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<title><![CDATA[De draken van Peking]]></title>
<link>http://stripverhalen.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/de-draken-van-peking/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stripverhalen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://stripverhalen.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/de-draken-van-peking/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dit softcover stripverhaal (uitgegeven door uitgeverij Dargaud Benelux) uit de reeks Insiders kan wo]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[By Mary Lee in Peking (part 2)]]></title>
<link>http://sohappysmile.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/by-mary-lee-in-peking-part-2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sohappysmile</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sohappysmile.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/by-mary-lee-in-peking-part-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[But even as businessmen battled with bureaucracy in an effort to fulfil their hopes of doing bussine]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>But even as businessmen battled with bureaucracy in an effort to fulfil their hopes of doing bussiness with a potential market of 1billion people ,Chinese leaders were growing impatient with the rate of progress in the showpiece SEZ  Shenzhen.</p>
<p>  In April 1984 .after the country ‘s top leaders had visited the Shenzhen ,Zhuhai and Xiamen SEZs,the State Council declared 14 cities along the entire coast plus Hainan Island open to foreign investment ,thus introducing a real element of competiton into  the country’s economic-development programme .Then came the much-publicised “decision on reform of the econmic structure”and suddenly ,the race to get foreign technology and funds wsa on .<a href="http://www.discountmbt.com/">MBT </a>  <a href="http://www.discountmbt.com/Mbt-chapa-c-6.html">Mbt Chapa</a>   <a href="http://www.discountmbt.com/Mbt-lami-c-3.html">Mbt Lami</a></p>
<p>For foreign investors ,the prospect of having access to a market of 1billion cinsumers no longer seems like a pipedream.The Chinese——in particular the rural population are  getting richer  and now want visible improvements to their standard of living:they aspire to own colour TV sets ,refrigerators ,trucks washing machines and better radios,bicycles and clothing .Even local factories are taking note of the vast potential sales in their own domestic market .\<a href="http://www.discountmbt.com/Mbt-mwalk-c-2.html">Mbt walking shoes</a>   <a href="http://www.discountmbt.com/Mbt-sport-c-5.html">Mbt Sport</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Die Goethe-Schau]]></title>
<link>http://fernlokal.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/die-goethe-schau/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fernlokal</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fernlokal.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/die-goethe-schau/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Die Goethe-Institute, als  &#8220;weltweit tätige Kulturinstitute der Bundesrepublik Deutschland]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Die Goethe-Institute, als  &#8220;weltweit tätige Kulturinstitute der Bundesrepublik Deutschland&#8221;, wollen laut Selbstdefinition &#8220;ein umfassendes Deutschlandbild durch Information über das kulturelle, gesellschaftliche und politische Leben&#8221; vermitteln. Daher wirft fernlokal einen kurzen Blick in einige Institutionen, um zu schauen, was das Goethe-Institut aktuell eigentlich so macht:</strong></p>
<p>In China stehen architektonische Entdeckungen auf dem Programm: Mit <a href="http://www.goethe.de/ins/cn/pek/ver/de5328574v.htm">„Peking Parkour“</a> soll <strong>Peking </strong>neu entdeckt werden. In der Veranstaltungsreihe werden Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen aus den einzelnen Stadtregionen in Zusammenarbeit mit Studio-X Beijing und der Graduiertenschule für Architektur, Planung und Erhaltung der Columbia Universität  thematisiert.</p>
<p>In der namibianischen Hauptstadt <strong>Windhoek </strong>geben währenddessen die <a href="http://www.massivewelt.de/">Massiven Töne</a> ein Konzert und zwar auf dem musikalisch klingendem Gutenbergplatz.</p>
<p>In der brasilianischen Mega-Metropole <strong>Sao Paulo</strong> machen sich brasilianische Künstler in dem Projekt   <a href="http://www.goethe.de/ins/br/sap/ver/de4970421v.htm">dESTElado</a> ihre Gedanken zum Fall der Mauer. Zudem findet noch bis Ende November die Filmreihe <a href="http://www.goethe.de/ins/br/sap/ver/de5220186v.htm">„Weit über die Mauer hinaus“</a> statt. Die Auswahl der Filme soll  laut Goethe-Institut eine Mischung aus &#8220;staatlicher Kunst und dem Underground&#8221; darstellen. Neben den beim internationalen Publikum als Kultfilm gefeierten <em>Good bye Lenin</em> und <em>Sonnenallee</em> sind verschiedene Kurz- und Dokumentarfilme wie <em>Gegenbilder &#8211; DDR Film im Untergrund 1983 &#8211; 1989 </em>zu sehen.</p>
<p>Auch die chilenische Vertretung in <strong>Santiago </strong>zeigt eine Filmreihe zum Mauerfalljubiläum: <a href="http://www.goethe.de/ins/cl/sao/kue/flm/de5112357v.htm">\&#8221;Mauerfall\&#8221; 1989 &#8211; 2009</a>.</p>
<p>In <strong>New York</strong> stehen anstatt alter Mauerstücke neue architektonische Herausforderungen im Mittelpunkt. Joyce van der Berg setzt sich mit <a href="http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/ver/de4942229v.htm">What Is Green Architecture?</a> mit ökologischen Veränderungen auseinander. Das aktuelle Projekt der Landschaftsarchitektin, <em>Neues Licht aufs Sperrgebiet,</em> zeigt Perspektiven für den ehemaligen Grenzstreifen West-Berlins.</p>
<p>Mit <a href="http://www.goethe.de/ins/fr/lyo/ver/de5283758v.htm">For ever Müller </a>erinnert das Goethe-Institut in <strong>Lyon </strong>an den Dramaturgen Heiner Müller mit Filmen und einer begleitenden Ausstellung.</p>
<p>In der polnischen Hauptstadt <strong>Warschau </strong>steht die <a href="http://www.goethe.de/ins/pl/war/ver/de5208297v.htm">Präsentation</a> der Kunst- und Kulturzeitschrift <a href="http://www.fairarts.org/index.php?page=news&#38;hl=de_DE">Fair : Zeitung für Kunst und Ästhetik</a> an. Grund ist ein achtseitiger Sonderteil über Warschau und &#8220;aktuelle Phänomene polnischer Kunst&#8221; in der mittlerweile sechsten Ausgabe.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Billigreise China - günstige Rundreise ab 599 Euro!]]></title>
<link>http://asienreisen.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/billigreise-china/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>asienreisen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://asienreisen.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/billigreise-china/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Eine China Rundreise muss nicht teuer sein. Bereits ab 599 Euro kann man im Rahmen eine geführten Re]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-60" title="billigreise-china" src="http://asienreisen.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/billigreise-china.jpg" alt="" width="234" height="147" />Eine China Rundreise muss nicht teuer sein. Bereits ab 599 Euro kann man im Rahmen eine geführten Reise eine Woche lang nach China reisen und Land und Leute kennen lernen. Ziel der Reise wird die Millionenstadt Peking sein, die ihren Besuchern viele kulturelle Highlights zu bieten hat. Auch in der näheren Umgebung gibt es eine ganze Menge zu entdecken, sodass man mit vielen neuen Eindrücken nach Hause kommen wird.</p>
<p>Eine hochwertige Billigreise nach China können Sie über den folgenden Anbieter buchen:</p>
<p><a title="günstige Rundreise China" href="http://www.e-kolumbus.de/specials/china/"><strong>China Special ab 599 Euro!</strong></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Städtereisen Rom, London, Peking, Shanghai und mehr]]></title>
<link>http://rundreisen.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/staedtereisen-rom-london-peking-shanghai/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rundreisen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rundreisen.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/staedtereisen-rom-london-peking-shanghai/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Städtereisen nach Rom, London oder Brüssel ermöglichen es, Europas kulturelle Metropolen besser kenn]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-143" title="staedtereisen" src="http://rundreisen.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/staedtereisen.jpg" alt="" width="232" height="174" />Städtereisen nach Rom, London oder Brüssel ermöglichen es, Europas kulturelle Metropolen besser kennen zu lernen. Ob das Kolosseum in Rom oder der Big Ben in London: es gibt viel zu bestaunen!</p>
<p>Städtereisen können aber auch in die Ferne gehen, wie z.B. nach Peking oder Shanghai. Die beiden chinesischen Millionenstädte vereinen sowohl historische Spuren als auch moderne Entwicklungen gekonnt miteinander. Erleben auch Sie pulierende Städte rund um den Globus und nehmen Sie Teil an einer geführten Städtereise.</p>
<p>Günstige Städtereisen weltweit können Sie dem folgenden Anbieter entnehmen und gleich online buchen:</p>
<p><strong><a title="Städtereisen" href="http://www.e-kolumbus.de/staedtereisen/">Städtereisen</a> bei e-kolumbus</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[En titt på flygbiljetter]]></title>
<link>http://brunkiwi.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/en-titt-pa-flygbiljetter/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bobby</dc:creator>
<guid>http://brunkiwi.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/en-titt-pa-flygbiljetter/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jag kan inte sova, så jag tar och skriver lite istället i väntan på Herr Blund. Det var nu ett bra t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Jag kan inte sova, så jag tar och skriver lite istället i väntan på Herr Blund.</p>
