Sunday, February 14, 2016

此山中:榴槤飄香

此山中:榴槤飄香
wenweipo
2014-07-11
鄧達智

自己是個榴槤痴,當香港人還未愛上榴槤,馬來品種所知者甚稀的年代,已經每年兩次(十一月及六月初至七月底)飛到大馬大嚼,那是馬來西亞榴槤大造旺季,六月底至七月初尤其厲害,都會城市滿街滿巷,鄉鎮Kampong榴槤處處,頗有上世紀五十年代巨星林鳳演繹(幕後另有代唱),流行一時名曲《榴槤飄香 1959 》的境界。


林鳳 - 榴槤飄香(字幕版) 文千歲李寶瑩榴槤飄香視頻 林鳳 ~ 榴槤香了郎未歸 榴槤飄香 - 胡美儀 方伊琪 鍾舒祺 Cecilia Fong & Sukie Chung 榴槤飄香 森森、斑斑 - 榴槤飄香 (金曲滿天星)


愛麗-榴槤飄香
首版發行:1974年 星加坡 群星唱片 STLP-2107
https://youtu.be/9LukMr81NTU

更不用說榴槤之鄉檳城、太平、彭享等等城鎮的街頭,榴槤山上零售即吃點處處,果園數量以千百計,從五馬幣三個鄉村榴槤(港幣十五元)至優質兼產量極少的黑刺Or Chee六十馬幣一公斤,以豐滿圓大兩公斤一個為例,即一百二十馬幣一個(大約港幣二百五十元)已是當地極品,相比港人熟悉的貓山王,四十馬幣一公斤(空運到港 好幾百元一個)兼出品頗多,吃過美妙的Datin、龍蝦、紅蝦、Champion等等,還有取名奇妙的成龍、林鳳嬌、林青霞,山王忽而變得普通!


http://easss.com/food/fruit/durian


品種不論貴賤,幾扣或百扣(馬來華人語「元」),與老友南下檳城、怡保本因悠閒休息,碰上季節性大造,巧合回教齋戒月,超過百分之五十人口為回教徒的大馬,從早上日出至黃昏日落不得飲食,至饞嘴的為食鬼白天時刻受教條規限,直接影響榴槤銷路,價錢因此相比平時更便宜。


六個人三天半內從至便宜的 Kampong(馬來語:鄉村)到號稱最霸道的百年老樹黑刺(Or Chee六十馬幣一公斤),吃了數量總共超過四十個。更見識了千奇百怪的名字,除上述的林青霞、林鳳嬌、成龍、龍蝦、紅蝦等等之外,還分紅肉、橙肉、黃肉、灰肉、白肉,甜的、先甘後甜的、甘苦與共的


我們一致認同是次吃過極品為榴槤山果園邊上吃到的Datin(拿汀)品種,愛它層次分明,甜苦共融,食後回甘,堪稱是次南洋美食之旅吃過的至高水平!

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Shared Hosting vs. VPS Hosting

Shared Hosting vs. VPS Hosting
http://sunsss.com/hosting

It is important to choose a proper web hosting plan while planning to start a website. You can host your content on the website through various types of hosting like shared, VPS, dedicated and cloud. 

Shared hosting is like living in an apartment where you share a common space with your neighbors. You cannot customize anything but you share maintenance cost and responsibility with your neighbors. Shared hosting is very cheap and the most commonly used method of hosting, and is used for customers who have chosen trial or low-cost hosting packages.

You can opt for a Shared hosting if you fall in any of the following categories:

Having limited low budget.
Expecting a low initial rate of visitors say 200 per day.
Limited number of email accounts is enough.
Planning to host and maintain only small number of web sites.

Advantages of Shared Hosting

It a good option if you have a limited number of blogs and smaller websites as it is easy to maintain.
It has an economical advantage.
Technical maintenance of the server is not required, therefore you do not need a special skill set to handle your website.
You can demand for extra storage space.
All kinds of software, including virtualized software can be installed.

Disadvantages of Shared hosting

Limited number of resources.
Your website performance may be affected by other websites hosted on the shared server.
You might have to face long term problems with scalability and backup.
There is a possibility to face security issues for sharing a common server.
You might have to configure firewall settings for certain applications.
You will have a limited customer support only.

Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting is like living in a simplex or half-plex where you can customize everything to your own tastes. However, you still need to maintain your own area. Companies that deal with resource heavy applications and secured data most often use VPS.

Technically, VPS servers are actually still “shared” environments (in as much as there will still be more than one user running on the same physical machine) but the technology used to assign resources and keep users separate is much more sophisticated.

Allocating resources per-user makes for a much more stable and predictable environment. 

Expansion of your business beyond shared hosting level.
Expectation for a significant increase in traffic over the next few months.
Plans to work with confidential secured data in your business.
Intention to increase headcount which in turn requires a greater email capacity.
Plan to host multiple sites, blogs or different applications very soon.

Advantages of VPS Hosting

You will have a huge space and bandwidth which enables you to do what you like.
You can upgrade or downgrade your subscription at any time.
You can configure anything you wish on the server as you own it.
Run your own batch files to create multiple services inside the server using shell access.
You can avail an extensive and dedicated 24/7 Customer Support which will help you have better security levels.
You can have easy scalability and backup in this method.
User partitioning enables you to custom firewall configurations.

Disadvantages of VPS Hosting

You need a dedicated system administrator to take care of your server.
It is usually costly so you should be careful with cheap offers.
You must be particular with certain applications as they might have issues running in a virtualized environment.

Shared hosting and VPS hosting have a lot of differences as listed below:

Resources: Shared hosting will have access to a limited number of resources only while the VPS hosting allows private disk spaces, having greater resource availability.
Security: Shared hosting is comparatively less secure than VPS hosting.
Platform: Shared hosting provides a basic level of file system and compartmentalization.

You can move from Shared hosting to VPS hosting in any of the following cases:

You want to be more serious in your business web hosting. Your website is consuming all your processors.
Your website is gobbling your CPU and RAM resources.
You feel the need for complete control.
You need more email accounts or hosting more websites.
You are looking for better performance and stability.
You feel that you are ready to rise above the rest.
You want to expand the existing performance level.
You want to customize the appearance and settings.

Thursday, February 4, 2016

World-record holder Wang Junxia's testimony emerges 21 years later, says coach forced his team to dope up regularly

Athletes’ anguish over state-sponsored doping regime revealed in secret letters
2/04/2016
http://goo.gl/AQb4Io

World-record holder Wang Junxia's testimony emerges 21 years later, says coach forced his team to dope up regularly
2/04/2016
http://goo.gl/VEZouy

World beating Chinese athlete Wang Junxia admits to doping
2/04/2016
http://goo.gl/8ZZpB8

Medalists forced to take drugs
2/04/2016
http://goo.gl/xnd2Jf

Two of Ma's runners test positive
7/25/2001
http://goo.gl/2rpPBe
China's decision to appoint Ma Junren as its deputy head coach for the world championships appeared even more ill-conceived than it did originally when it was announced yesterday that two of the female runners he trains have failed drugs tests.
Liquing Song and Lili Yin are among three Chinese athletes who have been banned for two years by the International Amateur Athletic Federation after testing positive for the banned body-building drug testosterone more than a year ago. Yunfeng Lui, a male race walker, has also been suspended.