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美文欣赏：抓住你生命中的那颗星
本文由倍可亲网友[ 蓝蓝的天 ] 于 2008-10-16 22:24 上贴
原文网址： http://club.backchina.com/main/viewthread.php?tid=715929
　　Catch the star that holds your destiny, the one that forever twinkles within your heart. Take advantage of precious opportunities while they still sparkle before you. Always believe that your ultimate goal is attainable as long as you commit yourself to it.

　　Though barriers may sometimes stand in the way of your dreams, remember that your destiny is hiding behind them. Accept the fact that not everyone is going to approve of the choices you've made. Have faith in your judgment. Catch the star that twinkles in your heart and it will lead you to your destiny's path. Follow that pathway and uncover the sweet sunrises that await you.

　　Take pride in your accomplishments, as they are stepping stones to your dreams. Understand that you may make mistakes, but don't let them discourage you. Value your capabilities and talents for they are what make you truly unique. The greatest gifts in life are not purchased, but acquired through hard work and determination. Find the star that twinkles in your heart?for you alone are capable of making your brightest dreams come true. Give your hopes everything you've got and you will catch the star that holds your destiny.

　　当生命中的那颗星在你内心闪耀的时候，要学会把握它，永远相信只要自己持之以恒，就一定能够实现自己心中的梦想。

　　尽管通往梦想的道路上总有坎坷，你需要记住的是，你的命运就隐藏在那困难背后。学会接受这样的事实：不是每一个人都赞同你的选择。你要坚定自己的判断走下去。捕捉住那颗在你内心闪耀的星吧，它将引领你抵达自己的命运之路。沿那条路走下去，你就会发现那属于自己的美丽日出。

　　为自己的成绩自豪，因为它们是你通往梦想的阶梯。要知道你自己也会犯错误，但是可别因此而气馁。正确评价自己的能力，是它们令你与众不同。生活里最丰厚的礼物不是买来的，而是通过艰苦的努力和决心获得的。找到在你内心闪耀的那颗星吧??虽然你独自一人，但也有能力实现你最辉煌的梦想。对即得的怀抱希望并抓住那颗掌控你命运的星吧。

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奥巴马提前承诺：力推第二轮救市
中国经济网    2008-11-08 19:39:39

    据香港文汇报报道，美国候任总统奥巴马前天召开当选后首场记者会，称美国面临的经济挑战艰巨，他支持新的刺激经济方案，称越快立法越好，有可能是他上任后第一项完成的公务。另外他称会设法立即帮助中产阶级、小型企业和面临财困的州政府和地方政府。投资者期待他会公布财长人选，但他说要慎重考虑，不想草率了事。

    奥巴马与过渡班子经济委员会成员开会后，一同在芝加哥召开简短记者会。美国经济下滑，经济自然成为记者会的主调。奥巴马在记者会上，表现一如以往般冷静沉著，他表明自己入主白宫后的领导风格是“审慎果断”，不希望因急于求成而最终犯下错误。在记者会上，奥巴马贯彻他的谨慎作风，基本上未有提出任何实质施政方针，对于记者的提问也回答得十分简洁。他提到在明年1月出任总统后，将要面对迫在眉睫的经济和国家议题，但尽管如此，他不会仓卒地作出轻率的决定。

    若本月遭否决上任后列首务

    奥巴马提及第二轮刺激经济方案，说希望国会尽快通过，以稳定经济：“我们需要通过刺激方案，可以是我上任前，也可以是我上任后，但我宁愿早些。”该方案内容包括扩大失业救济，向低收入人士发放食物，以及花数十亿美元投入基建。

    众议院民主党领袖霍耶说，除非现任总统布什改变立场，否则众议院不会在选后重新开会。参议员民主党领袖里德亦无把握方案能于参议院通过。奥巴马说方案若无法在本月内的国会特别会期中通过，将会是他上任后要办的首件事。

    民主党领导层的助手表示，如果布什无法于今秋与国会达成共职，奥巴马政府将有后备方案：部分议员已与他商议好，国会明年1月重开时，会立即通过方案，等待奥巴马签字通过，让方案成为奥巴马上任后首项立法程序。奥巴马谈到如何帮助社会渡过经济危机时说：“我们需要为中产制订救援方案，立法投入力量创立职位，并向薪酬减少、储蓄消失的家庭提供援助。第二，我们要处理金融危机扩散到其他经济领域的影响：支薪和购货有困难的小型企业，以及面临财政预算减少、税务增加的州政府和地方政府。”

