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Borned in 1804, Marriana Pineda married Manuel Peralta, a devoted supporter from the liberal origin, when she was just 15 years old. She ended up being to die a couple of years later, and she remained a widow in the chronological age of eighteen along with two children.
It was in the 1820s following a death associated with her first spouse that Mariana became more involved in politics activities.
She's known to have solid passports to assist digital rebel soldiers to flee but even though her house was searched through the law enforcement nothing was found. They came back however on 18th March 1831 and on finding a flag stitched using the words "Equality, Liberty as well as Law", she was placed directly under home police arrest. After trying to get away 10 days later on, she had been come to the convent exactly where political criminals had been held.
On 26th May 1831, the mule might consider the woman's from the convent to the Jardines Triunfo where she had been garroted and then buried in an unblemished grave. She continues to be having finally already been exhumed and reburied; along with an oral plaque buildup represents the home (Calle Aguila, 19) where she spent her final years.
She was also known as heroine independence freedom fighter, had been executed within 1831. After laying abandoned for several years, it had been only within 1950 that landscapes had been constructed and also the Monument to the Immaculate Conceiving of the Virgin mobile associated with Triunfo which used to stand in the Puerta de Elvira had been relocated right here.


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To All Depository Institutions and Others Concerned in the Second Federal Reserve District:
In a press release, the Federal Reserve Board has announced the postponement from January 1, 2003, to January 1, 2004, of some data collection requirements that were included in recent amendments to Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Art (HMDA). However, the Board is requiring the use of 2000 census data in HMDA reporting, effective January 1, 2003.
The Board's statement (pdf - 86kb) is attached.
Questions on this matter may be directed, at this Bank, to Maryann Campbell, Senior Bank Examiner, Legal and Compliance Risk Department.


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The Tea Tax and the Boston Port Bill
Bancroft, Hubert H.
[The state of irritation into which America had been thrown by the injudicious measures of the British Parliament was not allayed by its subsequent action. Before proceeding with the record of these events, reference may be made to an outbreak which at this time occurred in North Carolina, not directly due to English action, yet arising from the corruption and inefficiency of functionaries of the British government. Abuses in the collection of exorbitant fees by public officers, and in permitting the sheriffs and tax-collectors to delay the payment of public moneys, produced an association of the poorer colonists, who claimed that they were being overtaxed for the support of dishonest officers, and who assumed the title of Regulators. Other events added to their discontent, and they broke out into wild outrages, assembling in 1771 to the number of two thousand, and declaring their purpose to abolish courts of justice, exterminate lawyers and public officers, and overturn the provincial government in favor of some mad scheme of democracy devised by their foolish or knavish leaders. The respectable part of the community rose in opposition to these insurgents, and in a battle at Almansee, on May 16, the Regulators were routed, three hundred of them being left dead on the field. Others were condemned and executed for high treason, and peace was restored to the province. Events more directly connected with the struggle between the colonies and Great Britain rapidly succeeded in the other provinces, a statement of the more important of which we select from Grahame's "Colonial History of the United States."]
An act of violence committed by the colonists of Rhode Island, though less memorable in respect of its intrinsic importance than the insurrection of the Regulators in North Carolina, excited more general attention from its significance as an indication of the height to which the general current of American sentiment was rising. The commander of the Gaspee, an armed British schooner stationed at Providence, had exerted much activity in supporting the trade laws and punishing the increasing contraband traffic of the Americans, and had provoked additional resentment by firing at the Providence packets in order to compel them to salute his flag by lowering theirs as they passed his vessel, and by chasing them even into the docks in case of refusal. The master of a packet conveying passengers to Providence (June 9, 1772), which was fired at and chased by the Gaspee for neglecting to pay the requisite tribute of respect, took advantage of the state of the tide (it being almost high water) to stand in so closely to the shore that the Gaspee in the pursuit might be exposed to run aground. The artifice succeeded; the Gaspee presently stuck fast, and the packet proceeded in triumph to Providence, where a strong sensation was excited by the tidings of the occurrence, and a project was hastily formed to improve the blow and destroy the obnoxious vessel. Brown, an eminent merchant, and Whipple, a ship-master, took the lead in this bold adventure, and easily collected a sufficient band of armed and resolute men, with whom they embarked in whale- boats to attack the British ship of war. At two o'clock the next morning they boarded the Gaspee so suddenly and in such numbers that her crew were instantly overpowered, without hurt to any one except her commanding officer, who was wounded. The captors, having despatched a part of their number to convey him, together with his private effects and his crew, ashore, set fire to the Gaspee and destroyed her, with all her stores The issue of this daring act of war against the naval force of the king was as remarkable as the enterprise itself. [A large reward was offered for information, and commissioners appointed to try the offenders.] But no trial took place. Nobody came forward to claim the proffered reward;. . and in the commencement of the following year the commissioners reported to the British ministry their inability, notwithstanding the most diligent inquisition, to procure evidence or information against a single individual.
[In Massachusetts a violent enmity had arisen between Hutchinson, the governor, and the majority of the Assembly, which produced several controversies. Among the most notable of these was the effort of the Assembly to abolish the slave- trade. In 1712 the importation of slaves into Massachusetts had been forbidden, but her merchants were not restrained from conveying slaves to other provinces. No fewer than four bills prohibiting traffic in negroes were, during the administrations of Governors Bernard and Hutchinson, passed by the Assembly, but they were all negatived by the governors.]
