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Martin predominantly practices in personal injury, disease, commercial and road traffic work.
He is regularly instructed on all tracks and enjoys a balance of Claimant and Defendant instruction. He manages a busy paperwork practice and is noted for his efficiency and clear advice.
Prior to studying for the Bar, Martin worked in strategic litigation and advocacy for an international human rights NGO in Budapest. On returning to the UK he qualified as an Independent Mental Health Advocate and represented people sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
Martin was graded Outstanding on the BPTC, ranking in the top 5 in his year. He received Hardwicke and Buchanan Awards from Lincoln's Inn, as well as the Shelford Scholarship and Overseas Placement Award.
Away from the Bar, Martin retains directorship of an Educational Company he founded which delivers training on ethics to medical students. His passions include cars and sport.
Personal injury work forms a large part of Martin's practice. He regularly appears at trial in employers' and public liability, highways, occupiers' liability and road traffic claims. He is also experienced in matters where there are allegations of fraud.
Martin also enjoys a wide ranging paperwork practice and is regularly instructed to draft pleadings and advise on issues of procedure, limitation, liability, quantum and medical causation.
Martin has particular experience in Noise Induced Hearing Loss claims and is regularly instructed to attend CCMC's, interim applications, and trials. He is frequently instructed to advise on all NIHL matters by Claimants and Defendants.
Martin is regularly instructed in road traffic matters involving liability and quantum disputes, as well as allegations of fraud. He is well-versed in the law relating to credit hire and regularly appears for Claimants and Defendants.
Martin has appeared and drafted documents in a number of housing matters, including possession proceedings for both landlords and tenants, harassment and private nuisance claims.
Martin has experience of a wide range of commercial matters including sale of goods, consumer rights, breach of directors' duties, formation of contract, breach of contract and debt claims.
Martin is experienced in matters where there are allegations of fraud.
Parker v MIB (2019)
In 2015 Mr Parker was the victim of a hit-and-run accident in which he suffered life-changing injuries. Martin advised in writing and in conference, and settled a complex Schedule of Loss including a claim for considerable future losses. The matter ultimately settled for a significant six-figure sum favourable to the Claimant.
Successful for the Claimant in a claim under the SGA 1979 and CRA 2015 (2019)
Martin successfully represented the Claimant at trial before HHJ Owen QC. The case involved a significant dispute over expert evidence and the satisfactory quality of goods, as well as complex questions of mitigation.
Reardon v Mango Engineering (2018)
The Defendant (through its insurer) contended that the claim for vehicle repairs was an abuse of process. Martin advised on prospects and successfully represented the Defendant at first instance, advised on appeal and was successful in having permission to appeal refused before HHJ Yelton. The case involved an extensive review of the law surrounding abuse of process, Henderson v Henderson and compromise, as well as issues of costs.
If you would like to instruct Martin Ferguson or would like help or advice in doing so, please call and talk to our excellent clerking team, led by senior clerk Alan Kilbey MBE. Our phone number is +44 (0)20 7583 9241. Alternatively, please email us at chambers@farrarsbuilding.co.uk
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Education & Qualifications
BPTC, BPP, Outstanding, 2016
Mental Health First Aid Instructor, MHFA England, 2015
Independent Mental Health Advocate, 2014
LLB with Honours, University of Nottingham, 2012
Well-managed Highway Infrastructure What the new Code means
Scope of Duty Owed by Police: Supreme Court Clarification, 2018
Section 57 CJCA 2015: London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games -v- Sinfield, 2018
Public Identification during Community Sentence – Good or Bad?, Prison Service Journal, 2015
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Moms for Liberty 'Bounty' Offer Adds to CRT Tensions
The New Hampshire branch of Moms For Liberty says it hasn't paid out any bounties on teachers violating the state's new anti-discrimination law — yet.
But the group's leader Rachel Goldsmith hopes to soon.
"We've received multiple reports, but won't be administrating the incentive until we've allowed the state to perform due diligence on each report," Goldsmith said.
Due diligence is precisely what is behind the new website, set up by the state Department of Education and Commission on Human Rights, for parents to report concerns they have about teachers or administrators discriminating against their children. The new state law prohibits public employees from teaching or training that "an individual, by virtue of his or her age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously."
The law's goal is to protect students and government employees from the race-based ideology inspired by Critical Race Theory that has made its way into some New Hampshire schools. Manchester, Litchfield, and Laconia have all been caught with content promoting the view that all White people are advancing "white supremacy" and benefit from "white privilege."
New Hampshire Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut says violations will ultimately be adjudicated by the New Hampshire Human Rights Commission, adding the website is designed to make sure everyone's rights are respected.
"The benefit of setting out that process is to protect the due process rights of our educators and our students," Edleblut said in the Jack Heath radio show.
But the Hillsborough Moms For Liberty isn't waiting for adjudication. It announced a $500 bounty last week for the first person to report an instance of a teacher violating the state's new anti-discrimination law.
Goldsmith said if public schools had been doing the job in the first place, none of this would be necessary.
"We are parents tired of public school systems failing our children. This incentive will encourage teachers, parents, and students to find and replace bad curriculum. We just want the school boards and teachers unions to stop pushing alphabet soup (CRT/DEI/SEL) and start teaching kids to read. Manchester SD is graduating only 20 percent of kids reading at grade level," Goldsmith said.
Edelblut did not respond to NH Journal's question about whether he supports the bounties, but Edelblut said on the radio interview the website and the process of bringing cases to the Human Rights Commission are ways to eliminate mob action.
"This way we don't leave it up to social media," he said.
Goldsmith said the bounties in no way impede the state process.
"No aspect of this compromises that due process," Goldsmith said. "We look forward to working with the NH Department of Education and Commissioner Edelblut."
None of the complaints will be handled by Edelblut or the Department of Education.
Gov. Chris Sununu is squarely against the bounty program. Spokesman Ben Vihstadt said, "The governor condemns the tweet referencing 'bounties' and any sort of financial incentive is wholly inappropriate and has no place."
The heads of New Hampshire's two teachers unions blasted Edelblut over the website, accusing it of dangerous vigilantism.
"Totally innocent teachers could lose their teaching license over claims that are not backed up by any evidence. Edelblut has declared a war on teachers, a war that the overwhelming majority of N.H. parents will find repulsive," AFT-New Hampshire President Deb Howes said.
Meg Tuttle, president of the NEA-NH, called for Sununu to denounce Edelblut over the website.
"Politicians like Commissioner Edelblut are using the dog whistle strategy of distraction, division, and intimidation in their efforts to dictate what teachers say and block kids from learning our shared stories of confronting injustice to build a more perfect union," Tuttle said.
Edelblut is likely to announce his decision on whether he's running for U.S. Senate against Democrat Maggie Hassan in the coming weeks. Edelblut has staked out a pro-parent profile in his time as commissioner. He shepherded the state's Education Freedom Account school choice program, and he expanded learning opportunities outside the classroom. He said parental power in education will be a key part of New Hampshire's political debate in the coming months.
"Parents should have the primary role in the education of their children. That's an important part of any election," he said. "We need to stay involved and make sure parents have a voice."
State Sen. Chuck Morse, another Republican who might look at the Senate race, came out strongly in favor of parents in a recent Union Leader editorial.
"Parents have the power to bring about political change. Politicians ignore them at their peril," Morse wrote. "In New Hampshire, Republicans at the Statehouse have been listening to parents and empowering them to be more involved in their children's education."
Morse was not available on Wednesday to talk bounties.
The pro-parent message already proved a winner in the Virginia gubernatorial race as pro-school choice Republican Glenn Younking beat the favored Democrat Terry McAullife after McAullife committed a gaffe on the camping trial by saying, "I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach."

