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With respect to the seven cities promised to Achilles, we have already spoken of Cardamyle, and Pheræ, and Pedasus. Enope, some say is Pellana; others, some place near Cardamyle; others, Gerenia. [Note] Hira is pointed out near a mountain in the neighbourhood of Megalopolis [Note] in Arcadia, on the road to Andania, which we have said is called by the poet Œchalia. Others say that the present Mesola was called Hira, which extends to the bay situated between Taÿgetum and Messenia. æpeia is now called Thuria, which we said bordered upon Pheræ. It is situated upon a lofty hill, whence its name. [Note] The Thuriatic Gulf has its name from Thuria; upon the gulf is a single city, named Rhium, opposite Tenarum. Some say that Antheia is Thuria, and æpeia Methone; others, that Antheia is Asine, situated between Methone and Thuria, to which, of all the Messenian cities, the description, with its rich pastures, is most appropriate. Near it on the sea is Corone. There are some writers who say that this town is called Pedasus by the poet. These cities are all near the sea; Cardamyle close to it; Pheræ at the distance of 5 stadia, having an anchorage, which is used in the summer. The rest are situated at unequal distances from the sea.8.4.6
Near Corone, about the middle of the gulf, the river Pamisus [Note] discharges itself, having, on the right hand, this city, and the rest in succession, the last of which, towards the west, are Pylus and Cyparissia, and between these is Erana, which some writers erroneously suppose to be the ancient
Arene; on the left hand it has Thyria and Pheræ. It is the largest (in width) of the rivers within the isthmus, although its course from its springs does not exceed 100 stadia in length; it has an abundant supply of water, and traverses the Messenian plain, and the district called Macaria. [Note] It is distant from the present city of the Messenians 50 stadia. [Note] There is also another Pamisus, a small torrent stream, running near Leuctrum of Laconia, which was a subject of dispute between the Messenians and Lacedæmonians in the time of Philip.
I have before said that some persons called the Pamisus, Amathus. [Note]8.4.7
Ephorus relates that Cresphontes, after he had taken Messene, divided it into five cities, and chose Stenyclarus, situated in the middle of this district, to be the royal seat of his kingdom. To the other cities, Pylus, Rhium, (Mesola,) and Hyameitis, he appointed kings, and put all the Messenians on an equal footing with the Dorians as to rights and privileges. The Dorians, however, taking offence, he changed his intention, and determined that Stenyclarus alone should have the rank of a city, and here he assembled all the Dorians.8.4.8
The city of the Messenians [Note] resembles Corinth, for above each city is a lofty and precipitous mountain, enclosed by a common wall in such a manner as to be used as an acropolis; the Messenian mountain is Ithome, [Note] that near Corinth is Acrocorinthus. Demetrius of Pharos seemed to have counselled Philip the son of Demetrius well, when he advised him to make himself master of both cities, if he desired to get possession of Peloponnesus; for, said he, when you have seized both horns, the cow will be your own; meaning, by the horns, Ithome and Acrocorinthus, and, by the cow, Peloponnesus. It was no doubt their convenient situation which made these cities subjects of contention. The Romans therefore razed Corinth, and again rebuilt it. The Lacedæmonians
destroyed Messene, and the Thebans, and subsequently Philip, the son of Amyntas, restored it. The citadels however continued unoccupied.8.4.9
The temple of Diana in Limnæ (in the Marshes), where the Messenians are supposed to have violated the virgins who came there to offer sacrifice, is on the confines of Laconia and Messenia, where the inhabitants of both countries usually celebrated a common festival, and performed sacrifices; but after the violation of the virgins, the Messenians did not make any reparation, and war, it is said, ensued. The Limnæan temple of Diana at Sparta is said to have its name from the Limnæ here.8.4.10
There were frequent wars (between the Lacedæmonians
and Messenians) on account of the revolts of the Messenians.
Tyrtæus mentions, in his poems, that their first subjugation
was in the time of their grandfathers; [Note]
for Jupiter himself, the son of Saturn, and husband of Juno with the
beautiful crown, gave this city to the Heracleidæ, with whom we left the
windy Erineum, and arrived at the spacious island of Pelops.
Wherefore we must either invalidate the authority of the
elegiac verses, or we must disbelieve Philochorus, and Callisthenes, and many other writers, who say that he came from
Athens, or Aphidnæ, at the request of the Lacedæmonians,
whom an oracle had enjoined to receive a commander from
the Athenians.
The second war then occurred in the time of Tyrtæus. But they mention a third, and even a fourth war, in which the Messenians were destroyed. [Note]
The whole voyage along the Messenian coast comprises about 800 stadia, including the measurement of the bays.
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One day I ran out of my makeup remover so I was having a look at my mum's skincare products and I came across Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil Premium A/O.
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iPhone is different!
I once posted something about 'why the fuss about the iPhone' – I still don't get it.
We're a few months away from having the thing released here, but in the mean time there's the iPod Touch which is most of the iPhone without the phone. Since the bit I'm interested in is the web browser and the Internet features – it's ideal so I got one for the team for R&D.
I pointed it at one of the sites I'd optimised for mobile devices following recognised best practice (e.g. Luca Passani's Global Authoring Practices for the Mobile Web) and was not hugely surprised that it rendered the desktop version as my mobile detection didn't pick up the User Agent.
A quick tweak to get it to spot that 'iPod' is a mobile device and … Safari throws an error.
It turns out that Safari Mobile doesn't support xhtml-mp!
So to get an iPhone friendly version of a site you can't use your mobile version and keep it xhtml-mp. I see Facebook have a mobile version using xhtml-mp, and a special iphone version without a doctype.
Do I feel a return to the bad old days of browser sniffing and multiple versions of sites? Oh dear!
Why do Apple always have to be different?
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A walk around the neighborhood yesterday revealed unexpected sites: Run off on the south side of Buffalo Pound Lake this spring has resulted in the destruction of roads and years. We live here year-round, I can't imagine how the part-time residents feel when they come out over the next month.
Here is a short video of what I witnessed yesterday:
This morning the water was frozen, but I am confident that the flow will start once more later in the day when the sun becomes stronger.
(Note: I am taking an iMovie class online. Be patient and not too critical as I learn how to select clips, add text and transitions.)


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53961702018-09-17T10:42:39.177+08:00SorLo (傻佬)Whttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-64133381969735959452012-04-12T23:14:00.000+08:002012-04-12T23:29:06.495+08:00Wash and WaxI know a clean car is a sign of a sick mind. But the work pressure and muscle pain from the last run was gone after 2 hours of labour.

Whttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-16283169422111662892012-04-07T22:19:00.001+08:002012-09-25T17:50:43.617+08:00TrinityAn atheist though, I am obsessed with the relationship between God the Father and Jesus the Son of God, and the meaning of Trinity. Is the Son of God begotten or unbegotten? How can the Son be coeternal and uncreated if his being is from the Father? How can Jesus be equal with the Father if he specifically announced that the Father was greater than he? What is Holy Spirit? How does it relate to the God? These questions were once the focus of the lively debate between Arius and Athanasius. The Gospels seemed to be on the side of Arius. However, since Constantine for political reasons proclaimed at Nicaea that Athanasius was right and his descendant,Theodosius, in 381CE, issued a decree which made it unlawful for everyone to question the state-preferred Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit formula, the debate was brought to an abrupt end. Still, what does Homoousion in the Decree of Nicaea mean? Trinity? How can there be three be one? If there is only one God, how could the Logos also be divine? The questions remained. At one point, Gregory of Nyssai felt compelled to announce that "Every concept of God is a mere simulacrum, a false likeness, an idol: it could not reveal God himself. The true vision and the knowledge of what we seek consists precisely in not seeing, in an awareness that our goal transcends all knowledge and is everywhere cut off from us by the darkness of incomprehensibility." When I am almost ready to accept that the Christian God is after all completely unspeakable, unnameable and unknowable (the Fathers of Cappadocia who tried to justify the Christian faith said it, not me), an equation that appeared in a recent article in the Hong Kong Economic Journal (which has nothing to do with religions) somehow revives my interest in the matter: ∞ + ∞ + ∞ = ∞.

∞ + ∞ + ∞ = ∞. Doesn't it explain the nature of Trinity? The problem is, of course, if we take out an ∞ from the left side of the equation the end product will remain the same. It also doesn't matter if we add another ∞ to the equation. But, is God the same God if we take the Son or the Holy Spirit out of the equation? Does God remain the same if we add say a Holy Daughter to the equation? Why not? After all, ∞ + ∞ + ∞ + ∞ = ∞. <o:p></o:p>Whttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-50651826824127732452012-01-26T11:17:00.000+08:002012-01-26T12:31:29.324+08:00"Old Idea" - Leonard CohenThe long wait is finally over. Leonard Cohen new album is about to hit the street. You can listen to it online, courtesy of NPR. The streaming is available for a limited time. So grab a single malt, dry martini, espresso, whatever, dim the light and enjoy.

You can pre-order the album here. You can also read the poetic lines of the first track "Going Home" In New Yorker's Poetry page.

Whttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-64315845088748390572012-01-21T17:22:00.000+08:002012-01-21T22:00:49.858+08:00Comments ModerationA fellow blogger has been receiving comments from those who don't know the difference between the right to speak and the right to bully. As I'll hate to see this little personal blog turn into a mud wrestling field, I do moderate comments. Luckily I seldom get nasty comments from my readers and I have deleted comments from no more than 2 individuals. The first of whom was too keen to find out who I am, comments deleted; the other had the tendency to post some nasty remarks about another reader of mine, comments deleted. When I delete a comment, I ignore it completely. No rebuttal; no reply. It always works. People disappear after being ignored a few times. It's probably not very polite of me to completely ignore a comment but, hey, not all comments deserve a reply, do they? And, more importantly, I consider it rude and unfair to the one whose comment gets deleted if I comment on his/her comment after exercising my right to delete it. So, as a rule, I don't mention deleted comments. They just silently disappear.

I love the delete key.Whttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-21686719723196523622012-01-15T21:04:00.000+08:002012-01-15T21:05:53.193+08:00Angry Bird and London Philharmonic OrchestraWhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-13459603374780140822011-12-24T20:51:00.000+08:002011-12-26T21:01:25.089+08:00A Romantic Story on Christmas Eve - A Real Story from a Book of History

(Portrait of Praskovya Ivanovna Zhemchugova-Sheremeteva by Nokolai Argunov, from Wiki File)

The musical life of eighteenth-century Russia was dominated by the court and private theatres such as the Sheremetev's, which was considered as good as the court's theatre in St. Petersburg. Boris Sheremetev, the head of the Sheremetevs, was a long-standing ally of Peter the Great. When Boris Sheremetev died in 1719, the Tsar told his widow that he would treat Boris' children as his own. Pyotr Sheremetev, his sole surviving son, was brought up in the court and became one of the few companions to the future Tsar (Peter II). As a result of the close connections with the court, the Sheremetevs became unimaginably wealthy, so wealthy they owned 200,000 "census serfs" (which meant actually a million serfs). Pyotr was survived by Count Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev, who turned out to be an admirer of European cultures. From the 200,000 census serfs, the Count would select a few hundred and train them as artists, singers, architects, painters, furniture makers, actors and sculptors. The painting above was painted by Nikolai Argunov, Nikolai Petrovich's favourite serf painter.

The lady in the painting was Praskovya Sheremetev, one of the many Sheremetev's serfs. In the painting Nikolai Petrovich was reduced to a miniature, suspended from Praskovya's neck. Praskovya was born to a family of serfs on the Sheremetev estate. Noted for her beauty and her voice, she was selected to be trained for the opera. She also learnt Italian and French, both of which she spoke and wrote with fluency. She made her first appearance on stage at eleven, in 1779, and within a year, she played the leading roles in major performances. The Count, who frequented the theatres, was a fan of her.

One summer evening in 1784, Praskovya was driving her father's cows down to the stream when some dogs in the count's hunting group began to chase her. Nikolai Petrovich called the dog away and walked to Praskovya. When he knew that Praskovya's father was intending to marry her off to a local forester, the Count said that he would forbid any such marriage. 'You weren't not born for this! Today you are a peasant but tomorrow you will be a lady!'

By the beginning of the 1790's Praskovya had become Sheremetev's de facto wife. It was no longer just the pleasures of the flesh that attracted him to him but, as he said, the beauty of her mind and soul. For a very long time the count would remain torn between his love for her and his own position in the society. Marrying a serf girl was unthinkable. It was not even clear, if he married Praskovya, whether he would have a legitimate heir. Somewhat he was forced to choose between his own romantic feelings and the customs of his class. Praskovya's secret relationship with the count also placed her in an almost impossible situation. When rumours went from one house to another, her fellow serfs became resentful of her privileged position and called her spiteful names. She was also shunned by society. People would come to snoop around her house and sometimes taunt the "peasant bride". It was only through her strength of character that she managed to retain her dignity.

The Emperor Paul, an old friend of the count, assumed the throne in 1792. Paul appointed Sheremetev Senior Chamberlain, the chief administrator of the royal court. Sheremetev had little inclination towards court service but he had no choice. It was at that time that the first signs of Praskovya's illness became clear. The symptoms were unmistakable: it was tuberculosis. Her singing career came to an end and she was confined to the Fountain House, the count private estate.