The British government, meanwhile, having rashly determined to enforce the Tea- duty Act, of which the most considerable effect hitherto was a vast importation of smuggled tea into America by the French, the Dutch, the Danes, and the Swedes, attempted to compass by policy what constraint and authority had proved insufficient to accomplish. The measures of the Americans had already occasioned such diminution of exports from Britain that the warehouses of the English East India Company contained above seventeen millions of pounds of tea, for which it was difficult to procure a market. The unwillingness of the Company to lose their commercial profits, and of the ministry to forego the expected revenue from the sale of tea in America, induced a compromise for their mutual advantage. A high duty was imposed hitherto on the exportation of tea from England; but the East India Company were now authorized by act of Parliament to export their tea free of duty to all places whatever (may, 1773). By this contrivance it was expected that tea, though loaded with an exceptionable tax on its importation into America, would yet readily obtain purchasers among the Americans; as the vendors, relieved of the British export duty, could afford to sell it to them even cheaper than before it was made a source of American revenue.
The crisis now drew near when the Americans were to decide whether they would submit to be taxed by the British Parliament, or practically support their own principles and brave the most perilous consequences of their inflexibility. One common sentiment was awakened throughout the whole continent by the tidings of the ministerial device, which was universally reprobated as an attempt, at once injurious and insulting, to bribe the Americans to surrender their rights and bend their own necks to the yoke of arbitrary power. A violent ferment arose; the corresponding committees and political clubs exerted their utmost activity to rouse and unite the people; and it was generally declared that, as every citizen owed to his country the duty at least of refraining from being accessory to her subjugation, every man who countenanced the present measure of the British government should be deemed an enemy of America. .
The East India Company, confident of finding a market for their tea, reduced as it was now in price, freighted several ships to America with this commodity, and appointed consignees to receive and dispose of it. Some cargoes were sent to New York, some to Philadelphia, some to Charleston, the metropolis of South Carolina, and some to Boston. The inhabitants of New York and Philadelphia prevailed with the consignees to disclaim their functions, and forced the ships to return with their cargoes to London. The inhabitants of Charleston unladed the tea, and deposited it in public cellars, where it was locked up from use and finally perished. At Boston, the consignees, who were the near kinsmen of Governor Hutchinson, at first refused to renounce their appointments (November 5); and the vessels containing the tea lay for some time in the harbor, watched by a strong guard of the citizens, who, from a numerous town meeting, despatched peremptory commands to the ship-masters not to land their obnoxious cargoes. . [The consignees] proposed then to the people that the tea should be landed, and preserved in some public store or magazine; but this compromise was indignantly rejected. At length the popular rage broke through every restraint of order and decency. From the symptoms of its dangerous fervor the consignees fled in dismay to the Castle; while an assemblage of men, dressed and painted like Mohawk Indians, boarded the vessels and threw the tea into the ocean (December 16).
It was remarked with some surprise that during the whole of this transaction the civil and military force of government, including the garrison of Castle William and several ships of war in the harbor, remained completely inactive. The governor, indeed, issued a proclamation forbidding the people to assemble in factious meetings. But the council, when their protection was implored by the consignees, refused to interfere at all in the matter; and though, after the outrage was committed, they condemned its perpetration and invoked legal vengeance upon all who had been engaged in it, the futility of this demonstration was obvious to every eye. To procure legal proof that would implicate even a single individual was notoriously impossible.
[Another source of popular irritation was the proceeding of the ministry against Franklin. He had obtained and made public some letters of Hutchinson and others, misrepresenting the occurrences in America and pressing the ministry to support their schemes by military power. The Massachusetts Assembly now petitioned the king to remove these obnoxious persons from office. This was refused, and severe measures were taken against Franklin.]
On the following day [after the rejection of the petition] Franklin was dismissed by the British government from the office of postmaster-general of America. These proceedings, and especially the elaborate malignity of insult heaped [during the discussion] upon a man whom they so highly admired and respected, sank deeply into the minds of the Americans. Another act of British power, that was directed with the most childish absurdity against the scientific repute of Franklin, awakened the liveliest derision and disdain in America. For the king, shortly after, transported by the blindest abhorrence of the American philosopher, for whom he had once professed esteem, actually caused the electrical conductors invented by Franklin to be removed from the palace of Buckingham House and replaced by instruments of far less skilful construction and efficient capacity.
[Hutchinson was soon after recalled to England, ostensibly to inform the ministers regarding the state of the colonies.]
Along with Tryon, who was afterwards recalled from New York, and Carleton, the governor of Canada, he was desired by the cabinet to declare his opinion whether the Americans, in the last extremity, would venture to resist the arms of Britain. Hutchinson confidently predicted that they would either not fight at all, or at most offer no further opposition than what a few troops could easily quell. Carleton protested that America might certainly be conquered, but that a considerable army would be necessary for this purpose, and that, for himself, he would not venture to march against New York or Boston with a smaller force than ten thousand men. Tryon declared that Britain would require large armies and long efforts to bring America to her feet; that her power was equal to anything, but that all her power must be exerted in order to put the monster in chains. The representations of Hutchinson were the most congenial to the sentiments and the temper of the British government; and, unfortunately for England, they were corroborated by the kindred folly and ignorance of many British statesmen and officers. "The Americans are a degenerate race of Europeans; they have nothing of the soldier in them," was the customary language of men who were destined by their own defeats to illustrate the valor which they depreciated, and who learned too late to consider the Americans as a regenerated race of Europeans, in whom the energy of freemen more than supplied the mechanical expertness of severely-disciplined slaves. General Clarke. . declared in a company of learned men at London, and in the hearing of Dr. Franklin, that with a thousand British grenadiers he would undertake to march from one end of America to another. . Another general officer asserted in the House of Commons that "The Yankees (a foolish nickname which now began to be applied to the Americans) never felt bold."
