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This is a SMT version. TS70 is similar to the version of the through hole TH70. There are several differences between them.
Firstly, there is no air coils (except the input and generator). Coils - SMD inductors with a quality factor Q = 45 - 60. Tests and measurements SMT iductors are made with the help NWT500, this is very good and cheap solution.
The figure below shows a block diagram.
General assumptions
IF frequency is 28MHz. Local oscillator operates with a frequency 42MHz (3th overton). At the input of the transmitter there is 27 dB attenuator. Maximum input power is 5W.
The RX block
At the input, there are two 1N4148 diodes which prevent overvoltage formation originating from the transmitter. The amplifier contain transistor type MOSFET BF994s. It has good performance. Behind the amplifier is 70MHz bandpass filter. Coils in the filter, are 120nH SMD inductors. Tuning this filter we make over the trimmers. The best tuning filters we can do by analyzer. You can also use the GDM. If we do not have instruments, we can adjust on the maximum strength signal. Behind the filter the signal is attenuated about 6dB. However attenuator has, a special task, adjusts the impedance to the mixer SCM-1. Block IF working with 28MHz band filter and the MSA0886. After the filter the signal goes to the relay TRX.
Local oscillator
It is built on a low-noise FET transistor J310. Note! Manufacturers use different pin configurations! (See diagram) The extent XO buffer is also built on the transistor J310. The final stage transistor amplifier is the BFQ19 (s). It strengthens the heterodyne signal to about 3.5 - 4V RF. The signal generator is filtered by LPF 45MHz. Provides effective suppression of the second harmonic about 45dB. Capacitors C83 27pF and C84 43pF solder on the "sandwich". The signal passes through the splitter (3 x 18om, 3dB), which matches the impedance of the mixer. BFQ19 transistor is working with quite a big current. It should be spread with heat conductive paste.
The TX block
The maximum input power of our TRX - is 5W. Therefore, at the beginning of this track is a PI attenuator (about 27dB). There are a few metallic resistors connected in series and in parallel. Each one power of is 2W or 3W, attenuator should be screened. P2 potentiometer allows you to adjust the RF power supplied to the mixer. Mixed signal is amplified by two monolithic MMIC amplifiers. The first type is MSA0735 and second type MSA1105. Each one has a 70MHz bandpass filter. The last two blocks works on transistors BFQ19(s) and BFG591 (or BFG35). Tuning of filters is the same as the receiving block. The last part of the track is a dual-circuit transmission LPF. Attenuates the second harmonic of about 37dB.
Now you can buy and use a wide range of monolithic MMIC amplifiers. You should always remember about the value of the resistor in supply circuit. Accurately described in its documentation. The resistors are size 1206, capacitors 0805. The exception is C70 - 1206 The plate is one-sided plated with solder mask.
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The Japanese company markets the XV as a Sports Utility Vehicle but in reality, it is an Impreza hatchback with some off-road prowess and a reasonable ride-height. Nevertheless, it has proven popular enough since its 2011 debut to warrant a second iteration.
Based on the teaser provided, it is immediately apparent that Subaru has drawn on the XV Concept of last year in designing the new model. As such, a new pair of taillights are immediately visible and appear slightly larger and more pointed than those of the outgoing XV.
Further styling upgrades include more pronounced body lines and curves running along both sides, a new set of wheels, updated taillights and an overall sportier profile.
Despite these changes, the new XV will be very similar to the outgoing model. As a matter of fact, a manager from Fuji Heavy Industries told the press in September that the new car will essentially have the same body as the current one.

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The perfumes from Rouge Bunny Rouge smell simply amazing, plus they are vegan, phthalate-free and paraben-free. We got a chance to test out two of their lovely fragrances from the Fragrant Confections Collection. Lilt by Rouge Bunny Rouge incorporates the scents of nature, including fig leaves, peach, coconut and violet. It is the perfect balance between fruity and musky. The scent is perfect for any occasion and everyday wear. Incantation by Rouge Bunny Rouge has more of a woody scent with a hint of fruit. The smells of black fruits, fig leaves, mint and rose are infused to create a fragrance that is exquisite. You can purchase Lilt and Incantation on the Rouge Bunny Rouge website for £72 per bottle.
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03 Sep 2018 18:59:41
How did Kasper Schmeichel make it into Fifa top 3 goalkeepers ahead of De Gea? Bloody hell, what a joke that is.
1.) 03 Sep 2018
03 Sep 2018 19:43:24
Probably based on the WC exploits. He had a v good tournament.
Doesn't really reflect the reality though.
2.) 03 Sep 2018
03 Sep 2018 20:49:17
Can't figure out how Fifa and Uefa figure out some of these award nominations, embarrassing.
3.) 03 Sep 2018
03 Sep 2018 21:05:30
Typical run of the mill UEFA and FIFA palm greasing.
4.) 03 Sep 2018
03 Sep 2018 21:54:39
What cares? Every man and his dog knows DDG is a superior keeper.
5.) 04 Sep 2018
03 Sep 2018 23:36:42
Like all the times Casillas won best keeper over Buffon. Or Messi wining best player at 2014 world cup. Just bizarre.
6.) 04 Sep 2018
04 Sep 2018 11:10:54
Or the time only 2 Bayern players made it into the Fifa's World XI despite winning the treble Mort. Most goals, joint-most assists, most chances created, most dribbles completed, most freekicks scored, most goals from outside the box, 2nd most chances created, 6 out of 8 MOTM awards in CL, 28 overall MOTM awards, Spanish golden boot, European golden, also in top 3 for each one of them above categories^ in Top 5 European Leagues, two trophies won and Messi still didn't get in the top 3.
7.) 04 Sep 2018
04 Sep 2018 16:20:09
Ddg turned down Real Madrid and fifa and UEFA are run by them.
8.) 04 Sep 2018
04 Sep 2018 16:44:46
Always Madrid and Barcelona players in the teams AAA. Iniesta got in last season, i love him as a player but no way on earth was he worthy of the inclusion for his season, played brilliantly but never played enough to warrant a place, even Kante hasn't got into one of them teams, or Hazard, would be a lot different if them two played in Spain.


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Many of the messages from Pastor Don's series on Hebrews can be listened to by going to the message page and using the podcast player to select a title or scripture passage that would interest you.
Many expressed appreciation for the practical panel discussion wrap-up of this series. Give it a listen for a blessing and challenge:
Title: Panel discussion on the Letter to the Hebrews
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The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Oxford Union, is a debating society in the city of Oxford, UK, whose membership is drawn primarily but not exclusively from the University of Oxford. Founded in 1823, it is Britain's second oldest University Union (only the Cambridge Union Society is older), and has gained a worldwide reputation for the cut and thrust of its debate, proving a valuable training ground for many future politicians from Britain and other countries.
The Oxford Union is an unincorporated association, holding its property in trust in favour of its objectives and members, and governed by its rules (which form a multi-partite contract between the members).
Since its foundation, it has been independent of the University: historically, this was because the Victorian University restricted junior members from discussing certain issues (for example, theology). Despite such restrictions since being lifted, it has remained entirely separate from the University, and is constitutionally bound to remain so.
Only members of Oxford University are eligible to become life members of the Union, but students at certain other educational institutions are entitled to join for the duration of their time in Oxford. These institutions are:[1]
Shorter membership is also extended to those participating in some visiting study programmes in Oxford.
The Union buildings are owned by a separate charitable trust, the Oxford Literary and Debating Union Trust.
