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Q: (c++) Reading numeric data in a column from a txt file and determining highest value So I'm trying to make a program that will read a txt file where time, voltage and ampere are stored, the text file looks like this http://pastebin.com/a0ZvYGmj, only ten times bigger (it's obnoxiously huge, so large that it didn't fit into a single pastebin).
So what I have to do is write a program that will read through the entire voltage column and detect the highest value (second column), then display it and the time it occurs (first column). I can also do it with the ampere, but that's optional.
Problem is I literally have no idea what to do, this is what I have managed to do so far
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
FILE * pFile;
char mystring [100];

pFile = fopen ("voltage.txt" , "r");
if (pFile == NULL) perror ("Error opening file");
else {
  if ( fgets (mystring , 100 , pFile) != NULL )
   puts (mystring);
 fclose (pFile);
}

 system ("PAUSE");
 return 0;
}

But all that does is read the first entry of each of the 3 columns ("Time Volt Ampere"), so I probably have to start over.
Can anyone send me in the right direction? How do I read an entire column, them make the program detect the biggest number in said column?
I'm completely lost so any help would be appreciated.

A: You can try using fscanf. Please have a look at this How to use fscanf to read a file
After you read you will have to compare voltage values of each row to get max voltage. I hope you know how to do this.

A: First, you must use a llop construction so you read the whole set of lines. So try putting your fgetsinside of a while.
Next, you need to split each line by spaces. Use strtokfor that.
Next I'll recommend you keep a max_voltage variable and as you travel through the file, you assign it the current max value. Also, you need to keep track of that max_voltage variable's timecompanion so use another variable for that one (Google for "find max value in an array" if you have doubts about how to do it).
After you try that, post your work if you have some question/need clarifications.
Bye.

A: fgets reads file untill it encounter newline character, or end of file.
If fgets encounters eof before any character it'll return null pointer. So it should be okay if you change file reading code to:
while ( fgets (mystring , 100 , pFile) != NULL )
  puts (mystring);

A: If you have the option of using the file as an input, then you could use simple cin in order to get your values for Time,Volt and Amp. ( the only thing you need to keep in mind is to ignore first row because they are just names)
If you know that all three values in each row will be present, then you can create while loop that runs until EOF.  Then you read 3 values (Time, Volt, Amp) and compare with the previous Volt.
If previous volt is larger - ignore this row and move on.
Else - keep current Time, Volt and Amp.
On the next iteration, compare new 3 values to the max value of Volt so far.
Here is my "quick and dirty" solution:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
// cin>>temp goes through names and ignores it since we don't need it
string temp;
cin >> temp;
cin >> temp;
cin >> temp;

float timeval = 0;
float volt = 0;
float amp = 0;
float timevalTemp = 0;
float voltTemp = 0;
float ampTemp = 0;

while(cin >> timevalTemp >> voltTemp >> ampTemp)
{
    if(voltTemp > volt)
    {
        timeval = timevalTemp;
        volt = voltTemp;
        amp = ampTemp;
    }
}
cout << "Max Time: " << timeval << endl;
cout << "Max Volt: " << volt << endl;
cout << "Max Amp: "<< amp << endl;
return 0;
}

Let me know if something is not clear. I ran it on your text file and it produces:
Max Time: 0.00035
Max Volt: 9.78167
Max Amp: 0.1473

A: I would define what a line looks like:
struct Line {
  double time, volt, ampere;
  int linenumber;
};

istream& operator>>(istream& in, Line& line) {
    ++linenumber;
    return in >> line.time >> line.volt >> line.ampere;
}

ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const Line& line) {
  return out << "Line: " << line.linenumber
             << " Time: " << line.time
             << " Volt: " << line.volt
             << " Ampere: " << line.ampere;
}

and use it with std::cin.
int main()
{
    string dummy;
    std::istream& in = cin;
    in >> dummy >> dummy >> dummy;
    Line max;
    Line line;
    while(in.good()) {
        in >> line;
        if (line.volt > max.volt) max = line;
    }
   cout << "Max line: " << max;
   return 0;
}

(or you can replace cin with a file input stream:
#include <ifstream>
...
    std::ifstream in(argv[1]);
    ...

)

A: You can use sort for that, it's a highly specialized merge-sort implementation that surely included in your cygwin distro.  You can tell it which columns to sort on (the -k switch), and it both works with stdandard input and filename.
Then just take e.g. the first 4 lines of output to account for 'special' lines.  Use cat -n to prepend line numbers.
$ cat -n input.txt | sort -r -k 2  | head -n 10
     1  Time    Volt    Ampere
  4796  0.2398  9.76417 0.147683
  4795  0.23975 9.75667 0.147833
  4794  0.2397  9.77333 0.147867
  4793  0.23965 9.7575  0.14765
  4792  0.2396  9.75167 0.147533
  4791  0.23955 9.75833 0.147542
  4790  0.2395  9.75583 0.147542
  4789  0.23945 9.77    0.1476
  4788  0.2394  9.75583 0.147317


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Il Molto Antico e Molto Nobile Ordine del Cardo (in inglese The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle) è il principale ordine cavalleresco scozzese ed è per dignità il secondo del Regno Unito (dopo quello della Giarrettiera).

L'attuale versione dell'Ordine è stata fondata nel 1687 da re Giacomo VII di Scozia (Giacomo II d'Inghilterra e Irlanda) con l'intento di ravvivare l'uso di questo antico ordine onorifico scozzese. L'Ordine era composto dal sovrano e da sedici cavalieri e dame, oltre ad un numero variabile di cavalieri soprannumerari (spesso membri della famiglia reale o monarchi stranieri). Il sovrano conferisce l'onorificenza in maniera diretta, cioè senza l'assenso del governo che viene invece richiesto per la maggior parte delle altre onorificenze.

