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Perdoor or Perdur is a town in the Udupi district in coastal Karnataka in the country of India. It is located about 20 km from Udupi on the way to Hebri.

Places and Events of Interest

Perdoor has an ancient temple of Lord Sri Ananthapadmanabha in the center of the village which is known to be more than 1,000 years old. There is a pushkarani (water tank with steps on all the sides) attached to the temple. The temple is famous for the offering of 1001 (savirada ondu) bananas by people to the deity upon fulfillment of their wishes (harike seva).  Sri Ananthapadmanabha car festival (or "Jatra") typically falls on 16 March and is energetically celebrated in the form of jatra. Many people join the festival on that day. Saviraprandh is offered during the jatra to Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy.

Perdoor sankranti in every month is very famous and attracts thousands of people.

There are three banks in Perdoor.

How to reach

Frequent bus service is available from the district headquarters of Udupi. Buses plying from Udupi to Shivamogga, Bhadravati and many other via Agumbe route pass through Perdoor on the way to Someshwar via Hebri. Local transport is through autorickshaw and jeep. There are plenty of buses plying from Udipi to Hebri (via Perdoor). The average commuting time is approximately 35 minutes by bus (Udupi to Perdur). Surrounding villages are Bairampally, Bellampally, Bannapally, etc.

Education

A high school, started by Manipal Education Academy, has provided education for children from in and around the village for many decades. Perdoor also has B.M Primary School, which was started more than 100 years ago and provides education up to 7th grade. The village also has one other Primary school called AP School. Thousands of children have studied in these two primary schools. A previous B.M. School for primary education was re-branded and converted into an English Medium School. Perdoor has an Industrial training institute. For the past 30 years, Perdoor High School has admitted students from Doopadakatte, Alangaar, Bukkigudde, Paadigaara, Hathrabailu, Gundyadka, Kallangala, Santyaar, Alangaar, Donderangadi and Hebri. During the academic year 2011-12, a full-time college with Science and Arts degrees was founded, balebailu school of primary education is famous in perdoor village.

External links
http://rcmysore-portal.kar.nic.in/temples/sriananthapadmanabhaperdoortemple/History.htm Perdoor Temple
Perdoor
Perdoor

Villages in Udupi district


Labor rights advocates are alarmed by a proposal to centralize more control of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) at the agency's Washington, D.C., headquarters and shrink its network of regional offices. Widely viewed as another effort by appointees of President Donald Trump to reverse some union-friendly policies promoted by Obama appointees, the proposal is a step toward an even smaller role for the NLRB in protecting workers' rights, these advocates charge.
News of the proposal leaked out to media outlets in mid-January, first to the Daily Labor Report and then to the The New York Times. The news reports focused on objections to the proposal by NLRB staff members at the agency's 26 regional offices. Some of those staffers would be demoted, or lose their jobs entirely, if the proposal is implemented by NLRB General Counsel Peter B. Robb.
Robb, appointed by Trump in September of last year and sworn in Nov. 17, comes to the post with strong anti-union credentials. As described by The New York Times, he was appointed "after a career largely spent representing management, including handling part of the Reagan administration's litigation against the air traffic controllers' union that waged an illegal strike in 1981. Most labor historians say the government's hard line in firing the controllers contributed to organized labor's decline..."
Robb's proposal comes on the heels of recent decisions by the five-member board to roll back some Obama-era initiatives that favored unions. Those decisions were more explicitly political, coming after votes by board members in which Republican Party appointees narrowly prevailed over Democratic appointees. As general counsel to the agency, Robb is not a board member, but rather a White House appointee in charge of administering the day-to-day affairs of the agency under the general direction of the Board members.
Part of the "hollowing out" process is cutting the budget of the agency. Daily Labor Report's Laurence Dubé reported last year that a 6-percent proposed cut would mean the elimination of 275 jobs from the agency's staff. The budget has not been finalized, but staff cuts are expected in the coming year, and may continue throughout the Trump administration, predicts Duff.
The staff union represents more than 700 NLRB employees in the regional offices and a second independent union, the National Labor Relations Board Professional Association (NLRBPA), represents many staff members at Washington, D.C., headquarters. No representative of the NLRMPA could be reached for comment.
Robb's proposal to demote employees and consolidate regional offices was outlined in a conference call Jan. 11, in which Robb described the plan to NLRB mid-level administrators. According to Gould, the administrators were not provided with a written version of Robb's proposal, but were alarmed enough to respond with a written objection that has been published by Daily Labor Report.
"As you can imagine, the information you provided to the Regional Directors has created much uncertainty and has disheartened us … It was unclear to us how many Districts you envision, how many Regional Offices would remain, how many Regional Directors would remain in that position, what the supervisory ratio would be, and when you envision removing Regional Directors from the Senior Executive Service … However, any anticipated changes must be thoughtfully considered so that the great work of the Agency remains. We would like to work with you in developing changes that would be appropriate to meet our challenges," the NLRB staffers wrote.
"The NLRB has a lot of problems as an agency. The number of cases they handle is way down from when I started work at the Philadelphia regional office (in 1997), but there are still not enough people to handle the work load," comments Duff.
Bruce Vail is a Baltimore-based freelance writer with decades of experience covering labor and business stories for newspapers, magazines and new media. He was a reporter for Bloomberg BNA's Daily Labor Report, covering collective bargaining issues in a wide range of industries, and a maritime industry reporter and editor for the Journal of Commerce, serving both in the newspaper's New York City headquarters and in the Washington, D.C. bureau.
Shut down the NLRB, then move on to HUD and the Department of Education. The Federal government has grown like a malignant tumor and needs to be cut down by half.


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Bristol Sport websites relaunch
Thursday, June 22nd 2017
The Bristol Sport group of clubs have today relaunched their official websites, providing supporters with a fresh and fully responsive offering ahead of the 2017/18 season.
For the first time in 16 years, Bristol City has its own bespoke website, launched following significant supporter input.
Opened up in Beta mode to City fans last week, the new official website has already received a huge amount of positive feedback.
Bristol Rugby and Bristol Flyers have also taken on the new look from today, meaning rugby and basketball fans benefit from the extensive flexibility of the websites.
Andrew Billingham, Bristol Sport's chief executive, said: "It was vital that these new sites evolved to match supporters' needs. This includes quicker access to content, purchasing tickets and merchandise, watching videos and all of it needed to be mobile responsive, something which couldn't be achieved on the old Bristol City site.
"The Bristol Sport sites attract 9m visitors collectively over a season and it's important we continue to improve the fan digital journey, as ultimately it will help boost revenue streams for the clubs."
Bristol Sport head of digital Richard Pepper said: "We're delighted with how the new sites look and we hope supporters are just as pleased.
"I'd like to thank the fans who took part in our website working group, as well as everyone who responded to the surveys to help shape the new sites.
"It's now our own platform and we'll strive to continually evolve and improve for our supporters."
Bristol Sport has worked with Bristol-based agency Gibe Digital to develop the new digital platforms for each club, as well as the revamped Bristol Sport site.
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Kathryn Walter
• Hermit International Art Festival, Plasy, Czech Republic, 1995
• Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, as part of the group exhibition Altered States, curated by Catherine Crowston, 1997
• Artspace, Peterborough, 1997
• OBORO, Montreal, as part of the group exhibition Counterposes, curated by Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher, 1998
• University of Scarborough Gallery, 1998
This performance/installation was first created as part of an international art festival in the Czech Republic. The artist transformed a room in the Monastery in the town of Plasy where artists were invited to create site-specific installations. Fool's Gold reflected on both the medieval tradition of alchemy from this historic site and the changing economy in Eastern Europe at the time. The artist painted stones collected from the surrounding landscape and gave them away to viewers. Two 16mm film loops represent the elements of fire and water on either side of her work station, setting the stage where the artist as alchemist stocked a "pile of gold."
Fool's Gold was adapted to the Canadian landscape where painting stones gold was a metaphor for an economy based on resource extraction. The 16mm film loop here projects the wilderness shot from a moving train. With assistance from gallery attendants, stones collected from around the railway tracks were painted through the course of the exhibition, ensuring that supply met demand, as viewers were invited to take a "piece of gold."
Walter makes reference to the gold rush and the exploration and settling of Canada. Her presence as artist-alchemist addresses the means by which value is conferred upon the landscape and how it is literally transformed by political and economic interests.
excerpt from exhibition brochure by Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher.


"Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits" (Psalm 103:1-2).
In an effort to remember things, especially people's names, I would invoke a technique that involved associating the person's name with something with which I was familiar. It worked well, but it did require conscious effort on my part to remember the names of these people as I used this technique.
In Psalm 103 King David encouraged himself to use conscious effort to remember God's blessing upon him: "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits" (Psalm 103:2). As a man after God's heart, David knew that he, as well as other men, had a tendency to forget about all the manifold ways in which God had blessed him.
Throughout Psalm 103, David reminds himself of how God physically blesses us: (1) God protects us and provides our daily nourishment to sustain our physical lives: "Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. (Psalm 103:4-5) and (2) The Lord executes justice for the oppressed so we can live in peace: "The Lord executes righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed" (Psalm 103:6).
However, in the majority of Psalm 103, David reminds himself of how God had spiritually blesses us: (1) God is merciful and slow to anger in His character: "The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. He will not always strive with us, nor will He keep His anger forever" (Psalm 103:8-9), (2) God understands our weaknesses: "As a father pities his children so the Lord pities those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust" (Psalm 103:13-14), and (3) God has not given us what we deserved: "He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him" (Psalm 103:10-11), instead, (4) God has forgiven us of our sins, "Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases" so that "as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us" (Psalm 103:3, 12).
Do you have a tendency to forget God's blessings in your life? I do. I think we see great wisdom in David making a conscious effort to remind himself of all the manifold ways God had blessed his life. Today, I will remember to "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits" (Psalm 103:2).


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Celtics trade guard Jabari Bird to Hawks, who plan to release him
The Celtics cleared a roster spot at Thursday's NBA trade deadline by sending guard Jabari Bird, sidelined all season after a domestic violence arrest in September, to the Atlanta Hawks, who plan to waive him, per multiple reports. The deal, reported by the Boston Globe , will likely be for nothing...
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Jabari Bird pleads not guilty to two new charges from domestic violence incident
Jabari Bird appeared in court on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to two new charges stemming from his domestic violence incident with his girlfriend last year. Bird appeared in Brighton Municipal Court to enter his plea to charges of witness intimidation and threatening to commit a crime. Court...
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Wednesday's Mashup: Jabari Bird appears in court for pretrial hearing in domestic violence case
Welcome to Wednesday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire . WEDNESDAY'S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: NBA: San Antonio at Orlando, 7 p.m. (NBATV) NBA: Phoenix at Boston, 7:30 p.m. (NBATV, NBCSB) NBA: Oklahoma City at...
Why the Celtics probably won't cut Jabari Bird any time soon in wake of domestic violence case
It will likely be a while before the Celtics make a decision on Jabari Bird. More dark details about Bird's domestic violence charge were revealed Thursday at the guard's arraignment in Brighton. Prosecutors say Bird's girlfriend told police he choked her roughly a dozen times during an argument...
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Celtics guard Jabari Bird allegedly choked girlfriend 12 times during reported assault
More dark details have emerged about Celtics guard Jabari Bird's domestic violence charge. Bird's girlfriend told police he choked her roughly a dozen times during an argument Friday while kicking her and holding her against her will, according to prosecutors . The woman said Bird's physical...
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Celtics take look at former Timberwolves guard Marcus Georges-Hunt
While Jabari Bird's future in Boston hangs in the balance, the Celtics worked out guard Marcus Georges-Hunt Tuesday. According to Jay King of The Athletic, Georges-Hunt could replace Bird's spot on the team's 15-man roster. He played in 42 games last season as a member of the Timberwolves, while...
Celtics guard Jabari Bird reportedly arrested for assault in Brighton
Celtics guard Jabari Bird was reportedly arrested on Friday night in Brighton on charges of assault. It was reported Bird was in custody at St. Elizabeth's Hospital and the Boston Police Department's domestic violence unit is involved. BREAKING: Sources tell @CherylFiandaca #Celtics Shooting Guard...
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Reports: Celtics, Jabari Bird finalizing two-year deal
The Celtics have signed restricted free agent Jabari Bird to a two-year deal worth a combined $3 million, according to multiple reports. Bird, a 2017 second-round pick, had been on a two-way deal with the team during a rookie campaign where he played in 13 total games. He averaged 3.0 points, 1.5...
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Getting to know Jabari Bird, pick No. 56 in 2017 NBA draft
The Celtics left the 2017 NBA draft last week with Jayson Tatum at No. 3 overall, Semi Ojeleye at No. 37 overall, Kadeem Allen at No. 53 overall and Jabari Bird at No. 56 overall. Bird is a 6-foot 6-inch senior shooting guard from Cal who averaged 14.3 points and 4.7 rebounds during the 2016-17...
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Celtics finish 2017 Draft with Cal shooting guard Jabari Bird at No. 56
It was 41 years ago that California's Carl Bird, though he never played an NBA game, was drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the fourth round of the 1976 NBA Draft. But now a California Bird of a different generation will try to make his NBA dream a reality, as his son, California shooting...


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The Brainerd Family YMCA would like more residents to bicycle to work with two new initiatives intended to encourage those wishing to commute by bike and exercise at the same time.
"This will be something free to bike commuters. This will hopefully remove a big barrier for some folks," CEO Shane Riffle said. "Cycling is healthy. It's good exercise. It's low impact. And nowadays, with fat tire bikes, too, you can bike all year-round."
"We do have to do a background check. Anyone who comes into the Y, we do a background check because they're around children," Riffle said.
"There are two apps that they can download onto their smartphone, and basically it just tracks when you're on your bike. It has a GPS in it, so it will track your mileage, and staff can use that as a tracker and come log it with me," Riffle said.
The Y applied to The League of American Bicyclists to gain designation as a "Bicycle Friendly Business." The League of American Bicyclists is the nation's oldest bicycle advocacy organization, leading the movement to create a bicycle friendly America for everyone.
"There's a real effort through the River to Rail initiative to connect Brainerd all the way out to Crosby and the Cuyuna Mountain Bike Trail System," Riffle said of a Brainerd-based initiative to receive Bicycle Friendly Community designation from the league.
"In support of our effort to become a 'Bicycle Friendly Community,' I decided to apply for the business recognition. This generated a few ideas—the two key ones being the commuter/shower program and the staff bike commuter/PTO initiative," Riffle said.
"What got the Y into supporting bicycling and the bicycling community at a deeper level was when Crow Wing Energized presented (us with) the Kids Bike Fleet," Riffle said.
"We also are trying to make sure that all teachers in local schools are aware that the Kids Bike Fleet can be checked out along with the biking safety curriculum at no charge," Riffle said.
"The objective was to loan these out to schools, provide them the curriculum and support, so that they can do bike rides, bike rodeos, safety activities and really kind of teach kids how to ride safely and build a passion for cycling, so that they do it their entire lives."
"During the summer, we are loaning them out in a similar manner to youth-serving organizations. This summer, though, the Y will be utilizing them for about half of the summer for our programming," he said.
"Another idea that we will test this summer is to take the fleets out to Garfield Elementary and have a staff member or volunteer check the bikes out to families or kids to ride around the neighborhood or go for a ride," Riffle said. "This is still being developed."


