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BSM outlines plans for ongoing mission opportunities
PLAINVIEW – Over the next few years, students at Wayland Baptist University will have the opportunity to visit several different regions of the world doing missions work, based on a plan unveiled by the Baptist Student Ministries program.
BSM director Donnie Brown said the long-range missions plan allows the program to prepare better for coming trips and to formulate a strategy for missions experiences for Wayland students and staff alike.
"Instead of just doing whatever sounded good at the moment, we wanted to have a plan to give some direction and order to the missions program," Brown said. "Students have different interests and gifts, so this will provide different opportunities to use those gifts."
The plan calls for a Wayland group to visit each of the five world regions, as designated by the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, within a 10-year period or less. Each year's plan includes trips to at least two of the regions as well as opportunities within the United States and the West Texas area. (The regions are defined as the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the Pacific Rim.)
"We wanted to provide an opportunity for students to be involved in various types of ministries: urban and rural, children and adults, evangelism and prayerwalking, and others," Brown added.
The strategy includes weekly missions projects that are already in place through the BSM, such as apartment ministry to children, prison ministry and servant evangelism experiences. Mission Emphasis Week will involve a campus focus on missions with special speakers planned, panel discussions and a missions fair. Students will continue to be encouraged to pursue missions service through the Baptist General Convention of Texas' Go Now Missions program over the summer or for a semester. In the past, many Wayland students have participated in such ventures.
Major mission trips will involve two-year partnerships with Wayland contacts in various regions of the world. Brown said he wants to partner with alums who may be serving in various countries in order to plan mission work.
For the coming two years, for example, Brown has planned a summer trip to Budapest, Hungary, to assist WBU alums Mark Aderholt and Shanna Buck, both of whom are currently serving there. Brown is also planning a summer trip to Australia, where Wayland alums Clinton and Jennifer Staj, Salem Posey and Greg and Sara Howle are serving as the band Zuigia. A trip to Asia is set for 2007-08.
Domestically, mission trips to South Padre Island for spring break's Beach Reach evangelism effort will continue, with First Baptist Church in Plainview leading that trip. Other projects on tap include a return to North Dakota, where students helped lead a Disciple Now weekend over spring break in March, and return visits to El Paso and Mexico. Short weekend service projects will be offered at various community agencies in the Plainview area and in Lubbock and Amarillo.
Brown said he hopes the long-range plan will allow for greater involvement by Wayland faculty and staff in missions with students, both on major trips and in area service projects. He also hopes churches will get involved by helping to sponsor trips or provide resources.
Brown is seeking support from Wayland alums and others who would be willing to partner with the BSM in this endeavor in the following areas:
- Providing prayer support and/or becoming a prayer partner for student missionaries,
- Participating is mission trips as an adult sponsor,
- Giving financially to offset the cost of mission trips, or
- Serving as a contact in target areas and partnering on mission ventures.
For more information or to get involved, contact Brown at (806) 291-3595 or by email at email@example.com.


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(CNN) -- Republican presidential candidates traded plenty of jabs during Wednesday night's CNN/YouTube debate. CNN.com viewers analyzed their answers for substance and truth and pointed out where candidates gave stellar responses or left their audience asking more questions. Below is a collection of their responses, some of which have been edited for length and clarity.
Paul Schlimme, pictured here with Ron Paul on November 10, likes the format of the CNN-YouTube debates.
Nancy Kolger of Richmond, Indiana
I am a 67-year-old widow. I am clearly disappointed about the questions chosen tonight for the candidates to answer. As a senior citizen I am really disappointed that not one question was asked about health care and rising drug costs for all the people. I can send you an e-mail response and/or question but I do not know how to take or send a video or download and all that other stuff that younger people do. So therefore I was not given the chance to ask a question and I feel this is a form of discrimination or else lack of CNN taking the time to scan through e-mails as they have obviously done with videos. Next time I hope you will consider the fact that a lot of the citizens/voters of this country do not know how to use all this modern stuff and it would be nice if you just had a senior citizen debate with the candidates; and I bet some really good questions besides, wars, gun control, immigration, abortion, gays, etc, would come forth. Like health care, drug expenses, gas prices, feeding, clothing, and housing the elderly, more American jobs, etc. Thank you!
Anonymous from Washington
I am a lieutenant in the U.S. Army. I served as a platoon leader, and am now working at the battalion level and am about to make the rank of captain. I ask that you not use my name because I am active duty. In response to the candidates' remarks on gays in the military, not a single one will get my vote. Sen. McCain said he has talked to the leaders in the Army, the generals. These are not the people to talk to on this issue; the people to talk to are the lieutenants, the captains and the sergeants. They are the ones who serve with these soldiers. They are the ones who see how these soldiers serve. Openly gay soldiers should not be discriminated against. They do not damage morale; they do not damage the ability of a unit to fight. Years ago, the ability of women to fight was questioned, yet now we are in a war where there is no battle line, everywhere is the front line. I've lost friends both on the FOB and outside, both men AND women.
Margaret Giles of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Although the debate has covered a lot of hot topics such as Iraq, gay marriage, immigration, abortion and such, I was a bit disappointed to see that NOT person or candidate even brought up stem cell research. Is this not as big a deal as putting a man on Mars or fixing highway infrastructures!? I think they could have covered more important topics like stem cell research than "Do you believe every single word of the Bible?"
Dennis Wolcott of Vermilion, Ohio
Why do we focus on abortion, religion and gun rights when theses issues are debated every 4 years and never seem to change. In truth, these issues are polarizing talking points that eat at people emotionally. Please discuss real issues that matter to all of us: Fair trade, paying down debt, trade deficits, mortgage credit crunch, etc. Maybe someone could explain why NAFTA does not seem to be working or why our children are now being taught to pass an achievement test instead of fundamentals.
Stephen Farley of San Francisco, California
The bravery of the brigadeer general in the audience was the highlight of the evening.
Mike Lamprecht of New York, New York
Whatever happened to separation of church and state? I don't think our candidates should be asked if they believe in the bible. Religious views are private personal beliefs and should remain private. Isn't that the basis of this country's creation?
Robert Semands of Edmond, Oklahoma
This is the best debate so far. I have enjoyed the in-your-face energy from all the candidates. The moderator, while doing a generally good job, has really short-changed Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter. Ron Paul is the only candidate on that stage that understands the Constitution and adequately represents it. We all needed to hear much more from him.
Muriel Sims of Fort Worth, Texas
No he [Mitt Romney] didn't invoke the name of Bill Cosby!
People living in the "inner city" (code for Black communities) are no less moral than anyone else. But men have a very hard time staying if they cannot work.
My stepfather was in my life, but he worked all his life too. What man wants to sit around feeling helpless while his child cries in hunger? Why do you think the "inner city" father is any less sympathetic than the people who can afford to employ illegal aliens in his home?