The Oxford Union buildings are located in Frewin Court, off Cornmarket Street, and on St Michael's Street. The original Union buildings were designed by Alfred Waterhouse and opened in 1879. This was about a decade after the completion of the Cambridge Union's premises, also designed by Waterhouse, and the exterior of the two buildings was very similar.
A debating chamber was subsequently added, but the Union's growing membership meant that it became too small, and is now the "Old Library". The Old Library is best known for its Pre-Raphaelite paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris, known as the Oxford Union murals. The current debating chamber, and several further extensions to the main buildings were added over the next forty years. The final extension was completed in 1912, adding a dining room and a second library, together with basement library stacks.
Many of the rooms in the Union are named after figures from the Union's past, such as the Goodman Library, with its oriel windows, and the wood-panelled MacMillan Room with barrel ceiling. The buildings have gradually been added to with paintings and statues of past presidents and prominent members.
The Gladstone Room also contains William Ewart Gladstone's original cabinet table, semi-circular in design so that he could look all his ministers in the eye as he held forth.
In the debating chamber there are busts of such notables as Roy Jenkins, Edward Heath, Michael Heseltine, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston and William Ewart Gladstone. There is also a fine grand piano in the debating chambers known as the "Bartlet-Jones Piano" after the Oxford University Music Society president who found it dusty and forgotten in a cupboard in the Holywell Music Room and placed it on permanent loan to the Union. The piano was unveiled by Vladimir Ashkenazy, who famously refused to play it in front of the packed chamber because he "had not warmed up". The despatch boxes which continue to be used in Union debates are modelled on those in the House of Commons, and were offered to the House during World War II.
The buildings were used as a location for the films Oxford Blues (1984), The Madness of King George (1994).
Debating at the Oxford Union takes two forms, competitive debating, and chamber debating.
Competitive debating is the preserve of a minority of members of the Union. The Union's best debaters compete internationally against other top debating societies, and the Oxford Union regularly fields one of the most successful teams at the World Universities Debating Championship (which the Union hosted in 1993) and the European Universities Debating Championship. The Union also runs the Oxford Schools' Debating Competition, the prestigious Oxford Intervarsity Debating Competition which attracts universities from around the world and a number of internal debating competitions. The Oxford Union is currently only the reigning European and British & Irish Champion in University Debating. Having lost the World debating title in the final against Sydney University Debating team at the recent World University Debating Championships in Turkey.
Chamber debating, including the debates (known as Public Business Meetings) with invited guest speakers for which the Union is best known, tends to be less formalised (even if more formal) than competitive debates, and the manner of delivery is closer to public speaking, with audience engagement far more important.
Public Business Meeting debates also have voting. At the end of the debate, the audience votes on the proposition by exiting the hall through a door, the right-hand side of which is marked 'ayes' and the left-hand side 'noes'. This follows the style of the British Parliament, which votes this way if it is necessary to "divide the House".
The Oxford Union has been described as the "world's most prestigious debating society".[2]
The Oxford Union is often confused with the Oxford University Student Union (OUSU). OUSU is the officially recognised student representative body of the University of Oxford. The Oxford Union, despite being composed largely of students, is not a part of the University.
It is not generally recognised (either by the outside world, or the Union's members) that the Oxford Union Society does not own its buildings. The Oxford Union was never financially secure, and its position was not helped by its termly changes of junior (i.e. student) officers. There was also a significant level of historic debt, associated with the erection of its buildings.
Following a particularly bad period in the 1970s, the Union buildings were sold to a charitable trust ("OLDUT", the Oxford Literary and Debating Union Trust), and the Oxford Union Society was granted a licence to occupy the building.
Several parts of what were historically the Union buildings and grounds were subsequently either sold or made the subject of long leases, including an area of land around the rear of the debating chamber, part of the Union cellars (adjoining that now occupied by the Purple Turtle), and part of what was formerly the Steward's house (now occupied by the Landmark Trust). OLDUT has subsequently paid for the refurbishment and maintenance of the Union buildings, both from its own resources and by securing private donations and grant funding.
As a result of OLDUT's creation, the future of the physical Union is now secured, so that even if the Oxford Union Society were to cease to be, or to fail financially, the buildings would not be lost. In addition, OLDUT provides some financial support for the running of the Union in those areas where the Union undertakes activities which match OLDUT's charitable objectives - particularly the operation of the Union's library.
Despite the importance of OLDUT in preserving the fabric of the Union, the relationship between OLDUT and OUS has at times been strained. OLDUT is first and foremost a charitable trust, and it has objectives which do not always match those of what is primarily a student society.
The Oxford Union has a long history of hosting international figures and celebrities.[3] Previous guests have included the Dalai Lama, Winston Churchill, Mother Teresa, former US Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, US diplomat Henry Kissinger, former US Presidential nominee Senator John McCain, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, former New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange, Russian politician and former finance minister Grigory Yavlinsky, notable barrister and prime-ministerial spouse Cherie Booth QC, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, physicist Stephen Hawking, biologist Richard Dawkins debating creationist A. E. Wilder-Smith, savant Kim Peek, comedian and writer Stephen Fry, former US Attorney General and Senator Robert Kennedy, actors Pierce Brosnan, Clint Eastwood, Ewan McGregor and Martin Sheen, Malcolm X, O.J. Simpson, footballer Diego Maradona, rock star Jon Bon Jovi, pop star legend Michael Jackson, composer Burt Bacharach, televangelist Jerry Falwell, magician David Blaine, TV talk show host Jerry Springer, singer Barry White, puppet Kermit the Frog, actress Judi Dench, singer Gerard Way, fashion journalist Anna Wintour, scientist Albert Einstein, musical humourist and conductor Gerard Hoffnung, porn star Ron Jeremy and pop star Shakira
In 2010 the Union apologized [4] to Danny Ayalon after he was heckled by a student who was alleged to have shouted "slaughter the Jews."[5]
The Oxford Union has long associated itself with freedom of speech, most famously by debating and passing the motion "This House would under no circumstances fight for its King and country" in 1933.
What is generally forgotten (but arguably more significant as an example of the Union's commitment to freedom of speech) is that an attempt was made by several prominent Union members (including Randolph Churchill) to expunge this motion and the result of the debate from the Union's minute book. This attempt was roundly defeated — in a meeting far better attended than the original debate. Sir Edward Heath records in his memoirs that Randolph Churchill was then chased around Oxford by undergraduates who intended to debag him (i.e. humiliate him by removing his trousers), and was then fined by the police for being illegally parked.
Harold Macmillan called the Oxford Union "the last bastion of free speech in the Western world", a quotation which continues to feature prominently in the Union's publicity. However, the Union's commitment to free speech has not enabled it to resist pressure to deny platforms to controversial speakers.
