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Portugal’s Finest Vineyards

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Cover story

5Portugal’s Finest Vineyardsby David Wong

26Ask the Vet

Hot spots and allergies by Dr Ruan Du Toit Bester

16by António Espadinha Soares

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32by MC LAPress Play

18 World of Wonder

28 Offbeat

29 This Day in History

30 Infotainment

34 Zoomby Becky Chan

Administrator: Kowie GeldenhuysDirector: Rogério Beltrão CoelhoEditor: Cecília JorgeDesign Editor: João Jorge Magalhães

Other contributors for this issue: António José Espadinha Soares, Becky Chan, Carlos Balona Gomes, David Wong, Diamantina Coimbra, Eugénia Santos Silva, Fabrizio Croce, Manuel Cardoso, MC LA, Renu Dhawan, Ruan Du Toit BesterMacau Daily Times’

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10Do you know Macau?Chinese FestivitiesChinese New Yearby Diamantina Coimbra

20Cooking Times

Celebration Sangriaby Carlos Balona Gomes

14Food for Health

Food Allergy: how we tolerate foods or become allergic to them

by Eugénia Santos Silva

22Yoga

Kid’s yoga for strong foundation

and positive growthby Dr.Renu Dhawan

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Portugal’s Finest Vineyards

by David Wong*

* Executive Assistant Manager, IFT

Leaving behind a rainy Macau, i headed to Portugal on behalf of iFT, as part of the Chief executive first official

visit to Lisbon together with the Macau government Tourist Office (MgTO). We hosted two “Macanese Food Promotion” at various venues including the posh Hotel Ritz Four Seasons and the not so posh, Serra da estrela at the Colombo Shopping Mall. Traditional Macanese favou-rites such as Chillicotes (Deep fried pork pies), Minchi (Minced beef or pork, sometimes both) and african chicken were introduced to the lo-cal Lisboetas. The phrase, “carrying coals to newcastle,” could be quite appropriate for adding egg tarts to the menus of the fine establishments in Lisbon. Portuguese egg tarts were evolved from “pastéis de nata” and while Macau makes a very good ver-sion, there is no beating the original tarts at Casa Pastéis de Belém in Lis-bon.

after Lisbon, i headed to alentejo, 180 Km east of Lisbon, in Reguen-gos de Monsaraz, a land of soft roll-ing hills and plains, with olives trees, the famous black pigs, cork oaks and vineyard amongst vineyards, heaven!

The only stop in alentejo was to visit David Baverstock, australian winemaker for esporão, a man with extensive Portuguese experience on his Cv, working previously with the Symington group, Quinta de la Rosa, Quinta do Fojo and Quinta do Cras-to, also part of the large Roquette

family. David is also the consultant winemaker for Sir Cliff Richard and his wines in the algarve.

esporão is a huge modern estate in alentejo, 600 ha, the modern cel-lars were built in 1987 and impres-sively in 1995 they built a dam with 4.000.000 m3 capacity, feeding a drip irrigation system that covers the en-tire vineyard. We started with a tast-ing with all the new vintages of 2008, the new labels for the Duas Castas (blend of two grapes) looks simplistic and modern and with description of the native Portuguese grapes on the back label. Portugal has more indig-

enous grape varieties than any other country in the world, last count was over 400 varieties, the Monocastas or single variety wines were excellent, much improved from previous years with the added benefit of longer age-ing in new French oak but David also uses american oak for some wines.

Lunch at the winery galeria do es-porão was the traditional alentejo favourite, acorda de Bacalhau, a sort of salt cod, poached egg and bread soup, yummy followed by a full tour of the winery and vineyards, squeezed in-between the england v Slovenia world cup game, after the match

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we headed back to Lisbon, content not only that england had won with Jermaine Defoe scoring but also en-joyed the company and wines of Da-vid Baverstock and antónio estar-reja.

Probably the best wines…

next morning, i caught the train from Lisbon to vila nova de gaia, Port country to visit the Douro Boys, in case you are thinking, not a concert but a group of five leading Douro estates including Quinta do vale Meão, Quinta do Crasto, Quinta vale Dona Maria, Quinta do vallado and niepoort vinhos (nápoles), all five wineries producing probably the best wines in Portugal at this present time.

arriving at Oporto, i was warmly greeted by Francisco ‘vito’ Javier de Olazabal, owner of Quinta do vale Meão, an ambassador for Douro and

a wine legend, he told me it was the St. John’s day, the feast of Oporto and we would be going on a boat for the annual Barco Rabelo Regatta, an event which takes place once a year. This year boat race was won by Fon-seca, a giant in the Port business.

vito Olazabal is the great-grandson of Dona antonia adelaide Ferreira, the grand dame of the 19th century Douro valley and married to Zinha and daughter of Fernando nicolau de almeida, the co-maker of the leg-endary Barca velha with his son also known as Francisco or Xito is not only the winemaker for vale Meão but also for vallado. Chairman of the a.a. Ferreira Port wine company for 30 years and now at over 70 years of age and still going strong, his 2004 Quinta do vale Meão is rated by wine spectator magazine 97 points, the highest rated Portuguese table wine ever. Take a bow Mr Olazabal, you truly are a gentleman and a scholar!