Frank Richmond of Wichita, Kansas
I'm amazed to hear all these well-fed people who have never felt any pain talking about what is or isn't torture. If you kicked in any of these candidates' doors, dragged them out of bed naked, threw them in a cell for a few days, then tied them upside down to a board with a wet towel around their head and started hosing them down, they would think it was torture.
They might think it's necessary on occasion, but at least be man enough to call it what it is.
Mary Tarkington of Wilsonville, Oregon
"Do you believe what the bible says?" PLEEEASE! These people are running for president, not Pope!
Mike G. of Chicago, Illinois
This debate proves nothing more than the GOP is the God-centric party. Not everyone believes that the USA should be as religiously focused as it is. After hearing the candidates, I feel they cannot relate to my religious views, which are different than theirs.
Jeff Stevens of Peekskill, New York
As a member of the U.S. Army, it greatly offends me to hear John McCain say things like "Our troops want to finish the job." I have never in my few years as a young Soldier in both an active duty and reserve component heard anyone say such things. It is a soldier's job to be neutral and fulfill the duties that the American people task us with. I think it is wrong to fool the American people into thinking that soldiers actually enjoy the brutal environment in Iraq and wish to stay there.
Bobby Schechinger of La Vista, Nebraska
During the immigration debate I felt that nobody really hit the true points of dealing with illegal immigrants. It was turning into a fistfight with words and bashing their opponents ideas and saying "he's an idiot, don't vote for him!"
Sarah Soltesz of Palm Harbor, Florida
When Romney replied to Giuliani about the illegal immigrants that he has employed at his mansion, he responded with "do I ask people who have an accent to see their green card?". I would have replied that if he was employing them legally he would have to gather that information it states clearly on an application are you a legal US citizen? Can you show the correct paper (green card) that you are legally able to work in the US? As an employer you have the right to ask this of your employee.
Tim Lamb of Waynesville, Ohio
This is a stupid format. What is next? Dancing with the Presidential Candidates!! The Great Presidential Race!! Presidential Idol!! Give me a break. How about a serious format? E-mail to a friend


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An IAF view of the FGFA partnership
India, Russia formalise 5th Gen fighter effort
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God willing India should induct large numbers such aircraft to deter paki-chinese onsaught.
What is India's participation in the programme, is it only moneybags!!
Composites, avionics..??
When the deal was officially signed in N Delhi the aeroplane was already flying..
Also there is a dichotomy in the requirement of both forces ie Russians opting a single seater and Indians a twin-seater aeroplane
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Composites and Electronics from India also the wing concept from LCA
Hi Capital P,
The current version of PAK FA is a single seater aircraft. India has joined hands with Russia to develop a two seater version which is the requirement projected by IAF and is expected to induct the later in 200-250 nos. The current flying prototype is for Russian Air Force.
Indian two seater FGFA must be a well thought over and experienced strategy over the Sukhoi T-50. It may be especially helpful during the peak and deciding moments of the war.
With this progress the fears of J-20 if any shall be quenched.
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why does india need a twin seater?
Is it to ease pressure?
this is certainly a good choice of aircraft, guaranteeing India's air power in the future
the two-seater version is also a superior choice in my eyes: aside from the doubling in my man power, I imagine that in any future conflict UAVs and UCAVs will be increasingly important, as will the ability to control them from forward aircraft. so with a second pilot on board, FGFAs will be able to directly control one or multiple UAVs/UCAVs, reducing the dependancy on long range (satellite) communications
IMO the lack of a two-seater version is a major flaw in both the F-22 and F-35 designs btw
India Russia defence
Russian Helicopters to be assembled in India
5th Gen means advanced avionics and other eqps/automation which will dispense with the need for a 2nd pilot. None of the 5th Gen fighters have 2 seat configuration. Adding another pilot will severely compromise the stealth and other features of a typical 5th gen fighter. Our IAF is still thinking in terms of 4th Gen for a 5th Gen fighter i.e. generation gap not only in terms of technology but also mindset.
Latest news: F35B has flown successfully. We must also think seriously about acquiring this jet for our forward bases and other amphibious operations. Now US Marines have reposed their faith on F35B the only true VSTOL jet after the venerable Harrier.
I love the MiG corporation but them bringing nothing more than an upgraded Mig 29 with a bad record of MiG 21 and hoping to win the MMCRA was just a very bad idea,
The PAK FA has only 2 prototypes? Last I heard the J-20 has around 7, which shows that the Chinese are really fast-tracking the J-20's development. This means that the J-20 could be in full production at least 2 years before the PAK FA.
Will hal will design an indian prototype
chengdu j20 is conducting flight trials with their only 2 prototypes, 2001 and 2002 with different engines.
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A new Pew Research /Knight Foundation survey about Internet use is full of revelations about competition between newspapers, TV, and social networks for local news audiences. 79 percent of the United States population that's online now relies upon the 'Net for most key local subjects. But perhaps the most interesting section of the report is a list of the five local topics for which the online landscape is "the most relied upon source." Here they are:
Bars, restaurants and clubs: The survey was taken from January 12 through 25 and queried 2,251 adults (18+) on cell phones and landlines. About half (55 percent) of the respondents reached by Pew/Knight said that they periodically get updates on the best watering holes and eateries online.
"Those who seek such information are disproportionately female, age 18-39, college-educated, urban or suburban, and Internet users," the report notes.
A little over a fifth of them said they go to search engines for this information, especially if they're young or haven't lived in their area for very long. Around nine percent of them access interactive websites like Yelp. Two percent rely on social networking sites. But "here too young adults stand out as being more likely than their elders to rely on these Internet sources, as are those who live in non-rural areas."
Other local businesses: About 60 percent of all adults said they get their intel on local business (excluding clubs and restaurants) via search engines. Again, it is the young who opt to go this route, Pew/Knight notes. Ten percent go to websites that specialize in local enterprises.
Local schools and education: "Fully 58 percent of American adults say they get information about local schools and education," Pew/Knight concludes. No big surprise that these users tend to be the parents of kids. They're mostly female, aged 30-49.
Local jobs: 39 percent of these Pew/Knight respondents said they look for information about local jobs online. "They are disproportionately African-American, under age 40, and living in lower income households." Ten percent get their employment information from specialty sites. Eight percent use search engines. Less than one percent told Pew/Knight that they rely on social networking sites for the job hunting task.
Local housing and real estate. 43 percent of all Americans rely to some degree on the 'Net for information about housing and land rentals and purchases, Pew/Knight concludes. Nine percent access specialty sites. The same percentage access search engines.
But what about newspapers?
This survey defines the "Internet" as separate from newspapers and their online sites. Newspapers still lead or tie cyberspace as go-to places to search for housing and jobs. But Americans don't seem to be aware of the extent to which they depend on papers for local news and information.
Consider this Pew/Knight revelation. Almost seventy percent of respondents to the study said that if their local newspaper no longer existed, it would have no impact on their ability to keep up with local news and events. But the survey team got a very different picture when it queried the same people about particular local issues and the sources they accessed to get information about them.
