Tiny House + A Cube in a Loft

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(1) 施伦德, 美国新兴“迷你屋.” VOA Chinese, Feb 10, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110210-tiny-house-115758954.html

, which is translated from

Shelley Schlender, Taking Downsizing to a Whole New Level; Tiny homes take a snip out of the US housing market. VOA, Jan 14, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/places/Taking-Downsizing-to-a-Whole-New-Level-113610869.html

Note:
(a) Shelley as the first name is almost exclusively female, thanks to association with Shirley.

Both Shelley and Shirley are originally last names, which in turn came from respective place names in various location of England.

Etymology of Shelley: Old English scylf ‘shelf’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’

The most famous Shelley was poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822).

(b) Shafer is a variant spelling of German last name Schaefer "shepherd."
(c) In women, Marty/Marti is a nickname of Martina.  Both Martina and its male counterpart (Martin) are from Roman last name Martinus, which is derived from Roman god Mars.


(2) Joyce Wadler, A Feng Shui Cube Brings Intimacy to a Loft. New York Times, Feb 10, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/garden/10cube.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=liu%20fengshui&st=cse

Quote:

"'Can you really make a living by teaching Chinese medicine and feng shui? he is asked.  'Yeah,' he says, 'Of course, you have to live in Berkeley.'

"When you see him, it is immediately evident that, despite his name, he is not Chinese. His given name is Charles Belyea, and he was born in Boston, of French-Canadian parents. His father was a businessman, and his parents spent so much time competing as ballroom dancers that Mr. Liu tells people he was raised by Fred and Ginger. The name Liu Ming was given to him by a Daoist teacher who 'adopted' him when he was 31. (In keeping with the Chinese custom, his last name, Liu, comes first.)

Note:
(a) Common law (practiced in UK and US, among other places), is flexible about names--first, middle and last names.

In a similar vein:
Oskar Garcia, Police: Las Vegas man talked about robbing casino. Associatred Press, Feb 7, 2011.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BELLAGIO_HOLD_UP?SITE=SCCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
(Las Vegas robber of casino chips Anthony Michael Carleo at arraignment "also said he preferred to use the last name Carleo instead of the last name of his father, Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge George Assad")
(b) prostration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostration

The first photo is prostration practiced by a Tibetan.
(c) slouch (n): "a gait or posture characterized by an ungainly stooping of the head and shoulders or excessive relaxation of body muscles"
www.m-w.com
(d) loft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loft

There are two definitions for "loft."

One is "upper storey or attic in a building, directly under the roof, " which is the definition in (1) above.

The other is: "converted for residential use * * * Loft apartments are apartments that are generally built from former industrial buildings." This is the definition in (2).
(e) Shōji 障子
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dji
(f) Toshi KASAI of Spaceflavor
http://www.spaceflavor.com/Consultant_Fengshui_SanFrancisco.html

Kasai is probably 笠井.
(g) The "roller shades" is the fourth photo in
http://www.windowtreatmentshouston.com/window-treatment-pricing-examples/

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