The speeches of other military officers in Parliament, and of the prime minister, Lord North, conveyed ideas equally calculated to delude their countrymen and to inflame by contumely all the rage and courage which injustice and injury had already kindled in the Americans. "Believe me, my lords," said the Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, in the House of Peers, "the first sound of a cannon will send the Americans a-running as fast as their feet can carry them." Unfortunately for his country, he was believed.
[During the period here indicated the population of America was rapidly increasing. We have few statistics, but these are very suggestive. Seventeen thousand three hundred and fifty emigrants reached America from the north of Ireland alone in 1771 and 1772. In the first fortnight of August, 1773, three thousand five hundred emigrants from Ireland landed at Philadelphia. Many others came from Scotland, Holland, Germany, and elsewhere. The country was fast filling up with people who had been oppressed at home and who were in the proper temper to strike for liberty abroad.
With the infatuation which had all along marked the acts of Parliament and the ministry, new measures of coercion were now adopted, calculated to increase the irritation of the colonists. Exasperated by the opposition to the sale of tea in America, and in particular by its destruction at Boston, the ministry determined on more stringent measures, and selected this town as the culprit to be disciplined. A bill was hastily passed, suspending the trade and closing the harbor of Boston. It was followed by another bill destroying the representative government of Massachusetts, by declaring that the provincial council should be appointed by the crown, that the royal governor should appoint and remove all important executive officers, and that no town meeting should be held without written permission from the governor.
Other stringent measures were passed, despite the warning protest of an old member of the House of Commons: "If there ever was a nation running headlong to its ruin, it is this." The tidings of the passage of these bills produced universal indignation in America. Philadelphia made a liberal contribution in aid of the poorer inhabitants of Boston who might be injured by the operation of the Port Bill. In Virginia a day of fasting and prayer was ordered, and Jefferson published an indignant protest. Strong feeling was exhibited in all the other provinces.]
On the day when the operation of the Boston Port Bill was appointed to commence (June 1, 1774) all the commercial business of the capital of Massachusetts was concluded at noon, and the harbor of this flourishing town was closed, till the gathering storm of the Revolution was to reopen it. At Williamsburg, in Virginia, the day was devoutly consecrated to the religious exercises recommended by the Assembly. At Philadelphia it was solemnized by a great majority of the population with every testimonial of public grief; all the inhabitants, except the Quakers, shut up their houses; and after divine service a deep and ominous stillness reigned in the city. In other parts of America it was also observed as a day of mourning; and the sentiments thus widely awakened were kept alive and exasperated by the distress to which the inhabitants of Boston were reduced by the continued operation of the Port Bill, and by the fortitude with which they endured it. The rents of the landholders in and around Boston now ceased or were greatly diminished; all the wealth vested in warehouses and wharves was rendered unproductive; from the merchants was wrested the commerce they had reared, and the means alike of providing for their families and paying their debts; the artificers employed in the numerous crafts nourished by an extensive commerce shared the general hardship; and a great majority of that class of the community who earned daily bread by their daily labor were deprived of the means of support. But, animated still by that enduring and dauntless spirit of freedom which had been the parent principle of the New England communities, the inhabitants of Boston sustained the presence of this calamity with inflexible fortitude. Their virtue was cheered by the sympathy, and their sufferings were mitigated by the generosity, of the sister colonies. In all the American States contributions were made for their relief. Corporate bodies, town meetings, and provincial conventions, from all quarters, transmitted to them letters and addresses, applauding their conduct, and exhorting them to perseverance.
[The royal garrison of Boston was now augumented, and its fortifications strengthened and increased, thus adding to the irritation of the people. At the suggestion of the Massachusetts Assembly, a Congress of the provinces was called. This Congress, embracing members from all the colonies except Georgia, met at Philadelphia on September 5, 1774. Of the debates of this body, which continued in session eight weeks, no authentic report exists, but it published a Declaration of the Rights of America, with many other acts in which a determined spirit of resistance to tyranny was indicated. Before dissolving, it was decreed to meet again on May 10, 1775, if no redress of American grievances was granted. A cargo of tea about this time entered the harbor of Annapolis, Maryland, but the ship-master became so alarmed by the popular excitement that he asked the advice of an able lawyer, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, as to what he should do. Carroll advised him to burn the vessel and cargo. This advice was taken. "The sails were set, the colors displayed, and the vessel burned amidst the acclamations of the multitude."
In Massachusetts, General Gage had called a meeting of the Assembly. But, alarmed by the temper of the people, he issued a proclamation suspending its meeting. In defiance of his power the Assembly met, elected John Hancock its president, and proceeded to the bold and extreme measure of calling out the militia for the defence of the province. A portion of them were to be ready to meet at a minute's warning, and generals were appointed to command these minute- men, and the militia at large.]