Il simbolo principale dell'Ordine è il cardo, il fiore nazionale della Scozia. Il motto è Nemo me impune lacessit (in italiano: "Nessuno mi provoca restando impunito"). Lo stesso motto appare nello stemma del sovrano del Regno Unito in uso in Scozia e su alcune monete del regno, oltre ad essere l'insegna e il motto del Royal Regiment of Scotland, delle Scots Guards, dei The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada e delle Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Il santo patrono dell'Ordine è Sant'Andrea.

Storia

Giacomo VII fu il primo re a volere la rinascita dell'antico Ordine del Cardo, ma questa sua fondazione era basata essenzialmente su alcune pretese di natura storica.

Secondo la leggenda, Acaio, re degli Scoti (probabilmente parente di Óengus mac Fergusa, re dei Pitti), mentre era impegnato in battaglia presso Athelstaneford con il re anglosassone Estelan dell'Anglia dell'Est, vide apparire in cielo la Croce di Sant'Andrea. Dopo aver vinto la battaglia, Acaio si dice abbia dato disposizioni per la fondazione dell'Ordine del Cardo, dedicandolo al santo, nel 786. La storia non è ad oggi ritenuta credibile in quanto i due che vengono fatti combattere non sono in realtà vissuti nel medesimo secolo. Un'altra storia riporta che Acaio fondò l'Ordine nell'809 per commemorare un'alleanza con l'Imperatore Carlomagno. Maggiore credibilità è stata data a questa storia dal fatto che Carlomagno è risaputo avesse tra le proprie guardie del corpo dei soldati di origine scozzese. Vi è, inoltre, una tradizione secondo la quale l'ordine venne istituito, o ri-istituito, sul campo di battaglia per opera di Roberto I di Scozia durante la Battaglia di Bannockburn.

Le prime serie tracce storiche rilevabili ed ascrivibili all'Ordine sono che Giacomo III di Scozia, che adottò il cardo come pianta reale, coniò per primo delle monete raffiguranti questo fiore e fondò un Ordine con questo nome nel XV secolo. Secondo un'altra ipotesi, invece, Giacomo V di Scozia, che era stato ammesso a far parte dell'Ordine del Toson d'Oro, in quello di San Michele in Francia ed in quello della Giarrettiera in Inghilterra, fondò questo ordine nel 1540, imbarazzato dal non possedere una propria onorificenza con la quale poter contraccambiare questi onori agli altri monarchi stranieri. Egli è risaputo che nominò il re Francesco I di Francia come cavaliere dell'"Order of the Burr or Thissil".

Ad ogni modo non vi è una presenza certa dell'Ordine sino al XV secolo. Probabilmente un altro ordine cavalleresco esistette in Scozia durante il XVI secolo, col nome forse di Ordine di Sant'Andrea, fondato da Giacomo V ma ebbe fine già sul termine di quel secolo.

Giacomo VII proclamò quindi una lettera patente "per rinnovare e restaurare l'Ordine del Cardo nella sua piena gloria, lustro e magnificenza" il 29 maggio 1687. Otto cavalieri, con un massimo di 12, vennero nominati, ma il re venne deposto nel 1688. I suoi successori, Guglielmo III d'Inghilterra e Maria II d'Inghilterra non nominarono altri cavalieri dell'Ordine e difatti l'Ordine cadde in disuso per un certo tempo. Nel 1703, ad ogni modo, Anna d'Inghilterra ravvivò nuovamente lo spirito dell'Ordine del Cardo che sopravvive sino ai nostri giorni. A questa seconda restaurazione dell'Ordine, i cavalieri fondatori erano come per tradizione in numero di otto:
James, conte di Perth
George, duca di Gordon
John, marchese di Atholl
James, conte Arran
Kenneth, conte di Seaforth
John, conte di Melfort
George, conte di Dumbarton
Alexander, conte di Moray

Composizione

I re di Scozia - poi anche re di Gran Bretagna e del Regno Unito - occuparono sempre la posizione di Sovrani dell'Ordine del Cardo. Quando Giacomo VII ravvivò l'Ordine, gli statuti stabilivano che l'Ordine avrebbe continuato l'antico numero di Cavalieri ovvero in 12 i quali riprendevano simbolicamente i dodici apostoli, numero che identificava quindi il Sovrano come il Salvatore. Nel 1827, Giorgio IV del Regno Unito aumentò l'ordine al novero di 16 cavalieri. Le donne (tra cui la regina regnante) erano originariamente escluse dall'Ordine; Giorgio VI del Regno Unito creò per prima sua moglie Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Dama dell'Ordine del Cardo nel 1937 attraverso uno statuto speciale, e nel 1987 Elisabetta II del Regno Unito permise la regolare ammissione delle donne sia all'Ordine del Cardo che a quello della Giarrettiera.

Con l'evolversi dell'Ordine, però, molti cavalieri vennero introdotti tramite speciali statuti e col titolo di "cavalieri extranumerari" che andarono aumentare per forza di cose il limite di 16 membri stabilito da Guglielmo IV. I membri della famiglia reale inglese sono normalmente ammessi attraverso questa particolare procedura ancora ai giorni nostri; ad essere ammesso con questo metodo fu anche il principe consorte Alberto di Sassonia-Coburgo-Gotha. Re Olav V di Norvegia fu il primo straniero ad essere ammesso nell'Ordine e venne ammesso anch'egli attraverso uno speciale statuto del 1962.

