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That double thick double waistband to love the softest tums and gold side zip to hold you tight. This midi skirt just does all the things, winter to summer, office to date night. Double side splits to make it easy to jump on the back of a Harley in. Because life's too short for costume changes!
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Gorgeous material and design. Love the pattern and the zip is very well designed.
I've really enjoyed wearing this skirt - it feels quite smart and at the same time a bit badass - the high waist is great for a bit of shaping and holding, and the pattern and fabric are gorgeous.


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How to Create Lights in 3D Studio MAX 3
- How to Create Lights in 3D Studio MAX 3
- Creating Omni Lights
- Adding Default Lights
- Creating Target Lights
- Creating Free Lights
- Simulating Sunlight
This article is provided courtesy of Peachpit Press.
Excerpted from Chapter 11 of 3D Studio MAX 3: Visual QuickStart Guide, by Michele Matossian
YOU CAN CREATE FIVE TYPES of lights in 3D Studio MAX 3. As with cameras, the parameters for the different types of lights are nearly identical. By default, all lights are turned on when you create them. Shadows are turned off by default, except for sunlight system shadows.
Omni lights: The omni light is the most generic type of light. Its rays shine in all directions from a single point in space, like a lamp that does not have a shade (Figure 1).
Figure 1 The omni light looks like this in the viewports.
Default lights: By default, 3D Studio MAX includes a single, dynamically positioned omnilight at the viewer position in each shaded viewport. Or you can use two omni lights in any viewport. The brighter light, or key light, is positioned above and to the front of the origin. The dimmer light, or fill light, is positioned lower and to the right of the origin. These lights are invisible and unselectable until you add them to the scene.
Spotlights: Spotlights illuminate an area within a cone of projection, similar to a stage light. Spotlights, like cameras, come in two varieties. Target spotlights point at a target that you set. Free spotlights have no target, so they can easily be maneuvered (Figure 2).
Figure 2 The target spotlight (left) and free spotlight (right) both have cones.
Directional lights: Directional lights have a cone of projection and light controls similar to spotlights. The difference is that directional lights illuminate an entire scene unidirectionally, as if the source is millions of miles away and the rays are traveling parallel to each other. Like spotlights, directional lights can be either targeted or free (Figure 3).
Figure 3 The target directional light (left) and free directional light (right) both illuminate the scene with parallel rays, like the sun.
Sunlight System: This is a hybrid light source that combines a free directional light with a Compass object. The compass helps you orient the light to a specific direction in the scene. The orbital distance, time, and location settings give the sun altitude and place it in the sky at a particular time and geographic location (Figure 4).
Figure 4 The Sunlight System lets you simulate daylight that changes over time.

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Lime Green hat and scarf, choose the snowman of your dreams. 18 colors to choose from now. This is the snowman we shared on Instagram last year that caused the waves.
Made by stacking and stitching three monkey fists together along with a turkshead beret for a hat and buttons and a nose of cord. Because the bottom ball is made on a ping pong ball, he's light enough to hang from almost any tree (just in case C.Brown orders one)
The snowman stands a towering 4 1/2" but only weighs two ounces. He'll look great on any tree either seaside or inland. A great winter reminder of warmer days of coasts, beaches, or boating.
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Many years ago I found myself teaching English in a secondary school in Bedfordshire. I was required to teach Classical Myths (not sure why), and the story of the unfortunate death of Aeschylus (c. 525 BC – c. 456 BC) came up. It always resonated with me that the father of Greek tragedy (most famous for his trilogy of plays about the family of Agamemnon, king of Argos, The Oresteia) was killed by a tortoise, dropped on him from a great height by a bird of prey that had mistaken his bald pate for a rock on which it intended to smash open the tortoise shell; recently I came across the story again on a great site called Interesting Literature. I was unable for technological reasons to post a comment there, so here it is, slightly expanded.
On a website called QI Forum someone with the name 'Flash' posted a link to this, from Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, Book X, Chapter 3: 'The Different Kinds of Eagles'; in this early encyclopaedia published c. 79 AD Pliny cites six different kinds of eagle, and has this to say about the third kind, which he calls 'morphnos' (which signifies 'black' in Greek):
The third is the morphnos, which Homer also calls the "perenos," while others, again, call it the "plangus" and the "anataria;" it is the second in size and strength, and dwells in the vicinity of lakes… This eagle has the instinct to break the shell of the tortoise by letting it fall from aloft, a circumstance which caused the death of the poet Æschylus. An oracle, it is said, had predicted his death on that day by the fall of a house, upon which he took the precaution of trusting himself only under the canopy of the heavens.
It was always my understanding that the bird in question was a lammergeyer (or lammergeier) vulture, aka bearded or lamb vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, formerly known as 'ossifrage' – bonebreaker – because of its learned skill of dropping animal bones from a great height to smash them on the rocks below in order to get at the marrow. (By the way the herb saxifrage gets its name from its alleged medicinal ability to cure kidney stones; its name signifies 'stonebreaker'.)
Its closest living relative today is the Egyptian vulture. Pliny's vagueness about the families of vultures and eagles is reflected in the reference in some versions of the story of the death of Aeschylus to the bird which drops the tortoise (or turtle, when repeated by Americans) as an eagle.
Lammergeyers live high above the tree line, over 2000 metres up, and subsist almost entirely on the marrow extracted from smashed bones of dead animals that they've scavenged as carrion; they tend not to eat flesh, so unless the tortoise was already dead, it seems unlikely that this bird would have dropped a live one in order to smash its carapace with a view to eating its flesh.
The Pliny story seems to have been invented to make an ironic literary point about fate (a variation on the Oedipus legend about the futility of trying to avoid one's destiny).
The story doesn't reveal what happened to the tortoise…


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Amnesty International Press Release
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Belgium Full Face Veil Ban Would Breach International Law, Says Amnesty International
Contact: AIUSA media office, 202-509-8188, [email protected]
(Washington) — Amnesty International urges the Belgian Parliament not to pass a draft law which would prohibit the wearing of full face veils anywhere in public as the country's Chamber of Deputies prepares to vote on the issue on April 22, 2010.
"A general ban on the wearing of full face veils would violate the rights to freedom of expression and religion of those women who choose to express their identity or beliefs in this way," said Claudio Cordone, Amnesty International's interim secretary general.
"At the same time the Belgian authorities must make sure that all women who chose to wear the full veil do so without coercion, harassment and discrimination."