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Since April 2000 the Central University Library is housed at Zografou Campus, in a new building with a total area of 7500m2 . The library has a catalogue of all books and journals in its possession, bibliographical databases on optical disk, electronic access to 3500 journals and includes a reading room with 500 seats, 50 computer workstations and 4 photocopiers which operate with magnetic cards. The same building houses the Historical Library of NTUA as a special collection, which is the result of a systematic effort to re-establish the original holdings of the University Library. Approximately 60,000 books and journals dating from the 17th century to 1950 have recently been classified. The main bulk of the collection consists of old and rare books, pamphlets, maps, prints and encyclopaedias.
The Library offers an electronic collective catalogue of books and journals of NTUA, books databases via online access, electronic access to 7000 scientific journals as well as 20 electronic encyclopaedias and handbooks. All the members of NTUA, as well as the public, may use the Library services and material. The public has no right to borrow books.
Patission Complex, an annex of the Central Library of NTUA, consists of 3 functional units close connected, which serve Architecture, Urban Planning and Fine Arts. These units are: 1. Library-Reading room in the Averof Building (Rotonda) 2. Library-Reading room in the Bouboulinas Building 3. Historical Library in the Rectors Building (not open to the public). The Library-Reading room in the Averof Building and the one in the Bouboulinas Building (5th floor) are open to the public. Also on the 5th floor of the Bouboulinas Building the special collection of the "Library of K.A.Doxiadis" is housed. See also the library's electronic services.
NTUA Press
Supported by Thomaidis donation, NTUA constucted in 2000, a modern building of 2150 m2 for all its press activities, as publishing scientific and cultural books, educational material, journals, etc.
The NTUA Press publishes books, in the areas of science and technology taught at NTUA, as well as books of general cultural interest. Some are intended chiefly for students, while others for the general public. The NTUA Press uses a modern flatbed electronic press.
The NTUA Print Unit is equipped with modern facilities to produce all the lecture notes and textbooks published by the University and distributed to students free of charge. The following activities are associated with publishing at the NTUA, and are located in the "Thomaidion Publishing Building":
The NTUA Press Office
The NTUA Press Workshop
The Print Unit
The permanent book display
Distribution of lecture notes and textbooks to students
Storage of printed books and notes
The restaurant at the Zografou Campus is open all day and every day except holidays (Christmas, Easter and summer). It has reduced prices and serves university students and staff. Free meals are provided to students on relatively low incomes, as defined by law. In practice, the 90% of the students have the right to free meals.
The operation of the restaurants is monitored both by the Restaurant Committee, which has been established specifically for this purpose, and the Head of the Institution's Health Service to ensure sanitary standards are met. Furthermore, it is inspected by representatives of the Public Health Services. Zografou Restaurant: 210-772-3068, Patission Restaurant: 210-772-3832
At the Zografou Campus there are canteens at the Civil, Electrical, Chemical, Surveying and Mining Engineering school buildings, at the Applied Sciences School building, at the Sports Center and at the Administration building.
Physical Education and Sports Center
The Sports Centre has two gyms: one on Patission Street (on the 5th floor of the Bouboulina Building) and one on the Zografou Campus (near the student flats). Students who belong to sporting associations may join the university teams and take part in inter-university matches. Other students may use the sports facilities of NTUA and other facilities such as the Municipality of Athens swimming pool, the tennis courts in the same area, yacht clubs etc.
The sports available to NTUA students include fitness training, aerobics, volleyball, football, handball, table tennis, tennis, swimming, water polo, rowing, sailing, windsurfing, sub-aqua diving, mountaineering, fencing, karate, judo, kendo, shooting, gliding, climbing, track and field, horse-riding, skiing, chess, bridge, rafting and paintball.
Participation in sporting events is free, with the exception of some expensive sports for which students are required to pay a small part of the cost.
In 2004, a 4 Km long bicycle path was constructed at the Zografou campus. This green route connects all NTUA Schools and infrastructure (such as the restaurants, the library, etc.) and is dotted with benches, arbours, bicycle stands and fountains that can provide rest and relaxation. The bicycle path goes through the two main squares of the campus and then reaches the administration buildings. Plans to connect NTUA with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Goudi Park are currently being processed.
Medical assistance is provided at the clinic that is based in the Zografou campus and functions as a diagnostic and a referral centre as well as a First Aid Unit. The clinic is located in the centre of the campus, on the ground floor of the General Courses Building of the School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, next to the main square. Information: 210-772-1566. Dr A. Antonopoulos: 210-772-1568.
A Hellenic post branch operates at the Zografou campus, and is located in the parking space near the administration buildings. Services offered include: paying bills, sending and receiving letters, parcels and cheques, purchasing mobile phone calling cards, using the "Door-to-Door" service (inland and international courier services), carrying out Hellenic Postbank – Eurobank transactions and purchasing philatelic items as well as various business gifts. Opening hours: Monday - Wednesday - Friday, 08.00-14.30, tel.: 210-772-1257, fax 210-772-1358
The Church of the Three Hierarchs at the Zografou Campus operates during Church Services of the ecclesiastical year (except academic holidays). The daily schedule varies according to availability of volunteer sextons and interested students. Responsibility for the operation of the Church lies with the Care Committee for the Church of the Three Hierarchs at the Zografou campus. The Church is located near the new buildings of the School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
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Last goal for Flyers is keeping their pride
Last goal for Flyers is keeping their pride Last goal for Flyers is keeping their pride Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://delonline.us/1HnkZk9
Dave Isaac, Cherry Hill (N.J.) Courier-Post Published 12:51 a.m. ET March 23, 2015 | Updated 12:55 a.m. ET March 23, 2015
Philadelphia Flyers' Steve Mason(Photo: Matt Slocum, AP)
There is so little sand left in the hourglass that it's no longer a matter of if, but when.
After a four-game Canadian roadtrip in which the Flyers could have played spoiler for potential playoff teams like the Ottawa Senators, Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames, the team instead faltered with four losses.
The Flyers' last in-season milestone in this frustrating campaign will be mathematical elimination from the postseason, an unfortunate landmark that could come this week. It will be the first time that they have missed the playoffs in two out of three years since the early 90s.
With only eight games remaining, the Flyers' "tragic number" Sunday morning was six and shrinking. That means any combination of the Flyers squandering or the Boston Bruins gaining those points will spell the Flyers' definitive demise.
If one of the Flyers' biggest stumbling blocks this season was starting their season 1-5, it appears they will close out their season with similar dysfunction.
It's not just that the Flyers averaged less than two goals per game on this most-recent road trip, down from their 2.55 goal-per-game season average only brought up by scoring four in a losing effort against the Edmonton Oilers.
It seems there' much more going wrong than that.
The biggest head-scratcher and most drama has surrounded the player that is arguably their MVP this season: goalie Steve Mason.
In the latest chapter Mason was supposed to start Saturday night's 5-4 overtime loss to the Oilers, but bowed out during pregame warmups because he was feeling ill. Mason told reporters that the Flyers' coaching staff wanted him to try to tough it out in warmups, but he couldn't even sit on the bench for the first period, finally feeling well enough to join the team for the second period.
Were it not for a slow start for Mason, an 0-3-1 October record in which he had a 3.83 goals-against average and .878 save percentage, he might be a legitimate Vezina Trophy candidate as the league's best goalie.
His .925 season save percentage was tied for sixth in the league before Sunday's games and goals-against average of 2.28 tied him for 12th. Those numbers might be better had Mason not been hindered by back spasms in December or knee injuries in both January and February.
Something doesn't seem to agree with the goalie and coach Craig Berube, who is on the hot seat that is near boiling.
Berube pulled Mason after allowing two goals on 16 shots Thursday in Calgary through nearly 38 minutes. On the latter, Mason was screened by teammate Nick Schultz. It was the latest of four times this season that Berube yanked Mason in-game based on performance.
The team seems to agree that Mason has been a savior at times this season, even if he isn't shy about pointing out his teammates' mistakes, something that seems to irk Berube.
The coach has struggled to keep things constantly positive through the periods of turmoil that have come all too often since October.
At this point, though, positivity won't be much help for the Flyers. They have eight games left, starting with a Kimmo Timonen reunion Wednesday when the Chicago Blackhawks come to town. The Flyers do not control their own destiny and at this point are playing more for pride than anything else.
General manager Ron Hextall will take his final looks at players like Michael Del Zotto, Chris VandeVelde and Ryan White, three bright spots this season that are all without contracts yet for next season. Hextall will evaluate others, too, who have more time left on their deals but may not be a fit in his vision for the future.
While this is not a position the Flyers are used to, this March has become rather ugly. They aren't used to looking at so little sand left in that proverbial hourglass. Unlike in so many other years, they'll be taking in the playoffs as spectators.
Reach Dave Isaac at disaac@courierpostonline.com. Follow him on Twitter @davegisaac.


