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Self-denial would hopefully solve undermining issue which appeared at some stage of my life.
Although the struggle I had to go through, certainly there are prioritized aspects in urgent need to be experienced. Youth might disappear in a blink of an eye without any warning or so ever – leaving debris of memories, labelled as a failure.
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Northern breeze mussed my hair, clearance of thoughts, walking nowhere. Seeing the swarm going out at night, hunting the prey to stay, to survive.
Profound belief I wouldn’t succeed, an outcast who follows the margin of dreams – satisfied with deep, pure and true.
These traits are naive, like a curse were dragging me too.
Vibrant sound breaks the silence, weaver drops floss hoping the change, fooled himself destroying the work. Starting again his masterpiece, sacrifice his soul, his mind – being much different than the rest of the swarm.
Yet there is no use, there is no one.
Comprehend the lack of things I don’t have, it is not a matter of needs of a man – money or wealth – begone that all. Sole things that matters are these rooted in soul.
For this, the weaver is being punished. Luck forms the sand falling off hands. Sisyphean task seems neverending, as if there would be someone to help it.
Spontaneous life I crave to have, a group of people to fight the world – single letter I’ll ever make will be the one, begging the God for the enlightened mind.
If you’ll remind me at some stage of your life, craving the love you’ve never have found, beware the truth that you do know – it had the beginning, but the end was all yours.
Commit the crime of lying me, telling the story of the Disney dream. No more please, the time has gone. I’m the adult, not a ten-years boy.
Rolling excuses out of the sleeve, using me only when you felt like it – taking for granted you don’t need to say, I was ahead playing my game.
You failed the test given to you. Without even knowing what have you done, pretending and smiling.
Too late, madam.
Maybe there were some grains of the truth, you weren’t bothered telling me of these too. Worst than the worst who hurt you so bad – what would you do if I would pay it back?
I’ve never deserved to be broken down, not in the way you ruined my heart. Apologized in a manner I will not accept. Be gone, be lost.
Cut you off then.
Always wanted to listen to voices whispered in the windswept forest, toss the leaves and curl on the ground – as if the world has gifted me time.
Walking with a smile over the face, pointing the cloud that is miming you – the whim of joy shines, through you too.
Lazy Sunday once in a while, watching the telly when I’m cooking out. The recipe I found should be approved – doing with a heart, don’t make a move. The smell goes warm, full of spices. The mouth of yours just opens up.
I wouldn’t mind giving a kiss, whether the main dish should be the last?
Stormy days of greyish mood in cosy blankets spend. Reading a book or brew the tea – I know the favourite as well.
These are my notes, my dreams, my hope – written down out there. Diary burned out, throwing out pieces, throwing them in the air. The time won’t stop and so me too, I’ll write it back when the one appears – showing it’s worth to stargaze and dream.
Across the horizon is no place to be, no place to stay or a place to live.
Its mysterious glow lures me closer, mermaid far away invites me – although my mind could see just a shadow.
Lonely traveller has no fear, as nothing behind could ever get what he feels. Wondered at night yet struggled for days – thinking and rolling the battles, but failed.
Trash filled the bag and notes were all over. Reminding him of the reason for sober.
The escape plan was not ever made, a coward for me is the one who escapes – whilst picking a fight is a primitive habit, the one who success has to win what is coming.
Chances and options are waiting on hold, the faith-holding people are climbing the top. Following the rules would drive until a wall of which a follower would not strive to cross.
So draw your path by your own hands, believe in a force you yourself have – there are a people who would drag you down.
Displeased in a manner I could not express, smiled and walked away, for the sake of the mermaid.
Walked out of the ocean, from the deepest bottom where black coal stored. Covered in dirt washed off by the water, holy light enlightened the face – so the eyes shined once again.
Sand under unstable feet felt cold and fluffy, other footsteps – if there were any – being taken away, as if the bay deserted to welcome me.
The air inhaled filled the chest, the energy – still weak – grown out, fixes the wreck. Rise up your head, hand shanking of a fear clench to stop. Moving and moving. Little steps yet moving on.
Seagull sings, the drums of waves crash in the face of rocks. Impressive, magnificent. But it’s a time, a time to get back home.
The sheet of sand untouched so the way has to be made, by me, barefoot. What a pleasant feeling that should’ve been cold.
I will be back, the countdown of fate will draw me back, into the ocean, into the crash. The ship I’m the captain have to be stopped. Then sink and lie on the bottom down there, taking the risk – this is how the discovery is being made.
Shaded room where spirals of smoke and smell of cigarettes mixed up, me as a painter painting – a brush in the colours convey my mind.
Canvas exposed bare naked thoughts, a line and buildings, trees and the sun – drawing the places where I’m getting back. Soon the touch of inspired demon passes out, leaving me empty, exhausted – full of wasted time.
Dyes are missing to finish up, to create a colour unknown for now. Remaining part requires strength of which I couldn’t ever gain.
Detached from a world on the outside of the room, looking out thinking if should refuse. Tear off my dreams and be the one – a part of a million who don’t know why.
Street signs, rush, always chasing.
Mask, parades, clap your hands.
These are truths we still refuses for the sake of our mind.
So the brush soaked yet again, smiling like old me back then – knowing my own flaws upfront standing – wonder who’s searching, love and passion craving.
Today I’m about to share something a bit new in here – my current source of motivation which reflects my feelings, thoughts and much more in its widest extent.
Within a couple of days I’ll write down a poem of the same name and theme, for now give this one a try.

