Google has banned RT’s mobile app from its app store, yes,

Фото: Катри Кирси - Финская радиовещательная корпорация

and Finland will close its airspace to Russian planes, joining a raft of other European countries.

Finland 

“is preparing to close its airspace to Russian air traffic,” 

So transport Minister Timo Harakka wrote on Twitter. Finland shares an 800-mile border with Russia.

Other countries including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany and Poland have blocked airspace to Russian flights, provoking huge detours. On Saturday Lithuania said it will block Russian flights, cutting a quick route from Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave to Ukraine.

Russia has retaliated and banned multiple countries from its airspace in response to the sanctions.

Meanwhile, according to TheGuardian, The  Finland is also scheduled to approve the dispatch of a consignment of bullet-proof vests, helmets and a mobile hospital to Ukraine. It has previously approved the shipment of around 40 artillery guns to Ukraine.

Google has banned RT’s mobile app from its app store, wich is the Russian state-controlled international propaganda television network. Google did it on Saturday - and said it is pausing monetisation of Russian state-funded media and barring the outlets from running ads across its services.

Lost humanity - badnews

Newspapers in Britain and around the world  condemned Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine - even in Russia.

In an act of rebellion against the Putin government, Russian daily Novaya Gazeta said it would publish editions in Russian and Ukrainian. Its front page on Friday read: 

“Russia. Bombs. Ukraine.”

Фото: Катри Кирси - Финская радиовещательная корпорация

Editor Dmitri Murátov, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021, wrote: 

“Together with pain, we feel a sense of shame. What is the next step? A nuclear war? Only a Russian opposition movement against the war can save the life of this planet.”

End.

«Здесь школа! Дети и мирные люди! Российские солдаты, не стреляйте!»

Что происходит в Киеве на третьи сутки вторжения.

Министр иностранных дел Украины: Россия начала полномасштабную войну

Вчера 07.13 Редактор: Евгения Зыбина; Автор: SCANPIX / AP

Россия начала полномасштабное наступление на Украину, сообщил министр иностранных дел Украины Дмитрий Кулеба.

"Путин начал полномасштабное вторжение в Украину",

 – заявил министр.

Мирные города Украины оказались под ударом. Это военная агрессия. 

"Украина защитит себя и победит."

"Мир должен остановить Путина и сделает это. Время действовать", 

– сказал Кулеба.

Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский обратился к народу и объявил военное положение:

"Мы работаем. Армия работает. Без паники. Мы сильные. Мы ко всему готовы. Мы покорим любого. Потому что мы Украина".

Привет из Финляндии

Русский народ, русские солдаты, политики, чиновники!

Остановите преступника, который позорит вас и вашу страну перед человечеством.

История осудит не только его. Она осудит и вас.

— Jussi Halla-aho (@Halla_aho) February 24, 2022

У нас клятва едина и воля едина

Единственный у нас зов и порыв

Никогда, никогда не будет.

Рабой московских палачей

Следуя Павлу Тычине.

Republic of Weimar and motorbikes

Before nazi Germany since 1929, this kind of O.D. Motorcycles were equipped with the saddle type fuel tanks which had the luxurious dashboards even to the present standards. The massive overlying panel consisted of speedometer with odometer, a clock, fuel and oil level sensors. There was a space inside the gas tank for the lube oil system. The dashboard was back-lit and had an electric equipment control lamp.

The Т100 was presented by the company as a “bike for travelers and sportsmen”. Even a mass produced OD T100 with a lightweight sport sidecar could achieve 110 km/h, and a solo bike was able to easily reach the speed of 120 km/h. So, an advertising was truthful when promising the dynamics equal to “6-cylinder engine car”!

How?

So this technical progress happened, took place before nazi Germany (Drittes Reich 1933-1945).

I remember tri Rudolf Steiner (1861 - 1925) said the world doesn’t need nazi-clowns - although soon it will be claimed that they have a big boost to science.

"I have nothing to do with Germany if these (nazi)clowns come to power."

He said that.

How they made it - what was materials engineering of violin soundboards by Stradivari and Guarneri?

Antonio Stradivari acted like an alchemist.

For the pristine sound, beyond the fine craftsmanship, was the chemicals Antonio Stradivari (1644 -1737) and others used to treat their instruments due to a worm infestation at the time.

To the wood of the masters underwent an aggressive chemical treatment, and this had a direct role in creating the great sound of the Stradivari and the Guarneri.

Renowned violin maker Stradivari and others treated their instruments with various chemicals that produced their unique sound, and several of these chemicals have been identified for the first time, is confirmed by the new research in Texas A&M University.

An international team led by Hwan-Ching Tai, professor of chemistry at National Taiwan University, has published the article in Angewandte Chemie, the leading journal of chemistry in Germany.

The presence of these chemicals points to collaboration between the violin makers and the local drugstores at the time. 

Both Stradivari and as well Giuseppe Guarneri (1686 - 1745) would have wanted to treat their violins to prevent worms from eating away the wood because distroying worm infestations were very widespread at that time.

Researchers findings were verified in a review by the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific organization.

The current findings of the research team show that borax, zinc, copper and alum – along with lime water – were used to treat the wood used in the instruments.

Borax has a long history as a preservative, going back to the ancient Egyptians, who used it in mummification and later as an insecticide.

All they are gone now but ....

MAN Live At The Keystone, Berkeley GPCD003 (2006)

The set is neatly split into CD one which encompasses the band's on going promotion of 'The Welsh Connection' album at the time (I saw it), and CD 2 which features the band's anthems such as 'C' Mon', 'Romain' and 'Bananas'. 