Praskovya's confinement to the Fountain House was not just the result of her illness. The snobbish prejudices of the noble class and the resentment of her fellow serfs had left little breathing space for her. All she could do was to spend the days with the count, play the harpsichord or do needlework. The vast reception rooms of the Fountain House were empty - and the only people who would ever visit were loyal childhood friends and artists who were above prejudices and resentment. The Emperor Paul was in this category. He always believed that the Sheremetev family was different from other aristocratic clans, a little bit above the social norm. Several times he would arrive incognito at the back entrance of Fountain House. Paul was enchanted by Praskovya and presented her with his personal diamond ring, which she wore for her portrait by Argunov.

In 1801, the count married her in a secret ceremony at a small village church on the outskirts of Moscow. One year later Praskovya gave birth to a son, Dmitry. She was weakened by the birth and died after three weeks of painful suffering. At this moment, the most desperate time in his time, the count was abandoned by the whole of Petersburg society. In preparation for the funeral he publicised the news of Praskovya's death. Few people came - so few that the viewing of the coffin was reduced from the customary three days to five hours. There was only a small group of mourners - close friends of Praskovya, a few serf performers, some domestic servants, and a few close friends of the count. There was no one from the court (Paul was already dead); no one from the noble families; no one from the Sheremetev family.

Lost in grief, the count resigned from the court, turned his back on society, remained a widower and, retreating to the country, devoted his final years to religious study and charitable work in commemoration of his wife. He spent vast sums on building village schools and hospitals, set up trusts for the care of orphans, endowed monasteries to give the peasants food when the harvests failed. The most ambitious project was the alms house which he founded in Praskovya's memory on the outskirts of Moscow - the Strannoprimnyi Dom, which was by far the largest public hospital in Russia. For years the grief-stricken count would leave the Fountain House and walk through the streets of Petersburg distributing money to the poor. He died in 1809, the richest nobleman in the whole of Russia, and no doubt the loneliest as well.

Praskovya was buried at Alexander Nevsky Monastery, next to the grave of the count's father - a place that was reserved for the count himself. She died a lonely woman, but she was later joined by the like of Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Dostoevsky, at the Monastery.

The painter of Praskovya's portrait, Nikolai Argunov, died as a serf. But his children were among those liberated by Nikolai Petrovich.

Whttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-87305719679688847912011-12-07T18:39:00.001+08:002011-12-08T13:57:31.261+08:00I am a runner
I've been running since October. Having great fun. Feeling good to call myself a runner.

Should I call myself a runner? How many kilometers must I have run to be a runner?

Some identifies can be had without practice or repetition. One only needs to kill once to be a killer, cheat once to be a cheater, or buy the "right" lottery ticket to be a lottery winner. To be a runner, singer or painter, however, one has to have committed to the activity and done a fair amount of running, singing or painting. Some other identities, say, a parent or a good friend, take time and efforts to maintain.

It would appear that those identities that are hard to acquire or maintain are capable of delivering greater and more long-lasting happiness. It may well explain why people are not necessarily happier as they become richer – they do not acquire any new identity as they move up the rich to richer to obscenely rich ladder. Indeed, people report that they are happier if they kiss goodbye to some of their money. They give, and they become philanthropists, educators, patrons of art and supporters of scientific discoveries.

There are people whose only sense of self-worth appears to derive from their status as one of the very rich. They are glad that they are ten times richer than their peers but constantly fear that they may one day wake up form their sleep only to discover that they are nine, not ten times richer than their neighours and old friends. My most humble advice to them – get a life, get a new identity, no matter what, or do some running.
Whttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-25057057087323660422011-10-17T23:01:00.000+08:002011-12-07T21:29:45.086+08:00Illényi Katica AgainRealised just now that I'd shown the violinist side of Illényi Katica but not her singer side. Here we go:

Can't stop watching her videos. What a talented and stunningly beautiful elegant woman.

Whttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-62017541990419711962011-10-17T14:37:00.001+08:002011-10-17T14:37:54.704+08:00Three Beautiful Talented Women Who Can Sing and Play an InstrumentEva Cassidy

(The above is a snapshot of Eva's performance at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C., where she regularly performed. Live at Blues Alley, a classic already, is the only live recording of her.

Illényi Katica

Lori Lieberman

Whttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-89582436295176222832011-10-13T17:48:00.000+08:002011-10-13T22:09:49.798+08:00Into the Wild (2)The kids are back from the wild. Covered in mud and completely exhausted though, they are all full of joy and pride.

The parents, lining up in front of the main gate and welcoming them as if they are soldiers returning from a war, are more happy and proud. You may think we are over-reacting. But if you are in Hong Kong you should know the weather that we are now having. Wind, rain, lots of wind and more rain. In the last few days, the kids hiked with their gears in downpour and spent their night in the open with nothing but a plastic sheet over their heads and another plastic sheet beneath their sleeping beds. They were cold and wet but their spirits remained high. The kids from an ESF school left after the first night (and they got tents!). So did the kids from Guangzhou. But the ISF kids marched on, faced the rain, ate their soaked bread, took care of each other, looked for the right branches to make their rain shelters...

"I feel for the refugees", "Four walls and a roof are so precious", "My legs shook uncontrollably when I reached the camp site", "I was so happy to have reached the top of the mountain. It's beyond words", "Sai Kung looks even more beautiful in rain", "The raft broke in the sea", the kids just can't wait to share their experiences.

"They have grown so much in just a few days. You have to see it to believe it", a teacher who went with them said.

A big thank you to the teachers and trainers from Outward Bound.Whttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-78285966749223122352011-10-11T19:55:00.002+08:002012-09-25T17:55:33.432+08:00Into the Wild
October is always a month blessed with nice weather. It also marks the beginning of the hiking season. Not this year. A strong easterly monsoon, a broad area of low pressure and a tropical depression over the Western Pacific are working together to bring us a lot of rain and strong wind.

After learning the lives and writings of Voltaire, John Locke and William Wilberforce in their humanity class in the comfort of an air-conditioned classroom, the Grade 8 ISF kids are out in the wild to experience the fears, feelings and life of a refugee. This year annual camping (called experimental training) is designed to be tough and meant to let the kids have a taste of the life of a refugee. On day one, after visting Christian Action Workshop, a service development for ethnic minority residents in Hong Kong, the kids are bused to Sai Kung and spend their first night in some makeshift shelters (no tents, just a few plastic sheets). They have to cook their own food with some very basic stuff. On day two, the "refugee simulation" continues, they will hike to no.19A campsite and spend the night in the wild. On day three, they will experience a "shipwreck" - raft building at AYP Water Sports Centre and rafting to BGCA Bradbury Camp, followed by further hike to HK Adventure Corps camp at High Island Reservoir. On day four the last day, they will have some group sharing and do their "Life Run", mini solo presentation, with a human rights theme.