Of sixteen local news topics the Pew focused on, newspapers either topped the list or tied for first with other sources. These subjects included taxes, crime, local government, local politics, education, local jobs, community/neighborhood news, arts, zoning news, and real estate/housing. This is particularly the case for older Americans.
"Newspapers play a much bigger role in people's lives than many may realize," Pew notes.
TV still first, sort of
The survey also finds that television still rules in local news-land, but only for a handful of topics. TV is the top source for weather and "breaking news." It ties with radio for traffic news. And television runs neck-and-neck with newspapers for local politics stories.
"In other words, local TV draws a mass audience largely around a few popular subjects," the report observes; "local newspapers attract a smaller cohort of citizens but for a wider range of civically oriented subjects."
But before you conclude that newspapers enjoy some kind of hidden windfall that nobody knew about until now, consider this. That "smaller cohort" is a lot smaller that the audience for television's offerings. Take stories about taxation. Sure, almost half of those who look for information about taxes (48 percent) get it from newspapers. That's twice the percentage that seek it from the Internet and TV.
But when you extend that percentage to the whole population, it means that only a fifth of Americans go to newspapers for tax news. "Thus, while newspapers command this subject area, most people simply do not seek out information about the subject of local taxes," Pew/Knight observes.
Bottom line: less people look for more information on newspapers, while more people look for less information on television. Meanwhile, the 'Net is drawing more and more eyeballs for data on housing, entertainment, and jobs—especially among the young.
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LAS VEGAS — Yup, the Winter Meetings have come to a close, with the boys in the Big Apple making the most noise this year. No surprises there, I guess. As for your Toronto Blue Jays, it was a quiet week — aside for some sitdowns.
Today, Toronto agreed to a Minor League contract with free-agent pitcher Matt Clement, and the deal could be announced as soon as Friday. Clement is coming off 2006 shoulder surgery, so we'll see what kind of shape he's in health wise. Toronto has also had talks with free-agent Carl Pavano this week.
The biggest news was the re-emergence of the Jays as players for shortstop Rafael Furcal — a few weeks after GM J.P. Ricciardi said the club's interest had diminished. Now, Toronto is hoping to land the shortstop to boost their offense, which has lacked a true leadoff hitter for a while now.
The Jays aren't saying they're out on A.J. Burnett, but it seems highly improbable that he'd wind up back north of the border. The Yankees are apparently offering him five guaranteed years, which is something the Jays aren't willing to do. Between the Braves and the Bronx, I would wager that Burnett winds up in pinstripes.
As for Rule 5 rumblings, the Jays lost infielders Anthony Hatch and Ryan Klosterman in the Triple-A phase and picked up outfielder Cody Haerther and pitcher David Shinskie in the same round. No activity in the Major League portion, so no Jason Smiths or Randy Wells types this season.
In the search for a backup catcher, the Jays have met with free-agent catcher Michael Barrett. Toronto is probably hoping to sign him to a Minor League contract as well. That would provide some depth behind Rod Barajas, and would allow the Jays to keep J.P. Arencibia playing every day in the Minors.
With that, I'm going to get out of here. I have some time to kill before I have to catch a Red Eye back to the GTA and I feel like I still have never been to Vegas. I've been stuck in the Bellagio pretty much this whole week. Catch you all from Toronto…
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LAS VEGAS ( From SI )– The on-again, off-again trade of Mike Cameron for Melky Cabrera appears back on again. Brewers general manager Doug Melvin told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel there's "a strong possibility it could still happen." And before he left here, Yankees GM Brian Cashman also spoke fairly positively to some people about the chances for a trade with Milwaukee.
***Well, there goes our chance of trading Wells without taking a serious haircut ourselves. Well done JP, now we're probably hung with paying Wells that $117 million over the next 6 years or eating a huge chunk of it when traded. Talk about deja-vous-anyone remember the Delgado contract that hamstrung us for so many years. Well guess what????
Thanks for the update JoBa. Regrettably we can observe the status quo: a slate of boring potential moves. What the heck is Furcal going to do for our anemic offense? He certainly won't help the middle or back end of the rotation!!! Ah well, if 2009 goes down the way it seems it will maybe I'll get the firesale I want…
Jorden hope you enjoyed something of Vegas. At minimum the Bellagio is a great hotel. I am very frustrated with last year, the offseason, JP's media and player relations, JP in general, the freakin yankees and the Burnett situation.
Maybe now that we have a team here in Victoria, I'll go watch live instead or cheer for the Mariners, at least they made a trade to shake things up.
Tanandmur.It would be a shame to see you quit on the Jays,One more year and with luck JP will be gone.
The Yankees have done this every year and have not won the world series for a few years,Big money does not always win,look at TB.
If Burnett goes to the Yankees I hope he breaks down,If he goes to Atlanta I hope he has a great year.
Furcal will not help this team,They need a big bat,he does not carry a big stick,also he is an injury risk.
It looks like another year of hasbeens,Why does JP have to make a poor deal just to make a deal,When JP leaves the Jays he will never be a GM again,you can bet on it.
I took a peek at the schedule and the Jays will play in Oct. on the 2nd 3rd and the 4th lol.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees have reeled in another top pitcher, reaching agreement with A.J. Burnett on a five-year contract.
Burnett won a career-high 18 games with Toronto this season and then became a free agent.
Earlier this week, the Yankees reached a deal with ace CC Sabathia for seven years and $161 million.
Burnett's agreement was confirmed Friday by the office of his agent, Darek Braunecker. It was first reported by foxsports.com.
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For once, JP states something I liked to hear and hope he means it for the young starters we're going to throw to the wolfs, Lind, Snider, Arrencibia and others. LETS PLAY THE KIDS.
""We've got the big picture in mind," said Ricciardi, referring to relying on younger arms. "We know those kids are going to fail at some point. They're not all just going to hit the ground running and take off. Any time you play young players, you're going to go through that. We're willing to let those guys go through the development curve."
yes my threat to leave the blue jays is likely idle, but I did do it with the Leafs. i was born and raised the leafs and haven't watched a game in three years. I honestly don't miss it at all. they suck too. i do like mcgowan, downs, hill, rios, rolen and mcdonald and cito. do we have any idea of who we would like to replace riccardi?
The Yankees are just reeling the pitchers in aren't they? Last year we had the best rotation in the A.L. East I'd argue. Halladay, Burnett and Marcum were solid. Too bad the Yankees now have Sabathia, Wang and Burnett.
I don't mind Burnett leaving, I just didn't want him to go to the Yankees. If Burnett is healthy, there is no way the Yankees will have an 'off year' in their new stadium. We thought the A.L. East was tough before! With Tampa now, this doesn't look good. The '09 Jays will have to face a lot of adversity. Hope they are up to it with Cito.
Although, with the big contracts now, it would be very entertaining to see the Yankees fail. The A.L. East, being as tough as it is, there are no guarentees for any team I believe.