    当选后首讲话以表明决心

    他在记者会说，上任后需忍痛执行部分政策，表明经济恢复期不会很快便到来。然而他表明上任前，重大的经济政策都应由布什政府处理，强调美国在同一时间内，“只有一个政府、一个总统”。他说明天会到白宫会与布什详谈。大众对奥巴马组阁的问题相当关心，他说会详加考虑，但会尽快作决定：“我们将有一个出色的团队，我对此充满信心，我们将于未来数周内公布。”经济分析师认为，奥巴马的记者会内容在意料之内。高级外币交易员萨尔瓦焦说：“他强烈地表明已经准备好当总统，展示立即行动的决心，应可替市场恢复部分信心。”

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真的假的啊?一周1500,还包母女二人吃住,不太可能吧?!

有这种好事,我也想做

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Both countries once tried to export revolution. But now China prefers simply to export goods.


As a result, many now believe that China is now one of the least socialist countries in the world. Tens of millions of migrant workers in China have no health care (a fact that worries the government which has promised to bring back free or affordable services.)

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传说中,申报收入如果低于澳洲的年均水平,政府会给在澳洲境外工作的人民发放救济金,不知道是不是真的?

最后发表： 浅青
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抱歉发错版了~

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萨缪尔深的经济学是最基础的经济学书了。读透了就可以明白很多的经济学的基本原理。

最后发表： 粉色猪猪桃丽丝
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今天4.6

最后发表： tttkoo
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不投资也可以赚五万的。

最后发表： ross
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在MEL，给了我160小时的课程，大约10周，现在上了一个月了，现在好象是GROUP2，不太确定，学完效果如何？

最后发表： chlily
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对你这种脑抽筋的SB就应该这样回答你.你扪心自问为什么别人这样回答你!
傻子

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問的對象若是某一方面的專家，在人生規劃，閱歷，學歷，社會經驗上都很豐富的話，你盡管問，確實是受益匪淺，現在網上的人都不一定是，往往只能根據自已的判斷來發貼子，有的還是消遣，有的不準確，所以，要用自已的眼光來分析問題，“投一石，激起千層浪”并非在任何時候都管用。

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我错了 一定改正  希望大家原谅!

[ 本帖最后由 qichegaizhuang 于 18-11-2008 09:34 编辑 ]

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但是移民局在这方面是不会给出标准的行与不行，否则大家都会跑去做移民局认可的工作了

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我是学测量的。目前都是从事高速公路设计前期的地形勘测。（如地形图测量，控制测量，线路放样、断面测量）也会工民建的变形监测。
因为打算移民到澳洲，具体的地点还没有定，因为不知道澳洲的哪个城市更加适合我这样的人工作。希望各位大佬能帮帮忙。像我这样的好不好找工作，一般薪酬是怎么样的?

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“美国人为操纵美元，不让美元升值”，我不认可这种太过主观的说法。
金融危机爆发，现金为王，美国政府8500亿担保都没能让金融市场的借贷恢复元气，大家都尽可能把现金抓在手里。而那些有金融资产的更是抛售资产保留现金，海外资产回流美国是必然的，很长一段时间投资人更是借贷低息的日元去投资，现在危机爆发了，该还钱了，所以日元跟美元一样暴涨，所以都是资金流，而日元更是去杠杆化的的影响。什么时候借贷市场恢复元气，什么时候美元开始新一轮贬值过程，现在看来，美元升值还将持续相当一段时间。

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看来澳洲的失业率不高啊

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Top up the tank.

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什么是“廉价劳动力”？

说到中国的“世界工厂”，所有的人都以为是由“廉价劳动力”使然，其实非也，中国没有所谓的“廉价劳动力”，只有为了生活而必须违背“社会必要劳动时间”规律而出卖劳动力的“包身工”，
是“包身工”们造就了“世界工厂”！

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楼主这样乱起标题～～
吸引大家的注意力，很不好

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焦点：G20会议

专家：北大中国金融衍生品研修院特约研究员谭雅玲

奥巴马成功当选后，有分析人士认为，这给信心缺乏的美国人带来了希望。但北京大学中国金融衍生品研修院特约研究员谭雅玲则认为，千万不能将这种希望推而广之延展到全球，更不能冀望全球金融危机因此会有巨大改观。

