有一陣子的時間沒到台灣山上走了(山上是指要辦入山證之高山)
昨天到觀霧好好享受一下高山風景...
Taiwan is a beatiful place ,
Beauty Formorsa…
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World Cup 2010 - Octopus Paul retires
Paul 應該是本次世界杯的大明星
Eurosport - Mon, 12 Jul 13:33:00 2010
Buzz Up!
One of the stars of the 2010 World Cup has announced his shock retirement after a flawless tournament - Paul the Octopus.
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The psychic cephalopod became a global sensation by correctly predicting the result of every Germany game at the World Cup. He signed off with a perfect eight out of eight record by picking Spain to beat the Netherlands in the final.
A spokesman for the German aquarium where he is kept said Paul would: "Go into retirement and do what he likes to do best: play with his handlers and delight children who come to visit him."
Paul, who was born in Weymouth but lives at Sea Life in Oberhausen, Germany, became a talisman for gamblers, with bookmakers William Hill claiming the octopus's forecasts cost them £500,000 as punters flocked to follow his advice.
Before each match, his keepers would lower a plastic container with two compartments - one for each team - into Paul's tank. A clam was placed into each compartment, and the clam he ate first represented his prediction.
He correctly backed Germany to beat Australia, Ghana, England, Argentina and Uruguay, but lose to Serbia and Spain, then nailed the result of the final. A £10 accumulator on all eight results would have won around £2,000.
Two years ago, Paul predicted five of Germany's six results at Euro 2008 correctly, but slipped up when picking the Germans to win the final. They lost 1-0.
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World Cup 2010 - Spain crowned world champions
恭賀西班牙首次拿冠軍
Andres Iniesta dramatically fired Spain to World Cup glory for the first time in their history with the only goal of the game deep into extra-time in a 1-0 win over Netherlands at Soccer City.
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With the match goalless after 90 minutes an additional period was needed to separate the two sides, with Barcelona midfielder Iniesta delivering the telling blow in the 116th minute to send spark of scenes of wild celebration in Johannesburg and back in Spain.
The match, played in front of 85,000 and watched by an estimated 700 million more on television around the world largely failed to live up to its billing and was littered by 12 yellow cards and one red, John Heitinga receiving his marching orders for the Dutch late on.
It was surprising that the Oranje managed to keep a full complement for so long, so physical was their style of play on the night. English referee Howard Webb endured a difficult evening as the Dutch took their tally of yellow cards to 23 for the tournament. Only Argentinain 1990 have picked up as many.
But ultimately Spain's victory - their fourth successive 1-0 win of the tournament - was deserved, and the triumph made them just the third country alongside West Germany and France to hold the World and European title at the same time.
With both sides having been hailed for playing the game as it should be played throughout the tournament, and considering the two teams were at full strength for the final, even the least optimistic neutral observer might have expected an exciting and entertaining game.
Unfortunately the first half was anything but, with the encounter descending into a niggly, attritional affair, littered with fouls and lacking real moments of class.
Referee Webb had his hands full from the outset and the Rotherham official was forced to brandish five of the yellow cards with not even half an hour on the clock.
The fifth of those offenders, Nigel de Jong, could easily have been dismissed for a vicious-looking chest-high karate kick on Xabi Alonso and the Manchester City midfielder could count himself mighty lucky to have remained on the pitch.
As for goalscoring chances, there were not many during the opening period. Spain threatened sporadically but failed to build on their early promise, while Netherlands seemed more concerned about neutralising their opponents' attacking threat rather than getting forward themselves.
Sergio Ramos nearly gave Vicente del Bosque's side the lead when he planted a fifth minute diving header, and the Real Madrid right-back went close again soon after when he tricked his way past Dirk Kuyt only to lash across the face of goal.
In between those efforts, David Villa fired a back-post volley into the side netting but despite their slightly superior possession, Spain were unable to capitalise.
The Dutch had to wait until after the half-hour mark for their first real opportunity and even then they had to rely on a near-howler from Iker Casillas. The Real Madrid keeper misjudged the bounce of the ball as it was played back by the Dutch following an injury break for Carles Puyol and nearly allowed it to bounce straight over his head and in.
Wherever it came from, the chance marked an upturn for the Dutch and Arjen Robben, who had been quiet for the majority of the opening period, finally gave an indication of what he is capable of as the first half drew to a close, the Bayern Munich man cutting inside bringing Casillas into action with a low shot.
After the break the game finally sparked into life and it was Robben who should have broken the deadlock 17 minutes after the restart. He was put clean through on goal by Wesley Sneijder, and with all the time in the world at his disposal he waited for Casillas to make his move - but was still denied by the keeper's trailing leg.
He was nearly made to regret that golden opportunity just seven minutes later but Villa was denied by a last-ditch block by Heitinga, whose error after great approach play from Jesus Navas had led to the chance in the first place.
