Why Are Minneapolis and St. Paul So Nice? Maybe It’s the Parks
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2016年5月31日 星期二
Why Are Minneapolis and St. Paul So Nice? Maybe It’s the Parks
Schloss Meseberg德國聯邦政府的國賓館
德國聯邦政府的國賓館：Schloss Meseberg
在聯邦政府遷都至柏林後，就需要找一個新的國賓館。後來在柏林北方70公里的Gransee市找到了新的國賓館，即Schloss Meseberg。該國賓館源自十八世紀。在大幅度的裝修之後，2007年起就作為重要的迎賓場所，國家賓客下榻的所在，同時也是聯邦政府閣員開會之處。
2016年5月29日 星期日
2016年5月28日 星期六
Paris's Pont des Arts ，辦起了雕塑展、畢恆達「同心鎖」？700,000 "love locks" cause part of Paris bridge to collapse
沒了愛情鎖的巴黎藝術橋，辦起了雕塑展
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巴黎塞納河畔的藝術橋上曾掛滿了戀人們留下的「愛情鎖」，但在去年，考慮到美觀和安全，法國政府清除了近百萬的鎖頭。如今，藝術橋有了一個新用途：舉辦雕塑展。
「同心鎖」相傳是月下老人的寶物，相愛的男女只要被同心鎖鎖住，就會生生世世永結同心。許多戀人便在充滿靈氣之處（如黃山、太湖、長城）買一把鎖，有的鎖甚至做成心形，在上面刻上兩人的名字及當天日期，鎖在欄杆上，並將鑰匙拋入山崖或湖中，以祝福彼此心心相印、相愛到老。中國這項風俗近來也在世界其他地方大為流行。2006年義大利著名小說I Want You (Ho voglia di te)裡有情侶在威尼斯的橋上鎖同心鎖的情節（隔年改編成同名電影），引發歐洲（從義大利到巴黎、德國、俄羅斯等地）在橋上鎖同心鎖的風潮。美國內華達州的洛弗拉克（Lovelock）地名源自美國的一個姓氏，字義恰好是「愛之鎖」，於是自2006年的情人節正式推動此風俗，開闢同心鎖廣場（Lovers Lock Plaza），成為美國官方的同心鎖聖地。其實若是真心相愛，何苦加上枷鎖呢？（文字改寫自「塗鴉鬼飛踢」一書）
There is officially a little too much love on this particular Parisian bridge.
Part eyesore, part symbol of everlasting affection, the 700,000 metal "love locks" emblazoned with the initials of visiting lovers have been attached to the Pont des Arts footbridge that crosses the Seine River in Paris for seven years or so. Now part of the bridge has collapsed under the weight of the locks.
A five-foot span of the bridge's metal mesh railing came down Sunday night, according to Britain's Telegraph newspaper. (Luckily for the boaters below, it collapsed onto the bridge, not into the water.)
As aptly Parisian as the phenomenon may seem, "love locks" may have been an Italian import — and a recent one at that.
Some trace its rise in popularity to two Italian novels, published in 1992 and 2006: Federico Moccia's "Tre Metri Sopra il Cielo" ("Three Metres Above the Sky") and "Ho Voglia di Te" ("I Desire You"), according to the BBC.
It spread to Russia, and Paris's Pont des Arts and other bridges, as well asfar-flung destinations such as China, Hungary, Germany and Guam.
Seemingly everywhere the craze goes, it brings trouble, or at least some debate.
In 2007, the mayors of Florence and Rome instituted fines as a deterrent against fastening padlocks to their city bridges.
Tourists have taken to the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and London's bridges and fences.
In Paris, the locks spawned a protest campaign called "No Love Locks,"petitioning tourists to stop defacing the city's otherwise unadorned bridges with unsightly locks.
Sometimes, love is a little too strong.