A debate that was to have involved the far-right leader John Tyndall was met with a campaign of resistance in 1998. This opposition, coupled with police advice following a series of racially motivated nail-bombings in London, resulted in the cancellation of the debate.[6]
An invitation to the controversial historian and writer David Irving to speak in a debate on censorship in 2001 was met by a coordinated campaign by left-wing, Jewish, and anti-fascist groups, together with the elected leadership of the Oxford University Student Union, to have the invitation withdrawn. Despite the fact that there was no mechanism in the Union's constitution by which members could compel the President — who is responsible for organising debates — to either cancel a debate or withdraw an invitation to a particular speaker, attempts were made to pass a Union motion ordering her to do so. Following a particularly bitter meeting of Union members, and a subsequent meeting of the Union's governing body, the Standing Committee, the President decided the debate would have to be cancelled.[7] However, Irving was allowed to speak at a Union debate in 2007.[8]
In March, 2009, the Union withdrew an invitation to euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke after Nitschke had already accepted the invitation. Nitschke received a second email cancelling the invite in the interests of there being a "fair debate", and was told other speakers were unwilling to speak alongside him.[9] The debate topic was the legalisation of assisted suicide, a field in which Nitschke is prominent. The reason given by Oxford Union president Corey Dixon was that two other speakers "disagree with his particular take on [assisted suicide]".[10] According to Dixon, the speakers who successfully pressured the Union to withdraw Nitschke's invitation were a member of the public, whose brother had undergone assisted death, and British euthanasia campaigner Dr Michael Irwin.[10][11] However, Dr Irwin later denied that he had applied pressure to exclude Nitschke.[12]
The Oxford Union then released a statement explaining the decision: "An administrative decision was made to ensure we had three speakers on each side of the debate, which was proving difficult due to Dr Nitschke's attendance. It is always in the interests of the Oxford Union to ensure a balanced debate with as wide-ranging views as possible represented. There may have been miscommunication between the Oxford Union and Dr Nitschke. We certainly hope that no offence has been caused. The Oxford Union is a politically-neutral institution and holds no opinion on Dr Nitschke's views."[9]
Nitschke commented that "This famous society has a long tradition of championing free speech. To suggest that my views on end-of-life issues are inappropriate simply because I believe that all rational elderly adults should have access to the best end-of-life information beggars belief."[10] He also called the act "an almost unprecedented act of censorship".[13] Nitschke gave a series of lectures across the UK at the time the debate was held.[14]
In November 2007, President Luke Tryl sparked controversy by inviting Holocaust denier David Irving and British National Party leader Nick Griffin to speak at a Union forum on the topic of free speech. Following protests by several student groups, a poll of the Union's members was taken and resulted in a two-to-one majority in favour of the invitations.[15]
On the evening of the planned debate several hundred protesters gathered outside the Union buildings, chanting anti-fascist slogans and later preventing guests and Union members from entering the premises. Eventually succeeding in breaching the poorly-maintained security cordon, around 20 of the campaigners attempted to force their way through to the main chamber, whereupon some of the waiting audience blocked access by pushing back against the chamber doors. After students were convinced to yield to the protestors by Union staff, a sit-in protest was staged in the debating chamber, which prevented a full debate from occurring due to security concerns. A small number of the audience attempted to reason with the demonstrators. Because of a lack of security personnel, a number of students from the audience eventually came to take on the responsibilities of controlling events, in one instance preventing a scuffle from breaking out between a protestor and members of the audience, and eventually assisting police in herding protestors from the main hall. One student protestor interviewed by BBC News reported that fellow protestors played 'jingles' on the piano and danced on the President's chair [2] although the truth of the latter assertion is seriously questioned by eyewitnesses. Smaller debates were eventually held with Irving and Griffin in separate rooms, amid criticism that the police and Union officials had not foreseen the degree of unrest which the controversial invitations would arouse.[16] The President of Oxford University Student Union, Martin McCluskey, strongly criticised the decision to proceed with the debate, claiming that providing Irving and Griffin with a platform for their extreme views afforded them undue legitimacy.[17] Some students following the event criticised the Student Union for preventing Oxford Union members (as students themselves) from exercising the right to free assembly, and accused the Oxford University Student Union of hypocrisy in seemingly restricting the rights of free speech to those individuals whose views chimed with those of the Student Union leadership (although the decision to oppose the invite had been agreed by representatives of the Student Population at a Council meeting).[18]
The Oxford Union is run by the Standing Committee which is elected termly and is constituted by the junior officers (the current President, President-Elect, Junior Librarian, Junior Treasurer, Treasurer-Elect, Secretary, and the Steward), five elected members and recent junior officers (who have chosen to serve). The Chairman of the Consultative Committee is a member of Standing Committee without vote, and the Returning Officer (responsible for the conduct of the Union's elections and for advising on the interpretation of the Union's rules), the Bursar, and the Chairman of the Debates Selection Committee are non-members with speaking rights. The Union also has two senior officers, the Senior Librarian and Senior Treasurer (generally Oxford academics but must be members of the Union) who advise the Standing Committee.
The junior officers each have specific areas of responsibility, such as debates (President), "speaker meetings" (President and Librarian), sponsorship and funding (Junior Treasurer), and social events (Secretary). The junior officers-elect spend a term preparing their area, before assuming their office.
A number of other committee run or advise the running of various aspects of the Union, including the Wines and Spirits Committee (the Union's bar), the Cellar Management Committee (responsible for liaison with the management of the Purple Turtle), the Library Committee (responsible principally for library acquisitions and disposals), the Finance Committee (which advises the Standing Committee on financial matters), and the Debates Selection Committee (which runs competitive debating). Two further committees, the Secretary's Committee and the Consultative Committee, are not, despite their names, committees in the traditional sense.
The Secretary's Committee consists of nine members, elected on a termly basis in the same ballot as that for the Officer and Standing Committee, who assist at the Union's social functions, and is generally the first stage for any aspiring Union politician. Although considered a committee under the rules, it only ever meets informally, and is more akin to a group of people with a particular role, rather than a committee.
The Consultative Committee holds weekly public meetings during term time, at which members can informally question the junior officers and members of the elected committees on the performance of their duties. All members of the Union are considered members of the Consultative Committee, so meetings tend to be more like an open forum.
The Chairman of the Consultative Committee (who is elected termly, but not during the Union's main elections) is a member of Standing Committee but without voting rights, responsible for the Union's publicity, website and archives; setting up the Union's rooms for events; chairing Consultative Committee, and bringing up any matters of concern at Standing Committee.
The Returning Officer is elected from a body of Deputy Returning Officers whose members have been approved by a scrutiny committee. He is responsible for running the Society's elections and is empowered (along with the President) to interpret the Society's constitution. It remains hotly disputed whether the Returning Officer wields disproportionate influence without an electoral mandate, or maintains an essential check and balance to the powers of the President.
The day to day management of the Union is partly conducted by professional staff, principally the Bursar and the House Manager.
Notable past Presidents of the Oxford Union include:
Other officers of the Union who have achieved political success include Ann Widdecombe, Edwina Currie, and Roy Jenkins. Harold Macmillan was Librarian of the Union before the First World War ended his university career in August 1914.
The Union holds elections in the penultimate (7th) week of each University term, in order to allow members of the society to choose officers and committee members for the following term. The elections are held to fill the offices of President-elect, Junior Librarian, Junior Treasurer-elect and Secretary, as well as 5 elected positions on the Standing Committee and 9 positions on the Secretary's Committee. In order to stand for election to the Secretary's Committee, members must make two speeches on different nights. For the other offices, this is increased to 4. The election for the Chairman of the Consultative Committee is held at CC on Monday of 8th week. Only members who have attended 4 of the last 8 meetings may either stand for election as Chairman or vote.


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1) German jump? Overseas overnight, markets will take in new data on German business sentiment from the Ifo survey.
That could provide a lift to the largest Germany ETF, the iShares MSCI Germany ETF, which has been touching two-year highs in recent sessions. Some chart watchers, like former S&P strategist Chris Burba, see a buying opportunity in EWG's recent action.
Expectations are for an August reading of 107.1 for Ifo's business climate figure, up from 106.2 for July, according to FactSet.