And now all America was aroused by expectation of awful conflict and mighty change. New England, upon which the first violence of the storm seemed likely to descend, was agitated by rumors and alarms, of which the import and the influence strikingly portrayed the sentiments and temper of the people. Reports that Gage had commanded his troops to attack the Massachusetts militia, or to fire upon the town of Boston, were swallowed the avidity of rage and hatred, and instantly covered the highways with thousands of armed men, mustering in hot haste, and eager to rush forward to death or revenge. Everything betokened the explosion of a tempest; and some partial gusts announced its near approach, and proved the harbingers of its fury. In the close of the year there reached America a proclamation issued by the king, prohibiting the exportation of military stores from Great Britain. The inhabitants of Rhode Island no sooner received intelligence of this mandate than they removed from the public battery about forty pieces of cannon; and the Assembly of the province gave orders for procuring arms and martial stores, and for the immediate equipment of a martial force. In New Hampshire, a band of four hundred men, suddenly assembling in arms, and conducted by John Sullivan, an eminent lawyer and a man of great ambition and intrepidity, gained possession by surprise of the castle of Portsmouth, and confined the royal garrison till the powder-magazine was ransacked and its contents carried away.
[These violent demonstrations provoked new measures of oppression in Parliament. Lord Chatham, indeed, after seeking the counsel of Benjamin Franklin, introduced a bill calculated to remove the causes of disaffection in America. But this bill was rejected, and one introduced by Lord North was passed, which virtually extended the measures of the Boston Port Bill to all New England. As it soon appeared that the other provinces supported New England, the provisions of the bill to restrain commerce were extended to them all, with the exception of New York, Delaware, and North Carolina. But this exemption failed to produce its designed effect, since the exempted colonies at once declared their intention to accept the restraints imposed on their neighbors.]
The example of Massachusetts in preparing for defence was followed by the other provinces; and warlike counsels were boldly broached in the provincial Assemblies and Congresses. When some members of the Virginia Assembly urged the postponement of those preparations, reminding their colleagues of the power of Britain and the comparative weakness of America, and insisting that it would be time enough to fly to arms when every well-founded hope of peace had entirely vanished, Patrick Henry, with vehement and victorious eloquence, contended that that time had already come. "It is natural," said he, "to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are prone to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that enchantress till she transforms us into beasts. There is no longer any room for hope. We must fight. I repeat it, sir, we must fight. An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us. They tell us that we are weak, and unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be when our supineness shall have enabled our enemies to bind us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak, if we make use of those means which the God of nature has placed in our power. Three millions of people armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as ours, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Nor shall we fight our battles alone. That God who presides over the destinies of nations will raise up friends to aid us. The battle is not to the strong alone, but to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, we have no longer a choice. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged; their clanking may be heard upon the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, -- and let it come ! Gentlemen may cry, `Peace! Peace!'-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale which sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms."
[These words proved prophetic. Arms and provisions were being diligently collected in Massachusetts, in preparation for an expected conflict. General Gage was not unaware of nor indifferent to these proceedings.]
Having learned that some military stores belonging to the colonists were deposited in Salem, he despatched Colonel Leslie from Castle William, on the 26th of February, with one hundred and forty soldiers, in a transport, to seize them. The troops, landing at Marblehead, proceeded to Salem; but, not finding there the object of their expedition, they advanced along the road leading to Danvers, whither the stores had been removed, and reached the drawbridge laid across the river. Here a number of the country-people were assembled, and on the opposite side the American colonel Pickering had mustered thirty or forty armed men, and, having drawn up the bridge, stood prepared to dispute the passage of the river. Leslie commanded them to lower the bridge; but, as they peremptorily refused, he was preparing to cross the river in some boats that were moored to the shore, when the people, who had gathered round him, perceiving his intention, sprang into the boats and scuttled them with axes.
[As the stores were now removed, and the purpose of the British negatived, it was decided that Leslie might cross the river and march thirty paces beyond it, as a point of honor, and then return without attempting further progress.]
At length the bridge was lowered; and Pickering with his men, still facing the British troops, retired to the line they had measured and marked. Leslie and his soldiers, after advancing to the stipulated point, returned and embarked for Boston. Thus ended the first military enterprise of the Revolutionary War,-- without effect and without bloodshed.
[Its main effect was to add to the bitterness and to redouble the vigilance of the Americans in guarding their stores. The second enterprise of this kind was not destined to end so harmlessly.]