The same evening i took one of the world’s greatest train journeys from Oporto to my destination at Regua in the Douro valley and i heard that the boat journey is not too shabby either. arriving at Quinta do val-lado, the winery has 5 wonderful guest rooms, all overlooking the Corgo river from steep terraces, and

David Baverstock, Australian winemaker for Esporão, and also the consultant wine-maker for Sir Cliff Richard and his wines in

the Algarve

João Ferreira Álvares Ribeiro, a generous, 25 years ex banker and now heading into

the bright lights of fame, Wine Spectator gave his current 2007 Reserva 96 points,

his highest points to date

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it has old traditions but also at the same time, very modern. The tour and tasting was conducted by João Ferreira Álvares Ribeiro, a generous, warm hearted and smart operator, 25 years ex banker and now head-ing into the bright lights of fame, Wine Spectator gave his current 2007 Reserva 96 points, his highest points to date, he is very much part of the new Douro.

after vallado, vale Dona Maria was the next stop, Cristiano van Zeller, a giant not only in size but also within the Port industry. Larg-er than life and well respected in the community, he is the onetime owner of Quinta do noval, the fa-mous Port house. if prices reflect a wine, then Quinta Do noval nacional has no equal in Portu-gal as prices are ridiculously ex-pensive especially in good vintage years. Luckily, i once had the plea-sure to taste the 1994, which was to die for, the average price if you can find it is over US$1,200 for a bottle. it comes back to the Por-

tuguese joke that Oporto is where the money is made and Lisbon, is where it’s spent. We went through a

barrel tasting of different vineyards wines with winemaker Joana Pin-hao for the wines that will go into either the Quinta vale D. Maria or the amazing Cv, all wines are foot trodden in traditional lagares, as it is the way in Douro, spends 9-18 months in French oak cask and is bottled unfiltered.

after a nice lunch overlooking the Douro valley, Joana was kind enough to drop me off at Quinta do Crasto to meet Miguel Roquette, “don’t be late, the game kicks off at 3pm” referring of course to the Por-tugal v Brazil game. it was nice to see Miguel again, already the third time this year and to share his pas-sion for his wines. The views from this beautiful estate is breathtaking, quaint guest rooms, old winemak-ing equipment decorates the gar-dens, plum, peach and olive trees all around, large traditional basket press, old vines and the piece de la resistance, the infinity pool to beat all infinity pools.

Francisco ‘Vito’ Javier de Olazabal, owner of Quinta do Vale Meão, is the

great-grandson of Dona Antonia Adelaide Ferreira, the grand dame of the 19th

century Douro valley

A view of the Douro river

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The surprise of the night

The Reserva is an exceptional blend of up to 25-30 regional grape vari-eties, all made from old vines with the 2005 vintage scoring 95 points. it was the number 3 wine of Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2008, very impressive for a Portuguese wine. Their top two wines must be the vinha Maria Teresa and the vin-ha Da Ponte without forgetting the joint venture with Jean-Michel Cazes of Chateau Lynch Bages for the el-egant wine called Xisto, referring to the schist soil making up most of the Douro valley. Dinner was a beauti-ful Partridge stew with many old vintages of Crasto including some old Crasto vintage ports but the surprise of the night was the amaz-ing 1947 vintage Constantino made by Miguel’s grandfather, we were all speechless after tasting history at 2 am in the morning, now where can i find some?

next morning after some break-fast, coffee with some fried free range eggs and one last dip in the pool, Luis Seabra, winemaker for niepoort picked me up and we head-ed for Quinta de napoles, home of Dirk niepoort and his famous Port and table wines. Dirk makes the full range of Port wines but one special-ity is a garrafeira style of Port. These ports are from a single year and are aged in special glass containers called demijohns. as they are no longer made today, at niepoort they used the family 18th century demijohns, which are then used on a repeat ba-sis. The extensive table wines range from the white Redoma and Tiara to the elegant Charme, the power-ful Batuta and the interesting range of new experiments called Projectos. While at the winery, Dirk and Luis guided us through a vertical bar-rel sample of the Robustos, vintage 2006, 2007 and the 2008, interesting to see the differences at the various stages of French oak maturation.

Soon after, Luis kindly gave me a

lift to vila nova de gaia to see adri-an Bridge at Taylor’s wine lodges in vila nova de gaia. When i arrived, he was busy directing operations for his new hotel venture, The Yeatman, which is soon to be opened as we speak, this luxury 5 star wine hotel will have 82 rooms and a wine spa, now that’s what i call my cup of tea!