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text: Asia Laos Traveling to Vientiane in Laos Written by Greg Rodgers Facebook Twitter Greg Rodgers is a freelance writer and photographer from Kentucky. He's been covering all things Asia for TripSavvy since 2010. Tripsavvy's Editorial Guidelines Greg Rodgers Updated 06/26/19 Share Pin Email Greg Rodgers Vientiane, the capital and urban center of Laos, typically serves as only a short stopover for travelers on visa runs or those on their way north to Luang Prabang or Vang Vieng. Some insider Vientiane travel tips will certainly help enhance your stay in what many travelers often call the dullest city on the Banana Pancake Trail. Although Vientiane isn't particularly packed with things to do and see, the atmosphere in the city is pleasant and far more relaxed than other big cities in Southeast Asia. A daily rhythm left over from the colonial days still lingers. Lao Culture Despite war and hardships in the past, Laotians are extremely friendly to foreign visitors. Avoid creating uncomfortable situations by raising your voice or getting angry enough to cause someone to "lose face." Be cautious about any mention of war, violence, the government, or the current problem of landmines remaining in Laos. Tread carefully if these topics come up in conversation. Use sabai dee (sounds like "sah-bye dee") as a friendly way to greet anyone, regardless of the time of day. Say thank you with kawp jai (sounds like: "cop jye"). Hotels and Guesthouses in Vientiane Even though Vientiane has an abundance of accommodation options, decent places tend to book up quickly during the busy months between November and May. Consider booking in advance if traveling during the peak season. While the rest of Southeast Asia's major cities have somehow largely escaped the world's bedbug resurgence, Vientiane wasn't so lucky. Bedbugs are becoming a growing problem in budget hotels, particularly the cheapest backpacker hostels. Nearly all guesthouses in Vientiane follow the government curfew and lock their doors sometime after 11 p.m. You may have to wake up one of the staff designated to sleep in the reception area if you come home late. Although advertised at nearly every guesthouse, Wi-Fi can be hit or miss in many hotels. Ask if access is available in your room or only in the reception. Some hotels may even turn off their Wi-Fi -- along with all other electricity in the lobby -- at night. Food in Vientiane Vientiane has a great selection of eateries ranging from simple street food noodle stalls with plastic stools to Italian pizzerias and French cafes. Vegetarians and vegans can enjoy a cheap buffet in the food court on top of the Talat Sao shopping center for 10,000 Lao kips per plate. Forget the instant coffee that plagues much of Southeast Asia; the coffee in Laos is excellent! Unless you specify otherwise, expect to receive an overabundance of milk and sugar in coffee drinks. Money in Laos When crossing into Laos from Thailand, try to pay the visa-on-arrival fee in U.S. dollars for the best exchange rate. Paying in exact change is best, but if not possible, you'll probably receive change in Thai baht. Visas fees vary by country; strangely enough, Canadian citizens pay more than Americans. Western-networked ATMs can be found throughout Vientiane, however, they are prone to failure and sometimes even capture cards. The safest bet is to always use ATMs attached to bank branches. ATMs charge the hefty US $5 or more fee per transaction; take as much cash as possible per transaction to avoid multiple charges. ATMs dispense Lao kip, however, Thai baht and even U.S. dollars are accepted for payment in many places. If paying with a different currency, keep an eye on the exchange rate you are offered on the spot. With the exception of paying the visa fee in US dollars upon entry, you'll typically fare better by paying in Laos kip. Tipping is not the norm in Southeast Asia; it is not expected in Laos. Prices for purchases can always be negotiated; friendly haggling is an integral part of Lao culture. Even rooms in guesthouses can be negotiated in the low season, particularly if you are staying for several days. Avoid negotiating for food or fixed-price items such as bottled water. Lao kip is practically useless outside of the country and cannot be exchanged; use all your local currency before you depart. Getting Around Vientiane Just as in other parts of Southeast Asia, you'll receive plenty of offers from tuk-tuk drivers as you walk the streets. Flagging a taxi is almost always cheaper than getting a ride from a driver parked outside of a tourist area. Taxis and tuk-tuks don't use meters. You'll need to negotiate a fare before you get inside. Nightlife in Vientiane Don't expect very many late nights in Vientiane. Due to a city-wide curfew, all but a handful of 'underground' places shut down around 11:30 p.m. or midnight. Beer Lao is famous throughout Southeast Asia as a cheap, quality beer. At 5% alcohol, a tall (640 ml) bottle of lager can cost as little as the US $1.50, even in bars and restaurants. A bottle of beer is often cheaper than a cup of coffee in cafes! Bor Pen Nyang, located on the main river street near the traveler's area, doesn't look like much from street level, but the fourth-floor rooftop bar is popular with locals, travelers, and expats. The bar offers a scenic view of the river and a wide selection of food and drinks; closing time is around midnight. Prostitution is rife throughout Vientiane, particularly on the streets around closing time for bars. Health and Safety Mosquitoes are a real problem in Vientiane -- especially during the rainy season. Malaria isn't a serious problem in Vientiane, however, dengue fever is a real risk. Tap water is unsafe to drink in Laos. Bottled water is available everywhere; the free drinking water and ice provided in reputable restaurants are safe. You should have a good travel insurance policy and get the recommended vaccinations for Asia before visiting Laos. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Share Pin Email Tell us why! Submit The Ultimate Guide to Phnom Penh, Cambodia Traveling in Myanmar Is Inexpensive! Travel Essentials to Know Before Visiting Laos Get a Feel for Average Daily Expenses on Your Trip to Thailand Luang Prabang, Laos: Essential Info for First-Time Visitors Use this First-Timer's Planning Guide for Your Vacation in Thailand See Travel Essentials for Visiting Cambodia Don't Be a Newbie While in Bangkok! Avoid Making These 10 Mistakes. 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The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,
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And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.