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DC Universe Online And PlanetSide 2 Heading To PlayStation 4
June 5, 2013 | Filed under: Gaming,Gaming PR | Posted by: Kristofer Brozio
Yeah I want the PS4… but not for the games in particular, but from what I've seen about the Xbox One, I would rather have the PS4…
Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announced thatDC Universe™ Online and PlanetSide ® 2 will be heading to the much-anticipated PlayStation®4 (PS4™) computer entertainment system. Future PS4 gamers can look forward to experiencing the epic battles of the massively multiplayer online (MMO) first person shooter (FPS) PlanetSide 2, along with the super-powered world of DC Universe Online (DCUO), as SOE continues to bring its 'Free to Play. Your Way.' philosophy to new audiences.
"Since the launch of the original EverQuest, we have pioneered major shifts in the development of MMOs and videogames as a whole, and now we're bringing our titles to the forefront of next-gen gaming," saidJohn Smedley, President, Sony Online Entertainment. "Players are evolving and want a variety of ways to access and play games. Our goal is to deliver epic gaming experiences that players crave while harnessing the awesome power and technology of this incredible new platform. We are thrilled to bring two of our most popular free-to-play games to PS4."
"DCUO was the first MMO available for PlayStation 3, and its thriving community is proof that we can create an exciting and robust console experience for players," said Laura Naviaux, Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, Sony Online Entertainment. "Players have been asking for PlanetSide 2 to be playable on consoles, and PS4 is the ideal platform to showcase the game's beauty, depth and frenetic open world combat."
DC Universe Online and PlanetSide 2 will be available for PS4 as free-to-play titles with optional in-game purchases via digital download later this year.
Two all-new trailers can be viewed on YouTube or downloaded from our press site:
DC Universe Online: View or download
PlanetSide 2: View or download
More information on PS4 can be found here: https://us.playstation.com/ps4/.
More information on PlanetSide 2 can be found here: http://www.PlanetSide2.com.
DCUO is licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on behalf of DC Entertainment, and more information on the game can be found here: www.DCUniverseOnline.com.
About DC Universe Online
Lex Luthor has traveled back through time with news of a dire future: While the heroes and villains spent years battling amongst themselves, Brainiac has been feeding on their powers, building strength to return to Earth and destroy humanity. To change the future, Lex has come back to set off a device that bestows super powers to thousands of every-day citizens and give humanity a fighting chance. Can Brainiac be stopped, or is this another nefarious Lex Luthor plot?
For the first time, players and fans will be able to enter the DC Universe as an active force for good or evil. A massively multiplayer experience, DC Universe Online delivers unparalleled high-energy, physics-powered combat that brings the player's extraordinary powers to life.
DC Universe Online was created in the artistic vision of legendary comic book artist Jim Lee, and set within a world created by famous DC writers including Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman.
Rated T for Teen with Mild Blood, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes and Violence, DC Universe Online is available for the PC and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. DCUO Legendary access is available for a $14.99 monthly fee.
About PlanetSide 2
PlanetSide 2 offers an unparalleled free-to-play gaming experience where players battle in massive environments alongside and against thousands of others engaging in intense air and ground combat that spans the alien planet of Auraxis. Players join one of three Empires – Terran Republic, New Conglomerate or Vanu Sovereignty – to fight in an epic war for ultimate control and territory domination. With advanced technology, years of gamer feedback, and SOE's new proprietary MMO game engineForgeLight™, PlanetSide 2 offers a truly competitive and visceral FPS experience with massive warfare, massive customization and massive community.
Across the continents of Auraxis, thousands of players come together in enormous battles to win control of critical territories and key resources for their empire. With an extensive skill tree and free-form class-based system, players are able to customize their soldier, weapons and vehicles to match their play-style, as well as the needs of their squad, outfit or empire. Battles have lasted for days or weeks, so players must build alliances and specialized combat outfits to take on long-term strategic and tactical initiatives. Featuring aircraft and ground vehicles, as well as infantry combat, the battles are larger and more intense than ever before.


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Tree stump ideas taking a place for home decoration very fast and they look really creative too. This is an artwork that can be done by anyone. It takes no much time to cut off and give the stumps a new shape. I have found some interesting and amazing tree stump home decoration ideas that can be made easily. You can not only make these items for your home but also you can create wonderful garden items and planters by the stumps. You just need to choose the perfect sized stump according to the required item. So, let's have a look at the following gallery and draw some inspiration. I hope you will find all of them really amazing and you would love to try them out at your own home. So, move ahead and make your home and outdoor place more creative with these tree stump home decoration ideas.


Studies from the University of Surrey have found that African American executives are more likely to be demoted than their Caucasian, Asian or Hispanic counterparts.
Researchers looked at data from over a 20-year period of more than 8,000 executives in 2,800 US listed companies, and found that black executives accounted for just one per cent of all executives. They also found that black executives are 74 per cent more likely to get demoted, face a 43 per cent lower probability of promotion and are 55 per cent more likely to leave the executive ranks altogether than other race groups.
The studies, which have been published in Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, also found that African American executives earn lower compensation when firms perform well. For companies with above average profitability, the pay gap is around 20 per cent – however, there is no pay difference with white executives in companies with below average profitability. For example, for every one per cent increase in a company's profitability, the bonus payment for white executives increases by four per cent – whereas for black executives the increase is only one per cent. So when a company's performance increases, the pay gap increases.
"Taken as a whole, it's clear that African American executives are underachieving. Discrimination or bias could take many forms. Corporate boards may be unconsciously biased against black executives. Alternatively, African Americans may underperform due to weaker executive networks or the higher pressure to perform associated with being a minority.


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History of the Guard /
Ghost Fires Cannon on Frankfort
Old Long Tom Wakes Residents After Midnight
Practical Joke of Two Young Men Give Frankfortians Scare
Mystery Cannon the Cause
Superstitious Thought That Ghost Had Fired Mexican War Trophy
Article from The State Journal, Frankfort, Kentucky, Sunday morning, April 3, 1927
During the Mexican War the Kentucky regiment commanded by Col. John S. Williams, of Mt. Sterling, captured a long Mexican cannon at the battle of Cero Gordo, which was dismounted and sent here as a present to the State. At that time the State had only a small building in the rear of the Old Capitol building to be used as an arsenal, consequently this trophy of the war with Mexico was left lying upon the ground outside the arsenal there being no room for it upon the inside. The barrel was some ten or twelve feet long and about midway of its length there were two large handholds, or loops, on each side, which were used as tackles to lift the gun with a hoisting machine.
At that time two young men who delighted in playing practical jokes, James W. Tate and John N. Crutcher were employed as clerks down on St. Clair street, in the Federal post office which was then located where the Frankfort Clothing Company now is, and the latter with William M. Todd, who occupied a business house which stood where the south half of the Five and Ten Cent Store is now located, both business places having the same common back yard, which enabled the young men to get together and hatch some scheme without going on the street.
They had designs upon that old gun, and went quietly work to carry them out. All the spare change they got hold of was invested in powder, which they purchased at different stores and secreted until enough had been accumulated to suit them, then it was placed in a sack made to fit the bore of the gun, then it was rammed in good and hard, and in order to make the report as loud as possible Crutcher took off his vest and rammed it into the cannon on top of the powder and wadding.
A section of blasting fuse of sufficient length to enable the plotters to get clear away from the scene before the fire would reach the charge, was run into the touch-hole and connected with the sack of powder. When all was ready the fuse was lighted and both young men hurried to their rooms so that when the explosion occurred they could swear that they were not there and were in bed when it all happened.
The fuse burned slowly but, the fire finally reached the powder and talk about your California earthquakes and other upheavals but when that "Old Long Tom" let go it waked the whole town and broke all the glass out of the windows along Broadway and Clinton streets, scared the timid half out of their wits, as the people imagined there was an uprising of the slaves and that all the whites were to be murdered in their beds.
In those days there was but one night watchman, or patterole as he was called, and he had only recently killed a man. As no one could explain how the cannon could shoot itself off without any help, the watchman worried over the matter until he began to believe that the ghost of his victim had shot the gun to warn him that a nemesis was upon his trail.
Years after Crutcher entertained a crowd upon the corner of St. Clair and Main streets one Sunday morning with a lengthy story of how it all happened and that is how the secret got out.
When the Confederate army under General Braxton Bragg retreated from the State and evacuated this city they carried that relic of the battle of Cero Gordo with them. Col. Williams, whose command captured it afterward became a General in the Confederate Army, and for years after the Mexican War was known to the politicians of the State as Cero Gordo Williams.
Article from The State Journal, Frankfort, Kentucky, Sunday morning, May 29, 1927
...It was there that the old long Mexican cannon which was fired by Dick Tate and John Crutcher, was mounted and stood just inside the door until it was carried away by the Confederates in the fall of 1862.


