied by 200-300 men. The convoy departed Moscow on the 16th October a few days before the army.

The Battle of Tarutino

On the 18th October , the Battle of Tarutino (also known as Vinkovo) took place. The Russian army had arrived at Tarutino on 2-3 October , and began to make entrenchments to defend it immediately. Murat pursued (and indeed harried) the Russian rearguard as far as the outskirts of Tarutino, but was unable to capitalise on his superiority. Setting up outposts in and around the village of Vinkovo, Murat paused for breath. The following two weeks gave the much depleted and exhausted Russian Army a crucial period in which to recuperate, encamped as they were in a strong position, well-fed and receiving reinforcements. Murat and the Grande Armée, however, were camped nearby in far less advantageous position, and without the same access to food or resources. Kutuzov, aware of the increasingly superior position of his own troops, organised an ambush by Russian troops of Murat's advance guard. Although losses were fairly even, Murat was forced to abandon his position so as to avoid being surrounded.

Leaving Moscow

On the 19th October , the French evacuated Moscow and its surrounding area. As the Grande Armée was leaving the city, Mortier, governor of Moscow, set up explosives around the Kremlin to carry out Napoleon's (strategically irrelevant) orders to destroy it. Whilst light rain and some intervention by Muscovites prevented all the fuses from firing, nevertheless, large parts of it were destroyed, and a stretch of the surrounding wall collapsed completely. The last regiments of the Grande Armée left the city at around 1am on the 23rd, about half an hour after the fuses were lit in the Kremlin. When Russian troops re-entered the city, they found scenes of terrible destruction, as many dead lay unburied in the streets and those buildings which were not burnt had sustained significant damage or were blackened with smoke; inside, everywhere was plundered and many churches had been defiled. The Moscow rabble also played a role in this. Heading the evacuation of Moscow, Napoleon settled first in the ‘chateau' in Troitsk, then in Ignatovo on 21st October . After two nights spent in Fominskoye, Napoleon then reached Borovsk. On the 24th October came clashes at Maloyaroslavets, a small town to the southwest of Moscow. The allies under the Viceroy of Italy, Eugène de Beauharnais, were outnumbered by the Russian side under Kutuzov, 24,000 Italians against 32,000 Russians. Troops led by Davout arrived late in the day to ensure that Eugène's exhausted men could hold their position in the town. Each side lost about 7,000 men, and although the French side managed to hold on to their position, the Russians fell back just south of Maloyaroslavets, importantly blocking the Kaluga road.

The French retreat began on the following day, and on the 26th October , Napoleon informed Berthier of his intention to go on the route to Viazma (fatefully, the same road by which the Grande Armée had entered Russia); fighting ensued on the way there later that day. On the 28th October , Napoleon reached Vereya, while Davout and Prince Poniatowski both brought their men to join up at Mozhaysk. Two days later, Napoleon was in the town of Gzhatsk (renamed ‘Gargarin' in 1968), situated 230km from Smolensk. From there he led a part of the Grande Armée to Viazma, where he was eventually to be joined by the remainder of his forces. On the 31st October , the corps led by Davout was at Gzhatsk to protect the rear guard of the Grande Armée; after leaving the city the corps was attacked by Cossacks. The following day, on the 1st November , Napoleon reached Viazma. On the Russian side, Miloradovitch leading Kutuzov's advance guard was approaching. He was far from the rest of the army however, since they had marched further south. By the 3rd November , Napoleon passed the village of Semelevo, a few kilometres north-east of Smolensk, then arrived at Slavkovo, where he stayed until the next day. Meanwhile, Eugène de Beauharnais's troops assisted Davout at Viazma, where there are signs of the growing weakness of the Grande Armée as they began to struggle against repeated Russian attacks. This same day also saw the winter's first significant snowfall. This marked a dramatic change to the earlier milder weather, which some have argued lulled the Emperor into a false sense of security. The winter of 1812 became an unusually cold and bitter one. On the 5th November , Napoleon reached Dorogobuzh.

News from Paris…

On the 6th November , in Mikhaïlovka, Napoleon received news of General Malet's coup d'état. A fortnight earlier, on the 23rd October , a radical army general with a history of opposition to the Napoleonic regime, Claude-François Malet, had attempted to bluff his way into power by announcing that the Emperor had been killed in Russia. His plot was foiled in less than twenty-four hours and Malet and his main accomplices were executed less than a week later, on the 29th October , following trial by a military commission. The news of the failed coup d'état unsettled Napoleon and exposed the shallow roots of the First Empire. Thus this event was perhaps an important factor in his decision to return to Paris not long afterwards.

