2017年2月27日 星期一

內壢與Madurai, India;兩位印度客人

兩位印度客人
2013.8 內壢與Madurai, India
約22 年前,印度Madurai 某大廠商主管來內壢杜邦公司訪問 (我們事業部的新加坡主管在企劃與印度廠商合作:"大中國"區的市場開拓,由我負責)。
所有的管理人之中,我對他最友善。
那位總經理,給我幾本彩色書, 包括印刷精美的 Know Madurai 、我保留它 當一種友情的紀念。....2006.8.8
第2位印度客人,是明目書社負責人賴先生的;賴先生去過印度幾次,希望我們多了解印度,他也代理印度某出版商的英文出版品在臺之業務--該廠商的新一代履新,來台北認識朋友。那天(約2006年某天)我剛好在場,就與賴先生接待印度客人,一起吃素食午餐。




2013.8 內壢與Madurai, India
約22 年前. 印度Madurai 某大廠商主管來內壢杜邦公司訪問
所有的管理人之中我對他最友善.
那位總經理給我幾本彩色書 包括印刷精美的 Know Madurai .
我保留它 當一種友情的紀念

2006.8.8

Google to extend expertise to Aravind Eye Hospital
Hindu - Chennai,India
Madurai, Aug. 7 (PTI): Global IT major Google is to extend its expertise in Information Technology to the world famous Aravind Eye Hospital here. ...


2005.7.9

Telemedicine brings quality care to Tamil Nadu:-
Webindia123 - India
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), July 8 : A strategic public-private partnership launched here Friday will make quality healthcare within easy reach of the poor people in ...


Madurai
Athens of the East
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View of Madurai

Madurai
Madurai於泰米爾納德邦的位置

Madurai
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Montage image indicating Periyar Bus stand, Teppakulam, Madurai corporation, River Vaigai Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Meenakshi Amman Temple and city of Madurai, clockwise from top.
Periyar Bus stand, Teppakulam Mariyamman tank,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai

內壢: We Are the World 在寒風中傳唱,1986. 2016車站;2007.9.13 a love affair with industrial sites


我的內壢廠區經驗:1985.7-1986.12 Motorola 獨立廠區;1988.5~1995.5 DuPont 內壢工業區
 內壢里是老眷區,我沒多少親身經驗,不過,近7年,元智大學、中原大學都有參與她的社區互動。
元智大學的陳冠華,在2014年出版:【走進內壢裡:以合作取代介入的社區藝術行動】;中原大學的,待查。


2016.8

驚! 民眾行走危險邊緣 都因內壢車站太狹窄(宜青)


桃園內壢車站每到上下班尖峰時段,站內總是擠滿了人潮,根據統計,內壢車站平均一天旅客進出站的數量就高達一萬六千多名,更在全國車站排名裡晉升前20名!站內因為空間狹小,所以就連平時進出也只能靠一條樓梯當作唯一出口。就連行動不便或是推著嬰兒車的媽媽,都得在站務人員親自帶領下才能冒險通過鐵軌。


https://www.peopo.org/news/316717

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30年前,我在內壢的Motorola工廠當經理。在附近租屋---我很後會沒聽王老師的話,在附近買間房子--We Are the World 在寒風中傳唱,四周很寂靜,歌聲未冷卻.....告訴我,我們還是一個世界嗎?

'We Are the World' at 30: 12 tales you might not know
Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers and others reflect on the superstar charity record's legacy.
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'We Are the World' at 30: 12 tales you might not know

Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY6:49 p.m. EST January 27, 2015

(Photo: AP file photo)

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The all-star recording session for We Are the World, the biggest charity single of all time, took place 30 years ago Wednesday.


On Jan. 28, 1985, at A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood, following the American Music Awards, more than 40 artists gathered to record a songLionel Richie and Michael Jackson had written to raise awareness of widespread, life-threatening poverty in Africa. Most of that show's winners — including Cyndi Lauper,Hall & Oates, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Willie Nelson, Tina Turner, the Pointer Sisters, Kenny Rogers and the Jacksons — participated.


Inspired by the U.K. all-star charity single Do They Know it's Christmas?, released a few months earlier, We Are the World was released March 7, 1985, and went on to sell more than 20 million copies. The more than $75 million raised by non-profit organization USA for Africa helped to fight poverty on the continent. The song also won three Grammy Awards in 1986, including song and record of the year.


"A great song lasts for eternity," says Quincy Jones, who produced the track. "I guarantee you that if you travel anywhere on the planet today and start humming the first few bars of that tune, people will immediately know that song."


Here are 12 things you might not know about the song and the recording session:


Stevie Wonder, not Michael Jackson, originally was supposed to be Richie's co-writer.


"I was really trying to get in touch with Stevie and couldn't do it," Richie says. "Stevie was touring a lot. He was doing a lot of stuff." A phone call with Jones got him and Jackson involved. "I got Michael before I could get Stevie," Richie says. "We said, 'If Stevie calls me back, we'll get him in. In the meantime, I think we can get it done with Michael.' "


Richie and Jackson listened to national anthems to get in the proper frame of mind to write.


"We didn't want a normal-sounding song," Richie says. "We wanted bombastic, the biggest thing you got." Knowing they needed to create something that immediately sounded important and had global appeal, they prepped for their songwriting sessions by listening to national anthems from several countries, including the USA, England, Germany and Russia. "We put all that into a pot in our heads and came up with a rhythm that sounded familiar, like a world anthem. We wanted people to feel like it was a familiar song. Once we got that — show business, man."


The We Are the World recording session caused Richie to forget the American Music Awards.


Maybe it was just sleep deprivation — after all, the session began at 9 p.m. and lasted 12 hours — but Richie claims to have no memory of hosting that night'sAmerican Music Awards ceremony and winning five awards, including favorite pop/rock male artist. "I walked through that door, and I forgot I had done that," he says. "The group of people in that room was so mind-changing. There's Bob Dylan,Billy Joel — give me a freaking break. I had never in my life experienced anything like that."


It may have been a massive gathering of celebrities, but few other people knew the session was taking place.


Many of the singers arrived in limousines, having just come from the awards show, but not everybody showed up in style. "I think Bruce Springsteen parked his truck in the parking lot of the Rite-Aid or a grocery store that used to be across the street," Richie says. "He parked over there and walked in. He didn't know you could come through the gate." The logistics of such a session would be exponentially more difficult in the era of cellphone cameras and social media. "Today, you couldn't keep that a secret," Richie says. "You'd have to have a full-on runway, and everybody would have to check their phones."