谭雅玲甚至认为，美国人精心策划了一场影响或将历时几十年的金融战略，打击那些对美国经济和霸主地位造成威胁的国家和地区，甚至货币。“欧元很可能垮掉，美元的霸主地位将会得以稳固”。

强势美元将拖垮欧元

谭雅玲认为，美国会系统性地把握其政策和战略，并不是一人一政策，例如强势美元策略，即便现在出现短线下跌可能也只是技术下跌，不影响其整体战略。

“强势美元主要针对欧元，欧元很可能因此垮掉。”谭雅玲认为，欧元是美元长期的敌人，此次危机中，欧元受打击最大。同时，美国也不会放过其他有可能挑战美元霸主地位的国家和货币。

“ 虽然人民币汇率有上下3%~5%的波动空间，但实际上我们只能单边上升。”谭雅玲表示，中国的汇率政策已经被美元绑架。目前，中国已动用货币政策、财政政策等来对冲危机，但就是没有采取汇率方法，因为中国已经很难走出独立的汇率政策。被动式的汇率政策，已经伤害了中国的企业，伤害了中国的实体经济。

10年内也推不出亚元

G20会议被视为全球首脑就金融问题提出终极解决办法的一次会晤。美国在IMF的一票否决权会否就此发生变化？美元的霸主地位会否因此动摇？能否形成蒙代尔所说的“欧元、亚元、美元三足鼎立”？

谭雅玲认为，G20会议会给美国新一任政府理清“打击对象”的机会。“为什么会议在美国开？由美国召集？就是要看看谁对美国的意见最大。”从这次危机中可以看到，美元地位并没有被削弱，欧元则可能垮掉。反观亚洲地区，10年内也推不出亚元。

“美国就怕别国有主见。”谭雅玲表示，有异议就会被压制，包括此次G20会议，也很像一次“摸底会”，就是要看世界各国对它的想法如何。

谈到中国经济和中国股市，谭雅玲认为，目前外部和内部对中国经济的不良预期和担心，对中国经济和中国股市的影响都很大。如果股市起不来，不管是居民消费还是投资信心，都会受到较大的影响。11月6日A股出现的上涨，一方面是中国股市内在的原因，另一方面则是由于全球股市齐跌造成一些寻求安全的资金对中国股市的信心增加，热钱撤离情况暂缓，A股则相对被看好。

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by Sean Fallon
  Eversince daylight saving time ended last weekend, I've been a littledepressed. By the time work is through, there is nothing but bleak,cold darkness outside. It perpetually feels later than it really is,and the horrible reality is that it will only get worse. By December21st many of us will be experiencing full-on seasonal depression. Thegood news is that there are plenty of gadgets out there designed toreverse these effects and help us cope with our suffocating, sunlessexistence.
Lamps:
   PopoutPhilipsLivingColors Lamp: Those suffering from the depressing lack of sunlightcan conjure up 16 million unique colors at the push of a button ontheir remote. Unfortunately, the LivingColors Lamp has still not madeits way to stores in the states. [Philips via Link]
   PopoutExideal:This device uses 280 LED lights and 10 modes that vary in both patternsand intensity in an attempt to promote a healthy mind as well as"permeate the vitamins and collagen in your skin and make you beautifulfrom the inside." I wouldn't stare directly into it though—there isnothing healthy about writhing around on the floor choking on your owntongue. [Exideal via Link]
PhilipsWake-Up Light: This alarm clock stimulates your senses in the morningby simulating a natural sunrise. Over the course of 30 minutes, theintensity of the light increases "sending your brain a message toreduce the production of melatonin, the sleep-inducing hormone, and toincrease the production of cortisol, the energy hormone." [Sadbox via Link]
Simulations:
SunsetNow: Adam Parker Smith's "Sunset Now" art installation allows the userto control the rising and setting of a simulated sun using a simpledimmer switch. [Adam Parker Smith via Link]
Rainbowin My Room: Discovery's "Rainbow in My Room" uses LEDs to recreate thelights of a real rainbow and projects it onto a wall or ceiling. Italso doubles as leprechaun bait. [Discovery via Link]
SkyVSkylights: SkyV takes Sky Factory's faux skylight concept to the nextlevel by adding natural movement using high definition LCD screens. So,even in the darkest depths of winter you can always stare up at asun-filled sky. [Sky Factory via Link]
Portable Gadgets:
VeriluxBook and Travel Light: This tiny travel light uses a full-spectrumcold-cathode bulb to simulate natural sunlight. You can use it to reada book or even shine it on your face to help eliminate dark circlesunder your eyes. [Verilux]
VeriluxReadylight Solar Flashlight: Verilux also makes a handy full-spectrumflashlight (although you will need some real sunlight to charge it).Again, full-spectrum bulbs simulate actual sunlight so using thisflashlight to tell ghost stories in the dark can actually lead towellness. [Verilux]
WickedLasers Torch Flashlight: The LEDs in this torch are not full-spectrum,but it cuts through the darkness like dynamite thanks to 4100 lumens ofpower. Unlike the Verilux flashlight, I do not recommend this for ghoststories—although your face catching on fire would certainly scare thehell out of everyone in the room. [Wicked Lasers via Link]
Pets:
LightTherapy Pet Bed: Even your pets can get the winter blues, which is whysomeone developed a sunlight simulating bed for cats an dogs. If everypet owner used one, I would suspect that the rate of cat and dogsuicides during the winter months would plummet. [Link]