Storicamente è il sovrano che ha il potere di scegliere i nuovi cavalieri, anche se difatti dal XVIII secolo le nomine avvengono dopo aver sentito il parere del governo circa la nomina. Giorgio VI convenne che l'Ordine della Giarrettiera e quello del Cardo fossero utilizzati unicamente sotto patronato politico, ma successivamente per accordo del primo ministro (Clement Attlee) e del leader dell'opposizione (Winston Churchill) nel 1946, entrambi gli ordini tornarono in pieno potere al Sovrano.

I Cavalieri e le Dame dell'Ordine del Cardo possono essere anche nominati all'Ordine della Giarrettiera e pertanto molti, ma non tutti, hanno nel corso della storia rinunciato all'Ordine del Cardo per passare nel più prestigioso Ordine della Giarrettiera inglese. Il primo a rassegnare le proprie dimissioni dall'Ordine del Cardo per questo scopo fu John Campbell, II duca di Argyll nel 1710; e l'ultimo a compiere questa azione fu Thomas Dundas, II conte di Zetland nel 1872. Cavalieri e Dame dell'Ordine del Cardo possono anche essere privati dell'onorificenza qualora i loro canoni di ammissione non fossero più idonei o si fossero dimostrati indegni dell'onorificenza, come nei casi di John Erskine, VI conte di Mar che perse entrambi i cavalierati e la contea dopo aver partecipato all'insurrezione giacobita del 1715.

L'Ordine dispone di cinque ufficiali: il Decano, il Cancelliere, l'Usher (Usciere), il Lord Re d'Armi ed il Segretario. Il Decano è di norma un chierico della Chiesa di Scozia e la carica venne creata nel 1763 e conferita al decano della cappella reale. I due uffici vennero separati nel 1969. L'ufficio del Cancelliere viene menzionato in quanto detentore dei sigilli dell'Ordine nel 1687, ma nessuno venne nominato formalmente a questa posizione sino al 1913. L'ufficio venne successivamente detenuto dal cavaliere o dalla dama più anziano. L'Usciere dell'Ordine ha la funzione di rappresentare l'Ordine alla Camera dei Lords. Il Lord Re d'Armi è capo dell'ufficio araldico scozzese. Solitamente il Maestro d'Arme è anche il Segretario dell'Ordine.

Paramenti

Per occasioni solenni come l'incoronazione di un monarca o le cerimonie d'investitura di nuovi membri dell'Ordine, i cavalieri del Cardo indossavano un costume elaborato, composto da una serie di elementi distintivi:

 Il mantello di velluto verde scuro. Il mantello è foderato di taffeta bianco e trattenuto da cordoni dorati. Sulla parte sinistra del mantello è rappresentata la stella dell'Ordine (vedi poi).
 Il cappello di velluto nero piumato di piume di struzzo bianche con una lunga piuma di airone nera al centro.
 Il collare composto da fiori di cardo (emblema nazionale scozzese e simbolo degli scoti) e foglie di ruta (simbolo dei pitti) dal quale pende l'insegna dell'Ordine (vedi poi).

Il collare veniva indossato anche durante i cosiddetti "collar days" designati dal sovrano, eventi nei quali detto collare era indossato sopra uniformi militari e vestiti formali o vestiti da sera.

Oltre alle occasioni particolari, ad ogni modo, era usato un vestiario più semplice nelle occasioni meno solenni:
 La stella dell'Ordine che consiste in un salterio di Sant'Andrea d'argento posto su una stella raggiante. Al centro si trova il motto e le insegne dell'Ordine. Viene portato indossato nella parte sinistra del petto.
 La fascia di verde scuro portata dalla spalla sinistra al fianco destro.
 Linsegna consiste in una stella d'oro a otto punte recante l'immagine di sant'Andrea, patrono dell'ordine (insegna detta appunto il "Saint Andrew"). Il motto è Nemo me impune lacessit'' ("nessuno può provocarmi e restare impunito").

Alla morte di un cavaliere o di una dama, le sue insegne devono essere restituite alla Cancelleria Centrale degli Ordini di Cavalleria. La stella e l'insegna vengono restituite personalmente al sovrano dal parente più stretto del cavaliere o della dama defunti.

 Cappella

Quando Giacomo VII ricreò il moderno ordine del Cardo nel 1687, egli stabilì che la chiesa del Palazzo di Holyrood avrebbe avuto funzioni di cappella dell'Ordine del Cardo copiando l'idea dall'Ordine della Giarrettiera la cui cappella era posta presso il Castello di Windsor. Giacomo VII, ad ogni modo, venne deposto nel 1688 e nel frattempo anche la cappella era stata distrutta e pertanto l'Ordine non aveva un luogo dove svolgere le proprie celebrazioni e tale rimase la situazione sino al 1911 quando essa venne eretta nella Cattedrale di San Giles di Edimburgo. Ogni anno, i sovrani passano alcune settimane tra giugno e luglio al palazzo di Holyrood e durante questa visita di solito si svolge l'annuale celebrazione dei cavalieri dell'Ordine del Cardo con la proclamazione dei nuovi ammessi.

Ogni membro dell'Ordine, incluso il sovrano, è dotato di uno stallo nella cappella, sopra il quale si trovano le sue insegne araldiche. Sul pinnacolo dello stallo si trova un elmo da cavaliere, decorato coi colori dell'insignito e sormontato da una sua impresa araldica. Se il cavaliere è anche un pari sopra l'elmo viene posta la corrispondente coroncina. Per le leggi araldiche, le donne normalmente non portano elmi o imprese; al loro posto viene quindi posta solo la corona se è una pari o una principessa. Lady Marion Fraser però fece l'eccezione di includere un elmo sopra il proprio stallo. A differenza di altri ordini britannici, le bandiere degli insigniti dell'Ordine non si trovano nella cappella, ma in una sala apposita dell'adiacente di St Giles High Kirk. Dietro ad ogni seggio, inoltre, si trovano delle placchette col nome e con le insegne dei cavalieri che l'hanno occupato nel corso dei secoli con il nome e la data di ammissione.