Most of the singers had never heard the song before walking into the studio.


"We did not have MP3s," Richie says. "We had cassettes back then. We had to send it to you, so most of them had not heard the song." After all, Richie and Jackson had just barely finished the song in time for the initial tracking session held a week previous at Kenny Rogers' studio. Even Rogers hadn't heard it: "We didn't know what we were going to sing until that night," he says. Hall & Oates' John Oates, who sang in the backing choir, says, "It had the anthemic quality and the simplicity of melody that made pulling off a giant ensemble like that very easy to do. And it was a room full of amazing singers, so that wasn't exactly a problem."


The choir roster had its roots in Donna Summer's State of Independence.


The choir for Summer's 1982 hit, which Jones produced, included Jackson, Richie, Wonder, James Ingram, Kenny Loggins and Dionne Warwick, all of whom also appeared on We Are the World. "I was on familiar ground," Jones says. "If I hadn't worked individually with over half of these singers before, there was no way I would've signed on."


As one of the song's writers, Richie got dibs on his solo line.


"Quincy said, 'Now, Lionel, where would you like to come in?' " Richie recalls. "I said, 'Are you kidding me? I'm coming in first, so I can get out of the way!' " According to Richie, the session's secret hero was Jones' vocal arranger, Tom Bähler. Before the session, he had listened to the recorded output of each of the soloists, determined their vocal ranges, then identified which melodic phrases best suited their registers. "The parts they assigned fit the vocalists really well," Rogers says. "I couldn't have done the stuff that was done at the end that Steve Perry did. They were incredibly well-laid-out."


When Ray Charles spoke, everybody listened.


"Ray Charles, being who he was, commanded a certain deference and respect from everyone, even though he didn't assert himself in any weird way," Oates says. "He was just standing in the middle, doing his part. Lionel, Michael and Quincy were running the show. It was their song, their production, and everyone was very respectful, trying to make it happen. There were moments when people — and I will not name names because it's not worth it — in the chorus started to put their producers' hats on. They started to say, 'What if we did this?' and 'What if we did that?' Coming up with ideas. It was obvious it was a complicated thing to pull off in general, and having too many cooks in the stew would be a giant catastrophe. Ray, every once in a while, would just pipe up: 'C'mon. Hey. Let's go. Listen to Michael. Let's get this thing done.' He was there to sing, and he sensed that it could go south very quickly. He commanded a lot of respect, and I thought that was very cool."


Bob Dylan was nervous about singing his solo.


In a one-hour behind-the-scenes documentary produced to coincide with the release of We Are the World, there's a surreal scene in which Stevie Wonder sits at the studio piano, imitating Bob Dylan to Bob Dylan to help him get the phrasing for his "There's a choice we're making" solo phrase. "Dylan turned to me and Stevie and said, 'How do you want me to sound?' Richie recalls. "We were all kind of doing it, and we wanted to make sure we didn't insult anybody." Oates, who stood directly behind Dylan while the chorus was recording, remembers him being anxious about singing his solo. "He's not a melodic guy, and it was a very specific melody," Oates says. "I think he felt uncomfortable singing that particular melody, and he worked around it in his own way."

The participants autographed the first page of the sheet music for the song 'We Are the World,' written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. The song was designed to raise awareness and funds for a worldwide hunger relief program, and its international success led the way for the Live Aid concerts later that year. (Photo: Hulton Archive, Getty Images)




Kenny Rogers wanted to get everybody's autograph.


"Once we sang it all the way through and realized how well-thought-out it was, we realized it was something special," Rogers says. "So I took a sheet of music from the session and started getting people to sign it. Once I started, Diana Ross started, then everybody was running around trying to get everybody. It's framed on the wall of my house in Atlanta." Oates, who also got an autographed chart, echoes Rogers almost word for word: "I have it framed in my studio in Colorado. When people come in and see it, they freak. I made sure I got everybody. I even got Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder to sign it. For once, I had the presence of mind to do something like that, and it's one of my most treasured possessions." Jones' signed sheet music hangs in his den: "It always makes me smile when I look at it and start reading those names."


That "Check your egos at the door" sign turned out not to be necessary.


That's what Jones says. "Here you had 46 of the biggest recording stars in the entire world in one room, to help people in a far-off place who were in desperate need," he says. "I don't think that night, that experience, will ever truly be duplicated again. I know and believe in the power of music to bring people together for the betterment of mankind, and there may be no better example of this than the collective that was We Are the World."


USA for Africa is still around.


Thirty years after We Are the World, USA for Africa still works on behalf of communities in Africa. Recent initiatives have addressed climate-change issues, arts campaigns and the shipment of medical supplies to Liberia and Sierra Leone to combat the spread of ebola. Royalties from We Are the World continue to be the organization's primary source of funding. "We still earn, but certainly not the kind of money we earned 25 years ago," says executive director Marcia Thomas, who joined the non-profit in 1986 to work on Hands Across America, another USA for Africa initiative. "Our biggest support in terms of where We Are the World is bought most frequently is not in the U.S. but other parts of the world, primarily Japan and Asia."





We Are the World soloists, in order of appearance:

Lionel Richie
Stevie Wonder
Paul Simon
Kenny Rogers
James Ingram
Tina Turner
Billy Joel
Michael Jackson
Diana Ross
Dionne Warwick
Willie Nelson
Al Jarreau
Bruce Springsteen
Kenny Loggins
Steve Perry
Daryl Hall
Huey Lewis
Cyndi Lauper
Kim Carnes
Bob Dylan
Ray Charles


These people sang in the chorus: Dan Aykroyd, Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Mario Cipollina, Johnny Colla, Sheila E., Bob Geldof, Bill Gibson, Chris Hayes, Sean Hopper, Jackie Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Bette Midler, John Oates, Jeffrey Osborne,Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer and Smokey Robinson.


"One of the only things regrettable about this whole 30-year anniversary is that Michael's not here to share his part of it," Richie says. "There was a lot of craziness happening with us and a lot of silliness. I'm just sorry he's not here to share it."





2007.9.13 a love affair with industrial sites

工場

這幾周 都有機會快車經過"台北-苗栗"鐵道旁的建築物和景觀
似乎還不至於"看到"工廠蕭條 (據說苗栗很慘 玻璃場關門 八百戶受創...)