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Today at 9:00 UTC Tianwen-1 made its plane change manoeuvre, as reported by Xinhua. Yesterday I showed my planning for this manoeuvre. Shortly after the spacecraft returned to the high gain antenna after the manoeuvre, the Bochum 20m antenna operated by AMSAT-DL received state vectors with the new trajectory. These state vectors allow us to calculate the timestamp of the burn and the delta-V vector, as I have done in other occasions. It is convenient to remark that the state vectors that we are seeing right now are probably a prediction. In the next few days we will see updates in the trajectory as the Chinese DSN measures the effects of the actual burn and updates the onboard ephemerides.
Today, the Chinese media published a short piece of news stating that tomorrow, 2021-02-15, Tiawen-1 will make make a plane change to a polar orbit. The post is accompanied by an short video, which includes an animation depicting the manoeuvre. A screenshot of the video is shown below. As the spacecraft arrives to apoapsis, it effects a plane change into an ascending polar orbit.
This is a good moment to review the maths behind a plane change manoeuvre and compute what the manoeuvre will look like.
A few days ago, Emirates Mars Mission (Hope), and Tianwen-1 performed their Mars orbit injection burn (MOI). AMSAT-DL made a livestream for each of the two events, showing the X-band signals of the spacecraft as received with the 20m antenna at Bochum.
In the case of Tianwen-1 the signal was pretty strong even while the spacecraft was on the low gain antenna, and we could clearly see the change in Doppler rate as the thrusters fired up. However, in the case of Emirates Mars Mission the signal disappeared as soon as the spacecraft switched to the low gain antenna. In fact DSN Now reported a received power of -155 dBm with the 34m DSS55. That was a large drop from the -118 dBm that it was reporting with the high gain antenna. Therefore, nothing could be seen in the livestream waterfall until the spacecraft returned to the high gain antenna, well after the manoeuvre was finished.
Nevertheless, a weak trace of the carrier was still present in the livestream audio, and it could be seen by appropriate FFT processing, for example with inspectrum. I put up a couple of tweets showing this, but at the moment I wasn’t completely sure if what I was seeing was the spacecraft’s signal or some interference. After the livestream ended, I’ve been able to analyse the audio more carefully and realize that not only this weak signal was in fact the Hope probe, but that the start of the burn was recorded in perfect conditions.
In this post I’ll show how to process the livestream audio to clearly show the change in drift rate at the start of the burn and measure the acceleration of the spacecraft.
A few days ago, Achim Vollhardt DH2VA shared with me some recordings of the lander+ascender combo of Chang’e 5 with the 20m antenna at Bochum observatory, which is operated by AMSAT-DL. The recordings were made on 2020-12-02, while the lander+ascender combo was still on the lunar surface collecting samples (see this tweet by Scott Tilley VE7TIL for the detailed mission timeline). The successful reception of Chang’e 5 by Bochum was announced by AMSAT-DL in Twitter.
The recordings that Achim made are the following:
- Recording of the low data rate telemetry at 8463.7 MHz for some 15 minutes at 6:00 UTC. This frequency was in ground-lock at that time, as shown by the telecommand loopback at +/-8kHz from the main carrier (there are several telecommand packets being transmitted, plus the usual idle telecommand subcarrier)
- Five recordings of a high-speed signal at 8495 MHz. The recording was done at 21:10 UTC, has a length of 5 minutes, and is split in five files due to a constraint of 2GB in the size of the recorded files.
In this post I look at the telemetry decoded from these recordings.
If you follow me on Twitter you’ll probably have seem that lately I’m quite busy with the Chang’e 5 mission, doing observations with Allen Telescope Array as part of the GNU Radio activities there and also following what other people such as Scott Tilley VE7TIL, Paul Marsh M0EYT, r00t.cz, Edgar Kaiser DF2MZ, USA Satcom, and even AMSAT-DL at Bochum are doing with their own observations. I have now a considerable backlog of posts to write, recordings to share and data to process. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep a steady stream of information coming out.
In this post I study the observation I did with Allen Telescope Array last Sunday 2019-11-29. During the observation, I was tweeting live the most interesting events. The observation is approximately 3 hours long and contains the LOI-2 (lunar orbit injection) manoeuvre near its end. LOI-2 was a burn that circularized the elliptical lunar orbit into an orbit with a height of approximately 207km over the lunar surface.
Chang’e 5 is a Chinese lunar sample return mission. It was launched a few days ago on 2020-11-23 from Wenchang and is estimated to perform lunar orbit injection on Saturday. Since then, a number of Amateurs such as USA Satcom, Paul Marsh M0EYT, Scott Tilley VE7TIL, Fer IW1DTU and others have been receiving the X-band signals from the spacecraft and posting reports over on Twitter. Meanwhile, r00t.cz has been working in decoding the frames, which has led him to the amazing achievement of being able to retrieve a short video from the signal.
In this post I will look at some of the frames demodulated by USA Satcom and Paul during the first couple of days of the mission. The frame structure has many similarities with Tianwen-1, which I have described in several posts, such as here and here. However, there are some interesting differences.
Mars 2020, NASA’s latest mission to Mars, was launched a couple weeks ago. However, with all the Tianwen-1 work down the pipeline, until now I haven’t had time to dedicate an appropriate post to this mission (though I showed some sneak peek on Twitter). This mission consists of a rover and helicopter (a real novelty in space exploration). Both were launched with the cruise stage and the entry, descent and landing system on July 30 from Cape Canaveral, an are currently on their transfer orbit to Mars, as Tianwen-1 and Emirates Mars Mission.
In this post I will be working with some recordings made by AMSAT-DL using the 20m radio telescope at Bochum’s observatory. These feature the low rate safe mode telemetry, which was very strong and caused some anecdotes as it saturated some NASA DSN receivers, and the nominal 10kbps telemetry signal that was switched on later. Here I will describe the modulation and coding, giving GNU Radio decoders, and also take a look at the data. r00t.cz has also written a post where he shows similar information.
Yesterday I reported about Tianwen-1’s first trajectory correction manoeuvre, TCM-1. In that post I commented the possibility that the updated state vectors that we saw on the telemetry after TCM-1 might come from a prediction or planning rather than take into account the actual performance of the burn.
The figure below shows the error between the state vectors collected after TCM-1 over the last two days, and a trajectory propagated in GMAT, using the following state vector, which is one of the first received after TCM-1.
[0151059eb9ea] 2020-08-02 00:17:06.711400 100230220.21360767 -106145016.11787066 -45441035.07405791 25.581827920522485 18.240707152437626 8.567874276424218
We see that on the UTC night between August 1 and 2 the state vectors deviate very little from the GMAT trajectory. However, on the UTC night between August 2 and 3 we see a slightly different trajectory in the state vectors. We have no data in between, as the spacecraft is not visible in Europe, so we don’t know the precise moment of change. The gap in telemetry around 2020-08-03 00:45 UTC is due to a transmission of high-speed data.
It seems reasonable to think that after TCM-1 the Chinese DSN performed precise ranging of the spacecraft to determine the new orbit accurately and then uploaded a correction to the state vectors on-board Tianwen-1.
The state vectors from last night all describe the same trajectory, as shown in the plot below which uses
[0151322e67d0] 2020-08-02 21:03:08.078400 102132184.96868199 -104770375.00352533 -44795830.46284772 25.29849580646669 18.532513218789806 8.692135086385246
to propagate a trajectory in GMAT. There is a small jump of a few hundred meters at some point. We usually see one or two these jumps per day, but we don’t understand well why they happen.
The trajectory according to the state vectors from 00:17:06 and from 21:03:08 are very similar. For example, at the closest approach to Mars they only differ in 1197km. For comparison, the difference between the new trajectory and the pre–TCM-1 trajectory is 126529km (again, at the closest approach to Mars).
I have generated a new table of right-ascension, declination and distance coordinates based on the updated state vectors. Note that this table doesn’t include light-time delay to the spacecraft.
On 2020-08-01 23:00 UTC, Tianwen-1 made its first correction manoeuvre, called TCM-1. The manoeuvre was observed by Amateur trackers, such as Edgar Kaiser DF2MZ, Paul Marsh M0EYT, and the 20m antenna at Bochum observatory, operated by AMSAT-DL. The news of the successful manoeuvre appeared in Chinese media, and in the German Wikipedia article for Tianwen-1 (thanks to Achim Vollhardt DH2VA for sharing this information).
Since Tianwen-1 transmits its own real time orbit state vectors in the telemetry, by comparing the vectors transmitted before and after TCM-1, and also by studying the Doppler observed by groundstations on Earth, we can learn more about the manoeuvre.
On the Beijing time morning of 2020-07-30, Tianwen-1 did something. Paul Marsh M0EYT reports that the probe first switched from the high gain antenna to the low gain antenna, then returned to the high gain antenna, and then switched to a high-speed data mode, finally coming back to the usual 16384baud telemetry.
r00t.cz has already analysed the telemetry data collected during this event. He reports that the high speed data was a replay of the telemetry produced during the period when the low gain antenna was used. He shows some interesting behaviour on APIDs 1280, 1281 and 1282 (see my previous post for a description of these during nominal operation). These seem to contain ADCS data.
This event was followed with some expectation by the Amateur deep space tracking community, since according to this paper Tianwen-1 would make the first correction manoeuvre (TCM-1) early on in the mission (day 9 is stated in the paper). However, by now it is clear that a true correction manoeuvre didn’t happen, since no significant change has been seen in the trajectory described by the state vectors transmitted in the spacecraft’s telemetry. However, this event might have been a very small thruster firing, in order to test the propulsion in preparation for the true TCM-1.
In this post, I look at the data during the high speed replay, following the same approach as in the previous post. With this data, I reach a definite conclusion of what happened during this event (I won’t spoil the mystery by stating it in advance). The description of the modulation and coding used by the high speed data will come in a later post.
The Jupyter notebook for the calculations in this post can be found here.


CLEVELAND -- Music is sometimes called the universal language and in Cleveland, a unique program is giving a whole new meaning to street music.
"Play Me, I'm Yours" has arrived in Cleveland. The worldwide program puts pianos in public places so anyone can participate.
Local companies donated the pianos and paint, then volunteers decorated them.
Many of the pianos are on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, with others around the city.
"The pianos provide an opportunity for people to meet, to mingle, to listen to music, to see the art and to play piano," said Kevin Slesh from Case Western Reserve University.
This musical program is a partnership between Case and the International Piano Competition.


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Global Times recently reported that OPEC just adjusted its earlier long-term oil market forecast on market demand to show an increase. This is the first time in six years that OPEC has projected an optimistic forecast. The organization also re-estimated China’s automobile market size. OPEC expressed the belief that the world demand for oil will be 108.5 million barrels per day by the year 2035. The organization also estimated that China’s “vehicle parc” will increase by 380 million over the next 22 years. That will be the equivalent of every 1000 people owning 320 vehicles. This rate of increase is based on the same pace that Japan had in the 1990s. The OPEC report also expected that the Indian automobile market would show rapid growth. However the U.S. shale oil and the Canadian oil sands have been rapidly changing the landscape of the oil market, making today’s reality very much different from OPEC’s forecast made two years ago.
Source: Global Times, November 8, 2013

