They had walked to Hanala, the whole way. They were too afraid to trust anyone after what they had been through, so Raidet forbid them to ask for rides from strangers. "Who knows what they'll want from us in exchange," she said. "It's better to walk than to risk dealing with unsavory people." At that point, Anla thought she meant those people would make them lug rocks or do laundry as a form of payment.
In every town, Raidet used some of their money to buy food, which was whatever they could get cheaply. They shared bruised and overripe vegetables, uncooked, stale bread, and half-rotten fruit. If they found something on the side of the road, they risked the poison and ate the berries by the handful.
When it was time to sleep, they found the softest ground and curled up in their dirty clothes. A few times led to being awoken by biting insects or some mischievous creature in the woods. Garlin would fall asleep in Anladet's arms, sometimes waking and calling out for their mother and crying until she soothed him back to sleep. Only when his breathing grew slow and deep did she cry herself.
They all assumed that Hanala would be a paradise for them. The way the lady had spoken of it made it seem like there would be people there to help them. No, she hadn't given specifics, but the way she so eagerly spoke of the city, there must be something or someone that would make the darkness go away. Sildet had suggested that maybe that lady would contact their mother's family and they would find them in the city. Raidet had told her she was being stupid. How would the lady know where they lived if they didn't know themselves? Sildet had closed her mouth and said nothing.
When they arrived, their clothes were torn and stained, their funds were down to three coppers, and there was no providence. No one was there to welcome them. No one told them where to go. No one gave them anything. Like the towns before, It was just another place with people who didn't care what had happened to them.
The only people who gave them any notice were the other homeless children. A small unnamed and leaderless group, not quite a gang since they hadn't broken into violence, had found them wandering the streets. They brought them to Yue Begule, one of the poorer areas of Hanala, and showed them the abandoned warehouse where they all lived. There was space where the roof caved in that they could sleep under.
This was the closest the Auchindol children came to being cared for. In the beginning, the group shared their food and clothing. Once they were settled, they showed the children where to find food that was thrown out by restaurants, still mostly edible, so that they didn't starve. They taught them how to steal clothes off of people's wires and from the backs of unsupervised carts. They ultimately explained, in many ways, how to survive when you had nothing.
Garlin was too small to work, so he played with the youngest children that were looked after by the older children and contributed nothing. Sildet was a good pickpocketer, but was overly cautious and made little to contribute to the family's needs. Anladet was creative and found different ways to support herself. She tried legitimate work, like courying or a day job as a window washer, but the pay was poor and unreliable. She'd often only bring in enough to cover herself and maybe half of what Garlin needed.
Raidet was the one who brought in what she could to cover the rest. She got a job as a waitress near the warehouse and maintained a steady amount for most of the time. Yue Begule was near the docks and they were dependent on sailors. During the winter, when they needed the money the most, the work would dry up and she'd begin to fret about income. Every few weeks she'd bring in a larger sum of money, a silver extra, and they'd feast.
Anladet had asked her once, innocently, where she had gotten the extra wages. "I didn't steal it," she snapped and refused to explain further. One of the other kids, a girl around Raidet's age, told Anla what she did to get the money. Anla never asked her sister about it again, though it had never been a strongly shameful thing back home. They were already learning to favor their father's blood in order to survive.
Riyan was one of those lovely people in the world who give themselves totally in friendship. Her dark hair was cut short and she dressed like a boy. She told Anladet it was easier to get jobs that way, but she understood later dressing that way made her comfortable.
The two spent the next few weeks spying on piscarin in between jobs and mimicking them. Their nonchalant swagger, the clothes they wore, what they said to the customers, how they said things to the customers. They took extensive notes on what they charged, what kind of customers were attracted to piscarins, and where were the best places to find their quarry. They saw readings go exceptionally well and some that went very poorly, though they had a hard time trying to figure out what had caused either.
Anladet practiced with the children in the warehouse, mostly with Riyan. She developed a persona and walked around the city for the good part of an afternoon in her costume and makeup before setting out one day. She dropped a few of the stones and was dead wrong on a few predictions, but she made five copper on her first day, more than what she made running letters across the city for twice the length of time. More importantly, she learned. She learned to not be specific, she learned to be patient, she learned to have excuses ready in case anything went wrong.
It took her a while before she had the skill to crest a silver in one day. When she did, she excitedly brought home extra food for her siblings. Instead of being happy and appreciative, Raidet was sour the whole evening. Anla would have asked her about it, but the concern over Sildet's absence was greater.
They went out looking for her the next day, and the next, but never found her. There were no leads, no rumors, no trace. It was as if the ocean had flooded the streets and swallowed her whole.
Her disappearance became a very large wedge between Anladet and her sister. Raidet had given up looking for their sister only after a few days. They fought, mostly rehashing the same argument: Sildet would come home eventually, she had told Anla. She needed their help, she told Raidet. Anla grew distracted and spent more and more time searching for her sister, not content with letting her just fade away. She did less work and brought in less money.
Raidet frequently reminded her that they could find a better place, maybe rent a room somewhere, if she didn't waste so much time looking for Sildet. They had fought bitterly the first night she had changed from "she'll come home" to "she's not coming home".
Anladet was angry about so many things. She had never learned to deal with her anger well, always letting it burn her up inside. She had clenched her teeth and left in the night, preferring to spend her time searching and away from her sister.
She was gone for a few days and returned with some money. Raidet was frantic when Anla returned. "Garlin," she said and she didn't have to say any more. Anla talked to all the kids he would play with and visited all the places he frequented. He was gone, too.
She was inconsolable. She couldn't sleep and ate little. As someone who lived hand to hand, wasting any food by not eating it was a slow suicide. She wandered the streets for large portions of the day, calling out his name.
That went on for some foggy amount of time until one day Raidet didn't return. With Sildet and Garlin, Anla feared the worst. With Raidet, she suspected she had just given up on taking care of her younger sister and left so she wouldn't have to deal with her. By that point, the children that had lived in the warehouse had moved on to better lives or the next one. Even Riyan had moved on, securing a job outside the city as a farmhand.