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Ivanchuk: Move by Move - Junior Tay
Ivanchuk: Move by Move by Junior Tay
Paperback, 512 pages, 2015 publishing
Vassily Ivanchuk has been one of the World's leading chess players for over two decades. He announced his arrival as a 21-year-old when he defeated Garry Kasparov on the way to winning the Linares Super-Grandmaster event. In a distinguished career he has won countless elite tournaments and was a FIDE World Championship finalist.
Ivanchuk is considered by many contemporaries to be a chess genius, and he has acquired a huge fan base that delights in his enterprising and creative play. His original style has helped to create games full of brilliant attacking chess and masterful strategy. In this book, Junior Tay invites you to join him in a study of his favourite Ivanchuk games, and shows us how we can all improve by learning from Ivanchuk's masterpieces.
Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge.
ISBN: 9781781941690, Everyman Chess


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Speziale autodidatta, esercitò l'arte farmaceutica a Roma, a Livorno, a Ginevra, per poi tornare definitivamente a Livorno, dove divenne amministratore della stessa spezieria Salomoni nella quale aveva lavorato per circa 10 anni, in via Greca, nei pressi del porto. Nella città toscana coltivò i suoi numerosi interessi naturalistici; con i suoi studi e le sue osservazioni si guadagnò la stima di Francesco Redi e Antonio Vallisneri. La ricca corrispondenza epistolare con Redi è conservata a Firenze nella Biblioteca Marucelliana.

Produsse numerose osservazioni microscopiche che gli consentirono di contribuire alla ricerca sulla generazione dei viventi dai semi o dalle uova. Buona parte di questi studi, tra i quali Dell'origine delle pulci dall'uovo e del seme dell'alga marina (1708), fu pubblicata da Antonio Vallisneri.

Insieme a Redi e Giovanni Cosimo Bonomo, riuscì a dimostrare la natura contagiosa della scabbia, provocata dall'acaro Sarcoptes scabiei, anche se uno storico della medicina, il prof. Italo D'Angelo, sostiene che questa scoperta, avvenuta il 20 giugno 1687, debba essere attribuita esclusivamente a Giacinto Cestoni. Secondo gli studi condotti per 50 anni dallo studioso marchigiano, e riportati nei suoi diversi libri sull'argomento, tra i quali,"Giacinto Cestoni, nasce con lui la medicina scientifica moderna?", la scoperta dell'origine acarica della scabbia è il primo fatto, scientificamente dimostrato, con il metodo sperimentale galileiano.

Il suo nome resta legato, nella denominazione italiana, a quello di un grosso pipistrello (Molosso di Cestoni, Tadarida teniotis). Livorno ha inoltre dedicato all'illustre cittadino una via al confine tra il quartiere San Marco e Shangai.

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Italo D'Angelo, Giacinto Cestoni: Nasce con lui la Medicina Moderna?, in "Uomini e Luoghi della Cultura delle Marche", Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, 2006.

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Is Bed Bath & Beyond a Value?
Is this beaten-down retailer cheap? Or is the low valuation a warning sign for investors?
Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) shares have been beaten up in 2016 and the earnings report on June 22 did nothing to buoy investor sentiment. Is it time to bet on a rebound, or is the business stuck in neutral? Let's take a look.
A quality stock on the cheap?
Because of the deteriorating share price, Bed Bath & Beyond stock appears to be inexpensive as measured by the price-to-earnings ratio. The share price relative to the last 12 months of profit currently sits at a meager 8.4. With other retailers' price-to-earnings valuations solidly in double digits, why such a low figure for Bed Bath & Beyond? Investors have not been encouraged by the company's performance.
During 2015, the company reported a slim 1.7% total sales increase against a 12.1% profit drop. Things haven't improved much so far this year. In the first quarter, sales were flat and profit took another 23% hit from the same period last year. For the full year, revenue is expected to be flat and profit is expected to fall as much as another 10%.
The company has been struggling to keep up with online retailers. While many physical retailers have struggled to keep foot traffic coming in the door, internet sales have seen 14% sales growth over the past couple of years. Profits have taken a hit as Bed Bath & Beyond makes heavy investments to update its online and mobile sales capability.
While shares may appear cheap, the drop in valuation is fair as Bed Bath & Beyond tries to avoid falling into irrelevance. With elevated spending on updating technology expected to continue through the end of this year, investors may have to exercise further patience before things start looking up again.
Despite the short-term headwinds, Bed Bath & Beyond feels confident about the future. Business operations include not just the Bed Bath & Beyond stores, but also buybuy BABY, Christmas Tree Shops, and the Cost Plus World Market chains. Management feels that cash flows will stay strong from its various home-goods businesses over the long term and authorized its first ever quarterly dividend in April. The dividend remains at $0.125 per share.
The company has also taken steps to address issues, most notably building out its online business and working at increasing same-store sales. The company expects to spend $400 million to $425 million this year in updating its technology and building four new facilities to help with online order fulfillment. This represents half of what last year's net profit was and is likely to be roughly that amount this year as well.
Bed Bath & Beyond also recently announced the purchase of small home furnishing and design company One Kings Lane, an internet retailer of furniture and other decor that offers complementary design services for its customers. In addition to its online presence, the company has two studios, located in New York and San Francisco.
The hope is that the home-decor expertise of the team at One Kings Lane will help Bed Bath & Beyond expand its reach to clients looking for home goods, especially in the area of furniture for the home. I think the biggest win for Bed Bath & Beyond, however, is the ability to bring design services in-house and integrate those services with its online store.
Though the headwinds for Bed Bath & Beyond are strong in the short run, the company looks to be taking steps to ensure its relevance in the future as the retail world shifts to a digital format.
Is the stock a value?
Share prices have dropped significantly, and the stock appears to be cheap. However, I think it is too soon to call Bed Bath & Beyond a value. The company has made great strides in updating its business model to accommodate the growing number of online transactions, but the company still has a long way to go to catch up to its competitors.
Many online retailers have moved on from establishing an online store and are now battling over things such as faster delivery times. Bed Bath & Beyond, though, is still working to optimize its online platform and building the necessary infrastructure to accommodate online sales.
The company has also stated that 2016 is scheduled to be the year that sees the peak in spending to build out and update its digital capabilities. As in years past, this spending will eat into profits, and management has predicted profits to fall again this year.
Spending to update the business has also not helped sales to grow as of yet. The question remains as to whether the initiatives will push overall revenue higher, or if they will merely prevent the company from shrinking. Before calling Bed Bath & Beyond a value, I'm inclined to wait to see if this year's peak in spending is enough to move the needle and push sales and profits higher.