<p>Det var nu ett bra tag sedan jag kollade på flygbiljetter. Använde då främst <a href="http://www.airnewzealand.eu/">Air New Zealands</a> webbplats för att söka biljetter. De flyger från London till Auckland via Hong Kong, därifrån fick jag idén att stanna några dagar i Hong Kong. När jag ändå måste byta plan där.</p>
<p>I förra veckan bokade som sagt min kollega Victor sin biljett till Nya Zeeland. Han använda sig av den ypperliga prisjämförelsesajten för flygbiljetter: <a href="http://www.flygresor.se/">flygresor.se</a>. Så jag provade den också, och märkte att jag kan nästan halvera mina biljettkostnader om jag flyger med andra flygbolag och flyger 1-2 veckor senare i januari.</p>
<p>Så just nu undersöker jag att lämna Sverige för England först runt 15-22 januari, för att sedan ta mig till Hong Kong och sedan Auckland, NZ. Grejen är dock att både flyget från London till Hong Kong och Hong Kong till Auckland mellanlandar. Det första i Peking, det andra i Kuala Lumpur. Båda är platser jag extremt gärna vill besöka. Så nu är frågan som snurrar i mitt huvud: ska jag spendera 3-5 dagar på dessa ställen också, menar jag är ju ändå i landet, eller ja &#8230; på deras flygplatser.</p>
<p>Att stanna och besöka ställena skulle dock innebära att datumet då jag kommer ner till Nya Zeeland fortsatt försenas, deras sommar börjar i december, så jag vill ju gärna hinna med lite av den då jag äventyrar där nere. Dessutom skulle resekassan tunnas ut extra då varje extra stopp dels medför dyrare biljettpris, men även ökade omkostnader i form av boende och resor på orten, visum (iaf för Kina), samt kostnader för sevärdheter.</p>
<p>Dilemma! Gah &#8230;</p>
<p>Mamma sa: nej spar de där platserna till senare då du kommit hem och åk med Anna då istället.</p>
<p>Låter inte helt dumt, men fan, så sjukt sugen! Är ju ändå precis där ju! Pöööh &#62;_&#60;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[With Chinese traditional culture, Peking opera material]]></title>
<link>http://imgcapture.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/with-chinese-traditional-culture-peking-opera-material/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dumeihua</dc:creator>
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<p>This is a very traditional patterns of cultural material. For instance, like Peking Opera. Material design more complex, but also has deep connotations. Graphic design is very fine, precise, precision. Is a very wide range of animals blend of traditional design material</p>
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<title><![CDATA[China Part 2 - A few days in Beijing]]></title>
<link>http://rbclark.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/china-part-2-a-few-days-in-beijing/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rbclark</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rbclark.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/china-part-2-a-few-days-in-beijing/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After a couple of days of roaming Inner Mongolia it was back to Beijing and 16 million people.  Cars]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>After a couple of days of roaming Inner Mongolia it was back to Beijing and 16 million people.  Cars, motor scooters, bicycles and people – we were caught in an ocean of human movement.  Our first night back in Beijing we went to the Peking Opera and saw a couple of performances.  These were traditional productions where musicians played simple stringed instruments and cymbals while singers gave us harsh, screechy songs of old.  Clearly, this kind of music was not too catchy… no one goes around singing this stuff, not even in China.  All the costumes were bright and I enjoyed the The Monkey King the most.</p>
<div id="attachment_80" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://rbclark.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0172.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-80" title="Monkey King" src="http://rbclark.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0172.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="236" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Monkey King</p></div>
<p>The next day, our tour got off to a good start &#8211; we went to the zoo and the Panda House.  They were VERY CUTE.  After that, we went through some of the old areas of Beijing.  We visited the huge Lama Temple, a complex of many separate temple buildings.  There were thousands of people passing through the maze of this Buddhist temple and the smell of burning incense was everywhere.  Next we went to a Confucian temple and then to lunch.  The food was terrific!  After lunch we had a rickshaw ride through Yandai Xiejie, an 800 year old hutong (old neighborhood).  We visited Prince Gong’s mansion.  Later, we climbed up the Drum Tower (built in 1420), a tall building that used drum to signal the hours of the day and travelled down 700 year old Nanluoguxiang Alley.</p>
<div id="attachment_72" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://rbclark.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0266.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-72" title="Lama Temple" src="http://rbclark.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0266.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="195" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">One of the buildings of the Lama Temple</p></div>
<p>The following day we went to Baoquo Temple Antique Market and Liulichang Antique Street.  Some of you will get gifts from these places.  Later in the day, we worked our way up the hill in Jingshan Park.  The hill was made from soil dug to build the huge moat around the Forbidden City.  The hill offered us a great view of the Forbidden City.  It allowed the old Emperor to look out his window and see a pretty hill.  We ended the day by going to an action packed Kung Fu Show… this was a very athletic performance! </p>
<div id="attachment_73" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://rbclark.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0577.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-73" title="The Great Wall of China" src="http://rbclark.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0577.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Great Wall of China</p></div>
<p>The next day we took the 50 mile journey to the Great Wall of China.  On our way, we passed by the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube, two new structures that were part of the Beijing Olympics of 2008.  Construction on the Great Wall started around 600 BC and accelerate around 220 BC when Emperor Qin wanted to keep the Mongols out.  The 4,000 mile long structure took over a million people to build and is truly impressive as it winds over mountains and across valleys.  We hiked on the Wall for a little over 2 hours… it was 90 degrees and humid.  We had our liquids in our back pack, our toilet paper and our hand cleaner.  In case you are wondering, there are the hole-in-the-floor toilets at the guard towers.  Our trip to the Wall also included a stop at the Changling tomb and museum from the 1400s.  This was part of the Ming Dynasty tomb complex, a series of Emperor tombs scattered along the side of a small mountain.  The site was chosen and developed according to Feng Shuui (geomancy) principles.   The trip finished at a Jade factor, claimed to be the largest in China.  While there, we watched artisans carve intricate ball-within-a-ball-within-a-ball pieces.  Some of you may have received gifts from this stop.</p>
<div id="attachment_75" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://rbclark.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0625.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-75" title="Entrance to the Forbidden City" src="http://rbclark.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0625.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="194" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Entrance to the Forbidden City</p></div>
<p>Our Beijing tour included many other interesting visits:  a traditional Peking Duck dinner (originally, a meal served to emperor); Tiananmen Square; the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven and the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong.  We also hiked through a small part of the Forbidden City, the 9,999 room residence of the Emperor built-in the 1400’s.  It was called the Forbidden City because one needed the permission from the Emperor to enter through the gate.  This is the world’s largest palace building complex (over ½ mile long) and it is made up of walled court-yards, each court yard being a residence with several rooms.  Each of the 100s of concubines had their own courtyard.  These all connected and there were walls around clusters of walled complexes.  Eventually, the whole city was surrounded by a 26 feet high outer wall.  The photo above shows the southern entrance, the Wumen (Meridian) Gate.  This is located on the North/South axis for the city.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Webseitentipp: donaldmiralle.com]]></title>
<link>http://fotogenerell.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/webseitentipp-donaldmiralle-com/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lars</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fotogenerell.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/webseitentipp-donaldmiralle-com/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Was gibt es besseres als eine riesige, extra dicke Pizza mit einem Käserand? Richtig! Eine passende ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Was gibt es besseres als eine riesige, extra dicke Pizza mit einem Käserand? Richtig! Eine passende Nachspeise in Form eines Tiramisu! Nachdem ich also den Teil der Nahrungsaufnahme nun hinter mich gebracht habe, stellte ich mir kurzweilig die Frage welche Webseite ich nun auf <a href="http://fotogenerell.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Foto[GEN]erell</a> unbedingt vorstellen muss. Die Wahl ist auf den außergewöhnlichen Sportfotografen <a href="http://www.donaldmiralle.com/#a=0&#38;at=0&#38;mi=1&#38;pt=0&#38;pi=1&#38;s=0&#38;p=-1" target="_blank">Donald Miralle</a> gefallen! Der Kalifornier kann mit über 30 Awards protzen, unter anderen mit dem World Press Photo Golden Eye Award aus den Jahren 2005 und 2006.</p>
