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Humanitarian disaster in Ukraine
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создано: 17/06/2014 @ 09:23
The Kiev bacteriological station prepared portions of the bacteriological weapon for use in Southeast Ukraine. But the Kiev bacteriologists had negligent work with strains of aggressive viruses and the part of a preparation went beyond laboratory. Today the Kiev fascist junta hides epidemic in Kiev, but the Ukrainian doctors sound alarm. Already 17 inhabitants of Kiev died of unknown and very aggressive strain of meningitis. Over 15 thousand inhabitants are carriers of this dangerous virus. People who is related to medicine and the bacteriological weapon, very much understand that these data mean.
создано: 17/06/2014 @ 11:30
10 die, 10 injured in Ukraine's Kramatorsk shelling
17 June 2014, 08:34
The militia representative said the Ukrainian artillery had partially destroyed the driver training center and that air-blasts smashed windows in nearby houses Death toll from the shelling of Kramatorsk residential area by Ukrainian military has risen to ten, a militia representative told TASS late on Monday.
"Ten civilians have died, and more than ten have been injured," he said.
The militia representative said the Ukrainian artillery had partially destroyed the driver training center and that air-blasts smashed windows in nearby houses.
A transformer substation was damaged, and a tuberculosis dispensary and a food warehouse came under fire as well, he added.
A total of 125 soldiers of Ukrainian government forces have been killed since the beginning of the military operation in the self-proclaimed "Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics", Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister Vitaliy Yarema has said.
"As many as 125 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed over the period of "anti-terrorist" measures on the territory of Ukraine. They include 96 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 22 police officers, as well as border guards and personnel of Ukraine's Security Service," he said in televised remarks on Monday evening.
The biggest loss of life among Ukraine's government forces occurred as a result of local militiamen shooting down Ukrainian Armed Forces airplanes and helicopters, he added.
Ukraine's armed forces shell Slavyansk suburb, 2 civilians killed
The Ukrainian military shelled towns outside Slavyansk last night, killing two civilians, the Slavyansk militia said.
"The Ukrainian military shelled the towns of Semenovka and Cherevkovka, and the center of Slavyansk last night, killing two civilians. A shell hit a house in Semyonovka, sparking off a fire," the Slavyansk militia's headquarters told Interfax on Sunday. In addition to this, the National Guard shut down the reserve water line running from the town to Slavyansk, the militia said. "We have a reserve water line, but the National Guard shut it down. We take water from wells now," the Slavyansk militia said.
More than 50 self-defense fighters killed during airstrike in Kramatorsk
More than 50 militiamen killed in an air strike on their positions in the Kramatorsk area, head of the military operation information group Vladislav Seleznev wrote on his page on Facebook. "June 14, as a result of the air strike on Druzhkivka location near Kramatorsk - more than 50 people were killed, about 150 were injured," wrote Vladislav Seleznev.
"During aviation operations in the same area an ammunition storage facility was destroyed," cites Interfax.
According to him, witnesses observed explosions in air strike area for three hours.
Non-stop fighting in Ukraine results in numerous causalities - Ukrainian source
Ukrainian law enforcers engaged in a fight with armed units, which opened mortar fire at the Kramatorsk airfield in the Donetsk region, head of the Ukrainian group Information Resistance Dmitry Tymchuk wrote on Facebook. The law enforcers destroyed two mortars and an engineer support vehicle of the self-defense forces, he said. The refugees' flow continues to grow as violence expands all across Eastern Ukraine.
Tymchuk also claimed that about 40 men fighting the Ukrainian law enforcers were killed in the clash. The law enforcers had no casualties, Tymchuk cited tentative reports. There have been no confirmations to this information from other sources.
The Voice of Russia
создано: 17/06/2014 @ 13:45
The Ukrainian fascists changed tactics of carrying out operations in Southeast Ukraine. The so-called National Guard of the Kiev fascist junta evades from military collisions with army of anti-fascist Resistance as has huge losses as a result of fights. The Ukrainian artillery at all doesn't disturb position of fighters of self-defense, but subjects to an intensive shelling houses, shops, hospitals, schools, power plants, objects of water supply. The Ukrainian fascists compel inhabitants of the besieged cities to look for a shelter outside Ukraine. The American and Ukrainian promotion calls Russia the aggressor terrorizing east areas of Ukraine. But the American and Ukrainian propagandists can't explain a phenomenon of that inhabitants of southeast Ukraine run from saving Ukrainian army on the territory of an aggressor, i.e. to Russia. Already over 200 000 Ukrainian refugees crossed the Ukrainian-Russian border for the period from the beginning of active operations.
создано: 17/06/2014 @ 15:44
Video: Slavyansk, 16.06.2014. The artillery of the Ukrainian fascist army destroyed church in Slavyansk by bombing
создано: 17/06/2014 @ 19:03
Russian TV reporter dies after Lugansk shelling injuries - medics
17 June 2014, 14:35
A correspondent of Russia's radio and television broadcasting company VGTRK Igor Kornelyuk, who was injured during a shelling of the village of Mirny, near Lugansk, has died at the hospital. His colleague meanwhile goes missing. The Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has confirmed the death of its special correspondent, Igor Kornelyuk, as a result of an injury sustained near Lugansk. The information about other crew members still being checked.
The press service for the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic said Anton Voloshin, a sound operator from a group of VGTRK journalists, went missing following a mortar attack in the village of Metallist near Lugansk.
"He [Voloshin] will be considered missing until his body is found or until he is found alive," the press service told Interfax. "It's impossible to get there [into Metallist], there is a heavy mortar attack going on there," the source said. "The VGTRK operator managed to leave there because he was filming everything from some distance," the source said.
"The information about Igor's death in hospital in the Luhansk region has just been confirmed," a VGTRK spokesperson told Interfax on Tuesday. The fate of the television crew's sound operator, Anton Voloshin, is still unknown; currently he is considered to be missing, the spokesperson said.
Earlier the death of Kornelyuk was reported to Interfax by the deputy chief doctor at the Luhansk regional hospital, Sergey Babenko. Vladimir Inogorodskikh, the head of the press service for the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, said earlier on Tuesday that a VGTRK correspondent had been wounded in a mortar attack in the village of Mirny."
The Voice of Russia
создано: 18/06/2014 @ 19:38
Lugansk self-defense, Kiev military exchange dead fighters
18 June 2014, 15:37
Lugansk self-defense forces and the Ukrainian military have started to exchange the bodies of fighters killed during Kiev's punitive operation in east Ukraine, the press office of the Lugansk People's Republic said on Wednesday.
A temporary ceasefire had been reached between the warring sides for the dead fighters' exchange proposed by the Ukrainian side, the press office said.
At first, about 100 coffins for the dead were brought to the building of the pro-Kiev regional administration, eye-witnesses said.