Those who violate the law will be either fined between 15 and 25 Euro or imprisoned between one and seven days, or both. People wearing masks because of the nature of their work or because they take part in festivals are exempted.
Over the last few months there has been growing public debate in Europe on the wearing of full face veils, such as the burqa and the niqab, by Muslim women.
Yesterday, the French government announced that it would shortly be putting a similar draft law before Parliament.
International human rights law guarantees the right to freedom of expression and freedom to manifest their religion or beliefs; these freedoms extend to the way in which people choose to dress.
States must therefore not impose generally applicable requirements that women dress or do not dress in a certain way, and they must protect women from the imposition of such requirements by third parties, including families and communities.
"Women must not be compelled to wear a headscarf or veil, either by the state or by individuals; and it is wrong for them to be prohibited by law from wearing it," Cordone said.
"However, some clearly defined restrictions on the wearing of full face veils for the purposes of public safety will be legitimate. For example, it will be perfectly legitimate for women to be asked to lift their veils for identity checks."
Amnesty International does not believe that a general ban on the wearing of full face veils in public is necessary or proportionate for any legitimate objective.
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Bans on full face veils would violate international human rights law
Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with more than 2.2 million supporters, activists and volunteers in more than 150 countries campaigning for human rights worldwide. The organization investigates and exposes abuses, educates and mobilizes the public, and works to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied.


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Children today are presented with varying types of stressors in almost every aspect of their lives. The infamous "bar" has been set so high that in order to achieve it, children are asked to forgo "fun" and work towards superiority in everything they do. And while goal setting is an essential skill for future success, unrealistic expectations have led to increased rates of anxiety and depression in children and teens. This, unfortunately, is counter-effective to confidence-boosting and productive learning. Therefore, children and teens must be given opportunities to feel boosts of endorphins, which leads to improved mood and learning.
Endorphins are produced by the central nervous system and the pituitary gland. Their main function is to alleviate pain and boost pleasure. They are most often associated with exercise since the release of these "feel-good" chemicals trigger a state of exhilaration which is usually referred to as a "runner's high." In recent years, studies related to endorphins have begun to focus on how this chemical promotes learning. They have a positive effect on an area of the brain that regulates memory and learning called the hippocampus. The meditative effect that endorphins also have help children be more present and in the moment by shifting their focus away from day-to-day challenges.
Since physical activity is essential to brain development, neuroscientists have been urging parents and teachers to work on stimulating these good-feeling brain chemicals. By boosting these positive neurotransmitters, cortisol will be reduced leaving children with happier feelings, which develops clearer thinking and enhances attention skills. This makes learning easier, so knowledge is better attained ultimately leading to more confidence. Therefore, it is vital that children have physical education and recess time in school, have outlets for physical activities throughout each week, and playtime outside. Establishing times that children can play and laugh will go a long way in improving mental health and school performance.
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Now, how do you feel about Penn State this morning?
If you are a "half-full" person (or Kirk Herbstreit), you give them all the credit in the world for winning in Columbus and stifling the Buckeyes offense.
If you are "half-empty," you are completely unimpressed with the Penn State "HD" offense -- sure, the OSU D is good, but USC didn't seem to have much trouble with it. And as for Penn State's dominating D, perhaps we had overrated Ohio State's "Pryor Offense."
I'm leaning toward half-empty. I think it's time to start the campaign: An unbeaten Penn State won't necessarily be better than a 1-loss Big 12 and a 1-loss SEC champ.
If a Coach or Harris pollster is voting Penn State into the BCS national-title game mainly out of nostalgia for the career of Joe Paterno, it is the
They're either one of the 2 best teams in the country (which I find dubious) or not. Take your feelings for JoePa out of it.
I love the Penn State resurgence story this season. But you shouldn't necessarily put them in the national title game for it. Meanwhile, give them the "Ohio State" award for going unbeaten through a less-than-daunting Big Ten schedule. (This year's Ohio State at least played USC. And lost. But they played 'em.)
Penn State's schedule is fractionally as difficult as the best of the Big 12 or SEC. Look at Texas: The Longhorns will play a harder schedule in any 2 of the past 3 weeks (pick any 2!) -- let alone next week at Texas Tech -- than Penn State's entire season combined.
I'm impressed with Penn State going into a hostile Columbus and coming out with a win, to be sure. But it wasn't entirely impressive.
It won't surprise you, then, what my preliminary BlogPoll Top 10 looks like:
1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Texas Tech
4. Penn State
5. Oklahoma State
6. Georgia
7. Florida
8. Oklahoma
10. Utah
I am sure I will flip-flop Penn State and Texas Tech, but I think that winning in Lawrence was almost as impressive as winning in Columbus. (For the doubters about TX Tech's defense, Kansas' offense is much better than Ohio State's.)
Here's the thing: I can leave Texas Tech there this week, because as of next Saturday night, when they host Texas, either they lose and drop out of the Top 10 or win and climb to No. 1. Regardless, Penn State moves back up to No. 3 anyway -- assuming they "survive" yet another "toughie" Big Ten game (at Iowa).
Every other BCS contender has to run through a gauntlet of brutal games. All Penn State had to do was beat an overrated, offensively anemic Ohio State in Columbus -- and they barely did that. Yup: That sure is BCS title-game worthy.
Still more than a month to go in the season, and it's already getting political. Hey, with this system, that's how it should be.


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Pre-order WWE 2K14 and get the Ultimate Warrior
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Fighting, PlayStation 3, Special Editions, Sports, Take2, Xbox 360,
Now that Take 2 has taken over the WWE videogame license, WWE 2K14 is being loaded up with the power of The Ultimate Warrior. Nothing like celebrating by bringing back an icon, and with the addition of a character as iconic as The Ultimate Warrior for those who pre-order the title, it may spur more than a few additional sales. The announcement was made official by way of a YouTube video, which you can find below, featuring the Warrior in his signature face paint and garb, cutting a classic Warrior-style promo. Here's what he had to say about his inclusion in the game:
Immortality is inspiration, pure and simple. An example to others that they, too, can do things larger than the life they are actually living, and Ultimate Warrior was the pure embodiment of this belief, in what has proven to be a very attention-getting and inspiring way, said Warrior. It was my good fortune to be his creator and performer, and I am humbled by all those fans who've not only kept his legacy alive, but deepened it over time. In 'WWE 2K14,' Ultimate Warrior's creed, 'Always Believe,' lives on.
