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time to return the traditional Richmond yellow
Which ended up on the floor coz...
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time to return the traditional Richmond yellow
Deserved it's own post...
Really can't make it up...Skeletor went straight from the debate...to campaign at the...
BRUSSELS — When cardinals select a new pope after backroom negotiations in the Vatican, they send out a cloud of white smoke. When EU leaders meet in Brussels to hand out the bloc’s top jobs, they put out a press release.
Apart from that, the two processes are remarkably similar.
On Thursday, the EU’s 27 leaders will meet in Brussels and are set to sign off on the three top jobs. As of Tuesday, Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen, Portugal’s António Costa and Estonia’s Kaja Kallas have been pencilled in by negotiators for the most senior positions at the European Commission, European Council and foreign policy service.
This is “undemocratic at multiple levels,” said Alberto Alemanno, professor of EU Law at HEC Paris.
The rules to elect the new EU leadership are largely unwritten. Just like a papal conclave, they are based on long-standing traditions and gentlemen’s (and, in the EU at least, ladies’) agreements. In Rome, some enter as cardinals and leave as bishops. In Brussels, some enter as former national leaders and leave as senior EU officials.
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This time around, von der Leyen did not run for a seat in the European Parliament, so even Germans could not directly vote for the EPP’s lead candidate.
The secret, unwritten rules of the EU’s top jobs carve-up
Millions of people vote in a European election and then 6 people work out a deal on the EU’s next leadership.
www.politico.eu
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What Michelangelo’s late-in-life works reveal about his genius – and his humanness
Michelangelo’s two most famous works, David (1501-1504) and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508-1512), were completed when the exalted Italian Renaissance master was in his 20s and 30s. However, as this video from the British Museum explores, he lived to the ripe old age of 88, and continued to create until his very last days. Made to accompany the British Museum exhibition ‘Michelangelo: The Last Decades’, which covers works from 1534-1564, this short video explores three of his drawings across his final 30 years.
What Michelangelo’s late-in-life works reveal about his genius – and his humanness | Aeon Videos
‘How does a genius cope with the challenges of getting old?’ Explore the lesser-known works of Michelangelo’s last decades
aeon.co
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BRUSSELS — When cardinals select a new pope after backroom negotiations in the Vatican, they send out a cloud of white smoke. When EU leaders meet in Brussels to hand out the bloc’s top jobs, they put out a press release.
Apart from that, the two processes are remarkably similar.
On Thursday, the EU’s 27 leaders will meet in Brussels and are set to sign off on the three top jobs. As of Tuesday, Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen, Portugal’s António Costa and Estonia’s Kaja Kallas have been pencilled in by negotiators for the most senior positions at the European Commission, European Council and foreign policy service.
This is “undemocratic at multiple levels,” said Alberto Alemanno, professor of EU Law at HEC Paris.
The rules to elect the new EU leadership are largely unwritten. Just like a papal conclave, they are based on long-standing traditions and gentlemen’s (and, in the EU at least, ladies’) agreements. In Rome, some enter as cardinals and leave as bishops. In Brussels, some enter as former national leaders and leave as senior EU officials.
…
This time around, von der Leyen did not run for a seat in the European Parliament, so even Germans could not directly vote for the EPP’s lead candidate.
The secret, unwritten rules of the EU’s top jobs carve-up
Millions of people vote in a European election and then 6 people work out a deal on the EU’s next leadership.
Were the only Democrats who think Biden did well DRUNK?
Democrats at a raucous Atlanta watch party weren't just unphased by President Joe Biden's rocky performance - they told DailyMail.com they loved it.www.dailymail.co.uk
What Michelangelo’s late-in-life works reveal about his genius – and his humanness
Michelangelo’s two most famous works, David (1501-1504) and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508-1512), were completed when the exalted Italian Renaissance master was in his 20s and 30s. However, as this video from the British Museum explores, he lived to the ripe old age of 88, and continued to create until his very last days. Made to accompany the British Museum exhibition ‘Michelangelo: The Last Decades’, which covers works from 1534-1564, this short video explores three of his drawings across his final 30 years.
What Michelangelo’s late-in-life works reveal about his genius – and his humanness | Aeon Videos
‘How does a genius cope with the challenges of getting old?’ Explore the lesser-known works of Michelangelo’s last decades
Black hole 100,000x heavier than Sun wakes up, brightens galaxy
A new study may have uncovered the mystery of SDSS1335+0728: a previously unremarkable galaxy that suddenly became bright.
The Enduring Mystery of How Water Freezes | Quanta Magazine
Making ice requires more than subzero temperatures. The unpredictable process takes microscopic scaffolding, random jiggling and often a little bit of bacteria.
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Tired of crowded and overhyped tourist attractions in Tokyo? Why not join a toilet tour in Shibuya? CNA Lifestyle visited a few of these facilities under the Tokyo Toilet Project that left us flushed with excitement.cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com
I saw Michelangelo’s last sculpture in Milan 18 months ago. Unfinished (he died). Pieta Rondanini (or something like that).
In Castello Sforzesco. Pretty impressive.
Groupie_
time to return the traditional Richmond yellow
That would have been amazing to see in person!
“The most moving sculpture ever created by an artist.” - that’s how Henry Moore defined the Rondanini Pietà, Michelangelo’s most fragile and imperfect work and, perhaps for this, the most poetic.
Apparently there may have been two other unfinished versions.
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Deserved it's own post...
That’s the prettiest and scariest sight ever
Unbelievable those stripes
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time to return the traditional Richmond yellow
I think the cashier at safeway has a crush on me
she keeps checking me out
she keeps checking me out
Yeah, the stripes are so clear and bold!
When I saw the last part where they start to prowl towards the camera together I was just thinking how wild something like that would be as our membership campaign for next year!
When you're inside getting snacks, or after...staring out the window once you're back at the car park compound?
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Can't keep her eyes off your goiter.
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time to return the traditional Richmond yellow
once I saw a campaigner fill 2 trolleys with industrial rancid canola oilIndustrial quantities of Dungeon supplies piqued her curiosity?
must have been 200 litres worth
Wait...Blooze this week isn't it?
Friday night...
You campaigners took it public, again?
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Got Schwepes creamy soda.
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time to return the traditional Richmond yellow
Groupie_
time to return the traditional Richmond yellow
prob getting it to lube his medieval stretching machine upMeehan tweaking his 'A-grade nutrition to prevent injury' program?
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