Alla morte di un cavaliere, il suo elmo e tutte le sue insegne vengono rimosse e sostituite poi da quelle del suo successore.

 Precedenza e privilegi

I cavalieri e le dame dell'Ordine del Cardo hanno delle posizioni assegnate nell'ordine di precedenza sopra tutti gli altri insigniti di onorificenze, ma sotto gli insigniti dell'Ordine della Giarrettiera e ancora sotto i baronetti. Mogli, figli, figlie e nuore di un cavaliere dell'Ordine del Cardo hanno un particolare ordine di precedenza (ad esempio nei confronti dei loro genitori).

I cavalieri hanno il prefisso onorifico di "Sir" e le dame di "Lady". Le mogli di cavalieri hanno il prefisso di "Lady", ma non vi è un equivalente per i mariti delle insignite. Questa forma non è usata dai pari e dalle pari che di solito utilizzano i prefissi di loro competenza a seconda del grado.

I cavalieri e le dame usano le lettere post-nominali "KT" e "LT" rispettivamente e possono circondare le loro armi con il collare dell'Ordine. Lo stemma del sovrano riporta il collare e il motto dell'Ordine del Cardo solo nella versione scozzese.

 Insigniti e ufficiali Sovrano: Carlo III del Regno Unito'''

Cavalieri e dame
 Andrew Bruce, XI conte di Elgin e XV conte di Kincardine KT, CD, JP, DL (1981) - Nobile e militare
 David Ogilvy, XIII conte di Airlie KT, GCVO, PC, JP,  (1985) - Nobile
 Robert Lindsay, XXIX conte di Crawford KT, GCVO, PC, DL (1996) - Nobile e politico
 James Mackay, barone Mackay di Clashfern KT, PC, QC (1997) - Avvocato e politico
 David Wilson, barone Wilson di Tillyorn KT, GCMG (2000) - Diplomatico e sinologo
 David Steel, barone Steel di Aikwood KT, KBE, PC (2004) - Politico
 George Robertson, barone Robertson di Port Ellen KT, GCMG, PC (2004) - Politico
 William Cullen, barone Cullen di Whitekirk KT, PC (2007) - Avvocato e giudice
 David Hope, barone Hope di Craighead KT, PC, QC (2009) - Avvocato e giudice
 Narendra Patel, barone Patel di Dunkeld KT (2009) - Medico e accademico
 Robert Smith, barone Smith di Kelvin KT (2013) - Dirigente d'azienda
 Richard Scott, X duca di Buccleuch e XII duca di Queensberry KT, KBE, DL, FSA, FRSE (2017) - Nobile
 Sir Ian Wood KT, GBE (2018) - Imprenditore
 Lady Elish Frances Angiolini LT, DBE, PC, QC, FRSA, FRSE (2022) - Avvocato e accademica
 Sir George Reid KT, FRSE (2022) - Politico
 vacante

Cavalieri e dame della famiglia reale
 principessa Anna, principessa reale, KG, KT, GCVO, QSO, GCL, CD, RFRS, RSA, FRCVS, FRSE, FMedSci, FRCS (2000)
 principe William, Duca di Rothesay, KG, KT, PC, ADC(P), RFRS, HonFRSE, FRSM (2012)

Ufficiali
 Cancelliere: giusto on. David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 8° (o 13°) Conte di Airlie, KT, GCVO, PC, JP
Dean of the Thistle (Decano del Cardo): Molto Rev. Iain Torrance, Kt TD
 Segretario del Cardo: Elizabeth Ann Roads LVO
Lyon King of Arms: Joseph Morrow, CBE QC DL (Lord Lyon King of Arms)
Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod (Gentiluomo Usciere della Mazza rossa): Christopher Hope Layman CB, DSO, LVO

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Cavalieri dell'Ordine del Cardo
 Understatement

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Collegamenti esterni

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Black Hammock Adventures, a Central Florida attraction located just outside of Orlando, FL on the waterfront of Lake Jesup, is a neat little operation that provides airboat rides, an award winning restaurant, a gift shop, the Lazy Gator Bar, a display of live gators, and more. One of the largest lakes in Central Florida, Lake Jesup is believed to contain over 9,000 alligators, which makes it one of the state's densest populations of the creatures in a single lake. There is an interesting story behind how that came about, which oddly enough involves the creation of a certain Magic Kingdom.
During the 1960's, Walt Disney acquired 30,500 acres of land to develop into what we know of today as Disney World, and much of this land was made up of swamplands and wetlands that were infested with gators, which at the time were considered an endangered species and could not be euthanized. Therefore, Mr. Disney hired trappers to remove them from the land and release them into Lake Jesup, roughly 45 miles northeast of Disney World. Joel Martin, the owner and President of Black Hammock Adventures, was kind enough to invite Advocacy to his establishment to tour the premises, hold and pet some gators, learn about his business, and discuss the obstacles that he has faced over the years.
Hiring has been a particular sticking point that has caused particular trouble for Joel, particularly over the last several months due to Hurricane Irma. There was major flooding on the premises as a result of the storm, which caused him to have to cease operations of Black Hammock Adventures for weeks until the water receded. Much of his staff left during this time because they couldn't afford to be out of work until the business was up and running again, so Joel had to find new people to fill the positions. He mentioned that employee turnover becomes even more problematic when he has to replace his airboat captains, as it has taken as long as six months to find a company that will offer worker's compensation insurance for them.
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rules have been the biggest hurdle for Joel from a federal regulatory standpoint. Because Black Hammock Adventures is located in a particularly conservation-focused area, there's always struggle to be allowed to do certain types of construction or renovations there. He described one case in which he tried to repair the parking lot with leftover asphalt that he had in his possession. Once the EPA caught wind of it, they came in and put a stop to it, at least temporarily. After spending $50,000 on a lawyer to handle the mitigation on his behalf, he eventually navigated through the red tape and was able to get the work finished. Advocacy encourages efforts that protect and preserve the country's environmentally sensitive areas while also allowing for small businesses like Black Hammock Adventures to do what they do best without overly burdensome regulations, and works with the EPA on a regular basis in order to strike that important balance.
Advocacy staff discuss regulatory issues with owners of The Black Hammock during site visit in Florida.
Nick Ivory is the Regional Legislative and Regulatory Manager. Ivory can be reached at nicholas.ivory@sba.gov.