2) Consumer confidence, home prices: Consumer discretionary ETFs could show more strength if there's a better-than-expected reading on consumer confidence at 10 a.m. Eastern time. Expectations are for a reading of 78.0 for August, down from 80.3 for July, according to a MarketWatch poll of economists.
The consumer discretionary SPDR and a leisure play, the PowerShares Dynamic Leisure & Entertainment ETF, are both near key chart levels, and analysts have differing views on what's next.
At 9 a.m., look for a new reading for the Case-Shiller home-price index.
3) Tiffany, DSW earnings: Speaking of discretionary, investors will watch for earnings ahead of the bell from companies such as Tiffany and Movado. Plus Brown Shoe and DSW will report before the open.
4) Penney pummeled: J.C. Penney dropped in late trading Monday on news that Bill Ackman's hedge fund will sell its entire 18% stake in the ailing retailer.
For a discussion of these points, check out the video above.
-- Victor Reklaitis
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Matthew Taylor will be speaking at Nottingham Trent University to mark the beginning of his visiting professorship at the School of Social Science.
During his lecture Matthew will speak about the RSA's new world view - The Power to Create - which identifies opportunities for a step change in human flourishing and the barriers that stand in the way of progress. To make its greatest contribution social science too needs to combine idealism with objective analysis. Too often the idealism gets lost or hidden.
In this guest lecture Matthew Taylor offers one framework which combines an idea of individual and collective efficacy with an analysis of why it is so hard in practice to achieve and sustain progress.
The event is open to the public and free but you will be required to book. Please visit www.ntu.ac.uk/MatthewTaylor to book your place now.
Location: Newton building (Main Entrance) Nottingham Trent University, NG1 4BU


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Mixed Blood Theatre's 2017-18 season – its 42nd under the leadership of founder and artistic director Jack Reuler – is four plays long, but each packs its own kind of punch, and together they paint a right-now picture of the world we live in. The season is themed "Connecting the Disconnected," and Reuler put it this way in a statement: "Disability meets Immigrants meets Trans Youth meets Refugees meets ICE meets Class meets the Gender Continuum." You'll laugh plenty, but you'll also think and feel.
Sept. 29-Oct. 15: Will Snider's "How to Use a Knife" is an expletive-laced comedy set in the cultural collision of a restaurant kitchen. Characters include Chef George, trash-talking Guatemalan line cooks, an inexperienced American busboy, a quiet East African dishwasher and an ICE agent. Jesca Prudencio directs.
Nov. 10-Dec. 3: Simon Stephens' "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" follows a young man on the autism spectrum as he investigates the death of a neighbor's dog. You'll see the world through new eyes. Reuler directs the Tony-winning play based on Mark Haddon's bestselling novel.
Feb. 16-March 4, 2018: After a holiday break, Mixed Blood returns with a world premiere and a co-production with Mu Performing Arts, directed by Randy Reyes. Leah Nanako Winkler's "Two Mile Hollow" explores a dysfunctional Caucasian family, gathered for a weekend in the country to hash out the belongings from their recently sold estate.
April 6-29: Another world premiere, this one a musical. Directed by Leah Anderson, with book and lyrics by David Valdes Greenwood and music by Eric Mayson, "Mermaid Hour: ReMixed" follows a pre-pubescent transgender biracial girl as she navigates puberty, and her parents as they negotiate her gender transition.
All performances take place in the Alan Page Auditorium in Mixed Blood's historic firehouse theater on the West Bank. During the season, the space will be reconfigured in three unique orientations.
Memberships are on sale now ($35-140). Admission to individual shows is free through Mixed Blood's Radical Hospitality program (first-come, first-served, starting two hours before every show) or $25 for an advance reservation. Go online or call 612-338-6131.
Three MacArthur fellows in free series at the U
Now in its 16th year, the UMN English Writers Series, which comes in both Spring and Fall versions, is always a smart, interesting mix. The Fall 2017 series is seeded with MacArthur "Genius" grant winners (one of whom also won the Man Booker Prize) and writers trailing other accolades including an O. Henry Prize, a National Book Critics Circle Award, a PEN/Hemingway and more. It's also the longest lineup in the series' history: eight writers of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, short stories and essays.
Sept. 14: Lesley Nneka Arimah, author of "What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky" winner of a 2017 O. Henry Prize.
Sept. 26: Alan Shapiro, whose books include 13 volumes of poetry (one a Pulitzer Prize finalist), two memoirs and a novel. His latest is "Life Pig."
Oct. 6: Lydia Davis, a 2003 MacArthur Fellow and winner of the 2013 Man Booker International Prize for her very short stories. Her latest is "Can't and Won't: Stories."
Oct. 25: Edwidge Danticat, a 2009 MacArthur Fellow and 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award winner. She'll focus on her new book from Graywolf, "The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story."
Nov. 2: Yiyun Li, a 2010 MacArthur Fellow and winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award. Out this year: the memoir "Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life."
Nov. 9: Afaa Michael Weaver and Marcus Wicker. Two award-winning poets read from their work. Weaver is a winner of the Phillis Wheatley Book Award for Poetry; Wicker has a Pushcart Prize.
Nov. 14: Mary Ruefle, winner of the 1998 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, has published several poetry collections, a compendium of lectures and the genre-crossing "My Private Property."
All events take place in the evening, and they're scattered around the campus, from the Weisman to the Humphrey School, Coffman Union, the Walter Library and the McNamara Alumni Center. All are free and open to the public. FMI.
The picks
Opens tonight (Friday, July 14) at the Machine Shop: Mill City Summer Opera: "Maria de Buenos Aires." The Ruin Courtyard at Mill City Museum, the summer opera's usual venue, is closed for restoration, so the company has crossed the river to the Machine Shop, formerly part of the Pillsbury Mill. Which might be a good thing, since summer nights outdoors can be hot, and this year's production is extra-steamy. Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla's tango operetta, with a libretto by Uruguayan-Argentinian poet Horacio Ferrer, stars two beautiful people, Colombian soprano Catalina Cuervo and Mexican American baritone Luis Alejandro Orozco. Come early for tango lessons and cocktails; stay late for the after-party and dance with the cast. FMI and tickets ($50-125). Closes July 20. As of Thursday, there were still tickets for all performances except opening night. Rush tickets ($35; $10 for students with ID, standing only) will be available; arrive at least an hour before doors open.
Opens tonight at the Film Society's St. Anthony Main Theatre: "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail." What was the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges after the 2008 financial crisis? Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York, owned by a Chinese immigrant family and the 2,531st largest bank in the nation. A legal and political thriller, this new documentary by Steve James ("Hoop Dreams") is a David and Goliath tale of their five-year battle to defend themselves and their bank's legacy. FMI including trailer, times and tickets. (Tip: $5 Tuesdays.)
Saturday at the Phalen Park Picnic Pavilion: Spotlight on Lei Yixin's "Meditation" sculpture. Public Art Saint Paul is celebrating its 30th birthday with a series of parties in every ward of the city. Stop by 1600 Phalen Drive to hear Public Art Saint Paul founder Christine Podas-Larson talk about the creation of this beautiful sculpture as part of the "MN Rocks!" project. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free.
Sunday at the George Latimer Central Library: Sight Unseen: Fitzgerald Book and Gallery Talk. An F. Scott Fitzgerald twofer. Stu Wilson, executive director of Fitzgerald in St. Paul, will give a gallery talk on the exhibit "Sight Unseen: Rare Photographs of F. Scott Fitzgerald with His Family and Friends," which closes Monday. Author and Fitzgerald scholar Dave Page will talk about his splendid new book "F. Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota: The Writer & His Friends at Home," which explores the places, architecture and people Fitzgerald knew as a young writer, all inspiration for his characters and tales. Page's writing is paired with gorgeous photographs by Jeff Krueger. Books will be available for purchase and signing. 2-3:30 p.m., free. Can't make it on Sunday? On Wednesday, July 19, Page will present his book at Common Good Books. 7 p.m., free.