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现在就搞农村土地流转,太天真了.
官商们早已经虎视眈眈了,一旦开禁, 会变成全国性的圈地运动.
不出二十年,农民连立锥之地都没有了.成了彻底的无产阶级.

"联产承包"是小平留给农民的最后一点经济保障, 可惜产权没有及时厘清.
留下这个尾巴, 农民只有使用权没有所有权.将来难免任人鱼肉.

不过话说回来, 农民手里没选举权, 即使有土地所有权又能如何??
<宪法>都不能阻止暴力征地, 没有权力来保驾护航, 权利不过是空话.

小平的时代, 官商的势力远没有现在大, 中央搞改革还能得心应手.
现在地方官商势力大长,俨然形成有实力分庭抗礼的社会阶层. 中央再想搞改革,难咯.

时机一错过, 就再也追不回来.
小平搞经济改革, 却没有搞配套的政治改革,一代伟人的局限.
都是不归路啊. 可叹.

君不见:
1.公务员成了毕业生最向往的职业.
2.官员贪污数亿也不会判死刑.
3."林猥琐"自有官官相护,刑不上士大夫.

当狼越来越多,羊越来越少, 结局不言而喻.

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手机学英语-移动英语通 http://www.englishto.com/?dk=70055225    一个学英语的网站!想自学英语的进来顶哦!
可以用手机下载软件,再挑自己想学的课程!我自己用的是PSP下的,挺方便的!边走边学!

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思考: 中国的土地所有权究竟是谁的?

最后发表： xblues
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He had that joke when giving a speech facing international media, I dont think that was a smart move.
Everyone who has an opinion about it is right, the only one that had showed his stupidity was him.
It's a lousy joke and was told in the wrong situation. Now, everyone will think that he's an idiot.

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通俗易懂,佩服,顶上去!

最后发表： Fernando
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别过于乐观
这里的中介如果觉得你值得一卖，都会愿意当面谈一谈，然后才把你收录到他们的数据库里面去，倒不一定是有合适的雇主才会和你谈

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想问一下，有在tafe学baking的吗？最近迷上了给孩子做蛋糕，想说去系统的学一下。不知道对英语要求高不高？还有工作前景如何？知道的来往说下吧，不知道的也来讨论下吧

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高手。

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由于众央行高层认为欧洲经济前景会变得更糟。欧洲五家央行6日先后宣布大幅下调关键利率，以防止经济陷入长期衰退。

　　欧洲央行6日宣布再次下调主导利率50个基点，由3.75%降至3.25%。10月8日，在西方6大央行采取的联合降息行动中，欧洲央行已将欧元区主导利率从4.25%下调至3.75%。至此，欧洲央行的降息幅度已达1个百分点，这是自1998年欧洲央行成立以来最大幅度的降息举动。欧洲央行行长特里谢表示，不排除12月进一步减息的可能。

　　英国央行6日宣布，将基准利率下调1.5个百分点，降至3%，为英国官方利率54年来的最低水平。这是此前最高减息幅度的3倍，自1997年英国央行货币政策委员会 (monetary policy committee)建立以来，最高一次性减息幅度仅为0.5个百分点。