Taylor, Fladgate & Yeatman is one of Oporto oldest and most famous Port wine companies, still a family firm with also Fonseca and Croft be-ing represented in the company im-pressive portfolio. Taylor’s was the

first Port house to create the white dry port, the Late Bottled vintage (LBv) and the mechanical “lagares”, adrian Bridge is at the helm and Da-vid guimaraens is the talented wine-maker.

and before you can say Touriga na-cional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Cao and Tinta Barocca, i will be back in magical Portugal. W

Miguel Roquete at Quinta do Castro … The surprise of the night was the

amazing 1947 vintage Constantino made by Miguel Roquette’s grandfather

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Chinese FestivitiesChinese New Year

by Diamantina Coimbra, Institute For Tourism Studies (IFT)

A CCORDing to the Chinese tradition, people stay up from the new Year’s eve until the new Year arrives. Staying up until the new Year comes is also called “surviving the nian”. according to a

legend, nian was a beast living in the sea. On Chi-nese new Year’s eve it usually comes out to destroy fields and gardens, and kills animals and human be-ings. To fight against their fear, people would stay awake together until the next morning and when the sun comes up, they congratulate each other for hav-ing survived. One year, the nian attacked a village in the area of Yangtze River. everyone died with the ex-ception of a couple who got married the night before and a few children. Since the couple wore traditional Chinese red wedding costume and the children were burning bamboo producing cracking sounds and light, people concluded that the beast was afraid of red colour, and also the sound and light produced by firecrackers. Starting from that year, people wear red colour clothes, set off firecrackers and hang red lan-

terns on Chinese new Year. Many auspicious items are dis-

posed in the house during the fes-tive season. For example, bottles which represent peace and safety; goldfish which represent wealth; peaches and peach trees which symbolize longevity; roosters which imply luck. There are many rules to follow during the Chinese new Year as well, such as not sweep-ing the floor. This is because dur-ing “The Days to Welcome Spring” and especially on the 28th day of the 12th month, the house has al-ready been deep cleaned, and all the misfortunes were expelled and all the good luck is supposed to have arrived. if we sweep the floor on Chinese new Year, the good for-tune will be swept away. if the floor

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Chinese FestivitiesChinese New Year

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is really messy and requires immedi-ate cleaning, then, it should be swept from the outside to the inside, bring-ing and keeping the fortune inside the house. Red packets with money are given to children; when children receive the packet, they must not just say ‘thank you’ but should wish se-niors fortunate and auspicious hap-penings during the whole year. There are words which are not supposed to be said during the festive season such as the word “death”. adults tell children repeatedly the list of words which they are not supposed to say and some parents wipe the mouth of their children with red cloth or tissue wishing that only good words come out of their mouths.

During the new Year, people visit families, friends, neighbours and espe-cially the elders. in the old days, when transportation systems were not much developed, it was difficult to visit every-one. Higher class families created the tradition to send name cards or “flying notes” through their servants. Dur-ing the season, a bag saying “accepting good Luck” would be hung next to the entrance so people could drop the notes inside. it is still tradition nowadays to send greeting cards to families and friends during the festive season, but by post or electronic mail.

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Food for Health

Food Allergy: how we tolerate foods or become allergic to them

Adverse food reaction is an abnormal clinical re-sponse of the human body associated with in-gestion of a food protein

and may be classified as food intoler-ance (non allergic) or food allergy based on the pathophysiological mechanism of the reaction. a wide range of symp-toms can occur involving the skin, gas-trointestinal tract and respiratory tract. The allergic reaction can be mediated by ige (immunoglobulin e, a class of antibody), acute onset, or non-ige me-

diated (cellular), delayed-onset with chronic symptoms. Reactions can range from mild to life threatening. anaphy-laxis is a serious allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and can cause death.

The gut is exposed daily to large amounts of foreign proteins. Proteins are broken down by stomach acid and digestive enzymes in less antigenic pep-tides (small fractions). The gut does not allow that large molecules pass easily, having tight junctions between cells. For these reasons only less than 2 per cent of proteins in food are absorbed in

an allergic way. When dietary proteins cross the gut barrier, the immune sys-tem normally suppresses the allergic response and develops tolerance.

any food can cause a reaction, but only a few foods can cause a signifi-cant allergic reaction. The most com-mon food allergens in children include cow’s milk, egg, wheat, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish. The ma-jority of children outgrow their allergy to milk, egg, wheat and soy but aller-gies to peanut, tree nuts, fish and shell-fish often persist into adulthood. Only

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Food Allergy: how we tolerate foods or become allergic to them

by Eugénia Santos Silva

Cross-reactivity in food allergy

twenty per cent of children with peanut allergy and nine per cent of children with tree nuts allergy devel-ops tolerance (Sandra Hong, nicola M. vogel; 2010) Family histories of an atopic disease (asthma, allergic rhinitis, eczema, food allergy) are a risk factor for devel-oping a food allergy.

Diagnosis of food allergy includes a careful history, laboratory testes and elimination diets.

atopic dermatitis affects about 28 per cent of infants in the first two years of life and is strongly associated with allergy to cow’s milk, egg or peanut.

The key to management of food allergies consists on to avoid the food allergen and the use of emer-gency medications for the treatment of allergic re-actions. Patients and caregivers must be educated about reading all ingredients listed on food labels, avoiding high risk situations such as eating at res-taurants where the risk of cross contamination is elevated. Patients must wear a medical alert bracelet, recognize early symptoms of an allergic reaction and make a call for emergency services if they are hav-ing an allergic reaction. Food manufacturers must list common food allergens on food label with easily understood terms, such as “milk “instead “whey”.