Patience. If the Jays fall flat on their faces as most of us expect, and if the Yankees, Sox, and Tampa all appear to be contenders at the trade deadline, the climate may be right to allow Halladay to be moved to a contender, preferably in the national league. There is really no hope for this team, until it moves its most valuable asset for a bevy of legitimate young studs. Once Halladay is gone, the house cleaning can begin in earnest. The most important question facing this club is who is going to be running it after the 2009 season? No potential GM would come to toronto pretending that the team is a bat or two away from contention. I would like to hear from you guys as to who you think the right man is for the job, given that JP is likely gone during or after the 2009 season.
The thing is if we trade Doc, Riccardi would handle the trade and heaven knows what he would get in return . I would rather keep Doc then let Riccardi handle his trade .
I agree with Indigo, the last guy I want to do the trades is JP Riccardi. Actually, I don't think any major moves will be made at this point until Beeston finds a new President, although I wish he'd take the job himself.
About the only thing we can hope for is the new President cans JP, brings in a new GM and starts the rebuild process at that time. I cannot imagine any new President would want to keep JP after reviewing his record here. Lets hope it all starts soon.
But is there a "star" GM out there that any new president, no matter who he (or she) is, should be looking at for turning this ship around? I can't think of one that would be attracted to Toronto, given the fiscal limitations of working with a Canadain dollar in the most competitive divison in all of baseball.
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According to several baseball officials, the Yankees remain in the Mark Teixeira hunt. But the same connected voices insist if the Yankees don't land the switch-hitting first baseman, they will turn their money toward controversial slugger Manny Ramirez. "If they can't get Teixeira, they are right there on Manny," an official with knowledge of the Yankees' plan said yesterday.
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JP will probably be the GM for 09 no matter who the new president is,Halladay will not be traded this year or next,why would the Jays trade the best pitcher in the game today just for some prospects that you don't know if they will make it or not.
If money is the problem bring in Manny and another big bat like Tex and they will fill the house.All you have to do is give the fans hope and they will come to the games,even with the poor economy people will spend money on good entertainment,so bring in the two players i mentioned above and let's rock.
The Jays keep saying they are interested in Furcal so why haven't they made an offer yet.
The reason that you trade your best pitcher is so that you do not end up with two draft choices (like Burnett) when he walks away. Who cares how well Halladay pitches if we are in 4th position? In fact, if you do nothing, and recieve the picks, you could argue that they may not make it to the big leagues. However, if you obtain at least one (or two) young prospects that have made it to the major leagues (or are on the verge of making the jump), you can be assured of getting some value back. If you let him go for draft picks, it becomes a crap shoot. The real lunacy here is pretending that this team is a contender. Does signing Furcal, or ten more guys like him, make this team a contender? Since when was baseball about having the best pitcher in the game? It is about having the best team in the league? Moreover, Halladay is not the best pitcher in the league, and his value is likely only to diminish over the next two years as the arm gets older, and his numbers start to diminish on a 4th place team. Why can CC get traded — arguably a superior pitcher to Halladay — but we can't trade Halladay? It is this type of backward thinking that has got us into this mess in the first place. Trade Vernon, no. We can't do that. Let's give him a 117 million dollar contract to keep the fans happy. That will solve all our problems. Happy fans are paying fans…at least for the home opener. Then the attendance goes back down to 20K on game 2 of the season, since everyone knows this team is a pretender, not a contender. Sorry for the ramble…I just wish that people would see that there is a way out of this problem, but some hard decisions must be made to do it.
San Diego isn't getting what they want right now for Jake Peavy so I don't understand how people can think it's so easy to just deal Halladay away for some maybe prospects.
In my opinion the only way Halladay should be dealt would be if they can get an established young star in return. Guys like David Wright, Jose Reyes, Hanley Ramirez, Evan Longoria, B.J. Upton or Scott Sheilds are the types i'd want back. Otherwise I want him to stay. You have to remember too that his contract is a bargain right now compared to many major leaguers, that on its own has value.
I Just read Jordan's mailbag and it said that they aren't willing to go 4 years, at the salary he wants for him so I suppose they figure why bother…


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Authorities in the small community of West, Texas, which was stunned by a massive explosion in a fertilizer plant on Wednesday, are searching for survivors and clues about what caused the blast, believed to be an accident.
A non-denominational service was held at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church on Thursday night. The Rev. Ed Karasek said that the town "will never be the same, but we will persevere."
He added: "Our hearts are hurting, our hearts are broken."
"The area around the site is just total devastation," Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said at a news conference Thursday night. He said an apartment complex that was flattened "looks like it was a bombing site of an explosion the kind that you see in Baghdad."
Police initially said between five and 15 people may have been killed, and Mayor Tommy Muska, a member of the town's Fire Department, told NBC News that he feared those numbers could double. But state officials said it was too soon to say how many had died.
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Despite the lack of official confirmation, The Associated Press reported that the names of the dead were becoming known in the town of 2,800.
"Word gets around quick in a small town," said local resident Brenda Covey, 46.
Earlier, Sgt. Jason Reyes of the Texas Department of Public Safety said he could confirm that "we do have fatalities," but he refused to give any numbers.
"You've got to understand, we are still in a search-and-rescue mode right now," he said.
Tommy Muska, a volunteer firefighter and the mayor of West, Texas, which was rocked by an explosion at a fertilizer plant on Wednesday, talks about the search for survivors and how the town will move forward.
Matt Cawthon, chief deputy sheriff of McLennan County, said Thursday afternoon that the presence of dangerous chemicals at West Fertilizer Co., including ammonium nitrate, was significantly slowing the investigation.
Agents from the state Commission on Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were combing the scene "to determine just how dangerous it is for our first responders," he said.
The cause of the fire and explosion remained undetermined, but there was no indication of criminal activity, Waco police Sgt. William Patrick Swanton said. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it was sending the same National Response Team that worked this week's explosion at the Boston Marathon to lead the Texas investigation.
"We do not know the number of any fatalities. We do not know where the fire started. We do not know the cause," Assistant State Fire Marshal Kelly Kistner said.
Dozens of homes wrecked
The blast, which shook the ground with the force of a magnitude-2.1 earthquake, all but obliterated a five- to six-block radius around the plant, where two massive tanks held highly pressurized anhydrous ammonia. It wrecked about 50 to 75 homes and a middle school. A 50-unit apartment complex had its walls torn off and its roof peeled back.
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The huge blast rocked a small Texas town Wednesday, April 16, killing at least five people and destroying nearby homes.
"It just sucked you in and just threw you to the ground," resident Crystal Jerigan told TODAY, describing how she grabbed her two daughters out of a car and dived through the front door of their house.
"It was very difficult coming into work knowing my family may be coming into the hospital," Melissa James, a social worker at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco, said Thursday. Her relatives suffered only minor injuries.
The blast could be felt for miles.
Sammy Chavez of West, who ran to the West Rest Haven nursing home despite being injured, told NBC 5 of Dallas that he found a surreal scene.
