Since UE often occurs in places that are abandoned or neglected, safety is a very import concern. Disused sites may be unstable, while tunnels and sewers may flood if it rains - trapping explorers inside. Abandoned sites are often scattered with debris and broken glass, while hospitals and factories may contain dangeous chemicals. The legality of exploration must also be considered. While many sites are on public land with unrestricted access, others are on private property, condemned or fenced off and should be avoided. And since September 11, 2001, security has become espectially important. Walking down a dark tunnel is probably not worth jail time or a steep fine. In addition, there are ethical considerations. Every effort should be made to avoid damaging sites so they remain open and safe for future visitors. Explorers often refuse the locations of places they visit to protect them from vandalism.
While these risks are real, urban exploration can offer people an exciting glimpses of unseen places all around. From catacombs to abandoned buildings, you never know what adventures
may be waiting around the corner -- or under your feet.
2009年4月4日星期六
2009年4月3日星期五
08095 - Ubran Exploration 2
The term urban exploration covers a wide range of activities. Since it is usually a hobby, practitioners often visit sites that are near their homes. As a result, ubran explorers in different cities focus on examing different types of places based on their availability.
The most popular and readily accessible destinations are often abandoned buildings. Disused factories, hospitals, and even housing developments can offer interesting glimpses into the past and make great subjects for photography. Other popular destinations include obsolete military fortifications and even buildings destined for demolition.
Ancient European cities often lie atop networks of catacombs. These underground tunnels have served many purposes through the years. Some have acted as cemeteries and bunkers while others have sheltered revolutionaries, smugglers and religious groups. Some of the most famous catacombs, such as those in Rome, Paris and Odessa, have sections that are open for tours.
Over time, cities go through stages of growth and decline. In newer cities, which haven't experienced such a decline, it can be difficult to find abandoned buildings. In these places, urban explorers may decide to go underground and explore the city's storm drains or sewers.
The most popular and readily accessible destinations are often abandoned buildings. Disused factories, hospitals, and even housing developments can offer interesting glimpses into the past and make great subjects for photography. Other popular destinations include obsolete military fortifications and even buildings destined for demolition.
Ancient European cities often lie atop networks of catacombs. These underground tunnels have served many purposes through the years. Some have acted as cemeteries and bunkers while others have sheltered revolutionaries, smugglers and religious groups. Some of the most famous catacombs, such as those in Rome, Paris and Odessa, have sections that are open for tours.
Over time, cities go through stages of growth and decline. In newer cities, which haven't experienced such a decline, it can be difficult to find abandoned buildings. In these places, urban explorers may decide to go underground and explore the city's storm drains or sewers.
2009年3月28日星期六
080904 - Unban Eploration （1）
Human enviroments can be a lot like mazes. Both above and below ground, cities, especially very old ones, are home to interesting structures. Tunnels, sewers and old buildings wait just begging to be explored! While some of these are still in use, many others now lay neglected and forgotten. Urban explorers find, visit and sometimes document the unseen places around us. As urban exploration (UE) has grown in popularity, it has captured the popular imagination. Often misunderstood, UE has developed into a whole subculture, complete with web pages, newsletters, books and movies. Many major cities even have informal groups that meet or use the internet to share their adventures. Since UE has varying levels of intensity, it is open to a diverse group of people. The Cave Clan, an Australian group, is open to anyone older than 18 and has a memebership that ranges from tradespeople to government employees. The group provides a meeting place for like-minded people and encourages them to participate as much, or as little, as they are comfortable with. This might entail crawling through storm drains or may simply invole poking around old houses.
2009年3月22日星期日
20080908 - Asia's Amazing Malls
New malls pop up everythere.
More than just a place to shop, these Asian malls - among the larget in the world - are entertianment destinations.
see eye to eye
with one's eyes closed:
Asian's Amazing Malls
More than just a place to shop, these Asian malls - among the largest in the world - are entertainment destinations. Shopper can find not only spacious indoor shopping areas but also ice-skating rinks, indoor atriums, amusement parks and more.
Big debut in Dubai
Located in the shadow of the world's tallest building, one of the world's largest shopping centers - the Dubai Mall - just opened this year. Under one roof, shoppers will find several distinct shopping areas, including a gold souk with 220 stores. It has retail space for 1200 stores in its 500000-square-meter area. The mall's centerpiece - a large aquarim with walk - through glass tunnels - will bring shoppers eye to eye with sharks, stingrays and other marine species.
Firsts for the Philippines
The Philippines claims three of the world's largest malls thanks to one man: Henry Sy, a Chines-Filipino entrepreneur, His company, SM Prime Holdings, Inc. has 30 malls in the Philippines, including the SM Mall of Asia. This mall, which opened in 2006, introduced many "firsts" to the Philippines, including an Olympic-size ice-skating rink and an IMAX theater. The mall has golf carts to accommodate those who need help moving around .