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text: Paris Van Java - 12 Reasons Why Bandung Should Be Your Next Stop February 2, 2015 The Paris of Java has changed a lot since it got its nickname. But if you're more accustomed to the chaos and claustrophobia of Jakarta, then Bandung feels like a dream - a fantasy version of the capital, where overbearing tower blocks are replaced by art-deco delights, the day-to-day hustle-and-hustle exchanged for a more manageable tempo, and a traffic problem that, in comparison, isn't a problem. You might think of Bandung as a great place for shopping, which is true, but the city offers so much more. With surreal vistas from the tops of active volcanoes, hot springs, historically important museums and ethically questionable cafe's - Bandung has it all!Here are 12 reasons why we love Bandung: 1) VolcanosKeeping a watchful, simmering eye over Bandung is one of Indonesia's most iconic Volcanos - Tangkuban Prahu. At 2,084 meters high, it offers a manageable venture to the top. Famously, people can boil eggs in its near boiling water flows. Pake telur? www.wisatatourist.com www.wikipedia.org 2) Hot SpringsThe warm sulfurous water trickling down into accommodating puddles is supposedly good for rheumatism and skin problems. Even if you have neither, it's a tranquil place to be. ngelandtour.blogspot.com 3) Kawah PutihThe "White Lake" is a volcanic crater 2,430 meters high that brings with it a chilly 10C. While only a moron would think it was a good idea to go for a swim, the visually pleasant spectrum of bluish pleasures is enchanting. www.backbackerindonesia.com 4) Tea PlantationsIndonesia was built on cups of tea - and the Malabar Tea Estate is a beautiful place to witness Bandungs contribution to the tea empire. www.panoramio.com 5) Museums Do you remember when there was hope in the world and anything seemed possible? Neither! Though in 1955, Indonesia was a champion of that hope. During the Cold War, Sukarno hosted the Bandung conference with the intention of forming a Non-Aligned bloc of Asian and African countries to unify in a post-colonial world. And with the 50th anniversary of the Conference this year, the much maligned Leader of North Korea is set to make a rare international visit in commemoration, in the hope that the countries on the fringes of global politics can reignite the zeal for a more equal world. palingindonesia.com In Sukarno's prophetic opening speech, he stated: "Make the "Live and let live" principle and the "Unity in Diversity" motto the unifying force which brings us all together to seek in friendly, uninhibited discussion, ways and means by which each of us can live his own life, and let others live their own lives, in their own way, in harmony, and in peace." komunitaskretek.com 6) Bandung Institute of TechnologyBandung is a thriving student town, attracting many of Indonesia's brightest. The Institute of Technology encapsulates this young and vibrant disposition. The wonderful hybrid of Indonesian-Eurpopean design nurtured the development of Sukarno's political mindset. And true to Indonesia's first president, the student body is notoriously active, playing a crucial role in the downfall Suharto with 100,000 students protesting daily. In a way, Sukarno had the last laugh! www.gohackers.com 7) TrafficTo suggest a destination based on its "great traffic" may sound strange. But visitors from nearby Jakarta, used to clogged motor arteries, love driving on the breathable, wide roads - like they are going on a "concrete jungle" safari. siranselhitam.wordpress.com 8) Abu DombaThe curious tradition of ram-butting fights is a noisy and, if you can suspend your animal right's sentiments, entertaining spectacle. kaskushootthreads.blogspot.com 9) Art-Deco Architecture Bandung is littered with that post-modern style that only seems to get finer with age - a nonconformist statement against the onslaught of drabness, gracelessness and ordinariness of contemporary buildings. frederickobellasinatria.blogspot.com 10) ClothesBandung is renowned for its bargain shopping. Great value factory outlets offer quality designer gear at affordable prices. Whether it's worth the slave-labour of woman and children to produce them is another question altogether. Jl. Riau sells a fabulous range of clothes and "Jeans Street" is great for, well, Jeans. www.groupon.com 11) Nazi CafeOne struggles to think where else in the world a Nazi cafe would be considered an acceptable theme for a bistro. At least not since the 1940's. But this establishment is only menacing with a subjective interpretation of a historic symbol. Distinctly lacking in anti-Semitic expression and shrouded in Roosevelt and Churchillian quotes for good measure, it is more an ironic statement on the 20th Century's most renowned tyrant. It's the reasonable prices (rp.18,000 a Bintang) and tasty bratwurst's that make it a hot spot for local hipsters. Timur Matahari / Getty Images 12) NightlifeThe nightlife in Bandung is becoming a burgeoning scene of music and good times, defining itself separately from the more well-known hotspots of Jakarta and Bali in its own right. There are bars for the avant-garde students, seasoned expats and everyone in between. It's clubbing scene is becoming a popular pit-stop for touring DJ's too. Wherever your nocturnal adventures take you, you're guaranteed a good night. www.luxe-drinks.com If you are lucky enough to live in Bandung, then this is nothing new to you. And as very accommodating hosts to visitors, you are the glue that holds the awesomeness together. So what are you waiting for? Pack your bags and get down to the cultural, geological and recreational treat that is Java's very own Paris - Bandung.


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Tallest Man In World-1960's B & W Photograph
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- Sold Date: Jan 29, 2007
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Up for bid with NO RESERVE is this older black and white photograph of the tallest man in the world. It belonged to a friend of mine. She said he came to the A&P Grocery store in Roaring Spring, PA in the 1960's and she got this photograph as a souvenir. It is signed, Robert P. Hadlow, but I think it was signed beforehand, not sure. The man on the left in the photo is size of normal man, Robert is on the right. AUTOGRAPH on back, hard to read, almost missed it! Written in pencil. It is 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" unframed. I have it in a clear plastic baggie and will mail it with 2 cardboard pieces, one on each side. Pay pal or US postal money order only, insurance optional, all sales final, no flaws. I will mail out the day after payment is made, which is due within 3 days of auction end. Thanks!


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WWU's Paul Piper to present 'Information and Knowledge as Commons: The Case of Wikipedia' tonight at 5:15
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 10:36am
Western Washington University's Paul Piper will present "Information and Knowledge as Commons: The Case of Wikipedia", the fourth installment this academic year in WWU's Turning Points faculty lecture series, at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, in Communications Facility room 110 on the WWU campus.