Chris Snyder, senior director of marketing for WWE2K14 explained why the decision was made this year to make The Ultimate Warrior one of the main attractions this year:
There has never been another WWE Superstar quite like the Ultimate Warrior – his intensity and energy is unmatched, and his legacy is undeniable, said Chris Snyder, Senior Director of Marketing at 2K. Fans love him, opponents fear him and everyone can agree that he's one of the most iconic Legends in WWE history. Pre-ordering 'WWE 2K14' is the only way we mere mortals will ever have a glimpse into the greatness that is Ultimate Warrior.
The Ultimate Warrior is available exclusively to those who pre-order the game, which you can do right here on Amazon. Again, check out the trailer after the break!
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Two entries appear for MLB 2K11's million-dollar "Perfect Game" challenge
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Culture, PlayStation 3, Sports, Take2, Xbox 360,
Were only all console games so generous as to award a player $1 million for accomplishing a difficult feat of gaming.
Two entrants have surfaced on YouTube for Take-Two Interactive's million-dollar contest, a challenge that tasks players with throwing a perfect game in the recently released Major League Baseball 2K11 title for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3—the only two consoles allowed to participate in the challenge, we should note.
So what does it take to win a million bucks? In last year's similarly themed contest, 24-year-old Wade McGilberry was able to take home the prize on his sixth attempt—the same day the game was released, mind you. It's taken a little while longer for gamers to accomplish the same feat in MLB 2K11: The game was released on March 8 of this year, but the contest itself didn't start until April 1, and the two YouTube videos in question were posted on April 7 and 8.
The timing is an important distinction, as Michael Manna—otherwise known as professional wrestler Stevie Richards—already uploaded a video to YouTube of the perfect game he threw on the game's release day. But don't assume that throwing a perfect game is just that easy. Not only did he not fall within the correct timeframe to win the prize, but he also allegedly didn't have the game on the correct settings (like All-Star difficulty) to even qualify for the million-dollar award.
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Midnight Club: Los Angeles Delayed
Posted by Alex Lifschitz Categories: Driving, PlayStation 3, PSP, Release Dates, Take2, Xbox 360,
Unfortunately for those of you who were looking to take to the streets of Los Angeles in a bout of reckless glee, Take Two has revealed that Midnight Club: Los Angeles for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PSP will be delayed to allow the game to be released during a more potentially lucrative time window, likely close to the post-Black Friday shopping blitz.The game was originally slated to be released on October 21st. No word has yet been given on the actual release date, but it'll probably end up as one of the few hundred thousand games you're going to want to buy during the Christmas season, if release trends are as predictable as they were in years past.
Manhunt 2 Review: The Good, The Bad and The Grisly
Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Nintendo, Reviews, Survival Horror, Take2, Wii,
Along with the release of "Halo 3" and the unfortunate postponement of "GTA IV", one of the biggest video game stories of the year is the saga of Rockstar's "Manhunt 2". First, it was banned in England due to its graphic violence. Then it was given the kiss-of-death "Adults Only" rating here in the US by the ESRB. Sony and Nintendo do not release games with that rating—and they're not carried by Blockbuster and Walmart. Undaunted, Rockstar made some revisions, and eventually the game received a "Mature" rating.
So now "Manhunt 2" is available in stores for Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2 and PSP. Having followed the saga, and very curious about the game's content (plus I'm a huge fan of previous Rockstar games), I made it my business to rent the Wii version and play it. Having never played the original "Manhunt"—and not being a fan of stealth games—I had little idea what to expect. After completing the tutorial of Wiimote and Nunchuk moves (which includes some very funny, if grisly, sound effects), I dove in.
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How Manhunt 2 Toned Down to an M Rating
Posted by Paul Hamilton Categories: PlayStation 3, Politics, PSP, Survival Horror, Take2, Wii,
Some questions were asked after Rockstar announced that it had adjusted the content of its violent horror title Manhunt 2 to warrant an M rating from the ESRB rather than the unsellable AO it had previously been given. California Senator Leland Yee was one person asking such questions.
Since much of the public's information about the original content in Manhunt 2 came from IGN's Matt Casamassina's hands-on with the game prior to rating, it's only fitting that he plays the modified version heading to retail and reports on what the differences are.
Primarily, Casamassina says, the game has taken the controversial murder animations and added some blur and darkening effects to obfuscate the actions, making the action less identifyable. Casamassina is disappointed with the changes:
[It's] unfortunate because both everything else is unchanged and because these death strikes are what gamers will want to work toward; they're the pay off for a job well done, but now the pay off is not nearly as rewarding.
It's worth noting that one maneuver in which the player removes an enemy's testicles with a pair of pliers has been completely excised from the game, but aside from these adjustments the game is still extremely dark and graphically violent according to Casamassina's estimation.
Manhunt 2 Gets Green Light for Release in North America
Posted by Steve Van Neil Categories: Action, Corporate News, PlayStation 2, PSP, Release Dates, Survival Horror, Take2, Wii,
Rockstar Games found itself in a bit of a pickle earlier this year when the ESRB slapped Manhunt 2 with an Adults Only rating. Most stores balk at selling AO-rated games, but more importantly, Nintendo and Sony refuse to publish them. As a result, the game's original release date of July 10th was scrapped, and much hand-wringing ensued on the part of Rockstar executives wondering just what the hell to do next.
Well, Rockstar's long nightmare appears to be over, as company PR has revealed that Manhunt 2 has been modified, rated M by the ESRB, and will hit North American store shelves this October 31st on PS2, PSP, and Nintendo Wii. "Manhunt 2 is important to us, and we're glad it can finally be appreciated as a gaming experience. We love the horror genre. Manhunt 2 is a powerful piece of interactive story telling that is a unique video game experience. We think horror fans will love it," said Sam Houser, founder and executive producer of Rockstar Games.
There has been no word yet on what content changes were made to the game in order to lock down a Mature rating. And sadly, the game is still banned over in the UK.
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Ken Levine on Hacking in BioShock: "It's a Little Out There."
Posted by Steve Van Neil Categories: Action, Adventure, First Person Shooters, PC, Puzzle, Take2, Xbox 360,
Everybody loves BioShock. From the whale-like moans of the Big Daddy to the thrill of smashing a frozen Splicer into little bits, the game is quality. However, one aspect of the game that isn't thrilling everyone is its hacking mechanism; if you want to break into a safe or turn enemy turrets into your own mechanized defense force, you first must succeed at a hacking minigame that plays a lot like the Lucasfilm Games classic, Pipe Dream. Well, as it turns out, BioShock's own big daddy, Ken Levine, is also not in love with the mechanic. Shacknews sat down with Levine for an interview and got his take on it.