"I just saw the explosion, and then after that I took off running, and then I saw the West home, and people you know were buried under the West home. The West home was gone," Chavez said. "It was gone. The school's gone. The apartments are gone. It's horrible."
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Smoke rises from the scene of a fertilizer plant explosion near Waco, Texas, on Wednesday, April 17..
Derrick Hurtt was in his truck, recording the fire from about 300 yards, when the flames erupted with a blinding flash, followed by a towering pillar of smoke.
He caught the explosion on his camera, along with the panicked screams of his daughter Khloey, who begged him to drive away.
"I'm pretty sure it lifted the truck off the ground. It just blew me over on top of her," Hurtt said on TODAY. "It all happened so quick that things kind of went black for a moment."
'It is devastated'
West has only about 2,700 residents, but the affected area is a densely populated neighborhood, and "it is devastated," Cawthon said.
But while the toll is "immense," said Abbott, the attorney general, "the other thing we clearly saw in touring around West is the clear sign of hope. You can see hope in the eyes of the rescue workers. ... You can see already the beginnings of the community working to piece itself back together."
State officials said the plant had been at the site since 1962. Its state authorization lapsed at some point, but after a 2006 complaint about a smell of ammonia in the air, it came back into compliance, and there have been no more issues.
Satellite view showing the location of West Fertilizer Co. in West, Texas.
Police said that soon after the blast there was one possible report of a looting incident but that it was "not rampant," and no one was being allowed into the search area.
There were also reports of price gouging, said Abbott, who promised that profiteers "will be facing a lawsuit by the Texas attorney general."
In a statement, President Barack Obama thanked first responders, pledged support and offered prayers.
"A tight-knit community has been shaken, and good, hard-working people have lost their lives," Obama said.
Michelle Acevedo, Gabe Gutierrez, Edgar Zuniga Jr. and Matthew DeLuca of NBC News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Texas fertilizer plant also stored explosive chemical used in Oklahoma City bomb
Mayor of Texas town rocked by explosion: 'We're going to fight back'
'The whole street is gone': Bloodied eyewitnesses describe Texas explosion horror
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Books and Beer has been on my radar for a while, but I only finally made it to their event this past March. Turns out my suspicions were right, I DO love this concept! Between my mother and I (she happened to be in town so I took her along) we came home with a pretty good load of reads.
What: Books. You bring up to 10 books and in return (ideally) take home the same number of books you brought
Where: At a pub! Or bar! The last one had happy hour $7 glasses of wine!!
Who: Book nerds. Mingle with other people, ask them what they are reading, start conversations, OR put your nose in a book and be alone among other people like an introvert's dream. But with beer.
Why: Books.
When: Next meetup is June 11, 2016. That's a month out, so it gives you time to sort through your collection of books and decide which ones are worth sacrificing. You can always check their Tumblr here for the next event.
Oh and did I mention the event is absolutely FREE? Well, except you are going to need to buy your own beer.
Here they are on Facebook if you want to keep up with them.


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(Pocket-lint) - One question that arises time and again, is why car makers build concept cars. And why the stuff that actually appears in the showrooms looks nothing like the wild design that appeared on a motorshow stand two years earlier.
The answers of course, are predictable. Things like mass-production costs and crash safety regulations limit what's feasible. But often, there's something else - a lack of management vision and a fear that the customer just won't buy something that's wild and different. So ultimately, the wild ideas get watered down.
Which brings us to the Citroen DS5. Which first appeared in 2005. That might be hard to believe when you see the futuristic-looking thing at the top of the page, but the DS5 is pretty much the production version of the C-Sportlounge concept, bar a few tweaks. And you'd have to say that, seven years hasn't really aged it. We'd need a separate article to explore why it's taken so long to get it here, but let's just say that strategically, it's important that this car wears a DS and not a Citroen badge.
Looks aren't always deceptive
Finished in white, with a black roof panel, 19-inch black wheels and huge chrome "sabers" which run up into the A-pillar, most people seemed to agree that the DS5 looks striking. This is a visually intriguing design – there's a detail or addition everywhere you look - a design approach that's almost the polar opposite to the sobriety of German cars. If you're one of those people who thinks "all cars look the same these days", then the DS5 is definitely for you.
But while it looks wild, the DS5 has conventional underpinnings. There's none of Citroen's famed hydropneumatic suspension here. Instead it rides on regular coil springs and shares the same platform as the Citroen C4, DS4 and Peugeot 308 and 3008.
If you get on with the exterior, then what will appeal most about the DS5 is that the design approach doesn't stop when you get inside. It's sumptuous and very cool. Our test car looked, and felt, fantastic with its white and black scheme, and it did without the optional watch-strap leather design on the seats, which add an extra dimension of French style. There are lashings of chrome and aluminum finishes and the leather seems very high quality – which it is, because it's supplied by the same company that supplies leather for some Aston Martins.
Our favourite features were the switches that flank the centre console - their asymmetric design is repeated on an overhead panel of switches used to control the sunroof blinds and head up display, too. If you've ever wanted to feel like an airline pilot when driving a car, look no further, this is a fantastic cockpit in which to sit.
But while it looks big on the outside, inside there's less space than you might think. It will seat four happily, but ask the DS5 to double as a serious family hauler and we suspect it might struggle. All you really gain over a car like the Audi A3 Sportback is a higher seating position. And because we reviewed the hybrid model, the boot's shallow because there are batteries under the floor.
A technological marvel too?
Having been so captivated by the DS5's striking design, we approached the technological aspects of the car with some trepidation. On the DS4 (and DS3) Citroen's navigation system, or more specifically the interface through which you operate it, had us tearing our hair out.
Yet with the DS5's higher price and upmarket positioning comes an upgraded interface. The basic system and mapping is still the same and fine without much finesse in its appearance. But it's now much easier to use and move between navigation, phone, radio and music because Citroen's fitted a proper joystick controller on the centre console with shortcut buttons for all the things you'll use regularly.
And while it's an expensive car in the first place, on this top of the range model all that tech comes as standard - navigation, head-up display, xenon lamps, they're all here.
We particularly liked the design of the centre bin and armrest too. It splits in two, with the upper tray large enough to hold phone, keys and wallet and, logically, it's where the USB and aux port are. Below it is the main storage bin – which actually goes right under the centre console – creating a huge space and meaning you can fill it with (and potentially lose) numerous water bottles, CDs, kids toys etc.
But if you're anything like us, you'll not be paying attention to any of this, you'll be doing your upmost to cruise around on electric power alone. For yes, one of the most interesting things about the DS5 is that it not only looks futuristic, but that you can buy it with a diesel-hybrid motor like the one fitted to our test car (diesel and petrol versions are available – and are cheaper to buy). All the DS5 had to do was drive well and in our book it'd almost be the perfect car.
On the road, things are not so good
There's an inevitability, given the design and tech is so well sorted, that the drive lets the side down.