Food allergy prevalence varies with age, is most com-mon in infants and young children and is increasing worldwide for reasons that are not clear. in Chongqing, China, in the 10-year period (1999-2009) the prevalence of food allergy seems to have increased in children aged 0-24 months (Hu Y. et al, 2010).

Studies on peanut allergy in the US (United States) and UK (United Kingdom) indicated that the number of children affected has doubled in the last 10-15 ys.

Preventing food allergy in children

exclusive breastfeeding during the first 4-6 months of life may has a preventive effect.

Solid foods should only be given from 4 months old, the introduction should be done gradually in small por-tions. according to several studies, specific food aller-gens (egg, fish and nuts) must be given between 9 and 36 months old.

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunologywww.aaai.org

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Mouse ClickVideo of the WeekCardboard Warfarehttp://youtu.be/he-ZmwaTS8e

even though Cardboard Warfare is not a short film with an engaging and complex plot, it makes up for it by being funny, inventive and innovative. The creators of this humorous action flick used only cardboard to build their props, an arsenal of firearms and even a full sized cardboard tank, but then brought all of this arsenal to life in post-production, with gun flashes, bullet holes and explosions adding a surreal comedic and amazing effect to the well thought out action sequences. Be sure to check out the behind the scenes videos as well.

by António Espadinha Soares

Software of the WeekJamVoxhttp://www.voxamps.com/us/

For electric guitar playing aficionados out there this very cool product is a very useful companion for those who don’t have much space but still like to rock out once in awhile. Jamvox is a software and hardware package from legendary amplifier brand, vox. By simply plugging in the Jamvox desktop box with built in speakers and fir-ing up the software, and plug in your guitar into the box of course, you’ll have access to most classic electric guitar amplifier and effects sounds. You can create your own presets or download presets for famous songs from the software’s site for free.

http://www.historypin.com/

Many are the websites which use the power of google’s technology to make available new and exiting ideas, and such is the case of History Pin. The website is a collaborative effort that uses the power of google Maps to let everyone share old photos and the stories behind them by placing them on a map provided by the google tool much like one usually places photos on the regular service. The difference here is that you can search photos by timeframe, share the story behind the photo and even compare the photo with its corresponding perspective in Street view. There are no Macau photos uploaded yet but there certainly is no short-age of those out there waiting to be uploaded.

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blog of the Weekbroken SeCreTShttp://brokensecrets.com/

The personal project of 31 year old Chad Upton, this 9 month old blog has taken the web by storm and has already received awards by providing daily nuggets of information on things which we usually don’t care to know, and are often trade secrets not shared by those who use them on a daily basis. You’ll find a lot of things that you’ve probably known about for years, next to others you had no idea about, but regardless of your knowledge and taste for either long or short posts Upton’s blog is sure to satisfy with well researched and written posts on little things that can definitely help make your life easier and more interesting.

http://dailylit.com/

The website daily lit not only has all the information that you’d expect to find in a website about literature and the obvious web community for all your book discussion needs, but it also offers

a service via e-mail or RSS for those who spend most of their time at a computer so that they get periodically sent chapters of

books, which can be schedule to be sent daily, throughout the work week or weekend, so that bit by bit you can actually read, for free (although still subject to advertising), all those classics

you’ve promised yourself you’d read.

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Why Celebration Sangria? Because my son was born this week

and we are incredibly happy for that;Because this article celebrates 2 years

of Cookingtimes at Macau Daily Times;Because Spain won the football world

cup, a victory of Latin football;Because is summer time and its time

for a refreshment. Fair enough, i think!

About Sangria: a plebeian “cocktail” with centuries of existence,

Sangria got its name from the Spanish word “san-gre” (blood) by comparing its red wine colour with the fluid running in our veins or the fluid that runs out in the “arena” of a traditional bull fight, very typical of a summer season all over Spain and Por-tugal as well.

The most consensual origin of this refreshing drink is andalusia, South of Spain, from where it was quickly spreaded all over South of iberian Peninsula, including alentejo, in Portugal. Some “experts” mention Pamplona as the correct origin of Sangria, reclaiming the original recipe of this wonder refreshment. anyhow, its origin is not the most important fact considering you can nowa-days find thousands of different recipes all around the world, with lots of adaptations according to the available ingredients or personal preferences.

Respecting 4 basic ingredients (red wine, fruit, sugar and some liquor), you can create your own Sangria, always looking to balance sweet and sour flavours to avoid high levels of acidity or sweet-ness.

although some puritans make a fruit, sugar and liquor paste to ferment during one day, only adding the wine after that, i prefer a ready to drink San-gria, mixing all the ingredients at once and leave it to cool in the refrigerator for only one hour, add-ing ice cubes before serve. Use a good quality red wine because the wine flavour should be the most important one. My usual recipe is not elaborated on purpose to keep the original wine flavour on this perfect summer drink.