The Ukrainian military have already taken away all their dead servicemen. Representatives of the Lugansk People's Republic are preparing to go to the town of Schastye where the second part of the exchange is planned.
"Despite the ceasefire accords that have been reached, there is absolutely no confidence that the Ukrainian side will not open fire," the press office of the Lugansk People's Republic said.
Journalists intending to cover the exchange have already been warned of a possible danger.
It has been relatively calm in Lugansk since Tuesday night. No explosions or gunfire are heard. No Ukrainian military planes are seen in the sky above the city.
The press-service of the Lugansk People's Republic has said the authorities in Kiev had come out with the initiative.
The situation around Lugansk is relatively calm and no explosions or shots are heard. Donbass is calm at the moment, too. Ukrainian military early Wednesday morning were shelling the village of Semyonovka, the Donetsk Region. As a spokesman for the people's militia has told ITAR-TASS the attack was a brief one.
The Voice of Russia
создано: 19/06/2014 @ 14:41
Ukraine gov't forces open fire on Slavyansk church, one person killed
19 June 2014, 11:37
The Resurrection Church in the city of Slavyansk, eastern Ukraine, came under fire on Thursday. A man guarding the church was killed in the attack. As a result of the incident, five windows were smashed in the building, part of its facade was damaged and the fence surrounding the church was destroyed.
"An artillery strike against the city was launched from Mount Karachun at 6:00 am sharp today. The gunfire continued for half an hour. This time, its target was the Resurrection Church. The projectiles landed just outside of it, with one of them passing half a meter from the dome, another one exploding near the church compound, on the road, and the third one destroying the central gas mains near the lake," Priest Nikolai Fomenko was quoted as saying by the press service of the Slavyansk diocese.
"The southern facade of the church was destroyed, but the building itself survived the attack," he said.
"The most terrible thing that happened is that the man guarding the church was killed. He was on his way to open the gates when he was injured in the head. He was rushed to the hospital, but doctors were unable to save his life. Let's pray for the recently deceased Alexander," the priest said.
The Resurrection Church of Slavyansk was built in the 18th century. St. John of Kronstadt once lived and conducted religious services there. The Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov, located in the village of Cherepkovka near Slavyansk, came under fire early on Monday morning, when several projectiles hit the yard of the church, completely destroying its chapel and refectory.
In late May, a mine exploded just ten meters from the Church of the Reigning Icon of the Mother of God in Slavyansk.
Ukrainian side demands ransom for militias during exchange of dead - leader of LPR
During the exchange of dead and wounded between Ukrainian armed forces and militias of self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic there were instances when armed forces held bodies to ransom. This was announced today at a press conference by the leader of LPR Valeriy Bolotov. "They demanded five thousand dollars for each victim," he said, answering a question about the amount of foreclosures.
Bolotov noted that the Ukrainian side "has breached a temporary cease-fire agreement" reached by militias and armed forces to exchange the bodies of dead.
"They engaged fire on our roadblocks. Mortar and artillery fire was opened," he said, adding that "it happened in the Donetsk region and on our southern borders." "We have fully complied with the conditions of the agreement, allowing picking up their dead," said Bolotov.
He also noted that Kiev has not announced any ceasefire. "There was a request on their part to suspend firing to take the wounded and the dead," said the head of the LPR. Lugansk militia took the bodies of nine dead and twelve wounded soldiers, and the Ukrainian side, according Bolotov, took more than 100 killed near the village of Metalist, "not counting those in the airport."
According Bolotov another point agreement that violated the Ukrainian side was suspension of armored columns. "Military forces continued to pull in the direction of Schastye MLRS "Grad ", armored vehicles and heavy artillery," he said.
The Voice of Russia
создано: 20/06/2014 @ 14:52
Photo: stuffing of the bombs dumped by the Ukrainian fascists to Slavyansk
создано: 21/06/2014 @ 17:16
Slavyansk suburb came under artillery attack after ceasefire announcement
21 June 2014, 14:23
Slavyansk city outskirts came under artillery attack Friday night just hours after Ukraine's President Petr Poroshenko's unilateral ceasefire announcement in eastern Ukraine, the city mayor's office said early Saturday.
"Around midnight (1:00 am MSK or 21:00 GMT), the Artyom district was attacked - it is a district at the entrance to the city, a traditional spot of clashes between the special forces and the self-defense," the city mayor's office said.
Local residents also reported that Semenivka village on the outskirts of Slavyansk was firebombed. The city was unable to confirm the information.
At the same time, an intense battle broke out at Uspenka checkpoint, also in the Donetsk region. Poroshenko's ceasefire came into force Friday night, at 10:00 pm local time (11:00 p.m. MSK or 19:00 GMT).
The president also presented a plan to resolve the violent crisis in the rebellious regions of the country. The plan promises amnesty and safe passage for all anti-Kiev fighters in eastern Ukraine who agree to lay down their arms and free administrative buildings, but only for those who "did not commit serious crimes."
The plan also proposes creating a 10-kilometer buffer zone on the Russian-Ukrainian border and withdrawing illegal armed groups, establishing a guaranteed corridor for the exit of Russian and Ukrainian mercenaries and disarmament.
The Voice of Russia
создано: 22/06/2014 @ 07:27
The large group of employees of the American private military companies settled down in the settlement of Karpovka, the northeast suburb of Slavyansk. According to radio interception, Americans prepare for storm of Slavyansk.
создано: 22/06/2014 @ 09:20
Today, 22.06.2014, at 11:00 the Kiev fascists prepare bloody provocation near Kiev Pechersk Lavra on the occasion of the 73 anniversary of the beginning of war of fascist Germany against the Soviet Union. Fascists placed announcements with an appeal to anti-fascists to gather and honor mournful date. Together with it fighters of the terrorist organization of the Ukrainian fascists "Right Sector" intend to kill all anti-fascists in the territory of Kiev Pechersk Lavra and to destroy an orthodox shrine.
создано: 22/06/2014 @ 18:34
Video: The Kiev police surrounded Kiev Pechersk Lavra and didn't allow monastery destruction. Anti-fascists took cover behind monastic walls. The angered fascists crushed a Sberbank branch near Kiev Pechersk Lavra. The police didn't allow plunder of the Russian bank.
создано: 23/06/2014 @ 00:32
Video: Slavyansk continues to resist to fascist aggression. The armed inhabitants of Slavyansk aged from 16 till 60 years.
создано: 23/06/2014 @ 11:07
The army of the Ukrainian fascists ignores the ceasefire regime established by the dictator Petro Poroshenko. The Russian Army observes an intensive shelling of settlements of southeast Ukraine. The Ukrainian mines blow up in the territory of the Russian Federation also. Over 400 000 Ukrainian refugees asked for temporary asylum in Russia. According to refugees, the population of the cities blocked by the Ukrainian fascists, suffers from a shelling, has deficiency of the food, water, medicines.