Monday and Wednesday at the Film Society's St. Anthony Main Theatre: "National Theater Live: Twelfth Night." OK, another reason to visit the movie house on the banks of the Mississippi. Simon Godwin's new production of Shakespeare's classic comedy is gender-fluid and fun-filled. With Tamsin Grieg as Malvolia and no, that's not a typo. FMI including trailer, times and tickets ($20-10).
Opens Tuesday at the Ordway: "Jesus Christ Superstar." James Rocco has directed the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice rock opera many times and has personally played the role of Judas in productions around the country. In his final year as the Ordway's artistic director (he'll leave in December to pursue a freelance career), Rocco was not about to give this production the same-old. So he cast cabaret singer Erin Schwab, a woman, as King Herod and Jesse Nager, a black actor, as Jesus. If you want to learn more about the nontraditional casting, come to the July 19 or July 26 performance; each has a pre-show Ordway Extra discussion at 6:30, and July 26 also has a post-show talk-back with company members. 7:30 p.m. FMI and tickets ($37-120.50). Ends July 30.
On sale today
The really, truly final addition to the State Fair's Grandstand concert lineup: The Current's Music-on-a-Stick featuring Phantogram (electro rock and contemporary) with special guests Lucius and Now, Now. Saturday, Sept. 2, 7 p.m. $25. Online, by phone (800-514-3849), and in person at the State Fairgrounds Ticket Office starting at 10 a.m. Here's the whole schedule.


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#MakeItMonday – Heart Soap on a Rope
Are you feeling the love this Monday after the royal wedding festivities? we certainly are! That's why this #MIM is perfectly timed.
In the TSK kitchen, we have been thinking of crafty ways to utilise the odds and ends we have in our soap cupboard. Whilst stumbling upon some cookie cutters of all shapes and sizes, we immediately thought about using these to create some sweet little soaps out of the loaf ends that usually get left over. These new soapy shapes look lovely as guest favours or travel minis but, how about threading them on to some thick cotton rope to create a 'soap on a rope' masterpiece that will look lovely hung up in your bathroom?
Of course you can use any shape you wish!
What you need:
*Soap slices/odds and ends
*Cotton rope
*Cookie cutters
*Something to pierce a hole through your soap (We used the end of a metal funnel)
Now follow the steps below to make yours: <3
For more recipes and inspiration visit www.soapmakingmagazine.co.uk/blog/


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On Sunday, Milton Keynes changed for the better. Again.
Ironically, the dawn of a new era at MK1 hinged entirely on a team based 104 miles away but as the Beatles once sang - you get by with a little help from your friends.
The name George Moncur will live long in the memories of MK Dons fans, up there in the echelons with the likes of Gareth Edds, Stephen Gleeson, Jon Otsemobor and Dean Lewington as heroes. Despite scoring five against a hapless Yeovil side, Moncur's at the Weston Homes Community Stadium ultimately was the only one that mattered to MK Dons.
Dons knew whatever they did, it had to be better than Preston. If they drew, Dons had to win. But the pressure went the other way too. Colchester were fighting for their lives, desperate for a victory to keep them in League 1 for another season.
So when Carl Baker wrapped his right foot around a shot in the seventh minute, things changed. Dons were in the lead, Preston were still level. As it stood, Dons were up.
And the goals kept on coming at stadium:mk. Dean Lewington, the man who has seen it all at the club since their controversial inception in 2004, got the party going when he bent in a free kick to double the lead - an attribute well hidden in the skipper's arsenal.
More were to follow. Darren Potter volleyed in a third 10 minutes before the break, effectively ending the affair as a spectacle. But if Dons weren't going to go up automatically, they were going to go into the play-offs with an ominous record looming - 100 league goals.
They didn't have to wait long for it either, as Will Grigg leapt to meet Dean Lewington's cross to nod in the fourth just before the break. Ton up, and the way things were looking at the interval, going up too.
With the game a dead rubber, all eyes were back on Colchester. Modern technology allows fans everywhere to be up to date as soon as something happens anywhere, and a penalty decision in Essex sent the 16,000 at stadium:mk into raptures. But they quickly retook their seats when they heard the news that Chris Porter's spot kick was yet to come out of orbit.
Somewhere in the haze of confusion, Yeovil pulled a goal back, but it mattered little unless their game produced another three goals to make things interesting. Needless to say, they didn't.
Lewington's second of the afternoon put a bow on the show, the skipper nodding in Dons' fifth of the afternoon to reiterate their desire to see the back of League 1 once and for all.
Six minutes later, Dons fans, players, backroom staff and board would all get their wish. Moncur's strike past Sam Johnstone with 10 minutes to go saved Colchester's season. Preston were not only staring defeat squarely in the face for the first time since January 31, but were also down to a finger tip of grip left on their automatic promotion chances. Two goals in 10 minutes - they'd need a miracle.
Unfortunately for Simon Grayson's side, all the miracles were bedding down at stadium:mk, ready for the jubilant pitch invasion at the final whistle, knowing the game at Colchester was already over. They were there.
101 goals.
91 points.
Automatic promotion.
And they beat Manchester United too - remember that?


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On a muggy Saturday afternoon in Alexandria, VA, fans got the sense that the Bulldogs were about as ready to turn nasty as the ominous storm clouds above them. After a close, back-and-forth start to the contest, Bullis pulled away with 29 unanswered points as the game was ended prematurely due to a tornado warning.
A blocked punt from wide receiver/safety Micah Keels '15 gave Bullis momentum, and the offense capitalized on the excellent field position by scoring a touchdown. After Bishop Ireton blocked a punt of their own, they seized a 15-14 lead going into halftime.
In the second half, Bullis looked much more comfortable defensively. Defensive linemen Peter Angeh ('13), Steven Attah ('14), and Justin Herron ('14) each registered second half sacks, and several devastating hits from defensive backs Tyamonee Johnson ('14) and Kyven Jones ('14) disrupted Ireton's offensive rhythm. Ireton quarterback P.J. Zingler was rattled, playing skittishly down the stretch. The Bullis defense smelled blood and forced Ireton into several mistakes, including safety Nick Fields' ('13) interception return for a touchdown in the game's closing moments.
On the offensive side of the football, head coach Patrick Cilento abandoned his committee approach to the running game, instead trusting Devonte Williams ('14) as his bellcow. Williams added 25 receiving yards to his 22 carries, which he took for 135 yards and a touchdown. In a tight first half, Cilento clearly trusted Williams with the ball over Brandon Izzo ('13)(7 carries), Jonathan Dyer ('13)(1 carry), and Danny Copeland ('13)(6 carries).
While Ireton found a way to bottle up many of Bullis' running plays, Copeland broke off a 55 yard touchdown run late in the game and Williams busted loose for a 44 yard run before getting the football poked out from behind at the one yard line, resulting in a touchback and a change of possession. Fullback Chris Aust ('14) was the team's most powerful runner, dragging defenders all over the field on his way to 46 yards on only four attempts.
Expect the running game to continue to be the offense's bread and butter. The team ran very effectively, logging 272 rushing yards at better than 6.6 yards per attempt. When the offense stalled, their struggles could mostly be attributed to penalties and other mental errors.