尤其是近十來年新竹附近興起的工廠大樓 簡直有些不可思議

上周 特別注意竹北的飛利浦舊址 由於人去廠空至少6-7年 據說地皮約賣了近200億 不過請日本公司處理土地污染 現在簡直可以用"鬼預"形容

20幾年前我知道東京-橫濱等的石化產業都威脅到"名園"
現在應該更糟糕 不過種總是有人在歌誦"工廠文明"

看不見的問題呢

6年前讀村上的"日出國工場記" 相當有意思

我走過台大景觀系的水池之群錦魚
一生中最美的回憶在內壢某工場
它從60年代歷經 Timex/Motorola/日月光等公司.....


For some, a love affair with industrial sites


09/13/2007
BY HIKARI MARUYAMA, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
CHIBA--Yasuo Kitada finds "nothing romantic" in the familiar view of industrial complexes, so it came as a shock to hear that many others do.

photoTetsu Ishii at a petrochemical factory in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture Hikari Maruyama/ The Asahi Shimbun

"As I see it every day, the scenery is nothing romantic, is it?" says Kitada, 52, a senior official of Idemitsu Kosan Co.'s Chiba Refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture.
Recently he discovered, to his amazement, that a growing number of people find the harsh urban setting "thrilling."
His refinery, along with neighborhood steel and other plants, is part of a new tour attraction for those interested not in what goes on inside, but how the facilities look outside.
Such people find irresistible charm in the jagged townscape--the drab factories with their tangle of pipes and forest of stacks. They also admire the way they appear under lights at night.
In short, they have fallen in "love" with factories, or their scenery.
Illustrator Tetsu Ishii is one.
As he gazes down over a petrochemical complex on Tokyo Bay from the 125-meter Chiba Port Tower, Ishii cannot hide his admiration.
"Some may call it an ugly view, but nothing is more thrilling to us who love it," says Ishii, 40, as he takes a picture with his SLR camera.
This spring, Ishii had a collection of his factory photos published by Tokyo Shoseki Co., with text by writer Ken Oyama.
Its title is "Kojo Moe" (In love with factories), the word moe coming from a recent faddish term meaning a deep, at times inexplicable, attachment to something--manga and anime, for example.
Ishii's love for factory-scape started more than 20 years ago when he saw a factory in a science-fiction film as a high school student.
He was instantly inspired, and has since visited one industrial area after another, from Keiyo (Tokyo-Chiba) and Keihin (Tokyo-Yokohama) to Hanshin (Osaka-Kobe) and Setouchi.
"I was moved by the fact that these factories supported our life," Ishii says. "I see functional beauty in them and feel a sense of awe at those huge structures."
Ishii writes about his love of the plants in his blog. An editor with Tokyo Shoseki who read it suggested he publish a book on the subject.
The editor did not expect it to sell. "I thought it was just a hobby for a few people. I wasn't even sure that the book idea would get in-house approval," said the editor, who expected it would sell 10,000 copies at best.
The book, which features photos and tips on how to appreciate factories, had run to 30,000 copies by mid-August.
"Many buyers happen to pick it up from a shelf and decide to buy it on the spot," said an official at a Maruzen bookstore.
In fact, Ishii's love of factories is shared by thousands, and possibly many more.
On the Internet, social networking service Mixi, "Kojo, Konbinato ni Moeru Kai" (club of those in love with factories and industrial complexes) has more than 8,000 members.
Some stay at a hotel just to enjoy a view of factories silhouetted against the night sky, and some take their girlfriends or boyfriends on factory tours.
The Chiba prefectural government jumped on the "factory love" bandwagon.
Its Tourism Division organized a trial one-night, two-day tour of industrial sights in the prefecture this fall. It also created model courses to attract the attention of tourist agencies.
"It may be time we should change from routine tours to ones that show (factory) facilities themselves," said Shigeru Uchida, a senior official in charge of tourism development.
What awakened the prefecture to its untapped tourism resource was a forum in April for corporate, administrative and university officials.
The theme was "Enjoying the night view of factories from a ship."
Satoshi Hachima, 37, an assistant professor of view design at Chiba University, told the participants that many people have increasingly come to enjoy views of factories themselves.
A prefectural official who was listening decided it could add a new angle to industrial tourism.
"By re-appreciating the scenery, we can regard industrial areas as part of a local culture," Hachima says.
Moves like this surprise people like Kitada, who is on the other side of the divide.
Even though he can find nothing thrilling in such views, now so familiar to him, Kitada welcomes the move.
"I think it best if more young people appreciate views of petrochemical complexes in their hometown and choose to work here," he says.(IHT/Asahi: September 13,2007)

Bay Area 生活大不易; 36 Hours in San Francisco

The Guardian 和 Guardian US 都分享了 1 條連結
Big tech companies pay some of the country’s best salaries. But workers…

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“I didn’t become a software engineer to be trying to make ends meet,” said a Twitter employee in his early 40s who earns a base salary of $160,000. It is, he added, a “pretty bad” income for raising a family in the Bay Area.

$8 for a bagel? $12 for a pressed juice? $1,100 a month to share a bunk bed?
Several tech workers, earning between $100,000 and $700,000 a year, vent to Guardian US about their surprisingly precarious financial situations.


36 Hours in San Francisco

OCT. 28, 2015

36 Hours in San Francisco


In a city that’s constantly reinventing itself, San Francisco has endless offerings, from bowling in the Mission to diversions on the waterfront, not to mention creative restaurants and bars.