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‘Week of packed fun’
12-year-old Emma Balstad looks forward to county fair, culmination of months of work
July 27, 2011
MAYBELL — The setting sun shines against Emma Balstad's strawberry blonde hair as she and her dog, G.G., work on heel, stay, lay down and high five commands. After each successful task, Emma bends over and gives G.G. much-appreciated reinforcement.
The Emma and G.G. team will compete together in obedience and showmanship categories at the Moffat County Fair, which runs from Aug. 7 to 13 at the Moffat County Fairgrounds. While their training could easily keep Emma occupied over the summer, that's just the start of her lineup in the Moffat County 4-H program.
Emma, who's 12 and lives on her family's 30-acre ranch in Maybell, is also busy raising and handling two pigs, two goats and several rabbits, plus she's learning a new trade — cake decorating. Youths can begin participating in 4-H at age 8, so this is Emma's fourth year in the program.
"It's an interest for me. It's something to do over the summer. … It's one of my occupiers," Emma said. "I think it's just a good thing to do."
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Emma is active in her community club, the Hamilton Busy Beavers, is the treasurer during her second year serving on 4-H Council and is a member of three project-specific clubs.
Michelle Pilgrim, leader for the Rabbit Rustlers project club, said Emma is an exemplary member of the group, having not missed a meeting.
"I don't think she does anything halfway," Pilgrim said. "She just commits herself to her project and is really dedicated and committed to what she does and follows through."
Pilgrim said Emma is breeding her own rabbits to gain experience. She thinks 4-H has helped Emma mature and "really come out of her shell."
"I think 4-H has really helped her grow as a person," Pilgrim said.
Emma said 4-H has helped her gain valuable "life skills," including public speaking, developing relationships with others and responsibility.
Lisa Balstad, Emma's mother, said she sees the same benefit of the program. Both Lisa and Emma's father, Nate, participated in 4-H as youths in Minnesota. It's a program they intend to enroll their other daughter, Rudi, 6, in as soon as she's old enough. Rudi already participates in 4-H's Cloverbud program and shows animals in the pee-wee division.
"It gives you a lot of interaction with other kids with similar interests," Lisa said of 4-H. "I think (children) gain a lot of self-confidence and responsibility."
With a range of projects for youths to choose from, Emma said 4-H is for just about everyone.
"You don't always have to live out in the country to do 4-H," Emma said. "Anyone can do it. There's always something that someone can do (at the fair)."
Lisa said the variety offered is one of the reasons 4-H is unique. Emma can take projects ranging from cake decorating to livestock. Plus, as youths get older, there are scholarships and exchange trips available.
"I just think there's such a wide range of diversity and opportunity for them," Lisa said.
And the hard work 4-Hers put into the months of training and practicing pays off, in ribbons, plagues, trophies and, perhaps most importantly, satisfaction.
"It's not always about the competition," Emma said. "It's about having fun."
Still, last year, Emma brought home a pile of awards for her projects. She also qualified for the Colorado State Fair in dog showmanship. This year, Emma has decided to show rabbits at the state level and hopes to qualify with G.G. again.
More than anything, Emma said she's looking forward to fair week.
"It's one week of packed fun," Emma said, "but tiredness."

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Saint Francis Xavier, North Side
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St. Francis Xavier parish was established in 1894. The origin of the parish can be traced to the rise of industry and the subsequent rise of population in the area. Early in 1894, the local Catholics petitioned the bishop for their own parish. The petition was granted on May 12, 1894, and a resident pastor was appointed. On August 19, 1894, the first Mass for the parish was celebrated in a rented commercial building.
The pastor decided that a school was a high priority, so he began construction on a school. The plans called for the first floor of the school building to be used as a temporary church. When a permanent church was built, the space originally used as a church would be converted to class space. Ground for the new building was broken in February of 1895, the cornerstone was laid on May 12,1895, and the completed building was dedicated on September 22, 1895.
This temporary church served the congregation for 30 years. Not until 1925 were plans made to build a new church. Groundbreaking for the church took place on February 7, 1926. The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1926, and the completed church was dedicated on December 26, 1927. The original church space was converted into classrooms. This school served the parish until a new school was built in 1955.
As the growth of population at the end of the nineteenth century led to the creation of the parish, the loss of population at the end of the twentieth century led to its suppression. In 1993, St. Francis Xavier was merged with three other parishes to form the new Risen Lord parish. St. Francis Xavier church remains open and serves the new congregation.

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I must take exception to Glen Wickliff's letter on May 21. Sen. Mitch McConnell is one of the big problems in Washington now. With Congress rated even lower than President Bush, we must hold these leaders responsible for the mess we are now going through. He should be replaced and sent packing.
As for Kentucky's superdelegates, they should follow the will of the voters of Kentucky and vote for Hillary Clinton. I see where Ben Chandler and our present lieutenant governor endorsed Obama before the voters of Kentucky ever got to vote. I think we should remember this type of people when they ask for our support in the future.


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Today, leading European payments provider Klarna has announced a UK partnership with ASOS - one of the world’s leading destinations for fashion loving 20-somethings.
The news means that UK customers with the iOS or Android ASOS app can now use Klarna’s ‘Pay later’ solution to pay for their items up to 30 days later - with no interest or fees.
This follows a successful partnership with ASOS in Germany, Austria, Sweden, Finland and Norway.
A significant priority for ASOS is putting customers first and prioritising convenience at every stage of the shopping journey. Klarna’s ‘Pay later’ puts the user experience front and centre - giving customers an additional payment option, and, most significantly the opportunity to try clothes at home and only pay for the things they love.
Commenting on the partnership, Luke Griffiths, Klarna’s UK General Manager said: “We are very excited to be extending our existing partnership with ASOS to the UK. This means that we can bring greater payment choice to ASOS’ customer base, by offering them the ability to order and pay later only for what they want to keep.”
“We are constantly looking for new ways to improve the ASOS experience for our 15.4 million customers around the world,” said Nicola Thompson, Global Trading Director at ASOS. “We know people love the option of paying later only for the things they keep, and are excited to introduce this for customers shopping on our app in the UK.”

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Welcome to the first of our newsletter “Skill Set” series where we collectively learn a new skill together. First up: Basic molding and casting. Since I don’t want the newsletters to get too long-winded, I’ll mainly be pointing to curated articles and videos that tell you everything you need to know.
To get things started, the best mold-making and casting resource I can point you to is Paige Russell’s class on Instructables
. For our series, we’ll be doing a simple one-part mold, a block mold, and a more complicated two-part mold with registration keys. She covers all three.
Let’s all choose a small, flat object for our first one-part mold (see Paige’s instructions). Also, I recommend buying a casting kit that has everything you need for creating molds and casting several small objects. Molding and casting products are not cheap. A starter kit is the most inexpensive way to get stuck in and then you can invest in stand-alone products if you want to take it further. Here’s the kit
I’ll be using for this series. It comes with small bottles of 2-part RTV (room temperature vulcanizing) silicone rubber for molding, 2-part resin for casting, some modeling clay, cups and stirring sticks.
If you’re going to be participating, please shoot me an email
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Most of us do, but this is a love cake, Persian Love Cake, and it comes from Yasmin Khan’s The Saffron Tales, popping up on t’interwebby. I wouldn’t be surprised if we have to make room for The Saffron Tales before long.
Boy Urchin it was who prompted a wee spell with the mixing bowl, keen to extend his lessons, or more likely keen to eat cake. It’s largely his own work, finished off before breakfast. Sadly I’ll have to wait until the school bus returns before sampling, so no tasting notes just yet.
Firstly, as always, the essentials:
200g unsalted butter; 150g caster sugar; 4 eggs; 12 cardamom pods; 100g plain flour, sifted; 275g ground almonds; zest and juice of one unwaxed lemon; 1 tbsp rose water; 1 tsp baking powder; pinch of fine sea salt. And for the drizzle topping – 2tbsp caster sugar; juice of half a lemon; half tbsp rose water. Finally the icing and decorations – 150g icing sugar; juice of a lemon; handful of pistachios, roughly blitzed; scattering of rose petals.
Pre-heat oven to 160C/Gas3. Grease and line a 22cm springform cake tin.
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar, then when thoroughly combined beat in the eggs.
Place the cardamom pods in a mortar and work with pestle. Discard the pods and grind the seeds finely before adding to the mixture, along with the flour, almonds, lemon zest and juice, rose water, baking powder and salt. Mix well.
Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 45 mins, checking the middle before removing.
By the time the cake is due out you will have prepared the drizzle topping. Melt the caster sugar, in the lemon juice and rose water. Put the hot cake on a wire rack, still in the tin, and poke holes over the surface with a cocktail stick before drizzling with the syrup.
Once completely cool make the icing and spoon over the cake before finishing with the pistachios and rose petals.
Wait patiently for school bus. Go on had a bit of love cake to the smiles round the kitchen table when the family gathers for tea. It’s as easy as it sounds.

