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Funny, I have been reenacting for about 7 years now-seems like just yesterday (oh crap, I'm starting to sound like Ole or Johan-) . I was one of the younger reenactors in the artillery unit I participate with (I do both artillery and infantry, more artillery lately), and am currently a sergeant in that unit. There are 2 sergeants in my unit, and stemming from that the fellas drew the "Platoon" camparison-guess who the guys think of as Barnes LOL. My LP duties have really cut into my reenacting time starting last season, and the future looks like that pattern will hold. In my time reenacting, however, I have had the pleasure of meeting many outstanding individuals with a commitment to history exceeded by none. Having said that, it has also been my great misfortune to be at events with the less savory sort wearing both the blue and the gray. Whether it be in the form of racists or w/e, there are those reenactors who I hate to be even so indirectly associated with-but there it is. I must point out, though,that anytime you get such a large group of people together it is to be expected. Reenactors are no different as a group than any other large group, and it is impossible not to have a few bad apples in such a large barrel. You just have to try to keep the actions of the few from ruining that of the many. |


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Thirteen students from Catawba College's School of Evening and Graduate Studies were commissioned as Junior Marshals in an April 19 ceremony held in Tom Smith Auditorium. College Provost, Dr. Jesse McCartney commissioned the Junior Marshals, assisted by Dean of the School of Evening and Graduate Studies, Dr. Edith Bolick, and College Marshal, Professor David Pulliam. Read more »
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June 1, 2005
AOPA Pilot staff
Flying over early summer's lush green hills and valleys and viewing the world from our aerial perch, we may feel insulated from the vagaries of the stock market, the status of the federal budget deficit, the whims of the aviation security agencies, and the health of the general aviation industry. But we're not. Truth be told those influences and more impact our flying in innumerable ways.
If the stock market sneezes (and you'd think it has allergies these days) every manufacturer expects the worst. Several general aviation manufacturers have teetered on the brink of bankruptcy because of economic uncertainties. Numerous seemingly viable models have been left orphans because investors were uncertain the market would rebound. Yet other manufacturers can't build enough airplanes, can't find enough employees, and can't pump out new models fast enough to meet demand — frustrating customers.
Some say the FAA is bloated with capacity and old technology. Yet manufacturers attempting to certify airplanes can't seem to get assistance when they need it because of supposed understaffing. Members of Congress and staff at the FAA seem to be suggesting that user fees might just be the solution. AOPA and others believe there are better ways to solve funding issues. Airports, the lifeblood of aviation, are under fire everywhere.
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To find out, we sent our experienced team of editors out to get answers to some of these questions and more. Through dozens of interviews with executives at general aviation companies, members of Congress, the FAA administrator, and pilots everywhere, we attempt to bring some sense to what's happening around us. We hope you find this special report interesting and useful as you contemplate your place in this fragile community we call general aviation. — Thomas B. Haines
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Acclaimed children's nonfiction author a hit at Evelyn M. Finnegan Lecture Series
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
From the time of his first book about animals — crafted by hand when he was a small boy ("I like how the graph paper suggested a turtle as the cover animal.") — award-winning author and illustrator Steve Jenkins has been drawn by nature. And Jenkins has returned the favor by capturing the natural world — mainly its beasts, birds and fish, past and present — with elaborate paper cut-outs in an expansive oeuvre ranging from "Animals Upside Down" to "Life on Earth" to "Duck's Breath and Mouse Pie: A Collection of Animal Superstitions."
"It wasn't clear this was a children's book," Jenkins said of the latter, showing a slide of the page that advised hanging a beetle around an ailing person's neck. As the first of many laughs of the evening subsided, the dry and soft-spoken author continued, "Most of the superstitions had to do with warding off fatal illnesses."
But children are entranced to the messy and the macabre and, unlike many adults, who Jenkins said "tend to absorb facts passively," have a more dynamic hunger to learn. And, despite their age and inexperience, children have the ability to understand bedrock scientific concepts like plate tectonics, heliocentrism and evolution.
"Evolution can be grasped by an engaged second-grader," Jenkins said, explaining why his books are focused on science. As the son of a physicist, he said he respects that "Science progresses by being wrong," as theories are continually tested and replaced by better theories.
Jenkins spoke to about 180 people Nov. 21 at Marran Theater as the headliner of this year's Evelyn M. Finnegan Children's Literature Lecture Series, named after an acclaimed children's-book author and 1948 graduate of Lesley. This lecture series is funded by the University's outstanding children's literature collection's permanent endowment, in conjunction with Sherrill Library at Lesley and Lesley's Graduate School of Education's Language and Literacy Division.
Jenkins has written and illustrated 30 children's books and is collaborating with his wife, author and graphic designer Robin Page, on a book called "Creature Features" about why animals possess the facial feature they do. He met his wife while he worked in graphic design, but once his children were born, decided to commit to writing children's non-fiction. The genre at once gave him the chance to appreciate his own kids' vantage point while venerating the spirit of scientific inquiry.
"Change has come about because old ways of thinking weren't simply accepted," he said, drawing a parallel with children's tendency to test, push limits and experiment. In the best of circumstances, that trait leads to successful students who can become world changers.