It's a little out there. That's why it was important that you could bypass it in two ways; you can buy it out or you can use the hack tools—or you can just ignore it. There's only one hack you have to do in the game.
But I think if we could go back and do it again, we would have maybe rethought that a little bit. I think it was more a function of our limitations at the beginning of the project when we had a very limited budget, and then we zoomed in so many other areas that we sort of forgot to go back to that area.
The purely non-spoiler interview, linked below, goes on to cover all things BioShock and is well worth reading.
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Top Spin Tennis Coming to Wii
Posted by Steve Van Neil Categories: Casual, Nintendo, Release Dates, Sports, Take2, Wii,
2K Sports has announced that it is bringing the popular Top Spin Tennis franchise to the Nintendo Wii. Such a move seems like a no-brainer; Wii Sports is fun and all, but Wii owners have been clamoring for a tennis game with a little more depth for a long time now.
"We are excited to bring our popular Top Spin series to the Wii," said Christoph Hartmann, President of 2K. "Given the Wii's unique controllers and the fun family-oriented gameplay, Top Spin Tennis effectively bridges the gap between a sports and a party game."
Unfortunately, gamers eager to whack some balls around with their Wii remotes will have to wait a bit, as the game isn't scheduled to ship until Spring '08.
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BioShock Art Book Available Online…for Free!
Posted by Steve Van Neil Categories: Action, Adventure, First Person Shooters, Games for Windows, Microsoft, Take2, Xbox 360,
Coming hot on the heels of a truly tremendous Xbox Live demo, 2K Boston/2K Australia (formerly Irrational Games) has posted a free PDF file which contains sixty-odd pages of concept art from the game to be printed out at your leisure. How cool is that? Word of warning, however: Ken Levine's forward to the book contains spoilers, so tread carefully.
BioShock is poised to blow minds on Xbox 360 and Windows in just seven days.
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Breaking: Grand Theft Auto IV Delayed Into 2008
Posted by Chris Pereira Categories: Corporate News, PlayStation 3, Release Dates, Take2, Xbox 360,
In some rather surprising (and extremely disappointing) news, Take-Two has announced that it is reducing its fiscal 2007 guidance due to Grand Theft Auto IV for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 being delayed until fiscal 2008. Currently, GTA IV is set for release in the second fiscal quarter of '08. Take Two's second fiscal quarter runs from February 1, 2008 to April 30, 2008. The delay is due to additional time required to finish developing the game.
Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take-Two, stated, "With Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar is setting a new standard for next generation video games. Certain elements of development proved to be more time-intensive than expected, especially given the commitment for a simultaneous release on two very different platforms. We all recognize that perfecting the game is vital and I can assure everyone it will be worth the wait. We owe it to the game's millions of fans, to our dedicated development team, and to our shareholders to make sure that Grand Theft Auto IV is a groundbreaking gaming experience that takes maximum advantage of next generation technology."
Sam Houser, Founder and Executive Producer of Rockstar Games, added, "The new consoles are allowing us to create the Grand Theft Auto game we always dreamed about. Every aspect of the game and its design has been completely transformed. The game is huge and is pushing the hardware platforms to their absolute limits. The top engineers from Sony and Microsoft are working closely with the team in Edinburgh right now, helping us to fully leverage the power of both platforms. As always, our goal is to surpass even the wildest expectations of the game's fans, and to create the ultimate high definition video game experience."
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The coming battle over a Supreme Court nominee promises to be a bruising one.
Republicans are eager for conservatives to gain a firm majority on the court. Democrats are voicing alarm about what the new justice could mean for charged issues such as abortion rights and gay rights. The stakes are enormous, and advocacy groups that don't have to unveil their donors are spending heavily to shape the fight.
President Donald Trump's top contenders for the vacancy appear to be federal appeals judges Amy Coney Barrett, Thomas Hardiman, Brett Kavanaugh and Raymond Kethledge.
Trump planned to announce his pick Monday night. Regardless of his choice, it's likely that the closely divided Senate will be holding a momentous confirmation vote just weeks before the midterm election.
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Republicans may have a narrower margin for error than they did when the Senate confirmed Trump's first Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, by a vote of 54-45 in April 2017.
Democratic Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama has replaced Republican Sen. Luther Strange, cutting the GOP's Senate majority to 51-49. Meanwhile, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona is battling brain cancer and has not been back to the Capitol since December.
That increases the focus on two Republicans — Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Both support a woman's right to have an abortion and will be looking for assurances that the nominee would not overturn the Roe v Wade decision establishing abortion rights. Trump pledged in 2016 that he would be "putting pro-life justices on the court."
On the Democratic side, the focus will be on Sens. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. All three voted to confirm Gorsuch and are up for re-election in states that Trump won handily. Whatever they decide will upset a large group of voters in their home states.
If Collins and Murkowski vote "no" and Democrats all vote "no," the nomination would be blocked. If McCain were to miss the vote, only one GOP defection would be needed to block the nomination if all Democrats were opposed.
Democrats are still stinging from Republicans refusing to even grant a hearing to President Barack Obama's choice to serve on the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland.
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Democrats say McConnell is being hypocritical in moving forward with the nomination. While that argument won't sway Republicans, their strategy could stiffen Democratic resolve to oppose the nominee. Liberal advocacy groups are challenging Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to keep the Democrats united.
Much of the groundwork for a successful confirmation comes in private meetings that the nominee will have with individual senators in the coming weeks. For lawmakers who are not on the Judiciary Committee, it may be their only chance to talk with the nominee personally before a final vote. Gorsuch met with nearly three-quarters of the Senate in advance of his hearings.
The process is arduous, with the private meetings giving way to days of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats.
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The Judiciary Committee need not approve the nomination for it to advance. A negative recommendation or no recommendation merely alerts the Senate that a substantial number of committee members have reservations.
Before the president has even made his announcement, advocacy groups are making clear they will play an important role in the coming fight.
Groups that support abortion rights are planning a "Day of Action" for August 26, the anniversary of the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.
The liberal advocacy group Demand Justice will spend $5 million on ads through September and began airing spots Thursday in Maine and Alaska aimed at pressuring Collins and Murkowski. "Why won't she rule out voting for Trump's anti-choice picks?" both ads ask.
It also plans to run ads next week in Manchin's, Donnelly's and Heitkamp's home states with a softer tone, asking them to continue protecting people with pre-existing health conditions by opposing a nominee who'd threaten that.