Rain and wind outside. Am I worried? Not really as I know the kids are in the right hands. True that it is going to be tough in this weather. Some wet maybe, but the kids will grow wiser and stronger from the experience.Whttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-8454916118441792642011-10-04T01:00:00.000+08:002011-10-11T19:56:19.030+08:00A French Classic Reborn in Hong Kong - Leclair 6 Sonatas for Two Violins, Op.3. by Tengfei ZhouJean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764) is not one of the hottest composers and there are not many recordings of his works these days. Tengfei Zhou, a member of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, has taken up the difficult task of performing both violins in this unique recording of Leclair's Complete Six Sonatas for Two Violins, Op.3. It's a 100% Hong Kong production, which makes me feel absolutely proud to be a Hongkonger. This CD (available at Amazon, Erotica and ArkivMusic (my favourite)) is one of the best-buys if you into Baroque music or French classic.

Zhou, born in Shanghai, received initial training with his father and attended the Shanghai Conservatory of Music at the tender age of 10. In 1992, while under the tutelage of Roy Malan, he made his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony. He continued his training at the Oberlin College and then at the Julliard School with Stephen Clap. He was appointed the Concertmaster of San Diego Symphony at the age of 15, and toured with the Orchestra in Europe. He finally joined the Hong Kong Philharmonic and settled in Hong Kong. Through his teachers, he could claim descent from Tartini and Corelli, both unquestionably influenced Leclair. In this unique recording, Zhou plays both parts of the sonatas. And, the result can only be summarised by two words - elegance and clarity. The CD, once released, received critical acclaims: "Tengfei offers neat accomplished and characterful reading of the sonatas, crisply articulated ... with charming lightness and spirit (The Strad), "Impressive and highly enjoyable... comparably favorably with those of Kogan/Gilels and Perlman/Zukerman (the Fanfare).

There is a recording of the Pachelbel's Cannon in D as a bonus track. Zhou played the cello part on a synthesiser. He added the bonus track to his CD because of his own wedding (Is there an end to his genius?). See the interesting interview with artist here.

Tengfei is the first recording artist I personally know. I love you, Tengfei. Whttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-13957179639893474202011-08-10T17:44:00.001+08:002011-08-10T17:51:50.306+08:00At 76, Leonard Cohen Can SingRaining cats and dogs and got stuck in a restaurant. After being forced to listen to some unknown songs played at over 60dB for 30 minutes, I decided to ignore the rain and leave. Luckily the rain stopped right after I'd settled the bill. Hallelujah.

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Watching the show you will keep hearing Millan say, "I don't train dogs - I rehabilitate dogs, and train their owners", "It's not about the dog. It's always about us", "Dogs are pack animals, they need a stable, assertive and calm owner as their pack leader", "You can say as much as you want, but the dogs are picking up what is inside of you from your voice, your move", "It's always about us. It's up to us to create an environment and circumstances in which the dog can thrive and be itself", "To be happy, dogs need a good job, and good food, and a pat on the head. Americans tend to over-do on the affection and under-do on the job...".

Millan repeatedly stresses that dogs need a pack leader with a calm and positive energy. He approaches dog behaviour by teaching dog owners to understand the dogs' natural needs and to respond to them properly. In his book, dogs need work and discipline. If a dog is deprived of work and discipline, it is going to have some behavioural problems.

Millan prioritises fulfilling and balancing a dog's primary needs: exercise (work), discipline and affection - in that order. In other words, it is the owner's responsibility to fulfill the dog's needs through challenging exercise; clearly communicated rules, boundaries and limitations; and affection at the right time. Millan encourages owners to give affection, but to give affection when the dog is in a balanced state of mind, not when the dog is fearful, anxious, in avoidance or over excited - when the affection itself can reinforce imbalance. According to him, a common pitfall for dog owners is to give a great deal of affection with very little discipline and even less exercise. He emphasises the importance of walking a dog, not only for the dog's exercise, but for the owner and dog to bond - with the dog ultimately recognizing the owner as its role model. He encourages owners to watch their dog for subtle cues in the dog's posture, movement and facial expression, and to eliminate poor behavior before it arises or escalates. And he also encourages owners to understand the profound effect their own attitudes, internal emotions and physical postures have on a dog's behavior, counseling owners to hold strong posture (i.e. shoulders high and chest forward) and to project energy that is calm-assertive.

One only needs to substitute "children" for "dogs", and "parents" for "dog owners" to have an excellent parenting guide. A lot of what Millan says about dog echoes what John Rosemond says in his excellent but somehow neglected book Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children. To raise happy and healthy children/dogs, parents/dog owners must first look into themselves and make themselves better parents/dog owners.

I am of course not saying that children should be treated as dogs but the basic rules are the same. After all, it is not about the children/dogs, it is about us. If you love dogs or care about parenting, don't miss the show. Trust me, it's a good parenting show.

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Me and the other three gang of four went to the newly-opened Ozone Bar yesterday. A fellow member of the gang managed to reserve a table in a quiet corner. (The place did not take reservations and I had no idea how he managed to reserve a table. Didn't ask.) As I was early I ordered a drink and went to the open-air deck. Before I reached the deck a waiter came to me and very politely asked for my credit card. Fine. Not an unreasonable practice given that people were moving around. When I was admiring the view from 480m above ground, the English gentleman to my right turned to me and identified himself as Keith McGregor, the author of An Eye on Hong Kong. He pulled out a MacBook Pro and showed me his work, which only got me to WOW, AH, OMG. One of the photos of which he was most proud was the one that he took less than two years ago from where we were. It was a stitched panorama of 28 photos of the Victoria Harbour that he took with a Nikon D3x from the top of ICC, which was then still under construction. "I just sold it to Mr.X [it sounded like someone I should know but, sorry, I did not register the name] for US$X". Shame that the Hong Kong Tourist Board did not buy it", he said. And he added, "It's not ordinary Photoshop stuff. The software cost me an arm and a leg and I spent many nights on it." We then chatted about photography, cameras, travelling, wine and old Hong Kong (he lived in Hong Kong for some years before the handover). Half an hour later my friends arrived and I returned to our table. A lovely little chat with an interesting man.

What about the Ozone? Service is good and the atmosphere is excellent. Food is so-so but the drink list is impressive. Not cheap but not as pricy as one may think. My only complaint is the elevator connecting the hotel lobby on 103/F and 118/F, where the bar is. It is tiny by any standard. And its high ceiling only serves to make it look more creepy. I can imagine that people with claustrophobia will refuse to walk into that elevator.Whttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-18813915898988279012011-06-21T15:53:00.003+08:002011-06-21T17:10:31.602+08:00"Lady Blunt" Sold for US$15,894,000A new record is set.

After a brief reunion with the Messiah at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the "Lady Blunt", a Stradivari violin that is named after Lady Anne Blunt, one of its previous owners, grand-daughter of English's poet Byron, is sold in an online auction for US$15,894,000, over four times the previous record set for a Stradivari violin.

Lord Menuhin plays the 'Lady Blunt' from Tarisio on Vimeo.