Saint Petersburg ；The Neva River (Peка Нева)涅瓦；
Saint Petersburg was founded on May 27th 1703 by Peter the Great. Its name has moved with the political tides; in 1914, it was renamed Petrograd, then Leningrad in 1924, and finally back to Saint Petersburg in 1991
涅瓦河畔會舊客 俄歐峰會無新意
俄羅斯總統普京目前正在歐洲訪問。而本週日，他將風塵僕僕趕回聖彼得堡，做東召開歐盟俄羅斯峰會。與此同時，普京也正面臨越來越多的抗議。
讀香港版《南斗文星高》
列寧格勒 歷史名詞 不過有冬宮博物館 有圍城的許多感人故事
徐訏1973很失望 因為詩人安在 (多在美國......) 他只好顧河影自憐
《列寧格勒的詩》
閃耀在納佛河 Neva River 的暗淡的流光，
像我心中的跳躍。
那陌生的河中
竟有我熟識的流水，
它在甬江*裏如此，
它在攤江**裏如此，
它在揚子江裏如此，
它入海，
再載著我的倒影，
慢慢的遠去，
慢慢的老去，
慢慢的淡去……..
*甬江是寧波的母親河，由奉化江和姚江兩江匯集而成，
**待查.
"Neva" redirects here. For other uses, see Neva (disambiguation).
| The Neva River (Peка Нева) | |
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The Neva and Peter and Paul Fortress
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| Country | Russia |
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| Region | Leningrad Oblast, Saint Petersburg |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Mga, Tosna |
| - right | Okhta |
| Cities | Shlisselburg, Kirovsk, Otradnoye, Saint Petersburg |
| Source | Lake Ladoga |
| - elevation | 4.3 m (14 ft) |
| - coordinates | 59°57′10″N 31°02′10″E |
| Mouth | Neva Bay |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | 59°57′50″N 30°13′20″E |
| Length | 74 km (46 mi) |
| Basin | 281,000 km2 (108,495 sq mi) |
| Discharge | mouth |
| - average | 2,500 m3/s (88,287 cu ft/s) |
Localization of the Neva River
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The Neva is the only river flowing from Lake Ladoga. It flows through the city Saint Petersburg, three smaller towns of Shlisselburg, Kirovsk and Otradnoye, and dozens of settlements. The river is navigable throughout and is part of the Volga–Baltic Waterway and White Sea – Baltic Canal. It is a site of numerous major historical events, including the Battle of the Neva in 1240 which gave Alexander Nevsky his name, the founding of Saint Petersburg in 1703, and the Siege of Leningrad by the German army during World War II.
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Etymology
There are at least three versions of the origin of the name Neva: from the ancient Finnish name of Lake Ladoga (Finnish: nevo meaning sea), from the Finnish: neva (short from Finnish: Nevajoki, Nevajärvi) meaning swamp, or from the Swedish: ny – new river.[1] Modern names for the distributaries of the river delta were settled only by the end of the 18th century.Description
The history of the delta
2016年5月27日 星期五
亞裡士多德的出生地斯塔基拉 The site believed to be Aristotle's tomb
By The New York Times
亞裡士多德的出生地斯塔基拉
A Greek archaeologist believes he may have discovered Aristotle’s tomb.
Konstantinos Sismanidis excavated the birthplace of the ancient philosopher in northern Greece in the 1990s, and now thinks that a destroyed structure he came across may have been the last resting place of the teacher of Alexander the Great.
Addressing a conference in the Greek port city of Thessaloniki – held to mark the 2,400th anniversary of Aristotle’s birth this week– he said he had “no proof but just strong indications, as certain as one can be”, to support his theory.
Mr Sismanidis said the arched structure was unearthed in the ruins of Stageira, 40 miles east of Thessaloniki, and was once a public monument where Aristotle was honoured after his death – but that his remains had not been unearthed there.
The site believed to be Aristotle's tomb
2016年5月23日 星期一
臺大地質系館前的銀杏
每年時序入秋，臺大地質系館前的銀杏總會褪去綠葉編織而成的夏裙，換上一襲優雅動人的金黃秋裝。
這美麗的銀杏屬落葉喬木，二疊紀就已存在，是植物界中的活化石，其樹齡可達三千年以上。
在臺大求學的漫漫四年裡，春去秋來，銀杏葉由綠轉金黃；但於它而言，我們只是它漫長生命中的過客，千分之一的日子爾爾。
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2016年5月22日 星期日
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