Meanwhile, the conservative Judicial Crisis Network is targeting vulnerable Democratic incumbents in its ad campaigns. The deep-pocketed group advertised against Senate confirmation of Garland and spent millions more advocating for Gorsuch.
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I like Lancaster. I REALLY like Lancaster. Unlike the suburbs, where I grew up, there isn't the hype of pretension that we're all somehow still city folk, claiming to live near the Big City, when secretly we're thrilled to be away from it. And, unlike the cities I lived in during my single years, there's a home-towny feel to Lancaster City proper. Maybe that has to do with the well-maintained architecture spanning from the turn-of-the-century, or before. Maybe it has to do with by-and-large, good city planning. Maybe it has to do with strangers greet you, and smile at you.
For my part, I'm hooked on the diversity. Example: a typical weekend. Friday evening, I'll drive home from work through miles of corn and soy fields, passing dairy cows, goats and horses. When I first discovered my "secret" back road, I was thrilled and really had to resist the temptation to stop and develop my own personal petting zoo. Now, I usually say "hi kids" as a whiz by the pygmy goats. I'll get home, and hopefully kick back with my husband if he's home by a decent time (since he's a chef, this is somewhat up for grabs). Saturday, I might go downtown and pick up my boastfully local produce at the Central Farmer's Market. In the afternoon, I could take my mom to a matinee at the Fulton (local Equity house); or visit the art galleries on Gallery Row on Prince Street; or see a concert at the American Music Theatre on Lincoln Highway East. On any given Sunday, between June and October, I might also pack a tailgate picnic, with a nice Chardonnay, and head up to Rothsville's Forney Field, to watch the local polo pony club for a few chukkers. Yip; you read right folks: polo pony is alive and well in Lancaster.
And the food. OMG the food. I am not talking about the notorious Amish offal or dreaded whoopie pies. I'm talking Gibraltar; Log Cabin; Carr's; Ephie Ophelia; The Belvedere Inn; The Pressroom...I could go on and on. They are mah-velous dahling. GOOGLE THESE especially if you're headed out my way. And, while not in Lancaster proper, I can't forget my favorite, Lily's On Main in Ephrata. Complete 1930's art deco furnishings, throughout the building, including the background music in the restaurant. They make a mean Manhattan; and now own the cute movie theater on the first floor beneath them (the last I read, was that adult movie goers can now buy cocktails or one of Lily's signature desserts in the movie house!) And, of course, it holds a special sentimental place for me; Chef Hubby proposed to me there. It was a late night dinner, we were one of 3 couples. And yes, he got down on his knee and everything. There was a younger couple across from us; she cried. The gentleman from the older couple handed us a gag million dollar note. If it had been real, it still wouldn't have mattered. I've been feeling like a million bucks ever since.
So, hope you'll visit and find the best of cozy culture and lots of farmland vistas, lakes and parks. And food - don't forget the food. Now, as for the stinkbugs - feh.


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Monday, October 12, 2009
Question from tudor fan - Freedom of travel for Mary, etc.
When Cathrine of Aragon was dying, Henry VIII would not let their daughter Mary visit her.
Why could she not just take a few trustworthy friends and go for a little trip? Henry VIII would, I'm sure find out, but so what, he would have been upset but would have forgiven her later.
Why were they not allowed to travel freely? Also, same for Anne Boleyn, when the noose was getting tight why not sneak off and start a new life elswhere?
Thank you for any comments that will help me understand tudor times.
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- Laura said...
Mary and Katherine weren't just kept apart to punish them, though of course that was part of it. Henry was astute enough politically to be aware that Katherine and Mary were very popular with the English people, and he lived in constant fear that they would plot against him. Mary traveling to see her mother against his consent would have been taken as proof of treason and she would have been imprisoned in the Tower at best and executed at worst. Henry wasn't exactly known for his forgiving nature...
Furthermore, Katherine would never had agreed with such a plan. She refused to directly disobey Henry, except when obeying him would have meant heresy, as she believed giving into his requests for a divorce would have been. She also admonished Mary to obey her father second only to God. - October 12, 2009 9:49 PM
- Laura said...
As for Anne Boleyn, she certainly knew she was falling out of favor and that she had her enemies, but she didn't know that Henry would go so far as to have her executed, she also didn't know what would be used to cause her fall. She likely thought that he would put her aside as he had done Katherine. Further, Cromwell and the council put their plan into action very quickly, with little to no forewarning, there was no time for her to escape even if she had had the means or the help. Unlike Katherine, Anne had no powerful allies to protect her or help her. Even her kin turned against her at the end, despite having benefited from her rise.
- October 12, 2009 10:04 PM
- Luv said...
Princess Mary did have a chance to leave. There was talk between Ambassador Chapuys and Charles V about smuggling Mary out of England, but Queen Catherine would not give her approval. Plus, Mary and Queen Catherine knew that if Mary was to leave England, their friends,and supporters would suffer,and might even had been sent to the scaffold.
As for Anne, I'm not sure if she was aware of the danger she was in. I have read conflicting stories in regards to the incidents leading up to Anne's arrest. Ambassador Chapuys reported that Anne was in great fear after the lost of her last child. While others reported that she was in great spirit,and her and the king was on good term. If Chapuy was right,and Anne was in great fear as he stated, than she would have had a idea that the king was planning on getting rid of her..but that wouldn't cause her to be in great fear,unless she knew that they were planning on charging her with Treason,or something like that. On the other hand, if Henry VIII was still fighting for the
Holy Roman Emperor to recognize Anne as Queen,and wanted/tricked Chapuys into acknowledging Anne, than Anne would have not have been aware of the danger she was in,and would not have known to run. - October 17, 2009 12:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
If Mary did go see her mother, could Henry charged her with a crime?
- October 17, 2009 1:09 PM
- Luv said...
If Mary was to sneak off and see her mother, Henry VIII would have likely charge her with treason. - October 17, 2009 3:18 PM


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NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Baldwin has his Friday nights back. He and MSNBC said Tuesday they were ending his weekly talk show after the actor had been suspended for two weeks for using an anti-gay slur in a New York City street encounter.
MSNBC said it was a "mutual parting and we wish Alec all the best."
"Up Late with Alec Baldwin" had aired only five episodes. The first three attracted a little more than a half million viewers, but the last two dipped under 400,000 viewers.
The Emmy-winning former star of "30 Rock" had lost his cool in the New York City street encounter. He later tweeted that he did not realize the profane phrase he used was offensive to gays, but then apologized.
He later said that the incident took place as he tried to protect his family.