The event is free and open to the public.
According to Piper, in the past eight years a collaborative, volunteer effort by ordinary citizens from all over the world has achieved one of the largest projects in the history of humankind. Although very different in scope and materials, this project is analogous to the building of the Egyptian or Mayan pyramids, or the construction of the Great Wall of China. This enormous construction project has been completed without slavery, without hierarchical management, and without significant capital. In his presentation, Piper will discuss this project which, of course, is Wikipedia, the world's largest encyclopedia, the world's largest website, and possibly the greatest effort of human collaboration ever.
Since 1998 Piper has been a Western Washington University librarian. He has been infatuated with the Internet since the late 1980s, particularly the impulse to freely share information which fueled much of its early development. In addition to being a librarian, Piper also writes on Internet issues, fiction and poetry.
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The Stonewall riots were a series of riots in New York City in 1969. They happened after the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village. After this, many homosexuals protested the fact they were persecuted by the police. They are seen as the start of the Gay Rights Movement.


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Latrobe ends Connellsville's playoff hopes
With their playoff hopes on the line, Connellsville needed to make a big play in Friday's Quad East game against Latrobe.
Instead, the Wildcats came through with 14 points in the fourth quarter on their way to their first conference victory of the season, a 21-14 road triumph.
The loss eliminated the stunned Falcons (2-6, 2-5) from playoff contention.
"We're just glad to get a win," Latrobe coach Ray Reitz said after his team snapped a four-game skid. "The whole year we've turned the ball over, but we finally played a full 48 minutes."
With the score tied at 14, Robert Vasinko caught a swing pass from Logan Carns and raced 19 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with just 25 seconds left.
For the Wildcats (2-6, 1-6), it was perhaps the biggest play of their season — especially after they had a 76-yard kickoff touchdown return called back on a pair of penalties moments before.
Starting from their 13-yard line, the Wildcats drove the field in the final moments thanks in large part to a 73-yard run by Vasinko, who finished with 123 yards.
"We committed a dumb penalty, but we got a nice gash," Reitz said. "It was a total team effort, and we've been looking for that all year."
Connellsville started strong, taking the opening kickoff and driving 61 yards on six plays, which ended with a Jordan McCrae 25-yard run as the Falcons gained a 7-0 edge. McCrae finished with 117 yards.
On their next possession, the Falcons' were in position to build on their lead as Zachary Cree, who finished with 121 yards on eight carries, ripped off a 77-yard run that gave Connellsville first-and-goal from the 8-yard line. But the Falcons came up empty when Latrobe's Alec Hoopes blocked a field-goal attempt.
Connellsville had another drive stall in Latrobe territory after a botched snap in the second quarter before Latrobe tied it when Vasinko scampered in on a 1-yard run. The Falcons had a chance to take the lead just before halftime, but Hoopes blocked another field-goal attempt.
"Give Latrobe credit, but we found a way to lose," Connellsville coach Dave McDonald said.
Connellsville had another opportunity go by the wayside in the third when quarterback Jade Maher tried to score from the 1-yard line, but he fumbled in the end zone for a touchback.
Latrobe took the lead midway through the fourth when Carns, who had 23 carries for 118 yards, scored on a 15-yard run. Connellsville tied it when McCrae bolted down the left sideline for a 24-yard score, but that set the stage for Latrobe's winning drive.
After a timeout, Latrobe faced third-and-16 from the 19-yard line. Instead of setting up for a field-goal attempt, the Wildcats went for the win and were rewarded when Vasinko caught the ball in the left flat and raced in for the score.
"This is a life lesson," McDonald said. "This is why when you go to work, you put in an honest day's work or when you have a test, you study hard. When you don't take advantage of an opportunity on the field, in the classroom or at work, it hurts."
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HOUSTON - NOVEMBER 23: Head coach Jeff Fisher of the Tennessee Titans on the field in the game with the Houston Texans on November 23, 2009 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The Titans won 20-17. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
First-year Rams coach Jeff Fisher didn't mind the few hitches the team faced during the first two days of rookie camp. ''We're off to a good start,'' he said after about a 90-minute practice Thursday. Trumaine Johnson provided the final piece of the rookie class when he arrived a bit later than scheduled. A cornerback out of Montana, he slept through his alarm and missed his flight Wednesday morning after being the last rookie to come to terms with the team. He arrived in St. Louis around 6 p.m. after the team's first practice of the three-day camp. He was on the field Thursday afternoon with the other rookies and a handful of older players for the prelude to the full preseason camp that opens Sunday. ''I woke up and thought `Oh, my gosh,''' said Johnson, a third-round selection who was at his home in Stockton, Calif. Johnson and fellow rookie cornerback Janoris Jenkins, out of North Alabama, agreed to their contracts Tuesday evening. ''That was the business side,'' Jenkins said. ''I wasn't worried about all that. Whatever they were doing on that end, I was working out, training for football.'' Jenkins said he spent much of the summer with his children and mother while preparing for the start of his professional career. He said the influences that helped him get kicked off the University of Florida team following two arrests for possession of marijuana and another charge of resisting arrest are in the past. His only focus, for now, is football. ''Mostly I use it as a motivation and just play football because people are going to say what they want to say,'' he said. ''Me, I know what kind of kid I am, who I am and I'm just ready to play football. ''My whole life, that's all I knew - football. I'm through with letting anyone take it away and guys trying to talk me into throwing it away.'' Fisher said there was only so much his team could get accomplished because there wasn't a full complement of positions represented, including only three wide receivers in camp. Along with the 100-plus-degree temperatures Wednesday - it was only in the mid-90s during Thursday's practice - the lack of players dictated how much he was going to push his players. Still, he was pleased and the team will be rewarded with a short practice Friday morning before easing into the weekend. ''We're going to back them down and get their legs back,'' he said ''They should hopefully be caught up when the vets come in Saturday to get started on Sunday.''