Next Friday, the Bulldogs will take on St. Mary's High School from Annapolis in their home opener. St. Mary's beat IAC rival St. Albans 48-31 in their first game, but now stand at 1-1 following a 14 point loss to Archbishop Spalding. An all-you-can-eat cookout will occur before kickoff on the football practice field.


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Deana Marie Story, 35, of Thebes, died while on vacation at 9:54 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
She was born Jan. 23, 1979 in Cape Girardeau, Mo., the daughter of Donna Marie (VanMeter) Story of Thebes and the late Billy Dean Story.
Deana was a pharmacy technician at the Cairo Pharmacy. She was a lifelong faithful and dedicated member of the Mighty Rivers Worship Center in Cairo, where she sang with the choir and played with the handbell choir. She was a graduate of the Egyptian Community High School Class of 1997 and prior to her increased illness, she had attended Shawnee Community College. Her life has been full and she savored much, good times, good friends, a loved one's touch. Her beautiful smile and laughter will forever be with us. Deana faced many health challenges throughout her life, held her head up high and never asked God why. She will be remembered for the love and special times shared with her family and many friends.
In addition to her beloved mother, she is survived by her cherished daughter, Faith Marie of Thebes; her loving fiancé, Saul Aguila of Tamms; dear maternal grandmother, Elsie Marie (Denton) VanMeter of Tamms; aunts and uncles, Lora and Clifford Jerman of Hartford, Ed and Eilene Story of Pekin, Sam and Bonnie Story of Cahokia and Jack and Nancy Story of Mesa, Ariz.; godparents, Rodney and Dorothy Dennis of Cairo; her very special church family; many cousins; numerous nieces and nephews; other extended family; many friends and her dog, Toby and cat, Carly.
In addition to her beloved father, she was preceded in death by her stepbrothers, Billy Story, Steve Story and Mark Story; paternal grandparents, Edgar and Bertha (Jackson) Story and maternal grandfather, Walter VanMeter.
In celebration of her life, visitation will be at Mighty Rivers Worship Center, 215 10th St. in Cairo, Ill., on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014, with the Rev. Dr. Larry Potts officiating.
Burial will be at Olive Branch Cemetery in Olive Branch, Ill.
The hope of Deana's family is that someone will be able to live and see better through Deana's Gift of Life donation.
Memorials may be made to the Mighty Rivers Worship Center in Cairo for the organ fund. www.irwinchapel.com


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Infinite Impermanence - FLOD-EN077 - Secret Rare - Unlimited Edition
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Buhari Cancels May 29 As Democracy Day, It's Now June 12
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the cancellation of May 29 as the country's annual Democracy Day.
Instead, the President said the annual celebration will now hold on June 12, arguing that June 12, 1993 , the date of the election popularly adjudged to be the freest and fairest in Nigeria's history "was far more symbolic of democracy in the Nigerian context than May 29 or even October 1".
Buhari also announced that MKO Abiola, winner of the annulled election, will be posthumously awarded the highest honour in the land, GCFR.
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Tiny Tales of Love (Pt. 2)
She blinked at the sky. Clear and blue. »What do you reckon«, she said after a while of silence. She was wearing her polka-dot dress, the one he liked so much on her. »Where do we go when we die?«
He blinked lazily against the sun. »I have no clue,« he said. »Never really thought about it.«
»For real?« She turned over onto her belly to look at him. »I have.«
»I don't know,« she said slowly. They lay on the back among the sweet-smelling green trees, and the wind blew his hair. Black as moleskin. She reckoned it would feel soft between her fingers like thick spring grass. »If you die peacefully, simply fall asleep, then maybe it's just like morning mist slowly dissolving in the sunlight.«
She shaded her eyes with her hand, as a jet crossed the blue surface of the sky above and trailed a white line behind. Like a chalk line that a child had drawn on the side walk. »But what if,« she went on, »what if you get torn out of life, bam, just like that, in a car accident or something. Like the parents of this one boy from America.«
»I don't know,« he said. »Why are we talking about death?«
She propped herself up on one arm, examined his eyes that capture the leaf-patterned light like the surface of a forest lake. »You must have some idea of it though,« she said.
»I don't.«
She didn't let up. »You know, like being stuck in an intermediate state or like in this one movie with Patrick Swayze. Have you really never thought about it?«
He didn't answer. He closed his eyes, and she looked at his eyelids that delicately twitched with each breath. »Sometimes I wish my parents were dead, too,« he said finally.
»You can't say something like that.«
»It's true though.«
He broke off.
Then he said: »Who says we ever get anywhere.« He kept his eyes closed. »Maybe that's just it. No Afterlife, no Stuck-Inbetween. Just nothing.«
She looked at him for a long time. His eyelids twitched slightly, and the summer leaves cast pale shadows on his face that moved with the wind. Then she lay down on her back again.
»Yeah. Maybe,« she said.
A long summer has passed, his last sweet breath rises from the fallen leaves covering the ground underneath the trees, soft and warm. The birds are gathering. In concentric circles they rave above the trees, above the withered fields and the houses of the city, grey like the pigeons that scurry along the roadside and hunt for crumbs between cobblestones. They will stay. Unlike the murder of crows, that are meeting in the air like a clenched fist and drift apart again. Nowhere at home, always on the journey, always in between.
She shoves her hands into her pockets, cold and hard, where the frost bites her fingers. There it is again, his face, again and again his face. All of a sudden it appeared before her, like a shimmer, like a puddle on the road that flashes in the sunlight.
How back then they had lain side by side on the meadow. How she rolled over onto her belly and looked at him. »We are quite different, you and me, aren't we?« She said.
His hair, like moleskin. He said: »You mean because of dying and all that?«
»Well, just in general,« she said lightly. Picked a little blossom off the grass and twisted it pondering between her fingers. »And yet we are both unhappy, aren't we.«
Later on they went to the lake. The dark water swashed silently against the bank border. Night had fallen, fog came creeping across the lake, and she was now wearing his sweater that reached down to her knees.
»Is it true what they say?« She said. She said it quietly, as if every word was made of glass. »Is it true that you will die soon?«
She saw the truth in his eyes, she almost regretted her words, but at the same time was craving for the answer he would give her.
He turned away. »Why do you say that?« he said. She could only see his shoulders now and the silhouette of his hair against the blind black sky.
»I like you a lot, you know?« she said. He didn't answer.
His breath formed a faint mist in the air. Above them shone the stars, a pale glint amidst darkness. He tilted back his head, and she reached for his hand. »Can you see, the Ursa Major,« he said.
She leaned against his shoulder. »Yes,« she said, even though she couldn't spot a thing.
»I'm serious,« he insisted. »I want you to see the stars.« He looked at her.
»I see the stars,« she said. Quietly. Words of glass.
She leaned forward. His gaze was on her lips. Breath came out of his mouth like silver dust.
»Close your eyes,« she said. Just a whisper, a breeze. She could feel his breath pushing against her lips, so close she was to him. It was a cool, breathless kiss, and as she pulled away and looked at him, she could see the silver in his eyes. She squeezed his hand, and as she smiled she felt the tears on her cheeks.
Now she digs her hands deep into her coat pockets. Brown leaves are crunching underneath her feet, no brightly coloured leaves, only clutched fists of crumbly dryness. Leaves become most beautiful when they're about to die, she thinks. As if. The air that passes through her mouth is cold, and she presses her lips against her scarf.