The confectionery oligarch Petro Poroshenko is known among Ukrainians as the person promising everything for all and not keeping the promises never. The population of the southeast cities calls Petro Poroshenko's promises about ceasefire as "an empty ring".
создано: 23/06/2014 @ 12:46
Ukrainian military shells Schastye town near Lugansk
23 June 2014, 02:35
Ukrainian military resumed Sunday night shelling of Schastye town in the of Lugansk region, Novorossia news agency reported. "At about 22:45 local time (19:45 GMT) shelling of the Schastye - a satellite city of Lugansk area has begun. Fire is provided by heavy artillery," - said in a statement. According to the agency, the sounds of gunfire could be heard even in the center of Lugansk.
According to eyewitnesses, Ukrainian artillery is at closer distance to Lugansk than the previous day.
Earlier, the press service of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) reported that, despite the announced by President Petr Poroshenko truce on Sunday, troops of the Ukrainian National Guard shelled the locality Ananievka at Sverdlovsk region, reports Itar-Tass.
The village is located near the border crossing point "Krasny Partizan", which took control of the militias.
Lugansk village being shelled by Ukraine's National Guard despite ceasefire - LPR militia
A village in the Lugansk region is under continuous shelling from artillery guns by Ukraine's National Guard servicemen despite the announced ceasefire, the press service of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) said to Itar-Tass on Sunday. The village is located near the Krasny Partizan border checkpoint which is under the militia's control. "Despite the announced ceasefire, the National Guards squads continue shelling the village of Ananyevka in the Sverdlovsk district from the Vasilek (Cornflower) mortars," it said.
The village is located near the Krasny Partizan border checkpoint that is under the militia's control.
Lugansk saw a tranquil night on Saturday as no air-raid sirens or shelling were heard, the press service of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) told Itar-Tass on Sunday.
"Minor clashes were going on near Izvarino (Ukraine's border checkpoint)," the press service said. "All the border checkpoints are still under our control but they do not function in order to ensure civilians' security."
The LPR militia holds control over the three border checkpoints - Izvarino, Dolzhanskoye and Krasny Partizan.
Lugansk, the capital city of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine, paid its respect to compatriots killed in the Great Patriotic War, the four-year-long war Nazi Germany unleashed against the Soviet Union in the early hours of June 22 in 1941.
A rally organised by the Bulat youth patriotic movement took place in the city centre, with the city officials and veterans laying flowers to the Pylon of Glory monument on the main square.
On June 22 the city residents also recalled the bombing by a Ukrainian air force jet of the Lugansk regional administration building 20 days ago. The act left eight civilians dead and another 28 wounded.
Truce rejected by Donetsk People's Republic
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has rejected the truce, declared in compliance with President Petr Poroshenko's peace plan, reports Interfax. This announcement was made in a statement, signed by Igor Strelkov, leader of the militia of the "Donetsk People's Republic," and posted on Facebook by Donbass "people's governor" Pavel Gubarev.
"The truce, unilaterally declared by the Ukrainian military without negotiating it with us, has not been recognized by the Donetsk People's Republic's militia," the statement says.
There was an exchange of fire on the western limits of Slovyansk early on Saturday, the statement says.
"At 4 a.m. sharp, our anti-aircraft crews shelled the enemy's advanced artillery positions on the northern slope of the Karachun hill, destroying one mortar position and one machinegun emplacement. The enemy did not return the fire," it says.
The statement also says that, "a subversive reconnaissance group of the Kramatorsk battalion's Konstantinovka company attacked a similar enemy group of the 24th mechanized brigade near the populated area of Oktyabrskoye west of Konstantinovka last night. The enemy lost three servicemen. At least 15 servicemen were wounded. A Ural vehicle was destroyed. On our side, one fighter sustained an arm wound," the statement says.
Kiev forces bomb village after declaring truce - Lugansk People's Republic
A spokesperson for the breakaway Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) said on Wednesday evening that the truce between government forces and militiamen is over, the Ukrainian army has again started pulling its forces into a suburb of Lugansk. "The bodies of our boys are still being removed in the village of Schastye, but at the same time it emerged that the Ukrainian army is pulling in its forces again," the LPR spokesperson told Interfax.
"Still, as soon as the truce was announced in Schastye, they (Ukrainian government forces) started bombing the village of Metallist from mortar launchers," the source added, Interfax reports.
So far the LPR has not provided any data about losses over the past 24 hours.
Poroshenko's "arms surrender" offer a trick - Donetsk People's Republic
A spokesman for DPR, Miroslav Rudenko, has rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko for self-defense fighters in the east of the country to surrender their arms. "Poroshenko's proposal to surrender arms is simply a tactical trick," he said. "If people give in to it, a new purge will begin. We shall not surrender our arms," Rudenko said.
"Why should we surrender arms? We no longer believe Poroshenko, because his announcement of a peaceful resolution to the conflict was followed by fierce shelling of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, and subsequently of Amvrosiyevka, where there were no militiamen," Rudenko told Interfax on Wednesday.
He added that the last 24 hours saw fierce fighting in Kramatorsk.
"About a dozen civilians have been injured, a whole street destroyed, and a five-storey building has partially collapsed," the DPR spokesperson said.
Fighting continues in eastern Ukraine despite ceasefire - DPR leadership
The fighting continues in eastern Ukraine despite the temporary ceasefire declared by Ukrainian president Petr Poroshenko, the prime minister of the unilaterally proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic said on Saturday.
"In Slavyansk, hostilities are continuing, and the Ukrainian president, Petr Poroshenko, has once again failed to keep a promise to cease fire," Alexander Borodai told during a briefing in Donetsk.
"Churches are being bombed in Slavyansk, and the zone of the so-called 'anti-terrorist operation' includes the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic as well. No humanitarian corridors have been set up," Borodai said.
The Donetsk People's Republic is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster, he said, claiming that local water supply systems are almost completely obliterated. "The pump stations are destroyed. We asked for a ceasefire in order to repair them, but the shooting went on, and two repair workers were killed and another two wounded as a result," Borodai said.
If the stations came under fire again, the whole of Donbas, a vast industrial region in eastern Ukraine, would be left without drinking water, he said. "We thought of drilling wells in Donetsk, but the subsoil waters of Donbas are undrinkable, and that means that soon there will be a tremendous flow of refugees from Donbas to the Russian Federation as there will be no supply of drinking water," Borodai said.
Moscow concerned Kiev continues punitive operation in east Ukraine despite Poroshenko's peacefull plan - Lavrov
Moscow is disturbed that Ukraine's military operation in the east has intensified over the past few days. This at a time when the country's new leader, Petr Poroshenko, has just unveiled his peace initiative, Russia's Foreign Minister said on Saturday. "We are alarmed and concerned that, simultaneously with the proposal of this plan, the activity of the so-called anti-terrorist military operation is increasing," Lavrov told journalists in reply to a question from Interfax during his visit to Saudi Arabia.