　　瑞士央行6日也宣布将基准利率下调0.5个百分点，降至2%，以刺激瑞士经济的增长。瑞士央行称全球经济前景恶化较预期更为严重，这将冲击瑞士经济。瑞士09年经济可能陷入零增长。降息有望为经济创造动力，将灵活的向瑞士货币市场提供充足的流动性。

　　丹麦中央银行6日宣布采取与欧洲央行同步的降息行动，从11月7日起将其指导利率降低0.5个百分点，即从目前的5.5%降至5%；同时将贴现率也降低0.5个百分点，从目前的4.5%降至4%。

    此外，捷克6日宣布调降基准利率0.75个百分点至2.75%。

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已拿到签证的厦门狼路过...祝大家好运啊

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怎么大楼又歪了?继续扶正.
转入正题~!

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in addtion , I would like know what score LZ got in GRE ,GMAT,IELTS, TOFEL, 高考成绩，全国高中数学竞赛名次 。。。etc

if you are below the average , pls shut up , don't compare salary with others  

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珀斯不错，工作机会确实比较多。我们已经来了半年了。

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LZ如果在新州，就向UAC申请：http://www.uac.edu.au/index.html

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Eight-armed animal preceded dinosaursfrom Neowin Back Page News


Scientistshave discovered what they believe is an eight-armed creature, whichcolonised a large section of the world's oceans over 300 million yearsbefore the first dinosaurs emerged.

The findings represent thefirst comparable animal fossils from the Ediacaran Period, 635 to 541million years ago, which appear in two drastically differentpreservation environments - black shale of South China and quartz rockof South Australia.

"According to palaeogeographicreconstructions, South China and South Australia were close to eachother at the time, belonging to a supercontinent called Gondwana," sayslead author Dr Maoyan Zhu.

Zhu, a scientist at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontologyat the Chinese Academy of Sciences, first helped to make theChina-Australia connection two years ago during a Beijing conference.He showed a photo of the unusual eight-armed creature, called Eoandromeda octobrachiata, to co-author Dr James Gehling of the South Australia Museum.

"Hewas so surprised and immediately opened his laptop and showed me imagesof new fossils uncovered from a new locality at the Flinders Ranges ofSouth Australia," says Zhu. "We wondered if these were the samefossils."

Zhu, Gehling and their colleagues collected eight compressions of the animals from the Doushantuo Formation at Wenghui, China.

Theythen traveled to Flinders Ranges, Australia, and collected sevenspecimens, leaving 31 others on two excavated and reassembled beds.

The findings are published in the November issue of Geology.

There is no question the creature, believed to represent one type of animal, had a lot of arms.

Simple and symmetrical

Theeight arms are clearly preserved in our specimens," says Zhu, addingthat the arms were tubular and in close contact with each other, butnot joined.

He and his colleagues believe the animal was asoft-bodied, dome-shaped organism that lived on seabeds and fed byabsorbing dissolved nutrients from the ambient environment.

Beforethe latest fossils were found, some researchers identified thecreatures as lichens or fungus-like organisms, but Zhu and his teamsuspect that at least some Ediacara fossils represent now-extinctdiploblastic animals, or creatures that possess only two cellularlayers separated by a jelly-type substance.

"Diploblasticanimals are common creatures on present day earth," he said, mentioningthat jellyfish, corals and sea anemones belong to the group.

"These animals (display) radial symmetry but lack complex organs, as shown by E. octobrachiata," he adds.

Themulti-armed creature, and several other early life forms, went extinctaround 542 million years ago, which Zhu says, "left empty niches forthe subsequent Cambrian explosion of complex animals."

Representativesof nearly all existent animals emerged at this time, when a rapidincrease in oxygen made respiration and metabolism possible.

Bridging the gap

Ina separate paper, Professor Shuhai Xiao, a researcher in the Departmentof Geosciences at the [/url=http://www.vt.edu/]Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University[/url], and colleague Dr Marc Laflammeprovide an overview of Ediacara fossils.

In the paper, which has been accepted for publication in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution,Xiao and Laflamme agree that, "Ediacara biota bridges the crypticevolution of multicellular life in the early Ediacaran and theextraordinary radiation of animals in the Cambrian period."

Inaddition to the eight-armed creature, they describe other early livingthings that looked like leaves, shells, stars and something almost akinto a peace symbol.

Xiao and Laflamme hope that as the Ediacarafossil database grows ever larger, more mysteries about these veryearly organisms will be solved.