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A casino game which has rules is an online poker game, where each sport features a unique group of principles that differ between every casino on the web or website’s setting. The key attraction of an online poker match because the most-played game is really because principles can differ slightly between one place and still another, and however it will however follow the key recommendations which allow everyone else to feel more comfortable with the game along using its directions to play.
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LG Optimus Vu Price in Pakistan
- LG Optimus Vu Price in Pakistan
- Company : LG
- Model : Optimus Vu
- Screen Size : 5.0 inches
- Display Resolution : 768x1024 pixels
- Operating System : Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
- Colors : Black, White
- Memory : 32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
- Weight : 168 g
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- LG Optimus Vu Price in Pakistan47,000 (Pak Rupees)
The design of this handset attracts jolly fellows but the official people may avoid keeping it as it looks too fancy. The white/black body in rectangle shape also troubles you to keep it in your jeans pocket. Regarding the touch interface, it is very good with HD-IPS LCD capacitive touch screen. The size of this screen is 5 inches and you are at ease of watching videos at full screen mode with much clarity but video quality also matters in this regard.
The 8MP camera is an appreciation in specification of LG Optimus Vu mobile. It enables you to capture precious moments of your life using Geo-tagging, face detection and image stabilization features. The facility to record videos has not been set aside in this camera but it consists of an LED Video light to aid in dark and dim light areas. A front camera is also there which can be used for making live communications over the globe.
The performance review of LG Optimus Vu has many things to discuss. The operating system is Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and central processing unit of Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9 is a great hit in it. A ULP GeForce GPU is also placed inside Optimus Vu which renders astonishing graphical results when you stream videos and view pictures. The multimedia features are full of the advancements and necessities of modern era like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, and USB for connectivity purposes. The entertainment is all yours in LG Optimus Vu as there is Stereo FM Radio for listening to your favorite anchors and other stuff, Audio/Video players for enjoying favorite songs, and lots of other pre-installed apps. There is no external slot in this handset and 32GB data storage capacity exists internally.
Well, this is what LG Optimus brings for you, makes it a reliable and value driven model of present times.
LG Optimus Market Status:
LG Optimus series is not popular in Pakistan unlike the popularity in other parts of the world. The reason is that the advertising campaigns for Optimus series are so much weak and LG is not considering to invest in Pakistani markets. That is why we don’t find an Optimus mobile in small cities of Pakistan and in big cities, the ratio of selling and reselling of LG Optimus mobiles is also below the standards of LG. We hope that this new handset will fetch many customers for company and they change their point of view about Pakistan.
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The migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), is one of the most important grasshoppers in western North America rangelands in Fort Collins, CO (USA). The laboratory bioassay trials were conducted to determine the specific effect of microbial insecticides and repellents for control of migratory grasshopper in Fort Collins, Colorado. In an initial trial, both Beauveria bassiana and spinosad treated foliage produced significant mortality to grasshoppers at 120 h post-exposure, with some more rapid mortality within 24 h when spinosad was used at a higher rate. Significant mortality from B. bassiana was first observed after 72 h, with the high rate (1 lb/100 gal concentration). In a second trial treatment with Bioneem, Trilogy (neem oil), and Garlic Barrier were also included all treatments caused significant mortality at 96 h, with significantly most mortality with B. bassiana and spinosad. At 192 h, B. bassiana and spinosad produced 100% mortality. In conclusion, Beauveria bassiana and Spinosad were effective microbial insecticide for reducing population density of migratory grasshopper in both laboratory bioassays trials. In addition, Bioneem had significant repellent effects on migratory grasshoppers.
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The migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius) is an economically important grasshopper distributed throughout North America (Gurney and Brooks, 1959). Methods of control have been predominately limited to the use of insecticide sprays. Unfortunately, applications of insecticides have resulted in large and immediate decreases in certain non-target arthropods (Pfadt et al., 1985; Quinn et al., 1991). Microbial insecticides and repellents reduce plant injury by migratory grasshopper and other species common to the northern Front Range of in Colorado (Demirel, 1998). One microbial insecticide that has been long considered for use as an insect control agent is Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Hyphomycetes: Moniliales) that is being developed as a bioinsecticide of grasshoppers (Inglis et al., 1995) and many other types of insects (Anderson et al., 1989; Knudsen et al., 1990; James and Lighthart, 1994). Many of the dead grasshoppers treated with B. bassiana exhibited dark red coloration, a common symptom of B. bassiana infection (Marcandier and Khachatourians, 1987). Spinosad is a recently developed insecticide produced as fermentation product of by the soil actinomycete Saccharopolyspora spinosa. Spinosad has biological activity against a wide range of the insects including Lepidoptera, certain Diptera and Thysanoptera (Berard et al., 1994).
In laboratory and field applications of several commercial neem-extract formulations, Zimmerman et al. (1993) showed activity against eggs and larvae of elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca luteola (Muller). These experiments showed that although neem was slower to display initial effects, it ultimately yielded a level of control comparable to that of many synthetic insecticides. In addition to azadirachtin there are many other biologically active chemical compounds derived from neem seed extracts (Schmutterer, 1990). Neem oil contains a complex array of biologically active compounds known as limonoids (tetranortriterpenoids) of diverse structural types (Ley et al., 1993). Pesticides using the azadirachtin-free neem oil fraction have been developed (e.g., TrilogyR) for control of certain arthropods and plant pathogens. For example, treatment with neem oil resulted in a reduction of eggs produced and increased incubation time for of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Koch) (Dimetry et al., 1993).
The purpose of this study was to determine the specific effect of microbial insecticides and repellents for control of migratory grasshopper in Fort Collins, Colorado (USA).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Laboratory Ingestion Trial I, 1997
Trials were conducted with adult migratory grasshoppers to determine susceptibility to ingestion exposure to Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA (BotaniGard WP9702) and spinosad (Conserve SC) in Fort Collins, CO (USA). Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA (BotaniGard WP9702, MycoTech Corporation, Butte, MT) and spinosad (Conserve SC, Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN) were applied to alfalfa leaves with a series of 0.25 times dilutions that were reflecting labeled use rates; BotaniGard WP9702 1 1b/100 gal; BotaniGard WP9702 0.25 1b/100 gal; BotaniGard WP9702 0.0625 1b/100 gal; Conserve SC 0.4170 mL-1; Conserve SC 0.1043 mL-1; Conserve SC 0.0261 mL-1) and a water check. Adult migratory grasshoppers were collected from alfalfa at the Horticulture Research Center and Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center (ARDEC) of Colorado State University northeast of Fort Collins, CO. Grasshoppers were then confined 8 per petri dish (100x15 mm), with 5 petri dishes used per treatment and maintained at room temperature. Alfalfa leaves were dipped in the dilution of the various treatments, allowed to air dry and then placed with grasshoppers. After the originally treated alfalfa foliage was consumed, untreated alfalfa foliage was used to maintain grasshoppers in all treatments. Mortality was assessed at 24 h intervals for six days following exposure. Data from trial was analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) with using the SAS software and means were separated by using Student-Newman-Keuls (SNK) Multiple Comparison Tests (SAS Institute Inc., 1990).
Laboratory Ingestion Trial II, 1997
This study expanded upon that of the previous experiment by including additional treatments in Fort Collins, CO (USA). In addition to B. bassiana Strain GHA (BotaniGard WP) and spinosad (Conserve SC), a garlic-derived insecticide/repellent (Garlic BarrierR), neem oil (without azadirachtin) pesticide (TrilogyR) and neem-derived crude extract (azadirachtin + neem oil) (BioNeemR) were included. Treatments were applied at the following concentrations, reflecting labeled use rates: BotaniGard WP 1 1b/100 gal, Conserve SC 0.0625% concentration (8-fl oz/100 gal), Garlic Barrier 10% concentration (10 gal/100 gal); Trilogy 1.0% concentration (1 gal/100 gal) and BioNeem 2.5 concentration (2.5 gal/100 gal) and a water check as a control treatment. Adult migratory grasshoppers were confined, 8 per petri dish (100x15 mm), with 6 petri dishes used per treatment. Alfalfa leaves were collected from the Horticulture Research Center of Colorado State University northeast of Fort Collins, CO. Treatments involved in dipping alfalfa leaves, allowing them to air-dry and then feeding the leaves to the grasshoppers. After the originally treated foliage was consumed, untreated foliage was used to maintain grasshoppers in all treatments. Mortality was assessed at 24 h intervals for two days and at 48 h during a subsequent interval, for a 192 h total during this study. Data from trial was analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) with using the SAS software and means were separated by using Student-Newman-Keuls (SNK) Multiple Comparison Tests (SAS Institute Inc., 1990).
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Laboratory Ingestion Trial I, 1997
At 120 h, all B. bassiana and spinosad treatments produced significant grasshopper mortality (Table 1). Effects were most rapid with spinosad, which showed mortality effects at the higher rates during the first evaluation. Spinosad at the highest (0.4170 mL-1) concentration was caused significant mortality than water check treatments at the 24 h evaluation. At 72 h, all of the spinosad treatments produced significantly greater mortality than untreated check. At 96 h, the high rate of spinosad (0.4170 mL-1 concentration) showed 100% mortality. Significant mortality from the high rate of the BotaniGard WP9702 formulation of B. bassiana Strain GHA was first observed at the 72 h evaluation. At that time, mortality was 30%. At 96 h, mortality was 57.5% compared to the untreated check. At 120 h (five days), mortality was 95% from B. bassiana at the 1 1b/100 gal rate; slightly lower (85%) mortality was observed at this time from both the 0.25 1b/100 gal and 0.0625 1b/100 gal B. bassiana rate. At 144 h (six days), all of the B. bassiana concentrations showed up to 95% mortality in this trial. Several studies were also conducted its use in control of grasshoppers. Laboratory spray tower trials with B. bassiana have been conducted on fourth-instar migratory grasshopper and larvae of the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor L. (Marcandier and Khachatourians, 1987; Moore and Erlandson, 1988; Khachatourians, 1992). At 10 days, mortality of grasshoppers treated with B. bassiana was 72.5%, significantly higher than the mortality of the yellow mealworms and mortality of both species receiving air and oil treatments (Brinkman et al., 1997). This is similar to the laboratory trial results of Marcandier and Khachatourians (1987) who observed, at 14-days post treatment, 90-100% mortality of grasshoppers after being dipped in a distilled water suspension containing 2x107 conidia per milliliter. However, there were no significant differences, compared to the water check, observed at 144 h post exposure in this trial because of high background mortality in the untreated check.
Laboratory Ingestion Trial II,1997
Effects were most rapidly observed with BotaniGard when produced significant mortality effects at the highest rate during the 24 h evaluation (Table 2). This was significantly different when compared with the BioNeem treatment and untreated water check. At 48 h, grasshoppers exposed to BotaniGard continued to have the highest mortality when compared the other treatments. At 48 h, there were no significant differences among the other treatments. At the 96 h evaluation there was significant mortality from both BotaniGard and Conserve, compared to other tested treatments.
|Table 1:||Leaf-dip bioassay using microbial insecticides for control of migratory grasshopper on alfalfa|
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|Table 2:||Leaf-dip bioassay using microbial and repellent insecticides for control of the migratory grasshopper on alfalfa|
|zNumbers within a column not followed by the same letter are significantly different (p<0.05) by SNK|
At 192 h, BotaniGard and Conserve produced 100% mortality. Brinkman et al. (1997) reported that at 10 days, mortality of grasshoppers treated with B. bassiana was 72.5%, a lower infection rate than was noted in this study. BioNeem (neem-derived insecticide) treatment also produced significant mortality at this time. Some early trials showed neem-derived insecticides capable of control of some insect species. For example, Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) larvae consumed less food, gained less weight and were less efficient at converting ingested and digested food into biomass (Barnby and Knocke, 1987). Population levels of chrysanthemum leafminer, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess), were significantly reduced by neem-derived insecticides (Parkman and Pienkowski, 1990). Ascher et al. (1992) used the commercial azadirachtin-enriched formula AzatinR to successfully reduce nymphal populations of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergrande). Price and Schuster (1991) conducted field trials using neem and various synthetic insecticides to control population of the Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) on poinsettia. There was no significant difference in grasshopper mortality resulting from exposure to the Garlic Barrier, Trilogy and untreated water check treatments.
The result of B. bassiana supported previous study and even caused significant mortality on the migratory grasshopper short period comparing with them. However, the using B. bassiana in the field condition was not success comparing with laboratory bioassay (Demirel, 1998). For this reason that the weather condition was very important factor to get a good result from B. bassiana treatments in field conditions. Spinosad was an effective as a bio-insecticide for reducing population density of grasshoppers in both laboratory bioassays and field trials (Demirel, 1998). In addition, the spinosad might be easy to apply for migratory grasshopper at home garden and organic farming. In this study also indicated that Bioneem had significant repellent effects on migratory grasshoppers. In addition, Trilogy and Bioneem had significant repellent effects on migratory grasshoppers and reduction of leaf area consumed in laboratory bioassays (Demirel, 1998). The Garlic Barrier did result in good mortality on the migratory grasshopper in laboratory condition. However, the other repellent insecticides of Hot Pepper Wax treatment was the most effective repellent insecticide for reducing leaf area consumption in the field (Demirel, 1998). In conclusion, using of the microbial and repellent insecticides might be important for control migratory grasshopper in home garden area in Fort Collins, Colorado. As a result, Beauveria bassiana and spinosad were effective microbial insecticide for causing mortality on migratory grasshopper in both laboratory bioassays trials. In addition, Bioneem had significant mortality on migratory grasshoppers.
This project was supported by Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station of Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
ND was supported by the Ministry of National Education of Republic of Turkey.
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The fresh new church ladder when you look at the Germany as well as the state’s important place Catholic group introduced the fresh reforms after a good 2018 statement learned that many out-of abuse criminal activities was methodically protected upwards of the Italian language chapel leadership.
VATICAN Area – Germany’s Catholic bishops insisted Monday one to its reform techniques wouldn’t lead so you’re able to an excellent schism and you can vowed observe they using, immediately following demanding group meetings that have Vatican authorities who are in need of a good moratorium towards the proposals so you’re able to ordain people, bless same-gender unions and you may rethink chapel teaching with the sex.
Monsignor Georg Baetzing, head of your own German Bishops’ Fulfilling, attends a news conference at the end of a beneficial 6-date see off German bishops into the Vatican, and additionally a gathering that have Pope Francis, in the Rome towards Friday. Riccardo De- Luca/Relevant Drive
Your head of your own Italian language bishops’ appointment, Bishop Georg Baetzing, briefed journalists with the weeklong series of conferences the guy and you may sixty other German bishops got with Pope Francis and also the minds regarding the fresh Vatican’s chief practices. New periodic immediately after-every-five-season see obtained far greater import this time given the demands having transform and you may reform among Germany’s score-and-file Catholics after the Italian language church’s reckoning with ages out of clergy intimate discipline and you will coverage-ups.
Summarizing the latest German condition, Baetzing told you new German church would not make behavior that were this new Vatican’s and work out, and told you outsiders whom power worries of change process best to help you a break up off Rome had been unaware out-of just what really was getting debated.
Italian language bishops to ensure Vatican but guarantee so you’re able to go ahead with reforms
Brand new church ladder into the Germany together with country’s important place Catholic classification launched the fresh new reforms shortly after good 2018 statement discovered that many out of abuse criminal activities was basically methodically protected upwards because of the Italian language church leadership. They learned that structural stamina facts in the chapel “best intimate discipline regarding minors otherwise produced blocking it more challenging.”
Original assemblies of the reform techniques, referred to as Synodal Highway, have needed to address how electricity and power are resolved for the the fresh new chapel. On these meetings, place agencies and you can German bishops has accepted phone calls so that blessings to possess exact same-sex partners, hitched priests additionally the ordination of females just like the deacons, although proposals have to be after that debated and you can recognized in their mind as passed.
Baetzing hoping brand new Vatican that the Italian language church do “perhaps not make any decisions who just be it is possible to throughout the framework of the universal chapel,” for example change on the church’s core doctrine.
“But not, this new church from inside the Germany would like to and really should give remedies for all the questions are expected of the faithful,” he told you.
An element of the lay Catholic group active in the reforms, the newest Central Committee out-of Italian language Catholics, said the new meeting caused it to be clear that the Italian language chapel are right to realize the latest conversation inside the Germany since the “this isn’t a solution to understand the obligation to the change process solely during the Rome.”
The president of your class, Irme Stetter-Karp, grabbed issue with the newest joint report provided by the Vatican and you may Italian language bishops, which advised brand new faithful to get patient.
You to definitely proposition in order to appear, adopting the Vatican unsuccessfully looked for a good moratorium for the German procedure, need connected with Germany set representatives for the round-table discussions that have Vatican officials once the processes continues on, Baetzing said.
The fresh Italian language place category Our company is Chapel said Tuesday this was happy the thought of a great moratorium, floated from the certain Vatican and German bishops, are prevented.
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Francis provided Woelki, 66, an excellent “religious timeout” this past year but has not acted on the cardinal’s bring to help you resign, that has been filed inside the March.
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Francis came across personally to the bishops towards the Thursday and you can are questioned to become listed on a seminar conference Saturday between your bishops and the thoughts of the market leading Vatican workplaces. Francis did not appear in the Monday meeting, making it towards Vatican hierarchs to dicuss.
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September 29th, 2017 10:16 EST
Service Members Work With Puerto Rican, Federal Agencies to Help Island Recover
The Puerto Rican government is working closely with federal agencies -- including the Defense Department -- to recover from the catastrophe that was Hurricane Maria, officials on the island said via teleconference today.
DoD personnel were working with Puerto Rican authorities before the storm hit, and they have continued the efforts.
In a phone call with Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló today, Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan told the governor that DoD will stay aligned with the Federal Emergency Management Agency`s plan to stabilize the situation and sustain life in Puerto Rico, Navy Cmdr. Sarah Higgins, a spokesperson for Shanahan, said.
Shanahan made clear that supporting the territory`s citizens is a top priority, and that DoD will deploy all needed resources to do so, Higgins said in a statement summarizing the call. The leaders discussed the rapid deployment of additional response capacity, expanding airfield throughput, and positioning key DoD leaders in Puerto Rico, she added. U.S. Northern Command officials announced today that Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, Northcom`s land forces component commander, was on his way to Puerto Rico to serve as the DoD liaison to the FEMA effort.
Amphibious Ready Group
A Navy amphibious ready group built around the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge and containing the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit were among the first to arrive at the island after the storm and immediately fell in with 2,500 members of the Puerto Rico National Guard and members of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Acting under the guidance of FEMA -- the lead federal agency for the disaster -- the sailors and Marines used onboard capabilities to launch search and rescue missions, Navy Rear Adm. Jeffrey W. Hughes, the group`s commander.
The ships arrived on a devastated island. Maria has been blamed for 16 deaths, and there were no usable seaports or airports when the ships arrived. All electricity was down on the island, and all roads were blocked. There was no way to get water, food or medicines to the 3.5 million people on the island.
The Marines used their air-cushioned boats to come over the beach to begin the process of opening the air and sea ports. Soon after, Air Force transports were able to land to bring needed supplies and equipment to the island.
Roughly 4,500 service members are aiding the recovery effort in Puerto Rico.
The situation has improved, but there is still a long way to go, federal officials said. FEMA and DoD officials -- working side by side with Puerto Rican government leaders -- have reopened airports and seaports. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers electrical generators have been delivered, and food and water are getting to all the municipalities on the island.
Deliveries of food and water remain the highest priorities, officials said.
Army medical evacuation helicopters are arriving on the island, and DoD doctors are working with Puerto Rican medical officials to ensure the hospitals are safe to use. As of 3 p.m. today, 47 of the 69 hospitals on the island have been assessed. The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort is sailing from Norfolk to provide aid and should arrive next week.
John Rabin, the FEMA coordinator, stressed that federal and commonwealth officials are working closely together. He said today was better than yesterday and that he hopes tomorrow will be better than today. All efforts are focused on the people of Puerto Rico and "saving lives, sustaining lives and protecting lives," Rabin said.
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BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Dr. Hermogenes Paguia has been designated Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) Vice President for Research, Extension, and Training Services.
BPSU President Dr. Greg Rodis signed his appointment paper on March 7.
Paguia expressed gratefulness to the university president for the trust and confidence as he vowed to work hard for excellent research and extension services.
“My goal is to advance university research and development and innovations, and initiate responsive extension services for the community”, he vowed.
“To involve as many faculty members and students in the research and extension is another target”, he said.
Prior to his current post, he was the Director for Research Development. He also held the post of Director for Extension in the past.
He was the project leader of many research and extension projects. He also has authored/co-authored several agriculture research studies.
Currently, Paguia has faculty rank of Professor VI.