What strikes me most is not the price (everybody watching the auction is expecting a new record), but the fact that the new record is set not by Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams or Bromptons, but in an online auction. Well done Tarisio.

The rising online auction house is named after Luigi Tarisio, the "Violin Hunter" as he is called, who lived the most extraordinary life. There is an interesting book about him: The Violin Hunter: The Life Story of Luigi Tarisio by William Silverman, which, with many facts about the mysterious man though, reads like an adventure story. If you like violins and stories, you won't, I guarantee, put it down after reading the first few pages.

Whttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-23162686455937101742011-06-15T22:44:00.003+08:002011-06-15T22:49:08.953+08:00(Bad) Telephone MannerI must admit I have the worst of all bad telephone manners - I don't answer calls.

Ever since the first day I got a mobile day I have permanently left my phone on vibration mode. Don't know why but I absolutely hate my phone making a sound. The result - I always miss calls, a lot of calls.

As one of my self-imposed, crazy, nonsensical, Monkish and annoying to everyone but myself rules that I adhere to religiously, I don't answer calls when I'm having a conservation, in a restaurant (any restaurants, be it McDonald's or one in the Michelin), or traveling in a bus, MTR, ferry or whatever means of public transport. Incoming calls are intrusive. I hate being intruded and avoid intruding into people's life. The Blackberry/Android/I-Phone have come to my rescue. I can sms/whatsApp first to confirm it is OK to call. And I can tell people they should sms/WhatsApp/email me instead of calling me. Love it. Great.Whttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-78686798604435284042011-06-14T12:05:00.000+08:002011-06-14T12:05:58.934+08:00Parenthood is tragicA friend of mine, a very tough and strong looking man, is sending his little girl to boarding school. He sent an email to a close cycle of friends this morning telling us how he bawled my eyes out last night just thinking this will be the last week he will be driving his girl to school. Must be due to something in the air - it triggered a wave of replies and almost drove some moms and dads into tears. This little note from a mom struck a chord:

Parenthood is tragic - in no other relationship would anyone work so hard to push the ones that he or she loves so much to go so far away ... and we're so unprepared when we succeed ...
 How true it is. Parenthood is tragic.

Whttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-76756533901934534502011-05-27T18:38:00.001+08:002011-08-10T11:57:36.097+08:00Planetary Pegs for Violin/Viola/CelloMy daughter is big enough to use a full size violin. Excepting tuning with the pegs part, the transition is a very smooth one. I don't like four fine-tuners on the tailpiece. They looks ugly and add unnecessary weight to the tailpiece, which may dampen the sound. Finally I decide to give the internally geared pegs a try. There are two products in the market - the Perfection/Knilling/Pegheds pegs from the States (they are the same thing marketed under different names) and Wittner pegs from Germany.

The Perfection/Knilling/Pegheds and Wittner have different gearing ratios: 4:1 and 8.5:1 respectively. The difference is not as big as it sounds. I have tried both in real life and found them equally functional. I slightly prefer the Perfection/Knilling/Pegheds as they look more pleasing to my eyes and are a little lighter. These pegs look exactly like traditional wooden pegs. Without close examination you cannot tell a violin with planetary pegs from one with wooden pegs. They work most charmingly and make tuning a completely effortless, almost joyful thing to do. Installation is easy. All that you need is a reamer, a small saw and a piece of sand paper or a file. It took me less than 2 hours to finish the job, and that includes the time going through the detailed installation guide, which is available online here. Living in Hong Kong where relative humidity can rise from below 50% to over 90% in a day, these pegs are godsends. They are especially useful to children who don't have the fine motor skill and physical strength to turn traditional wooden pegs. Will they cause any damage to the pegbox? I don't think so. The friction and tension caused by traditional pegs probably exceeds that caused by these pegs. At least there is no erosion of the wood from constant turning. If known violin makers and collectors like David Burgess, Michael Darlton and Giovanni Gammuto say they are fine, I bet they are. See the discussions here, and here if you are interested.

By the way, violin shops in Hong Kong don't carry these pegs. I got my set from Gostrings, which I cannot recommend highly enough. Their price is unbeatable and their service is simply superb.Whttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-10494505644336414242011-05-25T22:13:00.002+08:002012-09-25T18:19:16.331+08:00Must Must MustWhilst I'm happy to see Isaac Asimov's "The Roving Mind" appear in yet another "Must-Read" list, I find myself gradually running out of patience with those "Must-Read", "Must-Do", "Must-See" and "Must-Have" lists. What do people mean by Must? So what if I have never read or heard of any of them? Should I consider myself under-educated or a fool simply because I have read or not read all of those Must-Reads?

I am inclined to think that all those "Musts" only serve to create a sense of deprivation, insecurity and a void in the mind. The fact is, finishing another "Must-Read" list, watching all the movies in another "Must-Watch" list and going to all the places in yet another "Must-Go" list simply does not make any difference. At the end, I am bound to miss almost everything.

Let's say I read a serious book a week (which is not quite possible). That lets me finish say 50 books a year. If I am lucky enough to have sufficiently good eye sight and health for a sufficiently long time, I can probably finish another 2,000 books. That doesn't sound a lot, does it? Compared to the vast number of books out there that are worth reading, the number 2,000 has no significance. It is just a pale gray dot in a space full of books. And, that's books alone. I am going to miss a lot of excellent music, films and literature. Statistically, I will die having missed almost everything.

So, my dear, I'm not going to give a dame to all those Musts.Whttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-18708664254988807842011-05-24T20:29:00.002+08:002011-05-24T20:42:24.066+08:00Google - Hong Kong First Guide Dog

8-month-old Labrador guide dog Google

A friend of mine, another ISF parent, is fostering Google, Hong Kong first guide dog (guide dog trainee to be precise). As its foster owner, she has to take Google with her wherever she goes to familiarise it with different places and different means of transport. Most of the time Google is very well received, but occasionally a restaurant owner or a security guard will stop it at the door. When that happens, my friend will give the restaurant owner or security guard a lecture about the use of guide dogs, how valuable they are to the visually impaired and how really nice they are. Google is indeed a very nice dog. It's always calm, confident and well composed. Never will it beg for food, jump on people or get distracted by things in the street. It is now 8 months old and will be with my friend for another year or so before it is ready for advanced training. When the time comes, I'm sure it'll hard for them to kiss each other goodbye.