Anladet had weighed her two options: die or find them. She had chose the latter, surviving as best she knew. She took odd jobs, she worked as a piscarin, and, yes, when the times were lean she did what she had to do to keep from starving.
All that led her to where she was, still searching for her siblings and hoping one day she'd be successful.


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PERRYSBURG, Ohio /Publishers Newswire/ — "The characters seem like real people and not fictional creations," "You won't want to put it down until you finish it – and then you will want more," and "Wow, who is this author?" were first reactions to the debut novel "MAKE THE COUGAR PURR" (ISBN: 978-1452824543) on online bookstore sites such as amazon.com, bn.com and powells.com. Author Sonja Paris put her work into a fictional "skeleton", yet its "vital organs" are in part based on autobiographic reflections of her own very turbulent life.
"Even though it's not really my life depicted in 'MAKE THE COUGAR PURR,' it is pretty darn close to what I had to cope with since I became widowed in 2006. I put the story into fiction to be able to write frankly without putting a muzzle on. Whitewashing the content and the language would have felt like being untrue to myself and done my book characters no justice," she continues.
Paris' writing style combines all the five senses with raw sex and deep-felt emotions, described so vividly, as if watching a screenplay.
"MAKE THE COUGAR PURR" depicts the life of Hannah, a German woman in her forties in a small town in Ohio. Constantly betrayed by her husband, she drowns her sorrow in booze and spends his money freely, until he reveals to her that his last affair with a much younger woman is based on true love and not on pure lust. Driven by rage and desperate to find a new identity for herself, Hannah turns into a prancing cougar on the hunt and stumbles from one sexual escapade into another on her search for true love.
"Being married to a rock star like my late husband Johnny Paris (saxophonist and front man of the band Johnny and the Hurricanes) has shaped me in some form, and also, who the main characters in my book are. Nevertheless, even people in my immediate circle, who should really know me, were shocked by my book and its boldness. But then again – I love to shock," Paris admits.
Sonja Paris' next book, a biography of her late husband Johnny Paris, written in collaboration with her co-author Duane Thomas, a former guitarist of the famous instrumental rock and roll band Johnny and the Hurricanes, will hit the market at the end of this year published by Bank House Books out of the UK.
Released by CreateSpace, "MAKE THE COUGAR PURR," is a 494-page trade paperback (ISBN-10: 1452824541, ISBN-13: 978-1452824543). It is available through Amazon.com, CreateSpace.com and other online bookstores.
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Eagles run indoor track for love of sport
Big Walnut High School girls track and field head coach Joe Evener, back row, calls the high school basement hallways The Joe Evener Indoor Track Training Facility. That's where the 30-plus members of this year's girls indoor team train because boys and girls basketball teams occupy the main and auxiliary gymnasiums. Since Big Walnut High School began competing in 2005 in OATCCC indoor track and field, the school has produced 89 state qualifiers, 35 state placers, and five state champions.
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Name a Big Walnut High School winter sports team that doesn't get recognized in area newspaper winter sports tabs; a team that doesn't have a traditional Senior Parent's Night recognition ceremony; and always competes away from home with no local fans to cheer it on.
Many area high school sports fans probably would have a difficult time answering that question if they couldn't glance down a few more lines for the answer and then convince themselves that they knew it all along.
But the Big Walnut High School girls indoor track and field team, coached by girls outdoor track coach Joe Evener, is a relatively close-knit group of young ladies who run indoor track events through winter months for love of the sport, the challenge of competition, and the camaraderie of training.
The girls certainly don't compete for the glory other athletes gain from competing in front of a hometown crowd. Other than practice sessions at the high school, competitions are always held away from home.
Evener calls the high school basement hallways The Joe Evener Indoor Track Training Facility. He might be using the term in jest, but with the weather not suitable for outdoor training and the main and auxiliary gymnasiums occupied by boys and girls basketball teams, the high school's lower level hallways and stairways are where you find Evener and his squad practicing after school lets out.
"We have 30-plus girls signed up for indoor this year," Evener said. "The indoor season is extremely important to the success we have had in the outdoor track and field program. It gives girls not doing a winter sport a chance to get in shape, newcomers get introduced to the system we have in place and meet some of the returners, and the girls get to learn many of the fundamentals necessary for proper nutrition and developing the skills to be successful."
Evener said practices are light in terms of intensity, but that shouldn't be confused with being easy.
"I believe that we can get a lot of hard work accomplished while still having fun," Evener said.
Evener said this year's indoor squad is diverse enough that it will cover most events at meets.
"We have student-athletes in just about every event," Evener said. "We've got relay teams at all distances, hurdlers, sprinters, distance runners and jumpers all wrapped up in a nice combination of seniors and youngsters. That makes for great sense of camaraderie before the outdoor season begins in the spring, and it's a great way to bring freshmen in and make track and field an overall positive experience for them."
The Big Walnut High School indoor track and field program has won Central District titles in 1996, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; and indoor district runners-up titles in 1997, 1999, 2008 and 2009.
The program has had six top-20 team state placings – 6th in 2009, 5th in 2010, 15th in 2011, 4th in 2012, tied for 4th in 2013 and tied for 9th in 2014.
As individuals, Big Walnut High School has had 89 indoor state qualifiers, 35 indoor state placers and five indoor state champions.
Assisting Evener this year are Red Edwards (hurdles), Mike Ryder (jumps), Dora Riggs (throws), Kevin Lewis (distance), and Chelsey Carothers (pole vault).
All Big Walnut indoor track and field coaches volunteer their time during the indoor season, as indoor track and field is not recognized as a sport by the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA), but is sanctioned by the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches (OATCCC).
On Feb. 5 the girls compete at OSU, Feb. 14 at Otterbein University and Feb. 21 at Capital University. On Feb. 27 they will be at Otterbein University for the Central District Indoor Championship. March 5 is the OATCCC Indoor Track and Field State Championship at Akron University.