<p>Anbei seht ihr gleich einmal Miralle`s Siegerfoto in der Kategorie <strong>Sport Action Fotoserien</strong> bei den <a href="http://www.worldpressphoto.org/" target="_blank">World Press Photo</a> 2005<strong>:</strong></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Sports Action Stories" src="http://img.geo.de/div/image/5026/auto_09_popup.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="378" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Quelle: <a href="http://www.geo.de/GEO/fotografie/fotoshows/5026.html?t=img&#38;p=9&#38;pageview=" target="_blank">geo.de</a></p>
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<p>Weiter geht es mit einer Vielzahl von sehr hübschen Bildern von den <a href="http://en.beijing2008.cn/" target="_blank">Olympischen Sommerspielen 2008</a> in Peking sowie einigen weiteren Bildern, welche ich einzeln aus dem Internet herausgepickt habe:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://blog.newsweek.com/photos/olympicslaforet/images/561581/original.aspx" alt="" width="449" height="676" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://blog.newsweek.com/photos/laforet/images/585125/original.aspx" alt="" width="431" height="650" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://blog.newsweek.com/photos/laforet/images/582592/original.aspx" alt="" width="500" height="598" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://blog.newsweek.com/photos/dayseven/images/580696/original.aspx" alt="" width="482" height="676" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://blog.newsweek.com/photos/laforet/images/585119/original.aspx" alt="" width="429" height="650" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.blog.newsweek.com/photos/laforet/images/576140/original.aspx" alt="" width="500" height="374" /><img class="aligncenter" src="http://blog.newsweek.com/photos/olympicslaforet/images/570768/original.aspx" alt="" width="676" height="428" /><img class="aligncenter" src="http://blog.newsweek.com/photos/olympicslaforet/images/564414/original.aspx" alt="" width="500" height="732" /></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Quelle: <a href="http://www.teamusa.org/news/article/15343" target="_blank">teamusa.org</a></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Quelle: <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29352348/" target="_blank">msnbcmedia.msn.com</a></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Quelle: <a href="http://blog.gettyimages.com/tag/photographing-aquatics/" target="_blank">gettyimages.com</a></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Quelle: <a href="http://www.glorifythepast.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1490" target="_blank">static.nfl.com</a></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Und bitte seht euch (nochmals) ganz, ganz dringend seine bildgewaltige Webseite an &#8211; <a href="http://www.donaldmiralle.com/#a=0&#38;at=0&#38;mi=1&#38;pt=0&#38;pi=1&#38;s=0&#38;p=-1" target="_blank">bitteschön</a>!<br />
Die Verdauungsphase zwingt mich zum Ausruhen! Ich wünsche euch somit einen ähnlich zufriedenstellenden Abend <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Free Stock Photos of Beijing and the Great Wall of China]]></title>
<link>http://imagepushing.com/2009/11/16/free-stock-photos-of-beijing-and-the-great-wall-of-china/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pdtnc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://imagepushing.com/2009/11/16/free-stock-photos-of-beijing-and-the-great-wall-of-china/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[© Photographer | Agency: Dreamstime.com Description: Free Stock Photos of Beijing and the Great Wall]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-the-great-wall-of-china-rimagefree575970-resi131585"><img src="http://freethumbs.dreamstime.com/57/big/free_575970.jpg" border="0" alt="Stock Photos - The Great Wall of China" /></a><a href="http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-beijing-china-statue-reflection-beihai-park-rimagefree585343-resi131585"><img src="http://freethumbs.dreamstime.com/58/big/free_585343.jpg" border="0" alt="Stock Photos - Beijing China - Statue &#38; reflection Beihai park" /></a><a href="http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-tiled-roof-rimagefree585179-resi131585"><img src="http://freethumbs.dreamstime.com/58/big/free_585179.jpg" border="0" alt="Stock Photo - Tiled Roof" /></a><br />
© Photographer  &#124; Agency: Dreamstime.com</p>
<p>Description:<br />
Free Stock Photos of Beijing and the Great Wall of China.<br />
Keywords:<br />
ancient, architecture, beihai, beijing, bowl, bowuguan, building, chairman, china, chinese, city, clear, communism, communist, communists, courtyard, cultural, dynasty, emperor, flag, forbidden, gate, gugon, heavenly, historic, history, imperial, landmark, mandarin, mao, ming, monument, neehow, ornate, pagoda, palace, park, pavilion, peace, peking, peoples, prc, qing, red, republic, revolution, roof, shang, shrine, sky, square, summer, temple, tianamen, tiananmen, tree, water, zedong, ancient, asia, asian, beijing, border, built, china, chinese, east, fronteer, great, greatwall, hike, mandarin, mountains, old, peking, stone, trek, walk, wall</p>
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<title><![CDATA[China, auf dem Weg nach Peking]]></title>
<link>http://richardbiastoch.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/china-auf-dem-weg-nach-peking/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>richardbiastoch</dc:creator>
<guid>http://richardbiastoch.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/china-auf-dem-weg-nach-peking/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[China ist ein großer Dino Nihau! Habe mich jetzt also doch noch dazu durchringen können ein bisschen]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>China ist ein großer Dino</strong><br />
Nihau! Habe mich jetzt also doch noch dazu durchringen können ein bisschen über die Zeit in China zu schreiben. Peking ist für mich jetzt schon gute 40 Tage her. Werd mich jetzt eher mal kurz fassen.<br />
[edit: inzwischen schon gute 70 Tage her]</p>
<p><img alt="" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_dZQ4_Y4F0VE/Sp5sCowgNMI/AAAAAAAABBo/Ez-LhxFyaiQ/s640/P1010532.JPG" title="Tanzen in Peking" class="alignright" width="300" height="220" />Na dann mal los. Wir erreichten China also, mehr oder weniger erfolgreich. Die Grenzstadt, Erlian, auf chinesischer Seite war nicht besonders aufregend. Wir wurden von unserem ersten Taxifahrer betrogen und bekamen nicht das gewünschte Busticket. Eigentlich wollte ich auf dem Weg nach Peking einen Stop in Datong machen, einer kleineren Stadt mit einem Tempel der direkt in den Berg gebaut wurde. Da wir für den Bus nach Datong eine Nacht hätten warten müssen, nahmen wir den Schlafbus nach Peking. Nun, sagen wir es mal so. Die Dinger sind schon billig, aber mit schlafen im Bus hat es nicht zu viel zu tun. Es gibt 3 Reihen à 25 Betten. Deren oberer Teil ist angehoben, so dass die Füße unter des Vordermanns Kopf liegen. Die Betten sind also quasi geschachtelt.</p>
<p>Auf dem Weg raus aus Erlian bekamen wir einen ersten Vorgeschmack auf was uns in China erwarten würde. Die Gegend ist bekannt für ihre Dinosaurier Funde. Da ist es doch eine passende Idee ein paar Dinostatuen an den Weg zu stellen. Bloß dass es die Chinesen nicht bei ein paar Dingen belassen können. So säumten entlang der nächsten Kilometer gute hundert Dinostatuen die Straße. Gerne auch mal ein kleiner Kampf dargestellt zwischen Veliceraptoren und einem Triceratops. Der krönende Abschluss war dann ein monumentales Tor, gebildet aus den Hälsen zweier Brachiosaurier. Wer jetzt in den beiden letzten Sätzen nichts verstanden hat, der hat seine Kindheit versäumt. Macht aber nichts, es gibt ja noch Wikipedia. Schaut einfach mal nach wie groß so ein Brachiosaurus wird und was das ganze Bedeutet wenn ich sage, dass diese Dinos in Originalgröße dargestellt waren.</p>
<p>Jedenfalls kamen wir so gegen 4 Uhr Nachts in Peking an. Was auf dem Land die Dinos waren, sind hier die Häuser. Zumindest zwei Leute können jetzt den kleinen Kulturschock nachvollziehen, den wir hatten als wir in Peking ankamen. In der Mongolei ist so ziemlich jedes große Haus schon eine gewisse Rarität. Und wer sich in den letzten 3 Wochen über jede asphaltierte Straße gefreut hat, für den ist Peking schon ein gewisser Schock. </p>
<p><strong>Streetactivity – Jung gegen Alt</strong><br />
<img alt="" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_dZQ4_Y4F0VE/Sq0mCKl1FNI/AAAAAAAABGg/7BUmddV7HBQ/s640/P1010656.JPG" title="Kickerei in der Straße" class="alignleft" width="300" height="220" />In den Straßen Chinas geht es schon heiß her. Speziell in den großen Städten werden die Straßen abends von hippen Jugendlichen übernommen. Straßenrennen, Discos, Bordelle. Hier wird richtig auf den Putz gehauen. Nicht.<br />
Das Leben auf der Straße beginnt früh in China, sehr früh. Wer es mal schafft um 6 oder 7 Uhr raus zukommen, kann mal vereinzelt, mal in Gruppen die wahren Könige der Straßen antreffen. Vermehrt in Parks, aber gerne auch mal auf dem Parkplatz machen sie ihre Tai-Chi Übungen um Fit für die Strapazen des Tages zu sein. Gemeinsames Singen, Tanzen, Trommeln, Volleyball spielen, Federball spielen, Debattieren, Brettspiele oder einfach mal Tee trinken. Die Generation Ü60 ist erfinderisch in der Freizeitgestaltung. Wer die öffentlichen Plätze dominiert, ist hier klar ausgelotet. Die Jugendlichen verschwinden allenfalls mal in irgendwelchen Einkaufspassagen oder im Computerladen. Auf der Straße trifft man von früh bis spät die Alten. Und von denen gibt es in China mehr und mehr, ebenso wie in Deutschland. Bloß dass man in Deutschland keine Omis und Opis auf der Straße Federball spielen sieht. Zum Beispiel. Die Krönung allerdings ist ein anderes Spiel und gleichzeitig das wohl verbreitetste in ganz China. In Deutschland verbreitett unter dem Namen „Häggi-Säck“. In China wird das ganze nicht mit Ball, sondern einem kleinen Gewicht mit Feder gespielt. Allerdings sehr viel kreativer, als man das allgemein auf Deutschlands Schulhöfen antrifft. Die alten haben eine erstaunliche Beherrschung des „Federballs“. Vor allem beschränken sie sich nicht auf einfache Kicks, sondern es wird von hinter dem Rücken, seitlich, aus allen möglichen Positionen gespielt. Das ist Artistik und stammt vermutlich aus einer fundierten Kung-Fu Ausbildung.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[RMB-Sprung]]></title>