In her introduction of Jenkins, Dr. Erika Thulin Dawes called the author a "kindred spirit to our mission here at Lesley University" and applauded the author for inspiring his readers' own creativity, as well as improving their literacy by increasing their knowledge of the world around them.
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What do you get when you combine 10-pounds of gummi bears, a love for oldschool video games, and waaaaaay too much free time on your hands? A chubby kid playing Nintendo for 8-hours straight. This video. Or -- OR -- a Mario costume made entirely out of gummi bears. Just lick 'em and stick 'em! A few more on the privates though -- your Toadstool's still peepin'. "I know." Hey, as long as you're cool with me staring. And by staring I mean letting my dog off his leash -- he f***in' loves candy. And penises. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Sick him, Skittles!
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University professor Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics, has died at age 78.
University spokesman Steve Hinnefeld said Ostrom died from cancer Tuesday morning at a Bloomington hospital.
Hinnefeld says the school was informed of Ostrom's death by her longtime friend and IU colleague, Michael McGinnis, a professor of political science.
Ostrom shared the 2009 Nobel Prize for economics with Oliver Williamson from the University of California, Berkeley. Both researchers were honored for analyzing the rules by which people exercise authority in companies and economic systems.
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A Study With RO4917523 in Patients With Fragile X Syndrome
This study has been completed.
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First received: November 17, 2009
Last updated: March 3, 2014
Last verified: March 2014
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This randomized, double-blind multiple ascending dose study will evaluate the safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetics and efficacy of RO4917523 in patients with Fragile X Syndrome. The patients will be randomized to receive either active drug or placebo. The anticipated time on study treatment is 6 weeks. The target sample size is <100 patients.
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Fragile X Syndrome |
Drug: RO4917523 Drug: Placebo |
Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Pharmacokinetic, Safety and Tolerability, and Exploratory Efficacy and Pharmacodynamic Effects Study of RO4917523 in Adult Patients With Fragile X Syndrome. |
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics:
CASK-related intellectual disability
fragile X syndrome
MECP2 duplication syndrome
PPM-X syndrome
Renpenning syndrome
tetrasomy 18p
MedlinePlus related topics:
Fragile X Syndrome
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources:
Fragile X Syndrome
X-linked Mental Retardation and Macro-orchidism
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Further study details as provided by Hoffmann-La Roche:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics: AEs, laboratory parameters [ Time Frame: AEs throughout study; laboratory assessments: days 1, 8, 15, 29, 43 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Efficacy: Behavior and cognition assessments [ Time Frame: Every 2 weeks throughout study ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Enrollment: | 40 |
Study Start Date: | November 2009 |
Study Completion Date: | January 2011 |
Primary Completion Date: | January 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: 1 |
Drug: RO4917523
RO4917523 ascending doses daily po
Placebo Comparator: 2 |
Drug: Placebo
Placebo daily po
Experimental: 3 |
Drug: RO4917523
RO4917523 fixed dose daily po
Placebo Comparator: 4 |
Drug: Placebo
Placebo daily po
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 50 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients, 18 to 50 years of age
- Fragile X Syndrome
- IQ less than 75
- Reliable caregiver
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current psychosis or presumption of psychosis
- History of suicidal behavior or considered a high suicidal risk
- Severe self-injurious behavior
- Any unstable medical condition other than Fragile X Syndrome (e.g. hypertension, diabetes)
- Current seizure disorder
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01015430
United States, California | |
Sacramento, California, United States, 95817 | |
United States, Georgia | |
Decatur, Georgia, United States, 30033 | |
United States, Illinois | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612 | |
United States, Indiana | |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202 | |
United States, Tennessee | |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203 |
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Hoffmann-La Roche
Study Director: | Clinical Trials | Hoffmann-La Roche |
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Responsible Party: | Hoffmann-La Roche |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01015430 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | NP22578 |
Study First Received: | November 17, 2009 |
Last Updated: | March 3, 2014 |
Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Fragile X Syndrome Mental Retardation, X-Linked Mental Retardation Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurologic Manifestations Nervous System Diseases |
Sex Chromosome Disorders Chromosome Disorders Congenital Abnormalities Genetic Diseases, Inborn Genetic Diseases, X-Linked Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System |
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Rexhep Hoxha, an unassuming toy seller, works to fulfill the promise of his father to return three sacred books to a Jewish family that disappeared in the Holocaust.
"Besa: The Promise" screens as part of the Seattle Jewish Film Festival on Monday, March 4 at SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave. N, Seattle.