Let's get the good stuff out of the way first. The hybrid system is well judged, particularly for town use. As with all hybrids, at low speeds, tootling about on the electric motor alone is deeply satisfying and relaxing. In the DS5, there's an extra edge to it because the design looks so sharp and futuristic, it's the icing on the cake to be able to rock up somewhere making no mechanical noise. And when the diesel and electric motor are working together, the rather portly 1800kg DS5 is propelled down the road quickly and overtakes well enough.
But sadly, if you've been over any speed humps or road imperfections to get where you're going, you'll have a sore bum and fewer fillings. The DS5 rides very firmly, which we could probably deal with were it not for the fact that bumps and potholes cause the body to shudder and crash about in an uncontrolled way too.
The gearbox is also out of sync with the rest of the car, being a now rather outmoded automated manual. This means it's actually a manual box, but there's no clutch pedal - it judges that for you, leaving you to drive it like a regular automatic. Which would be fine, except it's nothing like as smooth as a regular autobox or fast-shifting as the various twin-clutch units lots of manufacturers now use. Instead, it's slow to change and if you're pressing on, the change up adds a real lurch in momentum that's likely to make your passengers think you can't drive properly.
We saw 45mpg over 500 miles of mainly fast motorway driving. Which is okay, but not incredible. Most buyer will be more interested in the DS5 hybrid for its official 107g/km CO2 rating and the low road and company car tax benefits this brings. We suspect that better economy may come with more town driving, because you can make greater use of the battery power and regenerative braking system, as one trip back from a friend's completed almost entirely on electric power suggested.
Citroen fits a drive mode selector to let you control the hybrid system and the way it responds. Flicking between EV, auto, sport and four-wheel drive modes, in practice we left the car in auto most of the time as it will work out what you want and need, while trying to use the battery power where possible. In EV mode, the car forcibly runs on electric power alone - but this is only possible below 30mph and the battery will be used up after a couple of miles.
It's hard not to like the DS5. This is not a car for shrinking violets, it looks different and attracts attention but, more importantly i,t feels special to be in too. Yes, this top of the range hybrid model may costs about £32,000, but the surprising thing is that it feels like a car that costs more than that, particularly when you're sitting inside.
But we know the UK is one of the most brand-conscious car buying nations in the world. And for many people, we suspect the words "Citroen" and "30 grand" in the same sentence will be why the DS5 drops off their shopping list. Which is a shame. For a start, in terms of perceived quality and material use, the DS5 is better inside than most current mid-level BMWs and Mercedes'. But also because the world needs more cars like the DS5. It's the antithesis of predictable, the antithesis of "they all look the same" cars and the antithesis of German sobriety. And let's face it, if we all end up driving a silver or grey VW or BMW the word's going to become quite a dull place.
So for us, the DS5 is an automotive highlight, albeit one with a flawed drivetrain. If it rode better, had a better gearbox and generally wasn't a bit clunky and heavy out on the road, then this would be a five star car. As it is, and with those faults, it's an impressive car, an appealing car and one we recommend you try before defaulting to German. As the French would say, viva la difference.


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Revision as of 10:09, 7 November 2011
The primary focus of the North America regional charter will be to organize and run annual North American conferences. It is not the intent of this chapter to duplicate or compete with established local chapters or the international organization's ongoing efforts.
The North America regional conference will also support and collaborate with other like minded organizations for smaller technical and business focused conferences within the region.
Background The OSGeo Board of Directors has recently discussed establishing regional focus groups and conferences that could more effectively address the needs of those areas. This would allow OSGeo to act as more of an umbrella international organization. It is anticipated that the International OSGeo conference will rotate around the globe and will be combined with the regional conference when that region is selected.
- Organize and run an annual North American regional conference
- Increased focus on open source business models
- Provide an interface for National, Regional and Local government agencies as they adopt open source solutions
- Coordinate with local North American chapters for planned events within those localities
- Support OSGeo board for international events
- Support a broad range of interest areas - academic, social, environmental, government, etc.
What the North American Regional isn't about
- Duplicating existing efforts at the OSGeo International level or at the local chapter level
- Running development projects or support infrastructure
- Local meetups
- Managing or overseeing other groups
In addition we will be coordinating closely with other relevant organizations:
- MIL-OSS Military Open Source Software
- USGIF United States Geospatial Intelligence Agency
- OSSI Open Source Software Institute
- OSFA Open Source for America
Official representative
Mark Lucas Principal Scientist RadiantBlue Technologies Inc.
If the majority of chapter members wish, the post of official representative will be elected on a periodic basis.
The intent is to organize as a 501c non profit organization.
Mailing List
Meetings and Events
No meetings have been planned yet, the intent will be to establish formal quarterly meetings to review conference and organizational planning.
Upcoming Events
FOSS4g 2012 - Beijing [1]
North American Regional OSGeo/foss4g Conference Initial discussion will be focused on organizing a follow on North American regional conference in 2012. We will work to deconflict this event with the OSGeo/foss4g international conference in Beijing as well as the as the annual Geoint conference.
USGIF Technology Day USGIF Technology Day
Wherecon - Washington DC [2]
Towson University Geographic Information Sciences Conference 2012 Wednesday, March 23 and Thursday, March 24, 2011 at the University Union on the Towson University campus
Recent Events
MIL-OSS WG3 MIL-OSS Working Group 3
Geoint 2011 Geoint 2011 in San Antonio Tx
USGIF Tech Days Washington DC
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Chapter Formation Submission
In order to form a chapter, the following steps should be taken:
- "OSGeo Chapter" should self-organize (for instance in the OSGeo wiki, via OSGeo mailing list, etc), seeking to determine if a critical mass of interest exists to justify a chapter.
- "OSGeo Chapter" should prepare a mission and objectives indicating the scope of the planned chapter (geographic or linquistic extent for instance).
- "OSGeo Chapter" should propose an official representative to liaise with the OSGeo Board. If accepted by the board, the representative will be an officer of OSGeo.
- "OSGeo Chapter" should submit an official expression of interest to form a chapter to the OSGeo board, listing initial members, mission, representative and other supporting information.
- The OSGeo board shall then consider passing a motion forming the chapter, and designating the liason officer.
In considering the formation of new OSGeo chapters, the board will consider issues including:
- Does the mandate (geographically or linguistically) conflict with other existing chapters or chapters-in-formation?
- Does the chapter appear to have sufficient interest to justify official formation?
- Does the chapter appear to be open to broad membership, and representative of the target geographic or linguistic community? (eg. if a chapter had the objective to cover all Spanish speakers, it would be inappropriate if the only interest demonstrated was from one country)
Official expression of interest to form a North America Regional chapter of the OSGeo Foundation
We formally petition the board of directors of the OSGeo foundation to establish a North America Regional chapter - OSGeo-NA. The membership of said chapter has self organized, establishing a wiki and mailing list. The primary focus of the chapter will be to organize and run an annual north america OSGeo conference. The members hope to establish a model for other regional chapters with corresponding regional conferences around the world. The North America chapter will coordinate closely with the OSGeo Board of Directors to support international conferences and events. The annual regional conference will consolidate with the international conference when the OSGeo/foss4g conference is scheduled within North America.