<link>http://markusgaertner.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/147/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>markusgaertner</dc:creator>
<guid>http://markusgaertner.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/147/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Der Große Sprung des Renminbi Vancouver  9. November 2009 Chinas massive Dollar-Reserven und die Ang]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ondskan öppnade kinesisk filmfestival]]></title>
<link>http://filmmedia.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/ondskan-oppnad-kinesisk-filmfestival/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>filmmedia</dc:creator>
<guid>http://filmmedia.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/ondskan-oppnad-kinesisk-filmfestival/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Hofströms Ondskan öppnade på torsdagen den 2:a EU-filmfestivalen. Invigningsfilmen gjorde su]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Michael Hofströms <em>Ondskan</em> öppnade på torsdagen den 2:a EU-filmfestivalen. Invigningsfilmen gjorde succé och mottogs med långa och stående ovationer.</p>
<p>Varje Eu-land får bidra med en aktuell film som visas på originalspråk med kinesiska undertexter. Första upplagan av festivalen 2008 hölls i Peking. I år hålls den fyra veckor långa festivalen både i Peking och Chengdu.</p>
<p><a href="http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/11/06/1722s527303.htm" target="_blank">Läs mer på CRI.CN</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Let it snow !]]></title>
<link>http://bgn2009.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/let-it-snow/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bagalutengregor</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bgn2009.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/let-it-snow/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Als ich Heute so gegen 12:30 meinen kopf wärend des Unterricht zum Fenster drehte, dacht ich so mein]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Als ich Heute so gegen 12:30 meinen kopf wärend des Unterricht zum Fenster drehte, dacht ich so mein Schwein Pfeift aber Falsch gepfiffen, gut das war absehbar mag der ein oder Andere jetzt behaupten, da ja schon gegen 9 sowas ähnliches wie Schnee die Erde Erreichte, aber ganz ehrlich<!--more-->, hätte da jemand gesagt heut abend haben wir locker 2-3cm Schnee liegen</p>
<div id="attachment_289" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 230px"><a href="http://bgn2009.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/2f857938204b2211f424e9368b10f893.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-289" title="Winterbaum" src="http://bgn2009.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/2f857938204b2211f424e9368b10f893.jpg?w=220" alt="&#34;Ein Baum im Winter&#34; von Geli / piqs.de / CC2.0" width="220" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">FOTO: &#34;Ein Baum im Winter&#34; von Geli / piqs.de / CC2.0</p></div>
<p>(a.d.A. Also auf den nicht verkehrsflächen!), da häte doch jeder gesagt du Spinnst, aber Ok das Wetter ist eigensinnig das Weiß man Ja schon. Auch wenn ich eine dazu passende Meldung wie ich sie Heute bei <a title="Staatliche Wettermacher" href="http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/0,1518,659246,00.html" target="_blank">SPON</a> gelesen habe sehr Faszinierend fand!</p>
<blockquote><p><a title="Staatliche Wettermacher - Künstlicher Schneesturm lässt Pekinger frieren" href="http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/0,1518,659246,00.html" target="_blank">SPON &#8211; Staatliche Wettermacher&#8211;Künstlicher Schneesturm lässt Pekinger frieren </a></p></blockquote>
<p>Ich mein ok, dass klingt jetzt sicher Klischeehaft, aber sowas kann wirklich nur in einer Diktatur passieren. Den eine Regierung die ihren Bürgern Rechenschaft ablegen muss, würde sowas sicher nicht dulden, wobei vlt. sollt ich das nicht zu sehr aus meiner Persöhnlichen wertschätzung beurteilen, die Ja schließlich auf Rot/Grünen Werten basiert.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Nur weil etwas technologisch machbar ist,<br />
bedeutet das nicht Zwangläufig auch,<br />
das es gut sein muss, geschweige denn<br />
Umgesetzt werden Sollte.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Naja die Pekinger werden sich gefreut Haben Mitten im Herbst darf man Heizen, &#8212; ob bei denen die Heizkosten auch so einen extremen Wirtschaftlichen Faktor darstellen &#8211;, aber zurück zum thema, bei uns schneit es, und das is so auch ganz gut, nicht umbedingt richtig, aber gut so. &#8212; Ob die Schnee Wolken aus China Kommen ??? &#8211;</p>
<div id="attachment_290" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://bgn2009.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/e0bfb63007db9294a624dc8ebbada5f9.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-290" title="The way" src="http://bgn2009.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/e0bfb63007db9294a624dc8ebbada5f9.jpg?w=300" alt="FOTO: &#34;The way&#34; von a0f / piqs.de / CC2.0" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">FOTO: &#34;The way&#34; von a0f / piqs.de / CC2.0</p></div>
<p>ich weiss das alles nicht, was ich aber weiss ist das ich mich über den verfrühten Winter freue, den Schönen Weißen Schnee find ich alle mal besser als matschigen Regenschlamm.</p>
<p>cu an other time<br />
on an other place</p>
<p>bagalutenGregor</p>
<p>FOTOs:</p>
<blockquote><p><a title="Foto auf Piqs.de" href="http://piqs.de/fotos/50194.html" target="_blank">&#8220;Ein Baum im Winter&#8221;</a> von <a title="zum User profil bei Piqs.de" href="http://piqs.de/user/Geli/" target="_blank">Geli</a> / <a title="Bilder Kostenlos und Lizenzfreie Fotos" href="http://www.piqs.de/" target="_blank">piqs.de</a> / <a title="Some rights reserved" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/de/deed.de" target="_blank">CC2.0</a><br />
<a title="Foto auf Piqs.de" href="http://piqs.de/fotos/46886.html" target="_blank">&#8220;The way&#8221;</a> von <a title="zum User profil bei Piqs.de" href="http://piqs.de/user/aof/" target="_blank">a0f</a> / <a title="Bilder Kostenlos und Lizenzfreie Fotos" href="http://www.piqs.de/" target="_blank">piqs.de</a> / <a title="Some rights reserved" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/de/deed.de" target="_blank">CC2.0</a></p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Human World - Interesting Facts]]></title>
<link>http://simranjeet.com/2009/11/04/human-world-interesting-facts/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kether1985</dc:creator>
<guid>http://simranjeet.com/2009/11/04/human-world-interesting-facts/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I found this in an old text file, I don&#8217;t remember where I got it but it&#8217;s pretty cool. ]]></description>
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<p>I found this in an old text file, I don&#8217;t remember where I got it but it&#8217;s pretty cool. Go ahead and check it out.</p>
<p>Peace<br />
Simranjeet Singh<br />
Talk to me -&#62;</p>
<h2>Human World</h2>
<p>The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.</p>
<p>When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn&#8217;t understand German.</p>
<p>St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish.</p>
<p>The lance ceased to be an official battle weapon in the British Army in 1927.</p>
<p>St. John was the only one of the 12 Apostles to die a natural death.</p>
<p>Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.</p>
<p>Some very Orthodox Jew refuse to speak Hebrew, believing it to be a language reserved only for the Prophets.</p>
<p>A South African monkey was once awarded a medal and promoted to the rank of corporal during World War I.</p>
<p>Born 4 January 1838, General Tom Thumb&#8217;s growth slowed at the age of 6 months, at 5 years he was signed to the circus by P.T. Barnum, and at adulthood reached a height of only 1 metre.</p>
<p>Because they had no proper rubbish disposal system, the streets of ancient Mesopotamia became literally knee-deep in rubbish.</p>
<p>The Toltecs, Seventh-century native Mexicans, went into battle with wooden swords so as not to kill their enemies.</p>
<p>China banned the pigtail in 1911 as it was seen as a symbol of feudalism.</p>
<p>The Amayra guides of Bolivia are said to be able to keep pace with a trotting horse for a distance of 100 kilometres.</p>
<p>Sliced bread was patented by a jeweller, Otto Rohwedder, in 1928. He had been working on it for 16 years, having started in 1912. </p>
<p>Before it was stopped by the British, it was the not uncommon for women in some areas of India to choose to be burnt alive on their husband&#8217;s funeral pyre.</p>
<p>Ivan the terrible claimed to have &#8216;deflowered thousands of virgins and butchered a similar number of resulting offspring&#8217;.</p>
<p>Before the Second World War, it was considered a sacrilege to even touch an Emperor of Japan.</p>
<p>An American aircraft in Vietnam shot itself down with one of its own missiles.</p>
<p>The Anglo-Saxons believed Friday to be such an unlucky day that they ritually slaughtered any child unfortunate enough to be born on that day.</p>
<p>During the eighteenth century, laws had to be brought in to curb the seemingly insatiable appetite for gin amongst the poor. Their annual intake was as much as five million gallons.</p>
<p>Ancient drinkers warded off the devil by clinking their cups</p>
<p>The Nobel Prize resulted form a late change in the will of Alfred Nobel, who did not want to be remembered after his death as a propagator of violence &#8211; he invented dynamite.</p>
<p>The cost of the first pay-toilets installed in England was tuppence.</p>
<p>Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.</p>
<p>In 1647 the English Parliament abolished Christmas.</p>