Ramos then wasted another chance to put Spain into the lead, conspiring to head over the bar even though he was completely unmarked at a corner.
Going into extra-time, tired limbs began to show and with the game opening up, gilt-edged chances to settle the game fell at both ends.
The introduction of Cesc Fabregas as a substitute gave Spain a lift, and the Arsenal midfielder was involved in a penalty shout before he was played in on goal by Iniesta. But yet again, a finishing touch was absent, and Stekelenburg was able to make the save.
With the spectre of penalties looming, both teams went for the opposition's jugular but Joris Mathijsen headed over the bar at one end before Navas fired into the side netting at the other.
Heitinga received his marching orders in the 109th minute for a second bookable offence, and with just 10 men for the final 10 minutes, the Dutch faced a losing battle to keep Spain at bay.
So it proved, with Fabregas playing the telling pass through to Iniesta who finished superbly with just four minutes remaining to bring down the curtain on the tournament in South Africa in the most dramatic fashion.
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Victoria Decoration Cake 薇朵莉雅烘焙工坊
在新竹要找一家好吃又便宜的店並不多
清大附近的薇朵莉雅麵包店雖不大但東西不貴又好吃
或許是在學區的原因吧
地址:新竹市建功一路4號
TEL:03-5718271
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BP oil spill: Giant oil skimmer makes stop in Norfolk on way to Gulf cleanup
BP oil spill: Giant oil skimmer makes stop in Norfolk on way to Gulf cleanup
BP oil spill: Giant oil skimmer makes stop in Norfolk on way to Gulf cleanup
The six opening's(Six on both sides of the vessel, 12 opening's in all) near the bow of the vessel that pulls in the oil"A Whale", is billed as the largest oil skimmer vessel in the world docked at Norfolk International Terminal for today before sailing to the Gulf area this afternoon. The A Whale is 1115 feet long and 196 feet wide and can hold 1 million barrels of recovered oil. (Joe Fudge, Daily Press / June 24, 2010)
Peter Frost, pfrost@dailypress.com | 247-4744
1:59 p.m. EDT, June 25, 2010
NORFOLK — A giant tanker billed as the world's largest oil skimming vessel will sail Friday to the Gulf of Mexico after a brief stop at the Port of Hampton Roads, with no guarantee it will be allowed to assist in oil-cleanup efforts.
The Taiwanese-owned ship, dubbed the "A Whale," is one of the world's largest supertankers at 1,115 feet in length and a nearly 200 foot beam. It was converted last week at a Portuguese shipyard to skim oil off surface waters.
The six-month-old, Liberian-flagged A Whale is designed to work 20 to 50 miles offshore where other, smaller skimmers have trouble navigating and ingest oily water into 12, 16-foot-long intake vents on both sides of its bow. Its owner, Taiwan-based TMT Group, said the ship has the capacity to capture up to 500,000 barrels of oil-contaminated water a day. The ship is designed to filter out most of the oil from the water in specialized tanks and transfer the oil to other tankers or shore-based facilities. The remaining water would be pumped back into the Gulf.
Company officials said the new skimming method has never been attempted by a vessel of its size.
"We can do in maybe in a day and a half what these other crews have done in 66 days," said Bob Grantham, a project officer for TMT Group based in London. "What we aim to do is to provide the first line of defense of the U.S. coastline. We see the A Whale as adding another layer to the recovery effort."
But, TMT officials said it does not yet have government approval to assist in the cleanup or a contract with BP to perform the work.
That's part of the reason the ship was tied to pier at the Virginia Port Authority's Norfolk International Terminals Friday morning, and the firm and its public-relations agency invited anyone who would listen to an hour-long presentation about how the ship could provide an immediate boost to clean-up efforts in the Gulf.
TMT also paid to fly in Edward Overton, a professor emeritus in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Louisiana State University, to blast the lack of effort and coordination in BP's and the government's oil-spill response and make a plea to the government to allow the A Whale to join the operation.
"We need this ship. We need this help," Overton said. "That oil is already contaminating our shoreline. … Don't take no for an answer; just do it."
The company would need approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Coast Guard and, possibly, a federally granted waiver from a century-old maritime act that restricts foreign-flagged vessels from operating in U.S. waters.
Copyright © 2010, Newport News, Va., Daily Press
Posted by World Watch at 10:11 PM
http://newsessentials.blogspot.com/2010/06/bp-oil-spill-giant-oil-skimmer-makes.html
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THAI CUISINE曉芳泰式料理
知道這間店是因為公司泰國工程師介紹的
曉芳是由一群泰國人開的 東西真的非常好吃非常泰國
不過他要搬到金山街內
新地址:新竹市金山7街40號
電話 :03-577-1508
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