MSNBC suspended Baldwin for two weeks, a punishment that was due to end this Friday.
The encounter came during the same week a Canadian actress was convicted in New York of stalking Baldwin with calls, emails and visits over a two-year period. Genevieve Sabourin was sentenced to six months in jail in addition to a month she's already serving for her courtroom outbursts.
On the same day Baldwin was suspended, another MSNBC personality, Martin Bashir, made a graphic suggestion for how Sarah Palin should be punished for comments on slavery. Bashir apologized and MSNBC said it is handling the problems internally.
The end of Baldwin's show came on the same day CBS ordered "60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan and her producer to take a leave of absence following a critical internal review of their handling of a report about the fatal attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.


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When people think of the rich heartland of America's farmland, they don't usually think about the state of Washington. If you were to show the average person a shot of the green rolling hills of Eastern Washington's Palouse region, they would probably assume it was Kansas, Indiana, or somewhere else in the mid-west. Washington's farmland is quite unlike those regions in that it's an area with hills, and valleys. The typical flat fields of wheat or corn stretching across the horizon doesn't exist here. Here the farmland follows the contours that nature has created: hills, buttes, and valleys included. It's this landscape that has created some of landscape photography's most interesting subjects.
There is a rub though...trying to find your way around! The Palouse is an intricate maze of one lane farm roads and small rural country lanes that completely dissect this entire region. Many of the roads are named after the farmer who owns the house at the end, or perhaps a blend of names of multiple farmers. If you don't know the area, it would be easy to get lost, and the chances of finding those gems to photograph would be nearly impossible.
That's where we come in. Aperture Academy instructors Brian Rueb and Scott Donschikowski have travelled the roads, and mapped out the best locations and things to see, and combined it with a love of teaching to help ensure that a group of 12 eager photographers can travel to the Palouse, and come away with some truly remarkable images of this community!
Friday evening after our customary "meet and greet" orientation for our Palouse workshop, we turned the class loose to go get a start on their photo-filled weekend with an impromptu shoot at the iconic Steptoe Butte State Park. This butte juts out of the countryside like a tower that just begs photographers to go to the top, where they will have a birds-eye view of the surrounding countryside as the first and last light of the day bathes the rolling hills and turns them into photographic gold.
It was great to get the class out early, and familiarize them with the area, because Steptoe was the first spot we took them to on the following morning, for the "official" start of the workshop.
Thirty-seven degrees and driving winds greeted our class as we arrived atop the hill after our lovely 3:45 am departure time. Brian and Scott spread the class out and helped them compositionally work on closer shots to capture the available light streaking through the clouds and lighting up the landscape.
The weather in the Palouse is temperamental in the late spring, and it was evident with the off and on rain, wind and cold present on this June morning. Brian and Scott worked with the students to use higher ISO and faster shutter speeds to help capture the best shots with the wind that was vibrating the longer lenses attached to the cameras as we stretched out to focus more on the details of the area, as opposed to the area as a whole. Our group was tough, and we made the best of the situation. However, the cold eventually could no longer be ignored, and the entire class was ready to retreat to the valley below for warmer temperatures... and new subjects.
We drove a small dirt road that took us by several local farms. These farms had seen their fair share of better times, and hard winters. Many of the barns in this region are on their way out, and each year brings a new twist to the workshop as some barns have finally succumbed to the driving winds and harsh winters that bury this area every year. While on these side roads, Scott and Brian worked with the class on their compositional skills as they stopped every 10-15 minutes to find another old piece of Americana, AKA another old barn.
It's important that when we're out in this farm country that we stay respectful of someone's dwellings, and for farmers, their livelihood. We always stayed out of the crops, and in most cases the farmers whose barns we photographed were happy to let us take some joy in exploring, what for them, was just "an old building." To us, it was a photography goldmine.
"Sorry 'bout the old trucks blocking the barn," said one nice farmer. Little did he know, but the old trucks were just as much fun to shoot as was his barn!
After a brief morning break it was back out again for not only more lovely barns, but also a nice scene Brian and Scott had scouted with an old pine forest surrounded with red and white flowers. This area of forest is part of the Kamiak Butte area, and provides a contrasting, and different, break from the farm and barn scenes we were shooting.
The wind was minimal in this area, and the class was able to make some nice shots of the repetitive tree patterns, interlaced with the white flowers. A few red flowers also dotted the area and provided a small blast of color from the sea of white.
After Kamiak Butte, we took a break for an early dinner before heading out to brave the rainstorm that had washed in. The next location was an hour and a half drive to the iconic Palouse Falls state park, home to a 200 ft. tall monstrous waterfall.
We check conditions a lot on workshops, even more so during inclement weather, to ensure that we take our class to the spots with the best potential for nice dramatic sunsets and sunrises. The cloud cover over Palouse Falls looked to be the best chance for something dramatic to happen on this night, so it's where we headed.
For the first hour of time shooting we spread the group out, worked on possible compositions and the settings needed to get the best shots of the falls. The area is located atop a deep gorge where the river and falls cut through. One needs to brave a bit of heights in order to capture the full enormity of the waterfall. Despite an early lack of color, the sky was still moody and dramatic as there was definition in the clouds, which made for some nice shots. Everything we did early on set us up for the show that was to follow.
The storm had broken far to the west, and when at last the sun finally dropped below the cloud cover, it began to light the clouds to the west with a vibrant, almost neon, display of pink and orange that quickly spread over the falls and throughout the area, even bringing a perfect rainbow over the falls as an added bonus! The class was giddy, and Scott and Brian helped them to use their polarizers and grad filters to grab some truly remarkable shots!
The class had made it through day 1 beautifully, and was rewarded handsomely with a truly "one for the ages" sunset...what a way to finish!
On the second day, we rewarded the class with a few more hours of sleep, which turned out to be a very good call as the inclement weather had returned. We met at 6 am to cloudy overcast skies...with a potential for possible clearing in the future. We spent the entirety of our morning scouting for pieces of Americana and shooting some truly unique barns. We also took time to spend the morning shooting the tiny town of Palouse...the old hub the region was named for.
The town of Palouse has long passed whatever heyday it used to have, but still provided our class with a valuable lesson. By splitting up and walking the main street of town, we began to see small details, interesting bits, contrast from old to new, and signs of a town that still has a story to tell. That was the goal of the stop. We wanted the class to tell a story with photos from this place.
It was fun for instructors to watch as the students began to find their shots, and see different things in the windows and alleyways of this tiny farming town. Scott and Brian were walking around to help provide insight into composition, point out places to explore, and work with students on depth-of-field issues they may not have considered with shooting a town that still has so much to offer.