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Shang-Highed: On Top of the World's Tallest Observatoryfrom Gizmodo: Top by Elaine Chow

  It'san unfortunately foggy morning in Shanghai, but from where I am, thecrappy weather only adds to the feeling of standing in the middle ofclouds. I'm towering almost half a kilometer over the rest of the city,on the highest man-made observation deck in the world, the 100th floorof the Shanghai World Financial Center, which opened just two monthsago. With cumulus on my right, stratus on my left and a mirroredceiling reflecting their formations back at me—I feel myself gettingdizzy. Have I developed a fear of heights, or is vertigo inevitablewhen you're this far up?
The Shanghai World Financial Center,also known as The Mori Building, officially opened on August 28th thisyear after over a decade of planning. When it was first envisioned—by aJapanese construction company, The Mori Group—it was to reach 97 floorstall, surpassing the spires of the Petronas Towers in Malaysia. Butconstruction only got as far as the foundations during the late 1990s,sliding to a halt when the Asian financial crisis hit and the MoriGroup found itself juggling a massive fund shortage.
By the timeit began building again in 2003, Taiwan had already started on Taipei101 which—at 508 meters counting its ridiculously tall spire—would soonwrestle away the title of World's Tallest Building. The Mori Groupscrambled to change their plans, but since the foundations put in fiveyears ago were only made to support 460 meters, the most they could addwas four more floors, settling for second place, but with an asterisk:The building has the highest observation point in the world.

Theobservatory for the SWFC has its own entrance, located on the groundlevel and to the side of the actual skyscraper. For 150 yuan ($22), youget a ticket to see the 94th floor Sky Arena, the 97th floor Sky Walk,and Floor 100, that record-breaking vantage point. For those with asense of frugality, or perhaps lacking a sense of adventure, eschewingthe top two levels cuts 50 yuan from the entrance fee.

Afterpaying for the ticket, I was ushered into a room labeled "re-Show."The several of us there that morning proceeded to stand around a towerto watch a “light show.” I raised my eyebrow as various Pokemon-likecharacters—flying teardrops and spinning cherries, all with HelloKitty-esque expressionless faces—flitted across a spinning, glowingreplica of the building to a soundtrack of ambient electronica in thestyle of Brian Eno.
My brochure told me it was designed byartist Toshio Iwai, perhaps better known in the West for his work onElectroplankton, a Nintendo DS that featured similarly plink-plonkyelectronic music. The revelation that Iwai had been behind the showwasn't surprising; it had reminded me of the types of multimediaexhibits I'd seen in Tokyo featuring him.
How culturallyJapanese the entrance had been was especially attention-catchingconsidering the slightly tumultuous history of the Mori Building, aJapanese building in China. The empty trapezoidal area up top, whichmakes the building look like a giant bottle opener, was originallysupposed to be in the shape of a circle, symbolizing—at least to thearchitect—the Oriental myth of the square earth and circular sky.
Butseveral prominent members of the Chinese politico including Shanghai'smayor protested that the design looked too much like the Rising Sun ofthe Japanese flag. In a country still sensitive over Japaneseoccupation during World War II (and Japan's at times unapologeticattitude towards the war), it was too much of an affront for thetallest building in China's richest city to represent anything remotelyNipponese. The building's architects dutifully redid the top, claimingthat the new design saved money.
After the pre-show, we wereherded towards the observatory's first elevator. A panel on one sidedepicted the floor we were on and the height we were at. As the doorsclosed, another light show played out on four screens and the ceiling,complete with yet another atmospheric ambient tune. The elevatorcontinued upwards, and the music sped up to match our trajectory. Myears popped. It took a good minute before the lift finally slid to ahalt and the doors opened to reveal the walkway to the Sky Arena.
Sky Arena? More like Sky Lounge to me
Thefirst of the building's three observatories, the Sky Arena is less likea viewing platform and more like one of those mod mid-century airportlounges. There were high ceilings and spectacular views, but the whitecouches and standing-height tables were constant reminders that thiswas, at its heart, for tourists. A bar at one end served refreshmentswhile a long booth area in the middle sold various Mori Buildingmemorabilia. Ever wanted your nougats to come in a can-opener-shapedskyscraper package? You know where to get 'em now!
Dude, just put it down... it's not worth it.
I quickly bypassed the area and got on the escalator to the 97th floor,the second viewing point. This area was more plain than the first one,a long walkway painted in white. Perhaps thanks to our closer proximityto the sun, it was unbearably bright. Glancing up through glass, Icould see my final destination—Skywalk 100, at 474 meters high, theworld-record-holding observation deck.
It took one last elevatorto bring me up those three final levels. This time, as I stepped out ofthe elevator and into the walkway, it was hard not to gasp.
Unlikethe matted white of the lower level, the designers had decked Floor 100out in a mirror-like finish, so that everywhere you looked, some partof the skyline was reflected back at you. From here you could see thetwo other Shanghai giants, the 468-meter Oriental Pearl Tower and the421-meter Jin Mao Tower, looking like absolute dwarfs, little childrenreaching upwards in a futile attempt to compete with the grand daddy ofvertical climbing.
The 100th floor viewing deck
Onthe ground were one-square-meter transparent glass panels, someoffering an unobstructed view of the drop below. Standing over one andlooking down, I could see the tourists down on 97, dashing from windowto window. Sometimes their faces would point upwards, as they squintedinto the sun and tried to make out the outlines of my feet.
It was about then that I felt my legs wobble and my knees shake.Vertigo was kind of a new experience for me. Having grown up in Asia'smegacities, I'd spent virtually all my life peering out of skyscrapers.I've never had a problem standing on edges and staring downthousand-foot falls—but this was a whole new monster. Despite myrabidly anti-Luddite stance (hell, I work for a technology blog!), apart of me wondered if man was ever meant to stand this far up in thesky.
I also wondered if part of my sudden bout oflightheadedness could be attributed to the subtle vibrations of thewind whistling around the walkway. The Mori Building was allegedlydesigned with Japanese earthquake protections in mind, making itoverspecced for an area like Shanghai that hasn't felt tremors for overa century. Wind—honking gusts of typhoon-powered wind—can still be aproblem, especially at these heights.
To try and counteractswaying, the building has two mass dampers installed on the 90th floor.Each damper consists of a computer controlled, 150-ton counterweightsuspended by wire rope. By rotating with and against the wind, thedampers can reduce wind effects by 40 percent and avoid oscillatingeven during typhoon conditions.