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Posted on October 30, 2015 by J.L. Gribble in Books // 1 Comment
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The Evolution of Vampires in Popular Fiction
by J.L. Gribble
Vampires drink blood and/or kill people to survive. So why have they endured in the imagination of popular culture for almost two hundred years? Because it turns out that while vampires are monsters of death along with the rest of the villains of the horror genre, they are also a lot about sex. And if there's one thing that modern culture likes to be entertained by, it's sex.
The historical influences of vampires were terrifying. Vlad the Impaler's reputation of excessive cruelty, including impaling his enemies on giant stakes, spread throughout Europe. His female counterpart, Countess Elizabeth Báthory, was a serial killer accused of murdering young female virgins and bathing in their blood to retain her youth. Neither of these things is terrible sexy.
Yet two centuries later, we find ourselves with Edward Cullen from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, written for the young adult paranormal romance subgenre, in which a handsome vampire seduces a modern teenage girl. How did we get from bathing in blood to sparkling in the sunlight?
The modern era of vampire myth in Western literature began in 1819 with the publication of "The Vampyre," a short story by John Polidori that is often viewed as the origin of the romantic vampire genre in fantastical fiction. Polidori imbued his Lord Ruthven with seductive elements despite the fact that everyone the character encountered ended up suffering. Not all authors treated vampires as creatures of sexuality, however. In James Malcolm Rymer's serialized gothic horror (1845–47), Sir Francis Varney the vampire is presented as the first sympathetic vampire, who despises his condition but is still a slave to it. Both of these works establish many of the tropes that become the staples of vampire lore in years to come, such as fangs and puncture wounds to the neck.
In the Victorian and Puritan ideals of Europe and North America, vampirism in literature became a surrogate for sexual intercourse. Later in the 19th century, sex returns with a vengeance in Joseph Sheridan LeFanu's Carmilla (1871) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), the latter of which brought vampires into the cultural mainstream. Though Stoker was inspired by the historical Vlad the Impaler, his Dracula was a veritable rake who manipulated women to his own ends. Due to cultural sensibilities that precluded sexual encounters between characters, Stoker used vampirism as a cover for the sexuality inherent in his horror novel. As originally created by Stoker, the persona of Dracula contains an amalgam of cultural sexual dreads such as foreignness, animalism, and dreamlike qualities. The vampire became an extended metaphor; just as death has been used as a euphemism for orgasm, the vampire represents both sexuality and death.
And thus was born the sexy vampire trope. Vampires represent the titillating anxieties we carry that a sexual act will carry grave punishment such as death. Though the vampire remained firmly in the traditional horror genre for many years, providing readers with such classics as Stephen King's Salem's Lot (1975), it never quite forgot its subversive sexual roots. When Anne Rice published Interview with the Vampire, the first novel in her Vampire Chronicles series, in 1976, she brought the world the lives of Louis and Lestat and solidified the link between vampires and sex in mainstream horror and fantasy.
Changing social mores allowed greater aspects of sexuality to be directly portrayed in works of popular fiction. By the early 1990s, adult readers were devouring the more explicit escapades of the characters in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series (Guilty Pleasures, the title of the first book in 1993, says it all). Sex and drama have always been intertwined, and young adult readers were introduced to J.L. Smith's The Vampire Diaries series in 1991 (currently the most popular television show on the CW network).
Not all vampires of the 21st century are sexy. Sunglasses After Dark, written by Nancy A. Collins in 2005, features Sonja Blue, a vampire character less interested in sex and more focused on killing other monsters like herself. Vampires are also alive and well in historical horror, such as Kate Cary's Bloodline (2006), in which a soldier in World War I interacts with a vicious descendant of Stoker's Dracula and Mina Harker. In urban fantasy, such as Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files and my own Steel Victory, vampires are written more along the philosophy of "vampires are people, too": perhaps older but not necessarily wiser.
These days, paranormal romance is where vampires really shine (and sometimes sparkle), exploding this subgenre and upstaging the werewolves and other mythical creatures. The vampires there are people too, just older and much, much more attractive. A cable network like HBO was necessary to bring Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries to the screen to handle the sexual content, and Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series for young adults has even spawned a secondary series, Bloodlines. The astounding popularity of the Twilight series, despite any criticism of plot and characterization, secured a lot of expectation that stories about vampires must also include elements of romance if not outright eroticism.
Original vampire television shows such as Forever Knight, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and its spinoff Angel), and Moonlight adapted a lot of this sexual expectation, combining the concept of the sympathetic vampire (tragic heroes) with the romantic love interest. Original films featuring vampires as both heroes and villains have run the gamut from traditional terrifying horror (Noseratu, 1922, and From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996) to ridiculous comedy (Blacula, 1972, and What We Do In the Shadows, 2014). Comics and graphic novels have remained the haven of the tales of the vampire hunters (Blade and Nightstalkers) and dark vampiric heroes who are not necessarily also romantic characters (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and American Vampire).
Authors and creators will continue to reinvent the vampire to appeal to changing times and cultures, but the vampire seems to have found a solid niche in fiction as the representation of sex and its relationship with death. That focus has shifted much of the balance to sex over death, but it's quite possible that the pendulum will swing back over time.
J.L. Gribble
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WMc // October 31, 2015 at 4:38 pm //
Barnabas Collins. Felt that should be said.
I would like to throw in that monsters make great stand-ins for other radical life experiences, such as addictions or disabilities, as well as use/misuse of power and the responsibilities that come with it. If anything, an attitude from sci-fi migrates in: alien is interesting, not evil.
A monster who acts heinously because of his addictions (and has a conscience about it) has to find alternative ways to alleviate his cravings or to find a way to be free of them. A vampire who is limited by sunlight or overcome by rage or hunger shares a lot with a human with a medical condition or injury that requires some intervention and creativity to accommodate. Of course, being bitten by a bat (or a radioactive spider) can give great powers and with that comes (all together, class) . . . In all the flavors of vampire stories, we also play out that having a Condition is no excuse for acting inhuman.
"Perhaps everything terrible is, in its deepest being, something helpless that wants help from us."* Or so Dr. Julia Hoffman, Dr. Natalie Lambert, Beth Turner, and—occasionally—even Buffy hope.
And the capes. Don't forget the capes.
*Ranier Maria Rilke
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After teaching literature, philosophy, history, and religion for more than a decide, Brian Staveley began writing epic fantasy. His first book, The Emperor's Blades (forthcoming from Tor on January 14, 2014), is the start of his series, Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne. Tor.com has been good enough to release the first seven chapters as a teaser. Brian lives on a Continue Reading →
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It wasn't hard for them to see that there was also a local need for a summer program to help students acquire the skills to thrive in high school as well as college. "It's not just academics," Gina said. "Skills like public speaking, managing stress, even filling out forms can be really daunting for children." And the world is changing so fast that many of the pressures on middle and high school students are unfamiliar even to their parents. In many cases, the students involved are hoping to be the first generation to attend college.
That's the beauty of teaming up with college mentors, Bryan said. "They really like working with the younger students, and many of them find they have a passion for it." Testimonials from the older students say the experience has made them aware of the importance of mentoring and establishing a safe place to discuss sensitive issues like race and class, all while developing leadership and confidence in the mentors as well as the teenagers.
The summer program is designed to help 9-12th grade students find their path toward college by providing individual guidance, service projects and internships geared towards future goals, test preparation, and general academic advice. They'll also meet other students in workshops that teach time and stress management, leadership, entrepreneurial experience, personal determination, and confidence building in-group settings. The individual and group sessions will be offered several times a month during the summer. Gina said the project has already forged great connections with local teachers and counselors during the past year in the school-based program.
Anyone is eligible, Bryan said: "We have students from every imaginable background." Because of the non-profit status, the cost of the service is tax deductible.
The importance of establishing confidence in our young people is summed up in the motto the Christ's have chosen for their business, a quote by Henry Ford: "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." And there are more statistics supporting the wisdom of mentoring. Young adults at risk for falling off track but who had a mentor were 55 percent more likely to enroll in college, 78 percent more likely to volunteer regularly, and 130 percent more likely to hold leadership positions. "This really works," Gina said.