<p>Mao Rse-Tang, the first chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, was born 26 December 1893. Before his rise to power, he occupied the humble position of Assistant Librarian at the University of Peking.</p>
<p>Coffee is the second largest item of international commerce in the world. The largest is petrol.</p>
<p>King George III was declared violently insane in 1811, 9 years before he died.</p>
<p>In Ancient Peru, when a woman found an &#8216;ugly&#8217; potato, it was the custom for her to push it into the face of the nearest man.</p>
<p>For Roman Catholics, 5 January is St Simeon Stylites&#8217; Day. He was a fifth-century hermit who showed his devotion to God by spending literally years sitting on top of a huge flagpole.</p>
<p>When George I became King of England in 1714, his wife did not become Queen. He placed her under house arrest for 32 years.</p>
<p>The richest 10 per cent of the French people are approximately fifty times better off than the poorest 10 per cent.</p>
<p>Henry VII was the only British King to be crowned on the field of battle</p>
<p>During World War One, the future Pope John XXIII was a sergeant in the Italian Army.</p>
<p>Richard II died aged 33 in 1400. A hole was left in the side of his tomb so people could touch his royal head, but 376 years later some took advantage of this and stole his jawbone.</p>
<p>The magic word &#8220;Abracadabra&#8221; was originally intended for the specific purpose of curing hay fever.</p>
<p>The Puritans forbade the singing of Christmas Carols, judging them to be out of keeping with the true spirit of Christmas.</p>
<p>Albert Einstein was once offered the Presidency of Israel. He declined saying he had no head for problems.</p>
<p>Uri Geller, the professional psychic was born on December 20 1946. As to the origin of his alleged powers, Mr Geller maintains that they come from the distant planet of Hoova.</p>
<p>Ralph and Carolyn Cummins had 5 children between 1952 and 1966, all were born on the 20 February.</p>
<p>John D. Rockefeller gave away over US$ 500,000,000 during his lifetime.</p>
<p>Only 1 child in 20 are born on the day predicted by the doctor.</p>
<p>In the 1970&#8217;s, the Rhode Island Legislature in the US entertained a proposal that there be a $2 tax on every act of sexual intercourse in the State.</p>
<p>Widows in equatorial Africa actually wear sackcloth and ashes when attending a funeral.</p>
<p>The &#8216;Hundred Years War&#8217; lasted 116 years.</p>
<p>The British did not release the body of Napoleon Bonaparte to the French until twenty days after his death.</p>
<p>Admiral Lord Nelson was less than 1.6 metres tall.</p>
<p>John Glenn, the American who first orbited the Earth, was showered with 3,529 tonnes of ticker tape when he got back.</p>
<p>Native American Indians used to name their children after the first thing they saw as they left their tepees subsequent to the birth. Hence such strange names as Sitting Bull and Running Water.</p>
<p>Catherine the First of Russia, made a rule that no man was allowed to get drunk at one of her parties before nine o&#8217;clock.</p>
<p>Queen Elizabeth I passed a law which forced everyone except for the rich to wear a flat cap on Sundays.</p>
<p>In 1969 the shares of the Australian company &#8216;Poseidon&#8217; were worth $1, one year later they were worth $280 each.</p>
<p>Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath to cover the onset of baldness.</p>
<p>Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour during World War II, left school at the age of eleven.</p>
<p>At the age of 12, Martin Luther King became so depressed he tried committing suicide twice, by jumping out of his bedroom window.</p>
<p>It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.</p>
<p>The Turk&#8217;s consider it considered unlucky to step on a piece of bread.</p>
<p>The authorities do not allow tourists to take pictures of Pygmies in Zambia.</p>
<p>The Dutch in general prefer their french fries with mayonnaise.</p>
<p>Upon the death of F.D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman became the President of America on 12 April 1945. The initial S in the middle of his name doesn&#8217;t in fact mean anything. Both his grandfathers had names beginning with &#8216;S&#8217;, and so Truman&#8217;s mother didn&#8217;t want to disappoint either of them.</p>
<p>Sir Isaac Newton was obsessed with the occult and the supernatural.</p>
<p>One of Queen Victoria&#8217;s wedding gifts was a 3 metre diameter, half tonne cheese.</p>
<p>Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never phoned his wife or his mother, they were both deaf.</p>
<p>It was considered unfashionable for Venetian women, during the Renaissance to have anything but silvery-blonde hair.</p>
<p>Queen Victoria was one of the first women ever to use chloroform to combat pain during childbirth.</p>
<p>Peter the Great had the head of his wife&#8217;s lover cut off and put into a jar of preserving alcohol, which he then ordered to be placed by her bed.</p>
<p>The car manufacturer Henry Ford was awarded Hitler&#8217;s Grand Cross of the Supreme Order of the German Eagle. Henry Ford was the inventor of the assembly line, and Hitler used this knowledge of the assembly line to speed up production, and to create better and interchangeable products.</p>
<p>Atilla the Hun is thought to have been a dwarf.</p>
<p>The warriors tribes of Ethiopia used to hang the testicles of those they killed in battle on the ends of their spears.</p>
<p>On 15 April 1912 the SS Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over 1,500 people died. Fourteen years earlier a novel was published by Morgan Robertson which seemed to foretell the disaster. The book described a ship the same size as the Titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night. The name of Robertson&#8217;s fictional ship was the Titan.</p>
<p>There are over 200 religious denominations in the United States.</p>
<p>Eau de Cologne was originally marketed as a way of protecting yourself against the plague.</p>
<p>Charles the Simple was the grandson of Charles the Bald, both were rulers of France.</p>
<p>Theodor Herzi, the Zionist leader who was born on May 2 1860, once had the astonishing idea of converting Jews to Christianity as a way of combating anti-Semitism.</p>
<p>The women of an African tribe make themselves more attractive by permanently scaring their faces.</p>
<p>Augustus II, the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland seemed to have a prodigious sexual appetite, and fathered hundreds of illegitimate children during his lifetime.</p>
<p>Some moral purists in the Middle Ages believed that women&#8217;s ears ought to be covered up because the Virgin May had conceived a child through them.</p>
<p>Hindus don&#8217;t like dying in bed, they prefer to die beside a river.</p>
<p>While at Havard University, Edward Kennedy was suspended for cheating on a Spanish exam.</p>
<p>It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia.</p>
<p>The Emperor Caligula once decided to go to war with the Roman God of the sea, Poseidon, and ordered his soldiers to throw their spears into the water at random.</p>
<p>The Ecuadorian poet, José Olmedo, has a statue in his honour in his home country. But, unable to commission a sculptor, due to limited funds, the government brought a second-hand statue .. Of the English poet Lord Byron.</p>
<p>In 1726, at only 7 years old, Charles Sauson inherited the post of official executioner.</p>
<p>Sir Winston Churchill rationed himself to 15 cigars a day.</p>
<p>On 7 January 1904 the distress call &#8216;CQD&#8217; was introduced. &#8216;CQ&#8217; stood for &#8216;Seek You&#8217; and &#8216;D&#8217; for &#8216;Danger&#8217;. This lasted only until 1906 when it was replaced with &#8216;SOS&#8217;.</p>
<p>Though it is forbidden by the Government, many Indians still adhere to the caste system which says that it is a defilement for even the shadow of a person from a lowly caste to fall on a Brahman ( a member of the highest priestly caste).</p>
<p>In parts of Malaya, the women keep harems of men.</p>
<p>The childrens&#8217; nursery rhyme &#8216;Ring-a-Ring-a-Roses&#8217; actually refers to the Black Death which killed about 30 million people in the fourteenth-century.</p>
<p>The word &#8216;denim&#8217; comes from &#8216;de Nimes&#8217;, Nimes being the town the fabric was originally produced.</p>
<p>During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men&#8217;s beards.</p>
<p>Idi Amin, one of the most ruthless tyrants in the world, before coming to power, served in the British Army.</p>
<p>Some Eskimos have been known to use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.</p>
<p>It is illegal to play tennis in the streets of Cambridge.</p>
<p>Custer was the youngest General in US history, he was promoted at the age of 23.</p>
<p>It costs more to send someone to reform school than it does to send them to Eton.</p>
<p>The American pilot Charles Lindbergh received the Service Cross of the German Eagle form Hermann Goering in 1938.</p>
<p>The active ingredient in Chinese Bird&#8217;s nest soup is saliva.</p>
<p>Marie Currie, who twice won the Nobel Prize, and discovered radium, was not allowed to become a member of the prestigious French Academy because she was a woman.</p>
<p>It was quite common for the men of Ancient Greece to exercise in public .. naked.</p>
<p>John Paul Getty, once the richest man in the world, had a payphone in his mansion.</p>
<p>Iceland is the world&#8217;s oldest functioning democracy.</p>
<p>Adolf Eichmann (responsible for countless Jewish deaths during World war II), was originally a travelling salesman for the Vacuum Oil Co. of Austria.</p>
<p>The national flag of Italy was designed by Napoleon Bonaparte.</p>
<p>The Matami Tribe of West Africa play a version of football, the only difference being that they use a human skull instead of a more normal ball.</p>
<p>John Winthrop introduced the fork to the American dinner table for the first time on 25 June 1630.</p>
<p>Elizabeth Blackwell, born in Bristol, England on 3 February 1821, was the first woman in America to gain an M.D. degree.</p>
<p>Abraham Lincoln was shot with a Derringer.</p>