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2yearsCelebration Sangria

by Carlos Balona GomesPhoto by Fabrizio Croce

Questions and comments to newsroom@macaudailytimes.com

To publish at http://www.sundayflavors.blogspot.com

YOU WILL NEED (per bottle of wine):

1 bottle of red wine – 750ml;200 ml / 7 ¼ fl oz of lemon-

lime soda (7up, sprite, etc.);3 oranges;2 lemons;1 green apple;100 gr / 3 ½ oz of muscovado

sugar;50 ml / 1 ¾ fl oz of Port wine;Dash of gin;1 or 2 cinnamon sticks;2 or 3 fresh mint stalks;ice cubes.

METHOD:

Wash fruits very well as you will use it unpeeled.

Cut 1 lemon, 1 orange and apple, all unpeeled, in small triangles. Remove any seeds;

Marinate apple pieces with the juice of the other lemon, to avoid oxidation;

in a small bowl, toss sugar with fruit;

add Port wine and a dash of gin to the fruit and sugar and involve;

in a big serving jar combine this fruit mix with wine, lemon-lime soda, juice of 2 oranges, cinnamon sticks and mint stalks. Mix well to dissolve sugar;

allow the Sangria to cool in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour or until you serve it;

Serve in big glasses with ice cubes, making a decoration with extra fruit if you wish.

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* Dr. Renu is a qualified medical physi-cian, internationally certified Yoga teacher and spa professional form india currently

working full time and exclusively at YOga WORLD in Macau and Taipa. She has

long term experience in teaching Yoga to all levels of yoga enthusiasts & practitio-

ners. Being from medical background she is also an expert on therapeutic applica-

tion of yoga and ayurveda to eliminate any physical disorders and for restoring health

& wellbeing, without any side effectsemail - drrenudhawan@yahoo.com

Yoga world website - www.yogaworld.com.mo

Yoga

Today all children are under continuous stress because of competitive studies, competitive sports and even competition has intruded in their playtime and games. Parents over burden their children with so many different activities that children get no time to play freely at their will. They live

under continuous pressure from their teachers, parents and even friends to compete and outperform everyone else. To full fill these expectations, they live a mechanical robotic life, which revolves only around school, home and their coaching centres. The child gets no time for any other activity as per their interest and will, every part of their life is pre planned and implemented strictly. all these competitive activities generate lot of stress and anxiety among children which hampers their positive growth and overall development. Sometimes they suffer from sleeping and eating disorders, emotional imbalances and anxiety. This leads to lack of concentration, impatience and aggression resulting in long term behavioural problems. When these children fail to rectify these behavioural problems, then for temporary escape and happiness, they sometimes seek refuge in smoking, drugs and alcoholism. To help out children for rectifying their problems we must find a way that could solve all their physical, mental and emotional imbalances.

Many times parents also provide and expose their children to modern electronic gadgets like costly mobile phones, video games etc, it’s a way they engage their children to avoid any disturbance. This often leads children to develop obsession and craving for these electronic gadgets. eventually, these non-essential gadgets become essential part of child’s life without which they feel incomplete and become obsessed to acquire these gadgets. This materialistic obsession develops these children into adults who want to acquire these materialistic possessions at any cost and ultimately the society develops into a materialistic society where possessing these possessions becomes the standard benchmark of success. in the whole process the reality of living quality life is lost; everyone gets illusioned with material and tries to full fill their unlimited desires. Here yoga plays very crucial role as it teaches us how to live quality life by fulfilling our basic needs with limited desires without getting illusioned and obsessed with materialistic possessions.

all the above requirements are fulfilled very well with traditional yoga because it integrates and balances body, mind and soul resulting in harmonious and balanced personality. it prepares the child better to cope up with all the stress generated out of their hectic life and helps them to relax and unwind, so that they are renewed with positive energy. Many thousands of years ago, when yogis developed the postures living close to nature they used animals and plants for inspiration like concentration of crane, patience of turtle, grace of swan and grounded stature of tree etc. When children imitate these movements and sounds of nature, they have a chance to get inside another being and imagine taking on its qualities. That’s how kids develop strength, expression, honour and skills to live through day to day hurdles of life with yoga. apart from

Kid’s yoga for strong foundation and positive growth

Quote of the week:

Yoga is an ancient complete science to cultivate the ways of maintaining harmony and balance in our life. Childhood is the right stage to start yoga, as it lays a strong foundation of healthy body with high moral values, for whole life.

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Kid’s yoga for strong foundation and positive growthby Dr.Renu Dhawan*

postures yoga also incorporates various breathing, de-stressing, concentrating, relaxing and meditation techniques which are missed or ignored in other forms of physical exercises. Practicing all these different aspects of yoga is essential to acquire complete balance and harmony among body, mind and soul. So, practising all aspects of yoga is essential requirement of today and need of tomorrow for our children to grow up into a balanced and complete human being living in harmony with nature and our wise time tested ancient culture.

Benefits of kid’s yoga:

• Promotes balance, flexibility, coordination and strength.

• Increases calmness, observation, concentration and alertness.

• Relaxes and helps them to cope up with stress and emotions imbalances.

• Enhances creativity and imagination.

• Develops intellect and IQ.

• Builds confidence and self-esteem.

• Sharpens and expands awareness.

• Promotes good health and well being.

• Strengthens ethical and moral values.