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AMT Electronics E1 Engl emulator preamp. This pedal is not only an emulator of the lead channel from the Engl Fireball, it is also a preamp in its own right and must be handled like a preamp so you can avoid using it incorrectly. The most important means of doing so is noticing that there are two output jacks: one for instrument-level output, and another for line-level output.
- Knob 1 - "Low": This knob controls the amount of low-, or bass frequencies in the signal. Turning the knob clockwise increases these frequencies.
- Knob 2 - "Mid": This knob controls the amount of midrange frequencies in the signal. Turning the knob clockwise increases these frequencies.
- Knob 3 - "High": This knob controls the amount of high-, or treble frequencies in the signal. Turning the knob clockwise increases these frequencies.
- Knob 4 - "Level": This knob controls the total amount of signal volume coming from the pedal. Clockwise is louder.
- Knob 5 - "Gain": This knob controls the total signal going into the pedal for creating gain and therefore distortion. Clockwise is more distortion.
- Footswitch 1 - "On/Off": This button-switch toggles the pedal on and off.
We tend not to document pedal inputs and outputs as it's fairly obvious how to plug into and out of a pedal or an amp. However, when there is more than one input or output and therefore different ins or different outs for different reasons, we like to explain why. Avoiding mistakes tends to help avoid bad tone...
- Jack 1 - "Input": Input
- Jack 2 - "Output Amp": This output is an instrument-level out and this output is attenuated from the line-level that the preamp that is this pedal creates so that further pedal or amplifier tone-shaping can take place.
- Jack 3 - "Output Mixer": This output is full line-level from the preamp and also offers speaker cabinet tone shaping. This out can be plugged directly into a mixing console, or the input of a power amp, or the return jack of an effects loop of a standard guitar/bass amplifier.
The E1 is a true bypass pedal.
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And then there's another one: version 2(?)
We are currently unaware of any artists actively using the pedal now, or who have in the past.
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A COUPLE were threatened in their own home by two men demanding money.
Police are appealing for witnesses after the men, in their early 20s, forced their way into a house in Archer Street, Wallsend, in North Tyneside.
The pair, who were dressed dark clothing, threatened the couple who live there and demanded cash. One is thought to have been armed with a knife.
Although no one was injured during the burglary, they were left in shock.
The two men left the property empty handed, after the incident at around 9.55pm on Wednesday.
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One Machine has come out with two records in two years and has proven the old adage of "quality over quantity" dead wrong. The Final Cull is essentially the Slayer-meets-Symphony–X mashup you never knew you wanted until right this very minute and trust me when I say that your day is going to be way better off for it.
The thing I'm absolutely loving about The Final Cull is that it never resorts to common thrash tropes that plague the genre. The album only serves up high-speed riffs, throat-shredding vocals and anthematic choruses that you'll be muttering under your breath for the rest of the day. So what are you waiting for? We're premiering this record today for you to get your windmilling on! Go forth and jam!
One Machine consists of Endeavour vocalist Chris Hawkins, ex-Biomechanical guitarist Jamie Hunt, ex-Testament guitarist Steve Smyth, ex-Penthagon bassist Stefano Selvatico and Coma drummer Michele Sanna.