<p>The great Russian leader, Lenin died 21 January 1924, suffering from a degenerative brain disorder. At the time of his death his brain was a quarter of its normal size.</p>
<p>When shipped to the US, the London bridge ( thought by the new owner to be the more famous Tower Bridge ) was classified by US customs to be a &#8216;large antique&#8217;.</p>
<p>Sir Winston Churchill was born in a ladies&#8217; cloakroom after his mother went into labour during a dance at Blenheim Palace.</p>
<p>In 1849, David Atchison became President of the United States for just one day, and he spent most of the day sleeping.</p>
<p>Between the two World War&#8217;s, France was controlled by forty different governments.</p>
<p>The &#8216;Crystal Palace&#8217; at the Great Exhibition of 1851, contained 92 900 square metres of glass.</p>
<p>It was the custom in Ancient Rome for the men to place their right hand on their testicles when taking an oath. The modern term &#8216;testimony&#8217; is derived from this tradition.</p>
<p>Sir Winston Churchill&#8217;s mother was descended from a Red Indian.</p>
<p>The study of stupidity is called &#8216;monology&#8217;.</p>
<p>Hindu men believe(d) it to be unluckily to marry a third time. They could avoid misfortune by marring a tree first. The tree ( his third wife ) was then burnt, freeing him to marry again.</p>
<p>More money is spent each year on alcohol and cigarettes than on Life insurance.</p>
<p>In 1911 3 men were hung for the murder of Sir Edmund Berry at Greenbury Hill, their last names were Green, Berry , and Hill.</p>
<p>A firm in Britain sold fall-out shelters for pets.</p>
<p>During the seventeen century , the Sultan of Turkey ordered his entire harem of women drowned, and replace with a new one.</p>
<p>Lady Astor once told Winston Churchill &#8216;if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee&#8217;. His reply …&#8217; if you were my wife, I would drink it ! &#8216;.</p>
<p>There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.</p>
<p>The Great Pyramid of Giza consists of 2,300,000 blocks each weighing 2.5 tons.</p>
<p>On 9 February 1942, soap rationing began in Britain.</p>
<p>Paul Revere was a dentist.</p>
<p>The Budget speech on April 17 1956 saw the introduction of Premium Savings Bonds into Britain. The machine which picks the winning numbers is called &#8220;Ernie&#8221;, an abbreviation, which stands for&#8217; electronic random number indicator equipment&#8217;.</p>
<p>Chop-suey is not a native Chinese dish, it was created in California by Chinese immigrants.</p>
<p>The Russian mystic, Rasputin, was the victim of a series of murder attempts on this day in 1916. The assassins poisoned, shot and stabbed him in quick succession, but they found they were unable to finish him off. Rasputin finally succumbed to the ice-cold waters of a river.</p>
<p>Bonnie Prince Charlie, the leader of the Jacobite rebellion to depose of George II of England, was born 31 December 1720. Considered a great Scottish hero, he spent his final years as a drunkard in Rome.</p>
<p>The Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, was born of the 29th December 1809. Apparently, as a result of his strong Puritan impulses, Gladstone kept a selection of whips in his cellar with which he regularly chastised himself.</p>
<p>A parthenophobic has a fear of virgins.</p>
<p>South American gauchos were known to put raw steak under their saddles before starting a day&#8217;s riding, in order to tenderise the meat.</p>
<p>There are 240 white dots in a Pacman arcade game.</p>
<p>In 1939 the US political party &#8216;The American Nazi Party&#8217; had 200,000 members.</p>
<p>King Solomon of Israel had about 700 wives as well as hundreds of mistresses.</p>
<p>Urine was once used to wash clothes.</p>
<p>North American Indian, Sitting Bull, died on 15 December 1890. His bones were laid to rest in North Dakota, but a business group wanted him moved to a &#8216;more natural&#8217; site in South Dakota. Their campaign was rejected so they stole the bones, and they now reside in Sitting Bull Park, South Dakota.</p>
<p>St Nicholas, the original Father Christmas, is the patron saint of thieves, virgins and communist Russia.</p>
<p>Dublin is home of the Fairy Investigation Society.</p>
<p>Fourteen million people were killed in World War I, twenty million died in a flu epidemic in the years that followed.</p>
<p>People in Siberia often buy milk frozen on a stick.</p>
<p>Princess Ann was the only competitor at the 1976 Montreal Olympics that did not have to undergo a sex test.</p>
<p>Ethelred the Unready, King of England in the Tenth-century, spent his wedding night in bed with his wife and his mother-in-law.</p>
<p>Coffins which are due for cremation are usually made with plastic handles.</p>
<p>Blackbird, who was the chief of Omaha Indians, was buried sitting on his favourite horse.</p>
<p>The two highest IQ&#8217;s ever recorded (on a standard test) both belong to women.</p>
<p>The Tory Prime Minister, Benjamin Disreali, was born 21 December 1804. He was noted for his oratory and had a number of memorable exchanges in the House with his great rival William Gladstone. Asked what the difference between a calamity and a misfortune was Disreali replied: &#8216;If Gladstone fell into the Thames it would be a misfortune, but if someone pulled him out again, it would be a calamity&#8217;.</p>
<p>The Imperial Throne of Japan has been occupied by the same family for the last thirteen hundred years.</p>
<p>In the seventeenth-century a Boston man was sentenced to two hours in the stocks for obscene behaviour, his crime, kissing his wife in a public place on a Sunday.</p>
<p>President Kaunda of Zambia once threatened to resign if his fellow countrymen didn&#8217;t stop drinking so much alcohol.</p>
<p>Due to staggering inflation in the 1920&#8217;s, 4,000,000,000,000,000,000 German marks were worth 1 US dollar.</p>
<p>Gorgias of Epirus was born during preparation of  his mothers funeral.</p>
<p>The city of New York contains a district called &#8216;Hell&#8217;s Kitchen&#8217;.</p>
<p>The city of Hiroshima left the Industrial Promotion Centre standing as a monument the atomic bombing.</p>
<p>During the Medieval Crusades, transporting bodies off the battlefield for burial was a major problem, this was solved by carrying a huge cauldron into the Holy wars, boiling down the bodies, and taking only the bones with them.</p>
<p>A ten-gallon hat holds three-quarters of a gallon.</p>
<p>George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.</p>
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<link>http://xiaoi.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/peking-%e5%8c%97%e4%ba%ac/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Xiaoi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Es ist Zeit eine Bekanntmachung zu machen&#8230; Meine Firma schickt mich nach China! Ab Januar näch]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Es ist Zeit eine Bekanntmachung zu machen&#8230;</p>
<p>Meine Firma schickt mich nach China! Ab Januar nächsten Jahres werde ich von Peking aus arbeiten. Ich bin schon sehr gespannt, wie ich im Alltag zurecht komme. So einen langen Aufenthalt vor Ort habe ich noch nie gehabt, seitdem ich China mit 11 Jahren verließ. Und jetzt ausgerechnet in Peking ! Im politischen und kulturellen Zentrum Chinas. Ich freue mich auf die beruflichen und privaten Herausforderungen, die auf mich warten. Wie werde ich meine ehemaligen Landsleute wahrnehmen als Wanderer zwischen zwei Kulturen? Ich habe auf jedenfall vor, weiterhin über meine Erlebnisse in Peking zu bloggen. Leider ist WordPress aber in China dauerhaft gesperrt. So werde ich wohl einige technische Hürde überwinden müssen. Mal sehen.</p>
<p>Für mich beginnt somit quasi einen neuen Lebensabschnitt nach über 20 Jahre Deutschland. Peking wird aber mit Sicherheit nicht meine letzte Station in Asien sein. Mal sehen wo mich das Schicksal noch hintreibt.  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align:center;">宣布这消息的时间到了&#8230;</p>
<p>我的公司将派我去中国!　从明年一月份开始,　我将开始在北京工作.　真的很兴奋.　不知道在那里会怎么样过日子．从我十一岁离开中国以后，从来没有这样长期在国内住过.　更没想到是北京.　中国的政治和文化中心.　我期待着那些工作上和私人生活方面的挑战. 作为一位吸收了两种不同文化的我,将会用那种眼光来看我的同胞呢?　我准备继续写博客关于我在北京的经历.可惜WordPress在中国被长期封掉了.　看来我还得开辟新路.　到了时候再说吧．</p>
<p>对我来说, 在德国过了二十年后,这次等于是打开新生活的第一叶.　但北京肯定不是我在亚洲最后落脚地点．不知道命运还会把我飘到哪处. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<link>http://vargadotter.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/tank-att-kunna-gora-sno-som-i-peking/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[På sajten VildDjur.se står det om snön som nyss föll över Peking i Kina. Jag vet, eftersom det var j]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>På sajten <a title="VildDjur.se" href="http://vilddjur.se/" target="_blank">VildDjur.se</a> står det om snön som nyss föll över Peking i Kina. Jag vet, eftersom det var jag som skrev det.</p>
<p>Vad var det för särskilt med denna snö då, förutom att den var väldigt tidig för säsongen? Jo, den var inte av naturen skapad. Eller, det var den väl men naturen fick hjälp på traven. Ett annat ord för detta är manipulation&#8230;</p>
<p>Vad var det som hände egentligen? Enligt uppgifter så finns det i Kina en framgångsrik metod för att framkalla regn som går ut på att man sprutar in (upp?) speciella kemiska medel i molnen.<br />
Dessa gör sen på något sätt att det bildas nederbörd. Att det blev snö och inte regn i Peking berodde på minusgrader och kraftiga vindar.</p>
<p>Vad tycker du om detta? Är det inte både konstigt och lite skrämmande? Som att någon leker Gud&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview mit Qi Dexiang, Präsident der Universitätspresse an der Beijing Language and Culture University]]></title>
<link>http://sinoalumni.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/qi-dexiang/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sinoalumni</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Herr Qi Dexiang ist Präsident und Chefredakteur der Universitätspresse der Beijing Language and Cult]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-110" title="qi2" src="http://sinoalumni.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/qi2.jpg" alt="qi2" width="145" height="100" />Herr Qi Dexiang ist Präsident und Chefredakteur der Universitätspresse der <em>Beijing Language and Culture University</em> (BLCU) und war selbstverständlich auch bei der diesjährigen Frankfurter Buchmesse als Repräsentant dabei. Interessierte konnten von ihm mehr über die Verlagsarbeit im sich wandelnden China erfahren. Xu Tao nutzte die Gelegenheit und führte ein Interview für SHAN vor Ort.</p>