Arsenal captain Per Mertesacker has recounted his sweet memories of the FA Cup as Arsenal prepare to take on Preston North end.
The German international took to Twitter to make an admission of how he so much loves the competition.
He also attached a video of himself and his teammates lifting up the boss when they won the tournament some seasons back.
He tweeted: "FA Cup time! Love this competition! Have some incredible memories of it with @Arsenal! "
The World Cup winner will not feature in Saturday's third round tie as he has been ruled out for another three to four weeks.
Mertesacker has not played for Arsenal at all this season and isn't yet close to a return. He is back in training but yesterday, Wenger stated that he has suffered a setback - a calf injury.


To whom you would like to call ...before you die?
To inform him I'll probably be late, will arrive at some point and is it ok to bring a bottle?
Not at all you will not be allowed there drunken.U should be always welcome in hell then..
If I was about to die I would call 911. Then my wife.
Maybe call a doctor and see if you can't do something about it.
yamraj :::: a god of death according to hindu religion.
I would call 911 and I would call my boyfriend too! Man I think my boyfriend would be devestated if I died.
Stuff the phonecall I wud grab the nearest redhead !
Woo hoo! I think that's me!
Lol the best kind, doncha think.
If you were to be sent to jail and had one phone call, who would it be to?
Why do you text and not just make a phone call?
To all you texters who'd rather text than talk: A Vent!


I have completed up to grade 11.
I have been babysitting for 2 years now. I have volunteered at many kids camps.
I had a job for 6 months where I cleaned up after arts and crafts for young children.
I have watched many of my friends pets.


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Jack Grealish Doesn't Have A Clue What Having 'A Fabulously Symmetrical Face' Means
Josh Lawless
Jack Grealish has confirmed he doesn't have a clue what "a fabulously symmetrical face" means as he watched back the viral clip.
Earlier this week, Manchester City posted a hilarious video where they were given a unique welcome to "training camp" by "the President of the Greeters Guild, a character played by comedian Troy Hawke.
He gave a number of brilliant compliments to City players and staff and the very best came to Grealish, who had no idea what was going on.
His face was one of pure of confusion as he replied, "I have what?" in his thick Brummie accent and touched his face. When the sentence was repeated, he thanked the chap for his comment and walked off.
In the latest episode of the City on Tour series following the Premier League champions in the United States, Grealish was asked about the comical moment he was involved in.
"I don't have a scooby who he was! I've walked off the coach and I wasn't really concentrating," City's No.10 said.
"Then he said you have a fabulously symmetrical face and to be honest I didn't really know what that meant."
Scott Carson, also on the show alongside Bernardo Silva, chimed in by saying, "There's a shock!".
Grealish continued: "And then I thought is he from the airport? I thought it was just some random guy. Then I thought is he mugging me off here? I didn't have a scooby - I didn't know what was going on!
"I thought he worked for the airport and when I got through the airport everyone was saying he said stuff to everyone. I weren't too pleased."
The England star has had all his friends and family rinsing him for the video, adding, "I've been sent it about two hundred times. Everyone was just laughing. My mum was a bit embarrassed actually."
Grealish and City are back in action on Thursday as they take on Mexican side Club America at the NRG Stadium in Houston Texas.
Much like those on the United Kingdom in recent times, they've had to deal with some serious heat - to the point where Grealish had to be cooled down by his manager Pep Guardiola.
Featured Image Credit: Image: Manchester City
Topics: Jack Grealish, Manchester City, Aston Villa, England
Lisandro Martinez managed to start a fight with Jack Grealish after coming on in the 93rd minute
Jack Grealish Branded A 'Moron' For Antics At Manchester City Premier League Title Parade
Jack Grealish was savaged by the Sky Sports reporter on live TV last night, Riyad Mahrez was in tears
Jack Grealish Is Looking Absolutely Ripped Despite Partying All Summer