Join the Hong Kong Guide Dogs Association's Facebook page.Whttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-66286924721221426132011-05-17T22:46:00.000+08:002011-05-17T22:46:14.068+08:00Back to BloggingAs one of the self-absorbed narcissists who is able to swindle himself into thinking that he is making some kind of difference just because he's found a wall in the cyberspace on which to spray-paint his graffiti, and having decided not to let this little blog be a place to let go of the negative energy that I have accumulated in real life, I did not blog as often in the last few month. With some of the negative feelings gone, I'm back to blogging. Here comes Sorlo.Whttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-13034197991200148952011-05-17T21:48:00.001+08:002011-05-17T22:01:20.252+08:00ArrogantWhen I'm humbled by the vastness of the universe and awe of nature and not fearful of being tiny, and finally able to concede that the entire universe is not designed for me and that I'm too small to be an image of God, people say I'm arrogant.Whttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-71785545147445873252011-02-10T11:32:00.001+08:002011-02-11T11:09:00.222+08:00A More Peaceful Way to Solve Political Deadlock

 After 241 days without a government, Senator Temmerman, a gynaecologist turned politician, is calling for a sex ban over some of her colleagues.

It sounds like a good line to take: "Fix it or go fxxk yourself".Whttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170.post-63703311721043083222011-01-31T17:20:00.002+08:002011-05-17T23:22:49.377+08:00Some People Never ChangeI wrote about my cousin not too long ago (People change, myself included). How embarrassing it is that I have to correct myself so soon. Some people never change, never ever.

I just can't believe it. The whole re-establishing a connection thing turns out to be part of my cousin's and her dear sister's plan to dump their mother.

My dear elder cousin called my father from Australia. After 10 minutes of nonsense he told my father that he and his sister had had enough of their mother and decided to relocate her to Hong Kong. He informed us that he had planned to let her stay with us for "a period of time". What the hell! You did not call for 20 years and suddenly you ask us to adopt your mom?! You may well consider your garden house in Sydney suburb too small for a family of four, or you don't have any money left after buying a house as a wedding gift for your son, but your mom is none of our business. YOUR mom is YOUR mom, not OURS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO ADOPT HER. END OF DISCUSSION. PERIOD.Whttp://email@example.com