Reporter Lenny C. Lepola can be reached at 614-266-6093
http://aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2016/01/web1_Indoor-11916-027.a.jpgBig Walnut High School girls track and field head coach Joe Evener, back row, calls the high school basement hallways The Joe Evener Indoor Track Training Facility. That's where the 30-plus members of this year's girls indoor team train because boys and girls basketball teams occupy the main and auxiliary gymnasiums. Since Big Walnut High School began competing in 2005 in OATCCC indoor track and field, the school has produced 89 state qualifiers, 35 state placers, and five state champions.
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Bak Mei (Chinese: 白眉; pinyin: Bái Méi; Wade–Giles: Pai Mei; Cantonese Yale: Baahk Mèih; lit. 'White Eyebrow') is said to have been one of the legendary Five Elders — survivors of the destruction of the Shaolin Monastery by the Qing dynasty (1644–1912) — who, according to some accounts, betrayed Shaolin to the imperial government. He shares his name with the South Chinese martial art attributed to him.
Bak Mei has been fictionalized in Hong Kong martial arts films such as Executioners from Shaolin (1977), Abbot of Shaolin (1979), and Clan of the White Lotus (1980). Bak Mei as a fictional character is better known in the West as Pai Mei, played by Gordon Liu in the Hollywood action film Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (2004).
2 Historical Bak Mei
2.1 Historical Bak Mei according to the lineage of master Jie Kon Sieuw
2.2 Comments
2.3 Bak Mei Kung Fu
2.4 Futshan branch
2.5 Cheung Lai-Chuen branch
3 Historical origins of Bai Mei
3.1 Bak Mei according to the lineage of Nam Anh
3.2 Bak Mei according to the lineage of Jie Kon Siew
5 Bak Mei Pai
5.1 Fushan branch
5.2 Jeung Lai Chuen branch
5.3 Early Disciples
Accounts of the Five Elders are many and varied, with some versions identifying the traitor as Bak Mei and others as Ma Ning-Yee. In other versions, both elders betray Shaolin, sometimes along with Fung Do-Duk. Still others say that "Bak Mei" was actually a nickname for either Ma Ning-Yee or Fung Do-Duk.
The degree to which stories of the Five Elders are based on historical fact remains unverified. Their ubiquity and widespread popularity can be at least partially attributed to Wuxia novels (such as Wan Nian Qing), as well as the mythology around anti-Qing organizations such as the Heaven and Earth Society, which were spreading rapidly through China in the early 19th century. Whether justified or not, Bak Mei's traitorous reputation led to animosity between practitioners of his namesake martial art and practitioners of martial arts identified with those whom he is accused of betraying.[1]
In the accounts of some Bak Mei practitioners, their founder did not so much betray Shaolin as decline to join their rebellion against the Qing. Other accounts portray Bak Mei as having been banished from Shaolin Temple because he killed several of his fellow monks when he first began practicing his new fighting style. Some Bak Mei practitioners have interpreted this to prove that their founder's style was superior to that of the Shaolin disciples he allegedly killed.
Historical Bak Mei[edit]
According to legend, Bak Mei played an important part in the downfall of Shaolin temples. Manchu conquered China in 1644. Before then, China had been ruled by the Ming Dynasty, which had been weakened by internal corruption and rebellion. The Manchu dynasty became known as the Qing Dynasty. As part of the Manchu campaign to pacify China, they attacked some Buddhist Shaolin Temples. The leader of the Shaolin Temple, Hong Mei ("Red Eyebrows") died, leaving his legacy to Chi Thien Su, also known as Jee Sin, one of the five Great Kung Fu Masters. According to some stories another such master, Chu Long Tuyen, the monk who would later become Bak Mei, did not accept this. He believed the Ming had become corrupt and Chi Thien Su would still serve them; Bak Mei would rather serve the foreign Qing Dynasty. Then came the attack against the Shaolin Temple at Quanzhou in Fujian province in 1647. Some sources indicate that this temple was actually in Henan, or that the invading forces recruited help from Tibetan warriors in the attack. The Five Elders survived, however, and soon Chi Thien Su would found a second Shaolin Temple at Nine Lotus Mountain, also in Fujian Province. The Five Kung Fu Masters survived the first destruction of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Imperial forces and sought shelter in another temple, Fujian Temple, but the other monks were massacred. After Bak Mei refused to provide his real name for fear of retribution (against his family and students - if they survived), the Abbott of the temple christened the monk "Bak Mei" - White Eyebrow. According to some stories, Bak Mei betrayed the Ming at this point, taking information about their plot against the Manchu to the Manchu Shunzhi Emperor, then returned with information about the Manchu attack plan to the Shaolin. After the temple was destroyed by the Manchu, Bak Mei left the temple to study Taoism. Bak Mei trained an anti-Imperial attack force but following capture of the force by the Imperials, was forced to teach and lead 50,000 Imperial troops in the second destruction of the Shaolin Temple at Henan to prevent those captured with him from being tortured and killed. There, Bak Mei slew the "invincible" Shaolin leader, Chi Thien Su, in single combat by breaking his neck. He claimed he did this to prevent the massacre of the monks in the temple by the troops who followed him. The tale of Bak Mei's death comes in many forms - it is often claimed that he was poisoned, or slain (in a grand battle) by other martial artists. Bak Mei is often portrayed as a traitor, however, it is important to note that Bak Mei's actions are not always consistent with this. Bak Mei's actions were undertaken, even to the destruction of the temple, with the intention of preventing harm to those who had chosen to follow him. It is possible that if Bak Mei had not aided the Imperial forces, his followers would have been tortured to death.
Historical Bak Mei according to the lineage of master Jie Kon Sieuw[edit]
During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1661–1722) in the Qing dynasty, the warriors of the Xilufan revolt were so feared that the two ministers the Kangxi Emperor ordered to end their attacks fled China rather than face either the mercilessness of the Xilu warriors or the displeasure of the emperor, both of which often involved beheading.