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United States v. Auto Workers (1957)
By Allison Hayward
Related cases in Campaign Finance and Other Political Campaign Regulations, Union Regulations
Philip Murray, left, president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), confers with Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, as the CIO National Convention opens in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 20, 1950. The issue of whether the unions could be criminally indicted and prosecuted for violating the campaign finance laws that prohibited labor expenditures in federal election campaigns arose in Michigan and was addressed by the Supreme Court in a 1957 ruling. The Court in United States v. Auto Workers overturned a district court's dismissal of indictment, allowing prosecution to proceed and clearing the way for a First Amendment-based challenge on the constitutionality of the law. However, on remand, the union was acquitted in a jury trial. (AP Photo, used with permission from The Associated Press.)
In United States v. Auto Workers, 352 U.S. 567 (1957), the Supreme Court held that the use of general union treasury funds to sponsor commercial television broadcasts touting 1954 congressional candidates was an indictable offense under 18 U.S.C. 610, which banned corporate or labor contributions or expenditures in federal campaigns.
In an appeal brought under the Criminal Appeals Act, the Court reversed the district court's dismissal of the indictment for failure to state a statutory offense.
The district court's dismissal of the union indictment followed a series of decisions in which federal courts had avoided passing on the constitutionality of applying the corrupt practices laws to unions. In these decisions, including United States v. Congress of Industrial Organizations (1948), United States v. Painters Union (1949), and United States v. Construction Laborers Union (1951), the courts had concluded that Congress had not meant to prohibit certain union electoral activity.
Supreme Court clears the way for constitutional First Amendment challenge
In Auto Workers, Justice Felix Frankfurter, writing for the Court, began by noting that at issue were both "the construction and, ultimately, the constitutionality" of the congressional statute.
In his opinion, Frankfurter focused on "construction," concluding that the indictment described the very activity Congress meant to ban as "expenditures." In support, Frankfurter recited at length the history of federal campaign finance regulation, from the enactment of the Tillman Act in 1907, which banned corporations from expending money to influence federal elections, through the first extension of the corrupt practices laws in the Smith-Connally Act, which barred unions from doing the same, to passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947.
Frankfurter noted that section 304 of Taft-Hartley was specifically intended to prohibit union expenditures in federal elections. Accordingly, the Court reversed the lower court's dismissal. In so doing, it cleared the way for the prosecution to proceed and, significantly, for a constitutional, First Amendment-based challenge to be raised in defense as the facts were developed. On remand, the union was acquitted after a jury trial.
Disssent: 'Until today, political speech has never been considered a crime'
Justice William O. Douglas dissented in Auto Workers, joined by Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice Hugo L. Black.
Douglas wrote, "The opinion of the Court places [union] advocacy in the setting of corrupt practices. The opinion generates an environment of evil-doing and points to the oppressions and misdeeds that have haunted elections in this country. Making a speech endorsing a candidate for office does not, however, deserve to be identified with anti-social conduct. Until today, political speech has never been considered a crime."
Allison Hayward is an elections and ethics attorney in California. She serves on the board of the Office of Congressional Ethics and on the California Fair Political Practices Commission. This article was originally published in 2009.
Felix Frankfurter
Regulation of Political Campaigns
Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 (1947)
Tillman Act of 1907 (1907)
United States v. Congress of Industrial Organizations (1948)
Mutch, Robert. "Campaigns, Congress and Courts 158–60 (1988); The Supreme Court, 1956 Term." Harvard Law Review 71 (1957): 94.
Allison Hayward. 2009. United States v. Auto Workers (1957) [electronic resource]. The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University (accessed Jan 17, 2021). http://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/154/united-states-v-auto-workers


Never mind the content of one's character, to buy a gun in America today purchasers must reveal the color of their skin.
Two years ago, the Obama administration quietly made a policy change that forces buyers to declare their race and ethnicity when purchasing firearms, The Washington Times reported.
Critics charge the policy change is of little use to law enforcement and creates the risk of privacy intrusions and racial profiling, according to the newspaper.
With little fanfare, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in 2012 amended its Form 4473 — the transactional record the government requires gun purchasers and sellers to fill out when buying a firearm — to identify buyers as either Hispanic, Latino or not. Then a buyer must check his or her race: Indian, Asian, black, Pacific Islander or white.
And the change is creating havoc for gun retailers, who could be shut down if they fail to ensure buyers check both boxes, according to the Times.
Legal experts say federal law does not require such information, and question whether it's an intrusion on privacy.
Breaking from the Obama administration's pattern of blaming George W. Bush, the ATF is pinning this one on the Clinton administration, telling the Times that the change is necessary to comply with a reporting standard put into effect then.


The skills developed in dance can also be valuable transferable skills that can be applied to any career path. The confidence gained through achievements in dance helps to build social skills, increase self esteem and the ability to communicate well in a group. These skills once built up through partaking in dance can lead to a variety of career routes.
Dance also offers an activity for people who may not consider themselves as 'sporty'. The benefit of dance is not only that of increased exercise, but the participation in an art form, which is routed in technique, and giving the opportunity for a creative outlet.