»Sometimes things just die, without explanation. Remember the boy from America?« That's what he said. And smiled a sad smile, just as if the saddest moments were the most beautiful.His name engraved in capital letters, the first traces of moss have settled in the corners. The birds are gathering in the trees, soon they will leave their old home behind and slip into their new one. She blinks, as a bitter wind cuts her face. Autumn smells like change. She kicks at one of the chestnuts that rustles away through the foliage, and leaves the cemetery.
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This year, even though it's the first half of the year, world-renowned tire manufacturers Continental, have earned bragging rights as Continental products have yet again come out of the year's first summer tire tests with flying colors. The ContiPremiumContact 2 performed far better than the runner-up in the test carried out by Auto Club Europa and GTÜ (Gesellschaft für Technische Überwachung). Volume 2/11 of the ACE's magazine Lenkrad published the results. In its test, German Auto Zeitung (Vol. 5/11) awarded the proven ContiSportContact 3 the much coveted and sought after top rating of "highly recommended".
The two special-interest automotive magazines focused on two distinct groups of tires. The ACE magazine looked at and tested tires with the size of 205/55 R 16. It equipped mainly compact and standard-size cars with such tires during testing. Auto-Zeitung, on the other hand, checked out and tested tires of the size 225/45 R 17. Largely performance cars with powerful engines and high handling demands sport such a tire size. The upshot of the ACE test: The ContiPremiumContact 2 performed best on wet roads. It also stops a car best on dry roads. In the Lenkrad report, the test car fitted with Continental tires came to a halt three meters sooner than the second-place car. Here as well, low rolling resistance was at odds with safe tire properties. Auto Zeitung noted that the tried-and-tested ContiSportContact 3's "brisk lap times proved that the Continental tire is a good choice to make and invest in".
The ACE test covered seven tires in all. Two of them received a score of "highly recommended". Auto Zeitung's test graded a total of 14 summer tires. Eight of these products managed to scale the "highly recommended" hurdle.
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Sino-US Trade Friction Creates New Opportunities between China and Latin America
As the Sino-US battle gears up, Latin America is quickly becoming one of the affected areas. In response to the new international environment, Latin America must adapt its long-term passive approach in the US-Latin America relationship and look to follow a favorable development path. This adjustment will create new opportunities for Sino-Latin American trade.
By Yue Yunxia
The US has used frequent unilateral trade actions to exert pressure on China since 2017. In April 2018, the trade friction between China and the US exacerbated. Following the two rounds of import tariff measures this year, the US government announced on April 4th that it would impose a tariff of 25% on 1333 export items from China, worth 50 billion US dollars. China immediately hit back and imposed tariffs as high as 25% on 106 American items. On April 5th, President Trump said that he would impose additional tariffs on imports from China worth 100 billion US dollars.
As the Sino-US battle gears up, Latin America is quickly becoming one of the affected areas due to its geographic location and trade structure. There are two possible consequences. One is trade replacement, as Latin American countries have the potential to replace products in the Sino-US market, while the other is the future impact of Sino-US trade friction on the international trading environment.
In response to the new international environment, Latin America must adapt its long-term passive approach in the US-Latin America relationship and look to follow a favorable development path. This adjustment will create new opportunities for Sino-Latin American trade.
Possible Replacement by Latin American Trade
China and the US are the two largest trading partners with Latin America, accounting for 39.1% and 13.7% of Latin American foreign trade, and taking 46.1% and 9.0% of the total exports from Latin America in 2016. Therefore, as China-US trade friction continues to escalate, Latin America will inevitably be affected. It can act as a replacement and change the existing market configuration in this region.
The lists of higher tariffs announced by China and US are still at the stage of public comments, but they provide a clear indication of the main areas of friction between the two sides. The focus of the US tax increase is on medium and high-skill and technology-intensive manufactured goods, while China focuses on non-fuel primary products and medium, high-skill and technology-intensive manufactured goods.
Looking at the current make-up of Latin American exports to China and the US, it has limited capacity, either short-term or long-term, to expand technology-intensive exports to the US (see for Table 1). It does not have the right configuration of competitive strengths and global value chains, and it wants to avoid the risk of over-reliance on a single market. Similarly, in the short term, its capacity to increase exports of non-fuel primary products to China is also limited. However, in the long term China can provide a relatively stable primary product market, as well as the possibility of expanding the market for technology-intensive products, especially high-skill and technology-intensive manufactured goods.
It can be seen that the direction of Sino-Latin American trade has gradually become clear when there are still many uncertainties in Sino-US trade. For China, Latin America has become one of the optional sources of imported technology-intensive products. Sino-US trade friction might result in trade upgrading between China and Latin America, and push Latin America to accelerate the upgrading and adjustment of its economic structure.
The Cost to Latin America of the Chaotic Rules
Sino-US trade friction is one of the results of "America First" trade protectionism, and is having an obvious negative impact on international trade rules. It adds uncertainty to the global trade environment, and Latin America is suffering as a result.
Latin America is a direct victim of US trade protectionism. According to statistics from the Global Trade Alert website, the US has been the world's largest initiator of damaging trade measures since September 2008, and by the end of April 2018, it had initiated 1437 damage measures affecting 215 economies around the world. Following the advent of the current trade friction, China is the second largest victim after Canada, and 33 Latin American countries have suffered more harm from the US measures than the world average. 12 Latin American countries, including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela, are suffering much more harm than the world average (see for Figure 1). The US has become the primary source of damage to the trade interests of Latin America.
Latin America is also coming under direct pressure from America. Before his visit to five Latin American countries in February, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Latin America to support the US and distance itself from China in economic and trade relations. In April, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross asserted at the Americas Business Summit that Latin American economies benefited considerably from trade with the US, and he wanted Latin America to choose a side.
The New Direction for Trade between China and Latin America
Examining the proportions of China's imports of manufactured goods from different sources shows that China has the potential to increase imports from Latin America in labor-intensive manufactured goods and high technology intensive manufactured goods. The conditions exist to allow China and Latin America to actively expand their trade in manufactured products and offset the uncertainty arising from Sino-US trade friction.
Free trade and multilateralism are in line with the common interests of both China and Latin America. It is in the interests of both sides to increase trade through gradual lowering of trade barriers and costs. To this end, future trade cooperation between China and Latin America should increase in scale and improve in quality. This should be encouraged through consolidated institutional cooperation between both sides, and transparency and stability should be strengthened through reducing tariffs and non-tariff barriers. With a common voice in the global trade governance system, the balance and sustainability of the multilateral trading system can be maintained.
Though Sino-US trade friction represents a threat, it also provides an opportunity for China and Latin America to further each other's interests. China and Latin America can each offer alternatives to the other in the crisis, and eliminate its adverse effects through structural improvement and promotion and optimization of trade rules.
Yue Yunxia, the researcher of Institute of Latin American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Editor: Cai Hairuo
Opinion articles reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily those of China Focus


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6 Reasons Why Children's Ministry is Superior to All Other Ministries
Membership Level› Guest
Author/Source: Roger Fields
Topic: Kids Ministry
Find out why kidmin is better than other ministries (a humorous approach)
That's right, Children's Ministry is superior!
By that I mean better/higher/cooler than all other ministries in the church. Don't even think about disagreeing with this. Yes, I know all ministry is important, but you heard me correctly. I stand boldly and say, children's ministry is superior to all other ministries. Test this. Read ahead while I prove it. Here we go!
