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Handstand performer tours Taiwan to inspire Ming-cheng Huang does a handstand on the back of a scooter in this undated photograph taken in southern Yunlin County.(Photo courtesy of Ming-cheng Huang ) You may not have heard the name Ming-cheng Huang, but you must have seen his photographs which show him doing handstands in weird and dangerous places around the country. The Taiwanese 28-year-old has had photos of him taken doing handstands in places near cliffs, on rocks in the sea, on top of roofs, and even on the back of a scooter, which were all shot during his five-month round-the-island-tour which concluded a year ago. The southern Pingtung County-born dancer and stuntman is not crazy, just in case you were wondering; he was simply pursuing his dream and fulfilling his natural talent of doing a handstand, which according to him, is a born gift. “Since the age of 13, I have dreamed about standing on my head and taking pictures,” Huang said. At the age of 13, Huang ...

News TYPOSPHÄRE Current Positions of script / imagery 03. August - 09. September 2012 Venue : Galerie im Turm, Frankfurter Tor 1, 10243 Berlin Opening : Thursday, 02. August, 19.00 Greeting by Mr. Dr. jur. Wu-Lien Wei, Representative, Taipei Office in Germany Acordion - Music by Chieh-Ting Hsieh Closing : Sunday, 09. September, 17.00 Acordion - Music by Chieh-Ting Hsieh Artists : Alexander Behn (DE), Chieh-Ting Hsieh (TW), Julienne Jattiot (FR), Anne Mundo (DE), Sebastian Russek (DE), Bo-Cheng Shen (TW), tamtamART GROUP (TW), Yung-shan Tsou (TW) Dear friends, tamtamART GROUP is pleased to be a part of the exhibition : TYPOSPHÄRE - Current Positions of script / imagery, and has the pleasure to invite you to join us. Opening on Thursday, 02. August at 7pm, and the exhibition will be on view until 09. September. This exhibition is dealing with the script forms of Chinese and Latin language that are written and / or printed. Typosphere (Typosphäre) aims to act...

By Hsu Hui and Hanna Liu   (CNA)   Taipei, July 19 (CNA) The production crew of a Spanish TV (Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española) travel show said Thursday they were impressed by the convenience of life in Taiwan, especially the fact that some bookstores are open around the clock. The production crew of the popular travel show " Spaniards in the World / Españoles en el mundo " mentioned in particular Taiwan's 24-hour Eslite bookstores , according to Iker Izquierdo, w ho was the crew's tour guide for a day before its departure for Spain.

News Source 1-1: Taiwan to stage 1st same-sex Buddhist wedding By Benjamin Yeh AFP (Agence France-Presse) Wednesday, July 11th, 2012 TAIPEI—Two women plan to tie the knot next month in Taiwan’s first same-sex Buddhist wedding, as gay and lesbian groups push to make the island the first society in Asia to legalize gay marriage. Read more:  AFP on Google News Source 1-2: Premier mariage bouddhiste homosexuel à Taïwan TAIPEI — Deux Taïwanaises prévoient de se marier le mois prochain lors d'une cérémonie bouddhiste, la première à célébrer un mariage homosexuel, qui reste officiellement interdit à Taïwan, pourtant un des pays d'Asie de l'est les plus progressistes en matière de moeurs. Read more:   AFP on Google News Source 2: 「不想再隱形」 她和她佛堂披白紗 Image source: worldjournal.com 佛教徒女同志情侶美瑜、雅婷，不想再當社會的隱形人，決定結婚「讓彼此關係更完整」， 昭慧法師 慨允證婚，她們8月11日將在 弘誓佛學院 禪堂一起穿白紗完婚。 Read more: 世界新聞報 Worldjournal News Source 3: Primeiro casamento homossexual budista em ag...

