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Miragedriver said:

That's one heck of a sink hole. Don't they do Geotechnical Investigations prior to breaking ground?

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Guests pose for a group photo the Taipei City Zoo in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Jan. 5, 2013. Yuan Zai, the first Taiwan-born giant panda, was unveiled to media on Saturday and will meet the public on Jan. 6. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

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14 people were killed and ten injured in a stampede during a religious gathering in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 5, 2014. [Photo/QQ]

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An injured woman receives medical treatment at a hospital in Xiji Town of Guyuan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 5, 2013. Fourteen people were killed and ten people injured in a stampede during a religious gathering in Xiji Sunday afternoon, according to the local government. The stampede occurred during the process of handing out traditional religious food to attendees at an event to commemorate a late religious figure in a mosque. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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A blast hit a coach around 6:40 p.m. on the Yingbin Street near the coach station in Pucheng County in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Sunday. [Photo: people.com.cn]

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Injured persons receive medical treatment in Pucheng County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 5, 2014. The death toll from an explosion on a coach in Shaanxi Province on Sunday has risen to five after a critically injured passenger was confirmed dead. It occurred when the vehicle was running on a road near a coach station in Pucheng County of Weinan City, leaving 24 injured in addition to those killed. The cause of the explosion is under investigation. (Xinhua/Zhao Lei)

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A Chinese contestant makes an ice sculpture during the 28th China Harbin International Ice Sculpture Contest, in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 6, 2014. The three-day contest was a major event of Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, attracting 22 teams from 11 countries and regions to participate in. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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A man takes a photo of a stuffed polar bear displayed at the International Snow Sculpture Expo in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 6, 2014. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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A woman poses for a photo with a stuffed polar bear displayed at the International Snow Sculpture Expo in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 6, 2014. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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A worker sorts confiscated ivory products to be destroyed in Dongguan City, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 6, 2014. The Chinese government destroyed 6.1 tonnes of confiscated ivory on Monday in Dongguan, to demonstrate the country's determination to discourage illegal ivory trade, protect wildlife and raise public awareness. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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A worker collects pulverized ivory in Dongguan City, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 6, 2014.

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bd popeye said:

Equation may know. I hope he comments.

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Miragedriver said:

That's one heck of a sink hole. Don't they do Geotechnical Investigations prior to breaking ground?

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Miragedriver said:

That's one heck of a sink hole. Don't they do Geotechnical Investigations prior to breaking ground?

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Equation said:

Unfortunately a lot of these constructions and developers go by the most current terrain maps that only reveals potential earthquake zones and flood zones (both coastal and river). As a result no underground research prior to the start of construction for buildings, structures and roads (now don't think of it as the same as soil testing because it's not). The only company that usually does are the oil and mining companies that hired geologist to do a thorough underground testing and such.

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Miragedriver said:

Interesting. Since the majority of my work consists of public improvement projects (highways, roadways, bridges, etc...) We routinely perform a geotechnical reconnaissance which comprises of borings 5 to 10 meters deep. This revels the soil strata and any compressible material which would need to be removed and replaced with more suitable soil.

This cavern appears to be beyond the 10 meter threshold. I hope no one and/or machinery fell in.

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Five days after the Chinese Consulate was torched by a person seen pouring two buckets of gasoline on the San Francisco building, the FBI announced the arrest of a 39-year-old Daly City Chinese national "who heard voices" in connection with the blaze.

The FBI on Monday named Yan Feng as the person agents arrested following the Jan. 1 blaze at 1450 Laguna Street in the city's Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood. Feng self-surrendered to Daly City police by calling them two days afterward, according to the FBI, who said in court documents (PDF) that when he called, he said in Mandarin: "I made the fire."

Court papers allege Feng set three explosive devices at the consulate, which caused "significant property damage" and endangered the lives of those near the area at the time.

Special FBI Agent-in-Charge David Johnson told reporters at a news conference that authorities do not believe there are any ties to terrorism, and that the fire was "an isolated incident."

The FBI did not state any possible motive for why Feng -- a Chinese national who is a permanent U.S. resident -- would have allegedly set the fire. But, according to the federal criminal complaint, Yeng told FBI agents that he had targeted the Chinese Consulate because "all the voices he had been hearing were in Chinese and the Chinese Consulate had to have been involved."

Feng was charged with "maliciously" damaging by means of fire or explosives property belong to a foreign establishment and arson.

In federal criminal court papers, FBI Agent Michael Eldridge said that he watched surveillance video outside the consulate building that shows a driver exiting a 2002 Honda Odyssey minivan parked in front of the consulate about 9 p.m., returning to the minivan and waiting there for about 20 minutes before "loitering" on the side of the van for a a few minutes. The person carried some "objects" away from the van and put them in front of the consulate, Eldridge wrote. At 9:32 p.m., a fireball erupted and the "individual walks away from the scene" and returned to the minivan, court papers state. The minivan has since been recovered.