More than just a place to shop, these Asian malls - among the larget in the world - are entertianment destinations.
see eye to eye
with one's eyes closed:
Asian's Amazing Malls
More than just a place to shop, these Asian malls - among the largest in the world - are entertainment destinations. Shopper can find not only spacious indoor shopping areas but also ice-skating rinks, indoor atriums, amusement parks and more.
Big debut in Dubai
Located in the shadow of the world's tallest building, one of the world's largest shopping centers - the Dubai Mall - just opened this year. Under one roof, shoppers will find several distinct shopping areas, including a gold souk with 220 stores. It has retail space for 1200 stores in its 500000-square-meter area. The mall's centerpiece - a large aquarim with walk - through glass tunnels - will bring shoppers eye to eye with sharks, stingrays and other marine species.
Firsts for the Philippines
The Philippines claims three of the world's largest malls thanks to one man: Henry Sy, a Chines-Filipino entrepreneur, His company, SM Prime Holdings, Inc. has 30 malls in the Philippines, including the SM Mall of Asia. This mall, which opened in 2006, introduced many "firsts" to the Philippines, including an Olympic-size ice-skating rink and an IMAX theater. The mall has golf carts to accommodate those who need help moving around .
2009年3月14日星期六
090302: Telephone Past, Present and Future
电话从出生开始已经走了很长的一段路了.
Telephone has comd a long way since its early days.
Imagine smoke signal, carrier pigeon and rider on a horseback. Although these may sound strange, years ago, people used them to communicate.
Bell received a patent for a telephone.
Telephone has comd a long way since its early days.
Imagine smoke signal, carrier pigeon and rider on a horseback. Although these may sound strange, years ago, people used them to communicate.
Bell received a patent for a telephone.
2008年12月22日星期一
Desktop for 2009.04
Hopefully you've all had a chance to play with the 2008.11 release for
a couple of weeks now. For some of us, that means it's time to start
thinking about 2009.04 :)
Obviously, we have a somewhat compressed schedule for the April
release (especially with the intervening holiday season), so in
addition to sticking with GNOME 2.24 this time around, we don't have a
huge scope for desktop enhancements. However, if you have any desktop
issues, tweaks or other suggestions that you haven't already filed a
bug at defect.opensolaris.org, this week would be a good time to do
so-- we're starting work on the 2009.94 UI spec right about now.
a couple of weeks now. For some of us, that means it's time to start
thinking about 2009.04 :)
Obviously, we have a somewhat compressed schedule for the April
release (especially with the intervening holiday season), so in
addition to sticking with GNOME 2.24 this time around, we don't have a
huge scope for desktop enhancements. However, if you have any desktop
issues, tweaks or other suggestions that you haven't already filed a
bug at defect.opensolaris.org, this week would be a good time to do
so-- we're starting work on the 2009.94 UI spec right about now.
2008年8月1日星期五
I Love ...
As an ice breaker, I would like to introduce myself from the following four aspects: my name, my education, my family and my hometown.
My name is Cai Qingming. Some Chinese like to name their children in Chinese idioms. For example, in a family with surname Zhang, if there are 4 children, they may be called Zhang Wen, Zhang Wu, Zhang Shuang and Zhang Quan. Their given names come from a Chinese idiom "Wen Wu Shuang Quan" which means well versed in both polite letters and martial arts. There are 3 children in my family, my elder brother's name is "Cai QingDong", my elder sister's name is "Cai LiFang" and my name is "Cai Qingming", our last characters in names make up of a Chinese idiom "Dong Fang Ming", means the orient is brilliant. If I were a girl, I guess that my parents must name me "Hong", then the idiom becomes "Dong Fang Hong" which is the song that was played by the first China man-made satellite.
My Family
My wife and I have been married for two years. She is so lovely that anyone who knows her will like her. She is also good-looking, which I can't match. What always makes me annoyed is that when many people meet us first time, they may think she must have married a rich man. But the fact is not.
Both My wife and I like playing badminton. Our courtship also started from the badminton. That was about several years ago we fell in love during a badminton activity. So far, we still keep the habit of playing badminton every week. She has become one of the outstanding amateur female players, but I am still at the same level as before.
Another common hobby of us is singing. We look at singing not just as a way of relaxation, but a kind of physical exercise as well. My wife is good at singing popular songs, while folk songs are my departments. Sometimes we will go out for karaoke with friends and we often perform the wonderful duets.
My Education
I was born in a poor family in a small town of north east of China. Every one in 1970's can imagine how poor the life was at that time in China. Especially for a common family with 3 children who needed to finish their education. In my memory, at that time, even a 5-cent ice cream seemed luxurious for me. My grandfather had told me something that I will never forget "We will send you to college even by selling our iron pots". This was encouraging me to keep going forward in my education. Now I feel appreciative that I could finish my education successfully. I also thank my grandfather and my parents so much for their support and dedication.