Interested in Becoming a High School Basketball Official?
What does it mean to be a member of the South Carolina Basketball Officials Association?
I'm interested in officiating basketball. How do I join?
Typically, meetings start in late August or early September and they continue until November and you can come there to join. Contact your District's leadership to find out when and where meetings are held. You can also join by registering via ArbiterSports.com and applying. You must also have a physical exam completed by your physician.
Do I need prior experience as a basketball official?
Prior experience playing and officiating is great but is not required. Each District conducts a classroom training program for new officials at no cost. It is often possible to get on-court experience at the recreational level prior to joining.
What time commitment must I make to officiate?
Weekly Rules/Mechanics Meetings and Clinics. Usually start at Labor Day, but check with your local district.
New member dues are $55..Payable by October 15 unless transferring into SCBOA. Dues are $38 if you have officiated another sport (thus paid NFOA insurance fees).
Complete SCBOA Application…due at meetings for new officials. Returning officials must submit by March 31. New officials must submit by October 15 to be considered for the upcoming season.
Become a District Member and local dues ($25 - $100, depending on District) for are also due at the same time.
Attend/view SCBOA-sponsored rules clinic typically held in October.
Have your MD or DO complete a Physical Form and submit prior to first scrimmage assignment in November.
What kind of training and preparation am I given?
What can I expect for the upcoming season?
A lot of FUN…as much work as you want and your rating score allows.
How do you progress in the SCBOA?
Rules & Mechanics Exam score (25 pts). Statewide exam held in Columbia on the second Saturday in November.
Officials Peer Rating score (25 pts). Ratings submitted on a 1 - 10 scale (then multiplied by 2.5). Grades < 7 are required to have qualitative feedback.
SCBOA experience credit (25 pts). 5 points earned for first 5 years. Experience from other states must be documented by former state's high school athletic governing body.
$55 for state dues… payable before October 15. Local dues are variable.
Approximately $100 for equipment. Mandatory is an SCBOA shirt, jacket, pleated pants, whistle, etc.
Officials are considered independent contractors for tax purposes, so many of your expenses are deductible from your income. See a tax professional to get explicit details.
The Executive Committee of the SCHSL has approved the officials fees games set forth by the SCBOA. For the most part, officials work two games at a time (girls followed by boys regardless of level). Occasionally there is only one game. These game fees will be updated every three years and there is an automatic 7.5% increase built in triennially. The last time game fees were most recently increased was in 2015-16 season.
The South Carolina Basketball Officials Association, via the local district will book junior varsity and middle school games. Travel allowance for each official will be $0.45/mile with a minimum of $9.00. The South Carolina High School League office books all regular season and playoff varsity assignments.
At each game site you will be required to complete a document to submit to the administrator at that site. Each school district processes those sheets and has a check made out to you or mails a check directly to you. Some schools have a check prepared for you upon arrival and (most) others process your payment via the County/District normal payroll processing system (bi-weekly). Officials should also choose to sign up for ArbiterPay during the registration process in the event school systems in his/her area pay with it.
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Gay soldiers relaxed after restrictions lifted
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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — While the military policy of "don't ask, don't tell" and the overturning of part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act opened doors more widely to gay people serving openly in the military, it didn't mark radical changes to the way the fighting force looked or behaved.
Instead, it brought the possibility of marriage and spousal benefits to soldiers that were previously denied. And, an opportunity to live more freely.
"When you come out and you've been out so long, it's hard to just go back in," said Spc. Corderra Dews, 24, who was living in Austin, Texas, and openly gay before he joined the Army in 2011.
While there are no solid statistics on the number of gay and lesbian soldiers currently in the military, a group of soldiers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, spoke with The Leaf-Chronicle about life in the military before and after the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and the Army's decision to extend benefits to same-sex spouses, furthering the full inclusion of gay and lesbian soldiers in the military.
Each soldier spoke about being concerned about their sexuality surfacing while the policy was in place, in some cases walking away from conversations that turned uncomfortable and, in the case of Spc. Brian Scott, being married to a woman as cover.
Scott, 28, is in the Army Reserve, but he was active-duty at Fort Campbell from 2009 to early 2011 in the 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne as a fire support specialist. He is also the chapter leader for Kentucky's OutServe-SLDN, a national organization dedicated to LGBT equality and ending harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in the military.
"I definitely had that fear of not being complete and still having to hide that part of me," Scott said. "You've got to lie to yourself and lie to the person you're with."
Stereotypes of gay people remain prevalent and deep-rooted, particularly about gay men.
"Everyone expects them to be very, very flamboyant," Scott said.
Sgt. Cristian Saldana, 23, gets similar reactions. Saldana is in communications with 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, and he is married to Spc. Nicholas Harriel.
"I always get the comment 'You're not the stereotypical flamboyant gay guy—you're not flaming,'" Saldana said.
With the repeal of DADT, however, gay soldiers are openly challenging those stereotypes.
"We weren't that new species anymore," said Harriel, 23, a medic with 86th Combat Support Hospital. "It allowed us to come out because we don't have purple dots on us. It's not obvious. So whenever you don't see something, it's easy to fear something you haven't seen."
Lt. Col. Brian DeSantis, a spokesman for the 101st Airborne spokesman and Fort Campbell, said harassment of gay soldiers is not taken lightly.
"Fort Campbell and the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) are dedicated to ensuring that everyone in our community is treated with dignity and respect, to include our gay and lesbian service and family members," said DeSantis said.
For Dews, that helps as the Army adjusts to the new reality of openly-gay soldiers.
"My hope as a gay soldier," Dews said, "is I really hope to get stationed somewhere nice, meet somebody, be able to bring them around, take them to balls, to be like any other spouse in the military."
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Since marrying Australian Wallabies Rugby star Israel Folau , Maria has lived in Sydney since November and had been traveling home to play in the New Zealand League.