The afternoon saw us shooting a few different subjects. We stopped to photograph the last covered bridge in the area. While photographing the bridge we saw bi-planes flying the skies delivering pesticides or other materials to the crops. With lack of decent vantage point to shoot the planes from, we moved to the airport where we had a prime seat as we watched crop dusters take off and land in the strip, and fly within shooting distance of our cameras.
Of course, we saw barns, too...each with its own story and history that was lovely to capture with our cameras. There were old tractors as well, and fields of wheat, and other grains that rolled over hills for as far as the eye can see. Each bend in the road showed us something truly remarkable to photograph, it was a long morning, and we only scratched the surface of what the area had to offer!
After an interesting lunch in the town of Pullman, it was back to the hotel for a mini-processing clinic from Scott and Brian and some image review before heading out again for Steptoe Butte for what was looking like another spectacular sunset in the making.
The butte was packed with over fifty photographers, each scouting out their own composition and waiting for the magical light to hit at sundown. We took our class first to the very top, where we could shoot 360 degrees and work on compositions. The light was changing rapidly as farms, lone trees, and patchwork-like colors on the hills went in and out of light, almost as fast as we could compose new images!
Paragliders floated on the breeze over the farm country that was now lit with the warm golden light of evening. Some students chose shots that included these daredevils of the dust lands, others chose more shots of the farms and rolling hills.
When the sun dropped below the butte, we moved to a western vantage point to wait for the colors of the setting sun to engulf the scene and again fill the sky with pinks and purple. Brian and Scott helped with use of polarizers and grad filters to help achieve the best exposures in-camera possible.
We were not disappointed, the show went off as hoped, and the class came away with truly nice images of rolling hillsides, dotted with farms, and a sky filled with moody dramatic clouds all lighting up like a Vegas light show. Truly a great ending to a great workshop, with an enthusiastic bunch of great people!
Until next time,
Brian, Scott, and the rest of the Aperture Academy team
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Of course I can't reproduce it now! However, about 20% of the time when I try to login to my Gmail account (because my wife is logged into hers), it gets stuck in an infinite redirect loop. I always end up surfing around to different Google sites for a while, and then eventually it fixes itself.
Anyone know how to fix this? What causes it?


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Struggles over social issues could be the starting-point for countering the poisonous effect of pro-Russian separatism on one side and extreme Ukrainian nationalism on the other. But radical socialists in Kyiv and in eastern Ukrainian cities emphasise that, in the immediate future, launching such struggles will not be easy.
Putin's war
Putin is absolutely right on one point: the western powers' protests at the Russian action in Crimea are completely hypocritical. Putin said at his March 4 press conference that, when western leaders told him the action was "illegitimate", "I have to recall the action of the USA in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya."
Some on the European left, who view the world primarily as a geopolitical conflict between the US-UK led alliance and the rest – rather than in terms of social and class dynamics – focus on this comparison, and suggest that the removal of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich is largely the work of right-wing actors supported by the USA.
Such a view ignores the complex character of the movement that felled Yanukovich (see an earlier article on that here). It ignores Putin's real motives. And it exaggerates the role of western powers – who are divided, with the USA putting the emphasis on containing Russia's military ambitions, but Germany and others keener to preserve economic relationships with Russia.
The conflict between Russia and these powers could deepen, if they feel that Russia's military aggression threatens their hegemony. That would raise a whole host of new problems – but it wouldn't alter the fact that Putin's war in Crimea is unilaterally bad for Ukrainians and Russians trying to make their lives better and the society they live in better.
Putin sees war as a way of boosting his support among Russians, mobilising the Russian nationalist right (most of whom fervently support the attack on Ukraine), and forestalling social protest in Russia itself, which reached a peak in 2011-12 prior to his return to the presidency, and has since subsided.
Putin's claim that he ordered a "humanitarian mission" in Crimea is laughable. There is no threat to Russian speakers or Russian citizens that could possibly justify it. True, the Ukrainian parliament on 2 March idiotically proposed the repeal of a law allowing local governments to use Russian as an official language where appropriate – although acting president Olexander Turchinov has so far desisted from approving the repeal.
But the aggressive actions of an estimated 20 000 Russian troops in Crimea have done 100 times more than the Ukrainian parliament to stoke tension between Russians and Ukrainians who have historically lived together peacefully in eastern Ukraine.
Warmongering is central to power in Russia, no less than in the USA. It was the murderous onslaught on Chechnya – which for sheer brutality and criminality, if not scale, surely rivaled the Iraq war – that defined and consolidated Putin's presidency.
It would be interesting to know how people in Chechnya view Putin's action in Crimea. Putin is supporting today's referendum on secession in Crimea, having dealt with Chechen aspirations to secession by drowning Chechnya in blood. His claim to be a hero of democracy and oppressed minorities must sound really weird there.
A key turning point in Chechnya's post-Soviet history was the declaration of independence by Djokar Dudaev, the former Soviet general who was elected national president, in November 1991. The declaration, born out of two centuries or more of rebellions against Russian colonialism, was certainly supported by the vast majority of Chechens.
The response by Russia, first under Boris Yeltsin and then under Putin, was a series of frightful military assaults. Thousands of civilians were killed, raped and tortured. Yeltsin's onslaught, culminating in the blitzkreig of December 1994, failed. Putin sent the Russian military back to Chechnya in 1999, first bombing the towns into submission, and then striking fear into villages with hundreds of "disappearances" of young men.
The hypocrites in the western governments were busy perpetrating war crimes of their own in Iraq, and never took action over Russian war crimes in Chechnya. In 2001, the British Labour politician turned NATO secretary general, George Robertson, notoriously excused these crimes, saying that Russia's war on Chechen nationalists "looked different" in the light of the west's own "war on terror".
Putin installed a pro-Russian puppet regime in Chechnya. Its current president, Ramzan Kadyrov, has been one of the most vocal supporters of Putin's assault on Crimea.
On March 2, the day the Crimea action began, about 300 protesters were arrested in Moscow, protesting against the war; on March 15 there was an anti-war demonstration of about 50 000 people in the Russian capital. Social and labour movements in Europe should support such actions.
The new Ukrainian government
The new government in Kyiv is neo-liberal, but not fascist, as some European leftists claim. Ukraine's economy is in crisis, its state finances are in trouble, and the new prime minister, neo-liberal economist Arseniy Yatseniuk, is set to negotiate a loan package with the IMF.
