北京奥运会互联网项目全面启动、Fungi feasting
北京奥运会互联网项目全面启动
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官方网站12月21日讯 今天下午，北京奥组委召开了北京奥运会互联网项目启动会。会议对近期互联网建设工作进行了总结，审议了今后的工作计划和目标。这标志着北京奥运会互联网项目全面启动。北京市副市长、北京奥组委执行副主席刘敬民出席会议并讲话，北京奥组委执行副主席蒋效愚主持会议。
北京奥运会互联网项目由北京奥组委和北京奥运会互联网内容服务赞助商搜狐公司共同实施。该项目包括完成北京奥运会高级网站及赛时网站的所有规划、建设、运营和维护等工作。其目标是在项目实施期间，利用成熟、稳定的技术，为北京奥组委、奥林匹克大家庭以及全世界的互联网用户提供优质、稳定、通畅、安全、先进的互联网服务。
刘敬民在会上强调，做好北京奥运会官方网站，首先必须具有世界眼光和奥林匹克意识，将其建成国际化的网站，利用中、英、法等多语种版本更加贴近国内外网民；第二，北京奥运会官方网站要成为联系国内广大群众的渠道，动员人民群众关心、参与、支持奥运的平台；第三，要使北京奥运会官方网站成为奥运筹办工作的有力工具，利用互联网平台，促进与各国奥委会、媒体等的联系，为他们提供“有特色、高水平”服务。
刘敬民对北京奥运会互联网项目今后的工作提出三点要求：第一，要在不断进行新技术研发和应用的同时，充分考虑不同国家和地区用户的实际情况；第二，要充分保证北京奥运会官方网站的安全性；第三，坚持节俭办奥运的原则，在保证奥运会需求的同时，充分考虑市场运作，保证项目的可持续发展。
出席会议的搜狐公司董事局主席兼首席执行官张朝阳在会上表示，搜狐公司将在奥组委的领导下，充分利用搜狐在人力、技术、推广等方面资源优势，精心规划、精心组织、精心实施，确保北京奥运互联网项目万无一失、圆满成功。
北京奥运互联网项目进入全面实施阶段后，项目组将逐步进行高级网站完善及赛时网站的规划和建设，丰富网站内容、完善多语言服务、满足包括残疾人在内的广大受众对奥运信息的需求，保证奥运网站的系统稳定及网络安全。
自今年11月7日，北京奥组委与搜狐公司签定赞助协议并启动北京奥运会高级网站建设工作以来，奥运官方网站的吸引力显著增强，流量大幅增长，日访问量最高突破千万，初步确立了北京奥运会网上信息发布的权威地位。在此期间，项目组编写、制定了《互联网项目管理指南》、《总体工作计划》等系列重要项目管理文件；建立了北京奥运互联网管理组织架构，成立了互联网项目管理委员会、互联网项目工作委员会及互联网项目变更委员会；采取了网上调查、信息登记、现场直播等多种形式来满足北京奥组委及广大网民的需求。
北京奥组委各相关部门负责人，中国互联网络信息中心（CNNIC）、中国教育和科研计算机网网络中心等机构专家，搜狐公司代表等参加了会议。（黎晗）
刘敬民对今后工作提出要求 |
蒋效愚主持会议 |
张朝阳发言 |
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Fungi feasting
Every now and then, we read something about the benefits of eating mushrooms. Some say it lowers cholesterol and blood pressure. Others even claim mushrooms help prevent cancer.
Whether that is true is a question for researchers. What we are more interested in is devouring the delicious funghi.
Mushroom-focused restaurants are sprouting all over the capital city.
Ye Shan Jun Mo Gu Yan (wild fungus and mushroom banquet) is such a restaurant specialized in serving mushroom hot pot.
Located at the southwest corner of the crossroads of Qianmen Dongdajie and Taijichang Dajie, the restaurant is always serving up a variety of mushrooms. The restaurant’s decorating is a bit old fashioned and the arrangement of tables feels a tad disorderly.
On the walls and hanging from the ceiling are colourful plates introducing all the mushrooms available at the restaurant, each with a picture, English name and an explanation of its benefits and flavour in Chinese.
For example, Bai Xue Long (white snow dragon), a white fungus, is said to be beautifying and can moisturize the skin. Huang Gan Jun (yellow liver fungus), can moisturize the lungs and put qi, vital energy, in order, according to the description.
There are 61 different mushrooms on the menu in Chinese. But one can also choose at a desk upon entering the eatery, where there is a display of samples of different mushrooms.
The most expensive mushroom here, priced at 68 yuan (US$8.2) a plate, is Yang Du Jun (sheep stomach fungus), whose shape resembles that of a sheep stomach, a popular food in North
China. Another recommended choice is Song Rong (pine tree antler), said to grow on pine trees, which costs 28 yuan (US$3.4) a plate. Each plate has more than 100 grams of the mushroom, according to a waitress.
The fresh mushrooms are the best choice, as some of the water-soaked varieties proved a bit bland.
Like in other hot pot venues, one needs to choose the broth for the hot pot. The three most common choices of soup here are black chicken, a black skinned chicken believed to be very nutritious, tortoise and fei long, a game bird.
Priced at 48 yuan (US$5.8), the black chicken soup comes with a whole black chicken in the broth.
Black chicken and mushrooms are always a delicious mix.
Ingredients like beef, mutton and vegetables available at other hot pot restaurant can be found here too.
Two people can finish four plates of mushroom. One may also want to order one plate of mutton and one helping of green vegetables to go with the mushroom hot pot for a bill of about 160 yuan (US$19.4).
The atmosphere is a bit lacking, but by selecting a sampling of fresh mushrooms, one can enjoy a steamy healthy meal.