<p><strong>Xu Tao für SHAN: Guten Tag, Herr Qi! Ich freue mich sehr, dass ich heute ein Interview mit Ihnen führen kann. </strong><strong>China</strong><strong> präsentiert sich 2009 als Ehrengast der Frankfurter Buchmesse. </strong><strong>Wie finden Sie diese Buchmesse? </strong></p>
<p>Qi Dexiang: In diesem Jahr präsentiert China sich als Ehrengast auf der Buchmesse. Wir alle haben uns gut darauf vorbereitet, nicht nur die 108 chinesischen Verlage, sondern auch das chinesische Hauptamt für Presse und Publikationen. Wir meinen, dass die Frankfurter Buchmesse eine wichtige Plattform ist. China soll diese mehr und besser nutzen, damit sich die Ausländer auf direktem Wege über China informieren können.</p>
<p><strong>Die Universitätspresse der BLCU ist ein wichtiger Verlag für chinesische Lehrbücher. Beim Austausch von Sprache und Kultur zwischen Chinesen und Ausländern spielt diese Universität auch eine wichtige Rolle. Welche Vorbereitungen haben Sie getroffen, um sich an dieser Frankfurter Buchmesse zu beteiligen?</strong></p>
<p>Zuerst haben wir viele Bücher von China nach Deutschland mitgenommen, die den Ausländern gefallen. Diese Bücher wecken das Interesse der Ausländer, die chinesisch lernen wollen. Wir bemühen uns, dass Stil und Inhalt der Bücher zu den Ausländern passen. Zweitens haben wir das Fremdsprachenforum für sie organisiert.  Ich habe zum Beispiel gerade ein Forum für deutsche Kinder abgehalten. Das Thema war, wie Kinder leicht chinesisch lernen können. Ich glaube, man sollte mit dem Erlernen von Fremdsprachen in jungen Jahren beginnen. Wir benutzen eine leichte und fröhliche Unterrichtsform, welche auf die Besonderheiten von Kindern gerichtet ist. Die Kinder lernen so spielerisch chinesisch. Ich habe gemerkt, dass es ganz gut funktioniert.</p>
<p><strong>Chinesisch lernen ist jetzt in Europa und der ganzen Welt so populär, wie es früher das Englischlernen war. Was halten Sie von diesem Phänomen? </strong></p>
<p>Ich persönlich denke, dass das im Zusammenhang mit der chinesischen Wirtschaftsentwicklung steht. China entwickelt sich im Vergleich zum Rest der Welt rasant. Seine internationale Stellung ist enorm gestiegen. Je besser und schneller ein Land sich entwickelt, desto mehr Leute interessieren sich für seine Wirtschaft und auch für seine Kultur und Sprache. Meiner Meinung nach ist das ein positives Phänomen, weil Fremdsprachen eine Kommunikationsmethode sind. Wenn man sie beherrscht, kann man eine fremde Kultur schneller und besser kennen lernen.</p>
<p><strong>Herr Qi, haben Sie früher schon an anderen Buchmessen auf der Welt teilgenommen? Unterschieden diese sich von der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2009? </strong></p>
<p>Im Jahr 1998 habe ich mich an einer Buchmesse in Japan beteiligt. Umfang und Form waren nicht so breit und vielfältig. Die Frankfurter Buchmesse ist die größte und beste auf der Welt. Dieses Jahr ist China Ehrengast geworden und ich bin ganz stolz darauf. Unter dem Motto &#8220;Tradition und Innovation“ wird ein vielfältiges Programm rund um die chinesische Literatur und Kultur präsentiert. Ich glaube, dass auf der Buchmesse ein insgesamt positives Fazit für China gezogen wird. Es ist ganz toll, nicht war?</p>
<p><strong>Waren Sie früher schon mal in Deutschland? Wie finden Sie Deutschland und die Deutschen? </strong></p>
<p>Ich bin das erste Mal nach Deutschland gekommen und finde Frankfurt am Main schön. Es sieht Peking irgendwie ähnlich. Vielleicht sind alle Metropolen auf der Welt ähnlich. (<em>Er lächelt</em>.) Die Deutschen sind sehr ordentlich und pünktlich.</p>
<p><strong>Zu dieser Buchmesse sind 108 chinesische Autoren nach Frankfurt gekommen. Manche sind sehr berühmt in China, beispielsweise Yu Hua, Mo Yan, A Lai und Tie Ning. Sind Ihre Lieblingsschriftsteller und -werke hier vertreten? </strong></p>
<p>Nein, leider nicht. Ich interessiere mich nur für klassische chinesische Literatur, wie die <em>Vier Klassiker</em>. „Die Reise nach Westen“ ist mein Lieblingswerk. Ich finde, dass es zur klassischen Literatur gehört.</p>
<p><strong>Sie sind Dr. der Linguistik und Chefredakteur der Universitätspresse der BLCU. Können Sie meinen deutschen Kommilitonen, welche Sinologie studieren, Vorschläge geben, wie man gut chinesisch lernen kann?</strong></p>
<p>Wenn man eine Fremdsprache lernt, muss man zuerst fleißig sein. Dann braucht man viel Übung, am besten mit Muttersprachlern. Anfangs ist es beim Chinesischlernen wichtig viel zu sprechen. Wenn man die Umgangsprache gut beherrscht, wird es einfacher, die Schrift zu lernen. Außerdem finde ich die Umgebung für das  Fremdsprachenlernen wichtig. Wer kann, der sollte nach China gehen, um chinesisch zu lernen. Es geht dort schneller und besser.</p>
<p><ins datetime="2009-10-27T13:16" cite="mailto:henningsen"> </ins></p>
<p><strong>Herr Qi, vielen Dank für das Interview!</strong></p>
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<p>Das SHAN-Interview führte Xu Tao</p>
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<link>http://dariaelisabeth.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/469/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[in Beijing / China July 2009]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">in Beijing / China</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">July 2009</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[in Beijing / China July 2009]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">in Beijing / China</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">July 2009</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Restaurant review: Yi Yuan Restaurant, Peking Food in Taipei]]></title>
<link>http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/restaurant-review-yi-yuan-restaurant-peking-food-in-taipei/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>themanfrommoselriver</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[After all the wonderful &#8220;island food&#8221;, I felt like something northern Chinese and theref]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img src="http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/yiyuan1.jpg" alt="YiYuan1" title="YiYuan1" width="336" height="448" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5228" /></p>
<p>After all the wonderful &#8220;island food&#8221;, I felt like something northern Chinese and therefore had suggested this type of cuisine to my friends, Jim, Chimei, and Tzu-Chin. </p>
<p>They choose the restaurant: <strong>Yi Yuan Restaurant</strong> it was called located in the <strong><a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com">The Westin Taipei Hotel</a></strong> in Taipei.</p>
<p>Its chef, Jordan Yang, is well known for its traditional Peking roast duck and his many new &#8220;incarnations&#8221; of other northern Chinese dishes. Yi Yuan roast duck is the signature dish of the restaurant and a must-eat.</p>
<p><img src="http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/yiyuan2.jpg" alt="YiYuan2" title="YiYuan2" width="448" height="336" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5229" /></p>
<p><strong>Peking roast duck</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/yiyuan3.jpg" alt="YiYuan3" title="YiYuan3" width="336" height="448" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5230" /></p>
<p><strong>The Chef doing his magic</strong></p>
<p>During my years in Beijing, I had had the famous Chinese dish many times. Almost every visitor wanted to taste it at one time or the other with the result that in the end I often did not feel like roast duck at all. But now things are different. Living in Thailand exposes you to excellent duck dishes but the Beijing roast duck is very special. </p>
<p>To serve roast duck and carve it properly is a skill one has to be trained for. One also needs a very sharp knife. The very first bits were just the skin. Unfortunately, I have no clear picture of it but they were meant to be dipped in caster sugar and mustard (see the second picture below). </p>
<p><img src="http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/yiyuan5.jpg" alt="YiYuan5" title="YiYuan5" width="448" height="336" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5232" /></p>
<p><strong>Beautiful duck meat</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/yiyuan4.jpg" alt="YiYuan4" title="YiYuan4" width="448" height="336" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5231" /></p>
<p><strong>Caster sugar and mustard</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/yiyuan7.jpg" alt="YiYuan7" title="YiYuan7" width="448" height="336" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5234" /></p>
<p><strong>More duck meat</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/yiyuan6.jpg" alt="YiYuan6" title="YiYuan6" width="448" height="336" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5233" /></p>
<p><strong>The proper serve of duck ready wrapped</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/yiyuan8.jpg" alt="YiYuan8" title="YiYuan8" width="336" height="448" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5242" /></p>
<p><strong>The &#8220;empty&#8221; duck, stripped off all its treasures</strong></p>
<p>After the duck we had various side dishes, some with seafood, others of a more traditional northern China style and the banquet ended with a soup of course. All the food was just wonderful. We indulged in a most interesting conversation about food and the universe which leads nowhere, as we all know, but gives so much pleasure to the mind. </p>
<p>Thanks folks for taking me there.</p>
<p><img src="http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/yiyuan9.jpg" alt="YiYuan9" title="YiYuan9" width="336" height="448" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5235" /></p>
<p><img src="http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/yiyuan10.jpg" alt="YiYuan10" title="YiYuan10" width="336" height="448" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5236" /></p>