It was the 128 monks of the southern Shaolin temple who defeated the army of Xilu over three months in 1673 without suffering a single casualty. However, by doing so the monks had made enemies of those in the Qing army and Qing court who were embarrassed by how easily the Shaolin monks had succeeded where they had failed. Soon rumors began to spread about the threat posed by a power so great that it defeated the entire Xilu army with a force of only 128 monks. This campaign of innuendo was wasted on the Kangxi Emperor, who remained grateful to the monks, but the rumors had their intended effect on his successor, the Yongzheng Emperor (r. 1722–1735), who ordered the temple's destruction.
In 1723, on the sixth day of the first new moon of the lunar calendar, Qing forces launched a sneak attack on the southern Shaolin temple, which began by bombarding the largely wooden monastery with a relentless deluge of burning arrows. Between the surprise attack, the fire, and the overwhelming number of Qing soldiers, 110 out of the 128 monks were killed that day. The Great Shaolin Purge took 70 days as Qing forces hunted down the 18 survivors. The surviving warrior monks of Shaolin inflicted massive casualties on their Qing pursuers but, in the end, their numbers were too great. Soon only five remained:
The Chan master Jee Sin
The nun Ng Mui
The Taoist Bak Mei
The Taoist Fung Dou Dak
The "unshaved" (lay) Shaolin student Miu Hin
After two years of running and hiding from the Qing army, these fugitives of the cloth regrouped at Mount Emei in Sichuan Province. As one of the sacred mountains of China, Mount Emei was home to about 70 monasteries and temples where the five clerics could blend in easily.
It was decided that Bak Mei would infiltrate the Qing imperial court as a spy while the others travelled throughout China to establish an alliance of anti-Qing rebels. However, the more Bak Mei learned, the more he realized that his allies' efforts would never be enough to overthrow the Qing, and so he left the rebellion, who took this as a betrayal, forcing Bak Mei on the run from those he was once on the run with. Almost all of the rebels who over the years sought to murder Bak Mei for his withdrawal from the struggle ended up dead at Bak Mei's hands, including Jee Sin and Miu Hin's son, Fong Sai-yuk, whom Bak Mei had known since Fong was a small boy. In other accounts, Fong Sai-yuk is not Miu Hin's son but his grandson.
Comments[edit]
Both these versions of the legend of Pai Mei come from inheritors of Bak Mei Kung Fu yet are very different from each other. Accounts of the Bak Mei and the Five Great Kung Fu Masters are many and varied. The latter account names the Shaolin traitor as Ma Ning-Yee rather than Bak Mei, though that detail was omitted for reasons of length. In other versions, Bak Mei and Ma Ning-Yee both betray Shaolin, sometimes joined by Fung Do-Duk. Still other versions say that "Bak Mei" is a nickname for either Ma Ning-Yee or Fung Do-Duk. For that matter, the legend of Bak Mei may have no basis in historical fact at all, and come solely from wuxia novels like Wan Nian Qing. The legends are particularly confused because some temples were burned down repeatedly, including after the time of Bak Mei.
Bak Mei Kung Fu[edit]
Bak Mei is characterized by its emphasis on powerful close range hand strikes.[2] Within Bak Mei can be found the four principles of Fou (Float), Chum (Sink), Tun (Swallow), and Tou (Spit) common in the Southern Chinese martial arts like Ng Ying Kungfu (Chinese: 五形功夫), and also found in Karate. Unique to Bak Mei is its classification of the following 6 powers: biu (thrusting), chum (sinking), tan (springing), fa (neutralizing), tung, and chuk. Bak Mei emphasizes the movements of the tiger. The traditions of Bak Mei Kung Fu trace its origins to Mount Emei, where Bak Mei is said to have transmitted the art to the Chan (Zen) master Gwong Wai, who transmitted the art to the Chan master Juk Faat Wan and the Taoist Fung Fo.
Futshan branch[edit]
The Taoist Fung Fo in turn passed the art on to Lau Siu-Leung, who established the Futshan lineage of Bak Mei.
Cheung Lai-Chuen branch[edit]
Cheung Lai-Chuen began his study of the martial arts at the age of 7 with the traditional Chinese medicine practitioner Shak Lim, who taught him the Vagrant style. Later, Cheung would learn from Li Mung, who taught Chueng his family style, and from the Lam Yiu-Kwai's older uncle. While he was studying martial arts with the Lam family, he became close friends with their son Lam Yiu-Kwai, with whom he had much in common. Lam would later become known for disseminating Dragon Kung Fu much as Cheung would later become known for disseminating Bak Mei. Both were born in Hu¨¬y¨¢ng (»Ýê–) County in the prefecture of Huizhou in Guangdong and a marriage between their families would eventually make them cousins. They both left Huizhou to build their futures in Guangzhou and did so by opening several schools together. After moving to Guangzhou, Cheung was defeated by the monk Lin Sang after which the monk referred Cheung to his own teacher master Juk Faat Wan, who taught Cheung the art of Bak Mei over the next two or three years. Cheung had a background in Hakka Kuen, the martial arts of the Hakka people, from his study of the family style of Li Mung and the Vagrant style, which are both identified with the Hakka, as is Southern Praying Mantis (which Cheung is not known to have trained in). Because of this, Cheung's style of Bak Mei is associated with Hakka Kuen, but more strongly still with the Dragon style of Lam Yiu-Kwai¡ªwho is also said to have had a background in Hakka Kuen¡ªdue to the many years Cheung and Lam spent training together.[3]
Historical origins of Bai Mei[edit]
In 2012 an academic research was done on the historical origins of the style of Baimei Quan (Pak Mei Kuen or White Eyebrow Fist) and the validity of the monk Bai Mei, using the resources of US University Professors of Chinese and Buddhist Studies as well as Mr. Xiong Feng of the Emei Shan Museum, Sichuan, China.
