There were also 'golden' gapers, gapers with a crown and gapers with a monkey on the shoulder. In Holland chemist were often young women, however, there have been very few gaper heads discovered that depict a female. The gaper referring to illness or a sick patient commonly wore a hat with a hanging point with a tassel or pom- pom attached to it. Some gapers were depicted in uniform, as a fire brigade, police or a Roman soldier.
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Historical images show that the cap with a hanging point and tassel, similar to some hats depicted on gapers, was regularly worn by the 16th-century pharmacists.
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However, there still isn't much solid evidence as to why certain types of gapers were depicted and why the gaper became the figurehead of pharmacists drug supply.
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Redeye gapers are known to be able to survive the temperature and pressure changes from being brought to the surface.Wyanski, D. (Aug. 17, 2003). "Investigating the Charleston Bump: 2003 Mission Summary".
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Gapers Block (Gapers Block Media, LLC) was a Chicago-centric web publication focused on covering Chicago culture under the tag line: "Slow down and check out Chicago". The site, gapersblock.com, lists local events, aggregates other Chicago blogs and news of local interest and features many topical blogs: A/C (arts and culture), Drive-Thru (food related), Transmission (local music), Mechanics (state and local politics), Tailgate (sports coverage), and Book Club (book club and literary scene coverage).
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Conceived in 2003 by Andrew Huff and Naz Hamid, the stuck-in-traffic themed section names, such as Merge (blog, links aggregation), Slowdown (calendar event listings), and Rearview (noteworthy local photos), are inspired by the Chicago-coined term, "gapers' block", a synonym (with "gapers' delay") for rubbernecking. The site was the first city blog in Chicago and one of the earliest examples of the genre; Gothamist and the Metroblogging network were also founded in 2003. The site is written by volunteers from various backgrounds and professions, with content organized into topical sections, including arts & culture, literature, food, music, politics, and sports.Gapers Block - Chicago news, reviews & commentary In 2010, the cookbook The Everything Cast Iron Cookbook was published, based in large part on author Cinnamon Cooper's "One Good Meal" column on Gapers Block.
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Maggio, Alice, Punkin' Donuts and the Battle of Belmont, Gapers Block website, Chicago. The formerly fortified site on the Kentucky side has been designated as the Columbus- Belmont State Park, commemorating the Confederate victory.
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The Haarlem chemist Anton van Os (1889-1982), for example, gathered at least 50 gapers from all over the country from the 1930s until his death. Now about 120 copies from before 1925 have been retained.
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Huff, Andrew (August 27, 2012). "Neon Green Relish: A Taste Test", Gapers Block. Retrieved July 19, 2016. The unique color of the relish, often referred to as "neon green", is created by adding blue dye to regular pickle relish.
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The street was named in memory of the Battle of Belmont during the American Civil War that was fought on November 7, 1861, in Mississippi County, Missouri.Maggio, Alice, Punkin' Donuts and the Battle of Belmont, Gapers Block website, Chicago.
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"The LYFE Story: A Conversation with Nate Cooper & Jeremy Bringardner", "Gapers Block", 13 October 2014. LYFE uses all grass-fed beef, free-range chicken, and sustainable raised seafood and claims to source its ingredients locally whenever possible.Berry, Donna. "LYFE Kitchen exemplifies mindful dining", "Food Business News" 18 November 2014.
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The 'Moor' is a word initially referring to those originating from Northwest Africa. Gapers with dark brown or black skin were used to represent the moors. The common oriental gaper often wore a turban with gold earrings. The turban confirmed an exotic origin that suggested the potency of Eastern medicine to customers.
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Some gapers disappeared during the second world war. The gaper that was hanging on Lange Delft in Middelburg was lost in 1940 during a bombing. Made in 1693, it was the oldest preserved gaper in the Netherlands. The gaper on the corner of Gasthuisstraat in Gorinchem disappeared one morning during the war.