Those tapes originated from a friend of the late John Cipollina who apparently nailed down the second night of Man's short 1976 residency at the Berkeley Keystone Club in San Francisco. 

The late John Cippolina from Quicksilver Messenger Service reciprocates his guest appearance in London with an appearance on the last three songs of the night. 

Here therein lies an additional tale as it is rumoured that when John Cipollina played on Man's 'Maximum Darkness' album -recorded live at the Roundhouse a year before this gig - his guitar parts were erased and replaced by late Micky Jones's solo's. Whatever the truth, it isn't until Cippolina's second solo on 'Romain' that he delivers the goods, and by the time of a warmly received 'Bananas' things are really cooking for our Welsh heroes and their special guest.

Had these tapes surfaced three decades ago they might have had a major effect on the band's career as the newer material such as the title track, and both 'Something Is Happening' and Born With A Future' are all played superbly well. On 'Something Is Happening', Phil Ryan and Micky are in their element swapping keyboard and guitar runs, and both coalesce beautifully on the magnificent closing riff of 'The Welsh Connection'. Not to be outdone, late Deke Leonard delivers a crunching '7171 581' and a fierce rendition of 'Ride And the View', on which Micky adds another climactic run.

It is said Man's spiritual and musical home was the West Coast of America. And this their second visit to San Francisco finds them in inspired form on their album.

The Beautiful Motorcycle

Here comes Kurogane - it got his `two-storey bike´ -nickname for a good reason.

The Nihon Nai-Enki Plant had been located near Hiroshima and was totally ruined by a nuclear attack in 1945. 

Nothing much was known about 1260 cc Kurogane for a long time. 

For example, an on-staff historian at Harley-Davidson Martin Rosenblaum had considered that 1939 the Kurogane Type 95 was just a myth.

This in not mytht. And it was better then Harley-Davidson.

I'm riding the Kawasaki.

By the way, I say that World War II developed the best motorcycles in Japan, Nazi-Germany and the United States.

I love Sweden

 

Here vi go.

I love Sweden and it is my official mother-tongue.

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  Ro Holopainen

  No outsider understands how much Sweden and Finland have changed over the past hundred years.

  

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    Ro Holopainen I read a book called Factfulness which I assume is pretty famous in Sweden given its Swedish author. The way he described the Sweden of his childhood was a real surprise. I thought it had been a prosperous first world country for centuries...apparently not!

    

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The Cossack takes everything, which is not bolted on

Our President in  New York Times:

The Finnish president, Sauli Niinisto, has carved out a vital role as interpreter between East and West, and he is not optimistic about the prospects for peace.

"The NATO option mattered in Finland as a strategic tool to manage Mr. Putin. "

In a country with an abundance of sayings about the incorrigible nature of Russians like “A Russian is a Russian even if you fry them in butter”. 

 According to New York Times Mr. Niinisto recalled one about Russian soldiers, saying: 

“The Cossack takes everything, which is loose, which is not fixed.”

In my opinion, the correct translation is: "which is not bolted on".

Despite recalling that Mr. Putin once said the friendly Finnish neighbor would become the “enemy soldier” if it joined NATO, Mr. Niinisto, who boasts about Finland’s impressive artillery, frequently asserts Finland’s right to become a member of the alliance. “I have said it to Putin too, very clearly,” 

But ....

There's no such thing like The NATO option.

It its like Finnish's mantra "The Separated war" but it was the real union with Nazi-Germany.

In World War II, the Nazis would have collapsed much earlier without Finnish steel, nickel and military assistance: the life cycle of the tyrannical regime would have been significantly shortened.

"That’s how musicians grow up: they absorb like a sponge"

Greg Lake asked the reporter
 for help with the King Crimson's reunion.

Greg Lake: 

"Robert and I get on OK, to be honest, but there were a lot of strange feelings that happened through the career of King Crimson. "

"The sheer lineup of the band, too, was unusual. Ian on flute, and just having a Mellotron. The other interesting thing about the band is that it was more orchestral. It wasn’t like the Moody Blues, sort of mild and gentle and symphonic. It was intense. Things like “21st Century Schizoid Man” would literally scare people."

To be continued.

"Then suddenly there’s Yes and Genesis and all these other prog bands. You guys really kicked off so much music in the Seventies.

I drew influences from people as well. That’s how musicians grow up. They absorb like a sponge. You absorb the influences and process them through yourself, and hopefully come out with something original."

And so on. Read more - about Rolling Stones.

And the atmosphere

"... There was something about the atmosphere of the streets, certainly in London at the time. You could feel the sort of excitement about the youth of the day taking control from the establishment."

End.

King Crimson Unveil Trailer for New Documentary In the Court of the Crimson King, 

directed by Toby Amies and was commissioned by the band itself.

Read more, RS.

Jounalism?  not well done with this way.

Dated .11.2.2020

Ian McDonald, King Crimson's co-founder, dead at 75.

Multi-instrumentalist helped craft the progressive-rock cornerstone In the Court of the Crimson King; played on this massively successful early LPs by Rolling Stone.

Письма в Кремль

В
России пишет
и интеллигенция и солдаты.
Им есть что сказать важное.
Российские офицеры выступили против войны с Украиной и призвали Путина уйти в отставку.
Заявление сторонников мира против Партии Войны в российском руководстве.

Поток тревожной информации о возможном вторжении России в Украину усиливается. Появляются сообщения об интенсивной вербовке наемников в России и переброске топлива и военной техники на территорию Донецкой и Луганской областей Украины. В ответ интенсивно вооружается Украина, НАТО направляет дополнительные силы в Восточную Европу.

Напряжение не спадает, а напротив – только нарастает.