By FRITZIE ANDRADE, MAX CANTOR, CHRIS CARMICHAEL, WILL LLOYD and LOUIE ALFARO on Publish DateOctober 28, 2015. Watch in Times Video »








Don’t blink or you’ll miss the next “new” San Francisco. This is a city that’s reinventing itself with every refresh of your Twitter feed, with cranes rising all over downtown and an army of young tech workers pouring into neighborhoods across the city. In the ’60s, San Francisco was synonymous with the hippie counterculture; in the ’90s, it was the dot-com boom (and eventual bust, in the early 2000s); more recently, it was the ripening of the Bay Area food movement. Now it’s home to such new-establishment icons of the digital economy as Airbnb, Uber and, yes, Twitter. But don’t be fooled by the shiny patina: San Francisco is more than just the physical headquarters of our virtual world. There are some things that haven’t changed, and by themselves, are reason enough to revisit: the mind-boggling views along that glorious waterfront; the Mission’s still-feisty, freaky, welcome-all-comers character; the meandering natural pleasures of Golden Gate Park. Even when classic San Francisco rubs up against new San Francisco, the friction, though at times contentious (Google bus protests, the anti-eviction fight), is also where the community-conscious activist roots of this city are as vital and visible as ever.
Friday


1. City by the Bay | 4 p.m.


Make time for a stroll along the Embarcadero, San Francisco’s quintessential bayside pedestrian promenade. Your starting point is just south of the Bay Bridge, at Red’s Java House on Pier 30. A no-frills waterfront dive the San Francisco Chronicle once called “the Chartres Cathedral of cheap eats,” Red’s has been around in some form or another since 1912, when longshoremen came for the cheeseburger-and-beer breakfast special. Nowadays, it’s a favorite stop for Giants fans on their way to a ballgame at AT&T Park, home to the 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Series champs. Join the cheerfully egalitarian crowd for a sourdough cheeseburger ($5.52) and a beer on the outdoor patio — it has a view that goes for miles.

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San Francisco.CreditJoe Fletcher for The New York Times




2. To Market | 5:30 p.m.


It’s hard to believe that it’s been 12 years since the century-plus-old Ferry Building reopened as a grand marketplace and European-style food hall, after decades of blight and decay in the shadow of the former Embarcadero Freeway (which was taken down after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake). Though the Ferry Building has come to represent all the modern trends in the Bay Area food world, it hews to tradition with a thrice-weekly outdoor farmers’ market, plus indoor food stalls in former ferry berths; the butcher, the baker and the cheesemonger are all on hand to talk to you. Just browsing is a pleasure: It’s all eye candy, from the ceramics to the chocolate. And whatever your age, watching the ferries come and go never gets old.


3. Two Piers | 7 p.m.


Charles Phan, of Slanted Door fame, has shifted gears with Hard Water, a tiny, New Orleans-inflected whiskey bar and restaurant that opened in 2013 on Pier 3. The kitchen turns out a mean fried chicken — the better to soak up the powerful cocktails. Whiskey flights start at $22, and are a gentle intro to a deep list. For a heartier meal, head two piers over to Michael Chiarello’s Spanish-meets-California Coqueta, where the extraordinary paella — bomba rice with clams, shrimp, chorizo and broccolini in fragrant broth made from shellfish and jamón serrano, $45 — is enough to feed three.


4. Nightcaps | 9 p.m.


A bar in the Mission is an appropriate place to end the night. At the divey, atmospheric Royal Cuckoo, great cocktails are the rule — try the Carnival Mule, with cachaça, ginger beer, Domaine de Canton, tangerine and lime — as is live music Wednesday through Sunday nights showcasing the house’s old-fashioned Hammond organ. Outdoor drinking is an option at Zeitgeist, a punk-spirited biergarten and neighborhood institution; its native population is heavy on the bikers and bike messengers. Don’t take selfies, or management might boot you out — service is gruff, and proud of it.

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Saturday


5. Break Bread | 10 a.m.


Along 24th Street in the Mission, Mexican bakeries are still where mornings begin. For just a dollar or two, pick up sugar-dusted pan dulce or custard-filled pastries with your coffee at La Mejor Bakery or Panaderia La Mexicana, and watch the neighborhood wake up. Then head south for a climb up over windswept Bernal Hill to the sprawling Alemany Farmers’ Market, said to be the oldest in the state of California, improbably situated near where Interstate 280 crosses Highway 101. The weekly market still offers the best cornucopia in the city: The greens alone regularly range from Chinese long beans, pea shoots and bok choy to dandelion, kale and mustard greens (about $5 for three bunches). Can’t fix what ain’t broke.

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Dolores Park, which has recently added tennis courts and six acres of fresh grass.CreditJoe Fletcher for The New York Times




6. Picnic in the Park | 12 p.m.


Bring your provisions for a picnic at the newly spiffed-up Dolores Park, where an $8 million renovation made over the northern half of the park with new tennis courts; six acres of fresh, grassy splendor; and expanded restrooms (this last is critical to a comfortable afternoon). The other half of the park will get similar treatment in the coming year. What hasn’t changed: the diverse crush of humanity, and the excellent vistas of the San Francisco skyline.


7. The People’s Art | 1:30 p.m.


Take stock of the Mission’s murals with Precita Eyes, a neighborhood arts organization that has been sponsoring local and international mural projects and offering classes for nearly four decades. Docents lead weekly mural walks ($20, with discounts for students and seniors) through alleys and streets dense with color, and add stories and context to ever-shifting images that comment on everything from human rights to Hurricane Katrina.


8. Two Ways to Taste | 7 p.m.


Put yourself in the expert hands of some of the Mission’s best neighborhood chefs. At Ichi Sushi & Ni Bar’s airy new space, request a seat at the bar for omakase, or chef’s choice, and be entertained by the jewel-toned march of seafood across your plate — perhaps wild salmon, sweet shrimp heads and lightly seared saba (about $65 for 12 pieces). Or try the three-course menu and wine pairing at Heirloom Cafe ($65), an elegant neighborhood spot that might smartly present a bavette steak and maitake mushrooms with a malbec. At both establishments, fresh, simple dishes and friendly service are standouts, and the price is right.


9. One for the Team | 9 p.m.

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Bring friends for a game or two at the Mission Bowling Club, the city’s first new bowling alley in 40 years when it opened in 2012. The owners, Sommer Peterson and Molly Bradshaw, wanted to conjure the intimate, friendly neighborhood alley of their youth — but with really good food (and sans fluorescent lighting). They’ve succeeded. Two of the six lanes are held for drop-ins most nights, but you’ll probably want to make a reservation (reservations can be made a week ahead, $35 to $55 per lane per hour).

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Hard Water, a whiskey bar on Pier 3.CreditJoe Fletcher for The New York Times


Sunday


10. Bookworms Welcome | 10 a.m.


First there was Green Apple Books: Opened in 1967, it’s a literary institution. Now there’s Green Apple Books on the Park, perfectly situated for a morning browse along the Inner Sunset’s Ninth Avenue, just south of Golden Gate Park. Don’t be fooled by the narrow storefront — the shop reaches far into the interior space, and is big enough to be anchored by a dedicated children’s area. Like its sister store, it also hosts events featuring an impressive lineup of writers, including such recent guests as Karl Ove Knausgaard, Maggie Nelson, Aleksandar Hemon and Molly Antopol. Afterward, stroll down the street and into Urban Bazaar to browse fair-trade and quirky, locally made gifts — belts made from old bike tires, screen-printed owl tea towels — and admire the boutique’s charming little air plant and succulent nursery.