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Huge potential is what the James Ellis family sees in Northwestern's campus in Woodward. This vision led Ellis, who has been contributing to Northwestern for several years, to endow a second scholarship—the James C. Ellis Woodward Psychology Scholarship.
Ellis, who is retired in Dallas, has Oklahoma roots. After serving in the Army during World War II, he met his wife, Mary, while they were working for Farm Security in Oklahoma City. They married and moved to Dallas where they raised their three children, Buddy, Jan and Julie. Ellis and his family endowed the James and Mary Ellis Psychology Scholarship shortly after Mary passed away in 2005.
Although Ellis never sat in a Northwestern classroom, family ties to the university have created a special connection. Both of his grandchildren, Stephen Davis and Katie Franta, are Northwestern graduates, and his son-in-law Dr. Mark Davis is a professor of psychology at the university.
"We deeply appreciate Mr. Ellis' gift and his willingness to step up and help students with their education," Davis said. "We wanted to make sure that our students in Woodward had an opportunity to go to college, and we felt like this would be one way to support the Woodward students and the Woodward campus."
The family feels Woodward is integral to the success of Northwestern and looks forward to watching the campus grow, Davis said. With gifts like Ellis', support is increasing, but the need remains.
"I am deeply touched by the generosity of Mr. Ellis and the support from Dr. Mark Davis for the Woodward campus and our psychology students," said Dr. Deena Fisher, dean of Northwestern-Woodward. "The financial need is great, and I appreciate that these two wonderful, caring people have stepped up to help our students reach their goal of obtaining a degree in psychology."
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Cruel heartache knows the Minnesota Vikings.
Three NFC Championships have gone into overtime. The Vikings have lost two of them – in the 1998 season to the Atlanta Falcons and Sunday to the New Orleans Saints. The other overtime championship game stuck in between was lost by Brett Favre following the 2007 season, when he was with the Green Bay Packers and lost to the New York Giants.
Favre built up the Vikings throughout the season, but faced with a chance to advance to the Super Bowl, Favre and the Vikings let it all slip away – literally.
The Vikings fumbled the ball six times, losing three of them, and Favre threw two interceptions, the final one coming in the final seconds of regulation as the Vikings were in position to attempt the game-winning field goal. They battled through miscues throughout the game, but the final Favre flaw turned out to be the costliest.
With the game tied 28-28 in the final minute of the game, the Vikings advanced to the New Orleans 33-yard line. The Saints called a timeout and the offense returned to the field with 19 seconds remaining – 12 men on the field. That 5-yard penalty would have made a field goal even harder and Favre said he believed they were out of range (it would have been about a 56-yard attempt) and pressed the issue on third-and-15, throwing across his body and late to Sidney Rice. Tracy Porter intercepted and sent the game to overtime.
Favre and the offense would never have another opportunity. They lost the coin toss and lost the game when the Saints took the opening possession of overtime and drove into field goal position. Garrett Hartley's leg drove the dagger into the Vikings with a 40-yard field goal and a 31-28 win, giving Favre and the Vikings each their second overtime loss in the NFC Championship Game.
"This was a real tough one. I felt they didn't win the game, but rather we lost it," said Adrian Peterson. "You can't turn the ball over like that and expect to win."
That sudden end was the result of six Minnesota fumbles – two by Adrian Peterson and one each by Darius Reynaud, Bernard Berrian, Percy Harvin and Favre. They lost three of those. Only one of them (Harvin's) resulted in a New Orleans touchdown, but it was the Saints' final touchdown of the game.
The turnovers ruined what was otherwise a productive offensive evening, despite Favre getting battered and sprained (he hobbled off the field in the third quarter after spraining his ankle following an interception and didn't end up missing any time after it was taped up). Favre finished the game completing 28 of 46 passes for 310 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for a 70.0 rating. Bernard Berrian was easily the top target, catching nine passes for 102 yards, and Adrian Peterson had 122 yards on 25 carries, his first 100-yard game since Nov. 15, and three touchdowns.
"I don't even know where to begin," Favre said. "All I can say is that it has been a great year. Sure I hoped we would have gone a little further. This is a great group of guys. It is just disappointing. And that is an understatement."
The defense held Drew Brees to 197 yards and three touchdowns on 17 of 31 passing, but Brees avoided the mistakes, throwing no interceptions and finished with 106.5 rating. Eight Saints caught passes, but none of them had more than 40 yards, and Pierre Thomas rushed 14 times for 61 yards. Reggie Bush was a non-factor, rushing seven times for eight yards, catching two passes for 33 yards and gaining no yards on punt returns.
