That "Starbuck" is a famous Canadian bull, whose genome was so desirable that his sperm sold for $25 million during his life and he has more than 200,000 daughters..

這隻名字叫"星巴克"的加拿大知名公牛，由於牠的基因非常令人滿意，因此在牠職業生涯中，牠的精子銷售額達到將近2千5百萬美元，而經由牠的優秀基因而繁殖的下一代牛兒女，數量超過了20萬頭牛~

Who is STARBUCK ?

His progeny :  

• In Canada, 36,976 daughters classified : 70% GP and better (326 Ex., 6,812 VG and 18,963 GP) 
• More than 200,000 daughters around the world
• 209 proven sons and 406 proven grandsons
• From February 1991 to 1998, the top position on the LPI list was always held by one of his sons or grandsons
• 130 All-Canadian and 82 All-American nominations
• From 1986 to 1995, Starbuck earned 27 times the Premier Sire title at five major Holstein shows held in Canada and the USA
• 685,000 doses of semen sold in 45 countries 

心得: 會不會你我都吃過牠的基因~~~ XD

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" Smile" is the best medicine in the world

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.” -Albert Einstein

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.  –Robert Frost

The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why not?’ -Jeffrey Bezos

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. –Michael Jordan

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon

We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. –John Maxwell

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. –Mark Twain

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.  Unsuccessful people are always asking, “What’s in it for me?” – Brian Tracy

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      在台灣學英文閱讀總是有個很大的盲點，就是不夠生活化，一般英文童話故事跟英文小說，除非是你有興趣或者有一定英文程度才能讀的下去，我一直在想，為什麼我們的英文課本文章，一定要弄的文謅謅，一點生活化跟可以應用的感覺都沒有，難怪學了又忘～～～難到國外人講話跟寫文章也會這樣嗎？

事實上並沒有！

一般話題討論的英文根本就是國中程度就可以看懂了，我們教育體制就是要把它弄的很複雜把英文當科學，數學來教，真想跟教育部長說，其實沒這麼困難好嗎？

譬如今天在網路上看到一篇討論金錢的文章，用字就生活化許多了

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  My brother won't pay back the loan we gave him

　　My husband and I lent my brother a large sum on our line of credit. He lives out of province and his assets are tied up in his fast-growing, successful business. He needed funds to bridge him until the sale of his home. He was to pay us back immediately after the house closed last April. But he has blown us off for months, most recently promising to repay in the “near future” following some important business transactions. I gently told him that blowing us off is totally not cool, and he apologized – but there’s still no concrete suggestion as to when he’ll pay up. He has a nice lifestyle, and it’s not our job to keep him afloat. I’ve been patient, but I’m concerned, feeling a little hurt and losing sleep. My husband is relaxed and trusts everything will work out. How can I tackle this with my brother?

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 這不是很生活化的英文文章嗎? 怎麼英文課本裡的文章都長的不像這樣~~~不是在台灣的每個學生學英文，都一定要變成是莎士比亞才行吧~~難怪有一次學校的英文教授跟我說,台灣人出的了國留學的，大多可以教當地學生英文寫作，這會不會太誇張啊～教育部長！這樣教我們的國力真的比較強嗎？

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