An important challenge for 21st-century documentary filmmakers is connecting the distant history of the Holocaust to today, and making it relevant for younger audiences. More often than not, it's the children and grandchildren of survivors, rescuers, and perpetrators who supply the necessary link between the past and the present. In her riveting, revelatory, and profound film, "Besa: The Promise," director Rachel Goslins depicts an Albanian man's extraordinary efforts to fulfill the vow his late father made to the Jewish couple he hid during the war. The marvelously crafted film, with a fine score by Philip Glass, simultaneously honors the broader efforts of the entire population to protect its Jews from the Nazis. These days, Albania is looked down upon as the most broke, backward province in Europe, but the country deserves a better reputation. Immediately before Mussolini's troops invaded and drove him into exile, King Zog granted citizenship to every Jew living in Albania. Following their beloved king's lead, and in keeping with their highly developed code of honor, the populace assumed the responsibility of sheltering its Jews. Some 70 percent of the Albanians who saved Jews were Muslim, and "Besa: The Promise" is intended in part as a rebuke of the conventional wisdom that Muslims and Jews are natural and eternal enemies. Admittedly, Albania is a small country and we're not talking large numbers of Jews, but every life and every act of conscience counts. That's the attitude of the tireless Norman Gershman, an American who embarked a decade ago on a campaign to find, photograph, and extol the Albanians who aided Jews. "Besa: The Promise" artfully weaves the historical overview and the aging Gershman's solo crusade with the fascinating, nearly unbelievable persistence of an unassuming toy seller named Rexhep Hoxha. Born in 1950, Hoxha grew up hearing his father's story of hiding a Bulgarian Jewish couple and infant during the war. When the Jewish family fled, they left three prayer books — treasured family items that, if they were stopped en route, would have betrayed their Jewishness — in their benefactor's care. He promised to return them after the war, but to his dismay he was never able to locate the family, and neither they nor their children ever showed up to reclaim them. After his father's death, Rexhep Hoxha inherited the "besa," the Albanian custom of keeping one's word and helping in times of need. The traditional concept of besa expanded to include the Albanian Muslim protection of Jews during the war years. What gives the film its tension is the mysterious behavior of the Jews, whose inexplicable failure to seek out and thank their rescuers after the war (of greater importance, arguably, than recovering their property) contrasts with Hoxha's unwavering, Internet-aided persistence. The trail eventually leads to Israel, where we watch with apprehension to see if the people of the book will be embarrassingly and insultingly cavalier about Hoxha's remarkable commitment to return their precious books, or if they will match the singular character of the Albanian (and his son) we've come to admire. Lawyer-turned-filmmaker Goslins has made a rare film that lets us spend an hour and a half awed by the best qualities of human beings, inspiring us to manifest our own.
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Kinmen County 金門縣 Abbreviation(s): Kinmen (金門; Pinyin: Jīnmén) |
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Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) | ||
Province | Fujian | ||
Seat | Jincheng | ||
Largest city | Jincheng | ||
Boroughs | 0 cities, 6 (3 urban, 3 rural) townships | ||
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• Total | 153.056 km2 (59.095 sq mi) | ||
Area rank | 20 of 22 | ||
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• Rank | 24 of 22 | ||
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Kinmen or Quemoy (/kɪˈmɔɪ/; see also "Names" section below) is a small archipelago of several islands administered by Taiwan: Greater Kinmen, Lesser Kinmen, and some islets. Administratively, it is Kinmen County (Chinese: 金門縣; pinyin: Jīnmén Xiàn) of Fujian Province, ROC. The county is claimed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) as part of its own Fujian Province's Quanzhou Prefecture. It is geographically very near Xiamen, no more than 2 kilometres. Some islands of other counties, such as Wuqiu, were transferred to the jurisdiction of Kinmen County by the ROC government following its civil war defeat and retreat to Taiwan. Matsu is the other set of islands on the Fujian coast controlled by the Republic of China.
Kinmen was first named Jīnmén (金門; lit, "golden gate") in Chinese 1387 when the Hongwu Emperor of China's Ming Dynasty appointed a military officer to administer the island and protect it from wokou (pirate) attacks.[1] The name is pronounced Jīnmén in the official Mandarin Chinese and Kim-mûi in the native Zhangzhou dialect of Hokkien Minnan. The various names used in English for the islands derive from the Chinese counterparts.
Quemoy is the name for the island in English and in many European languages.[2] It likely began as a Portuguese transcription of the Minnan (Hokkien) Zhangzhou dialect pronunciation of the name, Kim-mûi which also means Golden Gate.[3] This form of the islands' name was used almost exclusively in English until the late 20th century and is still used widely in current English-language contexts that involve historical coverage. For example, current works that deal with the First and Second Taiwan Strait Crises (the Quemoy Incident[4]) when the islands received prominent worldwide news coverage as "Quemoy" still use this form. In addition, the former National Kinmen Institute of Technology was renamed National Quemoy University in 2010. Kinmen scholar Wei Jian-feng advocates the use of "Quemoy" to better connect the island to "international society or achieve more recognition in the world".[3]
Kinmen is a more recent transcription based on the Chinese Postal Map Romanization of the Republic of China (with the initial k via historic pronunciation). With some exceptions, this form is used in most current English-language contexts on Kinmen and in Taiwan as a whole. Entities such as the county government,[5] the islands' airport,[6] and the national park[7] use this spelling.
Chin-men is the Wade–Giles romanization form of the island's name and appears on some maps using that as their standard.[8]
Jinmen is the Hanyu Pinyin form of the island's name used especially in sources from the People's Republic of China.[9] The Kinmen County Government and ROC central government have adopted Hanyu Pinyin as their standard romanization, such as for names of townships within Kinmen County, but this does not apply to the name of Kinmen itself.[10]
The Prince of Lu, a member of the Southern Ming Dynasty, resisted the invading Manchu Qing Dynasty forces. In 1651, he fled to Kinmen, which the Qing dynasty took in 1663.[11]
The Chinese government never ceded Kinmen to Japan: unlike the island of Taiwan and the Penghu islands, Kinmen formed part of Fujian Province, both to the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC). Japan did however occupy Kinmen during the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945.