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– Part of the Problem
TATSUNYA II, 2019
The Berlinale Forum is 50 and Forum Expanded is 15. The new decade has begun at a time when we are often speechless and yet it seems all the more necessary to find clear words. What does this mean for a program such as Forum Expanded? How does a time like this change the curatorial perspective? What do we expect from the works that we select? A film program is more than the sum of individual works. It creates connections, refers to the outside. Short film programs, where works are shown in succession, and film exhibitions, where works are shown next to each other, can make this all the more palpable. This is not new, but it seems to be more important than ever. Writing about the way victims of far-right violence are often considered individually, Nanna Heidenreich wrote the following Facebook post: "It is not - and this is important - about 'everyone' but there is a structure. We have to examine this." The program's selected works explore different subjects, including migration, racism, sexism, state violence, capitalism, colonialism, extractivism, the climate emergency, fear of the future, loss of history and much more. However, they all refer to themselves not as separate entities but as part of a larger structural system.
"Words have meaning", a phrase that perhaps sounds as if it does not know whether it is asserting something or longing for it, is part of the translated title of Chris Marker's 1970 film ON VOUS PARLE DE PARIS: MASPERO, LES MOTS ONT UN SENS, which is screening as part of the anniversary program and the exhibition. A young man intervenes in a discussion between the film's director and the author, publisher and bookseller François Maspero, who says that his role is to inform: "We are despite everything, militants in the sense that our practice always refers to a global context."
Infinity minus Infinity, an installation by the Otolith Group composed of dance, music, lecture and animation explores a transhistorical space, in which the irreparable culpability of racial capitalism cannot be seen separately from the crimes of environmental policy . The way things are interwoven is the explicit theme of Filipa César's collective installation QUANTUM CREOLE. With the help of different visual formats, the history of weaving is narrated as Creole code and thus as a story of subversion. Something similar happens because of the movements and games of a group of schoolgirls in Maiduguri, Nigeria, in Rahima Gambo's short film TATSUNIYA II. In Hausa, the word "tatsuniya" means fable or riddle. The games of a group in northeast Brazil, but also their sign language, are what enable a counter-narrative in JOGOS DIRIGIDOS by Jonathas de Andrade. In his oeuvre, Koki Tanaka constructs social groups in order to observe them. In his first feature-length film ABSTRACTED / FAMILY, he unites four strangers with very complicated life stories under a Japanese roof. "I rethink the clicks and flashes that have cast us in history. And I flirt with liberation from the colonial gaze": MATATA by Petna Ndaliko Katondolo (DRC) begins with a photo session which transforms into an intricate series of daydreams, with historical fragments, blurred projections and re-galvanizing images of the outside world.
The question of how certain pictures can be shown and their relationship with their past is the subject of PURPLE SEA by Amel Alzakout and Khaled Abdulwahed: "'I see everything,' she says (…) She speaks, she rages, and she films to beat being tired, being cold, the fact that help isn't coming. To beat dying, just for something to remain." (Merle Kröger) Part of the material, which is inseparably connected to the filmmaker who carried the camera on her body, found its way into a work by Forensic Architecture: SHIPWRECK AT THE THRESHOLD OF EUROPE, LESVOS, AEGEAN SEA: 28 OCTOBER 2015, a re-enactment of an accident that killed many migrants.
Letter from a Guarani Woman in Search of the Land Without Evil, an exhibition at SAVVY Contemporary, explores the archive of an audiovisual journey made by Patricia Ferreira (Pará Yxapy) who is arguably the most active representative of Brazilian indigenous cinema.
EXTRACTIONS by Thirza Cuthand looks at the extractive industries and their impact on Canada's indigenous population. The film is part of a trilogy on show at the Canadian embassy in Berlin, which creates a space to connect the subject to queer perspectives. (stss)
Participating artists and filmmakers: Amel Alzakout/Khaled Abdulwahed, Ayreen Anastas/Rene Gabri, Graeme Arnfield, Caitlin Berrigan, Filipa César, Didi Cheeka, Thirza Cuthand, Jonathas de Andrade, Lucile Desamory/Glodie Mubikay/Gustave Fundi, Anja Dornieden/Juan David González Monroy, Ahmed Elghoneimy, Kevin Jerome Everson, Patricia Ferreira (Pará Yxapy), Forensic Architecture, Rahima Gambo, Margaret Honda, Laura Huertas Millan, Emily Jacir, Ken Jacobs, Ernst Karel/Veronika Kusumaryati, Petna Katondolo, Ayoung Kim, Jonna Kina, Vika Kirchenbauer, Chris Marker, Aline Motta, Maged Nader, Joe Namy, The Otolith Group, Grace Passô/Ricardo Alves Jr., Jenny Perlin, Riwaq, Koki Tanaka, Kika Thorne, Ana Vaz, Anton Vidokle, Anton Vidokle/Adam Khalil/Bayley Sweitzer, Akram Zaatari.
Curated by Stefanie Schulte Strathaus (Head Curator), Anselm Franke (Co-founder), Maha Maamoun, Ulrich Ziemons. SAVVY Contemporary: Anna Azevedo.
Opening dates: Betonhalle im silent green Kulturquartier: 19.2., 19.00, Canadian Embassy: 20.2., 16.30, SAVVY Contemporary: 19.2., 19.00.
Information on all works of Forum Expanded 2020 here.
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Gambian police officer Binta Njie Jatta last week joined Concord Times Newspaper as a volunteer.
Mrs. Jatta studied mass communications at the Strafford College of Management in the Gambia, earning a Diploma. She also studied broadcast journalism, specialising in television, at JOF, a television college in Nigeria.
She has so far attained the rank of Sub-Inspector in the Gambia Police Force.
She told this reporter that while working as Deputy Public Relations Officer in the Gambian Police Force, she had the opportunity of presenting programmes both on radio and television.
She added that the decision to cut her proverbial teeth in the print media was inspired by a desire to polish the basic background experience she has already had in journalism, hitherto exclusively in the electronic media.
She said that being a part of Concord Times for the next twelve months or thereabout would help her hone her journalistic knowledge.
"My being here to learn will be a tremendous achievement. I will learn a lot during my entire stay here with the paper. I have learnt so many things during my few days here and I hope to learn more throughout my stay," Ms. Jatta noted.
Ms. Jatta has a strong conviction that learning is a process and that what she will learn while at the newspaper outfit would help enhance both her policing and journalists skills.
Currently on leave of absence from the Gambia Police Force, she revealed that the only time she had a print media experience was while in college, when she spent a day at the Banjul based Daily Observer Newspaper.
"I have never had any print experience. Radio and television journalism is not new to me because I have been doing a lot of programmes while serving as the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the police force. I planned to study criminology and investigation in the future," she added.
She thanked staff and management of Concord Times, especially the Editorial Department, for the warm reception accorded to her.