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About the Music of TDITD: Phil Ogison
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Some thoughts on The Devil in The Design project by creator, Phil Ogison.
In terms of the project name, The Devil in The Design, I would ask you to look beyond any theological concept around the word 'Devil'! I can assure you that I in no way subscribe to any dualistic theological concepts. I use the word 'Devil' to describe an unstable, unpredictable but wholly integral set or sub-set of actions that change a particular pattern or array of phenomena. Inasmuch as this applies to musical works, it replaces the concept of 'composition' and to some extent, 'arrangement'. The Devil in The Design sets out to create an atmosphere that while based within the complexities of debate between 'electronic' and 'electro-acoustic' music, disregards in an autonomous manner any constraints the nature of these forms would seek to impose. Thus, this music is somewhat unclassifiable in any facile way because it seeks only its' internal levels, moves to its' own vagaries and desires; it exists beyond common categories.
I think it is important for an artist to communicate in as many ways possible his or her vision of their inner and outer environment, and to describe how their art forms portray or communicate that view to others. The prime element of life is breathing, holding and expelling energy that through various means becomes channeled into the areas where it is needed to sustain life. For a work to have life, it must have only one rhythm, that of breath. What I am creating with 'beat-less' music is something akin to breathing in the form of waves, undertows and tides. It is not arbitrary choice that finds such words used, as I grew up beside the English Channel, and have spent many years near large bodies of water and these rhythms have become an integral part of my own psyche. These rhythms are also internal; we are after all mostly water and respond to the physics of gravity and lunar tidal rhythms.
I admire the facility to improvise perhaps more than any other. Improvisational ability indicates a frame of mind that is willing to be boundless, unfettered by the predictable. Composition and arrangement pre-form ideas that others will be expected to receive in one way only, like a painting or photograph, static in time. There is no doubt that this plays into the human love of nostalgia and certainty, and that has its' place to be sure. To create outside this set of expectations means to risk losing or holding the listener, but it also carries its' own expectations too. The Devil in The Design wants you to never expect the same thing twice, or at least the same thing in the same form. This is acceptable to the philosophy; one wave looks like another, but is not, and never is or will be.
Phil Ogison was born at Folkestone, Kent, England in 1948. He has lived in Canada since 1963. In 1966 he began to develop his musical skills and experimented with various forms of tape manipulated electronic music. He remained active in experimental music for most of the 1970s and 1980s, and continues to the present.
As TDITD he performs mostly at The AMBiENT PiNG venues in Toronto Canada and collaborates with other ambient and experimental artists in the area. Other collaborations include The League of Imaginations with Scott Johnson [Lonely Flight, Weird State Inbetween, Low Frequency,Pilot] A Pretty Sonic Splatter with Anne Sulikowski [Building Castles Out Of Matchsticks] and Subduction Current with wife Catherine Tammaro [Multi Disciplinary artist]
Phil is currently collaborating with renowned painter, Menno Krant on the VESSEL project. Links to their site can be found on the front page.
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According to Hyperloop companies definition,
Hyperloop is the fifth mode of transportation. It will allow the world to transport people and goods inexpensively, safely, and at speeds never thought possible.
"This decision represents another major milestone in our journey to bring Hyperloop to commercial reality," said Rob Lloyd, CEO, Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. "Hyperloop Technologies will invest first in regions where we receive government advocacy to move fast. We are grateful for the support we have received from Governor Sandoval, the Nevada Office of Economic Development and Mayor Lee and his team from the City of North Las Vegas."
"We are standing on hallowed ground for us," said Shervin Pishevar, he is a co founder of Hyperloop Los Angeles.
"This is about validating the hardware and software," said Hyperloop One cofounder and chief technology officer Brogan BamBrogan. "We're aiming to hit 400 mph in two seconds.
"And by the end of the year hopefully we'll have a full test, with the sled in a tube accelerating with our custom propulsion."
"We think we can move cargo by 2019 and passengers by 2021, if we can replicate the kind of support we've gotten here from the county and city of North Las Vegas," said CEO Rob Lloyd.
Brogan BamBrogan's startup trying to make Elon Musk's dream of a super-fast transportation system a reality.
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Updated on : Nov 29, 2019 11:27 AM
Chhattisgarh is one of the fastest growing states in India. It occupies the central part of the country. It is the tenth biggest city by land and seventeenth most inhabited state in the country.
It is surrounded by Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the North, Odisha in the East and Andhra Pradesh in the East. Hindi is the official language of Chhattisgarh and is spoken by non-rural inhabitants of the state. Most people in Chhattisgarh also speak and understand Chhattisgarhi, which is a dialect of the Hindi language. Raipur is the appointed capital of the state.
The history of this region is not very well known, as these lands have always been swarmed by migrants, who now are among the major population of the state. Right from the days of Magdha empire, Chhattisgarh has been part of every empire that ruled the country from north to south, but only as political asset.
People of Chhattisgarh have a low standard of living and income. Having said that, the state has the honor of supplying the majority of steel and electricity to the country, contributing about 15% of the steel manufacturing in the country.
Chhattisgarh has both fertile and hilly area, most of its northern and southern regions are hilly areas, whereas most of its central parts include fertile lands, as they lie in the lush upper basin of the River Mahanadi and in its tributaries. This helps in making the state agriculturally strong. Another bigger source of income includes Forest revenue.
Rice is the principal crop of this state, and forms the staple food of the state. Other delicacies include red ants, flying ants, squirrels, and rats. Liquor is brewed from mahuwa, an important delicacy among the tribes here. Fish and pigs also come under the same categories, and are reserved for special occasions.
Majority of the population is Hindu. Christians and Muslims occupy a small part of the state. Majorly, the population comprises of local tribal groups. Gonds form the largest group amongst these tribes that reside on these lands.
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Qatar Waives Entry Visa Requirements for Citizens of 80 Countries
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Country: Qatar Aircraft: Airplanes Airline: Qatar Airways
