用雙腳走遍世界 用真心感覺周圍

今天(1/13)下午突然接到Sally打來
說外公下午一點多過世了
我傷心地哭了...
原本上週末要去醫院看他的
但後來有事沒去
沒想到就這樣天人永隔了...
之前x'mas放假我還在重感冒
所以沒能去醫院...

最後一次去看外公時
雖然他身上插了很多管子,不能說話
但外公看到我很高興
一直握著我的手跟我打招呼...
外公的手好溫暖哦~

我一直很佩服外公
他的手超巧的,幾乎什麼都會做!
我的 table linen 就是外公幫我車的!

外公,安息吧...
但願在另一個世界裡不再有病痛
會永遠活在我心裡的!
God blesses you~~

The Oracle of Omaha became the world's richest person by adhering to simple but critical tenets. Here are his rules for smart living and savvy investing.

Last year's market madness didn't just flush away $7 trillion in wealth.

It also washed away a lot of investors' confidence and left them stumped about the best position to take now. "Somewhere between cash and fetal," quips one pessimist.

In such downbeat times, let's consider a dose of optimism, wisdom and insight: the basics as taught by that perennial investing Yoda, Warren Buffett.

For new investors or those now starting over, there's good news here because Buffett's investment success comes from some easy-to-grasp human qualities as much as sophisticated expertise in balance sheets.

Buffett would be the first to say his homespun and positive philosophy played a big role in his becoming the richest person in the world (before he gave most of his loot away).

Changing your basic psychology can be tough, so new investors may have a leg up here because they don't have ingrained bad habits. But for anyone, a psychological makeover is worth the effort if you hope to recover your losses in the market's next leg up -- and then make the right moves for the rest of your life.

My tour of the essence of Buffett's wisdom starts with the simple psychological lessons taught by the master, many of which are applicable in life outside investing.

地球生態失衡正加速惡化是眾所周知的事實，但是「意識明確、付諸行動」致力抗暖化救地球的，多僅限於歐美日等先進國。西雅圖就是其中一例，這個人口才52萬的都市，正是率領850個城市響應全球減碳活動的靈魂都市。

當地早已進行多種仿效大自然的治水與減碳工程，將環保以綠色經濟面貌呈現，並由市民規畫百年綠地計畫，以及提出高架橋拆除後的海岸復育計畫，11月公投表決。本刊記者實際參訪西雅圖這些綠色建設，扼要報導如下。

1997年，聯合國氣候變遷綱要公約組織（UN Framework Convention on Climate Change，UNFCCC）通過《京都議定書》，規範主要工業國家溫室氣體排放減量，希望簽約的141國在2012年時，降低二氧化碳的排放量到7%的水準，但是排放量名列前茅的美國並未簽署。

西雅圖串聯141個城市 簽自己的《京都議定書》

西雅圖市政府Climate Action Now協調員史密斯（Rachel R. Smith）指出，西雅圖市長尼可（Greg Nickel）於2002年當選，2005年遇上雨水不足，西雅圖缺水，尼可認為節能之外，必須投注綠色經濟發展。但他始終得不到聯邦政府協助，於是他串聯了141個城市簽署與上述《京都議定書》一樣內容的《全美市長氣候保護協議》（U.S Mayors Climate Protection Agreement）。

相對於美國聯邦政府的不參與，史密斯說，累計至今，全美如今已有850個城市、約8,000萬人（與德國人口相當）參與這個活動。西雅圖除了推動生態建築、建設單車道，也與企業商討可行方案，並教育民眾節能，包含最適胎壓、最適空調溫度等。在多方推動下，計畫進度已超前，西雅圖市政府最近一次向市議會報告成果已比1990年CO2排放量達到少了8%；新目標更已訂定2050年排放量要比1990年少80%。

然而深層看待西雅圖的領先行動，這絕不只是市長的個人認知，真實力量來自當地市民對環保的認知，並與歐盟國家一樣，早已投注綠色經濟30年。他們的核心價值為何？西雅圖工務局氣候變遷部門主管弗萊明（Paul Fleming）指出，不只西雅圖，全球都市都要思考如何「在人口增加及都市發展的同時，不增加不透水地表」；「未來10年，每年要做到減少1到2個百分點不透水地表。」

The 2008 StartupNation Home-Based 100 list is now in, and one thing is clear: Starting and running a business from home is more mainstream than ever.

The number of contestants in the Home-Based 100 tripled, numbering in the thousands. Votes in support of those businesses increased tenfold, up to a quarter of a million.

Part of that is because our list is becoming better known, of course. But it's also a sign that what home businesses do is of immense interest to more and more Americans, as the do-it-yourself boom expands.

Indeed, more than half of all U.S. businesses are now run from kitchen tables, extra bedrooms, basements and garages. Home-based businesses make a $530 billion contribution to the nation's economy each year.

And for many Americans, starting up at home has become a necessity. What appeared to be simply another economic downturn a year ago, when we compiled the first Home-Based 100, has devolved into a far more dire situation. Major economic giants, including Lehman Bros. (LEHMQ, news, msgs), American International Group (AIG, news, msgs) and General Motors (GM, news, msgs), have shown their vulnerability. As corporate titans lay people off by the thousands, many Americans are being forced to find new ways to make a living.

Their criteria? Inexpensive to start. Immediate results.

「日落黃昏，溫泉湯的霧氣擁抱著伊香保，浪子的身影散放出浪漫的芬芳……」這是日本大文豪德富蘆花的名著《不如歸》（ほととぎす）裡所描述的伊香保，書中體弱多病的女主角浪子，就是為了療養身體而來到伊香保，整個故事發展的舞台──伊香保溫泉，也因《不如歸》被譯成各種語文版本而聞名於世。

位於日本群馬縣的伊香保溫泉，是古史《萬葉集》中所記載的名泉，歷史悠久，從一千三百多年前開始便湧出了溫泉，其溫泉可浴、可飲，是日本知名的美人湯之一，在這裡可以看到許多年輕女子來泡美容瘦身湯。顏色看起來有點像烏龍茶的伊香保溫泉是含鐵質的硫酸鹽泉，據說有許多不孕症婦人因泡伊香保溫泉而受孕，所以有「子寶湯」之美譽。

諧暢樓



在伊香保溫泉町的眾多溫泉旅館中，以四百年湯鋪「福一」最受溫泉湯客青睞，位於溫泉鄉著名的360格「石段」階梯起點，十層樓建築的三連棟大廈，從房間可以眺望榛名山四時不同的景致，觀景大浴池中有褐色的碳酸鐵泉和具有遠紅外線效果的麥飯石風呂。