An earlier package, arranged in 2008, had conditions attached – slashing the public sector wage bill, reforming the pension system and raising tariffs for gas, electricity and municipal services – that all previous governments failed to meet. Yatseniuk has said he will implement whatever the Fund demands, although such an attempt could easily bring down his weak coalition. Government assaults on living standards, and on welfare, education and social provision carried over from Soviet times, will present a challenge to social and labour movements.
Batkivshchina (Fatherland), the party led by Yatseniuk and former prime minister Yulia Timoshenko, is partnered in the coalition by Svoboda, the right-wing nationalist, populist party, whose leadership is full of antisemites. Svoboda has a deputy prime ministership, three ministries and control of the general prosecutor's office. Some other ministers are former radical rightists now in the parliamentary right.
The Right Sector coalition – which during the Maidan demonstrations brought together groups to the right of Svoboda, including fascists and neo-Nazis – has stayed out of the government. Its leader Dmitry Yarosh was offered the post of deputy head of the national security council but declined.
The immediate danger from the right wing and fascists consists primarily not in Svoboda's government positions, but in the widespread presence of self-defence units, some armed, some of which are controlled by Svoboda and the Right Sector, and some of which have been operating joint patrols with the police. Svoboda deputies have proposed a law legalising these units, and leftists fear that they will have access to information on labour activists collected by the police. The European left should work in solidarity with our Ukrainian friends against such dangers.
Voices of the Ukrainian left
"Putin's war is directed first of all at the Russian population. It is designed to bolster Putin's popularity and to weaken the Russian opposition", Volodymyr Ishchenko of the Commons journal, based in Kyiv, said in an interview. "What other conceivable reason can there be for attacking Crimea?"
Ishchenko said: "My impression is that, while in western and central Ukraine, the Russian invasion confirmed in people's minds what they always suspected about Russia's imperialist intentions, in the south and east the population is really polarised.
"The 'pro-Russian' rallies are not demanding that Yanukovich returns. He is politically dead. Some of the demonstrations are separatist; some simply want more autonomy for the regions. My hope is that actions around social issues can gain support from both sides, but this will not happen easily or soon."
Activists in eastern Ukraine who I contacted by email underlined the complexity of local people's attitudes. Hostility to the new government in Kyiv does not automatically translate into support for Putin's invasion, K., a university researcher from Zaporozhia, wrote.
"If war starts in Ukraine, the limited contingent of Russian armed forces will come up against paradoxes that can hardly have been considered in Putin's strategy of getting ready to fight 'Banderites'. [A catch-all term for Ukrainian nationalists commonly used in Russia. Stepan Bandera was a Ukrainian nationalist leader whose armed forces fought the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War.]
"Let me explain about my own case", K wrote. "I am not a nationalist, I speak Russian [not Ukrainian], I served in the Soviet and Russian armed forces, I do not see Bandera as a Ukrainian hero, I did not support Maidan, I have a negative view of a whole lot of decisions taken by the Ukrainian parliament [since the ousting of Yanukovich], and I have many friends in Russia. But, all the same, I am a citizen of Ukraine, and I will defend Ukraine's independence in a struggle with the whip-cracking Putinites and defend all the nationalities in my country."
This article was originally published on People and Nature.
Some socialists' sites with English-language pages
Commons journal, Ukraine
Autonomous Workers Union, Ukraine
Left Opposition, Ukraine
LeftEast (Romania, reports on all of central and eastern Europe)


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Hey Boo" Hang Sign | Halloween Wall Flag. Made in Kenya by empowered artisans.
d e t a i l s
natural canvas + 6in x 7in + wooden dowel with cotton string + rust screen print
w a s h & c a r e
Spot clean only. Do not put in washing machine or dryer. If your hang sign is creased or wrinkled, place your hang sign print side down on ironing board and iron on a low/medium heat. Do not iron on front side directly on screen print. Do not use high heat. Do not keep iron in one place for too long.
You can also steam the hang sign, but steam from the back side of the hang sign. Do not place in dryer to get rid of wrinkles/creases.
Made in Kenya


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Hand Blown Glass Hummingbird Feeder - 32 Ounces
Hand Blown Glass Hummingbird Feeder - 32 Ounces
About SHEREM
SHEREM is a brand that specializes in garden decoration hummingbird feeders. Our products are made from all natural, eco-friendly materials and are designed to attract hummingbirds.
Handmade For The Unparalleled
Every piece of Sherem is individually hand made by glassblowing artisans, giving each feeder its own unique and beautiful pattern – which means you'll have a truly unique piece of art to liven up your backyard.
During the manual blowing of the glass, the air cannot float, thus forming small bubbles. These bubbles represent the life of the glass.
The slight convex vertical line mark left on the glass during the blowing process, as well as the bubbles are proofs of hand-made craftsmanship.
As Beautiful As It Is Functional
Boasting an artistic and functional design, the Sherem Hummingbird Feeder not only makes it easy to attract beautiful hummingbirds, but also offers visually stunning aesthetics.
The four flower-shaped ports with vibrant red accents will be irresistible to your hummingbird guests as they pass by! A 360-degree perch serves as perfect perches to let them relax.
Free from lead and other toxic substances, it is certified by the EU RoHS to ensure the safety of hummingbirds.
Easy Clean & Refill
The translucent glass bottle and wide mouth of the hummingbird feeder make it easy to see the volume and fill the nectar in a timely and convenient way. The base is tightly sealed with a leak-proof gasket to prevent nectar from leaking out.
Nectar formula
Mix water and sugar in the ratio of 4:1, boil and wait for it to cool down completely before pouring it into the feeder.
Ideal Gift To Any Nature & Bird Lovers!
If you love the thought of enjoying the view of the most beautiful birds your neighborhood has to offer, this feeder is for you. It will bring beautiful hummingbirds up close for viewing. It also graces your patio, porch and garden.
What's In The Box
- 1 hummingbird feeder (removable glass bottle and base)
- 1 ant moat, 1 S hook, 1 hemp rope (to hang the bird feeder)
- 1 brush (to clean the feeding hole)
Material: Plastic+Glass
Size: 23x13cm
Package Includes: 1x Bird Feeder 2x Hook 1x Rope
Note: Conversion: 1inch=2.54cm, 1cm=0.393inch
Please allow slightly 0-1cm difference due to manual measurement. Colors can appear different depending on light and how the listing is viewed. Thanks for your understanding and attention. Wish you a pleasant shopping experience!