Smolensk and Beyond

On the 9th November , Napoleon arrived at Smolensk, where he remained for several days. There he learned of the setbacks affecting General Augereau and Eugène de Beauharnais, and reorganised the Grande Armée accordingly for retreat. On the 12th November , the advance guard of Napoleon's Grande Armée left Smolensk with the intention crossing the river Dnieper for Orsha. The French troops left behind, as the main body rushed to Moscow, had been involved in a stand off around the town of Polotsk. The assault sometimes called the Second Battle of Polotsk had taken place on the 18th October (the first having taken place in early August), in which Russian forces, under Wittgenstein, outnumbered Napoleon's troops, under Oudinot and Gouvion Saint-Cyr, by almost five to one.  On the 13th – 14th November , Victor attempted an attack on Wittgenstein's men near Smoliany, further east on the Ulla, trying to move the Russians away from the Grande Armée's line of retreat. Despite his efforts, however, Victor did not manage to dislodge the Russian forces from their position. On the  14th November , Napoleon left Smolensk, and over the following days there were a series of engagements at Krasnoye. The state of the Grande Armée was rapidly declining, while Wittgenstein's men, holding their position at Ulla during the first three weeks of November, had been sent supplies from the Governor of Pskov, and therefore were far better fed than the French troops, and also far warmer due to supplies of fur coats sent to them in September. Napoleon arrived at Orsha on the 20th November . Realising that the army was disintegrating and that his baggage train could soon be captured, he ordered the destruction of his official papers.

On the 22nd November , Admiral Pavel Vasilievich Chichagov, in command of newly created Russian Third Western Army, moved his headquarters across the river Berezina and into the town of Borisov on his arrival there. However, some of his men were overwhelmed by Napoleon's advance guard, so he and his staff were forced to decamp back over the river, left to puzzle over Napoleon's next move. On the 25th November , the Grande Armée arrived at Borisov, on the edge of the Berezina river. Chichagov's task of defending the bank was made very difficult as he was unsure as to where Napoleon would cross and which route the retreat would take. The movement of Russian troops from south to north to protect Borisov shows Chichagov's assumption (shared by Ermolov and Wittgenstein) that Napoleon would continue his retreat along the Minsk road. Instead, when the French emperor went along the Zembin road towards Vilna (modern Vilnius), Russian troops arrived too late to regain control of the route, despite fierce fighting from 26th – 28th November . On the 27th November , 50,000 men led by Ney, Oudinot and Victor crossed the Berezina near the small village of Studienka; the small Russian force there to meet them had no chance of preventing their crossing. In many ways, the crossing of the Berezina was disastrous for Napoleon, with the loss of between 25,000 and 40,000 men and most of their baggage. However, it was one of his most brilliant victories, since the crossing actually took place, and the Grande Armée were even able to take some advantages in their position, despite huge losses in both men and supplies.