11. Seasonal Tastes | 11:30 a.m.


For a leisurely brunch, head to the sun-warmed back patio of Nopalito, a branch of Divisadero’s beloved Nopa, for brightly flavored, vibrant Mexican: squash-blossom quesadilla, pork-shoulder pozole, and peach, avocado and lettuce salad with pumpkin seeds and cotija cheese (brunch for two about $45). Or for on-the-go noshing, stop at the worker-owned-and--run Arizmendi Bakery for the excellent daily pizza: always vegetarian, always changing, always available by the slice ($2.50, and it comes with a little bonus sliver) or pie.


12. In Residence | 1 p.m.


Every month, the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park invites a new artist-in-residence to install art and work with the public during set hours at the museum’s Kimball Education Gallery (free, 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, plus Friday evenings until 8:45 p.m.). Recent artists have included Shawn Feeney, an artist and musician whose “Musical Anatomy” series featured an inventive tuning-fork helmet that visitors could wear — while he was playing it. In October, the San Francisco artist Carlo Abruzzese transformed census data into meticulous architectural paintings.

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Lodging


Stay at the playful, tech-savvy Hotel Zetta (55 Fifth Street;hotelzetta.com; from $163.20), well situated downtown in SoMa and near the Powell Street BART station; it’s Viceroy Hotels’ first San Francisco property and home to the Cavalier, a modern British-style gastro pub by the local restaurateur-chef team Anna Weinberg and Jennifer Puccio.


Or try the Buchanan (1800 Sutter Street; thebuchananhotel.com; from $140), the latest revamp from Kimpton Hotels, with 131 minimalist, Japanese-influenced rooms close to Pacific Heights and Japantown.


Correction: October 28, 2015


An earlier version of this article described incorrectly the state of the Embarcadero Freeway after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. It was damaged and later torn down; it did not collapse.




A version of this article appears in print on November 1, 2015, on page TR5 of the New York edition with the headline: 36 Hours in San Francisco. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe

2017年2月26日 星期日

The William Rappard Park,Geneva

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The William Rappard Park on the east side of the CWR
The William Rappard Park, situated between the Villa Barton and the Geneva Botanical Gardens, offers one of the most beautiful views of Lake Geneva and the Alps rising from the opposite shore. The park is equally remarkable for its gigantic twin cedars, well over a hundred years old, as well as a magnificent blue Arizona cypress.
The most-visited tree is the giant Latvian oak planted in 1923. Other trees of interest include the blue cedar from the Atlas mountains, Lebanon cedars, and beech trees.
The largest sculpture in the park is titled “The human effort” and was sculpted by the Geneva artist James Vibert in 1935. You will also find in the park other gifts of statuary, including an ornamental fountain surmounted by a giant Neptune, a delicate statue “The young girl at the piano” as well as a fine sculpted horse.

Artist James Vibert’s “The Human Effort”, in the William Rappard Park 

2017年2月23日 星期四

梅英東(Michael Meyer)寫中國

「寫中國很難」,已經出2本書的梅英東坦言。
「如果寫 #文革 和 #六四,美國人會誇獎、鼓掌,會賣得很好。...美國人只想看到這些在中東或非洲的窮人,變成像IS那樣的殺手來到美國。但你不能寫生活在菲律賓是什麼樣子,在印尼長大是什麼樣子,沒有人為這些故事書寫。」
「出書後我被批評,應該對中國更有批判力道,美國讀者會舉手問我,為什麼不寫法輪功,但老天!我只是在寫我知道的事情,『法輪功』不是我的故事呀!中國人在平時生活中總是談論天氣,不會邊走邊批評共產黨呀,就像我也不會每天將川普掛在嘴邊,那是最難傳達給西方讀者的。」
以《消失的老北京》、《在滿州》著作聞名,並於美國匹茲堡大學教授「非…
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2017年2月22日 星期三

《二二八史料彙編》新書發表:...... 除了228善後清鄉的殺戮、造冊抓捕、槍斃民眾外,更以國家暴力進行「文化清洗」

國史館明(23)日將舉辦《二二八史料彙編》新書發表會,國史館館長吳密察接受本報專訪時表示,新書揭示的檔案裏面,有不少民眾在地方未經審判就遭到槍決「以儆效尤」,這些受難者名字斑班可考。「對於歷史真相的追尋當然有幫助」。
史料彙編公佈的檔案公文,除了228善後清鄉的殺戮、造冊抓捕、槍斃民眾外,更以國家暴力進行「文化清洗」。
其中1947年(民國36年)4月,台中縣政府在接受台灣行政長官公署民政處函後,發文給各科處室、各區署警察所,事由為「電希查禁開唱日本唱片,使用日文日語及鞋屐服裝」,該文並會台中縣警察局。
公文中載明,「奉行政長官公署民政處…查此次事變多為日本留學生或娶日女以及走私日本之奸梟於幕後操縱暴亂時,更煽惑民眾大唱日本歌,穿著日本木屐軍帽以示不忘日本精神,此種現象應予取締,查封禁絕開唱日本唱片,使用日文,(廣為禁止)穿用日本鞋屐服裝以端止此風」…
將公佈的6大冊史料內容,吳密察表示,可分為2類,第一類就是舊台中縣檔案,包括合併前的苗栗縣、台中縣市、彰化縣、南投縣等,這些檔案有很大部分是「清鄉」,佔了新書的4冊。檔案包括1947年3月中旬以後,在台灣做了相當地毯式的「清鄉」…

2017年2月21日 星期二

北市 大屯火山群有岩漿庫

首度證實 大屯火山群有岩漿庫 研究陸續證實大屯火山群最近一次噴發約5千年前、且底下有岩漿庫,應是活火山,而非原先認定的休火山。田裕華攝1/4個北市大 確認是活火山「如超級炸彈」!! (02/21/2017 蘋果日報)
“..... 原被視為休火山的大屯火山群,學者首度觀測證實在新北市金山、萬里地底下逾二十公里處有岩漿庫,正式確認為活火山,一旦大規模爆發,陽明山居民首當其衝,並波及士林、天母、北投一帶,火山灰將籠罩北台灣;若觸發山腳斷層,台北市最大將面臨芮氏規模六以上地震,危及北部核電廠安全,學者形容猶如不定時的超級炸彈。....."
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張文亮:以台灣的水,講台灣的美