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The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon announced that Immigrations and Custom Enforcement arrested a Mexico-born Portland community activist and "Dreamer" enrolled in a program enacted under the presidential administration of Barack Obama that protected undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children.
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Sorry, Andrea - drunk driving is not a misdemeanor. It kills and maims people, and I don't really care if the arrest "tears apart" his family or your community. Why, just yesterday, I was reading about a state senator in Oklahoma who got arrested for soliciting prostitution. That doesn't generally kill or maim people, but it nonetheless "tears apart" his family. I don't feel sorry for him, either.
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Once, there was a different Sarah Palin.
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The emails from her governorship, released Friday, brought back the memory of a long-lost Palin: the popular, charismatic, competent woman of the people.
This was the vice presidential candidate John McCain's team thought they were getting, before her darker tendencies — defensiveness, thin skin, grudge-keeping — hardened into tics. Together with the newly released, pro-Palin documentary "The Undefeated," which focuses on her rise to the spotlight, the emails are reminders of a sympathetic figure who was not yet the brittle, divisive caricature Palin has become.
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Palin Emails
Yes, Anthony Weiner's name does show up in the Palin emails, but only as part of a long list of recipients in an email that she forwarded.
As Andy Barr says at Politico, the Palin emails show that she was aware of vice presidential speculation well in advance of McCain's decision to choose her. (Of course, certain pundits had mentioned her as a possibility months before, indeed as early as October 2007).
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As a <user>
I want a <function>
So that I can do <value>
The thing is called User Story, because the user is being put into focus.
A story written in a way "As a user I want to be able to change the database system" does not make sense. Is the user a shopper? A retailer? A cashier? The shop admin? To explain who will use the function provides the context to do the story right.
A technical story without any user taking notice needs to have a parent story which is noticeable by a user.
The written text is short. It tells what, not how.
The important part about a User Story is the conversation between Dev team, QA and the Product Owner.
A User Story is not a specification. Of course, during the conversation you can add more info, if you need, but the starting point is crisp.
Answer why the User Story should be implemented.
Tell more about the context!
Where does the value come from?
If you are not able to answer the question, you probably haven´t unerstood enough about the motivation for the story or the Story is not needed at all.
The ideal User Story fulfills the INVEST criterias
to be ranked independent
a token for a conversation
the Why-question is answered
know if it´s small, medium, huge
to be delivered within a Sprint
validate if the Story is really done
Does the User Story describe a workflow?
I can publish an essay to the corporate website and
I can publish an essay to the corporate website.
Does the User Story contain operations like Create, Read, Update, Delete?
I can manage my account.
Can you split the story in a simple core and complex enhancements?
I can search for flights between two destinations.
Does the story do the same thing with different kinds of data?
I can create essays
Can you achieve the same output with different kinds of data entry methods?
I can search for flights between two destinations
Does the story get max of its complexity from non-functional requirements like performance?
I can search for flights between two destinations.
Does the story process the same kind of data over different interfaces?
Sell articles.
Last resort.
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Last night I was planning on taking it easy and being a competent adult
I went to work in the am and had a relatively spectacular Monday. It all started with my marvelous decision to wear my new Red SFW (that's not a brand just the abbrev for 'suitable for work') wrap dress with my Camille Skovgaard pointed toe pumps. That sauteed with the best batch of the month's pheromones is what led to an unusually mature and pleasant demeanor to start the week off with.
Two other sprinkles of sugar which sweetened up the characteristically drab and stormy morning? A respectful compliment from a streetsweeper and then a very very very much anticipated delivery to my desk:
I had admittedly been very concerned about whether this investment piece would fit correctly. During my break I tried it on, and while it's a bit on the loose side, it still fits and looks tres Jackie Onassis…plus these types of skirts are not meant to be glued to your derriere.
Apres le travail, I very responsibly forewent happy hour requests in lieu of the gym followed by what I had assumed would be some solo cooking at home. As soon as I got home and washed up and started dicing some onions, I heard an incoming BBM and sure enough it was Naz informing me that her class had been cancelled and she was looking or some sugar…
…so naturally, I put on a pair of flattering jeans and went to her house.
We shopped on Gilt for an hour or two to ensure some sparkle in my workdays over the next couple of weeks by way of more packages arrivals.
Then I remembered I was hungry so we went to pick up Merica (Yurop's sister) and headed to Papa Haydn for some indulgence
The steak was delightful- I just really needed some meat and greens since I got lazy with lunch and did the whole yoghurt/chocolate-covered pretzels and nuts thing again
Then it was time for the sugar, and we needed some real sugar of course after witnessing a couple who was oh-so-publicly foregoing dessert as their sucre fix in lieu of each other:
What's funny about this picture is I just wanted to capture how sceptical Yurop was towards his fungi supper and instead I got a golden background snog. It was especially awkward when the lady left for the powder room; I was quite certain that her companion was going to reprimand me.
This by the way is the dessert menu at Papa Haydn's…
Merica's choice for the table was this ridiculously rich and pleasure-inducing slab of cheesecake…she was debating between this and the lemon chiffon cake, but I heavily influenced the final decision
We initially just got one of this, but Yurop upon tasting it insisted we order another. Too incredible to even describe so I won't bother. We also ordered four scoops of salted caramel gelato and it's actually alarming how much of the desserts we all ended up finishing…I guess it's safe to assume that if I tried on that Chanel skirt today it may fit just right.
And now I have a sugar hangover. Everything in moderation, right? Which you have to admit is difficult when it's all laid out in front of you.
How frequently do you go out for dessert?
What's your preferred form of sucre?
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What's your idea? Do you struggle to find clarity on what exactly the one thing is that you want to do? The greatest challenge for most in going from idea to action is lack of clarity. You might decide you want to open a photography business but then you struggle with just focusing on one niche. Niche doesn't have to be a curse word. Although I do love when I get to a place that I know who I'm targeting and I can make them my NICHE! (See what I did there!)
So where do you start in this whole clarity game. If you want clarity in your business, you need to start with the end in mind.
Step 1: VISUALIZE
Let's think ahead to a year, 3 years or 5 years from now. What does life look like? Take some time to really think about what a typical day looks like for you and your family. Are you traveling, living off grid, driving a Benz, doing mission work abroad or just enjoying a simple life in the suburbs. (Here's my little secret: I just want to live in a little country house and enjoy a simple life. With some opportunities for travel with my family. Boring? Maybe but it's my life. I get to design it.)
Note: This step of thinking with the end in mind is so important. It will help guide you and align your projects and business ideas to be working in favor of your goals. It will also help you have a filter to put your ideas through so you can decide if they are a fit or not. Let's face it, we all wish we had a crystal ball this is as close as it gets.
The second step in seeking clarity is trusting your gut. Does this thing give you joy? Do you truly want to be doing this for 3, 5 or 10 years. This has to be a no brainer. If you have doubts it's time to determine if it's self doubt because you are afraid to fail or if it's really your gut saying no. If it's your gut saying no. It's time to set this idea free.
The third step in your quest for clarity on your next big idea is going to sound a bit abstract but here goes…give yourself grace. Grace to change your mind and tweak as you go. Nothing in life is written in stone. Your business idea can change, pivot or even be completely discarded. The only hard edges around our business are the ones we place there.
I'd love to help you find clarity and get from idea to action. If you're still on the edge waiting to leap into something amazing but feeling unsure about steps and whether it will work be sure to join the Dare to Do to get inspired, motivated and more steps to going from idea to action.
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Paul Zerkow had taken the morning off on Sept. 11, 2001. He was on his way in to work at the Pentagon when he heard the news about the terrorist attacks.
"It was just by the luck of God that I was not in the Pentagon that day. I was driving into the Pentagon when I heard the announcement, so I rushed over, set up outside and tried to help the people there," said Zerkow, a retired U.S. Army major.
Zerkow worked with U.S. Army Sergeant Major Larry L. Strickland and retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert J. Hymel, two Prince William County residents who died that day and who were remembered as part of the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony held at the county's Liberty Memorial.
Zerkow said he was glad to attend a ceremony honoring the fallen. "Having the ceremony is an appropriate remembrance of all those people who gave their lives in honor, not only in support of their country, but in support of the folks that worked in the Pentagon. It was a tragic day for everybody all around."
Janet Pendergrass also worked at the Pentagon on 9/11 and said she often thinks of that blue-skied, September day, especially on the anniversaries. "I think it's important to remember those who perished. It was just a rather ordinary day. I thought about that last night. I'm lucky that I had 16 years that some of the people didn't."
Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey A. Stewart spoke at the ceremony and talked of the country's pain that day. "As a nation, we lost nearly 3,000 people – people who were neighbors, friends and family members. The entire country mourned their loss, and the loss of our sense of safety and security."
Stewart also talked of the pain the community felt and the desire to honor all those that were lost that day. "As a county, we were especially hard hit that day. We lost 22 people, the most of any region in the metro area. To remember our local heroes, we worked with the community to build this Liberty Memorial. The shape of the reflecting pool and walkway recall those lost at the Pentagon. The two columns of water represent the thousands of lives lost at the World Trade Center in New York City. The stone that encircles the fountain is Pennsylvania flagstone, a tribute to those who died in Pennsylvania. The single stone to the left of the plaque is an original limestone block from the collapsed portion of the Pentagon. Across the street is a sculpture made out of steel beams from the World Trade Center, which shows the resilience of the American people, even when faced with such tragic circumstances on our own soil."
The ceremony also included the tolling of a fire bell by the Department of Fire and Rescue to honor the passing of all those who died on 9/11. When a firefighter died in the line of duty, the Fire Alarm Office, the forerunner of today's 9-1-1 call centers, would "tap out" a special signal – "Five-Five-Five" – five even dashes and then a pause, five even dashes and then a pause, and then five more dashes. The practice became known as the Tolling of the Bell.
Stewart then read the names of the 22 community members that died that day, and the ceremony ended as the crowd surrounding the memorial stood and listened as a bugler played "Taps."
Jerry Schwehm, who was visiting from New Orleans, said he was moved by the ceremony. "It was so good. Everyone can relate to this."
The names of the fallen community members, whose names are inscribed on the Liberty Memorial fountain, include:
- Sergeant First Class John J. Chada, U.S. Army, Retired
- Petty Officer Third Class Jamie L. Fallon, U.S. Navy
- Amelia V. Fields
- Lt. Col. Robert J. Hymel, U.S. Air Force, Retired
- Sergeant Major Lacey B. Ivory, U.S. Army
- Judith L. Jones
- David W. Laychak
- James T. Lynch, Jr.
- Gene E. Maloy
- Robert J. Maxwell
- Molly L. McKenzie
- Craig J. Miller
- Diana B. Padro
- Rhonda S. Rasmussen
- Edward V. Rowenhorst
- Judy Rowlett
- Donald D. Simmons
- Jeff L. Simpson
- Cheryle D. Sincock
- Chief Information Systems Technician Gregg H. Smallwood, U.S. Navy
- Sergeant Major Larry L. Strickland, U.S. Army
- Sandra L. White
To watch the ceremony in its entirety, visit the county's YouTube channel at youtube.com/princewilliamcounty.
More information about the Liberty Memorial and World Trade Center Sculpture can be found at pwcgov.org/memorials.


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Rin Takanashi is cast in new NTV live-action drama series "Koi ga Heta demo Ikitemasu." Also cast in supporting roles are Kei Tanaka, Kaho Tsuchimura & Yasushi Fuchikami. The drama series is based on manga series "Koi ga Heta demo Ikitemasu" by Akira Fujiwara and directed by Kentaro Otani. In the upcoming live-action drama series, Rin Takanashi plays Misa Chigasaki. She works at a gaming app company and hopes to become the CEO one day, but her love life always finds difficulties.
"Koi ga Heta demo Ikitemasu" first airs April 6, 2017 in Japan.