It's been a while since I wrote anything. I forget I quite enjoy the process, even if it can be really time-consuming. Time to get back into it.
Between a couple of meanders of the Danshui River there's an island that looks a little like an upside down teardrop. If that sounds quite idyllic, I'm afraid it's not. Sanchong and Luzhou are some of the densest parts of New Taipei City. The crowded southern area of Sanchong is never really spoken of very favorably. It's not without a few places of interest though. The northern half is Luzhou, New Taipei's smallest district. This area doesn't really seem to get much attention at all beyond an "isn't that where one of the orange lines ends?", or "Is there actually anything in Luzhou?" Happily there is!
I spent two afternoons in the district (thanks to the Forbidden City Museum's narrow opening times) and actually found some interesting sites. If you're someone just visiting Taiwan there are far better places to spend a day in. But if you live here it's actually worth a trip.
I find a lot of stuff just scanning around on Google. I found both the Lee family home and the Forbidden City Museum this way and started making some plans. On checking around I could see what looked like the core of an old town (narrow radial roads rather than a grid, and a cluster of temples). There were also what looked like a few old farmhouses scattered amongst the concrete apartment blocks. Those pretty much indicate what Luzhou looked like pre-urbanization. The land around what was at that time a small town is fertile and rice from here was famous.
I sketched out a rough plan and headed for Sanmin Junior High School MRT. This is the only MRT line I haven't been to each end of. There doesn't look like there's anything interesting around Luzhou Station itself. It is a little silly, but I'm going to have to go there one day purely for the sake of completeness. Most of the bits and pieces of old town Luzhou are around Zhongxiao Road. That was where I found this old brick house.
At some point it was trapped in a narrow triangle of land by a new road. I really loved the tilework here. It reminded me a little of the elaborate tiled houses in Portugal. It's a shame ornate tilework has died out here now, but the practice of completely tiling buildings hasn't. A look inside revealed this place is abandoned, though it does seem fairly well kept. A plaque above the door is inscribed with the name 李興順, so it's possibly a smaller holding of the famous 李 (Lee) clan of Luzhou.
Of the two larger temples in the town the Taoist Baohe Temple is sprawling and fairly uninteresting. Most of it was under renovation when I visited. The current structures are either modern or historic sections (the temple dates from 1910) that have been over-restored. This temple has some connections with the Lee family. They were patrons of the temple.
The second temple, Yonglian, is a huge size for a downtown place of worship. Its stacked floors and balconies make it look a little like a cruise ship has beached in downtown Luzhou. The first incarnation of this temple was built in 1871 but the current structure is modern. The sheer opulence of this Taoist temple belies its extreme wealth. A Guanyin statue made of kilos of gold sits upstairs. It has two security guards watching over it. This statue is valued at 425 million ntd (about 1.4 million USD) according to this story.
The temple even recently donated a couple of police cars to the local department.
After the temple I tried, and failed, to go to the Forbidden City Museum. I made the error of assuming it kept normal city museum operating hours. However it is a private museum and is only open at the weekend between 10 and 4. On my second trip I made it in. This is probably one of the strangest museums I've visited in Taiwan. It is absolutely stuffed with priceless treasures, and I really mean stuffed. It only covers a few rooms and so just about everything that could fit in, has been put in. This means giant sabers and tiny beard combs are sat right next to each other along with ancient juicers and temple artifacts.
The entire collection is privately owned. It was founded by a Taiwanese 4th generation descendent of master carvers and some of his work is on display too. The rest includes the fruits of years collecting. My guide said the items had been smuggled from China during the civil war, but perhaps not all of them were. A lot of the items in here are as good, if not better, than stuff I've seen at the National Palace Museum. And yet this place seems unknown. On the Saturday afternoon I visited I was one of two visitors.
There is no English, very few labels, and you must be accompanied by a guide (almost none of the items are in display cases). Between our English and Chinese I could work out the age and history of quite a few items. Sadly no photos are allowed within the museum, so I only have pictures of the grumpy parrots, in the entrance and the garden. Some of the more impressive relics on display include a full size horse carriage made mostly from jade. There is a set of 2000 year old burial clothes for a prince of the Kingdom of Dian (modern day Yunnan) made from the same material. A heavy but intricate wooden screen depicts the Monkey Kings Journey to the West. Another ivory carving depicts the Moon Festival and has a globe with moving layers representing the phases of the moon. I have no idea how that was carved. There's even a jade piece of meat, except there aren't crowds of tourists surrounding this one.
The other thing I should mention is the AC is either non-existent or extremely weak. I went on a sweltering day and it was very stuffy inside. The entire building does seems quite run down and pretty much a massive fire hazard. It would be tragic if this place was to burn down and really it needs a new building to do the collection justice.
I headed down to this old farmhouse that I'd spotted from Google. It is a little rundown though still inhabited. The owner has built up quite a collection of statues and windows.
Just up the road is this pretty townhouse. A friend told me it later was built by a wealthy merchant from Luzhou's rice farming heyday.
I went a bit out of the way to what must have been a remnant of a farming village but the places around here weren't that special. For some reason there were roaches running around everywhere on these streets, like they'd all emerged from stasis at the same time.
By the time I made it to the Lee Mansion I was melting. Luckily there was a small lake and I could stand in the fountain spray.
The Lee mansion was completed in 1903 (after a rebuild of an earlier house) by a family who gained their wealth from farming and expanding their land in Luzhou. At one point they owned a third of the land in the area. There's a very detailed history of the family and the house here. Unusually this house was voluntarily added to the list of protected buildings by the family themselves. I can only think of one more building in Taiwan (the largest shophouse on Beimen Street in Hsinchu) of the top of my head where that's happened. Often the lure of riches from building apartments seals the fate of these houses.
Compared to the Lin House in Banqiao and the Lin An Tai Home near Songshan airport this one isn't geared up for English speaking tourists. It's undeniably a beautiful house though and was totally visitor-less when I visited on a weekday. Most of the rooms are open and contain a lot of original furniture. However, if you've already visited the aforementioned homes there's no real need to visit this one too.
After my first visit I found this site with a few more places of interest around Luzhou.
That site also has some pics of this other grand old family estate in northeast Luzhou, demolished sometime around 2005.
I decided to round out my second trip with a visit to these and hope to stumble upon anything else interesting along the way. The first was this austere 1930's mansion hidden in a car park. It's known as the octagonal house despite not being an octagon (something to do with the floor plan). It has been integrated with the chemical company office complex around it, although it was origianly built by a silver merchant. There aren't many of these orginal art-deco windows around anymore.
The next place was located quite a long way from Luzhou old town through a lot of fairly boring suburban streets. This building is known as the Xiyanglou, which means western style building. For a while it was the tallest building in Luzhou. It's really a few houses, the front is a sheer red brick facade but at the rear the building cascades down to some Fujian style blocks.
The middle third of the building has been derelict for quite some time and has a nice banyan snaking around the middle window. Sadly I couldn't find a way inside to see if anything interesting had been left. As such, unless you also really like this kind of thing, I can't really recommend coming out this far for one complex.
So Luzhou went from being a vague spot of blankness in my psycho-geography of Taipei to actually being a well-defined place with a history and some interesting things. I'm surprised it's ended up such a long post. I've put almost all these sites on the Hidden Taiwan Map.


I had this whole spiel planned about the ridiculousness of the suggestion that a translation of the American national anthem into Spanish would in any way affect the number of people singing it in English, or have any effect on the dominant language spoken in the US. Particularly since most professional athletes, who are exposed to the anthem more than most, can't remember all the words. But, I ran across this - which just goes to show that really - translations of works into other languages, even works so strongly associated with a a national identity, have yet to have any erosion effect.


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ASTM International has published a new standard for baby monitors and proposed revision for infant bath seats standards.
This consumer safety specification establishes requirements for corded baby monitors, including audio monitors, video monitors, and motion sensor monitors. It also provides requirements for labeling, instructional material and packaging.
This proposed standard aims to provide stability requirements for infant bath seats.


Blog -We've been shortlisted in the DOT IE Net Visionary Awards!
In both cases the website shortlisted is for our client EUFIC (The European Food Information Council), a non-profit organisation, established in 1995, which stands up for science-based information on food and health.
The Awards night will be held in the RDS on September 15th, 2017. Wish us luck!


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Postdoctoral Fellow (Epilepsy) – David Escobar Lab
The Neural Dynamics and Modulation Laboratory is a collaborative, multidisciplinary laboratory dedicated to advancing neuromodulation therapies for Parkinson's disease and epilepsy, translating research into patient care, and training researchers and students in engineering and science. We integrate neurophysiology, feedback control engineering, signal processing, data science, and data-driven mathematical modeling to develop precise, patient-specific neuromodulation therapies. The laboratory is part of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Lerner Research Institute) and Neurological Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland Clinic is a leader in clinical and hospital care, research, education, and health information. Newsweek ranked Cleveland Clinic as the No. 2 best hospital in the world in 2021.
These positions are suitable for those interested in advancing a research career in neuroengineering and neuromodulation in either academia or industry. The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to:
Receive training in neuroengineering, feedback (closed-loop) control engineering, data-driven mathematical modeling, data science, human electrophysiology, and neurophysiology.
Learn about and help advance the development of new approaches to modulate neural activity in real-time in humans.
Access cutting edge clinical research facilities.
Participate in interdisciplinary research together with neurologists, neurosurgeons, radiologists, neuroscientists, and engineers.
Principal Investigator: David Escobar, PhD
Lerner Research Institute Department: Biomedical Engineering
Deep brain stimulation (DBS)
Pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease
Signal processing and data science
For more information about the lab's research, please contact Dr. Escobar at [email protected]
Collect human electrophysiological and behavioral data in the epilepsy monitoring unit.
Implement and assess seizure onset zone localization methodology based on electrophysiological and imaging data.
Characterize directed connectivity patterns and circuit dynamics associated with seizure onset in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.
Write peer-reviewed publications and participate in the preparation of grants.
Background in signal processing
Extensive programming experience with MATLAB
Expertise in animal or human electrophysiology (EEG, ECoG, EMG, single units) and neurophysiology
Research statement that describes why you want to join our laboratory, how you will contribute to our research, your future career goals, and how this postdoctoral position will help you achieve these goals.
Three references
Keywords: Postdoc, Research, LRI, Deep brain stimulation (DBS), Epilepsy, Neurophysiology, Electrophysiology, Feedback control, Data science, Neuroengineering.