以台灣的水,講台灣的美
  我是個「水利工程師」,從事水利,不會成為富翁,但是可以使許多人富足,所以我們屬於「眾人工程師」(Civil Engineer)的一種。Civil是眾人、和平與文化的意思,很可惜早期的人將其譯為「土木」,唸過civil engineering的人都知道,「土」唸的不多,「木」幾乎碰不到。雖然譯名不當,我們並未被侷限在土木框架內,仍將眾人福祉放心頭。
  長期沈湎在水利,是愛水的人,無論是天上的雨水,地面的河水,山上的溪水,山下的泉水,積蓄的湖水,取來的灌溉水,排走的排出水,下游的感潮水,土壤間的毛管水,礦石內的結晶水,地面下的地下水,輸水的管路水,淨化的自來水,骯髒的污染水,給野生動植物棲息用的溼地之水,魚塭用的養殖水,工業用的冷卻水,裝瓶的礦泉水,泡澡的溫泉水,煮麵的湯水,甚至情人的淚水,通通都關心。喜愛水利,一生將如海洋般的廣潤,日後對配偶也可能是柔情似水。
  這世界到處都有水,學水利的人實在不孤單,隨處都可以遇到自己的「老相好」,連心情沮喪時,水也可以成為安慰。
  我在台灣的田野走來走去,已經走了三十多年。當我學習傾聽,學習觀察,每次出去我仍然訝異台灣大自然的奇特。例如台灣是個紡鐘形的島嶼,長度約384公里,寬度約144公里,長寬比為2.7比1,這是個巧妙的比例,台灣如果長度太長,承受太平洋襲來的颱風比例就大增,多年來台灣所承受的颱風,只佔太平洋颱風的11%;台灣如果太寬,受到外圍洋流直接的撞擊較大,東南亞、日本群島當有地震引發的海嘯,台灣很少發生。
  台灣是高山區,海拔250公尺以上的山地佔台灣面積60%,形成台灣有許多河流,河流流域面積在475平方公里以上的有19條,稱為「主要河川」,如淡水河、大甲溪、濁水溪、高屏溪等,流域面積在475平方公里以下的「次要河川」有32條,如冬山河、東港溪、四重溪等。流域面積小,河流長度仍在3公里以上的稱為「普通河川」,仍有100條,如東澳溪、大屯溪、立霧溪等,此外更小的溪流,與各河川的支流超過1,500條。這些水系在台灣的平地密密麻麻的分布,而且四面八方流,能均勻的將所下的雨水分布到各處。如果台灣的高山只佔一邊,台灣將只有一條大河川,那麼台灣會每一年都會有大淹水。但是有史以來,台灣的水災,沒有全部的河川同時都犯濫,我們總是有些地方被淹,有些地方還在乾著呢。
  台灣有些地方會乾,但是也不用乾著急,台灣的年平均的蒸發散(蒸發量加上蒸散量)約1,600厘米,但是平均年下雨2,500厘米。台灣周遭的海洋,每年免費送給台灣900厘米的水量,或是36%的水量。只要將部份的水留住,台灣就不會乾。
  台灣的雨大部分下在三月到十月,十一月到隔年二月是乾旱期。下雨的季節六月到十月是颱風期,有意思的是颱風路徑每次都不同,年年不一樣。過去多年來,颱風40%通過北部,30%通過中部,20%通過南部,5%沿東海岸北上,5%沿西海岸而上,沿海岸線而來的颱風,未受阻於高山,對沿海地區的影響較大。
  濕有時、乾有時;刮颱風有時,不刮颱風有時;暴雨有時,非暴雨有時;淹有時,不淹有時。給台灣持續變動的水文環境,反而培養出生命的旺盛生命力與多物種,台灣的昆蟲有17,600種以上,實在是「蟲蟲王國」;植物超過4,000種,到處是綠意旺然;鳥類至少500種,幾乎處處可以聽到鳥在叫;河溪裡的魚類,竟然還有150種以上,有許多還是台灣的特有種。
  台灣的生命力,常常可以由這些動物與植物的分布看出來,我經常在地震災區、水災或土石流區域勘查,有時,看到哪麼嚴重的破壞,心想,要經過多少時間,要花多少工程經費才能補救。結果,不久再去,尚未動工之處,已經植生一片。原來台灣的生命,不是要喝某一種電視上廣告的飲料才行。
  再隔一陣子去看,山上的小徑已經有山豬、穿山甲、白鼻心或蛇類出沒的蹤跡,此外台灣還是有大型的水鹿、中型的梅花鹿、小型的野羌、有台灣黑熊、猴子、山羊、雲豹、雉雞等。我有次到花蓮秀林鄉調查湧泉,沒想到就在路邊遇到猴群,有的在樹上看我,有的在草叢裡瞄我,有的索性自山坡上跳下來瞧著我,人與猴相互在荒野小路相遇,沒有像科幻電影所想的情節,雙方立刻相抓相咬,我們只是靜靜的在日光下,友善的互望。在上帝的創造中,猴子也是我的弟兄。
  我在台灣走的愈久,看的愈多。就知道台灣的發展史,也與水利有密切的關係,這也帶動農藝與園藝的發展。漢人入台灣以前,原住民已有灌溉取水的方法,可惜,這些原住民早期的取水工程大都跡不可考,淹毀於颱風,或是被併入後來漢人開發的工程中。原住民的早期取水工程是非常值得研究的主題,否則原住民的文化表現都被和仁或外來觀光客扭曲為只有歌唱、跳舞與飲酒。
  目前仍然有跡可尋的原住民取水工程,仍有若干,例如在台東縣知本溪卑南族所築的「射馬干圳」,花蓮阿美族取地下湧泉所建的「三仙河圳」,太魯閣族在立霧溪所築的引水道,苗栗賽夏族在中港河邊所築的「番子口圳」等,可見原住民懂得取水灌溉的重要。在山區的原住民,如泰雅族與排灣族較少使用圳道引水,但也知道在山泉水邊,直接取水灌溉芋頭、玉米、小米、麵包樹等農作,而非完全由狩獵、摘取野菜的方式獲取食物。
荷蘭人時期台灣的水利
  荷蘭人在一六二四年前來台灣,是台灣農業發展上的一個轉折。荷蘭是一個注重農業的國家,而且生產的技術優良。荷蘭的土地面積與台灣相似,迄今仍是世界第三大的農業輸出國。當時,荷蘭人前來的人並不多,只有六百名居民與兩千兩百名士兵,但是對台灣的日後影響重大。