The PRC extensively shelled the island during the First and Second Taiwan Strait Crises, which was a major issue in the 1960 United States Presidential Election between Kennedy and Nixon.[citation needed] In the 1950s, the United States threatened to use nuclear weapons against the PRC if it attacked the island.
Kinmen was originally a military reserve. The island was returned to the civilian government in the mid-1990s, after which travel to and from it was allowed. Direct travel between mainland China and Kinmen re-opened in 2001, and there has been extensive tourism development on the island in anticipation of mainland tourists. Direct travel was suspended in 2003 as a result of the SARS outbreak, but has since resumed.
Many Taiwanese businesspeople use the link through Kinmen to enter the Chinese mainland, seeing it as cheaper and easier than entering through Hong Kong. However, this changed following the 2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China and the presidential and legislative victories of the KMT, that allowed easier Cross-Strait relations. Kinmen has experienced a considerable economic boom as businesspeople relocate to the island for easier access to the vast markets of the PRC.
The people of Kinmen see themselves as Jīnmén rén (Kinmenese), Mínnán rén (Southern Min, or Southern Fukienese), or Chinese, but not so much as Taiwanese.[4][12] The strong Chinese identity was forged during the period of the ROC's military confrontation with the People's Republic of China (1949–1992) when Kinmen was under military administration.[4] In the 1980s, as the militarization decreased and martial law was ended on Taiwan, the Taiwan independence movement and efforts in de-Sinicization grew in strength on Taiwan.[4] To Kinmenese, however, these developments were viewed with concern and there was a feeling that "Taiwan didn't identify with Kinmen".[4] Many worried that Taiwanese de jure independence from China would lead to the severing of ties with Kinmen.[4] These concerns play a strong role in Kinmenese politics as well.[4]
Many of the county's inhabitants speak Hokkien. Since Kinmen is historically part of Fujian, most residents will say they speak "Kinmenese", as opposed to "Taiwanese" as it is commonly called in Taiwan, though the two dialects are mutually intelligible. The residents of Wuchiu Township speak Pu-Xian Min, as opposed to Hokkien for the rest of Kinmen.
Kinmen is notable for a number of cultural products. Due to the extensive shelling by the People's Republic of China, Kinmen is famous for its artillery shell knives. Local artisans would collect the vast amounts of exploded ordnance and make high-quality knives which are still sought after by chefs and connoisseurs. Kinmen is also home of the regionally famous Kinmen Kaoliang liquor, a spirit ranging between 38 and 63 percent alcohol, which is highly appreciated by the Taiwanese. Other local culinary specialties include Kinmen noodles (金門麵線), gongtang (貢糖) and beef jerky (牛肉乾).
Like the Ryukyus, Kinmen is known for shisa (wind-lion god) figures (風獅爺).[13]
Kinmen's economy is mainly based on tourism and services due to its proximity to mainland China.[14][15] A 5.4 km (3.4 mi) bridge connecting Kinmen Island (Greater Kinmen) and Lieyu is planned to be completed by June 2016, estimated to cost NT$7.5 billion (US$250 million).[16] It is expected to integrated local tourism resources and the bridge's 1.4 km (0.87 mi) main body will have the largest span in the world when completed.[17]
Because of its military importance, development on the island was extremely limited. As a result, it is now a popular weekend tourist destination for Taiwanese and is known for its quiet villages, old-style architecture, and beaches. Large parts of Kinmen form the Kinmen National Park which highlights military fortifications and structures, historical dwellings, and natural scenery. The Kinmen Airport is located on the Greater Kinmen.
By 2016, two infrastructure projects are expected to boost tourism and meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions visitors to the islands. One includes a yet-to-be-named five-star resort spearheaded by Xiamen property developer, Wu Youhua, president of Xiamen Huatian Group, the first time a Chinese interest has been allowed to invest in the Taiwan hotel sector.[18]
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The island consistently votes for the Kuomintang (KMT). Until the early 1990s, proponents of Taiwan independence argued that they would consider handing Kinmen over to the PRC in any negotiated settlement. Residents of the island have broadly opposed such measures, fearing the consequences of the PRC government's policies on their standard of living and political freedom.
Kinmen County is divided into 3 urban townships and 3 rural townships. Kinmen County has the least number of rural townships among other counties in Taiwan.
Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Wade–Giles | Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī | English meaning |
Urban townships | |||||
Jincheng Township | 金城鎮 | Jīnchéng Zhèn | Chin¹-ch'eng² Chen⁴ | Kim-siâⁿ Tìn | Golden City |
Jinhu Township | 金湖鎮 | Jīnhú Zhèn | Chin¹-hu² Chen⁴ | Kim-ô· Tìn | Golden Lake |
Jinsha Township | 金沙鎮 | Jīnshā Zhèn | Chin¹-sha¹ Chen⁴ | Kim-soaⁿ Tìn | Golden Sand |
Rural townships | |||||
Jinning Township | 金寧鄉 | Jīnníng Xiāng | Chin¹-ning² Hsiang¹ | Kim-lêng Hiong | Golden Tranquility |
Lieyu Township | 烈嶼鄉 | Lièyǔ Xiāng | Lie⁴-yü³ Hsiang¹ | Lia̍t-sū Hiong | Heroic Islets |
Wuqiu Township | 烏坵鄉 | Wūqiū Xiāng | Wu¹-ch'iu¹ Hsiang¹ | O·-kiu Hiong | Black Mound |
All those townships on Greater Kinmen Island start their names with Jin (i.e., Kin, lit. "gold"). Lieyu Township encompasses the entire Lesser Kinmen Island, and is the closest to Xiamen. Wuqiu Township comprises Greater Qiu Islet (大坵) and Lesser Qiu Islet (小坵).
Jincheng and Jinsha are the largest of the six townships. Altogether, there are 37 Kinmen villages, three of which – all in Zhèn (鎮) – are Lǐ-villages (里); the rest are Cūn-villages (村).
In August 2010, National Quemoy University was established from the Kinmen Technology Institute.[19] It is located in Jinning Township, Kinmen. The islands also have a satellite campuses of Ming Chuan University and National University of Kaohsiung. Secondary educational institutions include National Kinmen Senior High School and National Kinmen Agricultural & Industrial Vocational Senior High School.
Water supply[edit]
In early September 2013, the Chinese Mainland government agreed to supply Kinmen with water from Jinjiang City in Fujian due to the ongoing water shortage problem in Kinmen. Kinmen draws more than 8,000 tonnes of groundwater everyday and water from its reservoir is barely enough to support the residence during dry season. The shortage problem will heavily hit the local economy by 2016 if no mitigation plan is enacted.
An undersea 16.7 km water pipeline will be built to carry water from the Shanmei Reservoir in Jinjiang city to coastal area of Kinmen. The pipeline is expected to deliver a maximum amount of 30,000 tonnes of water each day to Kinmen. A further 300 meter of water pipe will be constructed to a water treatment plant.[20]
Calligraphy by former President Chiang Kai-shek etched on a rock in Kinmen reads, "Forget not what happened in Jǔ" – an allusion to the Warring States period when the State of Qi, cornered into the City of Ju by the State of Yan, successfully counterattacked and retook its territory. This is intended as an analogy to the situation between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China. Other slogans alluding to "retaking the mainland" can still be found in Kinmen.
Jincheng, the county seat of Kinmen.
See also[edit]
- Administrative divisions of the Republic of China
- Township (Taiwan)
- List of cities in Taiwan
- Cross-Strait relations
- Boyu Road
- ^ Jian-Feng Wei. "An Examination of Cultural Identity of Residents of Quemoy (Kinmen)". Intercultural Communication Studies. XV:1. 2006. p. 134. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ "Quemoy", Merriam Webster
"Quemoy", Larousse. (French) - ^ a b Jian-Feng Wei. "'Quemoy' or 'Kinmen'?: A Translation Strategy for Communication". Intercultural Communication Studies. XVIII: 2. 2009. p. 176. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g Trista di Genova. "Study explores the 'Kinmen Identity'". China Post. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ Kinmen County Government official website. Retrieved 20 January 2012. (English)
- ^ Kinmen Airport official website. Retrieved 20 January 2012. (English)
- ^ Kinmen National Park official website. Retrieved 20 January 2012. (English)
- ^ For example, National Geographic Maps.
- ^ For example, "Xiamen-Jinmen trial voyage successful" at the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China official website. Retrieved 20 January 2012. (English)
- ^ "Hanyu Pinyin to be standard system in 2009", Taipei Times, Sep 18, 2008.
- ^ FREDERIC WAKEMAN JR. (1986). GREAT ENTERPRISE: THE MANCHU RECONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER IN. University of California Press. p. 114. ISBN 0-520-04804-0. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ Jian-Feng Wei. "An Examination of Cultural Identity of Residents of Quemoy (Kinmen)". Intercultural Communication Studies. XV:1. 2006. p. 136–137. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ "Wind Lion God" at the Kinmen National Park website. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ http://www.gwytb.gov.cn:8088/detail.asp?table=Interactions&title=Cross-strait+Interactions+and+Exchanges&m_id=29
- ^ "news". Chinataiwan.org. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- ^ "Construction of Kinmen Bridge begins". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ http://www.kinmen.gov.tw/Layout/sub_F/News_NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=103862&frame=86&LanguageType=2
- ^ "MICE development hits Kinmen". TTGmice. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Kinmen technology institute upgrades to National Quemoy University – What's On Xiamen". Whatsonxiamen.com. 2010-08-08. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- ^ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/09/04/2003571331
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- Kinmen travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Kinmen County Government Official Website
- Complete list of the villages in each township
- Maps of Kinmen
- Kinmen Island: China without the Communism?