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The word “Baka” means crane and “asana” means pose. in this pose, practitioner’s arms resemble crane’s both legs; both feet resemble tail and head resemble the crane’s head. The final position of this pose resembles the bird crane looking into water for food.

It is performed in following steps:For beginners and intermediate practice, squat on the floor with

feet apart.Widen the knees and move the trunk forward.Rest the palms on the floor at about shoulder distance with finger

pointing forwards and elbows bent outwards.adjust the position of the knees so that they rest against the

outside top surface of the upper arms.Slowly lean forwards, try lifting any one leg followed by other so

that the whole body is supported on the hands and arms only.Once the balance is achieved then bring both feet together and

raise the head upwards to look in front.Stay in this pose for 20-30 seconds and breathe normally.Slowly lower the feet to the ground and relax.For advance practice of side crane, follow first three steps and

then walk towards the right side of palms so that both feet and both palm are in one line. Then place both knees on the right elbow, slowly lift your both feet off the floor by shifting your body weight to left side. Hold for 3-5 breaths and repeat from opposite side.

Beginner’s practice tip: Beginners can spread their fingers on the floor to widen the surface

area which will help them to have better balance and while practicing this pose place a cushion in front on floor as a precaution to avoid any injury to face.

Benefits: Develops sense of balance and induces mental steadiness.Strengthens arm muscles, abdominal muscles, upper back muscles and wrist joints.Tones abdominal organs.

Contraindications: Wrist/elbow injuries, Pregnancy.

Myth about yoga: Most of times parents introduce yoga to their children assuming that yoga will increase their physical flexibility and strength. Though they are correct but benefits of yoga extends beyond physical level. There is deep impact of yoga on children’s mind, emotions, character, personality and they grow up as a positive responsible citizen.

Pose of the weekBakasana (Crane Pose):

Side crane pose for advance practice Side crow variation for advance practice W

Crane pose for beginner practice

Crane pose for intermediate practice

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ask the vet - is a service that allows you to ask questions about your pets’ health and behavior. My goal is to help you, the pet owner, improve the knowledge of your pet’s everyday needs and health care in Macau through a variety of pet services and veterinary resources that where never available to pet owners before.

Pets have become a very important part of our families. in many cases they have be-come as much a part of our lives as children or grandchildren. and, in certain ways, just as complicated. Think of all the questions raised by wanting a pet. Pet ownership has definitely become more complex. everybody seems to have an opinion on what pet you should get and what being a good pet owner means. My goal is to answer your questions and try making things simpler for you. i want to give some of the basic information that will help you to raise a healthy, happy and family compatible pet. and, of course, have fun while you are doing it.

The ideas listed in this column come from many years of studying and practicing veter-inary medicine in South africa, australia, Hong Kong and Macau. and they are just that, my ideas and opinions. They are not meant to be all-encompassing or correct for every situation. Use this information as a tool, along with the advice from your veterinarian, to help you make the interaction between you and your pet a wonderful experience.

as far as i am concerned, there are two kinds of people; those who really love animals, and those who have never owned any. People who say they do not love pets have usually never owned one. and for those who say they hate them, well, let’s just not talk about them! The picture above is of a 150kg sea turtle at australia Zoo that i did abdominal surgery on after it ingested a ball of fishing line. indiscriminate and over fishing causes this to happen too often.

i hope this section helps you enjoy that perfect life with your pet. and i would love to hear the stories of how you came to own your particular pet and any interesting experi-ences you have had.

by Dr Ruan Du Toit Bester

Hot spots and allergies

Hi to all the readers. Thanks again for all the emails and questions regard-ing your animals.

The last few days have really been hot and humid in Hong Kong and Macau. This unfortunately leads to many different skin allergies and infections, the most common of all, “Hot Spots”

• What is a hot spot?

a hot spot is a localized area of skin inflammation and infection. The infection can be superficial or deep. Other common names for this condition are moist dermatitis and acute moist dermatitis.

• What are the signs of a hot spot?

Redness, oozing, pain, and itchi-ness are hallmark signs. Hair loss is commonly present. Sometimes hair can mat over the lesion, ob-scuring the size and degree of the problem.These lesions can appear sud-denly, and grow rapidly. The dog is usually highly agitated, and will not leave the area alone. Some dogs will growl or snap if the area is touched.

• What causes a hot spot?

There is usually an inciting fac-tor to initiate the extreme licking and scratching behavior. Look for fleas, mites, or other external para-sites, an insect sting or bite, aller-gies (food, inhalant, contact), or injury (skin wound, scrape, ect.) Some animals have been known

Please send all your questions to globalveterinary@gmail.com

or mail to;Dr Ruan Du Toit BesterRua, D.R, L, P, Marquest 2/F, Flat B,

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Hot spots and allergiesto start a hot spot out of boredom or stress-related psychological problems.

• How to treat hot spots;

The first thing to do is speak with your veterinarian. 1. Shave the area. The first treatment for hot spots is to dry them out and get air to the area. Hair loss is a feature of hot spots, but hair can also mat over the inflamed area, cover-ing up a potentially much more severe and large problem. 2. Cleanse the area with cool water and a gentle skin cleans-er. i usually use hibitaine. 3. Cool compress the area 2-6 times per day with a cool wet washcloth. 4. Medications - Depending on the severity and size of the hot spot, your veterinarian may prescribe oral antibiotics, anti-fungals, topical drying sprays or medications and/or special shampoos. 5. Prevention of licking, biting, scratching -i.e. elizabethan collar/Buster click collar is a must.