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All posts tagged "criminal charges"
How shocking! Harvey Weinstein allegedly sent rape accuser chocolate-shaped genitalia
Annabella Sciorra has claimed Harvey Weinstein sent her a "care package" filled with chocolate penises and a bottle of Valium before he allegedly raped...
R. Kelly's legal woes continue as he is charged with paying 2 teen girls for sex in Minnesota
R. Kelly has been charged with two sex crimes in Minnesota. The 'Ignition' hitmaker is already facing multiple charges related to sexual abuse in...
R. Kelly pleads not guilty to 11 new sexual assault charges as a 30 year jail-term hangs over his head
R. Kelly has pleaded not guilty to 11 new sexual assault and abuse charges. The 'Ignition' hitmaker was hit with the new charges last...
The SauceJune 7, 2019
Jussie Smollett was working on plea deal before alleged hoax charges were dropped
Jussie Smollett was working on a plea deal over allegations he staged a hate attack on himself, one month before charges were dropped. The...
Jussie Smollett's 'Empire' co-stars want him back for the 6th season
Jussie Smollett's 'Empire' co-stars want him back. Although the Fox show has been renewed for a sixth season, producers recently revealed that the 36-year-old...
The SauceMay 7, 2019
Revolutionary Ugandan politician and singer Bobi Wine arrested yet again
Robert Kyagulanyi better known as Bobi Wine, the Ugandan Member of Parliament and popular musician was arrested and charged over protests on Monday (29.04.19)...
Murugi GichoviApril 30, 2019
'Empire' star Jussie Smollett could pay up to $130,000 after being sued by the City of Chicago
Jussie Smollett is being sued by the City of Chicago, after refusing to pay $130,000 in relation to allegations that he staged a hate...
WATCH: Jussie Smollett has the last laugh as all criminal charges are dropped
All criminal charges against Jussie Smollett have been dropped following accusations that he fabricated an assault against him in January. The 'Empire' actor was...


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34-year-old Reginald Sinegal was arrested on suspicion of carrying a loaded and concealed firearm and possession of a large capacity magazine Saturday at 10:30 p.m. at the Rosewood Manor Apartments complex, as first reported by Berkeleyside.
After completing a security check at the apartment complex in South Berkeley, Berkeley Police Department officers found a bag with a handgun and cash, according to BPD spokesperson Officer Byron White.
White stated that the officers spotted the bag and tried to figure out whom the bag belonged to.
BPD received a tip from Sinegal, who claimed that the bag belonged to him. However, Sinegal denied ownership of the gun found in the bag, White said.
BPD later determined that the gun and its contents belonged to Sinegal, according to White.
"We are always pleased to take another firearm off the streets," said BPD spokesperson Officer Byron White.


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Jin'do has been vanquished by me (and 4 other guildies, but mostly me).
Morehnai promised that he'd help me get Jin'do thoroughly dead, and he stuck by us, even though he wanted to go to sleep last night, to kill Jin'do. Yay!


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Sen. Amy Klobuchar addresses the press after a speech at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester, NH on April 10, 2019. (NHJournal)
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Is 'Not Too Far' Far Enough for Klobuchar to Win Dem Primary?
Posted to Politics June 11, 2019 by Michael Graham
After Sen. Amy Klobuchar's speech at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics Monday morning, Kim Arndt of Concord, a self-described independent, told NHJournal that what she liked about the Minnesota senator's speech was that, ideologically speaking, "she didn't go too far."
But is "not too far" far enough to win the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2020?
Klobuchar is one of the Democrats in the 24-candidate field who's running in what's considered the "moderate" lane. During her speech to the audience of business leaders, political activists and students who gathered for the New England Council's event, made an explicit appeal on the electability issue. "I have won every place, everywhere and every time I have run," Klobuchar said. "And that includes 42 'Trump counties' in my state last time [in 2016] and every congressional district including Michelle Bachmann's."
"I've done that, not by going after people, but by bringing people together."
However, when NHJournal asked her directly about making appeals to moderate and crossover "non-blue" voters, Klobuchar gave a carefully-moderated answer.
"Well, I am a proven progressive," she told NHJournal. "What does that mean? I figure if you are a progressive, you better make progress and you can't just talk about it. You actually have to get things done."
Then she added, "I have always been able to put together a coalition from the Left to the center when I was running for every job that I've ever had." [emphasis added].
The phrase "from the Left to the center" is a far cry from Joe Biden's explicit calls for bipartisan support, or even from Klobuchar's own bipartisan record. It's also more evidence that Democratic candidates see the limits of tolerance for cross-party appeals among the primary voters they need to win the nomination.
A day earlier Axios released a new Harris poll showing 40 percent of Americans– and a majority of Democrats– "would prefer living in a socialist country over a capitalist one." Among women 18-54 years old, a key Dem primary demographic, it's 55 percent.
Those numbers echo a NHJournal poll earlier this year that found 63 percent of Granite State Democrats would like to see America become more socialist and 90 percent would vote for a "Democrat who embraces Socialism" over Trump.
Klobuchar is hardly an old-school moderate. She told the New Hampshire audience she supports tax increases like ending the cap on Social Security payroll taxes and would like to see higher corporate tax rates. She co-sponsored a proposed federal law preventing states from imposing virtually any limits on abortion, including late-term abortions. And while she was careful not to mention the "Green New Deal" in her speech, she's a sponsor of the Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez/Sen. Ed Markey legislation.
At the same time, she has yet to embrace single-payer nationalized health care and now describes the Green New Deal as "aspirational," telling CNN's Anderson Cooper she sees it as a "framework" and an "opening bid" on climate change policy.
In other words, the sort of "not too far" that independent voters like Arndt find appealing.
"She attacked the political environment, not the people," Arndt told NHJournal. "We need to bring people together."
But will that message bring enough Democratic primary voters together to put Klobuchar in the top tier of 2020 contenders? With Joe Biden's campaign showing some signs of weakness, Klobuchar is viewed as one of the candidates his supporters might turn to as an alternative. But she's yet to catch fire on her own.
Klobuchar at just 1 percent in the Real Clear Politics national average, and in the most recent Iowa poll–a state that shares a border with Minnesota– Klobuchar is at just 2 percent. Is she disappointed in her performance in the Hawkeye State?
"I guess I look at the glass half full," Klobuchar said Monday. "I'm number six in a field of 24 people. When you look at poll after poll, I'm doing better than a number of my rivals…who have either been running for president for a long time or from bigger state. So we feel good about our campaign."
Michael Graham
Michael Graham is political editor at InsideSources. You can reach him at michael@insidesources.com.
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Moderator of the session, Mark Crowther, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leo Pharma Chair in Thromboembolism Research at McMaster University, in Ontario, Canada, said that the CASSINI study represents a major advance in the management and prevention of a very common illness that affects patients with cancer.
Improved thromboprophylaxis will certainly save lives, said Dr. Crowther. However, reducing blood clots in patients with cancer is important for other reasons as well.
DISCLOSURE: Dr. Crowther disclosed relationships with Alexion, Alnylam, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Leo Pharma, Octapharma, and Pfizer.


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