- Satellite image of Greater Kinmen and Lesser Kinmen by Google Maps
- Michael Szonyi, Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line, Cambridge University Press (August 11, 2008), hardcover, 328 pages, ISBN 0521898137 ISBN 978-0521898133; trade paperback, 328 pages, ISBN 0521726409, ISBN 978-0521726405
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From January through September, Quincy police reported 65 pedestrian accidents, three of which were fatalities.
The numbers have already exceeded those of 2010, when the city had 49 accidents and no fatalities. And with three months left in 2012, the city could surpass last's year total of 71 pedestrian accidents, two of which were fatal.
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On the very day John F. Kennedy died, a cottage industry was born. Fifty years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, it's still thriving.
Its product? The ''truth'' about the president's assassination.
''By the evening of November 22, 1963, I found myself being drawn into the case,'' Los Angeles businessman Ray Marcus wrote in ''Addendum B,'' one of several self-published monographs he produced on the assassination. For him, authorities were just too quick and too pat with their conclusion.
''The government was saying there was only one assassin; that there was no conspiracy. It was obvious that even if this subsequently turned out to be true, it could not have been known to be true at that time.''
Most skeptics, including Marcus, didn't get rich by publishing their doubts and theories — and some have even bankrupted themselves chasing theirs. But for a select few, there's been good money in keeping the controversy alive.
Best-selling books and blockbuster movies have raked in massive profits since 1963. And now, with the 50th anniversary of that horrible day in Dallas looming, a new generation is set to cash in.
Of course, the Warren Commission officially concluded in 1964 that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone — and issued 26 volumes of documents to support that determination. But rather than closing the book on JFK's death, the report merely served as fuel for an already kindled fire of doubt and suspicion.
Since then, even government investigators have stepped away from the lone assassin theory. In 1978, the U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations ended its own lengthy inquiry by finding that JFK ''was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy.''
That panel acknowledged it was ''unable to identify the other gunman or the extent of the conspiracy.'' But armed with mountains of subsequently released documents, there has been no shortage of people willing to offer their own conclusions.
Among the leading suspects: Cuban exiles angry about the Bay of Pigs fiasco; Mafiosi enraged by Attorney General Robert Kennedy's attacks on organized crime; the ''military-industrial complex,'' worried about JFK's review of war policy in Vietnam.
One theorist even floated the notion that Kennedy's limousine driver shot the president — as part of an effort to cover up proof of an alien invasion.
Anything but that Oswald, a hapless former Marine, was in the right place at the right time, with motive and opportunity to pull off one of the most audacious crimes in American history.
''As they say, nature abhors a vacuum, and the mind abhors chance,'' says Michael Shermer, executive director of the Skeptics Society and author of ''The Believing Brain,'' a book on how humans seem hardwired to find patterns in disparate facts and unconnected, often innocent coincidences.
Polls underscore the point.
About 6 in 10 Americans say they believe multiple people were involved in a conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy, while only one-fourth think Oswald acted alone, according to an AP-GfK survey done in mid-April. Belief in a conspiracy, though strong, has declined since a 2003 Gallup poll found 75 percent said they thought Oswald was part of a wider plot.
The case has riveted the public from the start. When the Warren Commission report was released in book form, it debuted at No. 7 on The New York Times Best Sellers List.
Two years later, attorney Mark Lane's ''Rush to Judgment'' dominated the list. The Warren Commission, he argued, ''frequently chose to rely on evidence that was no stronger and sometimes demonstrably weaker than contrary evidence which it rejected.''
The book has since sold millions of copies in hardcover and paperback, says Lane.
Since then, dozens of books with titles like ''Best Evidence,'' ''Reasonable Doubt,'' ''High Treason'' and ''Coup D'Etat in America: The CIA and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy'' have sought to lay responsibility for JFK's death at the highest levels of the U.S. government — and beyond.
British journalist Anthony Summers, whose BBC documentary became the 1980 book ''Conspiracy,'' says many conspiracy buffs ''are fine scholars and students, and some are mad as hatters who think it was done by men from Mars using catapults.''
Unlike the later coverage of Watergate, there were no reporters like The Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who were told by their editors, ''Get on this and don't get off it,'' says Summers, whose works focused on people and events largely ignored or treated cursorily by the official investigations. ''Nobody went down there and really did the shoe leather work and the phone calls that we're all supposed to do,'' he says.Continued...


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This 4-star hotel is close to St. Paul's Cathedral and Trafalgar Square.
Make yourself at home in one of the 203 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as multi-line phones with voice mail.
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399 El Geish Road, Alexandria, EgyptRanked #1 overall in Alexandria hotels52 reviewsHotel Class: 5Popular withLuxuryBusiness$270avg/night
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Alexandria, Km105 Alexandria North Coast Highway, EgyptRanked #2 overall in Alexandria hotels42 reviewsOutstanding construction with unbelievable view
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El Corniche Road, Alexandria, EgyptRanked #3 overall in Alexandria hotels3.52 reviewsHotel Class: 5We enjoyed strolling through the gardens. On the northern tip there is a pier that has some nice views of the palace. Great place to get away from the noise/pollution... more
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Mercure Romance Alexandria
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Alexandria, EgyptRanked #9 overall in Alexandria hotels31 reviewIn Alex you won't need a luxurious hotel you ll just need a place to spend the night
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WIMBLEDON, England -- The final match of the women's Olympic tennis event barely spanned an hour. So there was precious little time to impart lessons. But we learned what it is to give the woman who has so much: an Olympic gold medal.
