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The Sorta Great Wall
2008-06-23 20:06:00 Here's why I'm increasingly down on science: I've heard over and over that most of what we think of as "matter," which laypeople call "stuff," is actually made up of empty space.Well, that's a lot of, as my dad used to say, "bull-lar."I don't know what "bull-lar" was, but my dad said that a lot of things were "bull-lar." He'd say what we did, as kids, was "bull-lar." He'd be yelling at us for something, and say something parental, old-school parental, like "You think you can just take a car and race it along and jump it 100 feet off the road? Well you can't! That's a lot of bull-lar!" (It was not 100 feet, though. It was 110, at least.)Between the frequent use of the phrase "bull-lar" and my dad's habit of holding my younger sister, who was only about two, while he yelled at us, very little 'punishment' actually soaked in because we spent half the time wondering what "bull-lar" was and half the time watching our sister mimic dad as he yelled.I suppose "bull-lar" was one ...
The Sorta Great Wall
2008-06-23 13:06:00 Here's why I'm increasingly down on science: I've heard over and over that most of what we think of as "matter," which laypeople call "stuff," is actually made up of empty space.Well, that's a lot of, as my dad used to say, "bull-lar."I don't know what "bull-lar" was, but my dad said that a lot of things were "bull-lar." He'd say what we did, as kids, was "bull-lar." He'd be yelling at us for something, and say something parental, old-school parental, like "You think you can just take a car and race it along and jump it 100 feet off the road? Well you can't! That's a lot of bull-lar!" (It was not 100 feet, though. It was 110, at least.)Between the frequent use of the phrase "bull-lar" and my dad's habit of holding my younger sister, who was only about two, while he yelled at us, very little 'punishment' actually soaked in because we spent half the time wondering what "bull-lar" was and half the time watching our sister mimic dad as he yelled.I suppose "bull-lar" was one ...
Hiking the Great Wall of China Part 6
2008-05-26 06:51:00 If you go? Getting there: From Beijing, take a bus from Dongzhimen station to Miyun, then take another bus to Gubeikou and get off at the Jinshanling gate. Trains are also available to Gubeikou. Cost: There is a $5 entrance fee for each traveler at the Jinshanling Wall. Sun Hailong's overnight service costs $24 per person per night and includes dinner and breakfast. Currency: The Chinese yuan is the official currency (8.09 yuan to one U.S. dollar). There are currency exchange facilities in Beijing. Getting by: English is not widely spoken, so the services of a guide or translator may be useful. When to go: The temperatures are most comfortable in September and October and in the spring. What to bring: Sturdy shoes or boots and clothing suitable for hiking and cooler weather. Information: Sun Hailong speaks Chinese and some English. He can be reached by mobile telephone at (011) 86-139-3244-4368.
By: AMAZING ASIA
Hiking the Great Wall of China Part 5
2008-05-26 06:51:00 We slept?somewhat uncomfortably in the chill air?until the sun rose early the next morning over the saw-tooth horizon. Sun made us a simple breakfast of instant noodles, which we slurped down eagerly. We spent half the next day hiking 6.2 miles of the Great Wall?over loose stones and along paths that skirted weak or collapsed sections?to Simatai, another stretch with steeper inclines?and more tourists. Although annoyingly persistent hawkers followed us at times, trying to peddle bottled water and postcards, we were virtually alone on the Jinshanling wall. Like a narrow and dilapidated cobbled street, it led us through tumbledown watchtowers and over small mountain peaks. But the enchanting solitude of Jinshanling ended abruptly at Simatai, where crowds of tourists were disembarking from tour buses and swarming around amusements such as a trolley across a river gulch, restaurants and a cable car that carries passengers up a mountainside. With the widely touted 2008 Beijing Olympics o...