A secondary objective will be to closely coordinate with other events and organizations within the region. The regional chapter will also act as an interface to promote open source geospatial business models as well as adoption of OSGeo software in government, environmental, social, and academic settings.
The chapter intends to collaborate with local chapters as needed, but no organizational hierarchy or oversight of local chapters is implied.
Meetings will be held on an annual basis at a minimum. Current plans are to schedule quarterly online meetings using the OSGeo online resources for wiki, mailing list, and trac project management. Several key members of the OSGeo including past and present board members have joined the effort. The lead and initial point of contact and OSGeo liaison will be Mark Lucas.
The North America Regional chapter will operate as a separate financial entity from the OSGeo foundation. No financial support is required or implied.
We motion that the OSGeo Board formally establish the North America Region chapter.


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Feng Chen Yu Causes an Uproar
Because of these words, Feng Yu Heng looked around the yard some more. The evaluation she ended up giving was: Tasteless! Too tasteless!
It seemed that the Ding An palace was also lacking in artistic taste. The appearance was completely tasteless and should not be looked at. It would be fine if it were just ugly flowers and lousy trees, but the colors were not at all coordinated. Bright red and bright pink were put together. No matter how she looked at it, her head ached. It was also unknown what this garden looked like previously, as they had said that it used to be much prettier. The fire Xuan Tian Ming started was a little too big.
Mentioning the ninth prince, someone immediately jealously looked at Feng Yu Heng. Her face had a fawning look, as she said: "Second young miss Feng really has good fortune. The day the ninth prince sent gifts to the Feng manor, everyone in the capital heard about it. I heard that the ninth prince gifted second young miss a residence?"
Feng Yu Heng nodded but remained silent.
Another person said: "It's merely a residence. What could that be worth. I heard that in the betrothal gifts, there were the five treasures: moon palace silk, refined cloud silk, heavenly gauze, commoner's brocade and smokey silk gauze! Furthermore, it wasn't just one bolt, there were many!"
Every girl was the same, they all liked beautiful fabrics. Hearing mention of the five treasures, all of them stared blankly.
Feng Yu Heng did not want to talk with them too much about her betrothal gifts, so she took the initiative and spoke up, bringing the conversation back to the previous topic: "You said that this garden was rebuilt after being burned down. The Ding An palace was burned down for no apparent reason, yet they were not unhappy?"
A daughter of the first wife to a supposed fourth rank official had some inside information and spoke up: "Of course they were unhappy! That year, Lord Ding An very angrily entered the imperial palace and directly filed a complaint against the ninth prince to the Emperor's face."
"How did the Emperor react?" A curious person asked.
The fourth ranked official's daughter continued: "The Emperor said to Lord Ding An, you can not even take care of a palace, yet you dare come to Our place and complain?"
"Hahaha!" These words made everyone present laugh. Feng Yu Heng also laughed with them.
"There's more, there's more!" The young miss saw that everyone was joining in, so she also felt spirited, "Because of these words from the Emperor, after Lord Ding An returned, he ordered for many imperial guards to protect the palace. Apparently there are a few hundred of them! The Emperor then punished him for the crime of having a private army."
This time, Feng Yu Heng spewed while laughing. She finally knew who Xuan Tian Ming and Xuan Tian Ge got their personality from. It seemed to be hereditary!
On their side, they chatted and laughed boisterously, while in the opposite corridor, Feng Chen Yu was talking face to face with Qing Le about something. Feng Yu Heng looked over and saw Chen Yu standing outside the corridor with her arms wrapped around herself. She had clearly started feeling cold.
Thinking about it, it was the beginning of Autumn. Standing in the sun was fine, but standing in the shade was really cold. Yet, for the sake of looking pretty, Feng Chen Yu wore clothes made with a thin fabric and her collar was opened wide. Who knew what Qing Le was saying, as she continued endlessly, seemingly without any intention of letting Chen Yu leave.
Xiang Rong tugged at Feng Yu Heng's sleeve and quietly asked: "Second sister, they all came to celebrate Princess Ding An's birthday. Is conversing about them behind their back ok?"
Feng Yu Heng loosed her grip, "Thinking about it, they must come and do this every year; otherwise, look at the palace's maidservants, they clearly heard everything, yet nobody came over to stop us, nor did they even have any reaction."
Xiang Rong sighed: "It seems that Lord Ding An's reputation is very poor. Previously, I did not go out often and did not meet any friends. I really did not expect that the outside world and home were… actually exactly the same."
Feng Yu Heng smiled, "That's right, every family has a way of fighting. The Feng manor is never peaceful, and this Ding An palace is not much better. If they are living well, how could they have invited such criticism."
She moved back a little and leaned against a small tree. Raising her hand, she pulled two flower branches from the side and looked at Feng Chen Yu and Qing Le. She thought to herself, if these two got together like this, it's likely they are talking about something unpleasant. It was eighty percent likely that it had to do with her. The resentment Feng Chen Yu had accumulated over the past few days had to be vented out. She did not know if Qing Le would hit it off with her.
Outside the corridor, Qing Le and Feng Chen Yu's discussion had actually come to an end, but the few times Feng Chen Yu wanted to leave, she was stopped by Qing Le over random matters.
Chen Yu was very aware of the situation. Although the enemy of the enemy is a friend, it was clear that Qing Le had a great deal of enmity towards her as well. Perhaps the two could cooperate, but there was no chance they could coexist.
She turned her head, not wanting to look at Qing Le, instead she searched around the garden.
Qing Le saw Feng Chen Yu's searching appearance and could not help but ask: "What are you looking for?"
Chen Yu quickly retracted her gaze and respectfully replied: "Nothing."
The flowers the bloomed at the start of Autumn were very colorful, especially the ones grown by the Ding An palace. They were all very gaudy colors, add on the countless young misses and wealthy madams that came today, it really made the eyes sore.
Princess Ding An's birthday banquet was already about to begin. The crowd followed the servants to their seats and sat down.
Xiang Rong and Fen Dai had been arranged to sit together, while Chen Yu was assigned to the other side.
Feng Yu Heng heard a girl beside her, who she did not recognize, mutter: "Ah, the other side only has daughters of the first wife." Only then did she understand, how entrenched in this ancient world the idea of "differences between a concubine's child and the first wife's child."
This birthday banquet, both male guests and female guests feasted. The female guests sat in the garden, while the male guests sat in the front yard.
After all the guests were seated, servants came and brought more fruits and refreshments to the table. Feng Yu Heng found this to be curious. All the other tables had fruit, desserts and tea. Only her table had relatively few fruits and desserts, and there was no tea. Furthermore, all of the fruits were quite ugly and looked as though they were specially picked out for being oddly shaped.
Seeing Xiang Rong frown, she smiled and comforted her: "Do not worry, let us see what dirty tricks Ding An palace can bring out."