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The reasoning for theft and associating the gaper with jokes are also unclear. There is speculation that the disappearance of the gaper figureheads is caused by the weather. The gapers are hung outside storefronts and exposed to rain for long periods of time. This has caused many wooden gaper figureheads to rot or split.
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Their individual designs are claimed to be specific to the specialties of the drugstore. The oriental gapers are categorized between two identities: the muzelman and the moor. The 'Muzelman' is an old word for Muslim, which often refers to those living in the northwestern parts of Africa. A gaper with olive colored skin was considered to depict the muzelman.
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Recently, gaper figureheads have been stolen from storefronts. However, some have been later returned to new locations throughout the Netherlands. The gaper on the facade of Wijde Heisteeg 4 was stolen and delivered back in 2004 on the sidewalk outside the Municipal Archive on the Amsteldijk. There are stories of gapers being vandalized and used for jokes.
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Nilay Patel is an American editor and journalist best known for his work at technology news websites Engadget and The Verge. Patel had his first blogging gig at Gapers Block, a Chicago-centric blog. He was offered a full-time job at Engadget in 2008. After serving at Engadget, he left in 2011 and went on to work for The Verge.
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This is clearly visible with some preserved figureheads in museum archives. The decaying or splitting causes the gaper to fall completely apart over time. Some gapers were protected with a layer of lead-mix and flaxseed oil over the paint. Others received a lead plate on top of their hats so the rain did not end up directly on the wood.
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The Illustrated Guide to Extended Massive Orgasm is a 2002 sex manual by Steve Bodansky and Vera Bodansky.The Joylessness of Sex Books Gapers Block The book illustrates different stimulation techniques to increase pleasure during sexual intercourse.FOXSexpert: 10 Steps to Extended Massive Orgasm FOXNews.com Steve and Vera Bodansky are researchers of pleasure, and authors of multiple books on Extended Massive Orgasm.
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Pharmacists were required to have a diploma, if not, then they were no longer considered a chemist. This caused the drug stores to change their appearance. The pharmacy displayed the mortar as a symbol for the ability to prepare medicines, while the druggists continued to use the gaper as a symbol. This caused a large decline in the numbers of gapers left in the cities.
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Enrollment grew, and in 1999, Mayor Richard M. Daley helped the school become affiliated with City Colleges of Chicago and the school moved into a state-of-the-art facility in the City Colleges building at 226 West Jackson Boulevard. The affiliation with City Colleges allowed the school to provide financial aid to students.Andie Thomalla, “Chicago’s French Pastry School: Redefining Vocational Education,” Gapers Block, July 9, 2010.
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Alice Maggio, "Lakefront Totem Pole Contains Many Tales", Gapers Block, 29 July 2006, accessed 19 May 2015 It was installed at the waterfront of Lake Michigan. After decades in the public park, the pole had suffered weather deterioration and vandalism. With new appreciation for its historic and cultural value, the original pole was sent to the museum in British Columbia for preservation and study. Kwanusila is installed at the lakeside park.
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The monument is known locally as "De Drie Gapers". The middle of the three passages was made on the sea side. The monument has an important architectural part that roughly consists of a voluminous upright column, with two horizontal bases on the left and right. This gives a form of a kind of double L monogram (two L's turned away from each other), the monogram that Leopold II often used.
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Turkish fashion, Japonerie, and Chinoiserie are said to be a source of inspiration for creating the gapers. The origin of the gaper, mostly Southern or exotic, symbolizes the origin of the ingredients used in the drugstore's medicines. During the 17th century, Western European trade with continents such as Asia and Africa introduced new spices from far and unknown places. Many exotic medicine components entered Europe through trade with the Ottoman Empire.
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Both have oval and chalky-white or yellow shells with patches of brown periostracum (leather-like skin) on the shell. These clams are also commonly called "gapers" because their shells are flared around the siphon and do not completely close, rather like geoduck clams. Like geoducks, they are unable to completely retract the siphon within the shell, though less extremely, as the siphon on Tresus species is not as large.