By: AMAZING ASIA
Hiking the Great Wall of China Part 4
2008-05-26 06:50:00 "The Mongols and their horses ran out of food and had to call off their attack," said Spindler, who added that Jinshanling was vulnerable to enemy raids because it was a low-lying area. The ascent to Jinshanling took us less than an hour, though the climb was at times steep and the footing shaky. From one point, we watched the sun set behind mountaintops before hiking back to Sun's house for a meal of dumplings, stir-fried vegetables and glasses of beer. Then we pulled on fleece jackets as the night got colder and, with flashlights beaming, headed into darkness to return to the wall for the night. Under a nearly full moon, we traipsed along some of the wall's narrow walkways, through shadowy passageways and over several steep humps along the wall's spine. It was eerily still, except for the flashes of a photographer's camera in the distance. We arrived at Sun's watchtower, where we decided to sleep under the stars, outside the tower's box-like stone house. Sun laid out a tarpa...
By: AMAZING ASIA
Hiking the Great Wall of China Part 3
2008-05-26 06:50:00 Inside the rampart, we could see the wall's hodgepodge construction over many centuries: older brown bricks were nested in gritty mortar alongside clean dark gray ones used by restorers in recent decades. Ming dynasty rulers began construction of the Jinshanling wall?roughly as it exists today, with strategic holes and chutes for weaponry and watchtowers?in response to raids by bow-and-arrow-wielding Mongols in the 1500s. Their soldiers and artisans used bricks as a facing for a stone-and-mortar wall erected after a 1550 attack by Mongol horsemen, according to David Spindler, an independent scholar who has been researching the wall around Beijing for several years. It was bolstered by brick ramparts.ut the wall's history likely stretches back further. "Another section of wall in the Jinshanling area, parallel to the current wall, may have been built by the Northern Qi dynasty," which ruled from 550 to 577 A.D., Spindler added. The Jinshanling wall, now almost silent except for the...
By: AMAZING ASIA
Hiking the Great Wall of China Part 2
2008-05-26 06:49:00 Visiting mainland China for the first time with my father, who had flown in from the United States, I arranged through a Beijing-based friend to meet Sun near Jinshanling, the section of the wall where he lives with his family. We arrived late one afternoon after riding for three hours in a minibus crowded with cigarette-puffing locals. Along the way, we passed scenes of rural life?ruddy-faced farmers sitting on their haunches outside brick houses, firewood stacked high, herds of sheep. The van left us on a desolate stretch of highway, at the mouth of a road spanned by an immense stone gateway that marked the entrance to Jinshanling. Sun greeted us there, grinning and urging my father and I to climb into the back of his three-wheeled motorcycle. "Today, the sunset will be beautiful," said Sun, a mustachioed 37-year-old who wore a T-shirt, dark blue trousers and traditional black cotton shoes. After riding uphill for several miles, we arrived at Sun's house and souvenir shop, droppe...
By: AMAZING ASIA
Hiking the Great Wall of China Part 1
2008-05-26 06:48:00 The Mongol attackers are long gone, but the vast brick-and-stone barrier that helped China repel them and other invaders still stands?and awaits a new horde of travelers who can explore and even camp out on the centuries-old fortification.Crumbling in some areas and neatly restored in others, the Great Wall?actually a patchwork of walls?snakes over hills and through craggy ravines covering thousands of miles of Chinese countryside, dotted by watchtowers once manned by Ming dynasty sentinels. Some of the towers, where enterprising Chinese today guard only souvenir stands, have sprung back to life as something akin to modern-day hostels, sheltering hikers who come for overnight trips to soak up history and vistas of former battlefields now carpeted with vegetation. Sun Hailong, a Chinese guide of Mongol ancestry, rents one of the towers about 87 miles northeast of the Chinese capital, Beijing, and takes visitors who want to spend the night?by pitching a tent or simply unfurling a slee...
By: AMAZING ASIA
GREAT WALL HOVER, PER L?ITALIA ANCHE IN VERSIONE ?ECODUAL? A METANO
2008-05-02 00:00:00 L?avventura è iniziata due anni fa e oggi è diventata realtà. Il progetto ?Eurasia Motor Company? ha portato a Palazzolo sull?Oglio una ?ventata? di Cina poiché è lì che ha sede il quartier generale della società che si occuperà della distribuzione esclusiva per l?Italia del marchio cinese Great Wall. Per approfondire ...