Depending on the size of the le-sion and the weather the wound should dry up in a few days with treatment. Hope this info helps.

Keep sending your questions. Till next week.

Dr. Ruan

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Long swim down YangtzeA 56-year-old Chinese man has begun a bid to swim 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) down the polluted Yangtze River to visit the World Expo in Shanghai, state media reported last Thursday.China Telecom employee Bao Zhengbing began realising what he said was a childhood dream to swim from his home in Wuhan in central China to Shanghai on Wednesday, the Xinmin Evening News reported on its website.“Now at last, I’ll swim all the way to Shanghai, to fulfil my own dream and to see the World Expo,” Bao was quoted as saying in the Shanghai Daily before starting his journey.“When I was 12, I travelled to Shanghai by ship. The beautiful landscapes along the way impressed me so much that I wished one day I could swim along the route and stop wherever I chose,” he said.Bao may however find China’s longest river has changed since he was a boy. Experts have warned the river is considered “cancerous” and that industrial pollution is killing it, according to state media.

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Bao acknowledged the adventure was dangerous and signed a statement saying he took full personal responsibility for anything that happened to him before beginning his swim, Xinmin Daily reported.Friends travelling in a boat and by car will follow him during his 35-day journey, during which he plans to swim 40 kilometres a day, reports said.The 2008 Beijing Olympics inspired similar physical feats as Chinese showed their national pride, including a 97-year-old grandmother who rode 2,400 kilometres on a tricycle to see China’s badminton team.

Runaway croc in Germany

A crocodile’s break for freedom from a reptile show proved shortlived on Saturday when it was cornered at a building site in Frankfurt’s financial district, police said.Acting on a tip from a shart-eyed motorist, police discovered the crocodile – about three metres (10 feet) long, 170 kilograms (375 pounds) and 65 years old – and returned it to its rightful owners.In any event, it did not get far: the reptile show has been underway just next door to where it was found.Only 10 days ago another runaway crocodile – this time from a small travelling circus – was captured in the small German town of Gross-Rohrheim, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Frankfurt.

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On July 17, 1955, Walt Disney’s metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy, and futurism “Disneyland” opens. The million theme park costing USD 17 million was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California, and soon brought in staggering profits. Today, Disneyland hosts more than 14 million visitors a year, who spend close to USD 3 billion.Walt Disney, born in Chicago in 1901, worked as a commercial artist before setting up a small studio in Los Angeles to produce animated cartoons. In 1928, his short film Steamboat Willy, starring the character “Mickey Mouse,” was a national sensation. It was the first animated film to use sound, and Disney provided the voice for Mickey. From there on, Disney cartoons were in heavy demand, but the company struggled financially because of Disney’s insistence on ever-improving artistic and technical quality. His first feature-length cartoon, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938), took three years to complete and was a great commercial success.Snow White was followed by other feature-length classics for children, such as Pinocchio (1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942). Fantasia (1940), which coordinated animated segments with famous classical music pieces, was an artistic and technical achievement. In Song of the South (1946), Disney combined live actors with animated figures, and beginning with Treasure Island in 1950 the company added live-action movies to its repertoire. Disney was also one of the first movie studios to produce film directly for television, and its Zorro and Davy Crockett series were very popular with children.In the early 1950s, Walt Disney began designing a huge amusement park to be built near Los Angeles. He intended Disneyland to have educational as well as amusement value and to entertain adults and their children. Land was bought in the farming community of Anaheim, about 25 miles southeast of Los Angeles, and construction began in 1954. In the summer of 1955, special invitations were sent out for the opening of Disneyland on July 17. Unfortunately,

the pass was counterfeited and thousands of uninvited people were admitted into Disneyland on opening day. The park was not ready for the public: food and drink ran out, a women’s high-heel shoe got stuck in the wet asphalt of Main Street USA, and the Mark Twain Steamboat nearly capsized from too many passengers.Disneyland soon recovered, however, and attractions such as the Castle, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, Snow White’s Adventures, Space Station X-1, Jungle Cruise, and Stage Coach drew countless children and their parents. Special events and the continual building of new state-of-the-art attractions encouraged them to visit again. In 1965, work began on an even bigger Disney theme park and resort near Orlando, Florida. Walt Disney died in 1966, and Walt Disney World was opened in his honor on October 1, 1971. Epcot Center, Disney-MGM Studios, and Animal Kingdom were later added to Walt Disney World, and it remains Florida’s premier tourist attraction. Disneylands also were opened in Tokyo (1983) Paris (“EuroDisney”, 1992) and in Hong Kong (2005).

