Longfellow scores $21.9M loan to fund former GSK building revamp

Edit Business Journal 07 Jul 2016
A venture associated with Longfellow Real Estate Partners has scored a $21.9 million loan to fund improvements intended to transform a former GlaxoSmithKline laboratory in Durham into a innovation space. Dubbed the Durham Venture Center, the vacant 138,337-square-foot building is located on 14.25 acres on Emperor Boulevard. Longfellow leasing director Neill Sherron says it’s ready to lease ... ....

Beautiful disorder' inspires Chinese artists in UK show

Edit China Daily 07 Jul 2016
French Jesuit missionary and painter Jean Denis Attiret went to China in 1737 and became a court painter of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) ... The huge works are merged into a picturesque environment of England's countryside ... The exhibition runs through Nov 6. Related. ... ....

Looking into the Abyss

Edit Indian Express 07 Jul 2016
Siddhartha Mukherjee. On Tuesday, the Stein Auditorium at the India Habitat Centre, Delhi, was filled to capacity at the launch of Siddhartha Mukherjee’s second book, The Gene. An Intimate History. “This book actually began even before The Emperor Of All Maladies (which won him the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction). So I call it a prequel to the sequel, much like Star Wars ... Hence the name. an intimate history,” said Mukherjee ... ....

Free heritage day launches Festival of Archaeology (Leicester City Council)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jul 2016
(Source. Leicester City Council). Published on 07 July 2016. ROMAN legionnaires, Viking warriors, medieval knights and Civil War soldiers will be brought to life by re-enactors at a free heritage day this weekend ... There will also be a talk on Emperor Hadrian at the museum on Sunday 24 July, and grand tours of the Roman bath house daily from 17-31 July ... (ends) ... (noodl. 34440908) ....

Japan: Teacher who sat for anthem deserved pay cut rules court

Edit Indian Express 07 Jul 2016
Osaka District Court presiding judge Hiroyuki Naito yesterday turned down Hiroko Shimizu’s demand. A school was right to cut the pay of a teacher who refused to stand for the national anthem, a Japanese court has ruled ... Share This Article ... Critics say the song, a paean to the emperor, amounts to a call to self-sacrifice on his behalf and celebrates past militarism in which soldiers went to war in their ruler’s name ... ....

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Holds Event Presenting Shaanxi Province (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jul 2016
(Source. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China) ... Shaanxi Engaging the World' ... As President Xi Jinping said, 'Shaanxi is the psychological identity of Chinese culture and Chinese revolution as well as the natural identity of Chinese geography.' If you want to know the origin of China, you can go and see the Mausoleum of Yellow Emperor and the Terra-cotta Warriors of Qin Shi Huang ... (noodl. 34433463) ....

Tim Timrud, a Marine bigger than life, dies as a patriot on Fourth of July

Edit Naples Daily News 07 Jul 2016
Tim Timrud did it all. Born to missionary parents in rural India, Timrud fought with the Marines on Iwo Jima, survived an assassination attempt in Vietnam, and met the emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. "A lot of people feel like their fathers are bigger than life," said Tim's son, Bill Timrud. "It seemed like everyone felt that about him. He was bigger than life.". Tim Timrud passed away from congestive heart failure on July Fourth ... ....

Ambassador Liu Xiaoming gives interview to Reuters on the South China Sea

Edit China Daily 07 Jul 2016
The article is entitled "Ahead of key court ruling, Beijing in propaganda overdrive". The following is the transcript of the interview ... But the Emperor realized it was a very humiliating mission, and that since there were many ministers in China from many countries, from Britain, France, Italy, and many other European countries, he decided to turn this minister with one mission of apology to a resident minister in order to save face ... ....

Monthly Return of Equity Issuer on Movements in Securities for the Month ended 30 June 2016 (Emperor Entertainment Hotel Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jul 2016
(Source. Emperor Entertainment Hotel Ltd) APPENDIX 8A Monthly Return of Equity Issuer on Movements in Securities. For the month ended (dd/mm/yyyy) .. 30/06/2016. To . Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. Name of Issuer. Emperor Entertainment Hotel Limited. Date Submitted. 06/07/2016. Movements in Authorised Share Capital. Ordinary Shares. Stock code . 296 Description . Ordinary Shares. No. of ordinary shares ... N/A ... Emperor Entertainment Hotel Ltd....

This Sonic lolly cosplay is disturbing and wonderful

Edit Digital Spy 06 Jul 2016
Remember the Sonic ice lolly that looked like the famous hedgehog had suffered an Emperor Palpatine-style mishap? Some genius just went and cosplayed the crap out of it.  For reference, here's what ......

Market Movers: Brig being backed

Edit Sporting Life 06 Jul 2016
Today's Racing Market Movers.. Catterick. 2.50 - Stetchworth Park - evens from 6/4. 3.50 - Galesburg - 3/1 from 5/1. 4.20 - Dew Pond - 15/8 from 7/2. Yarmouth. 3.40 - Rowlestonerendezvu - 5/2 from 13/2 ... Bath ... Kempton ... 6.45 - Zain Emperor - 9/2 from 13/2 ... Lingfield ... ....

33 Major ‘Marco Polo’ Characters, Ranked (Photos)

Edit The Wrap 06 Jul 2016
There are several spoilers for season 2 of “Marco Polo” in this list. There are so many characters on “Marco Polo” — some bad, some good, most just kind of in the middle of the spectrum. Everyone wants to know, however, which one is the best ... 33. Maffeo Polo ... 32 ... Boy Emperor ... ....

Lord Jagannath's Ratha Yatra: Where king turns sweeper

Edit Deccan Herald 06 Jul 2016
The Gajapati king of Puri Divya Singha Deva today performed "Chhera Pahanra", a ritual of sweeping the chariots before they were pulled by scores of devotees of Lord Jagannath ... "The emperors of Orissa, beginning with the valiant Anantvarman Chodagangadeva in the 12th century, had declared themselves to be the "Rauta" (servant) of Lord Jagannath and ruled the land as His representative," the records said ... ....
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