  首先,荷蘭人引進水稻與栽種技術。一六四一年在新港佳里、麻豆等地教平埔族人種植。在此之前的平埔族與原住民只種菜與黑米。一六四二年,荷蘭人北上攻佔基隆,並且繪製了台灣第一張的地圖。
  荷蘭人進入台灣時,台灣約有十七萬名漢人,荷蘭至少與十萬名漢人有土地承租的關係,當時荷蘭是君主制度,荷蘭人在台灣開拓的土地稱為「王田」,漢人以十戶為一單位,稱為「結」,向荷蘭人承租。荷蘭人提供水稻種子與農具。一六四七年,荷蘭人自印度引進水牛120頭,供給承租農民耕種。荷蘭人的量地尺寸為「甲」,1甲的土地面積為9,700平方公尺,至今台灣的土地仍然沿用此制。
  除了種植水稻之外,荷蘭人也引進諸多植物到台灣,如為了增產水果,在官田試種芒果,後又引進釋迦、蕃茄。為了吸引蝴蝶,一六四五年引進蜜源植物「馬櫻丹」。為了產糖,引進甘蔗與製糖技術,並以麻豆為當時蔗糖的輸出港。為了染布,引進靛藍植物。為了糧食,又引進蔬菜,如豌豆(至今仍稱為荷蘭豆)、胡椒、蔥、薄荷、高麗菜、甘藷等;引進木本植物如木棉、銀合歡等;引進旱作作物如麥子、檳榔;與引進草本如含羞草等。許多人知道荷蘭人首先進駐台灣,但是很少人知道是荷蘭人為台灣建立農業的基礎。這些植物的栽種都需要供水。
  荷蘭人也在台灣建造引水圳路,如在台南仁德的「參苦陂」、關廟鄉的「荷蘭陂」、官田鄉的「三腳陂」。建大型的蓄水池,如在烏山頭的「三角埤」,與為與嘉義平埔族和好所建的「紅毛埤」(後來稱為蘭潭)。並在台南、彰化等地築了八口水井(漢人稱此為紅毛井),可見荷蘭人開發的區域已達彰化,荷蘭人在彰化住過的地方,至今稱為「社頭」(表示尊其為村社的領袖)。
  此外荷蘭人也教住在海邊的平埔族,在每年十二月至二月期間出海捕「烏魚」,製造「烏魚仔」,也鼓勵近海漁民墾地養殖「虱目魚」。荷蘭人在台灣三十八年,台灣的農耕面積已達11,833甲,其中45%為蔗田,55%為水稻田。
  相傳台北淡水的「水梘頭」有一荷蘭人前來開墾的農地,我曾經前往勘察,已不見田地的特徵,但仍有一水流豐沛的泉水自地湧出,與一條年代古老的砌石渠道將水輸送到附近農地。我問附近的耆老,何時開始引用此泉水,他們說:「相傳鄭成功來台灣前,就在用了。」水梘頭的水末了流到一條溪流,這條溪流迄今仍稱為「公司田溪」,這是荷蘭的「東印度公司」。
明朝時期台灣的水利
  一六六二年鄭成功登陸安平,荷蘭退出台灣。隨著鄭成功前來的有十萬個以上的士兵與部份的家眷。為了安頓這些人,鄭成功實施「屯田制度」,派軍隊到台灣西岸各處墾地、拓荒。
  鄭成功登陸後不久就病逝,兒子鄭經繼位,他在位十九年,這是台灣農業水利發展的另一轉折-農地開發逐漸分佈西部平原。這期間最有名的有在一六六二年,開發嘉義八掌溪的賴剛直,同年何積善開發八掌溪河口的鹽水港,這帶來嘉義的開發。一六六二年,亦有鄭經的部下開發左營與後勁,一六六三年鄭成功的將領,外號「鐵人」的林鳳,開發曾文溪,其所在地後來稱為「林鳳營」。
  一六六六年,劉國軒前往彰化(當時稱為半線)開發鹿港,並以此作為彰化平原農作出產的輸出港,這使得鹿港成為早期台灣西部的重要港口。劉國軒住的地方後來稱為「國姓鄉」。一六六八年,鄭成功另一個部將林圮開發濁水溪的南岸「斗六」,這是雲林開發的起源,後來他又率人進入「竹山」開發濁水溪的上游,所以竹山早期稱為「林圮埔」,這是南投縣開發的起源,這些開發都與水有關。
  一六八○年,施長齡在「二水」建「八堡圳」,引濁水溪的水進入彰化南部的平原,他開發「田中」、「溪洲」、「永靖」、「大村」、「花壇」(又稱金墩)、「秀水」等地,使彰化成為盛產水稻的地區,這是彰化開發的起源。一六八一年,鄭成功的將領王世傑進入新竹(以前稱為竹塹),他在一六九一年自頭前溪引水灌溉新竹平原一百三十甲土地,故又稱為「百里圳」(後又改名為隆恩圳),這是新竹開發的起源。同年,鄭長與王錫琪北上「唭里岸」,建「七星墩圳」引水灌溉,這是北投、關渡地區開發的起源。更多的土地需要更多的水,以養活更多的人。
  一六八一年,鄭經病逝,他的兒子鄭克塽繼位,一六八三年投降滿清,台灣進入清朝的版圖。鄭氏家族在台灣統治二十三年,農地增加的以旱田為多,增加到10,919甲,水田增加到7,534甲。這期間自大陸引進的農作品種有花生、烏米、蘆薈等,主要種在開發的土地上。
清朝時期台灣的水利
  滿清據台初期,在台灣約留下一萬個士兵,分鎮各處。一六八四年清朝官府下令福建、廣東地區的居民不得移居台灣,但是仍然不斷地有先民前來。如一六八五年,楊志申前來彰化,自大肚溪南岸引水,經「快官」、「柴坑仔」、「彰化」、「員林」等地後出海,這是開發彰化北部的「東西一、二圳」,迄今東西一圳淤積廢棄,東西二圳至今仍存。由於東西二圳穿越彰化市區,所經過圳路上方的道路就稱為「過溝仔」。一六八六年,客家人也進入台灣,開墾高屏溪畔的農田,這是屏東的源起。
  一七○九年,陳賴章至艋舺(今稱為萬華)開發,艋舺是平埔族語小船的意思。艋舺位於淡水河畔,南可入大漢溪,東可進新店溪,是台北平原的農產輸出港。後來與南部的安平港、中部的鹿港為當時台灣最熱鬧的三個港口,稱為「一府、二鹿、三艋舺」。一七一四年周鐘瑄開發嘉義的「將軍圳」與「道爺圳」,一七一六年大肚溪南岸的先民勇渡大肚溪,至大甲溪的「石岡」以葫蘆墩圳引水進入豐原(當時稱為葫蘆墩),灌溉台中平原,這是台中的開發源起。