Pursuing the objective for which Cuban athletes receive a greater remuneration and get a higher technical quality, though they fulfill the condition to represent their respective national teams, Cuba increases the number of talents inserted in foreign tournaments every year.
There are many Cuban athletes taking part in competitions in several countries in sports such as baseball, basketball, volleyball, handball, cycling, wrestling, soccer and softball.
Precisely, the signing pf a contract for nine of the members of the Cuban national team -7 men and 2 women- was let known Thursday.
Six men will go to compete in Argentina, one to the prestigious Italian volleyball league, and the two ladies, will go to Peru.
The ones who will go to Argentina, will be Osniel Melgarejo, Dariel Albo, Liván Osoria, Miguel Ángel López, Adrián Goide and Javier Jiménez, while Miguel David Gutiérrez will play for Italian club Ravena.
The two ladies, Regla García and Sulián Matienzo, will play in the Peruvian tournament.
Because of the setback in several sports, Inder and the Cuban government started accepting contracts for Cuban athletes, especially in moments in which practicing some sports in the world is getting more and more expensive.
Though it is still early to say it, the interest for the services of Cuban athletes abroad is getting bigger.
Such was the statement by Cuban Volleyball Federation president Ariel Saínz, who said that "the players are physically and mentally ready to face this challenge, and the intention, is to keep our main players in first level clubs."
Such a position has also been reflected in baseball, with the growing interest of the Japanese Baseball League -the 2nd most important in the world after the US Major League Baseball-to sign Cuban baseball players.
This leasing policy was approved by the Ministers Council of Cuba at the end of 2013 and was started in force in January 2014. (PL)


