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Taipei (/ˌtaɪˈpeɪ/, literally means "North of Tai(wan)"), officially known as Taipei City (Chinese: 臺北市 or 台北市; pinyin: Táiběi Shì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Chhī), is the capital city and a special municipality of Taiwan. Sitting at the northern tip of Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City. It is about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city Keelung. The city is mostly located on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed bounded by the two relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.
The city proper is home to an estimated population of 2,693,672 in 2009, forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 6,900,273, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world. The name "Taipei" can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or the city proper.
Taipei is the political, economic, educational, and cultural center of Taiwan, and one of the major hubs of the Chinese-speaking world. Considered to be a global city, Taipei is part of a major high-tech industrial area.Railways, high-speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports – Taipei Songshan and Taiwan Taoyuan. Taipei is home to various world-famous architectural or cultural landmarks which include Taipei 101, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Dalongdong Baoan Temple, Hsing Tian Kong, Mengjia Longshan Temple, National Palace Museum, Presidential Office Building, Taipei Guest House, Ximending, and several night markets dispersing over the city. Its natural features such as Maokong, Yangmingshan, and hot springs are also well known to international visitors.
Taipei is a 2013 novel by Tao Lin. It is his third novel, his first book in three years, and his seventh book overall.
On August 15, 2011, The New York Observer reported that Lin had sold his third novel, then titled Taipei, Taiwan, to Vintage. Lin's agent, Bill Clegg, brokered the deal with editor Tim O'Connell based on "a 5000-word excerpt and a ~3-page outline", for "$50,000 with a $10,000 bonus if it earns out its advance." Lin reportedly chose Vintage after meeting with four other editors, including those at Little, Brown and Harper Perennial. Earlier that morning the Wall Street Journal broke the news and briefly interviewed Lin on his decision. Lin said, "Vintage/Knopf publishes most of my favorite writers: Lorrie Moore, Ann Beattie, Bret Easton Ellis."
On February 1, 2013, Entertainment Weekly debuted the cover. The article also included an interview with Lin, who said, of the autobiographical nature of the book:
The article did not comment on the cover, except to say that it was "shiny." Thought Catalog, in an article titled "The Cover For Tao Lin's New Novel Looks Sweet," wondered how it would appear: "The version online is a shiny gif. It will be interesting to see what the cover looks like on a physical copy." Apparently no critics recognized the gif cover as an apparent homage to the underground, avant-garde writer Bradley J. Milton, whose 'Huckleberry Milton' came out two years before.
Mahjong solitaire is a solitaire matching game that uses a set of mahjong tiles rather than cards. It is also known as Shanghai solitaire, electronic or computerized mahjong, solitaire mahjong and erroneously as mahjong. The tiles come from the four-player game known as mahjong.
The 144 tiles are arranged in a special four-layer pattern with their faces upwards. A tile is said to be open or exposed if it can be moved either left or right without disturbing other tiles. The goal is to match open pairs of identical tiles and remove them from the board, exposing the tiles under them for play. The game is finished when all pairs of tiles have been removed from the board or when there are no exposed pairs remaining.
Tiles that are below other tiles cannot be seen. But by repeated undos and/or restarts which some programs offer, one gradually gets more and more information. Sometimes, tiles are only partially covered by other tiles, and the extent to which such tiles can be distinguished depends on the actual tile set. Playing Mahjong solitaire optimally in the sense to maximize the probability of removing all tiles is PSPACE-complete, and the game gets NP-complete when peeking below tiles is allowed. A sample of 10,000,000 games with the default layout, 'the turtle' (see right), which were analyzed in about 40 hours on a single processor thread, revealed that between 2.95 and 2.96 percent of the turtles cannot be solved even if peeking is allowed.
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"How do you find a gym while traveling"???... I'll show you! Join me on my journey to find a gym in Taipei, Taiwan.
The fitness industry is booming in Taiwan since the pandemic. All over the country, new gyms are sprouting up in droves. Official figures show there were more than 900 gyms nationwide in February, an 80% increase since four years ago. And it’s a boon for real estate, as gyms require lots of commercial space. But trends vary across the country. In smaller cities, the demand for fitness centers has seen the number of gyms more than double, while in Taipei, rents are so high that opening a gym on the first floor isn’t so viable. Get in the correct position, press with the feet, and voila – the barbell lifts off the ground. Not just once, but twice. This gym of just 20 or 30 ping is located on the first floor of a residential apartment building. The people who live here can pop down for a qui...