"I think everyone will be looking now at the Western sponsors of the Kiev authorities, which have taken on responsibility for the coup and the ensuing preparations for presidential elections. And perhaps this responsibility should now be transformed into some practical steps that would restore the situation on track with the Geneva statement of April 17 and immediately help start an equitable dialogue on constitutional reform and a settlement in general involving all regions," he said.
The absence of a clause on negotiations in Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko's peace plan for eastern Ukraine goes against the Geneva statement adopted in April, Sergei Lavrov said.
Moscow expects explanations from Kiev over gun-fire on Russian territory
The press service of the Russian Southern Customs Directorate has confirmed reports that a Russian customs officer was injured when a Russian customs checkpoint was fired upon from Ukraine.
Russia expresses strong protests and expects explanations and apologies from Kiev with regard to gun-fire upon Russian territory and the injury of a Russian customs officer, the Kremlin press office said.
A local law enforcement source told Interfax that a customs officer at a checkpoint in the Rostov region had received an injury when the post was fired upon from Ukrainian territory.
Russia expresses strong protest about the shooting on the Russian border Novoshakhtinsk checkpoint by Ukrainian special forces, the Russian Foreign Ministry posted a statement on its website. The fire led to destruction and seriously injured a customs officer, the Foreign Ministry said.
"Russia expresses strong protest over this aggressive action. We demand Kiev investigate immediately and urgently all circumstances of this crime that violates basic international law standards and principles," the document said. "It concerns direct provocations preventing the implementation of Geneva agreements on the immediate de-escalation of the domestic crisis in Ukraine," the statement said. "How could this relate to the ceasefire declared today by the Kiev".
Russia expects explanations and apologies from Kiev for the fire upon Russian territory and injury of a customs officer, the Kremlin press office said.
The statement by Ukrain's President Petr Poroshenko on a temporary ceasefire "was made, accidently or deliberately, amid the shooting upon Russian territory near the Dolzhansky checkpoint, which led to the destruction of the building and, most importantly, to the injury of a Russian customs officer," the Kremlin said.
"In such a situation Russia should analyze closely the text of the relevant decree by the Ukrainian president and the procedure for implementing it," the Kremlin said. "Unfortunately, initial analysis shows that this is not an invitation for truce and talks, but an ultimatum to the militia of southeastern Ukraine to lay down arms," the press office said. "It lacks the main element, the proposal to start negotiations," the Kremlin said.
The Voice of Russia
создано: 23/06/2014 @ 18:46
Over 40 Children Killed Amid Clashes in Battle-Stricken Eastern Ukraine
KIEV, June 23 (RIA Novosti)
— More than 40 children have died from shrapnel and bullet wounds in the eastern part of Ukraine's Donetsk Basin (Donbas) that has been swept by violent clashes, the head of the country's parliamentary committee on health said Monday.
"Now the numbers have started on the deaths of children: more than 40 children have died from shrapnel wounds. That is from shrapnel after explosions in windows next to which children were located. Innocent children have been hit with bullets to their hearts, which brings immediate death," Tatyana Bahteyeva stated, as quoted by Ukraine's UNN information service.
Russian Children's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said Saturday a bus carrying 36 Ukrainian children was shelled while crossing the border. Earlier on Friday, Astakhov also said at least five children had lost their lives as a result of the extensive military operation in eastern Ukraine.
United Nations children's fund UNICEF reported in early June that seven children had been injured in the fighting in the east of Ukraine since May 9. UNICEF noted the crisis is having an increasing impact on children and urged all the parties to stop the violence.
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of refugees crossing the border to Russia since the beginning of June, as Kiev authorities have stepped up their military operation, which has deprived families of peace and claimed the lives of children. The violent clashes between the national army and fighters for independence have resulted in hundreds of casualties, including civilians. Residents of the conflict-ridden areas have asked to evacuate their children and find them asylum.
Over 200 temporary accommodation centers have been established in southern and central Russia for the refugees, including tent camps. There are currently 12,800 people at temporary accommodation centers, including over 5,300 children.
RIA Novosti
создано: 24/06/2014 @ 20:21
Russian Channel 1 journalists come under mortar fire near Slavyansk
24 June 2014, 16:44
Shooting continues in southeastern Ukraine despite the truce. Russia's Channel 1 journalists came under mortar fire near Slavyansk on Tuesday, June 24, according to Channel 1 correspondent Alexander Yevstigneyev.
Fortunately, none of the journalists was hurt. So far, it's unclear who opened fire and whether the attack caused casualties or destructions in Slavyansk.
Shooting was reported both in the Lugansk People's Republic and the neighboring Donetsk People's Republic on Tuesday.
The 500-strong Azov volunteer battalion financed by oligarch Igor Kolomoisky was moved to southeastern Ukraine.
The Voice of Russia
создано: 26/06/2014 @ 19:05
Video: On June 27, 2014 the Ukrainian fascist army will begin storm of Lugansk. The Lugansk children's shelter appeared in the firing line. The artillery of fascists already carried out adjustment fire of guns. Children with various deviations from normal development make the main contingent of a children's shelter. Special cars are necessary for transportation of seriously ill patients of children, but such cars are absent in Lugansk. According to Ukrainian refugees, the Ukrainian fascists kill all patients, including old men and children, in the occupied cities of southeast Ukraine. Lugansk disabled children should get a chance for their lives.
создано: 27/06/2014 @ 09:17
Ukraine: Notes from the Southeast
6/23/2014 at 18:00:54
By George Eliason
I want to thank everyone trying to help and whose heartfelt wish is to save the lives of Donbass from the reality of ethnic cleansing. That is all this has ever been about-- not language, not ethnicity, and not politics. In western Ukraine people are protesting and getting the same treatment. From the build-up of Maidan until today it has become one hell of a ride for everyone here. Pray no one ever hands you a ticket to it.
For weeks the sounds of shelling fill our days and nights and shake our house. The glare of sniper scopes in the distance are visible because they are pointed in our direction, and the inflow of Pravy Sektor, Kolomoisky's mercenaries, National Guard, and regular army has been dramatic.
Armored personnel carriers, tanks, large machine guns, and automatic weapons are now a constant feature on our streets. Each group has a different mandate, a different command structure and focus.
When the regular army enters the shops in town they are respectful to everyone. In light of what's going on, one of the shopkeepers asked an officer if they were here to kill us? The officer answered "Of course not!"
That was 2 days ago. The same day a local farmer from our town was harvesting grain on his field and troops practiced sniper shots on his tractor. Although he is uninjured, his grain will now go to waste. There will be less flour available to local bakeries.