The Incredible Ride

On the 5th December , Napoleon left the army at Smorgon to return to Paris. Unsettled by Malet's attempted coup, he confided to Caulaincourt that ‘in the current state of affairs, I can command in Europe only from the Tuileries palace.' The journey was swift; Napoleon was accompanied by Caulaincourt in a series of vehicles (changed according to the terrain, at first on runners then on wheels) and a small entourage travelling separately, including thirty (soon to become fifteen) Chasseurs de la Garde. The party traversed some 2,500 km, over thirteen days and thirteen nights of almost uninterrupted travel. The party departed around 9pm, reaching Ashmiany at about midnight. Ignoring his entourage, Napoleon pressed on to Miedniki (not far from Vilna), arriving there at dawn and thereby avoiding capture at Ashmiany. After two hours of conversation with Maret, talking politics and the state of affairs at Vilna. The Emperor had hoped that the remnants of the Grande Armée would be able to recuperate and regroup at Vilna, only one day's march to the West. However, with his departure morale dropped significantly, and in Vilna the soldiers fared little better. There is evidence that thousands of men had died of typhus, and the hospital in Vilna was overflowing with the dead and dying. General Robert Wilson visited a monastery that was being used as a makeshift hospital by the French, and there reported that ‘The hospital at St. Bazile presented the most awful and hideous sight: seven thousand five hundred bodies were piled like pigs of lead over one another in the corridors… and all the broken windows and walls were stuffed with feet , legs, arms , hands , trunks and heads to fit the apertures, and keep out the air from the yet living.' Upon seeing the conditions at Vilna, several days after the Emperor's departure, Murat (who had been left in charge of the Grande Armée) decided to abandon Napoleon's plan and evacuate the town. On the 12th December , Kutuzov made his triumphant entrance into Vilna. And the day after, what was left of the Grande Armée limped back across the Niemen. At 10am on Sunday 6th December , Napoleon changed horses in the outskirts of Vilna and then headed for Kovno (modern Kaunas). After receiving military reinforcements during the night at Rumšiškes, he arrived at Kovno at 5am on Monday 7th December .  The temperature had dropped to -30°. Having crossed the frozen Niemen, and so leaving Russian territory, the cortège headed for Marijampole, where the passengers were forced to step out to push the wheels. On the 8th December , the party reached Goldapp, then to Augustowo the following day, and finally Pultusk on the 10th December , heading for Warsaw. It was on this part of the journey, cramped in what Caulaincourt called a ‘cage', that the Emperor and the diplomat had their famous conversations, later published by Caulaincourt as ‘En traîneau avec l'Empereur'. Every day between 8 and 9 Napoleon and Caulaincourt took coffee at a post-house, and between 5 and 9 every evening they would dine. On entering Warsaw, he went on foot to the Hôtel d'Angleterre, with no fear of recognition given his somewhat altered appearance, and received certain Polish ministers and the French ambassador l'abbé de Pradt. Napoleon was back in his carriage at 7pm heading for Lowicz and Kutno, reaching Posen (modern Poznan) in the early morning of 12th December . Leaving Posen at lunchtime, he reached Glogow that evening. He reached Bunzlau (modern Boleslawiec) on the morning of the 13th December , passing through Bautzen the following day, finally reaching Dresden at midnight. In a comic scene, Napoleon's carriage searched desperately for the French minister's residence in the dark city for several hours. After receiving the Saxon king briefly very early in the morning, Napoleon set off again at 8 in the morning, in a carriage with runners lent by the King, reaching Leipzig, having a brief meeting and then setting off for Lützen, which they reached on the 15th December . After another change of carriage brought about by broken runners, Napoleon held a brief meeting in Erfurt before heading (now on wheels) towards Hanau, arriving at noon on the 16th December . He reached Frankfurt at 3pm. After crossing the Rhine on a boat, Napoleon set off again at 7pm, finally in French territory. From Mainz thereon the carriage stopped only for dispatches and to grease the wheels. On the 17th December , Napoleon lunched at Saint-Avold and dined at Verdun. That same day, the Moniteur of the 29th bulletin of the Grande Armée revealed the full details of the Russian catastrophe to the French public. On the 18th December , Napoleon halted at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre for a broken axle, and changed to a post cabriolet. He dined that evening at Chateau-Thierry, just to the north of Paris. At Meaux, the postmaster handed over his chaise, but since Napoleon no longer had any money Caulaincourt was forced to ask for credit. This unmarked post-chaise passed through the gates of the Tuileries Palace at midnight, with no announcement, to reassert his power in Europe in the face of this most crushing defeat.   ES, January 2015

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A rescue from Pennsylvania stole the spotlight at the Westminster Dog Show 2024. Miles impressed everyone with his journey from being an “unadoptable” shelter dog to becoming one of the best agility contestants in the United States.

‘Unadoptable’ rescue wins hearts at Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show 2024

Miles’ journey towards becoming a top agility dog started when Christine Longnecker adopted him. On the day the horseback riding teacher decided to bring along her new rescue to one of her classes, she was in for a surprise. Miles was more than happy to sprint into the rings and jump over the fences.

Longnecker adopted Miles about six years ago. He was deemed “unadoptable” when she first met him due to constant snarling and growling. The dog was very uninviting to others, but the horseback riding teacher felt for him. In an interview with The New York Times , she noted, “…he looked me straight in the eye and said, clear as day, ‘I just want to be a good boy’…My heart broke into a million pieces.”

After seeing Miles’ enthusiasm for the sport, Longnecker enrolled him in a class at Countryside Agility. The rescue dog didn’t just participate in the Westminster Dog Show 2024 but has also participated in American Kennel Club agility nationals. Moreover, he has consistently finished at the top in the All-American category. He didn’t make it to the Westminster Masters Agility Championship finals but won everyone’s hearts.