AnLCD screen near the elevator assured me that the transparent glass Istood on was safe. Each panel could withstand the weight of three 176pound people jumping on it at the same time, no problem. It wasn't thatreassuring; I know quite a few people who weigh a little more thanthat. But they weren't there, and I was definitely within limits... sotimidly, I tried a little hop. The person next to me screamed. It wasgood to know I wasn't the only one feeling nervous.
Onmy way back down in the elevator (complete, once again, with the lightshow and Eno-esque music), it was strange reflecting on how I'd justbeen standing at the tallest man-made point ever. It's currentlyimpossible to get even close to that high elsewhere. Though the currenttallest building, Taipei 101, may be officially 16 meters taller thanthe SWFC, almost 60 meters of its height is dedicated solely to thespire. Floor 101 is only 439 meters up, a good 34 meters shy of where Ihad just been.
Even though the SWFC tower is barely two monthsold, its observatory's days as the highest observation deck in theworld are ticking speedily to an end. In less than a year, the BurjDubai will open for business. Though nobody right now knows exactlywhere the tallest floor will be, the building is estimated to reach awhopping 818 meters once it's completed.
And even in Shanghai'sown Pudong Area, the Chinese have already started the foundation onsomething bigger. The Shanghai Center, expected to be complete in 2013,will eclipse the Mori Building by another 140 meters. Nicknamed the"Dragon Building," its funding has been relatively untouched by thecurrent economic downswing—some say because the last thing the Chinesegovernment is willing to do is let a Japanese building stand as thetallest in their land.

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这个看广告就知道了，很多要RSA/RCG， 还要经验。我的理解是要在服务行业，没有RSA/RCG是不行的， 只有RSA/RCG也是不行的。再说有RSA/RCG的太多了，除非运气好，找到个不求经验的老板或者能忽悠， 让老板以为你有经验。 这个培训时间短， 费用也不高，考考也无妨。

今天刚考了RCG， 本来只想考RSA, 但是有个便宜的package就一起考了

PS：其实考了RSA/RCG，还是什么都不会，这个还是要靠在工作中自己体会的

[ 本帖最后由 vandia 于 7-11-2008 00:10 编辑 ]