It seems that Americans and Canadians dislike generalizations quite a lot.

Well, it would be interesting to see the familial piety is clearly defined somewhere.

I wonder if the legal professionals in Hong Kong still wear periwigs in courts nowadays.

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M. Bachelier, Director of Customs at Lyon 

by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1715
Oil on canvas 

Pierre Bachelier directed the collection of taxes in the city of Lyon, France. Oudry's portrait recalls the official "portrait d'apparat" of his teacher, Nicolas de Largillière, that surrounds the sitter with emblems of his rank and profession. 

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Actually, what you don't see behind some entrepreneurial endeavors is that they are already in tatters and just waiting for the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Will the Olympics torch relay include some space shuttle trips in the future?

Similar with Mathematics, the field of Computer Science is largely a mental construct by human beings. But what are the relationships between them and the nature?

怎樣從 文摘 整理出 情報，是重要的一件事。

很奇怪的是，不管你小時候多麼地不愛表達，在長大後，你必須表達，因為，言 和 思 在這個階段變得如此地密不可分。

Expressing precisely, and profoundly on some occasions, is a way to drive the train of thought further into the unknown.

好吧，我認為，寫程序之所以困難，很大一個原因是 computer memory 裡面的情形我們是看不見摸不著的。

Seriously, I want to know what's going on in the memory. For instance, Java's "class loading" intrigues me.

In a certain programming language, different data types correspond to different memory arrangements.

"Here he comes," J, at the elevator, spoke to F at her door.

Well, the recurrence of the failures of Canadian tech giant companies must be discouraging.

Adieu, you cold-blooded News of the World tabloid newspaper of Britain.

How many thoughts are harbored in people's minds?

Quote: "Our ability to produce media has outstripped our ability to consume it. The average photograph now gets looked at less than once simply because there is almost zero cost and effort to producing one."

(By David Carr at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/business/media/06carr.html?scp=1&sq=unwatched&st=cse )

Sigh. The solvency issues in Europe have been such a great mess.

Temperance in eating is a virtue needed by many people.

Just take one less bite, please.

There's one thing conspicuous about Japanese action cartoons. In the fights, the figures typically saw the air elegantly and suavely. Well, why do they have to entertain their enemies' eyes so diligently? :-)

Video - Jig by Riverdance - Eurovision Song Contest 1994 Dublin

Jig dance, a.k.a. clog dance, is a type of Irish folk dance.



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Riverdance was first performed during the 7-minute interval of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Point Theatre, Dublin on 30 April 1994. It received a standing ovation. Later that year, the BBC commissioned a repeat performance of the act for the 1994 Royal Variety Show, when it was introduced on stage by Sir Terry Wogan. At Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest it was named as one of the most popular interval acts in the history of the contest.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverdance#Success

The birth pangs of a capable and mature man take many years to complete.