An extreme sports fan said earlier this month that he has broken the record for the fastest Cannonball Run across the US. To do so, he defied police and speed traps.
Alexandar Roy, 35, said he drove across 13 states in 31 hours and four minutes. To avoid getting in trouble with the police, he won't give exact dates.
Roy traveled the 4,496km from New York to Santa Monica, California, at an average speed of 145kph. At times he reached top speeds of 257kph. He broke the previous record, set in 1983, by more than an hour.
The American driver of German origin set the record at the wheel of his blue BMW stamped with "Team Polizei." He traveled with a cameraman to document the event.
He equipped his car with police scanners and radar detectors in a bid to avoid speed traps.
He added that normally he's a very careful driver who has only been given one speeding ticket in the past five years.(Staff Writer, with AFP)
一位極限運動迷在本月初表示,他已打破了「砲彈飛車」橫跨美國的最快紀錄。為了完成此舉,他特別避開警方及測速器的偵測。
現年三十五歲的亞利山德.羅伊說,他在三十一小時又四分鐘內橫跨了十三州。為了避免被警察抓到把柄而惹上麻煩,他拒絕透露切確的日期。
羅伊從紐約開到加州聖塔莫尼卡,路程全長四千四百九十六公里,平均時速一百四十五公里,有時車速還高達每小時兩百五十七公里。他以一個多小時之差,打破了一九八三年的紀錄。
這位有德國血統的美籍駕駛打破紀錄時,駕駛的是一輛印有「德國警察隊」字樣的藍色寶馬,同行的還有一位攝影師,負責隨車紀錄。
他還在車上裝了警用無線電及雷達偵測器以躲避測速器。
他特別補充說明,他平常是一個很謹慎的駕駛,過去五年來,他只拿過一張超速罰單。(法新社/翻譯:袁星塵)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
Around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the streets of Taiwan are filled with the delightful aroma of zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice wrapped in leaves. The leaves are folded into a cone and then filled with sticky rice and other ingredients such as braised pork belly, peanuts and salted duck egg yolks. The filled leaves are then tightly tied with kitchen twine and ready for cooking. 每到六月端午時節,街頭巷尾就會飄出粽子的香氣。粽子是將糯米包進粽葉的傳統美食,先將粽葉折成圓錐狀塞入糯米,以及紅燒肉、花生、鹹鴨蛋黃等配料,用棉線綁緊後即可烹煮。 Dragon Boat Festival (n. phr.) 端午節 aroma
Everyone has seen a piece of fruit turn brown after being cut. Have you ever wondered why that happens? It is a common phenomenon that occurs due to a chemical reaction called enzymatic browning. The appearance, flavor and nutritional value of the fruit are all affected by this reaction. Some fruits, such as apples, pears, bananas, avocados and peaches, are more prone to enzymatic browning than others. These fruits contain high levels of an enzyme called polyphenol oxidase, or PPO for short. __1__ This causes a chain of chemical reactions that ultimately transforms the phenolic compounds into
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)