<p><img src="http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/yiyuan11.jpg" alt="YiYuan11" title="YiYuan11" width="448" height="336" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5237" /></p>
<p>We did not have any alcohol with our meal but sipped on green tea which was very refreshing. However, at the end of the hall stood a sideboard filled with various treasures and a mostly high percentage alcohol content. But nothing beats an original &#8220;gaoliang&#8221; made from sorghum as a digestive.</p>
<p><img src="http://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/yiyuan12.jpg" alt="YiYuan12" title="YiYuan12" width="448" height="336" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5238" /></p>
<p><strong>The whole range of Chinese liquors</strong></p>
<p>If Taiwan is on your travel list and your taste buds long for a very special treat, drop in at the Yi Yuan Restaurant in Taipei, and indulge in roast duck and other &#8220;Pekinese&#8221; foods.</p>
<p>Address:<br />
<strong>Yi Yuan Restaurant at the Westin Hotel</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com">www.starwoodhotels.com</a></p>
<p>台北市台湾<br />
3 区南京东路 133 号台北 104<br />
+886 2-8770-6565</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Peking Duck]]></title>
<link>http://roxy2foxy.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/peking-duck/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>roxy2foxy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://roxy2foxy.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/peking-duck/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230;So in gratitude to Stan for fixing my car, I made one of his favourite dishes &#8211; Peking ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>&#8230;So in gratitude to Stan for fixing my car, I made <em>one of </em>his favourite dishes &#8211; Peking Duck!<br />
It has the be one of the most complicated-looking dish but it is the easiest to make!<br />
&#8230;as long as you&#8217;re not roasting the duck or making the pastry yourself&#8230;then that&#8217;s a different story!</p>
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<strong>Preparation:</strong></h2>
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<li>half a roasted duck (which you can carve about 20 slices of skin)</li>
<li>pre-made peking duck pastry- steamed</li>
<li>Hoisin sauce (1 tsp)</li>
<li>spring onion &#8211; cut into 2-inch logs)</li>
<li>cucumber &#8211; cut into 2-inch sticks)<br />
* one item of each for each duck skin</li>
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<h2>Peking Duck arrangement:</h2>
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<li>Spread hoisin sauce in the middle of a pastry</li>
<li>place a piece of duck skin followed by a log of spring onion and cucumber</li>
<li>fold the bottom edge upwards then fold the sides in</li>
<li>eat up!</li>
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<h2><strong>The Duck Fried rice:</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Ingredients:</strong></p>
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<li>2 cups rice (cooked a day ahead is best)</li>
<li>100g of the duck meat shredded</li>
<li>2 spring onion chopped (reserve some for serving)</li>
<li>1 egg &#8211; fried and cut into thin strips</li>
<li>1 egg beaten</li>
<li>2 tsp orange zest</li>
<li>1 small clove garlic lightly crushed</li>
<li>1 slice ginger</li>
<li>pinch of salt</li>
<li>1tbs soy sauce</li>
<li>1tbs sesame oil</li>
<li>3Tbs oil</li>
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<p><strong>Method:</strong></p>
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<li>Heat the oil in a large pan.</li>
<li>Add the garlic, ginger and salt until it is aromatic.</li>
<li>Add the rice and break any lumps and allow for any moisture to be evaporated.</li>
<li>Add the duck, egg strips, orange zest and spring onion and stir-fry to mix well.</li>
<li>Pour the beaten over and stir-frying as you pour so that the egg can coat evenly over the rice.</li>
<li>Add the soy sauce and sesame oil.</li>
<li>Sprinkle some fresh chopped spring onions and serve.<br />
(serves 4)</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Empire Building: Peking Chinese Food]]></title>
<link>http://chillini.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/empire-building-peking-chinese-food/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kyle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chillini.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/empire-building-peking-chinese-food/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Empire Chinese restaurant in Champaign, Ill., has the best Chinese food in the world. I dream about ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-63" title="DSC_0006" src="http://chillini.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/dsc_0006.jpg?w=300" alt="DSC_0006" width="300" height="200" />Empire Chinese restaurant in Champaign, Ill., has the best Chinese food in the world. I dream about it everyday and cry myself to sleep knowing I may never eat there again. This is my journey to mend a broken heart by finding my new Chinese love in Chicago.</em></p>
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<p>For the first (and potentially last) edition of this feature, I&#8217;ll be giving you the 411 on the Peking Chinese Kitchen, which is located at 3167 N. Halsted.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I only order sesame chicken with white rice. I have very particular tastes. Deal with it.</p>
<p><strong>Quality:</strong> These pieces of chicken are friggin huge. If these chicken pieces were people, then a bowl of Peking sesame chicken could play offensive line while Empire&#8217;s chicken would sit at home and watch them on HDTV every Sunday night before falling asleep early because they have to get up at 6 a.m. to get to their job, which they really don&#8217;t like but they are grateful to have in this economy. As for the taste, Peking was surprisingly sweet compared to Empire. A bit different but not a dea-lbreaker.</p>
<p><strong>Quantity:</strong> When I eat a small entree at Empire, I feel like a deadly alien is going to burst out of my stomach when I&#8217;m finished. It&#8217;s an ungodly amount of food and should come with some sort of government warning label. At Peking, the food is enough for one person who is mildly hungry but not much more. It gets the job done for one meal, but you could survive a nuclear fallout with Empire.</p>
<p><strong>Price: </strong>A small entree of sesame chicken at Empire: $5.35. A small entree of sesame chicken at Peking: $5.80. Enjoying a full meal for less than $10 in Chicago: priceless.</p>
<p><strong>Extras:</strong> The chopsticks at Peking are seriously nice. Someone really cares about utensils over there; I would never eat at Peking. That place is terrifying. It looks like Jigsaw from &#8220;Saw&#8221; might call that place home; Both places have fast service. I waited less than 10 minutes after I placed my order, which was nice because I am a very busy man. I have lots of responsibility at city hall and cannot wait too long for my food.</p>
<p><strong>Verdict:</strong> For my first Chicago Chinese food experience, Peking was decent. The taste was a bit sweeter than I was expecting but the quality of the chicken and the rice was on par with Empire. Although the serving size was considerably smaller, you can&#8217;t beat the price in the city.</p>
<p>I was happy with the meal, my heart craves more. The search continues&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Your secret desire to completely change your life will manifest. &#8211; Peking fortune cookie</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Utkast på planeringen]]></title>
<link>http://brunkiwi.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/utkast-pa-planeringen/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bobby</dc:creator>
<guid>http://brunkiwi.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/utkast-pa-planeringen/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Min planering är inte så lång, men det är den alla är nyfikna på. Men ungefär såhär kommer det att s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Min planering är inte så lång, men det är den alla är nyfikna på. Men ungefär såhär kommer det att se ut:</p>
<p>Innan september 31 säga upp lägenhet, el, bredband, etc &#8211; klart!</p>
<p>Mitten oktober &#8211; säga upp mig eller begära tjänstledigt</p>
<p>December 31 &#8211; bli hemlös ^^</p>
<p><strong>OBS! Ungefärliga datum följer:</strong><br />
12:e januari &#8211; Flyg till England, bo med syrran<br />
16:e januari &#8211; Flyg till Hong Kong<br />
19:e januari &#8211; Flyg till Auckland (Nya Zeeland)<br />
Ta mig ner mot Wellington där min moster bor för att bo med dem några veckor i början av resan innan jag tar mig ut och jobbar och skaffar eget boende.<br />
19:e augusti &#8211; Flyg till Tokyo<br />
9:e september &#8211; Flyg till England<br />
15:e september &#8211; Flyg &#8220;hem&#8221; till Sverige &#8211; hemlös och arbetslös ;P</p>
<p>Men som sagt är det extremt ungefärliga datum. De baseras på att jag kommer stanna exakt 6 månader där nere. Men de anhalter jag listat är ganska så spikade. Skulle dock hemskt gärna vilja hinna med ett par veckor i Peking efter Japan. Men får se. Hoppas kunna boka en hembiljett med fria datum utan att det kostar skjortan.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Peking: Djokó]]></title>
<link>http://krumplicukor.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/peking-djoko/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>krumplicukor</dc:creator>
<guid>http://krumplicukor.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/peking-djoko/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nole vs. Marin: 6-2, 7-6(4). Az előző posztban már leírtam a történteket, győzött a rutin, pedig azé]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nole vs. Marin: 6-2, 7-6(4). Az előző posztban már leírtam a történteket, győzött a rutin, pedig azé]]></content:encoded>
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