Number of nationalities eligible to enter visa-free highest in region
Qatar considering further enhancements to visa policy, including waiver for holders of visa/resident permit for GCC and Schengen countries, as well as UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
Qatar's Ministry of Interior (MoI), Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) and Qatar Airways today announced that Qatar will allow visa-free entry for citizens of 80 countries, effective immediately.
Citizens of those countries* wishing to visit Qatar will no longer need to apply or pay for a visa; instead, a multi-entry waiver will be issued free-of-charge at the port of entry, upon presentation of a valid passport with a minimum validity of six months and a confirmed onward or return ticket.
Depending on the nationality of the visitor, the waiver will either be valid for 180 days, from the date of issue, and allow the visitor to spend a total of 90 days in Qatar (multiple-entry waiver); or it will be valid for 30 days from the date of issue and entitle the visitor to spend up to 30 days in Qatar with the possibility of applying for an extension of the waiver for an additional 30 days (multiple-entry waiver).
These developments come as part of a series of measures that Qatar has taken to facilitate visitor access to the country. Last month, Qatar launched an e-visa platform, www.qatarvisaservice.com, through which travellers of all nationalities can apply for tourist and visitor visas with more efficiency and ease. The country is also considering further enhancements to its visa policy, such as waiving visa requirements for holders of a residence permit or a valid visa from the nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates), United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or the Schengen countries. This waiver would allow eligible visitors to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation by completing a simple online application at least 48 hours prior to travel.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, said: "Today's announcement places the State of Qatar as the most open country in the region. This is a momentous occasion for Qatar, making the number of nationalities eligible to enter our country without a visa the highest in region, which is something that we are very proud of.
"Qatar Airways is the patriotic flag carrier for the State of Qatar and as such we are extremely honoured to bring millions of people each year to our beautiful, welcoming and historic country. This important initiative from the Ministry of Interior and Qatar Tourism Authority will provide an opportunity to welcome even more visitors, from even more countries, to experience the many exciting attractions that await them."
According to Hassan Al Ibrahim, Chief Tourism Development officer at QTA, visa facilitation is a critical component of the national tourism sector strategy, which QTA is currently reviewing in partnership with stakeholders from the public and private sectors. With renewed focus by the country's leadership on diversifying the national economy, a revised strategy which empowers various players to boost the growth of tourism is set to be launched on 27 September 2017, when Qatar hosts the official celebrations of World Tourism Day.
"Easing entry to Qatar is a key enabler for the growth of Qatar's tourism industry. With this announcement we are already turning the pages of the Next Chapter of Qatar's journey towards 2030," commented Al Ibrahim. "Together with our partners in the public and private sectors, we have examined all of the elements needed to create a smooth and enticing experience that can attract visitors from around the world. There is no doubt that facilitating and streamlining access at all ports of entry are key factors in creating a positive first and lasting impression of Qatar."
Al Ibrahim added, "With 80 countries eligible for a visa waiver, Qatar is now the most open country in the region and we are delighted to invite visitors to discover our renowned hospitality, cultural heritage and natural treasures."
Brigadier Mohammed Al Ateeq, Director General of the Department of Passport and Expatriates Affairs at MoI, commented, "We are very pleased to announce that nationals of 80 countries are now eligible for a visa waiver and can enter Qatar without requiring any prior visa arrangements. Together with our partners at QTA and Qatar Airways, we have been working to enhance our country's visa policies and implement solutions to better facilitate travel to Qatar. Further enhancements are being studied and we look forward to announcing them in due course."
In November 2016, Qatar introduced a free transit visa, which allows passengers of all nationalities transiting in Qatar for a minimum of five hours to stay in Qatar for up to 96 hours (four days). In May 2017, QTA launched +Qatar, an initiative to promote the country as a stopover destination, with the national carrier, Qatar Airways. These measures, along with intensified international marketing, have resulted in a 39 per cent increase in the number of stopover visitors during the first six months of 2017, compared with the same period last year.
As part of Qatar Airways' and QTA's combined efforts to boost tourism in the country, the award-winning airline has accelerated its global expansion plans, and recently announced the launch of a number of new destinations that it is adding to its network by the end of August including Kiev, Ukraine and Prague, Czech Republic. Yesterday, the airline launched Sohar, in the Sultanate of Oman. Qatar Airways also recently launched a direct service to Dublin, Republic of Ireland; Nice, France and Skopje, connecting even more people to more places, and making it easier than ever for passengers to visit Qatar as part of their journey.
The below section details the new visa waiver eligibility for citizens of the 80 countries.
Entry to Qatar is approved at the sole discretion of Qatar's Ministry of Interior.
A) Nationals of the following 33 countries will not require prior visa arrangements and can obtain a visa waiver upon arrival in Qatar. The waiver will be valid for 180 days from the date of issuance and entitle its holder to spend up to 90 days in Qatar, during either a single trip or on multiple trips.
1. Austria
2. Bahamas
4. Bulgaria
5. Croatia
6. Cyprus
7. Czech Republic
9. Estonia
12. Germany
13. Greece
14. Hungary
15. Iceland
16. Italy
17. Latvia
18. Liechtenstein
19. Lithuania
20. Luxembourg
21. Malta
22. Netherlands
24. Poland
25. Portugal
26. Romania
27. Seychelles
28. Slovakia
29. Slovenia
31. Sweden
33. Turkey
B) Nationals of the following 47 countries will not require prior visa arrangements and can obtain a visa waiver upon arrival in Qatar. The waiver will be valid for 30 days from the date of issuance and entitle its holder to spend up to 30 days in Qatar, during either a single trip or on multiple trips. This waiver may be extended for a further 30 days.
1. Andorra
2. Argentina
4. Belarus
5. Bolivia
7. Brunei
10. China
11. Colombia
12. Ecuador
13. Panama
14. Costa Rica
15. Georgia
16. Guyana
17. Hong Kong
18. India
19. Indonesia
20. Ireland
21. Japan
22. Kazakhstan
23. Lebanon
24. Azerbaijan
25. Macedonia
26. Malaysia
27. Maldives
28. Mexico
29. Moldova
31. New Zealand
32. Paraguay
33. Peru
35. San Marino
38. South Korea
39. Suriname
40. Cuba
41. Thailand
42. Ukraine
43. United Kingdom
44. United States
45. Uruguay
46. Vatican City
47. Venezuela
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    library(tidyverse)
    library(bigrquery)