By: Accodati.com
GREAT WALL ?HOVER? PER L?ITALIA ANCHE VERSIONE ?ECODUAL? A METANO
2008-05-02 00:00:00 L?avventura è iniziata due anni fa e oggi è diventata realtà. Il progetto ?Eurasia Motor Company? ha portato a Palazzolo sull?Oglio una ?ventata? di Cina poiché è lì che ha sede il quartier generale della società che si occuperà della distribuzione esclusiva per l?Italia del marchio cinese Great Wall. Per approfondire ...
By: Accodati.com
Great Wall Peri EV
2008-04-22 21:34:00 To go on the green theme we would like to tell a few words about an electric version of the Great Wall Peri. Being strongly resembling to the Fiat Panda this car has inherited the rage and fury of Fiat. But let?s put aside copycatting details as the Great Wall Peri EV is quite a independent ...
By: New Car Search
Great Wall pronta per il mercato italiano
2008-04-08 00:00:00 Inaugurata la sede a Palazzolo sull?Oglio, si parte con il ...
Olivia takes the first of a million steps along the Great Wall
2008-04-06 20:16:00 Olivia Newton-John has taken the first of a million steps on her epic journey along the Great Wall of China. Olivia will spend the next 23 days leading a team of Australian and International celebrities on an arduous 228 kilometre trek hoping to raise enough money to build a new cancer and wellness centre as well ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Olivia takes the first of a million steps along the Great Wall", url: "http://www.australianwomenonli-ne.com/?p=384" });
MLB starts at Great Wall to build image in China; Padres vs. Dodgers in wee
2008-03-13 21:23:00 Building the Great Wall took centuries. Major League Baseball hopes creating its foundation in China won’t take that long. Baseball’s first big pitch began Thursday, an outing by the San Diego Padres to a twisting, hilly stretch of the country’s most famous monument just north of Beijing. The Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers practice Friday ...
By: MLB News Blog
Baseball faces its own great wall in China (Yahoo! Sports)
2008-03-13 18:31:00 Convincing the Chinese to adopt and embrace baseball will require overcoming a great wall of indifference. Read the full story.
By: MLB News Blog
San Diego Padres go to the Great Wall to kick off series in Beijing with Do
2008-03-13 14:28:00 Perched on the Great Wall of China, Trevor Hoffman gazed over the slick cobblestones and through the watchtowers to survey a barrier to invading armies that once stretched 4,000 miles. This weekend, the Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers are playing two exhibition games in China. They will be Major League Baseball’s first games here, and ...
By: MLB News Blog
Is China's Great Wall Visible from Space? [Digg]
2008-03-12 21:43:00 Though it stretches for some 4,500 miles, the ancient Chinese fortification is not as visible from orbit as modern desert roads.
Discovering the Great Wall of China - in Pakistan
2008-03-08 08:44:00 I was in Pakistan?s capital, Islamabad, and in several weeks I would be traveling to China over the 15,397-foot Khunjerab Pass,....
Great Wall Of China
2008-03-05 00:00:00 Enough of weird fruits and nasty eggs, here's something different... and awesome for a change. I spent three days in Beijing last July, and here are highlights of the visit to one of the Seven Wonders of the World - the Great Wall Of China.©@F2008.5 All rights reserved.Related Post:The Great Wall Of China - Travelogue and more photos© TENFORTY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
By: ten-forty
Great Wall of Words
2008-03-03 01:00:00 9.17 MB “Spell words to save the wall.” China has fallen under attack from Mongol armies! The Emperor of China himself has ordered you to travel the length of the Great Wall to make much needed repairs to keep the advancing armies at bay. You must now begin an epic journey along the wall, a race against time to save your homeland from destruction. At the end of your journey lies the Imperial Palace, which you must protect at all costs! Features: Epic word adventure.Creative play modes.Beautiful graphics.
Great Wall of Words [Word Game]
2008-02-26 04:53:00 China has fallen under attack from Mongol armies! The Emperor of China himself has ordered you to travel the length of the Great Wall to make much needed repairs to keep the advancing armies at bay. You must now begin an epic journey along the wall, a race against time to save your homeland from destruction. At the end of your journey lies the Imperial Palace, which you must protect at all costs!
