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Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System

The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms (節氣). Lìqiū (pīnyīn) or Risshū (rōmaji) (Chinese and Japanese: 立秋; Korean: 입추; Vietnamese: Lập thu; literally: "start of autumn") is the 13th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 135° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 150°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 135°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around August 7 and ends around August 23.

Liqiu signifies the beginning of autumn in East Asian cultures.

Brazil Scientists Seek to Unravel Mystery of Zika Twins

Edit Voa News 07 May 2016

Scientists struggling to unravel the mysteries of a Zika epidemic in Brazil hope they can learn from cases of women giving birth to twins in which only one child is afflicted by the microcephaly birth defect associated with the virus ... "When I found out one of them had microcephaly, the ground fell out from beneath me," the 25-year-old said as she sat on the sofa of her home in the city of Santos ... "I thank God for giving her to me......

photo: AP / Mary Schwalm, File

In this Aug. 19, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate businessman Donald Trump speaks in Derry, N.H. Trump has until Sept. 30 to pledge to rule out a third-party run if he intends to appear on the South Carolina primary ballot.

RNC Chairman Says Trump "Trying" To Rein In Craziness Surrounding His Campaign

Edit WorldNews.com 06 May 2016

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is asking citizens to see past all the showmanship and craziness surrounding Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s campaign and realize the New York entrepreneur is “trying,” CBS News reported Friday. "He's trying. Honestly, he's trying.” – RNC Chairman Reince Priebus speaking about Donald Trump ... ....

photo: AP / Royal Canadian Mounted Police Alberta via AP

In this Thursday, May 5, 2016 photo provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Alberta, the charred remains of a bus sit on the side of a road in Fort McMurray, Alberta. More than 80,000 people have left Fort McMurray, in the heart of Canada's oil sands as a wildfire that has devastated the area exploded in size.

Officials fear massive Canada wildfire could double in size

Edit Fox News 07 May 2016

Canadian officials fear a massive wildfire could double in size by the end of Saturday as they continue to evacuate residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray from work camps north of Alberta's oil sands city ... ....

photo: AP / Jeff Chiu

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at La Escuelita School in Oakland, Calif., Friday, May 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Clinton calls on media to step up scrutiny of Trump

Edit CNN 07 May 2016

San Francisco (CNN)Hillary Clinton has a fresh target as she steps up her attacks on Donald Trump. the media. Clinton tweaked the media's coverage of Trump at her fundraiser in San Francisco on Friday night, according to multiple attendees. Clinton, the donors said, told the group that she wished "he would be asked the follow-up questions" about his plans and proposals, arguing that he gets away with empty plans and promises ... Read More ... ....

photo: Creative Commons / The Come Up Show

Lauryn Hill June 21, 2014 @ Sound Academy (Toronto)

Lauryn Hill finally returns for Munhall concert Wednesday

Edit Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 07 May 2016

With very short notice, Lauryn Hill will play her first Pittsburgh show in 17 years at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall in Munhall at 8 p.m. May 11 ... ....

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Drinking Taipei: Brewed in Taiwan

Edit Taipei Times 22 Apr 2016

When I showed a friend a picture I took of eight bottles of craft beer lined up on a patio, he said that from afar, they might as well have been bottles of soy sauce ... That was the intention of the brewers — well, sort of ... Since then, they’ve been releasing a new brew nearly every month. 24 SEASONS ... Their Taiwan Tea Ale 2 (立秋, li qiu) is a spin on the classic 19th century English Pale Ale blended with Oriental Beauty tea leaves ... ....