Over the course of her remarkable career, Serena achieved just about everything a tennis player possibly could. Singles titles at each of the four Majors, 14 in all. She picked up a baker's dozen of Grand Slam doubles titles. No.1 ranking? Check. Dozens of other titles at the WTA whistle stops? Check. A career that spanned more than a decade? Check. Generational wealth? Check. Her status as a Hall of Famer? It's so assured that, for the sake of the environment and all, let's not even bother printing up ballots.
Serena, though, has never before won an Olympic medal. Inasmuch as athletes have resumes, it was the only notably absent line. And given that this opportunity only presents itself every four years, if Serena, at age 30, didn't get one this summer, who knows if she ever would? For mortals, this scenario might bring with it pressure and anxiety. For Serena it just made it all the more determined. "I remember thinking, Serena, this is your best chance to win a gold medal," she said today. "Pull it together. I was thinking: you gotta do this." (Or as her sister Venus told me early in the week. "Oh, she is MO-tivated.")
And she tends to get what she wants. Four weeks after winning Wimbledon, Williams the Younger capped off six rounds of almost laughably dominant tennis by taking gold this afternoon at the All England Club. These weren't matches. They were tennis clinics. In a dozen sets, Serena lost 17 games. Total.
Maria Sharapova was today's victim. The Russian -- who won the French Open in June and would have been No.1 had she won today -- was transformed into a statuesque bystander. Still in lawnmower mode, Serena romped 6-0, 6-1. She not only caught up to every flat shot Sharapova sent over, but then redirected the ball with more force. Serving harder than most male players do, she initiated points with unreturnable offerings. She even showed off a little touch at the net, the match doubling as a warm-up for her doubles match later in the afternoon. (She does that, too.)
After the match, I ran into Tracy Austin. She just smiled and she shook her head.
Me: "What's so funny."
Her: "You know what."
Me: "That was a joke, right?"
Her: "Unbelievable."
Me: "Have you ever seen a player roll like that?"
Her: "I don't think so. I mean at this stage -- the Olympics, at the All-England Club. Against that opposition -- her last three opponents were the last three No.1 ranked players. I mean she didn't just beat them. She was dismissive."
Sharapova didn't seem to disagree. "There are things I could have done differently," she said. "But she was just too quick and powerful today." Asked about her level of dominance, Serena demurred. "I never feel invincible," she said. "But I do feel good about my game."
As she should. For much of the last decade, the WTA could be distilled to this: "Serena is the best in the business when she is willing and able and motivated." A year after a medical scare, she is able. And the motivation has never been more apparent. If her commitment to the tennis establishment and the various alphabet soup organizations can waver, her commitment to country is beyond question.
After closing out the match, fittingly, with an ace, she smiled and let out a yelp. She had picked up the only conceivable missing prize out there. Her tennis box set was complete. After indulging in a dance routine near the net ("West Coast," she described it. See: YouTube) she began jumping up and down, as if trying to reach the sky. She didn't miss by much.


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Review #1200 Had this at the Haute Dish
Served in a huge founders snifter with a light layer of fizzy tan head. Color is fairly black.
Aroma: Lots of honey, red grapes, very wine like. The pinot barrels show heavily in a good way. Has oak flavors, plums/prunes, and is fairly rich. Dates, figs, and brown sugar also show as it warms. Awesome.
Taste: Wow, very wine-like and mead-like. A large amount of honey. Big spice profile. Vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and molasses. Then I get some red grapes, plums, blackberries, and oak. This beer is money.
Mouthfeel: Sweet and syrupy. Smooth and refreshing. Very clean beer. Medium to full bodied with a lower amount of carbonation, but it works. Ends clean with more honey.
Overall, a phenomenal beer. One of surly's best beers. It was like a mead and wine mixed together. This is very drinkable, especially for the abv. The barrel aging really took this beer over the edge. Wow.
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Appearance: Hazy, muddy brown with a trace of head.
Smell: Soured red grapes and oaken wood.
Taste: Spiced honey mead with heaps of sourness, not unlike unripe plums and sour red grapes. I'm not detecting any malt, barley or any sort of beer to speak of.
Mouthfeel: Karo Syrup.
Drinkability: It's quite sour and a little sickly sweet. Mead, Yes? The only time I'd be in the mood for a wine-mead would be if I was bleeding and thirsty after battling barbarian hordes. = never; xbox doesn't count.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Draft at Autumn Brew Review. Dark brown slightly murky pour with minimal head. Sour smell with dark fruit notes along with the oak from the barrel. Some vinegar type notes as well. Medium mouthfeel. Sort of like drinking a mix between a mead and a beer. The taste is rather sweet with notes of plum, dark fruit, and oak. The wine barrels really come through. All in all a very interesting beer that doesn't dissappoint.