My Hometown
Located in the central west of Jilin Province, the city of Songyuan has an area of 22,000 square kilometers and a population of 2.62 million. It is richly endowed by nature and has always been known as "an oil city, a grain store, a meat store, a sea of forest and a fish producer." Songyuan enjoys convenient transportation and modern communication facilities. Urban construction has changed the city's outlook with each passing day, while people's livelihood has improved year by year. At present, the overall economic strength of Songyuan holds the fourth place among cities in the province.
Beautiful Songyuan City has its unique tourism resources. Songhua River flows through the municipal region. There are a lot of sightseeing sites along the river, which form a scenic line.
In Chagan Lake, one of the top ten famous fresh water lakes in the nation, there are all kinds birds and fishes. The famous actress "Gao Xiumin" came from SongYuan and her TV serial "At the bank of the Holy Water Lake" was filmed on the location of Chagan Lake. In addition, there are also many historical spots in Song-yuan, such as Triumph Eulogy Stele of Jin Dynasty, Tahu-cheng Ruin, Ruin of Liaojin. They are all among the nation's key protected cultural relics.
In 2008, SongYuan city was luckily selected as one of the torch relay cities. Through this activity, the city will become well-known around China even the world.
Overall, I am absolutely a common person which may not leave you much impression. But you should know that I'm the same as most of Chinese people, I love my family, I love my hometown and I love my China. I am proud of them!
My name is Cai Qingming. Some Chinese like to name their children in Chinese idioms. For example, in a family with surname Zhang, if there are 4 children, they may be called Zhang Wen, Zhang Wu, Zhang Shuang and Zhang Quan. Their given names come from a Chinese idiom "Wen Wu Shuang Quan" which means well versed in both polite letters and martial arts. There are 3 children in my family, my elder brother's name is "Cai QingDong", my elder sister's name is "Cai LiFang" and my name is "Cai Qingming", our last characters in names make up of a Chinese idiom "Dong Fang Ming", means the orient is brilliant. If I were a girl, I guess that my parents must name me "Hong", then the idiom becomes "Dong Fang Hong" which is the song that was played by the first China man-made satellite.
My Family
My wife and I have been married for two years. She is so lovely that anyone who knows her will like her. She is also good-looking, which I can't match. What always makes me annoyed is that when many people meet us first time, they may think she must have married a rich man. But the fact is not.
Both My wife and I like playing badminton. Our courtship also started from the badminton. That was about several years ago we fell in love during a badminton activity. So far, we still keep the habit of playing badminton every week. She has become one of the outstanding amateur female players, but I am still at the same level as before.
Another common hobby of us is singing. We look at singing not just as a way of relaxation, but a kind of physical exercise as well. My wife is good at singing popular songs, while folk songs are my departments. Sometimes we will go out for karaoke with friends and we often perform the wonderful duets.
My Education
I was born in a poor family in a small town of north east of China. Every one in 1970's can imagine how poor the life was at that time in China. Especially for a common family with 3 children who needed to finish their education. In my memory, at that time, even a 5-cent ice cream seemed luxurious for me. My grandfather had told me something that I will never forget "We will send you to college even by selling our iron pots". This was encouraging me to keep going forward in my education. Now I feel appreciative that I could finish my education successfully. I also thank my grandfather and my parents so much for their support and dedication.
My Hometown
Located in the central west of Jilin Province, the city of Songyuan has an area of 22,000 square kilometers and a population of 2.62 million. It is richly endowed by nature and has always been known as "an oil city, a grain store, a meat store, a sea of forest and a fish producer." Songyuan enjoys convenient transportation and modern communication facilities. Urban construction has changed the city's outlook with each passing day, while people's livelihood has improved year by year. At present, the overall economic strength of Songyuan holds the fourth place among cities in the province.
Beautiful Songyuan City has its unique tourism resources. Songhua River flows through the municipal region. There are a lot of sightseeing sites along the river, which form a scenic line.
In Chagan Lake, one of the top ten famous fresh water lakes in the nation, there are all kinds birds and fishes. The famous actress "Gao Xiumin" came from SongYuan and her TV serial "At the bank of the Holy Water Lake" was filmed on the location of Chagan Lake. In addition, there are also many historical spots in Song-yuan, such as Triumph Eulogy Stele of Jin Dynasty, Tahu-cheng Ruin, Ruin of Liaojin. They are all among the nation's key protected cultural relics.
In 2008, SongYuan city was luckily selected as one of the torch relay cities. Through this activity, the city will become well-known around China even the world.
Overall, I am absolutely a common person which may not leave you much impression. But you should know that I'm the same as most of Chinese people, I love my family, I love my hometown and I love my China. I am proud of them!
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