Do you know why the Great Wall of China was built?
2008-02-25 15:00:00 Prof. Know Why answers: The Great Wall of China is probably the China's best-known monument and one of its most popular tourist destinations. In 1987 it was designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and in 2007 it was elected one of the New 7 Wonders of the world. Wonder! –It certainly is, stretching so many miles. But, contrary to the popular belief, the Great Wall of China is not a single, continuous structure. Rather, it consists of a network of walls with watch-towers at intervals that leave the frontier open in places. Estimates of the total length of the monument vary, depending on which sections are included and how they are measured. According to conservative estimates, the Great Wall of China is about 2,400 km long. While, other estimates cite a length of 6,400 km or even longer. From Hebei Province on the gulf of Bo Hai (a gulf of the Yellow Sea) in the east, the Great Wall of China stretc...
By: WHY CORNER
The New Game - Great Wall of Words
2008-02-24 18:55:00 Great Wall of Words - China has fallen under attack from Mongol armies! The Emperor of China himself has ordered you to travel the length of the Great Wall to make much needed repairs to keep the advancing armies at bay. You must now begin an epic journey along the wall, a race against time to save your homeland from destruction. At the end of your journey lies the Imperial Palace, which you must protect at all costs!
Great Wall of Words
2008-02-24 17:00:00 China has fallen under attack from Mongol armies! The Emperor of China himself has ordered you to travel the length of the Great Wall to make much needed repairs to keep the advancing armies at bay. You must now begin an epic journey along the wall, a race against time to save your homeland from destruction. At the end of your journey lies the Imperial Palace, which you must protect at all costs!
By: funnypcgames
Olivia Newton-John to Walk the Great Wall of China for Charity
2008-02-20 07:28:00 Olivia Newton-John has announced that she will walk 141 miles along the Great Wall of China in support of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre's Wellness Centre. Newton-John survived breast cancer in the 1990's.The walk will start on April 7 and finish in Beijing 21 days later. Joining her for portions of the walk will be celebrities like Sir Cliff Richard, Sharon Osbourne, Carrie Ann Inaba, Jane Seymour, Joan Rivers and Leeza Gibbons.The following personal message was posted by Newton-John on her website:They say the longest journey starts with the first step, since I was diagnosed with breast cancer 15 years ago I have taken many steps on my cancer journey. In recent times, the journey has been working with wonderful people such as you to build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre, and especially the Wellness Centre which you know is so dear to my heart. Now, I?m taking one more step on that journey ? all in the fight against cancer! You see, in April, I am leading a tea...
11 Facts you didn't know about the Great Wall of China
2008-02-15 06:14:00 The Great Wall of China was built over 2,000 years ago. Started by Qin Shi Huangdi who was the first emperor of China. It was a first line of defense against invading states or tribes. Over the years other emperors and rulers have added to it. The Great Wall is an engineering marvel and one of the most appealing world attractions due to its historical and architectural significance.
By: Attuworld
Veronica Campbell at The Great Wall of China
2008-02-08 17:51:00 Veronica Campbell was part of a group of Olympic athletes that visited The Great Wall of China this week. Nice pic! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: YawdFromAbroad
Veronica Campbell at The Great Wall of China
2008-02-08 17:46:00 Veronica Campbell was part of a group of Olympic athletes that visited The Great Wall of China this week. Nice pic!
By: YawdFromAbroad
Veronica Campbell at The Great Wall of China
2008-02-08 17:46:00 Veronica Campbell was part of a group of Olympic athletes that visited The Great Wall of China this week. Nice pic!
By: YawdFromAbroad
The story of the Great Wall of China on discovery channel.
2008-01-28 04:56:00 The story of the Great Wall of China on discovery channel.
