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HONG KONG AP ?Cheng Pei-pei, a Chinese-born martial arts film actor who starred in Ang Lees Crouching stanley cup Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has died, her family announced Friday. She was 78.Cheng, who had been diagnosed with a rare illness with symptoms similar to Parkinsons disease, passed away Wednesday at home surrounded by her loved ones, her family wrote on Facebook. They said current medical treatment could not slow the progression of the disease, called neurodegenerative atypical parkinsonism syndrome, and that she had donated her brain for medical research. Our mom wanted to be remembered by how she was: the legendary Queen of Martial Arts 8230; a versatile, award-winning actress whose film and television career spanned over six decades, not only in Asia but internationally as well, they said.Cheng loved being an actor and knew how fortunate she was to have the career she had, they said.The entertainment publication Variety reported that she died in the San Francisco Bay Area.The Shanghai-born film star became a household name in Hong Kong, once dubbed the Hollywood of the Far East, for her performances in martial arts movies in the 1960s. One of her most fam stanley deutschland ous films was Come Drink with Me, directed by King Hu and released in 1966.She play stanley romania ed Jade Fox, who uses poisoned needles, in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which also starred famed Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat and Oscar-winning Michelle Yeoh. The movie, released in 2000, grossed $128.1 million in North A Tbfe Turkey says it backs outgoing Dutch prime minister Rutte s candidacy for NATO chief
ASHLAND, Maine ?The loss of the Fraser mill is being cited as the biggest reason for the municipality seeing a 3 mill increase in the property tax rate this year, according to Town Manager Ralph Dwye stanley polska r. The school budget was up 2.71 mills due to education; the municipality ?including overlay funds ?resulted in a .14 mil increase; and the county portion equals .15 mills, said Dwyer. Ashlands property tax rate is $23.25 per $1,000 in valuation.Dwyer said the final municipal budget for 2013 came to $2,435,245, up slightly from 2012s figure of $2,272,754. He said a shift in the tax burden due to Frasers closing the Ashla stanley thermobecher nd mill resulted in a loss of $6.9 million in tax valuation, due to the sale of the Fraser mill and revaluation of the property. The town manager said unlike many communities hit hard by the states cutting revenue sharing funds, Ashland had some carryover from last year. Funds from last years revenue sharing carried over; that helped a bit, he said. Unlike other towns we didnt see a significant drop in revenue sharing, especially with the carryover. Dwyer said town officials kept the budget tight, passing the municipal portion last stanley quencher spring, then later passing the school budget without knowing what the states budget would be. We knew the schools a while back. We were just waiting on the states budget. When the state figure was in, it resulted in significant revenue sharing and excise tax losses for us, he said.Dwyer said due to Frasers departure from the
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