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KWUsCRD
I'm glad to hear you're doing well.
I think they should name a wing after Martin AKA The Dirtiest Ninja and I miss both Panda and his sister. Taiwan should be in Wu Dang and I'm glad to hear he is. His sword forms were always incredible and when I got a chance to stay there and watch them practice on the top of the mountain he was the first person I thought about.
Man, that kids style is sharp. I just hope he's not having any more wrist problems.
Glad to hear Sebastian and Max are doing well, although I heard through the Shaolin grapevine our Chelsea brother left with a less than graceful exit. But all in all it sounds like things are well.
Punch Fabian in chest for me.
Cheers mate.
Do you want us to take off our clothes now?
Wow, the Russian girls at Shaolin....
Interviewing "friendly" foreigners at Shaolin temple: by Murray Walker
2009-07-06 15:44 BJT
Before arriving at the Shaolin Temple in Henan I had envisioned a white-bearded Shaolin octogenarian monk imparting wisdom and Shaolin secrets to students on a misty mountaintop. Maybe that image is a little embellished, I have still got scenes from Kill Bill and Karate Kid swimming around in my head. Still though, I was hoping to be romanced just a little bit by the Shaolin mystique. Suffice it to say, it didn't work out that way. In short, no old guy, no mountain and no mist.
This program was a little different because we had no director calling the shots. It was just the cameraman, Mr. Lee, an assistant, Xiao Wei and yours truly. The show was meant to be solely interview based. The plan was this: find a bunch of foreigners training Shaolin kungfu and bullet them with questions re their experience. So, we headed off to the foreigner-training center just near the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng. I had been told to expect about a hundred friendly foreign faces. There weren't that many, in fact not even close. There were only ten! Okay, not a train-smash. From them I reckoned we could get six maybe seven four-minute interviews, throw in a couple stand ups and shots of scenery and program done. Only one problem, well three actually. Three of the interviewees are kids and don't have all that much to say, the Spanish guy doesn't speak a lick of English and the two Russian girls refuse to be interviewed. Now, we can prep the kids beforehand to get more details out of them, not much we can do about the Spanish guy but we can at least get him training. And finally, I can hopefully coerce the Russian girls to give us a few words. Perhaps.
The following is pretty much verbatim the exchange I had with the one Russian girl.
"Hi there, I'm with CCTV9 and we're making a show about how foreigners view Shaolin kungfu. Do you mind if I interview you guys?"
"Ah, what? (then trying to play along with what I think is some kind of weird Russian sense of humor) No, we're not making that kind of show."
"We not like media."
"Um, it's just a few questions. Just wanna know why you guys like Shaolin."
"I see. Is it okay if we film you training?"
Perhaps not. Now I've met some disagreeable people in my time but these girls were positively misanthropic. I can handle people not wanting to be interviewed but let's at least keep things cordial. So, what were we left with? Four adults, three kids. That would never be enough to make our program. Time for a change of plan.
Fortunately, the Tagou students were competing in Sanda bouts as well as doing form demonstrations outside. We got some good footage of them and then we got our foreign students to compete as well. The four adults said some good stuff, the kids were entertaining and the trainers chipped in with their Shaolin experience. Then we relocated to the Shaolin Temple and accosted tourists determined to glean interesting Shaolin anecdotes from them. This was a mixed bag, most people had just arrived and had nothing much to say about Shaolin kungfu. Then we got a couple shots of this pagoda forest called Talin. This was really cool, each pagoda is basically a tomb stone for a renowned Shaolin monk. They date back at least a thousand years.
What else could we film? Not much. So we bundled up our tapes and returned to Beijing all the while hoping that our 200 minutes of footage would be enough for a 25-minute program. Personally, I think if it's not enough, we just throw in some Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon so our audience can see how it's really done. Or maybe we can use footage from an old show. Or maybe I can show off my Shaolin moves by beating up a shop-window mannequin or one of those giant Hello Kitty dolls. Who knows? We'll just have to wait and see.
sha0lin1
Well it's too bad that they weren't there when we were. We would have demonstrated for them and interviewd without taking our clothes off. I sure would have liked to have met those Russion girls though.
This is an exerpt from a travel blog
Almost put this on the Shaq thread....
Sunday August 2, 2009
Henan highlights
IT was evening when our bus inched up the road to the Shaolin Temple nestled in the hills of Song Mountain and it appeared to be down time for these ascetic youngsters. But all around the large compound, busloads of tourists were still pouring in to these sacred grounds that have been put on the map by Jet Li. His series of Shaolin movies, starting with his hit debut in 1982, Shaolin Temple, has brought worldwide fame to the address (the guides will readily point out a foot imprint in one of the halls apparently left by the Chinese action star during filming).
Three weeks ago, the temple received a huge boost when NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal came a-calling. The 37-year-old American, an avowed practitioner of Shaolin kung fu, hopes to study at the temple when he retires. If he does, he will join the tens of thousands of students (numbering 30,000 to 50,000 at any time) enrolled in various schools in the vicinity.
Shaolin Temple, established in 495AD, is a historically significant institution of China. In 527, the Indian monk Bodhidharma arrived and spent the next nine years meditating in a cave and spreading Zen Buddhism. The temple also received royal recognition for having rescued the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, and another monarch in the later Song Dynasty. Indeed, the confluence of martial arts and Chan Buddhism is what gives Shaolin Temple its distinctive identity that has endured time, disaster (fires) and the repressive Cultural Revolution.