1. Children's ministry is superior because it is the only ministry with a PROMISE.
If you can get the water to the kid, then you have a reward coming. Do greeters get a reward for stuffing flyers in people's hands? Maybe. Maybe not. But kids ministry people know for sure God will reward them. At least that's what Jesus said. Matthew 10:42 says anyone blessing kids gets a reward they cannot lose. Jesus never said anything like that to greeters, ushers, deacons, choir members, parking attendants, etc.
"And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward." (Matthew 10:42)
2. Jesus FOCUSED on kids.
Except for kids, Jesus didn't seem to target specific groups. He called the kids to Himself but He never rounded up the seniors, or the teens, or the singles, etc.. He did specifically target kids. Jesus had an intentional children's ministry but not, for instance, a senior citizen's ministry.
Time after time, Jesus called kids to Himself (Mt. 18:2, Mk. 10:14, Lk. 18:16).
3. Children's ministry is superior because it impacts an ENTIRE life.
An adult who comes to the Lord has already spent much of his life. Kids still have their entire lives ahead of them. D. Moody understood this.
After an evangelistic meeting Dwight L. Moody said two and a half people were converted to Christ. A friend asked if he meant, two adults and a child. Moody said just the opposite: two children and an adult. When a child is led to Christ, a whole life is saved!
If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God! (Dwight L. Moody)
4. Comes with more serious WARNINGS.
Jesus' famous "millstone" warning in Luke 17:2 is ominous. So if you cause an old codger like me to stumble, the Lord would not be pleased but you would probably escape the millstone punishment. Just sayin'.
"It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble." (Luke 17:2)
5. Welcoming kids is like RECEIVING Jesus.
When you welcome a kid, you welcome Jesus. I don't know how that works but it is an amazing statement from the mouth of Jesus.
"Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me." (Mark 9:37)
6. Jesus held up kids as EXAMPLES.
Jesus didn't tell kids to act like adults. He told adults to be more like kids. What a reversal. Children's ministry is an example to adult ministry.
"Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven" (Mt. 18:5).
So wrapping this up, it's hard for us in children's ministry to be humble. And for good reason. We are at the top of the ministry food chain.
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Whitney Houston"s daughter Bobbi Kristina got into an angry shouting match with police officers outside the hotel room where her mother was found dead … has learned.
According to law enforcement sources … Bobbi Kristina showed up on the 4th floor of the Beverly Hilton several hours after Whitney"s death. We"re told when officers informed her no one was allowed to see the body — BK screamed, cursed and demanded to see her mother.
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A little over a year ago in a women's small group, there was a moment where the pessimism and insecurity of some of our groups members drove me to tears. As women of all ages, we met together periodically, and on this special occasion, several women who were somewhere in the ballpark of 50-60 years old absolutely would not stop belittling themselves and their bodies. When I tried to change the tone of that conversation based on the respect I hold for women of all ages, they absolutely ripped me apart, insinuating that bitterness and regret related to one's physical appearance was some natural thing, and that I'd be the same way once I became their age. I went to the bathroom and wept.
At no point in my life will I allow that kind of ugliness to cloud my judgment. Despite what some regret-filled older people often insinuate, young people do not have perfect bodies, and it is hard to be young also. So many of my peers (and in many things, I myself) have not worked through a lot of the battles that will give us the wisdom we will have, God willing we reach that age. We haven't had kids, we haven't had to let them go, we haven't done quite a few many things that are ridiculous and just not here yet. We shouldn't be pressured to idealize the present for fear of the future. When the time is ready, the good Lord will take us through the ringer and we'll get our turn.
But I refuse to believe that I have to enjoy the coming seasons of my life less than I do the present, or even the better parts of the past. Life presents us new challenges continually, and I have a very present help in the form of Christ. He and I will keep moving through the obstacle course, and then I'll die, and I'll be with Jesus. Why in God's name are we trying to hold onto the earth? There are beautiful times and hard times throughout every season, and how would you age into the nuance of a different form of beauty if you didn't dare to keep going and keep that joy of being alive? Being young isn't that great. Fun fact: at no point are people's bodies, minds, or hearts perfectly structurally secure, from birth to finish, as evidenced by the fact that we all die, we all make mistakes, and we all remain oblivious.
As long as I am physically able to move around, as long as I am still lucid, as long as I still have Jesus, I am going to enjoy it for what it's worth and choose to keep living. At no point will I age into bitterness. At this point, I've left the bitterness behind me.


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It's more good late night news for Stephen Colbert this week. The Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon has the week off, (as well as NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers), so it looks like the Late Show has a great opportunity to extend its lead over the Tonight Show with another week of superior ratings. And with Donald Trump having a Presidential Twitter meltdown over the weekend, Colbert will have plenty of new material on a topic where he shines the most, to focus on.
As for this week's highlights in late night, Judd Apatow and Jerrod Carmichael are each making multiple appearances during the week on the late night comedy circuit to promote their separate new projects. On Tuesday, a Team Coco favorite returns to Conan when Pete Holmes visits the TBS late night show. Also on Tuesday, Jimmy Kimmel continues to offer comedians more JKL time in 2017. Jimmy K will be hosting Doug Benson that night. And on Thursday, James Corden breaks one of W.C. Fields' cardinal rules by mixing comedy with animals when the Late Show guests include John Goodman, Adam Pally and Jack Hannah's wild creatures.


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T-ARA's 2000th day with Queen's and counting, a milestone that is special for this family.
It has been a long journey for all of us, T-ARA and Queen's alike. We have come so far together, hand in hand, and it had been 2000 days since we first met. was last modified: October 9th, 2015 by…Read More
Spotlight #3: Interview with popular chibi fan artist Ssoqri
Guess who is under the Diadem Spotlight this time? Another fan artist that had been around the fandom for a long period of time now and also very well-known for her "Chibi" style of drawing T-ARA members, @ssoqri or also…Read More
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Throwback Thursday: Hyomin's not so Nice Body?
If asked to describe Hyomin, one of the things a Queen's would not fail to mention is her amazing body! Hyomin maintains incredible health and fitness, an aspect of her that was even showed off in her solo ventures. was…Read More
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T-ara greets fans and Shanghai concert marks beginning of China Tour 2015!
Following the official announcement of T-ARA's advancement into China's music and entertainment industry, T-ARA mentioned holding a concert in Shanghai on the 27th of December later this year. The video below is an official greeting from T-ARA to all the…Read More
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T-ara surges forward with multiple interviews by various Chinese media outlets!
In light of the official announcement by MBK Entertainment and Longzhen Culture of T-ARA's venture into the Chinese music & entertainment industry, Chinese media outlets like Sohu, Sina, NetEase and even Tudou have stepped forward to interview our girls. All of…Read More
Review: Sugar Free – T-ara's venture into EDM
With T-ara's Inkigayo performance on the 12th and their recent travels to China, it brings a close to the Sugar Free promotions. While Sugar Free played to T-ara's strength of catchy music, it was as well a completely new genre…Read More
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T-ara ventures into China for possible 2015 China Tour and many more activities!
For Queen's that do not understand both Korean and Chinese (Mandarin) and had watched the Beijing press conference held yesterday (13th October 2014) to announce the partnership between MBK Entertainment and Longzhen Culture, this article is to fill you in…Read More
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T-ara clinches third place with #슈가프리 for September 18th's Mnet M! Countdown!
On 18th September 2014, T-ara was nominated for FIRST PLACE on MNet M!Countdown! Although we did not manage to clinch the first place, a third place is a HUGE leap from Top 10 during T-ara's Number 9 promotions last year. Give…Read More
Queen's Q&A: What is T-ara's hidden gem and most underrated song?
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