A visit and review to Soulfit gym in Taipei. Great for foreigners and people who are looking for a nice gym to workout at without the monthly or annual contract. https://www.facebook.com/soulfit.taiwan/
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Taiwan earthquake: Video shows people flee as gym collapses during earthquake A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks. One person died and nine people had minor injuries, Taiwan's Emergency Operations Center said. The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island's southeastern coast. Later, a 6.4 quake struck the same area. More: https://www.khou.com/article/news/nation-world/taiwan-earthquake/507-df3c7cc7-8eeb-49d5-8521-2c915987e47e Subscribe to the KHOU 11 News YouTube Channel | https://bit.ly/2GCgSZ0 KHOU Stands for Houston is our brand promise to celebrate e...
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Taipei (/ˌtaɪˈpeɪ/, literally means "North of Tai(wan)"), officially known as Taipei City (Chinese: 臺北市 or 台北市; pinyin: Táiběi Shì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Chhī), is the capital city and a special municipality of Taiwan. Sitting at the northern tip of Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City. It is about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city Keelung. The city is mostly located on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed bounded by the two relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.
The city proper is home to an estimated population of 2,693,672 in 2009, forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 6,900,273, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world. The name "Taipei" can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or the city proper.
Taipei is the political, economic, educational, and cultural center of Taiwan, and one of the major hubs of the Chinese-speaking world. Considered to be a global city, Taipei is part of a major high-tech industrial area.Railways, high-speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports – Taipei Songshan and Taiwan Taoyuan. Taipei is home to various world-famous architectural or cultural landmarks which include Taipei 101, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Dalongdong Baoan Temple, Hsing Tian Kong, Mengjia Longshan Temple, National Palace Museum, Presidential Office Building, Taipei Guest House, Ximending, and several night markets dispersing over the city. Its natural features such as Maokong, Yangmingshan, and hot springs are also well known to international visitors.
[BA]
AK's, Tec 9's, Mac 11's, 40 Cal's
Got beef you can drop in it
Funk all day and night wit it
County lock up cell fight's ill put a knife in it
Can't stop I ain't right wit it
Can they throw the 'zine shots and the price on that man fitted
It's a long walk in San Quentin
In the Chev six shocka
Wit knock in the back of it
Walnut and I'm a factor bitch
Throw yo hood in the air if yo block got crack in it
Cutthoatish I ain't got no feelin's
Heart colder than the first day of December
Makin' 'em wimper
Breakin' a hutch
On her heals cuz my hands still shaped like cups
From dawn to dusk, dusk to dawn
Shootin' craps, smokin' weed like Cheech and Chong
[Chorus: Keak Da Sneak]
Sebrany, Walnut, 98th, Brookfield
800 block, 70's, Seminary to the Ville
Habeas Court, Dirty 30's, Murder Dubs, Foothill
McArthur, Bancroft, E-1-4, the Hills
How you like this town shit? (Now where my niggaz on the block?)
How you like this town shit? (Where my bitches on the track?)
How you like this town shit? (We gon' bring this town shit back)
How you like this town shit? (Now where my niggaz on the block?)
How you like this town shit? (Where my bitches on the track?)
How you like this town shit? (We gon' bring this town shit back)
[Keak Da Sneak]
Came from Favor Street hit well
Cuz Big Hugh and Wendell got the purp-el
Bitch in the car thick from Stockton
I told her “Turn the party out”
Cuz me no cock blockin'
Beat knockin' got my weed in seven tre
Make the right on Bancroft
The town crank everyday
I'm in the east ridin' and smokin'
I'm my scraper makin' paper
There's no place like Oakland
Just livin' in the city is a serious task
So I gas, break, dip and gas [eeeeeeeer]
We like to swing 'em in the land of the sideshow
Work and pistol in the car we don't ride slow
We take the po-po on one
Get away, hit the studio, another song done
Don't stop man just don't quit
I write my verses in the bathroom so I know they the shit
[Chorus]
[BA]
I'm in that glass house candy green
Zabco knockin' my 4 15's
Blowin' on trees, strickin' a Pablo
Wit H-O-E's man I don't wife 'em
I smoke light wit 'em
Remy in my cup
Off a half a pill thizzin' man I ain't drunk
What she feedin' that rump shaker? (excuse me miss)
Just some ham, hogs, pork chops, rice, and grits
And your lips poke out just right for dick
Wit your legs open lookin' like TV antennas
G-strings in her, Capri's cut low
Tattoo's on the titties man you ain't knowin'
Where they at in Oakland?
Doin' it live
Castlemont, Skyline, Freemont High
Mack house, Tech doin' the big 'ol high
East Bay stunnas man we ain't hidin'
[Chorus]