The earliest reference to the monk Bai Mei as an actual person comes in the Wuxia novel called Wunnian Qing (A Thousand Years Green or Evergreen) as being one of the five ancestors who survived the sacking of the Shaolin Temple (circa 1727) by the Qing army. Yet there are many problems with this source, as follows;
It is a work of fiction (anonymous) and has no historical basis whatsoever.
There is no historical evidence to suggest that the Shaolin Temple of Henan Province was ever attacked and destroyed by the Qing armies but this is not unexpected considering the destruction of many martial texts in Shaolin history.
Guanghui means Vast Benevolence and is a typical Buddhist nomination for either a monk or a temple; indeed there are several temples throughout China that bear this name. Yet on searching through the surviving gazetteers for Mount Emei there is no mention of a monk named Guanghui. There is no material evidence to suggest that Guanghui came from Emei Shan; all we have is the oral tradition from Zhang Liquan (Cheung Lai Chuen) that his Shifu, Zhu Fayun, came from a temple in Sichuan Province.
Zhu Fayun. Fa, in the context of a monk's name, means Buddhist Teachings and Yun means Cloud. The Chinese character Zhu formed part of the ancient word Tianzhu, meaning India. Zhu Fayun is said to have been a Buddhist monk from Emei Shan in Sichuan Province on a pilgrimage to the Guangxiao (Bright Filial Monastery), in Guangzhou. This is entirely plausible as the Guangxiao monastery is one of the oldest temples in south China as well as being one of the most influential Buddhist shrines. During his stay in Guangxiao, Zhu Fayun committed to teach Zhang Liquan (Cheung Lai Chuen) the Baimei arts.
Zhang Liquan (1882-1964). It would seem that Zhang Liquan was essentially an honest man with respect to his martial arts. He learnt three different styles from three different masters prior to having met Zhu Fayun. He formally acknowledges each of his former Shifu by name and honors them by keeping at least one of their forms in the Pak Mei syllabus. At a later stage in his career, Zhang Liquan formulated several of his own forms, including Tuotiao Quan (Cantonese: Tit Til Kuen) and Simen Bagua (Cantonese: Say Mun Ba Gua) which he openly professed were his own works. It would appear contradictory to suggest that such a man, who has been totally honest about the origins of all that he has learnt, would deny the existence of one teacher, or indeed invent a fictional character to disguise his own works when he has already affirmed creating several of his own.
All the supplementary forms in the Pak Mei syllabus, whatever the original style, fall under the collective classification of Nan Quan (Southern Fist) or more precisely Dong Jiang Quan (East River Fist). A common denominator to all these forms is that they are divided into two parts; the second being a repetition of the first, performed in the opposite direction. They also have numerous stances and techniques in common and share similar terminology and methodology.
Chinese: 白眉上人
Pinyin: Bái Méi Shàng Rén
Wade-Giles: Pai Mei Shàng
Literally "White Eyebrow, Buddhist"
Bak Mei according to the lineage of Nam Anh[edit]
Ming China, which had been weakened by corruption and internal rebellion, was overtaken by the Manchu people in 1644. Hong Mei ("Red Eyebrows"), abbot of the Southern Shaolin Temple, died during this time and his position was passed onto Chi Thien Su, known by his Dharma name Jee Sin Sim See, "Chan teacher Perfection". Another master named Chu Long Tuyen did not accept this. He believed the Ming had become corrupt and would rather serve the Manchu Qing dynasty.
In 1647 Manchu forces attacked the Southern Shaolin Temple in Quanzhou, Fujian. Only five masters managed to escape, and since then became known as the Five Elders.
Chi Thien Su, one of the Five Elders, founded another temple at Nine Lotus Mountain in Fujian where the survivors sought shelter. Chu Long Tuyen refused to provide his real name for fear of retribution against his family and students, in case they survived. The abbot then christened him Bak Mei "White Eyebrows". According to some stories, Bak Mei betrayed the Ming by taking information about their plot against the invaders to the Shunzhi Emperor, then returned with information about the Manchu attack plan to the Shaolin. After the temple was destroyed, Bak Mei and Fong Toh Tak (creator of the Bak Fu Pai) left the temple on separate paths in order to study Taoism.
Bak Mei trained an anti-imperial attack force but, following capture of the force by the imperials, was forced to teach and lead 50,000 imperial troops in the second destruction of the Shaolin Temple to prevent those captured with him from being tortured and killed. There, Bak Mei slew the "invincible" Shaolin leader Jee Sin in single combat by breaking his neck. He claimed he did this to prevent the massacre of the monks in the temple by the troops who followed him.
While he is often portrayed as a traitor, Bak Mei's actions were undertaken, including the destruction of the temple, with the intention of preventing harm to those who had chosen to follow him. It is possible that if Bak Mei had not aided the imperial forces, his followers would have been tortured to death.[4]
Bak Mei according to the lineage of Jie Kon Siew[edit]
During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1662–1722), the warriors of the Xilufan rebellion were so feared that the two ministers whom Kangxi ordered to quell the revolt fled China rather than face the mercilessness of the Xilu warriors, which often involved beheading. In 1673, over a period of three months, the 128 monks of the southern Shaolin Temple defeated the Xilu army without suffering a single casualty. However, by doing so they had made enemies of some Qing officers who were embarrassed by how easily the Shaolin monks had succeeded where they had failed.
Rumors soon began to spread about the threat posed by a power so great that it defeated the entire Xilu army with a force of only 128 monks. This campaign of innuendo was wasted on the Kangxi Emperor, who remained grateful to the monks, but the rumors had their intended effect on his successor, the Yongzheng Emperor (1722–1735). He began his reign by plotting the temple's destruction and was said to have secretly recruited a band of renegade warrior monks from Tibet to carry out his plan.