By: renpatel.com
America’s Next Top Model Great Wall Photoshoot
2007-12-06 23:26:00 Tyra Banks was the photographer last night on America’s Next Top Model and took these great shots at the Great Wall of China. Which is your favorite?Via the CW Tags: america’s next top model, great wall of china, photoshootShare This Related Entries: Not So Ugly Betty: Behind-The-Scenes Photoshoot With America FerreraMarisa Miller gets her bikini onCalling All Chicago Area Top Model LoversAmerica’s Next Top Model Cycle 9 Episode 4: Flower Photoshoot Tags: Pictures America's Next Top Model - Fashion America's Next Top Model Cycle 9 Top Model Photoshoots
The Great Wall Visit and UNIX wall
2007-11-27 15:29:00 I'm using the wall command for this post but only to stay within the format of this blog (Use of command and then show its output). And it is also being used as a pun to boot.# wallI just returned to South Korea from Beijing, China. It was a relaxing 5 days but also a bit cold and foggy for my liking.The group tour package venues exceeded my expectations. We visited the Heavenly Palace, Lama Temple, Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Silk Factory, Hutong, Hard Rock Cafe, Jade Factory, and Pearl Factory, a couple markets (not my idea :)) and the Great Wall. The Great Wall is an amazing feature and was by far the best venue. I traversed its highest tower carrying a 20+lb backpack. Unfortunately, my quads and hams were really sore for a couple days afterwards.The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing and everything seemed to be under construction. It?s amazing how much time, money, and effort goes into preparing for these games. The Chinese are hoping for post Olymp...
By: My SysAd Blog
The Great Wall of China: been there, got stung!
2007-11-24 16:35:00 "You are not a hero at all if you have not climbed the Great Wall." - Mao ZedongIf you haven't already heard the story directly from me, then you must be wondering about the title of this post. But I will get to that later. First, let me give you a brief intro about The Great Wall of China. It is almost 4,000 miles long and like a giant dragon, it zigzags across North China from the eastern coast
Pictures of Beijing Badaling Great Wall
2007-11-06 15:36:00 Fellow tourists, now our automobile is going on the Badaling highway,must enter the Badaling scenic area immediately which soon visits.Front that mountain is the Jundu, the Badaling Great Wall occupies onthis mountain. In the Spring and Autumn Period Warring States time,our country ancient times the people on already started to constructthe Great Wall, at that ...
By: China online
Great Wall old hat as Beijing eyes Great Wheel
2007-11-05 18:04:00 BEIJING -- You've climbed the Great Wall of China, now Beijing wants you to "fly" the Great Wheel of China.Higher than both the London Eye and the Singapore Flyer, which opens in March, the Beijing Great Wheel will tower 208 metres (682 ft) when finished in 2009, executives said on Monday, which would make it the highest and largest in the world.The giant ferris wheel will have 48 air conditioned observation capsules...
By: lady-killing
Fendi on the Great Wall of China
2007-10-28 04:40:00 At well over 1,500 miles it must be the longest catwalk in history, but that didn't stop designer Karl Lagerfield staging a show for Fendi on the Great Wall of China.The show-stopping event was held on top of the ancient structure, with spotlights lighting up the models and casting the surrounding countryside into gloom.A section of the World Heritage Site was extended even further into the mountains around the capital Beijing to create the catwalk, with a backdrop of open sky. First built in 221 BC to preserve China's borders during the reign of the Qin Emperor, the construction of the Great Wall became the chief defensive strategy to repel the enemy from the north in the age before gunpowder and cannons. It was a massive undertaking, equivalent to the building 30 of the great pyramids of Egypt.Emperor Qin chose his most able general Ling Qia as chief foreman who put to work an army of over 300,000 men.In recent years, the Great Wall has been used as a backdrop to scores of eve...
By: pay me dollar
Fendi's Runway Show At The Great Wall Of China
2007-10-26 21:22:00 What fashionista wouldn't have loved to be there? Check out this video, and imagine yourself dressed in your absolute best, sitting next to the hottest names in fashion and entertainment, watching the models swish their non-existant hips up and down the Great Wall wearing the latest in Fendi. Le sigh... What a dream!