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Toy Story

Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it’s all for one and one for all as they join Barbie’s counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear to plan their great escape

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Room 22:30/4:45/9:15/9:30 pmThe Twilight Saga EclipseStarring: Kristen Stewart, Robert PattinsonDirector: David SladeLanguage:English (Chinese subtitles)Duration: 124 min

Room 12:15/5:45/7:30/9:30 pmToy StoryDirector: Lee UnkrichLanguage: Chinese (English and Chinese subtitles)Duration: 103 min

Room 32:30/4:30/7:30/9:30 pmPredatorsStarring: Laurence Fishburne,Adrien BrodyDirector: Nimrod AntalLanguage: English (Chinese subtitles)Duration: 107 min

Room 14:00 pmShrek- The final chapterDirector: Mike MitchellLanguage: Chinese (English and Chinese subtitles)Duration: 93 min

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in this second album, Moussa ag Keyna and aminatou goumar, are reaffirming their touareg’s identity, reaching more people in a larger scale. Through authentic traditional singing, with her tinde (percussion instrument), aminatou recreates the ambiance of a nomadic encampment. in the same sense, Moussa uses the international support of an electric guitar. What Moussa would like to convey through his music is for you to discover his people, their habits, cul-ture, the desert, their hopes and their despairs. Moussa sings for peace, their fight for freedom and diplomacy. green United Music

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Rather than catering exclusively to an audience satis-fied with every corporate pretty face in R&B and ge-neric statement on urban culture, Terius Youngdell nash provides hope for the genre’s future in ways that few can compare.For his third album Love King, nash had anticipated its huge marketing potential months before its release. The album’s debut single of the same name is easily one of the best tracks of the year, in the genre, and its premiere in mid-February certainly did not hurt the album’s hype after nash’s big and busy year in 2009. The opening is exhilarating when one has the rest of the song in context, as spelling out the song’s title be-fore the trademark high-pitched synths and impecca-ble delivery presents itself like a calming before a storm, like a chant of sorts to gradually introduce one hell of a dance. “Does she like this song mine, mmm i doubt it,” he sings, referencing the multitude of women in his life, from those “smart types” to just “the ones on my Sprint and aT&T”. The song is undeniably catchy and the lyrics are constantly amusing without being vicious or profane, creating what is surely to be one of the most-played songs of the year on the radio. Los Da Mystro’s knack for percussive brilliance is in full form this track, and over such flawlessly layered synths the music is unbeatable. Try to listen to this and resist having it stuck in your head a few hours later.

Their début, 1996’s K, was the fastest-selling since Oasis’ monster hit Definitely Maybe. Right from the start you can tell that Pil-grims Progress is going to be a very differ-ent affair entirely. Opening with irresistibly baroque first single “Peter Pan R.i.P.” – a gorgeous, melancholic, cello-driven pop-rock ode to that most famous of lost chil-dren, provides the setting before moving on to the even more precious (and just as fan-tastical) chamber folk ditty “Ophelia”. The decidedly more rootsy psychedelic blues number “Modern Blues” also shapes the di-verse sound. “Only Love” makes it become quickly apparent that Pilgrims Progress’ infinitely-varied forty-one minutes are go-ing to be playing host to the entire scope of the musical spectrum of the late ’60s and beyond.

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Balearic Swedish duo Korallreven– which includes Daniel Tjäder, who plays keyboards in like-minded the Radio Dept. – The group’s also hard at work on their full-length debut, which is scheduled for release later this year; until then, take pleasure in the sparkling pop of “The Truest Faith”.excellent vibes on this eP from Korallreven, who makes his debut here. This one’s all about summery balearic pop (which acephale do seem to specialize in). “The Truest Faith” starts with upbeat strings that give way to hazy vocals and shimmery synth and guitar parts. Montreal’s CFCF remixes the track, injecting an 80s synth-pop vibe, Sail a Whale goes for a echo-heavy dub version and ghostape gives the track an upbeat remix that features the marching band drums. The b-side, “Loved Up” is fantastic as well, featuring female vocals this time, with plenty of reverb and lazy river vibes. LOL Boys envi-sion a bass-heavy version on their remix, which borrows little bits from dubstep and 2step, while JD injects some hip hop drums and Cosimo wraps things up with a gorgeous dub.

When The Dead Weather released their debut album Horehound last summer, it was hailed as a master-piece of indulgently badass garage rock ‘n roll. at the time, it was hard to imagine anything better coming from four of the best tal-

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The dead WeaTher – Sea of Cowards (2010)ents in the biz right now. So when news surfaced late last year that the group – alison Mosshart of The Kills, Dean vertita of Queens of the Stone age, Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs, and Jack White of The White Stripes – was working on a sec-ond record, one had to wonder how far The Dead Weather could take things.The album’s re-demption is its last track, “Old Mary”. a quick shot of Jack White’s eccentric genius in an other-wise tempered bath of stale music. Here, he recites a deliciously cold perversion of the classic prayer “Hail Mary”.Over one long tone and a few per-cussive knocks, White simply speaks, “Old Mary, full of grease, your heart

stops within you. Scary are the fruits of your tomb, and hoarse are the terms of your sentence. Old Mary, sister of mine, mother to the world, carry this burden now until the mo-ment of your last breath.”

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All you got In the sere and yellow leaf, the experienced pharmacist still wants to bring what he’s got into play to serve the public and to prove his credential.

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