In 1723, on the 6th day of the first new moon of the lunar calendar, a former Shaolin disciple named Ma Ning-Yee aided Qing forces to launch a sneak attack on the southern Shaolin Temple. They began the assault by bombarding the largely wooden monastery with a relentless deluge of burning arrows. Between the surprise attack, the fire, and the overwhelming number of Qing soldiers, 110 out of the 128 monks were killed that day. The Great Shaolin Purge took 70 days as Qing forces hunted down the 18 survivors. The surviving monks of Shaolin inflicted massive casualties on their Qing pursuers but, in the end, their numbers were too great.
Soon only five remained. Their identities vary but they are generally accepted as the following:
The Chan Monk Jee Sin
The Shaolin Abbess Ng Mui Si Tai
The Chan Monk Bak Mei
The Daoist Fung Do-Duk who later created the white tiger style
The "unshaved" (lay) disciple Miu Hin
Bak Mei salute
It was decided that Bak Mei would infiltrate the Qing court as a spy while the others travelled throughout China to establish an alliance of anti-Qing rebels. The more Bak Mei learned, the more he realized that his allies' efforts would never be enough to overthrow the Qing. He decided to give up on the rebellion, which was seen as a betrayal.[4]
Bak Mei was eventually killed but accounts disagree on whether he was poisoned or slain. Over the years, the rebels sought to punish Bak Mei for his defection. Almost all who made an attempt on his life ended up dead at Bak Mei's hands. This included Jee Sin and Miu Hin's son[4] Fong Sai Yuk (Miu Hin's grandson according to other sources) whom Bak Mei had known since Sai Yuk was a small boy. Some say he was finally killed by the combined effort of Hoong Man Ting and Wu Ah Phiew who employed the Crane Style and the Tiger Style to avenge the burning of the Shaolin Temple and the death of their sigung (teacher's teacher), the Venerable Jee Sin, the Abbott whom Pak Mei is said to have killed in a duel during the burning of the temple.[5]
Bak Mei Pai[edit]
The Bak Mei Pai traces its origins to Mount Emei, where Bak Mei is said to have transmitted the art to the Chan (Zen) master Gwong Wai who then passed it on to Juk Faat Wan.
Bak Mei's fighting style makes use of the four principles of "floating" (fou), "sinking" (chum), "swallowing" (tun) and "spitting" (tou) common in the southern Chinese martial arts. It is characterized by its emphasis on powerful close range hand strikes.[2] Bak Mei strikes are usually executed in conjunction with intercepting and jamming the opponent's strike. Unique to Bak Mei, is its classification of the following 6 neijin (powers): biu (thrusting), chum (sinking), tan (springing), fa (neutralizing), tung, and chuk. Bak-Mei can produce effects on the nervous system that benefit the practitioner if taught correctly. Bak-Mei emphasizes the techniques of Leopard Kung Fu and its strikes are executed with fluidity and power via Fa jin. Additionally, it contains numerous Dim-Mak applications. These applications are comparable with anatomy focused arts such as tuite and chin-nah. Some of these applications involve throwing, takedowns, and restraining techniques. [4]
Fushan branch[edit]
According to the Fatsan family tree, Pak Mei passed the art to Kwong Wai, Chuk Yun, Fung Fo Dao Yan, Lau Siu-Leung (刘少良) who established the Fatsan lineage of Bak Mei. (source: Barbary Jonathan) [4]
Jeung Lai Chuen branch[edit]
Cheung Lai-Chuen
Chinese: 張禮泉
Pinyin: Zhāng Lǐquán
Wade-Giles: Chang Li Ch'üan
Cantonese Yale: Jeung1 Lai5 Chyun4
Hakka pinjim Zhong1 Li1 Can2
Jeung Lai Chuen began his study of the martial arts at the age of 7 with the Classical Chinese Medicine practitioner Sek Lam, who taught him the vagrant style. Jeung would later learn Li Style from Li Mung, (founded by Li Yi李義) who taught Jeung his family style. While he was studying martial arts with the Lam family, he became close friends with their son Lam Yiu Gwai, with whom he had much in common, and eventually studied under Yiu Gwai's uncle. Lam would later become known for disseminating Dragon Kung Fu much as Jeung would later become known for disseminating Bak Mei. Both were born in Huìyáng County (惠陽) in the Huizhou prefecture of Guangdong and a marriage between their families would eventually make them cousins. They both left Huizhou to build their futures in Guangzhou and did so by opening several schools together.
After moving to Guangzhou, Jeung was defeated by the monk Lin Sang after which the monk referred Jeung to his own teacher Juk Faat Wan, who taught Jeung the art of Bak Mei over the next two or three years. Jeung had a background in the martial arts of the Hakka people, from his study of Li Mung's family style and the vagrant style. Because of this, Jeung's style of Bak Mei is associated the dragon style of Lam Yiu Gwai due to the many years Jeung and Lam spent training together.