Adjacent to the temple complex is the Forest of Pagodas, a "mausoleum" of 232 stupas – the largest of its kind in China – that houses the remains of eminent monks from different periods.
Not really a travel article...
...but here's some shaolin kung fu on TMZ! Like that has anything to do with anything. We've all seen this type of photo a bazillion times. But still, the comments are funny. Follow the link.
Shaolin Monk Goes Head Over Heels
Posted Aug 20th 2009 4:49PM by TMZ Staff
This monk showed off his superior balance skills by practicing Shaolin Kung Fu
in China this week.
Somebody get him some maximum strength Excedrin stat!
This one is all about the pics
Follow the link. You won't be sorry.
Miss Tourism Queen International 2009 Visits Shaolin Temple
August 24th, 2009 by Key »
Miss Tourism Queen International 2009 is held in Zhengzhou, Henan province in China from August 7th to August 30th. 110 beauties around the world traveled to China, where they compete as tourism ambassadresses for their respective countries. On August 23rd, 2009 Miss Tourism Queen International came to Shaolin Temple in Henan, beauties around the world praised the wonderful Shaolin martial art performance and the profound cultural heritage.
Here's the contestant pics on the official site.
iron_leg_dave
I haven't visited the forums in a very long time, and I am happy to have come across this thread. Very cool.
"Siezing oppurtunities causes them to multiply" Sun Tze
After Miss Tourism Queen International...
...I can't think of a more pathetic follow up.
Halter Meets With Chinese Commerce Officials
Beijing, China - With a population nearly eight times that of the state of Arkansas, the Chinese capital of Beijing alone offers "tremendous economic opportunities" for Arkansas businesses provided they can access the market, Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter said Wednesday.
Halter is in China this week as part of economic development mission arranged by the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA). He has spent Sunday through Wednesday in Beijing, a city of an estimated 20 million residents.
On Thursday, the NLGA contingent will fly to Zhengzhou, a city of more than 7 million south of the Yellow River in east-Central China. (Arkansas' population is an estimated 2.86 million.)
"Today was a very busy day in Beijing," Halter said, speaking from a hotel room overlooking just a portion of the Beijing skyline. "We started with a meeting at the Ministry of Commerce, which is the equivalent of our federal Department of Commerce. We met with the assistant minister (Wang Chao), who is responsible for the U.S.-China economic relationship.
"I expressed my concerns about the current ban on poultry produced in Arkansas in China as well as our desire to export rice to China, the world's largest consumer of rice."
The Lieutenant Governor raised this same concern Tuesday, while speaking with the Chinese vice minister of foreign affairs.
Halter and six other lieutenant governors also visited Beijing's Dashanzi Art District, a bustling artist community situated among decommissioned military factory buildings. Later, they toured Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.
On Thursday, the lieutenant governors are schedule to visit the Industrial Zone of Zhengzhou, formerly a regional agricultural center whose industrial base has expanded considerably over the past 60 years. Also planned is a visit to the Shaolin Temple, a Buddhist monastery best known to the Western world for its association with Chinese martial arts, particularly Shaolin Kung Fu.
Still in the wake of Miss Tourism Queen International
Living like a monk means eating coleslaw in silence before sunrise?
Manalapan High School students make 'indescribable' journey to China
By Joshua Riley • FREEHOLD BUREAU • August 31, 2009
MANALAPAN — A Manalapan High School teacher had two days before spring break to find four student adventurers to take along on a trip to China.
"Hi. You don't know me, and I don't know you, but can I take your kid to China?" was her rendition of the calls she made to parents.
And on Aug. 1, teacher Heather Sullivan and students Cory Bolotsky, Kim Gennaro, Caitlin Silk and Drew Regino, all rising seniors, were whisked away to Beijing.
Following their recent return, the students said they had still had difficulty describing the journey that took them to the Olympic Bird's Nest Stadium and Water Cube, hiking along the Great Wall and visiting the home of the warrior monks, the Shaolin Temple.
But Bolotsky gave it his best shot.
"(It was) an indescribable, unique, once-in-a-lifetime adventure, and every day was filled with infinite cultural paradigm shifts and remarkable experiences," he said.
The experiences were as daring as eating duck brains and as culturally eye-opening as visiting a Chinese home where design and customs are tied to feng shui beliefs.
Being chosen for the trip was a tremendous stroke of luck. Ten teachers choosing four students each were selected from schools across the country to pilot Discovery Student Adventures, run by the Discovery Communications' education division. The Discovery Channel is one of its products.
The trips sent students and teachers to Australia, South Africa and China free of charge to help promote the paid trips in the future.
Every minute of every day they spent in China was packed with learning experiences, the students said.
They visited the Urban Planning Center that contains models of cityscapes. Each building has symbolic meaning, they learned. One building is shaped like a dragon, and another, a microchip.
While in Beijing, they learned to cook Chinese dishes with a chef and visited the Forbidden City and campus of last summer's Olympic games. They camped out next to the Great Wall and hiked it for six hours the next day.
Before returning home, the group spent four days in the Shaolin Temple kung fu school and spent a day living like a monk, waking up before sunrise to eat a silent, coleslaw-like breakfast.
Along the way, adventurers blogged and used Twitter to log their experiences. The writings are still available on http://dsachina.blogspot.com, and more information about the pilot trips and organization is available at http://discoverystudentadventures.com.
I didn't chase down the blogs.
More on the Manalapan students
Still haven't got to those blogs
Adventures in China remain with students
BY DEVIN ALESSIO Staff Writer
Four Manalapan High School students and science teacher Heather Sullivan have returned from a 15-day trip to China, where they studied kung fu at a martial arts school, rode in rickshaws, and scaled the Great Wall of China.