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I love to write. I live to listen. I long for a good story. I thrive on relationships and community. I am inspired by those around me and constantly being challenged.
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Calling all underwater photographers: Snapshots of sharks and large snappers and groupers are needed for a research project about local marine predators.
The Department of Environment and Marine Conservation International would like divers and snorkelers in the Cayman Islands to contribute to the new project by taking photos. They have created a hashtag, #SpotThatCayfish, to upload the photographs on Facebook or Twitter.
The "citizen science" program is aimed at supporting the management of sustainable marine populations and healthy reefs in the Cayman Islands.
"The Citizen Science Program is all about getting the public involved," said Johanna Kohler of Marine Conservation International, a U.K. partnership of marine scientists.
"Cayman's DoE and Marine Conservation International monitor grouper, snapper and shark populations to gain more information about these groups to better understand them," she said. "This will help in improving fisheries management to achieve sustainable local grouper and snapper populations. Also, it aids in a better protection for sharks which are a key predator for coral reef health in Cayman."
MCI asks those who post photographs to include information about the date, time and dive site where the species was spotted; information about the species, sex and size of the fish, if possible; and to note whether a shark has a fin tag. This helps researchers learn about the habitat and home range of an individual fish.
Collecting data on individual sharks and fish gives researchers a better idea about what sort of protections – such as marine parks – they need, said Department of Environment research officer John Bothwell.
"We know we need decently large sized protected areas," Mr. Bothwell said. "We don't want to make them too big because we do want the fish to spill over into the fishing zones, so it's about finding the right size. We think we have well-sized proposed areas; this just adds more information so we can check what we're doing."
Marine predators are of particular interest to researchers because they have a key role in sustaining reef health by maintaining the balance of the food chain and controlling smaller predators. When there are too many small predatory fish in a reef, there are fewer herbivores, such as parrotfish, which prevent algae overgrowth on the reefs.
Also, shark and predatory fish populations grow very slowly, mature late and have long pregnancies, which makes them highly vulnerable to fishing. Mr. Bothwell said they are looking for pictures of sharks, mutton and gray snappers, lagoon snappers and any big grouper, but particularly, Nassau and black groupers.
"We know we have great photographers around here," Mr. Bothwell said. "They can get us really good quality pictures of our fish and so, from that, our partners at MCI can sit down and go through them and start identifying specific fish."
Researchers compare the photographs and can distinguish fish based on their patterns and features.
"The pattern – stripes, dots – on the head and body of groupers and snappers is different between individuals," Ms. Kohler said. "In the case of sharks, we also use their sex and dorsal fin shape and outline in addition to distinctive markings on their body to ID individuals."
The call for photographs is part of the DoE and MCI's "Top Marine Predators Project," funded largely by a U.K. Darwin Plus award, and also supported by a portion of profits from Cayman Island Brewery's White Tip lager.
As the data is collected, MCI researches will provide updates on social media.
Individuals who would like to get involved in the project or follow its progress may join the Facebook group 'Sharks & Cetaceans: The Cayman Islands' and follow the progress of the project by typing #SpotThatCayfish in the search bar on Facebook and Twitter to view all the photos that people have posted.


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Taika Waititi offers a glimpse of the hilarious life on set of Thor: Ragnarok in a new gag reel. Marvel Studios needed a change atop the Thor franchise in order to reinvent the series. The first two films were acceptable, but far from Marvel's best, so they adapted. To suit Chris Hemsworth's natural comedic senses, he was paired up with Taika Waititi as the third director in his solo franchise. After two Shakespearean approaches, Waititi went full comedy – and the end results showed that was the right move.
Ragnarok is without a doubt the biggest Thor film, not only at the box office, but also in terms of the enjoyment factor. The new worlds and characters introduced by Waititi opened the door for what this franchise could actually be. The bigger ensemble, colorful look, bigger action, and great humor shined …
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Next month, Bank of America will unveil a direct-to-consumer lending platform that shows dealerships' inventories to BoA's customers through the lender's website. Chase Auto Finance rolled out a similar program last year. The programs will likely give dealerships more leads, but could programs such as these hurt dealerships in the long run?
Dealerships strive for and rely on customer loyalty and retention. Many likely appreciate the additional leads Chase and Bank of America's programs bring, but they may also worry that the programs devalue the relationship aspect of the car-buying experience.
Chase and BoA's programs are new, but shopping through third-party websites is far from novel. Customers already rely on third-party lead-generating sites, such as TrueCar and Edmunds, to shop for cars. The sites provide leads to dealerships, but in general, they do little to enhance the customer-dealership relationship.
It makes sense for Chase and Bank of America to showcase cars where consumers already are -- online. And the banks are keeping dealerships in the F&I mix. The lenders still pay dealerships a fee for the loan and keep F&I product sales at the dealership.
Both lenders say the programs were designed to bring dealerships more leads and to give the banks' customers an easy portal to select and finance a car. But if customers begin to rely only on connections such as this, what will happen to the dealership-consumer relationship?
Will consumers continue to find cars through lenders' or third-party websites, placing no importance on which dealership the car comes from? Or will they use Chase and Bank of America's portals to find a dealer, establish a relationship and become a loyal customer?
Also, will these programs lead to the sort of "Whose customer is it, anyway?" grumbling that all too often characterizes a tense relationship between dealerships and credit unions?
The initial customer-dealership relationship may stem from a third-party lead, but it will be up to dealerships to sustain that relationship.
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Geriatrics 2017, 2(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics2010002
iPad Use in Stroke Neuro-Rehabilitation
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Academic Editor: Phyo Kyaw Myint
Received: 16 October 2016 / Revised: 20 December 2016 / Accepted: 4 January 2017 / Published: 6 January 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Stroke in Ageing)
AbstractNeuro-rehabilitation services are essential in reducing post-stroke impairments, enhancing independence, and improving recovery in hospital and post-discharge. However these services are therapist-dependent and resource intensive. Patients' disengagement and boredom in stroke units are common which adversely affect functional and psychological outcomes. Novel techniques such as use of iPads™ are increasingly researched to overcome such challenges. The aim of this review is to determine the feasibility, effectiveness, acceptability, and barriers to the use of iPads™ in stroke neuro-rehabilitation. Four databases and manual literature search were used to identify published studies using the terms "iPad", "Stroke", and "neuro-rehabilitation". Studies were included in accordance with the review selection criteria. A total of 16 articles were included in the review. The majority of the studies focused on iPads use in speech and language therapy. Although of small scale, the studies highlighted that iPads are feasible, have the potential to improve rehabilitation outcomes, and can improve patient's social isolation. Patients' stroke severity and financial limitations are some of the barriers highlighted in this review. This review presents preliminary data supportive for the use of iPad technology in stroke neuro-rehabilitation. However, further research is needed to determine impact on rehabilitation goals acquisition, clinical efficacy, and cost-efficiency. View Full-Text
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