Bak Mei Forms: This is an example of a form curriculum.[4]
直步標指 - Jik Bou Biu Ji
十字拳 - Sup Ji Kuen (also called Sek Si)
石獅拳 - Sek Si Kuen (also called Sup Ji)
三門八卦 - Saam Mun Baat Gwa Kuen
四門八卦 - Sei Mun Baat Gwa Kuen
九步推 - Gau Bou Tui
鷹爪黏橋 - Ying Jow Lim Kiu
金剛拳 - Gam Gong Kuen (created by 5th gen Chan Gwok Wah)
地煞拳 - Dei Saat Kuen
十八摩橋 - Sap Baat Moh Kiu
猛虎出林 - Maang Fu Chut Lam
五行摩 - Ng Hang Moh
Early Disciples[edit]
Cheung Lai Chuen's first set of six disciples in Guangzhou were:
(Chinese) (Cantonese) (Mandarin) 邱人和 Yau Yan Wo / Qiu Renhe 劉鑫容 Lau Yam Yung / Liu Xinrong 朱百貴 Jyu/Chu Bak Gwai / Zhu Baigui 葉竹林 Yip Juk Lam / Ye Zhulin 王耀光 Wong Yiu Gwong / Wang Yaoguang 李達橋 Lei Dat Kiu / Li Daqiao
Cantonese Yale
Hakka pinjim
^ Ma Ling-Yee
馬寧兒 Mǎ Níngér Ma5 Ning4 Yi4
^ Fung Do-Dak
馮道德 Féng Dàodé Fung4 Dou6 Dak1
^ Gwong Wai
廣慧禪師 Guǎng Huì Chán Shī Gwong2 Wai6 Sim3 Si1
^ Juk Faat Wan
竺法雲禪師 Zhú Fǎ Yún Chán Shī Juk1 Faat3 Wan4 Sim3 Si1
^ Fung Foh Do Yan
風火道人 Fēng Huǒ Dào Rén Fung1 Fo2 Dou6 Yan4
^ Lau Siu-Leung
刘少良 Liú Shǎoliáng Lau4 Siu2 Leung4
^ Shek Lam
石林 Shí Lín Sek6 Lam4 Shak8 Lam2
^ Wanderer Style
流民派 Liúmín Pài Lau4 man4 Paai1 Liu2 min2 Pai5
^ Lei Mung
李朦 Lǐ Méng Lei5 Mung4 Li3 Mung2
^ Lin Sang
蓮生 Lián Shēng Lin4 Sang1 Len2 Sang1
^ Chris Crudelli (2008). The Way of the Warrior. Dorling Kindersley Ltd. ISBN 1-4053-3750-8.
^ a b Tyler Rea (2014). White Eyebrow Bak Mei Pai Kung-Fu Applications and Training Details, Volume 1. Createspace Independent Pub. ISBN 1-5007-5900-7.
^ "Bak Mei". Wingchunpedia.org. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
^ a b c d e f g h Robert Yandle (2012). Baimei Wuyi (White Eyebrow Martial Arts). Beckett Pubns. ISBN 1-8925-1537-7.
^ Sensei/Renshi Nathan Chlumsky (2015). Inside Kungfu: Chinese Martial Arts Encyclopedia. Lulu.com. ISBN 1-3291-1942-8.
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201 years have passed since Parkinson was born.
51 years have passed since Mr. Harrison in New York got levodopa medicine for the first time.
201 years have passed without healing.
51 years have passed with levodopa.
201 years have passed and the general population worldwide believe that Parkinson's is an old man's disease where people shake.
In 2018 still, no cure.
201 years have passed and there are about 6.9 million people worldwide who are affected by Parkinson's.
Neurologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center Dr. Ray Dorsey says in an article that in 2040, 14.2 million people will have to Parkinson's.
On European level, it is time to change the mindset of Parkinson's.
Let me be the last generation with no cure and let us help YPwP.
Parkinson's is not just a disease that affects older people. No, Parkinson hits of all ages, and more than 5% are very young people. It's about much more than to shake. It's about everything from difficulty swallowing, difficulty speaking, where is people lacked scent to frostbite, cramps, bladder challenges, stiffness, pain, depression, of changes, side effects of the medicine.
Collected trillions of dollars two research. Governments round the World supports national associations with money, used for the printing of brochures, events, training courses for caregivers, distribution of money for research, while us who are affected by Parkinson's are sitting and waiting for a cure.
You do not die from Parkinson's, but with and you can live a really good life with Parkinson's.
It's about quality of life while waiting, is my contention that we get the biggest KICK for money by physical exercise.
So, let's steal some of all the money for research and use them on quality of live and training. Quality of Life need to be equally important as finding a cure.
Ministers of Governments and the leaders of the World, have two understand that the numbers of people with Parkinson's and other dementia sickness the next 10-15 years will increase two maybe the double.
The people round the world, especially in Japan and Denmark get older and live longer. The cost will be enormous. Therefore, the priorities are quality of life, by increasing function of level by exercising, which reduces the medicine.
Understanding that PWP can teach, help, understand and take of them self and each other's.
We need special PWP share houses.
We also have to educate more neurology, therapists with high special knowledge about Parkinson's, also speak therapists.
And then there is the whole big questions about the medicine, the side effects, cannabis oil, retirement and all the things you cannot see from swolling-to Blatter problems.
These estimates with a doubling in 2040, is probably conservative due to underreporting, incorrect diagnoses and increased life expectancy.
To combat this growing pandemic claiming investigators that the medical community should pursue the same strategies in 15 years transformed HIV from an unknown and deadly disease to a very treated chronic condition."People with HIV infection required simply better treatments and successful treatment for both awareness and new treatments that literally sticks to the doors of pharmaceutical companies," said Dr. Bastiaan Bloem, from Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
"Today, HIV has become a treating chronic disease. This surge in the number of Parkinson's patients is striking and frankly worrying.
We feel it is urgent that people with Parkinson's go to the pharmaceutical industry and politicians alike, and requires immediate action to combat this huge threat.
"What can PwP do for them self to changes the mindset at a European level?
5. Give of them self.
Parkinson's community have to come together and focus on activism.
(c) advocate for increases in research funding for the disease.
(d) and lower the cost of treatments – many patients in low-income countries do not have access to drugs, including medical cannabinol is both life-saving and improves quality of life.
(e) quality of life, by increasing function of level by exercising, reduces the medicine.
(f) (f) Understand that PWP can teach, help, the position-and-take of them self and others.
(g) (g) We need special PWP share houses for living together.
(k) . (k)) Pension from stage 2.at a European level.
"Too long have Parkinson's community been silent on these issues," said Dr. Dorsey. "Based on the AIDS community's motto of 'silence = death' must Parkinson communities make their voices heard.
" Let your voices heard bee!
"The current and future burden of this debilitating disease depends on the whole Parkinsoncommunity work together and takes action. It also includes the Leaders of the world, governments and of course members of European Parliament. Please understand its now, we have to change the mindset ogf Parkinson's, because the cost to treatment will increase to a very high level.
"We are not appendix to Parkinson's, Parkinson's are an appendix to all of US.