    con1 <-
      bConnect(
        drv = bigrquery::bigquery(),
        project = PROJECT,
        dataset = "dataset_1"
      )
    con2 <-
      bConnect(
        drv = bigrquery::bigquery(),
        project = PROJECT,
        dataset = "dataset_2"
      )

    A <- con1 %>% tbl("A")
    B <- con2 %>% tbl("B")

    inner_join(A, B,
              by = "key",
              copy = T) %>%
      collect()

Then I get the error: Error: BigQuery does not support temporary tables

A: The problem is most likely that you are using different connections to connect with the two tables. When you attempt this, R tries to copy data from one source into a temporary table on the other source.
See this question and the copy parameter in this documentation (its a different package, but the principle is the same).
The solution is to only use a single connection for all your tables. Something like this:
con <-
  bConnect(
    drv = bigrquery::bigquery(),
    project = PROJECT,
    dataset = "dataset_1"
  )

A <- con %>% tbl("A")
B <- con %>% tbl("B")

inner_join(A, B,
           by = "key") %>%
  collect()

You may need to leave the dataset parameter blank in your connection string, or use in_schema to include the dataset name along with the table when you connect to a remote table. It's hard to be sure without knowing more about the structure of your database(s).


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Thank you in advance!

A: Which container do you use?? Usually it is implemented out of the box. For example you can configure it like this in tomcat (conf/web.xml):
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Pyochungsa Temple – 표충사 (Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do)
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The Daeung-jeon Hall (left) and Gwaneum-jeon Hall (right) at Pyochungsa Temple in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do.
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Pyochungsa Temple, which is located in eastern Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do, beneath the watchful eye of Mt. Jaeyaksan (1119.1m). The name of the temple means "Display Loyalty (Devotion or Fidelity) Temple," in English. And Pyochungsa Temple was first established in 654 A.D. by the famed monk Wonhyo-daesa (617 – 686 A.D.). The temple was established after Wonhyo-daesa was meditating at a nearby temple. Looking up, he saw a group of auspicious clouds glowing iridescently above a bamboo forest. Immediately, Wonhyo-daesa built a meditation hut, uphill, where Geumgangam Hermitage now stands. Initially, the temple was called Jungnimsa Temple, which means "Bamboo Forest Temple," in English.
Later, in 826 A.D., the temple was expanded by the traveling monk Hwangmyeon-seonsa. Hwangmyeong-seonsa enshrined a sari (crystallized remain) of the Buddha inside a three-story stone pagoda. Then in 829 A.D., the temple was renamed Yeongjeongsa Temple by King Heungdeok of Silla. The new name of the temple, Yeongjeongsa Temple means "Eternal Well Temple," in English. It was named Yeongjeongsa Temple after the third son of King Heungdeok of Silla (r.826-836) was cured of his leprosy. After Hwangmyeon-seonsa ritually blessed the yaksu, or "medicinal mineral water," in English, the third son of King Heungdeok of Silla both drank and washed in this water. It was only then that the prince was healed. During the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), the famed monk Ilyeon-guksa (1206-1289) gathered more than a thousand monks at the temple in 1284 to give a lecture.
And the final temple name change occurred with the assuming of its current name: Pyochungsa Temple. During the Imjin War (1592-1598), seven hundred Buddhist warrior monks, known as the Righteous Army, fought against the invading Japanese under the monks Samyeong-daesa (1544-1610), Seosan-daesa (1520-1604), and Giheo-dang (?-1592). The temple was destroyed by fire at the beginning of the war because it was one of the main bases that Samyeong-daesa trained and led his warrior monks from. Over the years, it was slowly rebuilt. Specifically, the temple was renamed Pyochungsa Temple to honour Samyeong-daesa whose birthplace was Miryang.
In 1839, a Confucian academy was moved to Pyochungsa Temple by the monk Wolpa-seonsa. Enshrined inside the Confucian academy, which was renamed Pyochung-seowon Academy, were murals of Samyeong-daesa, Seonsan-daesa, and the monk leader Giheo-dang hung. The signboard that hangs above the entry to this shrine hall was granted by King Heonjong (r.1834-1849) to show praise for the loyalty that the warrior monks displayed during the Imjin War. More recently, Master Hyobong (1888-1966) who became the first Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Jogye Order in 1962, passed away at Pyochungsa Temple in 1966.
In total, Pyochungsa Temple is home to one National Treasure and one Korean Treasure. It's also home to the popular Temple Stay program in Korea.
As you make your way towards Pyochungsa Temple, you'll be joined by the Sijeon-cheon River. Past Daewonam Hermitage to your right, the temple finally reveals itself through the trees. You pass under the Suchung-ru Pavilion to finally gain admittance to the temple grounds at Pyochungsa Temple. In this lower courtyard, you'll find the Garam-gak shrine, which houses a tablet to ward off evil spirits from entering Pyochungsa Temple. Still to the left, you'll notice the amazing museum at Pyochungsa Temple. If you have the time, definitely visit it because not only does it house artifacts pertaining to Samyeong-daesa, but it also houses National Treasure #75, the Bronze Incense Burner with Silver-inlaid Design of Pyochungsa Temple. This beautiful incense burner was first made in 1177. An inscription at the base indicates that the incense burner was actually made for Yongheungsa Temple in Changnyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do. How this historic artifact ended up at Pyochungsa Temple is unclear.
A little further along, and up a flight of stone stairs, you'll pass through the Cheonwangmun Gate. Housed inside this gate are four of the more expressive Heavenly Kings that you'll find in Korea. And equally expressive are the demons they are trampling underfoot. Having passed through this entry gate, you'll enter into the middle courtyard at Pyochungsa Temple. In this part of the temple courtyard, you'll find the Manil-ru Pavilion; and behind this pavilion, you'll find the Chilseong-gak Hall. Housed inside this shaman shrine hall is an older image of Chilseong (The Seven Stars). Interestingly, you'll find seven distinct murals dedicated to Chilseong inside the Chilseong-gak Hall. Also in this middle courtyard, you'll find the Three-Story Stone Pagoda of Pyochungsa Temple. This pagoda dates back to Later Silla (668-935 A.D.), and it's Korean Treasure #467. The pagoda stands 7.7 metres in height. The base of the pagoda is rather large, and the finial has been well preserved considering its age and history.
Up yet another set of stairs, and now standing squarely in the upper temple courtyard, you'll find quite a few shrine halls populating this part of Pyochungsa Temple. The first of these shrine halls stands to your left. This shrine hall is the Palsang-jeon Hall, which houses a white statue of Seokgamoni-bul (The Historical Buddha) on the main altar. It's joined by the Palsang-do (Eight Scenes from the Buddha's Life Murals). Unfortunately, these paintings are just replicas of the originals. However, with that being said, you can still appreciate just how amazing the originals must look like.
Next to the Palsang-jeon Hall is the Eungjin-jeon Hall. Inside this hall you'll find sixteen white statues of the Nahan (The Historical Disciples of the Buddha). To the rear of the Palsang-jeon Hall and the Eungjin-jeon Hall, you'll find the Sanshin/Dokseong-gak Hall. This shaman shrine hall, which is both elevated and compact in design, houses two rather simplistic murals dedicated to Sanshin (The Mountain Spirit) and Dokseong (The Lonely Saint).
To the right of this triad of temple shrine halls, you'll find the Daeung-jeon Hall. This hall is beautifully painted both inside and out with fierce Gwimyeon (Monster Mask) adorning the base of the front doors. Resting on the main altar are a triad of statues centred by Seokgamoni-bul. This statue is joined on either side by Yaksayeorae-bul (The Medicine Buddha, and the Buddha of the Eastern Paradise) and Amita-bul (The Buddha of the Western Paradise). These three statues are meant to symbolize the Buddhist idea of Samsara. Also of note inside the Daeung-jeon Hall is the sumidan, or "altar" in English. This highly elaborate altar is packed with symbolic meaning like the rabbit riding the turtle on his way to meet Yongwang (The Dragon King). And hanging on the far left wall is the Shinjung Taenghwa (Guardian Mural).
The two remaining shrine halls that visitors can explore at Pyochungsa Temple are the Gwaneum-jeon Hall and the Myeongbu-jeon Hall. The Gwaneum-jeon Hall is situated to the left, and it's framing the towering mountains to its rear. The Gwaneum-jeon Hall's exterior walls are adorned with masterful Shimu-do (Ox-Herding Murals). As for inside the Gwaneum-jeon Hall, you'll find a multi-armed and headed statue dedicated to Gwanseeum-bosal (The Bodhisattva of Compassion). This golden statue of Gwanseeum-bosal is backed by an elaborate mural of herself. And joining the Bodhisattva of Compassion on the main altar is Yongwang. And joining the Gwaneum-jeon Hall in this part of the temple is the Myeongbu-jeon Hall. Housed inside the Judgment Hall is a green haired statue of Jijang-bosal (The Bodhisattva of the Afterlife). Uniquely, Jijang-bosal is larger than the ten accompanying statues dedicated to the Shiwang (The Ten Kings of the Underworld).
As a bit of a side note, there's an interesting little tale associated with Pyochungsa Temple. There was a rabbit that once took up residence on the temple grounds. Supposedly, this rabbit was a Bodhisattva. People actually called this rabbit To-bosal, which means "Rabbit Bodhisattva," in English. Because the rabbit never left, it was believed by some that the rabbit was a monk in its former life. It's not clear if this rabbit is still alive or not; but if it is, it's not unusual to see visitors, or even monks, bowing to the rabbit.
Admission to the temple is 3,000 won.
HOW TO GET THERE: From the Miryang Intercity Bus Terminal, you can take a bus directly to Pyochungsa Temple. This bus first leaves the terminal at 7:35 a.m. And the last departs at 8:20 p.m. Throughout the day, the bus runs twelves times a day.
OVERALL RATING: 8.5/10. Pyochungsa Temple is beautifully situated upon the Yeongnam Alps. There are numerous shrine halls that visitors can explore at Pyochungsa Temple. A couple of the buildings to keep an eye out for is the Cheonwangmun Gate and the beautiful Daeung-jeon Hall. You can also enjoy the Bronze Incense Burner, which just so happens to be a National Treasure, as well as the three-story stone pagoda that's a Korean Treasure. And if you're really lucky, you'll be able to see To-bosal (The Rabbit Bodhisattva).
Passing under the Suchung-ru Pavilion.
The very beautiful and scenic Pyochungsa Temple grounds.
Inside the Cheonwangmun Gate.
The Later Silla-era stone pagoda that's Korean Treasure #467.
Inside the amazing Chilseong-gak Hall.
Inside the Palsang-jeon Hall.
A look towards the Sanshin/Dokseong-gak Hall.
Inside the amazing Daeung-jeon Hall at Pyochungsa Temple.
The ornate Bodhisattva of Compassion inside the Gwaneum-jeon Hall.
Inside the Myeongbu-jeon Hall with a look towards Jijang-bosal.
And To-bosal (The Rabbit Bodhisattva) in front of the temple bell pavilion.
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