When the Kolomoisky mercenaries go into the shops it's like a siege. They come twenty at a time circling the shop with their weapons pointing at anyone walking by. They do not receive government supplies so they clean out the stores, leaving little for residents. Transportation is at a standstill with the threat of snipers, and buses are stopped. People no longer have even moderate access to necessities, never mind luxury items.
A Live Mercenary in Ukraine
This is Wilkes. He's not dead, he's passed out drunk. When a mercenary like Wilkes isn't dead drunk he keeps busy shooting ambulances, orphanages, and refugees trying to flee.
#SaveDonbassPeople in all its forms is our plea for the right to share the same air, to live. It represents the hope for our children's future, the love of family and the duty to protect them. The situation here ramped up so quickly that it became convenient to forget the promised genocide that pre-dated the Euro Maidan. The threats increased at the same rate that the violence escalated in Kiev. The Southeast wanted a dialogue with Kiev until the the Referendum results became known.
Poroshenko's Peace Initiative of June 22
The peace plan which was dubbed by the president of Ukraine as "Plan A" gave an ultimatum for New Russia (the Southeast) to put down their weapons; anyone not directly involved would be spared. Considering that everyone here was involved in the referendum and have family and friends affected by the mass killing of civilians, this made for a great sound bite for the UN and US to grab hold of. Three things that show it was never intended to be implemented:
• Kiev never engaged in dialogue with the Donetsk National Republic, and Lugansk Republic. If you have a plan for peace it would be helpful to at least outline it to the other parties and get their reaction. At the time of publication, two days after the peace plan was rolled out Kiev has started a dialogue in Donetsk to last until the 27th.
• Each time Kiev has said peace they used the time to re-position soldiers and equipment: Massacres in Slovyansk, Odessa, and Kramatorsk Massacres are examples that come to mind.
• In reaction to the peace plan, Kolimoisky (banker, Jewish leader, oligarch statesman of Ukraine) stated that he will not be governed by Poroshenko. He would continue military operations until all the Moskal are killed. Take him seriously: this is a guy that rips down holocaust memorials (Crimea- before Maidan) and built luxury housing where the crematorium stood. He organized and paid for the Odessa Trade Union House massacre and the Mariupol massacre. He has challenged the legitimacy of Kiev and declared himself a separatist. Should we tell president Obama? Does Ms. Psaki know anything about this? Is it Putin's fault?
Reasons why the Government in Kiev has no Credibility
• They are using cluster bombs, missiles, rockets, and artillery, targeting hospitals, orphanages, schools, apartments, housing, water supplies etc.
• Early on they cut off the shipment of medicines and to a degree food. People needing insulin or heart medication can no longer get them.
• Ethnic cleansing of towns and villages that have no militias. In the towns of "Snowy" and "Friendly", houses were marked according to who supported them and who didn't. Pravy Sektor lined up men 16 to 60 in the street and shot them in cold blood. The two Russian reporters that were targeted and killed were with the survivors trying to leave the village of Friendly.
• The use of mercenaries has been the hardest to deal with. The local red cross complains that the only thing they fire at is anything marked with a cross. Ambulances, medical drug transports and humanitarian goods have to be brought in secretly. This alone is a war crime, never mind the use of mercenaries to target and kill civilians, which is happening. Mercenary trainers also target orphanages instead of militia checkpoints. At first we thought that the Ukrainian army was just incompetent with howitzers and rockets. After a few months it was clear that instead of military targets, civilian targets over a kilometer away were being struck continually.
• The use of Phosphorus Bombs is illegal. The burns have to be handled by specially trained doctors because they are from chemicals. and have to be removed surgically. Phosphorus burns through flesh until it reaches the bone.
Phosphorus Burns- Treatment is cutting out the flesh under the burn.
The use of hollow point bullets is illegal in war- never mind against "your own people."
• Gas was used in Odessa and Mariupol
• Concentration Camps are being prepared. On June 11, 2014 assistant minister of defense and Pravy Sektor lieutenant Mikail Koval stated in a ministerial meeting that after a hard military surge people would be put through filtration camps. The militia would be eliminated, and their supporters weeded out. This action would be repeated until they are certain that all the junta's opponents have been dealt with. After all the murder, and torture, Pravy Sektor says: " I know this sounds harsh but..." apologizing for how harsh the concentration camps will be...
• The people that pass muster will be relocated to different parts of the country. By November the Kiev government hopes to relocate at least 250,0000 people from western Ukraine and replace them. Currently there are over 400,000 displaced people and refugees from the Southeast.
• The Kiev government is considering establishing a 10 kilometer wide buffer zone with a closed border. A quick look at any map will show that means relocating 5 million people and closing every regional capital in the Southeast.
The Southeast's Reactions
Reactions vary with the degree of shock people are in. Six months ago they saw Maidan happening, but thought that when it was over there would be a united Ukraine and they would get through this period.
Three months ago a young man I met said he thought Pravy Sektor could be dealt with the same as the KGB from Soviet times. Afterward the separatist leaders thought reason could prevail and a dialogue would happen. "We can negotiate with them" they would say. The young man read a few articles from the West including my own, spoke with his father and when we talked again he, like most people in Ukraine had begun to find out who they were dealing with. School history bookshad been scrubbed and not many people spoke about the war beyond the fact that some Ukrainians helped Hitler. Until recently everyone was Ukrainian, regardless of region or ethnicity. Even today many still can't understand their situation but when they do, they want to protect their people.
A neighbor of mine personifies a misconception that was common until Odessa happened. He doesn't understand what this form of Nationalism is, and doesn't want to know. He wants to be left alone on his little piece of land. He disagrees with Kiev and is angry about the murder of people around him. He wants someone (a super hero, maybe Batman) to stand up and fix this. He is too old, recently retired at almost fifty. He wants his wife, children and grandchildren to be safe, but helping them remains beyond his grasp. If Kiev wins over the Southeast I have no doubt I might see the red and black UPN/OUN/Pravy Sektor flag in front of his house. Not because he is a nationalist, but just to be left alone- unafffected. His failure to understand what is going on gives him the only peace of mind he has - or had.
Kiev has been raising the conscription age. Last week they raised it again. Sixty year olds now need to report for duty. My neighbor may soon fire a weapon at his nephews, nieces, and in-laws. He might have to fire on his neighbors or their kids. He may be involved in cleansing exercises like the ones in Snowy or Friendly.
On the other side are everyday people who, after the shock of the genocide in their region subsided, reacted in an amazing way. People from all walks of life; shop clerks to software programmers, business people, construction workers, farmers- all dropped what they were doing and said "Stop" with one voice.
They all believe different things. Some were for moving closer to Europe. They come from across the spectrum politically (right, left, center). When your life or way of life is threatened, who you are as people and what you love is more important than your politics, or what you hate. They are people that love life, their families, and heritage.