‘Nimble’ makes history as first to take home both Masters Agility Champion and All-American Champion titles

This year, Nimble took home the title of the overall Masters Agility Champion, per Fox Sports . Furthermore, she made history by becoming the first mixed breed to be given the award at the Westminster Dog Show. Unlike most dog shows, the Westminster Masters Agility Championship allows non-purebreds to compete. However, since 2013, purebred pups have taken home the title of the overall champion year after year.

Nimble took only 28.76 seconds to run the obstacle course. Moreover, she was the first in the 12″ jump class to win the champion title. She is only the fifth pup to finish the obstacle course within 30 seconds. Furthermore, Nimble’s time was the third fastest in the Westminster Masters Agility Championship history.

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Best Friends veterinarian Dr. Megan McCarthy quickly assessed Concord’s health issues, diagnosing him with an upper respiratory infection and panleukopenia, an intestinal virus that can be deadly.

“He wasn’t perking up after his panleukopenia treatment. He still was very nauseous and couldn’t keep food down,” Dr. Megan explains. “We determined that he had an intestinal obstruction and required emergency surgery.”

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One night, Concord became so lethargic that he was rushed to an emergency vet clinic. This time, X-rays revealed he had megaesophagus, a large dilation of the esophagus that causes vomiting and prevents food from making it to the stomach. This fragile kitten had to undergo surgery again.

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Rescue ‘Miles' Steals Hearts at Westminster Dog Show 2024

A rescue from Pennsylvania stole the spotlight at the Westminster Dog Show 2024. Miles impressed everyone with his journey from being an “unadoptable” shelter dog to becoming one of the best agility contestants in the United States.

‘Unadoptable’ rescue wins hearts at Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show 2024

Miles’ journey towards becoming a top agility dog started when Christine Longnecker adopted him. On the day the horseback riding teacher decided to bring along her new rescue to one of her classes, she was in for a surprise. Miles was more than happy to sprint into the rings and jump over the fences.

Longnecker adopted Miles about six years ago. He was deemed “unadoptable” when she first met him due to constant snarling and growling. The dog was very uninviting to others, but the horseback riding teacher felt for him. In an interview with The New York Times , she noted, “…he looked me straight in the eye and said, clear as day, ‘I just want to be a good boy'…My heart broke into a million pieces.”

After seeing Miles’ enthusiasm for the sport, Longnecker enrolled him in a class at Countryside Agility. The rescue dog didn’t just participate in the Westminster Dog Show 2024 but has also participated in American Kennel Club agility nationals. Moreover, he has consistently finished at the top in the All-American category. He didn’t make it to the Westminster Masters Agility Championship finals but won everyone’s hearts.

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Zeus Takes Flight: A Heartwarming Journey from Sydney to Adelaide!

Meet Zeus - an adorable boy who found his dream home interstate!

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Zeus, the lovely doggo who waited!

Zeus, a resilient and loving doggo, spent over a year at Canterbury Bankstown Animal Shelter patiently waiting for his new home. Despite the long wait, Zeus never lost hope that one day he would find a family to call his own.

However, Zeus's dream home was not just around the corner. It was located a staggering 14 hours away in Adelaide!

"We had found the perfect home for Zeus, but it was 14 hours away from our Animal Shelter," shared Macy from Canterbury Bankstown Animal Shelter . "The new adopter searched for transport, but the cost was very high and very limited. Upon searching, I remembered seeing PetRescue's Pet Transport Program for a free flight. So, we applied and hoped for the best."

Their hopes were soon met with joyous news – Zeus was eligible for the Pet Transport program, paving the way for his cross-country adventure. 

Finally, the moment Zeus had been waiting for arrived. With hearts full of excitement, Zeus bid farewell to his familiar surroundings, in Sydney, and embarked on a journey towards his new home.

His new guardian eagerly greeted him at the airport, in Adelaide, and welcomed him into their home, where he was met with open arms and endless love. "Having Zeus around is so heartwarming," shared the new adopter. "He is just so sweet."

@animalsheltercbcity   ♬ walking on a dream by empire of the sun - sophie

The Pet Transport Program, designed to reduce barriers to adoption by offering free flights for pets, proved to be a game-changer for Zeus and his new family. 

“The new adopter was able to receive Zeus free of charge, she then used that money to upgrade her fencing and spoil Zeus with toys.” Macy from Canterbury Bankstown Animal Shelter said.

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