  一七一九年,吳金興進入苗栗,引中港溪水,鑿山穿道,進入頭份,開始開發苗栗山區。一七二○年至一七四○年間,是台灣動盪的時期,土地的開拓與水利的開發少很多。一七二一年,朱一貴起兵,在南部攻佔台南府城,一七二六年南投竹山發生動亂,一七三一年中部的原住民經常出草。
  由於台灣的中、南部常起動亂,北部就逐漸有更多人前往開發,如一七四○年郭錫瑠進入「新店」,進新店溪引水灌溉台北平原,這圳路後來稱為「瑠公圳」,是台北市開發的源起。一七五○年,林成祖在「板橋」開發「大安圳」,以灌溉一千三百公頃的水田,這是當時的大工程。建造圳道,有了供水就有更多人前往租地種植,這也是板橋、永和、中和等地的起源。一七五一年,李祖鼎到淡水引湧自大屯山麓的泉水灌溉,開始了北台灣淡水、三芝、石門、金山等地的開發。
  一七五五年,謝雅仁到苗栗自龜頭山溪築「貓裡汴圳」引水灌溉,後來貓裡改名為「苗栗」。一七六三年,薛奇龍到「楊梅」,引山泉水灌溉,經「霄裡大圳」灌溉楊梅附近的丘陵地,帶動了桃園與中壢的開發。一七六六年,張必榮到「新莊」築「永安圳」灌溉附近農田,這是新莊的開發。
  一七七○至一八○○年,是台灣另一個動亂時期,台灣西部各處有漳州人與泉州人的互鬥,死傷慘重。一七八六年又有林爽文之亂,先民開發的腳步,逐漸伸往台灣東北角。一七九六年,吳沙率眾進入礁溪,一八○五年劉光疵建「大陂水圳」灌溉宜蘭平原。一八二二年宜蘭有林永春之亂,但是無阻先民前進的腳步,一八二八年吳全進入花蓮開墾。
  戰爭一停,西部也就持續開發。一八二九年陳進成開發「大溪」,一八三八年曹謹自高屏溪九曲塘引水進入「鳳山」,這條圳路稱為「曹公圳」。當台灣東、西部平原逐漸開發,後來的移民就逐漸往山地前進,例如一八三一年,在苗栗「內埔」的「金廣福墾隘」,向原住民地區墾地。後來,清廷擔心過多的內地開墾,造成原住民的戰爭,在一八四六年下令禁止內地拓荒。
  一八六○年代,清廷的勢力急速衰敗,一八六九年在台兵力只剩7,700名士兵,但是日本對台灣卻垂涎已久。一八七四年日軍登陸牡丹,同年退兵。一八九四年,中國「甲午之戰」兵敗,一八九五年四月十七日將台灣割讓日本。
日治時期台灣的水利
  日本在台灣的首件水利工程開發,是在一九○一年興建台東的「卑南大圳」,促進了東台灣的發展,並且使得關山、池上地區成為著名稻米的生產區。同年也將台灣各地私人開發的圳道、水陂,收歸於「公共埤池」統一管理。
  一九○七年,日本首度採用「鋼筋水泥」改建渠道引水工程,這是台灣水利建造上的一個轉折,鋼筋水泥能夠負荷較大的水流沖刷,而且較為穩固。一九一一年,在花蓮的木瓜溪邊開拓「吉野圳」。一九一六年,在桃園大漢溪建一攔水堰,建「桃園大圳」將水供應桃園全地。一九二○年在八田與一的規劃下,建築了著名的「烏山頭水庫」與「嘉南大圳」,使台南、嘉義、雲林三地的缺水旱作田,都能獲得供水,種植水稻,使得這片平原成為台灣物產豐富的「嘉南平原」,這也是台灣歷史上開發最大的水利工程。
  除了水利建設之外,日本人引進台灣不少的動植物,如珊瑚、油桐、龍柏、布袋蓮(一九○一年引進)、吉野櫻(一九○三年引進)、柳杉(一九○九年引進)、猩猩草(一九一○年引進)、甜柿、昭和草、軟枝黃蟬、美國水蛙(一九一七年引進)、非洲大蝸牛(一九三二年引進),並在陽明山區的竹子湖栽種台灣著名的「蓬萊米」。
    迄今,我仍在台灣的水邊趖來趖去,只為細細對台灣之美的品味。
  我,仍然是水利的工程師。

Bixby Bridge, Big Sur ravaged by floods, mudslides and storms


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//Bixby Bridge是一條毫不起眼的天橋,隱藏在Big Sur兩座山的「褲襠」中,沒有多少人知道這條淺黃色的橋,曾經是世上最長的水泥橋,也是美國在上世紀三十年代經濟大蕭條時,推出來刺激經濟的工程項目。在Big Sur馬拉松,Bixby Bridge是賽事的中間點,不過,特別之處並非這一段上坡路,而是哀怨動人的鋼琴音。
由1986年的第一屆Big Sur馬拉松起,鋼琴師的手指已在Bixby Bridge的鋼琴琴鍵上疾走飛翔,連續不斷在蒼涼的崖上彈奏幾小時。開創這個傳統的鋼琴師Jonathan Lee已於2004年逝世了,繼承這個使命的,是另一位鋼琴師Michael Martinez。
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Ghadames, in Libya.

Ghadames
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National Geographic photographer George Steinmetz has captured a stunning bird’s-eye view of the ancient city of Ghadames, in #Libya.

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