The game couldn't have started much better for the Vikings. They took the opening kickoff and drove 80 yards on 10 plays for a 7-0 lead. Favre hit five different receivers, but the longest gain was the initial completion, a 12-yarder to Jim Kleinsasser. But once across midfield, Peterson got the bulk of the work, taking an 11-yard screen pass and one play later going 19 yards for the touchdown and a 7-0 lead 5:25 into the game.
The Saints countered with their nearly flawless opening drive, featuring a lot of passing as well. New Orleans moved across midfield with a 13-yard pass to Robert Meachem and a 13-yard run by Thomas. But it was a pass to Thomas that really cost the Vikings when they lost contain and missed a tackle, allowing Thomas to go 38 yards for the touchdown and tie the game at 7 midway through the first quarter.
Favre responded with another touchdown drive as the teams traded scoring punches to start. The Vikings picked up two first downs on penalties – one a third-down holding call on Randall Gay on an incompletion to Harvin and another a personal foul on Bobby McCray for a late hit on Favre after he handed off. They also got first downs on completions of 15 yards to Berrian and 20 yards to Harvin. Facing third-and-goal from the 5-yard line, Favre fired a bullet to Sidney Rice for a touchdown and a 14-7 Vikings lead with 2:11 to play in the first quarter.
But after a quick start, the teams traded punts into the second quarter before the Saints' quick passing game found a rhythm again. The biggest blown opportunity for the Vikings came on the initial third down – third-and-10 no less – and Bush broke free for a 28-yard reception. From there, the Saints moved into the red zone before Brees found Devery Henderson for a 9-yard touchdown to make it 14-14 with 10:30 to play in the first half.
The teams traded five punts in the second quarter before two big plays in the final two minutes of the half. When the Vikings punted to Bush, Eric Frampton hit him right when he caught it and caused a fumble that Kenny Onatolu recovered on the Saints 10-yard line. But the Vikings couldn't take advantage when Favre and Peterson botched a handoff exchange to turn the ball back over to the Saints, keeping the game tied at the half.
While the Saints avoided having a special-teams mistake cost them at the end of the first half, it was a big special teams play that helped give them their first lead of the game. Courtney Roby took the opening kick of the second half 61 yards, setting up the Saints on the Minnesota 37-yard line. Brees opened with a 17-yard pass to Jeremy Shockey and three plays later Pierre Thomas capped the drive with a 9-yard touchdown run for a 21-14 Saints lead only 2:04 into the second half.
In a game where score was matched for score, the Vikings answered. They moved across midfield with a 26-yard pass to Visanthe Shiancoe. Peterson fumbled again, but this time Naufahu Tahi recovered after they lost 10. But, once again, Favre found Shiancoe for 20 yards and a first down. Needing another first down, Favre went back to Shiancoe for a 21-yard pass before Peterson scored from 1 yard out to tie the game 21-21.
But the Vikings couldn't hold onto the ball. Peterson lost control but recovered his own fumble. However, seven plays later with the ball in Saints territory, Favre was intercepted by Jonathan Vilma.
The defense held, but Harvin fumbled away the next possession and the Saints recovered, returning it to the Minnesota 7-yard line. On third down, Bush was ruled short of the end zone, but the play was challenged and ruled a touchdown for a 28-21 Saints lead with 12:39 to play in regulation.
The Vikings drove into scoring position with a 27-yard Peterson run and a 30-yard pass to Berrian. But two plays later, Berrian fumbled it away after an 8-yard reception to the 10-yard line.
When the defense held again, the Vikings had another chance to tie the game. Starting with the ball midway through the fourth quarter, Shiancoe converted a third down with a 16-yard reception. Two plays later, Peterson ran for 18 and the Vikings were once again in scoring position. When Tracy Porter interfered with Berrian in the end zone, the Vikings were on the doorstep and Peterson tied the game with a 2-yard run up the middle to make it 28-28 with 4:58 to play.
The defense did the job again and the Favre had his last opportunity. A 10-yard pass to Berrian converted the first third down, and Favre immediately followed that with a 20-yard pass to Rice into Saints territory. Chester Taylor put them in scoring position with a 14-yard run, but the offense just wanted to position the ball for a field goal opportunity. On third-and-10, the Vikings called timeout, which would turn out to haunt them when they had 12 men in the huddle coming out of the timeout and couldn't use back-to-back timeouts. That penalty moved the ball back to the 38-yard line and Favre felt he needed to make a play and forced a throw to Rice that Porter intercepted.
With seven seconds left, the Saints settled for overtime and got the opening possession. They made the most of it when Asher Allen, filling in for an injured Cedric Griffin, was called for defensive holding. With the ball at the Minnesota 43-yard line, the Saints converted fourth-and-1 with a 2-yard dive. New Orleans got another first down by penalty when Ben Leber was flagged for pass interference, moving it to the 29-yard line. Three plays later, Hartley was in position and connected for the biggest field goal in Saints history and the biggest in Vikings history since Gary Anderson missed fourth-quarter kick in the 1998 NFC Championship Game.
It was another cruel end in another season that almost got the Vikings to their first Super Bowl since the 1976 season.
"It was a great season for our team and for the state of Minnesota to be able to look at a team like that compete," Vikings coach Brad Childress said. "Among other things, but to look at No. 4 (Favre) compete in purple (was special). I just to prefer to look at the positives."
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