manhole (III)

while on the topic of menholes, i saw this one in Jinshan (金山) on taiwan's northern coast
the central motif are the double "candlestick holders", an eroded coastal feature of which the town is proud
the other 4 (top left then clockwise)
hot springs,
sweet potatoes,
duck (the town does roaring busineess in duck meat)
and fish

camera honestly taken

here's a rare(?) and touching sign of honesty from a photo viewpoint on the north coast.

the note says:

Girl in red dress,

you left your CyberShot camera here.

We were afraid someone else would take it,

so we are looking after it for you.

Please get in touch,

Mr. Tsai tel 09xx xxx xxx

4:30pm May 29, 2009

fish of the day

child's toys scattered on Wanli "Sunset" Beach

not my dog (III)

friendly dog on Wanli "Sunset" Beach

NEW fish of the day

the Liberty Times: 我發現新種魚 巨體無線鰨
("I discovered a new fish: the giant-bodied stripeless sole")

[apologies for the English name, it doesn't seem to have one yet,
maybe the Taipei Times will have one for us tomorrow]

has a story about taiwanese ph.d. student Li Mao-ying who has discovered a new species of fish:

photo by Li Mao-ying (李茂熒)

apparently it had been found before, but not distinguished from its smaller, stripy relative

it's a flatfish, a member of the sole family, and lives in chilly waters around 450-700m down

rape is rape... but this is special

China Post: Man sues NYC, police for US$220 mil. for sodomy

A New York City man who says police beat and sodomized him on a subway station platform sued the city, the police department and the accused officers for US$220 million on Thursday for civil rights violations.
Three New York City police officers pleaded innocent in December to criminal charges that one of them sodomized Michael Mineo on Oct. 15 with a police baton on a subway platform and two others helped cover up the crime. “When you distill it, it was a male on male rape,” Kevin Mosley, a lawyer for Mineo, said on Thursday.

exactly, and why is that worth more than male on female?

taiwanese psychologically in bed with oppressor

nice interview with a pshychiatrist who reckons taiwanese have Stockholm syndrome:

taipei times: Taiwanese have Stockholm syndrome: psychiatrist

A majority of Taiwanese continue to suffer psychologically by sympathizing with their former captors, said a Taiwanese-American psychiatrist, who urged them to shake off their condition by recognizing their own worth and value.
...The KMT belief system is gaining strength, he said, principally through the use of language.
“Expressions such as ‘cross-strait,’ ‘mainland tourists’ and ‘mainland investment’ send the message that the relationship between Taiwan and China is one between a district and a country rather than two separate countries,” he said.
When the relationship between Canada and the US is described, no one says “this side of the Niagara Falls and that side of the Niagara Falls,” he said.