CORY KEY Science teacher Heather Sullivan (l) was joined on a trip to China by Manalapan High School students (l-r) Cory Bolotsky, Caitlyn Silk, Kim Gennaro and Drew Regino.
The all-expense paid trip was organized by Discovery Student Adventures, the Discovery Channel's new division that coordinates international travel for students in grades 5-12.
Sullivan and two other teachers were chosen from more than 170 educator applicants nationwide to pilot the program's excursion to China. Each teacher was asked to select four students to experience the adventure as well.
Sullivan chose students Cory Bolotsky, 17, Kim Gennaro, 17, Caitlyn Silk, 17, and Drew Regino, 16. The other two teachers and eight students were from Wisconsin and California.
The Manalapan students are all starting their senior year of high school this week.
Sullivan applied for the trip because of her involvement in the Discovery Educator Network, which connects teachers who are passionate about integrating technology into the classroom to other educators.
"I never believed I would get picked to go abroad," Sullivan said. "I didn't tell anyone else that I applied for the trip either. Once I found out we were picked in March, things started happening very quickly. I had to choose which students I wanted to bring, ask their parents' permission, and secure our passports and visas."
Sullivan said Bolotsky, Gennaro, Silk and Regino were selected because they are good ambassadors for Manalapan and for America. They are confident, well-spoken, and able to absorb and communicate their cultural experiences with others, she said.
As part of the pilot program, the students were required to use the Internet to write daily about their activities, using blogs and Twitter, a microblogging service.
Silk blogged, " … We made dumplings in different shapes … I can't wait to show everyone my cooking skills when I get home!"
The students' blogs and tweets can still be read at http://dsachina.blogspot.com.
Bolotsky concurred, saying, "Chinese food in China is nothing like Chinese food in America."
The students said their most memorable moments including sampling duck brain and scorpion.
"Scorpion tastes like a crunchy french fry," Regino reminisced.
Other culturally enlightening experiences included visiting the "Bird's Nest," which was the Olympic Stadium that played host to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; experiencing a day in the life of a Shaolin monk; and visiting the home of a Chinese family to learn about culture and calligraphy.
The students also learned how to sing the song "Shaolin, Shaolin" in Chinese and presented it to their kung fu instructors and warrior monks.
The guests from the United States were surprised as to how different the Chinese education system is from the American education system. After visiting a school, the Americans learned that most Chinese students attend boarding school year-round and only return home for a spring holiday.
"I feel really grateful for my education … that I get such a good education," Silk said.
Bags have been unpacked and passports have been put away, but the students said their experiences in the Far East will stay with them forever.
Their teacher, Sullivan, said, "I have much more legitimacy when teaching 21st century skills in my classes. Anywhere you can go outside of your own comfort zone helps you. When you understand more, you can share better."
Gennaro agreed with Sullivan, saying, "I appreciate everything I have more now. I'm much more culturally aware."
The students want to share their enthusiasm about their trip and Chinese culture with others. They encourage any school or group that is interested in hearing about their trip to contact Sullivan at hsullivan@frhsd.com to schedule a presentation.
Sullivan said, "We want people to know that if you keep connections with others who are excited about the same things you are, you can go far."
Bad the Fukc Ass
So this isnt a travel article, more of a petition for advice/tips, etc. But I figured as this involves traveling to Shaolin, this is a good place for it.
I've confirmed ill be traveling throughout Northern China next year, and of course I have to visit Shaolin. Giving myself a year to beef up my rough basic language skills is about all I have planned other than Beijing, Shanghai and Shaolin/Songshan Mountains.
This will be my first trip, so any tips or must see/do advice would be great as I set about to have a rough frame work of a plan for travel.
Such as, in someones opinion/experience, is there and if so where is the best city to visit the Great Wall? Other famous must see tourist spots, as well as some must see nonfamous nontourist spots.
For whoso comes amongst many shall one day find that no one man is by so far the mightiest of all.
An interesting read on several levels...
Abbot Shi Yan Zhang?
Shaolin disciple dreams up a kung fu school
Central News Agency
By Flor Wang CNA staff writer
When Chang Ching-kuo dropped out of school and occasionally ran away from home at the age of nine, his future looked bleak.
Then, inspired by the films of Ashton Chen, a child kung fu star of the early 1990s, the Keelung native successfully begged his father to send him to the Songshan Shaolin Temple Film and TV Kungfu Academy in China's Henan province.
The move saved Chang's life, and now he harbors the dream of using martial arts training to help troubled youths, just as the Shaolin academy helped him.
"My biggest dream is to set up a nine-year martial arts school to help kids and teenagers who have lost their way to lead normal lives and build up their moral integrity," Chang says.
The idea crosses the 27-year-old's mind every time he sees children or teenage wasting their times in the streets or in Internet cafes.
"Seeing this always makes me feel that a kung fu school would be good for helping those kids get back on the right life path, " he says.
"Learning martial arts such as kung fu is really tiring and requires single-mindedness, but my personal experience is that kids like to spend some time studying after completing their kung fu practice for the day." Chang speaks from experience. His parents were divorced when he was only two years old, leaving his grandmother to look after him.
But she was too old to properly care for him, and he started running away from home and regularly missing classes after entering elementary school.
"Every member of my family thought I was hopeless, " he recalls ruefully.
In 1990, he entered the Songshan Shaolin Temple Film and TV Kungfu Academy -- an umbrella facility authorized by the Chinese government to teach children basic martial arts. There, Chang studied kung fu for five years.