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MSU sees big benefits from basketball seasonMURRAY, Ky. — While the Murray State Racers finished their 25th straight winning season with smiles, university officials are still smiling and seeing benefits from all of the wins. Catherine Sivills, the associate vice president for communications, helped keep track of everything from T-shirt sales to Twitter followers during the season. She said sales from the bookstore were up 51 percent, royalty sales were up 113 percent, and on Twitter, the university picked up 2,200 new followers. She said the grand total of basketball benefits are probably around $10 million and the free advertising is priceless. "When something like this happens for us, it just puts our name out there for weeks and weeks on end," she said. "Our logo was in USA today every Sunday in the top 20 list. I could never pay for that out of my budget." But she and the athletic department are already getting ready for next season. They have already sold 500 new season tickets. Plus, the new practice facility is being built and should be finished during the 2012-2013 season. Athletic Director Allen Ward said the facility can only help Coach Prohm with recruitment. |
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I will confirm the OP's idea for gas station gift cards, I do this for BP and Speedway all the time. again, never had an issue.
in fact, back in the day (2007/2008), Marathon used to sell their prepaid cards for 4% off ($50 for for 48, etc), those also qualified for the discounted "cash" price at the pump, so in effect you could triple-dip - discounted "cash only" gas price + gift card discount + credit card cashback,,, Haven't been to a marathon is years so no idea if they still do anything like that. Also, not sure if it matters for each club or not, but every Sam's Gas station I've been to (granted it's only 3 or 4) accepts BOTH Visa AND Mastercard. and yes, it for sure is coded as gas, and i've never had an issue getting 5%. I'll for sure be stocking up on BP+Speedway cards in the month of March, enough to max out the $1500 advantage. my associated bank visa "only" gives back 3% for gas so i guess that'll have to do for the rest of the year once these prepaid cards run out. in short: thanks for the reminder, OP! |
Just to confirm: Do you buy Kroger gift card from Turkey Hill Store (and the purchase coded as gas) and then use those in Kroger to buy groceries? If this works, it will be fantastic as I do not want to buy too many gas gift cards. Please let me know. |
A safer and sure fire way is to buy gas gift cards at your supermarket and get the cash back from those. If you have an Amex Blue preferred, that is 6% cash back. And there is no debate as to whether it counts as I have never seen any supermarket purchase not count. Do the same with postage stamp purchases at the supermarket to get cash back off those.
Also, as noted by some already, some gas stations have discount points programs with local super market chains. Stop and Shop for instance gives you 1 Shell gas point for each dollar spent. Every 100 points gets you 10 cents off a gallon at the next refill. Better than nothing obviously. Stop and Shop's computer system is smart enough though to not count gift card or stamp purchases towards the Shell points. |
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- JEFF WALLACE..no music reported.
- JERRY MILLER....7 pm-Thursday's Uncle Sam's
- R.S.E.. nothing
- SEAN BARDEN....nothing reported
- STEVE BARTLETT -nothing this week
- THE MANDOLIN CAFE Open mic Sundays 6 pm. Live music several nights a week.
- TRIAD THEATER nothing reported.
- UNCLE SAM's BAR AND GRILL...events several nights a week
- YASMINE ARIEL and RAMI...nothing reported
We Respect Others Rights, Jan and Steve
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Blog Archive
- Photos -- 'Nightcrawlers'--Stanky Bluzzz Last Satu...
- Season's Greetings From Kenny WilliamSon
- It Was Wonderful 'Stanky Bluzzz' Last Saturday Nig...
- TONIGHT: Steve Bartlett And The Nightcrawlers
- Season's Greetings From the LEMKUHLS'
- Christmas Greetings From Son In China--Martin
- Christmas Greetings From Daughter-Crystal
- Have A Merry Christmas
- Gig Canceled Tonight. Stay Home Keep Warm
- Supreme Bluzzz Vocalist Shelly Ely Friday
- Saturday Hear Cara and Dion
- Gig Tonight
- Photos From Scooch's Gig Last Friday--Fun
- 'Eclipse' Plays Friday With Bartlett On Bass
- Tonight John 'Scooch' Cugno At Liquid Soul
- This Friday. It's Blues With John 'Scooch' Cugno
- Saturday Night's Cara's Night
- Neil Fallen/Doug Skoog Last Friday Night
About US....T. Jan + Steve Bartlett
- T. Jan Rose + Steve Bartlett, Web Managers
- Yelm, Washington, United States
- I [T. Jan] share and review web sites with music, recipes and gardening information. I have been a mother, wife, nurse, apartment manager, chimney sweep, long distance runner, musician, artist, organic gardener and, A student of the GREAT WORK at R.S.E. Jan does the computer, Steve plays the bass and doesn't speak computer....but Jan doesn't speak bass...so, this works out well for us...Jan writes about music news, and this area's music events. The postings are all shared, and reflect our views together, we are a team and equal team players. We share posts and ideas about posts. Jan loves to create beautiful blogs to share ideas and keep my brain active, recovering from M.S. and other things. Jan always operate the computer, 'cause Steve always operates the bass and music.....AND, all posts signed by Steve are in his exact words, and All our Sites licensed under Creative Commons. T. Jan.... Steve says..." I love animals, gardening, kids, music, nature and fishing.. A student of R.S.E. Really like being in nature and living simply. Enjoy teaching electric bass. Enjoy our sites." Steve.