For months they tried to negotiate peacefully with Kiev. The protests were about starting a dialogue. But no one was interested in talking, then or now. These normal everyday people have been demonized in the media for too long. They should be held up as heroes. They are Batman. They are fighting for their right to live. They won't accept anything less. Would you?
Bandera | Jacob Franks, Anti Christ of Politics
These words are from Arsen Avakov, Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs June 23,2014 FaceBook page In these few days talking a lot with our zone ATU - from general to soldier. And I want to say a few words about the truly important things. War cannot generate light feelings. But we can generate cleansing. False and superficial burns in the fire of war very quickly - as if deliberately leaving space THIS .. Through disorder and pain, through the death of comrades and the need to kill in response, through fear for their relatives, through observation of grief, people deprived of their home .. all not just in this war, and this purification and redemption for everyone - you need as a prerequisite of victory .. Atonement. It comes as the inevitable fee perfect. And each is his redemption - and me and you and the Donbass and Ukraine. And everyone is given as much as earned and how many survive ..Ukraine stand, and you do not give up. Bite the bullet and bear their redemption. And do, do what you have to! P / S Today noticed a strange coincidence, the English words atonement - ATOnement .. ATO- Anti-Terrorist Operation
Mr. Avakov is reworking the mystical teaching of Jacob Frank's repentance. I wrote a book about this subject a few years ago. Put simply: If a nation is considered a person, each citizen is a prayer. Violent deaths through war are acts of repentance. Through the death and suffering of many, purification is achieved for the nation.The more death and suffering; the greater the atonement value for the unified country. For the survivors, the victory is atonement. Every person that stands against Nazism in Ukraine will be purged as supplications. The atonement when achieved, is a unified Ultra Nationalist Ukraine that holds their values. There will be no one left that does not hate Russia.
This means forcing Russia into war and drawing NATO and the US into the conflict.
How little will it take to spark WW3 if that was the goal all along? Ukraine has fired on and destroyed all the buildings of one Russian Border Control. Shells are landing on Russian soil.
Going Forward
You need to muster every reason to act like my neighbor or stand up, say no, and be Batman in your own right. For over ten years Americans across the political spectrum (right, left, center) agree we have problems, agree on what the problems are, but instead of pulling together, here we are. Is this all we are? I have to hope for more.
The clock is ticking but there is still time for America to say no more.
In forthcoming articles you'll see a side of Ukraine and the US you don't know. The challenge is how will you answer a simple question...
Is This You?
One of the Scariest photos I have ever seen
Could this be you? Is her hair ok? This photo could be taken in front of the Coliseum, or the Eiffel Tower, or maybe Niagara Falls. It looks like a couple of hot dogs in her hand. Just out enjoying the day, such a historical day.
The photo is real, not photoshopped. That is the Odessa Trade Union Building with 270 people being gassed, mutilated, raped, hacked with axes, shot, clubbed and burned behind her. She know this, everyone there knew this.
If there ever was a photo that encapsulates Nazi thought, this is it. What Yatsenyuk described as subhumans were offered as prayers of repentance to a Bandera God that requires it according to Avakov's model.
This photo is an apt description of every journalist that purveys a PR or propaganda lie because he is told to by his editor. This photo is every talking head that makes the Sunday rounds and justifies atrocities, or when cornered "don't know/ I'll get back to you/ I'll check with my office." What stronger punctuation is there to describe the resolve of people to call for justice against every politician that wants to punish Southeast Ukraine for not complying with their ridiculous version of propaganda?
This is a photo of anyone who loves murder but is too cowardly to carry it out themselves.
Is this photo of America? Are we like my neighbor who didn't want to be bothered? Are we still Batman? We need to find out.
George Eliason
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Today the artillery of the Ukrainian fascist army conducts more intensive shelling of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, than in previous days. Inhabitants of Slavyansk need the food and total hunger can begin in two days. The so-called National Guard of the Kiev fascist junta surrounded Slavyansk with a wide belt of minefields. Many inhabitants were lost or have heavy mutilations. Deliveries of the food to Slavyansk are stopped. Water doesn't arrive to Slavyansk also. The genocide of the Russian-speaking population of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk is conducted against the background of mis-statements of the Ukrainian dictator Petro Poroshenko about a truce. The Ukrainian fascists are going to test certain new American weapons of mass destruction on civilians of Slavyansk. The American military experts are in vicinities of Slavyansk during the last five days according to interception of messages of satellite communication.


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coconut milk v. coconut water
Does anyone know the difference between the two--besides price?
I make this Luscious Coconut Bread with macadamias and a ton of coconut. I add 1 c. of coconut milk to make it more luscious but a can of coconut milk is expensive--like 3 bucks.
Recently I was in Big Lots and also the salvage grocery and they were both selling cans of coconut "water" in with the Hispanic soft drinks for less than $1 per can.
I'm wondering if these are the same things.
Anybody know the difference?
Thanks in advance.
Coconut water is the clear liquid that is there when you cut open a green coconut - people usually drink this in lieu of water b/c of its rehydration properties. Not sure if it has electrolytes etc.
Coconut milk - is the liquid extracted from the grated coconut flesh. This is the one that has all the fat in it etc but it tastes so good b/c its creamy etc. Usually you cook with this one.
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Coconut water is a beverage, it's very watery with a slight coconut flavor. Coconut milk is what you want for your bread.Sponsored Links Remove Advertisements02-04-2012, 06:41 PM #4
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Try an asian grocery for the coconut milk, it is usually cheaper there.Come on people now
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The coconut water sold in the ethnic aisles also has added sugar.02-04-2012, 09:09 PM #6
Thanks guys for all the great answers and suggestions. I will continue to use the coconut milk.02-05-2012, 01:55 PM #7
I agree with CH - check for your coconut milk at local ethnic stores/asian grocery stores.
This is how its priced around where I live:
$1.50 - asian brand sold at asian/ethnic grocery store
$2-$3 - same asian brand sold at big box/chain grocery stores
$3-$5 - commercially branded 'asian' name brand - sold at big box grocery stores (VH brand)
What I do is read the label and compare not only the ingredients but the actual nutritional label and compare the carbs, sugar and fats and try to pick the one with what I deem the most acceptable.02-05-2012, 06:57 PM #8
interesting thread...coconut water is HUGE at all the yoga studios aroud here that i attend. i just drink plain ole water!02-05-2012, 07:11 PM #9
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They both are good for you! Yummy!02-05-2012, 07:17 PM #10
Well if you don't want to pay top buck at the yoga studio, you can get it for about 78 cents @ Big Lots.02-05-2012, 10:10 PM #11
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I love coconut water - very tasty and great for rehydrating!02-10-2012, 03:31 PM #12
coconut water has many health benefits. it is low in sugars.02-10-2012, 04:17 PM #13
I make my own CM by putting a cup of coconut flakes in a blender then adding water. blend then strain through a nut milk bag (nylon material I sewed up or grab a paint strainer next time at the hardware store) let it drain will keep in fridge a day (here at my house) up to a week. its hard to find young thai coconuts in my town so I've given up on the coconut water- very energizing drink.