By: Couture Cult
A Rugged Great Wall Trip
2007-10-25 18:26:00 Looking for a Great Wall experience that doesn’t include the tourist hordes? The Sa Ma Tai region of the wall may be the place for you. Located about a two-and-a-half hour bus ride outside of Beijing, the hiking is challenging enough to thin the ranks of tourists down a bit, though you’ll still find persistent vendors ...
By: China online
Tourist Trail in Beijing??Great Wall
2007-10-25 13:57:00 The Great Wall, as you probably know, is one of the few man made structures visible from space. From Beijing you can get to a few different pieces of the Great Wall within 2 or 3 hours by bus or car. The Badaling part of the Great Wall is a fully restored section which is ...
Tourist Trail in Beijing??Great Wall
2007-10-25 13:57:00 The Great Wall, as you probably know, is one of the few man made structures visible from space. From Beijing you can get to a few different pieces of the Great Wall within 2 or 3 hours by bus or car. The Badaling part of the Great Wall is a fully restored section which is ...
Fendi Great Wall fashion walk
2007-10-24 11:03:00 For the first time, the Great Wall in China was used as a catwalk for a fashion launch and it was by Fendi! The well-lit 1,500 mile runway became an array of white light path that models walked upon featuring the Fall 2007 collection of Karl Lagerfeld. This extravagant event on an ancient structure definitely made history of fashion shows. (more…)
Great Wall of China Host's Fashion Show
2007-10-22 13:24:00 Built centuries ago to keep out the barbarian hoards, China's Great Wall was lit up for its first ever big-name fashion show.Some of the country's most famous stars gathered at the Wall at Juyongguan, an hour north of Beijing, for the unveiling of a new line partly designed by Karl Lagerfeld for fashion house Fendi.
By: fUlly Maza
Thandie Newton at Fendi Great Wall Of China Fashion Show
2007-10-20 12:01:00 Thandie Newton at Fendi Great Wall Of China Fashion Show
Kate Bosworth in Beijing for Great Wall of China fashion show
2007-10-19 22:09:00 Kate Bosworth and model boyfriend James Rousseau, have taken some time to visit Beijing for the Great Wall of China fashion show. Kate was papped outside at Karl Lagerfeld’s latest Fendi exhibit, other guests included Memoirs of a Geisha star Ziyi Zhang, Thandie Newton and Miss Universe Riyo Mori of Japan.
By: Stark Gossip
Great Wall-China Beijing ????
2007-10-09 19:17:00 The Great Wall is not only the magnum opus of human being but also the soul of China!
The Great Wall
2007-10-03 14:22:00 With its great history, unique architectural style, construction size and world?s longest human-made structure The Great Wall of China became one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The wall extends approximately 6,700 kilometers (4,163 miles) from east to west of China. The Great Wall was build as a defensive strategy for the enemy of the north. It was build independent walls for different state until the Qin Dynasty Emperor Qin Shiquang had successfully joined the walls and became the Great Wall. The walls was rebuild and restored several times due to ruins, the part of the Wall that is still in its original state is in Simatai, 110km north-east of Beijing.The first time I visited the Great Wall, I can imagine how many labor force had worked to build this gigantic wall. It?s a great experienced to learn the history behind the Great Wall of China. Tourist visiting China must not miss this history of more than 2000 years.
By: Around the Globe
Pictures of Great Wall in Beijing(China)
2007-10-01 09:56:00 He who has not climbed the Great Wall is not a true man.- Chairman Mao To the northwest and north of Beijing, a huge, serrated wall zigzags it’s way to the east and west along the undulating mountains. This is the Great Wall, which is said to be visible from the moon. The well-preserved sections of ...
By: China online
Josh Hartnett Visits the Great Wall
2007-09-28 18:02:00 Josh Hartnett digs into Chinese history on Wednesday and visits one New Seven Wonders of the World — the Great Wall of China. Hartnett, 29, was accompanied by two friends — one male, one female. The trio stopped off at certain parts of the wall to rest and down a couple beers. Drinking and scaling the Great Wall of China is much safer than drinking and driving! And let me tell you, climbing those tall steps to get to the top is no easy feat. source |
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