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Elisabeth Ildal, Politiker, AMBASSADØR & BLOGGER for The World Parkison Coalition 5th World Parkinson Congress Kyoto (WPC2019),Virksomhedsejer, Jurist, Foredragsholder, Coach, DJ Radioparkies, Cure4Parkinson – et godt mix! Time have to changes at a European level.


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If We Interpreted Joseph's Story the Way Some Treat Victims…
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Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And a man high in the government purchased him and brought Joseph to his large estate. And Joseph lived in the house of his boss. There Joseph found favor in the boss's eyes and became his attendant. The boss put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to Joseph's care everything he owned. From the time the boss put Joseph in charge of his household and of all that he owned, everything—in and outside of the house—prospered because of Joseph. So the boss promoted Joseph; everything except what the boss ate was entrusted to Joseph's care.
Now Joseph was studly, and he could have dressed more conservatively and not shown off his muscles so much. And sure enough, after a while the boss's wife was tempted by him. She couldn't help herself. "Girls will be girls," especially if someone is constantly showing off his abs. So she told Joseph, "Come to bed with me!"
But he refused. He told her, "Your husband has entrusted to my care everything he owns. No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife."
"See?" she said. "You even know you're awesome. Flaunting it a bit, aren't you?" She winked.
A variation on this conversation repeated itself daily, because Joseph did not keep his distance from her and he certainly did not report her as he should have. (So he was kind of "asking for it.")
One day after Joseph had tasted the boss's wine to make sure it was of high quality, he went inside the house to fix a window. Of course, he should have waited till others were present rather than being alone with a woman. (Plus, he'd been drinking—seriously asking for it.) Additionally, he should have worn less seductive clothing. Because his clothing came right off his body and into her hand. But did he cry out? No. Did he report it? No.
When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house, she called her household staff. "Look," she said to them. "He tried to sexually assault me. His clothes were not even securely fashioned. He even stripped in the house!" Plus, she pointed out that she had no scratches on her body—which she would surely have if she had been the aggressor.
When she told her husband her story, he burned with anger. And he pressed charges against Joseph. When Joseph tried to tell his side, the prosecuting attorney asked what time he got to work. He couldn't remember exactly—because it was cloudy and the sundial wasn't working. The attorney asked what workers were near the house that day. Joseph could not name one—because, it was argued, he waited to attack till the coast was clear. Nor could he name one person he had told that she repeatedly propositioned him. And he could not produce one witness who had ever seen her do so. Obviously, there were big holes in his testimony. Which meant Joseph went to jail—which was sad, but some of that was his own fault for exercising such poor judgment.
Some years later when he was trying to rebuilt his life, someone came forward who had heard Joseph resist the boss's wife a few times. But the court said anyone who waited so long must be making it up. So that person's testimony was discredited.
And public opinion on this new development was that even if the boss's wife had actually been lying and Joseph was telling the truth, those events happened a long time ago. And people deserved second chances. And Joseph should just move on. And whether she did wrong by him was not actually even relevant to her positions on the city council and as a pillar of the church. Joseph just needed to forgive. Show grace. Let it go.
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Sandra Glahn, who holds a Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) and a PhD in The Humanities—Aesthetic Studies from the University of Texas/Dallas, is a professor at DTS. This creator of the Coffee Cup Bible Series (AMG) based on the NET Bible is the author or coauthor of more than twenty books. She's the wife of one husband, mother of one daughter, and owner of two cats. Chocolate and travel make her smile. You can follow her on Twitter @sandraglahn ; on FB /Aspire2 ; and find her at her web site: aspire2.com.
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Stop Rotten Talk—A Commentary on Ephesians 4:29


JOSE MOURINHO taunted former Liverpool player Steven Gerrard for costing the Reds the league, resurfaced video footage has revealed.
Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool will welcome Maurizio Sarri's fourth-placed Chelsea side in what could turn out to be the biggest game of the season. The Reds have the possibility to go five points clear of second-place title contenders Manchester City if they fail to break down a stubborn Crystal Palace in today's earlier kick-off. However, Liverpool fans will be hoping history does not repeat itself, as the fifth anniversary approaches of Steven Gerrard's infamous slip in 2014.
The move, which gifted Chelsea's former frontman Demba Ba a goal and ultimately secured victory, was arguably the catalyst to Liverpool's demise in the title race against City.
Defeat for the Reds marked the beginning of the end as the Citizens clawed back a five-point deficit to lift the trophy.
But former Blues manager Jose Mourinho had little sympathy for the English midfielder, archived footage reveals.
And Mourinho unforgivably responded: "He gave the title to Man City, it is as simple as that.
"Liverpool needed a point in that match to be champions and because they lost, they lost the title.
"It meant nothing to us because out defeat against Sunderland and our position [in the league].
"We just played with professional pride, we want to win every game, but we were not in the title race.
Klopp has been handed a boost in the form of Andy Robertson's return after the Scot missed their 2-0 victory over Porto through suspension.
The fit-again Joe Gomez is available too, having been named on the bench in midweek, and Adam Lallana is set to be in contention despite a recent injury.
Meanwhile, Sarri made seven changes for their Europa League win against Slavia Prague and will recall a number of key players, including Eden Hazard.
Callum Hudson-Odoi was left out on Thursday through tiredness and it is unknown whether the winger will get the nod for an Anfield return.


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Q: Nodejs if file exists from different url Is it possible to check if image exists using absolute path? I have 2 apps using one domain, but with different ports. I want to check if the file exists on other app. For example from www.domain.com:80 I want to check if this file exists: www.domain.com:8080/images/image1.jpg. I have tried to do it with fs.exists, fs.existsSync, fs.Stats, but it on the first 2 functions it always returns false and on the fs.Stats it returns error "ENOENT, no such file or directory", but I can view the file entering url on browser. How can I do it?

A: The fs functions look for files on your local filesystem.  If you want to see if a remote file exists, you'll have to make an HTTP request using the http module, request module or the like.

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