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I'm only vaguely familiar with Donald Miller, so it feels awkward to dive into the recent controversy surrounding him. Miller is the author of Blue Like Jazz, which was a mini-sensation in evangelical circles a few years ago. All II knew about the book was that Christian teens loved it and youth pastors spent a lot of time condemning or praising it.
The firestorm began when Miller confessed that he had no interest in attending church. Initially I was shocked that a bestselling evangelical author would risk his writing career with such a scandalous confession, but Miller's appeal resides in his willingness to dance on the edge of acceptable evangelical beliefs a la Rob Bell. But both of his posts dovetail nicely with my last post.
Last week I stated that my comfort level with a church is largely based on its ability to answer the question "Why are we here?" in a universal sense and an immediate "why are we here on thhs particular Sunday morning?" sense.
Miller approaches this from a more immediate angle: he doesn't get much out of church, and for him it's a design flaw rather than a problem with one particular style of worship.
I'll confess that I share some of his frustrations. Personally I'd rather suffer through a Two and a Half Men marathon than listen to contemporary worship music. For me it's not about the song choice or the quality of the performance; I just find CCM mind-numbingly vapid, no matter how sincere or reverent its lyrics. I used to tell my Campus Crusader friends that I felt CCM never stops trying to sell its listeners on its sincerity (i.e. We're really really joyful, and we can prove it if you listen to us sing the word joy forty seven times!)
So for me worship music was thirty minutes of service that I tuned out. I figured that this is the part of the service that other people loved, and I had no business pissing on their joy or tapping into my inner hipster and looking down on their musical tastes. As I see it, there is no worship music that truly moves me, so quibbling over the music seemed like wasted energy.
The irony was that, due to my lack of interest in CCM, I rarely heard the original versions of the songs my church sang. Inevitably I discovered that the rag-tag sing alongs evangelical churches sang every Sunday turned out to be horrifically overproduced dreck, and if anything, the congregations' lo-fi versions were better than the originals.
All of this is a roundabout way to say that I share many of Miller's frustrations, and i'm not sure how church – particularly the contemporary worship format- can be done differently. However, I also don't expect my needs to take center stage when I worship.
I love going to church (even though I don't currently have one I'm attending), even when I've hit a dry spot where the sermons or Sunday School classes leave me wanting. I look at church the way people look at school: the more you invest in it, offer your services, and connect with people, the more rewarding it will be. Except church has the added bonus of serving and worshipping God, and no matter how rewarding work is, it can't compare to worshipping with fellow believes. As Jonathan Leeman so adeptly puts it:
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Autumn is the time of year when I probably get the most gardening questions from readers — especially when drought and heat have set records throughout the entire summer. Here's my take on a few recent queries:
Q. I've raised and propagated African violets since high school: rooted leaves in water, potting soil, vermiculite and combinations of these ingredients. I thought I could use the same techniques for miniature African violets but nothing has worked. The leaves either rot or do nothing. What's the deal?
A. African violets are finicky about temperature, light and drainage. Propagating them is a matter of timing. Try spring when you have bright, even light and temperatures in the range of 70 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Moist, well-drained conditions are best for rooting cut leaves. Miniature African violets should root the same as full size leaves.
The leaf requires at least a quarter-inch stem, which is what goes into the planting medium. The leaf surface should not lie against the potting soil surface. I also recommend dipping the leaf stem in a rooting hormone, like Root Tone, to encourage rooting. Miniatures will be slower to root and have smaller leaves.
Sterilize cutting tools with bleach before working with them. When you're done, squirt a little light oil on the pruning tool — bleach is corrosive to metal. Botrytis causes the rot the leaves are susceptible to. You might require a fungicide like binomial to stem the problem. Follow labeled instructions.
Q. We'd like to obtain some privacy from our neighbor. What do you suggest that is fast growing and will provide some privacy that we can plant now?
A. Hedges are the most commonly used type of screening. If you want privacy without hedging, plant large conifers, like spruces and pines, in strategic positions to screen the view. There are also semi-evergreen and deciduous shrubs that are faster growing than conifers. Examples of good evergreen and semi-evergreen shrubs are Allegheny viburnums and chindo viburnums (V. awabuki'Chindo'). Allegheny viburnums will grow about 10 feet high and wide in about 10 to 12 years and are semi-evergreen in winter. Chindos are fully evergreen and will grow about 15 to 20 feet high and eight to 10 feet wide in about 10 to 12 years.
Conifers should be planted in sun and well-drained soil. Allegheny and chindo viburnums are shade tolerant and will also grow well in sun with an eastern exposure. Plant viburnums about eight to 10 feet apart and install conifers on approximately 15 to 20 foot centers.
A lower growing, fully evergreen shrub for good hedging that will grow about eight feet high and wide is schip laurel (Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis'). Plant where it's protected from winter wind. Schip laurels and viburnums can be sheared or selectively pruned to maintain the size you want. Conifers should not be pruned. Plant these where they will have room to grow into full-size trees.
Q. I would like to know where to purchase a jujube plant or fruit.
A. The only place I have seen it available is by mail-order from the company Edible Landscaping (www.ediblelandscaping.com) in Afton, Va. Call them at 800-524-4156 and request a catalogue. They also offer other unique edible plants.
Q. Any idea why my green bean plant isn't producing beans? I started it from seeds in the spring and have gorgeous plants that flower but never produce. I've been watering it consistently through the drought, but all it's done is produce more flowers. The plant is in a giant pot and I used Miracle-Gro soil.
A. There are a few reasons that green beans won't produce beans. According to well-known bean agronomist Nathan Peck, the cotyledons (seed leaves) will crack off the plant or the embryo breaks off and doesn't develop. With the number of flowers you say you have, that sounds like a feasible explanation.
Here are a few other possibilities: You might have a lack of pollinators such as bees and butterflies. You can pollinate the flowers with a soft painter's brush, taking pollen from one flower and lightly spreading it to others. Green beans need full sun — at least seven hours — and deep, compost-rich soil for their roots to spread.
Next year, prepare the soil by digging it deeply (about 12 inches) in March. Add one part each of compost to native soil that is somewhat alkaline (pH should be between 6.5 and 7). Most soil in this region is more acidic (between 5 and 6), so you might want to add about four to eight ounces per cubic foot of pulverized horticultural limestone to your planting area.
Bush beans grow better in containers with moist, well-drained soil and have added interest for children because they have to search through the bush to find the green beans.
