An investor buys a stock. They don’t monitor how many days in the next year that it made no gains, or that most of the gains occurred over only 15 days of the year. To do so would be absurd.

On one level, experiments in cross-strait closeness are working on Kinmen. Taiwanese citizens there take the ferry over to mainland China on weekends and collect rent on their properties in Xiamen; mainlanders buy cups of Mao Zedong Milk Tea, laced with Kinmen’s famous liquor, and sip them at the round stone tables of the Wind Lion God Café in Shuitou. Sometimes they order the Chiang Kai-shek Milk Tea, filled with sweet jelly cubes. In taxis and on docks they chat together about politicians, history, the price of liquor. And they marry, sometimes. But in important ways, the gap between them is widening. Thinking back to Shimu’s description of China and Taiwan as an estranged couple, I imagine them sitting in the same room. They are talking to each other across the gap, smiling at each other. But each is preoccupied with separate thoughts. China thinks of breaking out of its chains. Taiwan, its “treasure island,” must be reclaimed, and the seas round it opened. This is China’s right, and a righting of past wrongs. Taiwan, meanwhile, is thinking about a future of presidential elections and diplomatic balancing; of the lessons of Hong Kong, and how best to play it smart. When the two sides speak to each other, the messages become warped. A Taiwanese complains about vote-buying and fights in the legislature; a mainlander hears repudiation of Taiwan’s system. One side says “peace across the straits,” the other, “peaceful reunification,” and, still smiling, they gloss over the difference. For now.

Just pulling the chunks of rust out of the frame, I was able to fill this entire bag with 3.5 pounds of Fe2O3, which I will add to my vast and ever-growing collection of the world’s finest, USDA Prime Choice, Grade A rust:

… Looking ahead, Salkeld said he sees a continued push towards robotics with a crew of two or less, both for costs and increased safety.

Six, Eight, and 10-speed automatic transmissions are available depending on the customers engine choice. Six-speeds are available on 4.3-liter V6 and 5.3-liter V8 models, eight-speeds are available on 2.7-liter turbocharged four-cylinder and 5.3-liter V8 models, and 10-speeds are available on 6.2-liter V8 models and the aforementioned 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder Turbo Diesel engine.

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I decided to try, and Kinmen—the first break and the first link between China and Taiwan—seemed like a good place to start. In January 2015, I boarded a plane from Taipei to Kinmen.

I don’t trust Ursacks as much as a hard-sided canister, but I think they’re acceptable in low-risk areas where they’re unlikely to be rigorously tested.

Now, many of those jobs are disappearing, and in an era when President Trump’s energy plan is proclaiming how many jobs the shale industry will bring, declining workforce numbers are not a point the industry is seeking to publicize.

What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? There is plenty of available street parking.

The jump in coin values has brought a rush of new miners into the business, all anxious to lock down a cheap source of energy to operate and cool their power-hungry computers.

Looks are always subjective, but we think that the trucks new styling is handsome. Gone are the massive squared-off wheel wells, replaced with rounded ones. Out back the Silverado ditches the big bow-tie on the tailgate and instead reads ‘CHEVROLET’ embossed in the upper third of the tailgate. The front fascia is the most obvious visual change. New headlights are slimmer and wider, and the gargantuan front grill is either black, body color matching, or chrome depending on the trim level.