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Prager U Video: The End of Women's Sports?
Is it fair for transgender athletes to compete against women?
If we don't believe that biological men have a significant advantage over biological women in sports, then why did women's sports ever need to be created in the first place? Sprinter Selina Soule explains why we should stop fooling ourselves. Check out this latest short video from Prager University below:


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Not yet reviewed.
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Wherever you find threadfin, gizzard shad, herring, menhaden or any white fish in a body of water you will find predators feeding on them. The Bullethead shad will make them believe this is their next meal.
The Tennessee Shad doesn’t just work in Tennessee. It works well where there is a lot of lighter colored baitfish. It is a good choice for waters with threadfin shad

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Advances in Chinese speech-recognition technology would bring major changes to the global computer industry, an IBM official says. 'The major inhibitor is the keyboard,' George Wang, director of IBM's China research laboratory, said. The solution lies in the creation of a 'keyboardless' computer, due to the Chinese language's 5,000 characters. The technology could then be applied to develop a range of keyboardless computers that would be adopted and marketed around the world. The solution, which would create an easier and more natural method of inputting data, was being pursued by the major computer companies, Mr Wang said. 'It's very competition intensive. Because of the advent of computer technology, it's only now that we can look at the commercial sector of speech-recognition technology.' IBM's latest Chinese speech dictation unit, which has been demonstrated in Hong Kong and Beijing, is an algorithm-based system with a 30,000-word vocabulary. It enables dictation in continuous speech and recognises Mandarin variations such as Shanghainese. In addition to speech recognition, the IBM China lab is also developing Chinese-language Internet products. A program that translates English-language Web pages into Japanese is being adapted for the Chinese market. Mr Wang said the Net was rapidly gaining popularity in China, despite the limitations of the country's telecommunications infrastructure. There are an estimated 70,000 mainland Internet users, a number expected to grow to a quarter of a million by the end of the year. Mr Wang said it was not premature to begin developing Web-based products for the China market because the infrastructure was improving rapidly. He pointed to the challenges faced by the IBM lab when it was set up in Beijing 19 months ago. Situated in an isolated northern region, the lab did not have a leased line and relied on a wireless modem. Telephone lines have since been installed in the area and the lab is now able to run a 108 kilobits-per-second modem. 'Technology in China is very much an emerging market,' Mr Wang said. The mainland lab served as a bridge between IBM's worldwide laboratories and China. 'We're taking leading-edge technology from around the world . . . and enhancing it so it can be applied to the China marketplace.'


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The College of Staten Island men’s basketball team will be ushering in the 2016-17 season when they travel to Maryland tonight to participate in the Optimist Tournament at Salisbury University. Cabrini College will take on Johns Hopkins University in the evening’s first match at 5:30pm and that will be followed by CSI taking on the host Seagulls at 7:30pm.
CSI vs. SALISBURY UNIVERSITY AT-A-GLANCE
Matchup: CSI (0-0 overall, 0-0 CUNYAC) vs. Salisbury University (1-0 Overall, 0-0 CAC)
Where: Maggs Center – 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, MD 21801
Live Stats: http://www.suseagulls.com/sports/mbkb/2016-17/boxscores/20161118_hvy5.xml
Live Video: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/salisbury/
All-Time Series: Series tied 2-2
Last Meeting: 1986 – Salisbury won, 89-87
Players To Watch (CSI): CUNYAC All-Star and 1,000-point scorer Frank Schettino is one of a small handful of seniors for the Dolphins who will expect to be the backbone of the back court this season. He needs just 18 assists to tie the school’s all-time assists record, so the countdown will start tonight. Senior Khaleeq Baum came to the Dolphins last year as a junior transfer and will look to build on his 8.0 points per game average and 4+ rebounds per game. Three-point sharp shooter Edin Bracic will look to steady the long ball tonight as well. Look for his to develop as a starting junior.
Players To Watch (SU): Fourteen Seagulls saw minutes in SU’s opening-season win on Tuesday, with no player seeing more than 27 minutes. Chad Barcikowski led the way with 18 points adding 10 rebounds, while Wyatt Smith chimed in with 12 points and 12 rebounds in the win. Guard Justin Witmer banked four three-pointers, finishing with 16 points. Forward Gordon Jeter led the Seagulls last year with a 13.7 points per game average. He finished with three points and five rebounds on Tuesday.
News & Notes: Tonight’s matchup between the two sides renews a rivalry that has been dormant for almost 30 years. These two teams met four times between 1982-86, but haven’t met since. CSI won the first two meetings including the only meeting ever played on Staten Island, 96-82, back in 1983. This is the third meeting at the Maggs Center, with each team winning once on Salisbury’s floor. CSI took an 83-81 win back in 1982 between the squads, while Salisbury took a 78-69 win to open up the 1983-84 campaign. Not only does CSI senior Frank Schettino need 18 assists to tie the school’s all-time record, he also needs 18 points to crack the all-time top 25 in scoring. He also currently ranks 9th all-time in steals, and will need 58 this season to tie that all-time mark as well. Look for rebounding to tell an important story in today’s game. CSI was 14-4 last season when they won the battle on the boards. The Dolphins were also 17-3 a year ago when they shot 45% or better, and they were just 1-5 when they failed to meet that threshold.


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Results from the 2017 World Championships, held from October 2 through October 8 in Montreal, Canada.
The live blog for subdivision two of women’s qualifications at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, Canada.
The master team list for the 2017 World Championships, to be held from October 2 through October 8 in Montreal, Canada.
Results from the 2017 Asian Championships, held from May 18 through May 21 in Bangkok, Thailand.
We’re updating the results from the qualification rounds at 2014 World Championships as they come in! Includes team, all-around, and event.
The full combined results from all three women’s gymnastics qualification subdivisions at the 2014 Asian Games, held Monday September 22. Look out for our full recap still to come!
The 2014 Asian Games, to be held in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 through October 4, mark the 17th Games in this multi-sport event’s history.