Q. My yoshino cherry tree needs pruning. It is the focal point of our block when it's blooming but now it is too large. When is the best time to prune and to what point on the branch do we prune? I suspect I will need a professional tree trimmer, as the tree is too tall for us to reach. Please provide your suggestions.
A. The most important question you asked is "to what point on the branch do we prune?" Most limbs on trees have a widened area at the base of the branch called the branch collar. Always cut to a crossing branch just above this point, which is the widened area where a tree branch grows from a larger limb below it. Your yoshino cherry should be pruned just as the flowers fade in spring. Do not prune now or you'll sacrifice flowers next spring.
When pruning, pay careful attention to symmetry. Never top a tree or leave branch stubs. Elevate limbs that are low, eliminating danger of walking into them. Prune suckers that are growing up through the tree from its limbs and appear to look like sticks. Prune crossing branches rubbing against the bark of other limbs and cut off branches that create sharp crotches that could split from the tree in heavy wind or under heavy snow or ice loads. Assess other branches in the canopy of the tree that should be cut to clean out excess fullness and provide a balanced appearance.
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NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks climbed on Friday, pushing the S&P 500 to a fresh five-year high and putting the Nasdaq within a hair of a 12-year intraday high, following a batch of encouraging domestic and international economic reports.
Data showing stronger international trade in China and Germany, and a report indicating the U.S. trade deficit had narrowed in December, pointed to improving global demand.
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No, we couldn't make the trip to Penns Landing in Philly for the Roots Picnic. But our brother Boney Starks did make the trip on our behalf and sent back these wonderful photographs. Thanks to our extended fam @ Okayplayer for granting him access. Check more of Boney's work @ www.boneystarks.com.
A nice gallery with selected shots below. For the full effect, check the Flickr photo set.
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By: b-moore06.07.2010 @ 12:04 AM
:hat :hat Tommie
By: Landon A.06.07.2010 @ 1:19 AM
I thought Leonard Hubbard retired as The Roots bassist???
By: Boney Starks!06.07.2010 @ 1:41 AM
They brought him back out.
Owen was still the main bassist.
They just brought Hub out for "Mellow My Man" and he had a solo.
By: B.Payton06.07.2010 @ 1:58 AM
whats up wit summer jam tho?
By: Smear06.07.2010 @ 2:43 AM
The Roots Picnic>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SummerJam featuring DJ KHALED! and "RickRoss".
By: Thugnificence06.07.2010 @ 4:12 AM
That dude B. Starks is sick behind the lens, all those pics of those fine brown-skinedded girls in the DC clubs lawd!
So I wanna see some pics of some fine Philly women…
By: Bigga Aka Your Stay on Top is shorter than Leprachauns06.07.2010 @ 10:05 AM
Great pics, looks like the Roots put on one hell of a show.
By: Douglas Howser06.07.2010 @ 10:19 AM
Another great event that I've missed out on this year.
By: PhillmaticKicks, VirginiaDelphian06.07.2010 @ 8:28 PM
The roots should put out concert DVDs
By: k1ng_tss06.08.2010 @ 5:40 AM
Boney Starks! Long time since i heard that name. Good to see you still around sir.
By: J.Tinsley06.08.2010 @ 10:41 AM
Photography is an art I'll never actually be good at, but will always have an extreme appreciation for. Great pics, B. Starks.
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This drawing is copy of great Russian artist Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov.
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov ( July 28 (July 16 [OS]), 1806 – July 15 (July 3 [OS]), 1858) was a Russian painter who adhered to the waning tradition of Neoclassicism but found little sympathy with his contemporaries. He was born and died in St. Petersburg.
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David Wang, president of Huawei Wireless Networks, said the move represents a significant milestone in the development of broadband technology.
"We are very excited to make this possible and look forward to working with more operators worldwide to bring high-speed mobile broadband services anytime and anywhere," he added.
The network is provided by a base station that is located at an altitude of 5,200 metres above sea level.
Mount Everest is located on the border of Nepal and China and is roughly eight times taller than Britain's highest mountain Ben Nevis.
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Askernish Golf Club
By Kickntrue on 9/11/08
Imagine the news if a new painting by da Vinci was discovered. That's kind of what happened with Askernish Golf Club (Scotland)- designed by Old Tom Morris back in 1891.
This is such a bizarre story actually. The course was designed and then forgotten... for decades. Despite years of overgrowth when the right people saw the land they couldn't believe how perfect the turf and layout still were. The past three years volunteers have helped clear fairways and rejuvenate the course to its original state. It officially reopened on August 22, 2008 and is already being called one of the best natural links courses the world has ever seen. Check out the website that has the whole story.
Askernish Golf Club
Thanks to SingleDigits for the heads up.
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klangdon says:
That is pretty crazy. When you click on the membership link on the site, it says it only costs @ $210 for yearly unlimited play?
Kickntrue says:
sure that wasn't Euros or Pounds or whatever they use? if so- it's really something like $4M.
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besides, Habs arent getting any beating cause they're missing an enforcer, they're getting beat up cause guys like Moen/Armstrong dont show up in physical games, they get beat up cause guys like Patches rather cry to the ref instead of making Grabovski "bite his fist" and so on...
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Don`t know really,i`ve heard 20year min,also a bike no longer made.Also it cannot be your mainly used motorbike to qualify.
A few of my old mates insure a classic to get really cheap ins for their modern bikes.
Carol Nash insurance is one.
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"We take a strong exception to this recent tirade against nation in the name of intolerance, which is deliberate. It is a calculated attempt to bring disrepute to the country and undermine its position and growing influence in world community", state BJP's chief spokesperson Sunil Sethi said.
The debate over alleged intolerance in the country has taken centrestage in political discourse and media reportage, after several authors, scholars, historians, artists returned their awards claiming unfavourable environment, with Bollywood actor Aamir Khan being the latest entrant to the debate.
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"PM (Narendra Modi) is painstakingly building image of nation by visiting large number of countries to invite investments and strengthen position of India in world community", Sethi told reporters here.
"This is also because of good governance and overall development, which is taking place in country and on the other hands there are people who are enjoying luxurious lifestyles because of being Indians but have started and carrying with them anti-national drive to do damage to good works of the Prime Minister", he further alleged.
Sethi claimed that "growing influence" of India on world scene is not liked by "forces opposed to the country" and has made this "plan of weakening country from within and certain elements in the country, who had lost social and political relevance have jumped on the bandwagon for the pity gains even at the cost of damaging national interests".
Sethi said Indian society and polity is run on principles of 'Panchsheel' and concepts of 'Ram Rajya', and it not in the Indian culture to be intolerant.
"If India would have been intolerant then these persons making irresponsible statements at the cost of national interest would have been booted out but Indian culture and thought given by Vedic writings is to respect all and coexist peacefully", he said.
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