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In the French era (1795-1813) there was a push towards a national policy on medicine sales. The gapers in uniform were introduced during the second half of the 19th century after the government extended authority on the sale of medicines. The gaper had several identities that suggest background information or a story to the onlooker. The gaper as a jester would "reference to the helper of the traveling person or quack".
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This species attains a maximum of 30.5 cm total length. Redeye gapers are sedentary ambush predators that spend most of their time resting on the sea floor on their pectoral and pelvic fins, moving only to capture prey or avoid predators. They attract prey to them using their movable esca. If threatened, they raise themselves up on their pelvic fins and rapidly take in water to increase the size of their bodies.
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Stephen Christopher Trachsel (born October 31, 1970) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher with the Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles between 1993 and 2008. He batted and threw right-handed.Webber, Jeff; Gozdecki, Steve & Gillies, Steve "Return of the Human Rain Delay + Five Reasons to Keep Following the Sox Down the Stretch + Another Dose of Reality and a Game You Have to See," Gapers Block (Sept. 4, 2007).
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The book combines sections compiling family mementos and snapshots, catalogued personal artifacts, and photos taken by Alamo-Costello; it was described as straddling the genres of fine arts monograph and personal visual tribute documenting a century of everyday life. His second book, The Globe (2010), also took on a personal subject: football (soccer) fan support at The Globe, a pub in Chicago’s Northcenter neighborhood that Alamo-Costello frequented and documented over five years.Garcia, Martin. "The Globe: A Photobook of Soccer Fandom," Gapers Block, May 10, 2010.
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The play was reviewed by the Chicago Tribune,Chicago Reader,Windy City Times, Gapers Block,Stage and Cinema, LA Splash Magazine, and The Independent. In 2015, he produced the film Chat Room, directed by Emily Bennett. That year also saw the re-release of 1993's debut album from his pop band, OO OO WA, entitled Screen Kiss, as well as a release by Trouble Press of a collection of 31 fiction and non-fiction pieces, entitled Twin Cinema. In 2017, Battery Filmtext of LA began publishing a multi-volume series highlighting Callahan's exploitation screenplays.
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As a symbol for the jester or help, the gaper would perform silly acts outside the store or in privacy to entertain customers and bring in more business. The Oriental dressed gaper possibly refers to the use of ingredients such as aloe vera, opium and gum arabic in medicines. It would "reference to the origin of the opium that is in the store sold in the form of sleeping dumplings." It is difficult to say if all the different types of gapers have been around since the beginning.
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Since 1988, New City Magazine has covered the visual arts in Chicago, joined in the 1990s by Lumpen Magazine.. Gapers Block, a Chicago- focused web publication established in 2003, added coverage with their arts and culture section. They were soon followed by Paul Klein's Art Letter in 2004 and the Bad At Sports podcast and blog in 2005. In 2008, print-based Proximity Magazine was established, joined by two more print publications, Jettison Quarterly, and The School of the Art Institute's F News Magazine in 2009. Also in 2009, Chicago Art Magazine broke off of Art Talk Chicago, part of the Chicago Tribune-sponsored blog network, to start their own independent online platform.
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Gaper on the front of "", a pharmacy in Haarlem Gaper in Zuiderzeemuseum A gaper (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣaːpər]) is a stone or wooden figurehead, often depicting a Moor, Muslim, or North African. The figurehead first appeared in the late 16th century as a hangout sign used outside the storefronts of drug stores in the Netherlands. The literal translation of "gaper" would be yawner; the figurehead is always displayed with an open mouth, sometimes with a pill resting on his tongue. The gapers gaping tongue could represent the intake of medicine and grimace represents the bitter taste of the medicine. The gaper takes on various appearances that are symbolic of the origin for the pharmacist’s practice or medicinal ingredients. There are stories of the gaper as a symbol of the pharmacist’s traveling "quack" or helper.
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