Taipei, July 15 (CNA) The Taipei Fringe Festival , which kicks off Sept. 1 , will offer up to 500 performances this year to showcase the creativity of artists from Taiwan and abroad, organizers said Sunday. Focus Taiwan http://eng.taipeifringe.org/ 2012 台北艺穗节  /   2012 臺北藝穗節

News Source 1: Image source: Taiwan Balloon Festival Facebook Argophilia Travel News Published on Jul 14, 2012 by Kathryn Buford The Taiwan Balloon Fiesta , an annual summer extravaganza hosted by the island’s eastern county of Taitung, launched its 2012 celebration Friday, June 29. The 47 participating pilots will showcase 21 hot air balloons from over 13 countries for the two-month festival. Through September 2, visitors to the isle of Formosa will enjoy witnessing freestyle performances by experts from the United States, Canada, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Lithuania, Spain, Thailand, India, the Netherlands and Brazil. Various balloon models will be debuted during the 2012 Taiwan Balloon Festival and many hot air balloon artists will offer special rides to audience members. Read more: Argophilia Travel News News Source 2: Hot-air balloon festival launched in eastern Taiwan Image source: Focus Taiwan by Christie Chen Taipei, July ...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Softly-As-In-Morning-Sunrise/dp/B00490G1U0 Lyrics Softly as in a morning sunrise The light of love comes stealing Into a newborn day Flaming with all the glow of sunrise A burning kiss is sealing  The vow that all betray For the passions that thrill love Lift you high to heaven Are the passions that kill love And lead ya down to hell  Same old story... Softly as in an evening sunset The light that gave you glory Will take it all away  For the passions that thrill love And lift you high to heaven Are the passions that kill love  And lead ya into hell Same old story... Softly, softly as in an evening sunset, sunset The light that gave you glory Will take it all away “Say Richard … I don’t wanna be a drag or anything, But the title of this tune is ‘Softly’ so could we do it that way, please?” Softly, softly as in an evenin’ sunset, sunset The light that gave you glor...

Money and Power:  How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World William D. Cohan (Author) *It's also recommended as 'Read this' by Mr.Tom Keene on  Bloomberg Surveillance

http://www.amazon.com/Morgan-American-Financier-Jean-Strouse/dp/0060955899 Morgan: American Financier  Jean Strouse (Author) *It's also recommended as 'Read this' by Mr.Tom Keene on  Bloomberg Surveillance

www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Always-What-Want/dp/B0016CRWW0 The David Frost Show taped at June 16, 1969 Lyrics (M. Jagger/K. Richards)  I saw her today at the reception  A glass of wine in her hand  I knew she was gonna meet her connection  At her feet was footloose man  You can't always get what you want  You can't always get what you want  You can't always get what you want  But if you try sometimes well you might find  You get what you need  I went down to the demonstration  To get my fair share of abuse  Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration  If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse"  You can't always get what you want  You can't always get what you want  You can't always get what you want  But if you try sometimes well you just might find  You get what you need  I went down to the Chelsea drugstore  To get your ...

11 DE JULIO DE 2012 Por Redacción Regional Este jueves inicia Ciclo de Cine Taiwanés, en Pedro Juan Caballero, organizado por la Secretaría Nacional de Cultura y la Embajada de Taiwán en Paraguay, a las 18 horas, en el local de la Gobernación de esta capital departamental. Read more: abc COLOR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUd-tptcf1k Taipei, July 10 (CNA) The Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) launched the country's first lunchboxes bearing carbon labeling Tuesday to raise public awareness about greenhouse gas emissions created by consumer products. Focus Taiwan 便當碳足跡 台鐵標示跑第一

http://www.amazon.com/Cronkite-Douglas-Brinkley/dp/B00BJXZP5W Cronkite Douglas Brinkley (Author) *It's also recommended as 'Read this' by Mr.Tom Keene on  Bloomberg Surveillance

(AP -  Der taiwanische Fotograf Tou Chih-kang hängt Bilder von eingeschläferten Hunden auf - seit etwa zwei Jahren dokumentiert der 37-Jährige das Schicksal der Tiere im Tierheim der Stadt Taoyuan.) Mehr Fotos Aus ihren Blicken spricht Mut, Stolz, Gelassenheit, Zuneigung: Ein Künstler aus Taiwan fotografiert Hunde kurz vor der Einschläferung. Die Fotos sollen auf das Leid der Tiere aufmerksam machen - und zeigen, wie wenig deren Leben manchen Besitzern gilt. Mehr lesen: Spiegel 拍流浪狗「遺照」台攝影師喚關注 (2012年07月09日) 台灣攝影藝術家杜志剛為了讓大眾關注愛護動物，過去2年在桃園動物收容所，為即將接受安樂死的狗隻拍攝「遺照」(圖)，至今累積逾4萬張照片。而名為「生殤相：流浪狗安樂死日最終肖像」的作品，曾在台灣和美國展出。他的義舉引起當地關注，美聯社日前為他製作專題報道。 完整報導: am730