Eldridge said the suspect had long black hair, a thin build and was wearing glasses and a dark blue pullover and pants. The FBI did not immediately provide a photo of Feng.

After Feng made the phone call, court papers state that on Jan. 3, he acknowledged to several agents that he bought a gas container and brought two others from his home to the Chinese Consulate, smoked a cigarette and then tried to light a fire with his passport, which didn't work, and finally used a "large black lighter" to ignite one of the containers, according to the criminal complaint.

The voices in his head were the only reason stated for why he targeted the consulate building.

Following the arrest, state Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) stated, in part: “I am relieved to hear an arrest has been made in the arson at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco. Such acts of violence cannot and will not be tolerated in our community."

Chinese Central Television provided photos of the fireball raging at the front door. The next morning, the front door was charred, and glass shattered all over the sidewalk. One of the two stone decorative lions in front of the building was blackened, another was not. No one was hurt in the fire that charred the building's doorway, damaged the lobby and burned toward the roof.

Still, the Chinese took the fire as a serious "despicable" affront.

"We strongly condemn this vicious, destructive act of arson towards the American consulate of China, which severely damaged the facilities and threatened the safety of consulate personnel and others," the statement said following the attack.

On Monday, Consul General Wang Xiang issued this statement: "We have noted the efforts made by the U.S. side to investigate into the arson attack and require that the perpetrator be brought to justice."

Xian added: "We urge the U.S. side to learn lessons from this incident, take effective measures to ensure the safety, security and dignity of Chinese diplomatic and consulate missions and staff in the U.S. and prevent the recurrence of similar incidents.''

In March 2008 the Chinese consulate in San Francisco was similarly attacked, when a group of people poured a flammable liquid onto the building's back gate and set it ablaze before China hosted the Summer Olympics in Beijing amid human rights protest. The FBI does not believe there is a connection between the two attacks.

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On the north side of a Beijing toll station for the Beijing-Harbin freeway, hundreds of drivers from all over China line up deep into the night to obtain the permit that allows them to enter Beijing on December 31, 2013. In 2014, Beijing will no longer issue the long-term (six months) Beijing entry permit, but will now only hadn out a seven-day temporary permit. [Photo/Sina]

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Chinese research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong sails in the open waters in Antarctica, Jan. 7, 2014. Trapped China icebreaker Xuelong made successful escape through heavy sea ice at 18:30 Beijing time on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)

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Captain Wang Jianzhong (front) commands Chinese research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong to break out from ice in Antarctica, Jan. 7, 2014. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)

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File photo taken on Sept. 28, 2011, shows media mogul and philanthropist Run Run Shaw attending the awarding ceremony of the Shaw Prize in Hong Kong, south China. Shaw sponsored the prize, which consists of three annual prizes of Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences. Shaw, aged 107, passed away at home on Jan. 7, 2014, announced Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) of Hong Kong. Shaw was one of the founding directors of TVB in 1967 and executive chairman for 30 years. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)

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Passengers wait for their trains at Hangzhou Railway Station in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 7, 2014. Immigrants workers in Zhejiang started to leave for home ahead of the upcoming China's Spring Festival travel rush, during when passenger volume in Zhejiang will reach 220 million according to estimation. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)

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A woman with her child waits for train at Hangzhou Railway Station in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 7, 2014.(Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)

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A Chinese contestant makes an ice sculpture during the 28th China Harbin International Ice Sculpting Contest in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 7, 2014. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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Workers create a snow sculpture at the Nanhu Park in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Jan. 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

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Yang Zenggui, an inheritor of national intangible heritage, presents a well-made row lantern in Huangyuan County of Xining City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Jan. 7, 2014. The origin of Huangyuan row lantern, a national intangible heritage, can be traced back to the large and well-lit shop signposts along the street of Huangyuan in the early 18th century in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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The body of an old woman from Dujia Village in Xi'an City is found at the bottom of an abandoned irrigation well on Jan. 4. Firefighters came to the rescue, yet as the mouth of the well was too narrow, their excavator had to dig a 10-meter-deep pit around the well. Firefighters then demolished the cement well piece by piece. When the excavator came close to the body, firefighters decided to stop its operation. They removed the body from the well using an iron hook.

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Relatives and friends of the old woman take a look around the scene of the tragedy and conclude she may have committed suicide. It turned out to the old woman had been suffering from constipation after leaving the hospital three days earlier. In early 2003, she was first sent to the hospital and was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. One of her family members said, "Hers was not a terminal cancer. We took her to the hospital several times. She was hospitalized for a period of time. The doctor suggested she get surgery. She refused not only because of her other illnesses, but also for her fear of pain.

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Liu Yan sings in wedding dress......English.news.cn | 01.07.2014 | Editor: Yamei Wang

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2014年1月4日，兰州，两辆拉运橘子的货车先后发生侧翻，车上的橘子散落在路上以及匝道下方的农田里，近百余村民提着各种袋子在路边哄抢橘子，场面一度失控。摄影：浅行, 货车侧翻村民哄抢橘子民警现场维护秩序/CFP

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