Just as she said this, she heard some maidservants exclaim "Princess Ding An has arrived!"
Following this exclamation, a princess dressed in splendid attire slowly walked with a procession of servants along a side path. Her steady pace was like a deliberate stage play. For such a short distance, she somehow walked for the duration of half a stick of incense.
Waiting for the princess to ascend her throne, all the guests finally rose and bowed towards the throne, saying in unison: "Greetings to the princess. Wishing the princess celebrate a birthday every year."
Princess Ding An was very pleased with this grand occasion, especially since there was the daughter of the first wife to a first rank official present today. This made her feel very dignified. She could not help but lift her haughtiness and enjoy it for a while before reluctantly lifting her hand: "You may all rise."
Feng Yu Heng smiled, rise? She really dared to use these words.
After sitting down, she made some time to look at that dignified princess. Glancing over, she almost cried.
This was imperial daughter Qing Le's mother? Why did she look older than their Feng family's matriarch? Not only did she look old, her face was yellow and disgusting to look at. She was also thin and completely spoiled the magnificent dress. She absolutely could not maintain her haughtiness.
Xiang Rong also felt this princess was a little too ugly. She could not help but turn her head away, as she did not want to look at her any longer.
Both were princesses, yet the difference between this Princess Ding An and Princess Wen Xuan was much too large.
As the two sisters were observing this princess, Princess Ding An was also paying attention to the Feng family's children who were attending for the first time. Of course, the most important was the Feng family's daughter to the first wife.
But just as Princess Ding An's eyes caught sight of the incomparably gorgeous pink figure, her already ugly eyebrows came together in a frown. Without thinking at all, she asked: "Whose family's bride is that?"
Some young misses who were drinking water could not swallow it and instead spat it out upon hearing these words.
Bride! The princess' description was very suitable and exactly the same as imperial daughter Qing Le's.
Feng Chen Yu knew that she was talking about her. Her expression sank and rose again, saying: "This humble girl is Feng Chen Yu."
Princess Ding An was startled, Feng Chen Yu? She was the Feng family's daughter to the first wife?
Looking carefully, she could not help but secretly praise her. She really was too beautiful. Even for someone like her, who was very critical of those of the same sex, she felt that this Feng Chen Yu was too beautiful.
But, regardless of how beautiful you are, wearing such clothes to my birthday banquet is a little overboard, right?
Princess Ding An's expression was also ugly, "So it was the Feng family's eldest young miss. Eldest young miss Feng wearing these types of clothes to go out, did Lord Feng not stop you?"
Following Princess Ding An's words, the madams and young misses also began to discuss this. The Feng family's eldest young miss dressing herself like this, clearly she understood that this did not give any face to Princess Ding An! She was beautiful, while Princess Ding An was ugly and old, but that was that. Feng Chen Yu dressing herself as she did and attending this banquet was a deliberate attempt to humiliate their princess.
Feng Chen Yu also felt wronged. This was her first time seeing Princess Ding An. Only the devil knew that the dignified princess looked like a grandmother. Furthermore, her dressing well was for the Feng family's face; moreover, it was not for this old woman to see.
"The family fully respects princess' birthday banquet. Right before we left, us three sisters had to dress splendidly to show respect to Ding An palace." Chen Yu was not stupid. She had helped Chen shi mediate disputes from a young age. This sort of wordplay was something she could do.
Sure enough, Princess Ding An liked the sound of those words. Quickly gesturing for Chen Yu to sit, she then signaled to a servant at her side, as the song and dance performances began.
Feng Yu Heng picked two fruits that were not too shabby, eating one herself and handing one to Xiang Rong. She then looked past the performance to watch the excitement on Chen Yu's side.
There were a number of madams and young misses who sat closer that were trying to befriend Chen Yu. They did not care if Chen Yu was giving Princess Ding An face or hitting it. They only knew that this was the daughter to the first wife of a current first rank official. Fawning on her was necessary.
Thus, one offered her tea, another brought fruit and another brought desserts. There were even some who gave her bank notes and jade jewelry. For a while, Chen Yu became the most important person in the party. It could be seen that Princess Ding An became more and more jealous.
Feng Chen Yu maintained a harmless and peaceful smile towards those that came up to her. Natural and at ease, she brought out her Bodhisattva face.
But Feng Yu Heng could see the impatience in her eyes.
But of course, they were all from merchants' homes or at best fourth or fifth ranked officials' homes. It would be odd if Feng Chen Yu put them in her eyes. But for the sake of maintaining her image, she could not flip on them.
But no matter how good she was at enduring, after a woman as fat as Chen shi said something, she suddenly stood up and screamed while pointing at the woman: "How dare you! How did someone like you get into the palace?"


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RABBI BEN ABRAHAMSON: It is very important that we see all the people here, who have come from Israel, who care so much for the Turkish people, who so much want to see peace, who want to see a future for our people and your people together, and there is such a deep relationship. I as a historian, have studied the many many centuries of history where the Jewish people and the Turkish people have worked together, have cooperated together to build a good life and I believe and I pray that we see the beginnings of a very good future that is possibly before us now. I can only say from the people that I know here, their hearts are tremendously inclined towards finding a way that we can work together and overcome our problems and see a future of peace for our children and for our children's children. It is an honor for me to know everyone at this table.
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CHEMICAL UPDATE: Fertilizer/Pesticide Combinations
Perhaps the biggest (and most obvious) advantage of combination products is that you can fertilize and control pests with a single application. This is extremely efficient, but you must ensure that you find a product that matches your management strategy with both the fertilizer and the pesticide. Combination products require appropriate timing and rates for both the fertilizer and the chemical.
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Unlike our previous updates, these tables do not cross-reference chemicals with pests controlled or other information — you can find this information in prior Updates. The lists here provide an overview of available products, including fertilizer analysis, percent active ingredient and available brands. ("Various," under "Fertilizer analysis," means the supplier formulates the active ingredient with numerous fertilizer analyses, or custom blends the combination.)
Because the rates of the fertilizer and the pesticide are linked with combination products, you sacrifice some flexibility. For example, if you decided to put the fertilizer down at a higher rate for some extra nitrogen, you would probably violate the label rate for the active ingredient. However, when timing and rates match your goals, there's no way to beat the economy of one granular application to make two treatments.
The fertilizer component of combination products varies. It may include fast- or slow-release fertilizers (usually some of both) and the analyses cover nearly the entire fertilizer spectrum. For more specific information about fertilizer characteristics, consult with the supplier.
Pre-emergence herbicides are the most numerous of the available combination products. This makes sense, because turf managers typically apply pre-emergents and fertilizers at about the same time (spring, for example) and in a similar manner (by spreader). That's why most major pre-emergents are available in combination with fertilizers.
Post-emergence herbicides also are available with fertilizers. These are the so-called "weed-and-feed" products that are perhaps more popular in the retail market. However, commercial operators often take advantage of the ease of application offered by granular formulations.
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