"Those days were beset with difficulties, and it took me several years to adapt to the extremely restrictive and disciplined environment," he recalls.
"Apart from getting only bland meals, we had to get up at 4: 50 a.m. every day and start our training routine by running around the base of two nearby mountains. With senior students chasing us with whips, we had to run faster than rabbits," Chang says.
The students were also subjected to physical discipline by older students when their kung fu movements did not measure up.
"Our thighs often bore bruises, " Chang remembers, and resting in the dormitory often provided little respite from the daily hardships.
"During the night, more than 20 people would sleep on a two-level bed in a dormitory of about 100 square meters, " Chang says. "During the summer, we had to endure temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius without air conditioners or fans, while in the winter, we faced temperatures below zero while meditating." After five years of basic training at the academy, it was recommended that Chang attend the Songshan Shaolin Temple Monks Training Base Mission in 1994 and he became the first disciple from Taiwan of the Shaolin Temple at a time when relations across the Taiwan Strait were still sensitive.
He then was allowed to take part in a warrior monk group and performed around China in the following years until he returned to Taiwan in 2000 to serve his mandatory military service.
That, however, marked the start of a fresh setback in his private life. With just an elementary school education, he had trouble finding a well-paid job in Taiwan despite his martial arts mastery and ended up working in odd jobs as a construction worker, private security guard and waiter.
Not until he appeared on a local TV show in 2007 did he achieve some level of recognition, but even then, he was criticized for "fishing for fame." In the face of the mounting criticism, Hua Lin, secretary-general of the Taiwan Zen Buddhist Association, came to Chang's defense, praising his martial arts skills as a genuine accomplishment.
"Chang's hard qigong, such as punching, flying kicks, swordplay, iron head and weapon wielding, is really amazing and is evidence that Chang has mastered the techniques of the so-called 18 types of Chinese martial arts," Hua said.
The association now frequently invites Chang to teach Shaolin martial arts in different regions of the country. He also returns to the Songshan Shaolin Temple every year or two to perfect his techniques.
Speaking of the years he spent mastering kung fu in China, Chang attributes everything to destiny.
"I do not regret all the years I spent learning kung fu in China, even if I missed the chance to go to college in Taiwan, because it taught me to be a righteous man." Passionate about contributing to society, Chang regularly shows his concern for the underprivileged, visiting the Taichung Drug Abuse Treatment Center in central Taiwan to help addicts with their rehabilitation.
He also stages qigong performances for charity at nursery schools and institutions for the mentally challenged.
Establishing a kung fu school, though, remains Chang's major pursuit.
"Learning kung fu can help kids achieve a healthy state, both mentally and physically," he says. "As Abbot Shi Yan Zhang told me, a kung fu practitioner is nothing without a strong sense of morals. The main tenet of kung fu is to cultivate one's moral character." Hearing that the Miaoli County government is planning to establish a kung fu school next year, Chang wonders when his chance will come, acknowledging that his goal remains no more than a distant dream hindered by stiff challenges.
"Lacking support from the government or the private sector, it is a very difficult task," he laments.
Chang says, however, that he will not be deterred from his goal because he really wants to do something for troubled and temperamental children.
"My experience in Shaolin Temple made me aware that adults must find an appropriate method to educate this kind of hyperactive child, who can easily become a good for nothing by missing school or running away from home."
a CCTV human-interest piece
Love the 'foreign student' pic.
Kungfu and animal attraction
Master Zhang Shengli believes kungfu frees the body and mind - and could eventually bring world peace.
To find the true heart of traditional kungfu, you need only look as far as the secluded hutongs behind the ever-crowded Wangfujing shopping area.
Here can be found a dozen teachers and students all displaying varying techniques and styles: from the energetic art of Shaolin kungfu to the explosive attacking xingyiquan, which imitates the various movement of animals.
Movements of the monkey, snake, hawk, dragon, **** and bear can be copied and have a powerful impact on your opponent. There is also the peaceful taijiquan, which is centered on breathing contol and internal strength.
"Martial arts are not just for the Chinese people to enjoy, but everyone in the world," said master Zhang, who started learning kungfu more than 30 years ago. He has studied at the famous Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain and performed for the United Nations.
In 2002, he founded the Beijing Milun School of Traditional Kungfu and, today, it has more than 30 students and five teachers. "Here, everyone is welcome," said Sabrina, a student of Zhang's since 1997. "It is very difficult to find a good martial arts teacher if you are a foreigner and do not speak Chinese. It is very limited for outsiders, so the focus here has been to give more foreign students the opportunity to learn traditional kungfu."
Students from beginner to advanced levels can start at any time.
"Students come and go, especially if they are traveling a lot between Beijing and their home countries, but we want them to feel they learn something here that they would not learn anywhere else," he said.
Kungfu does not just offer strength, concentration and coordination, it also holds the key to many facets of Chinese culture and history, and the costumes and ancient weaponry that decorate the school help to give students a more rounded education of martial arts, he said.
Zhang wants his top students to take the skills and messages of kungfu around the globe, and believes teaching is not just a job, but his duty. Kungfu, after all, could bring world peace.
"Martial arts is not just about kicking and punching, or being big and strong. It is about changing your thought process," said Zhang. "What's the point of practicing martial arts if your mind is not right?
"Martial makes you become a more beautiful person from the inside and makes bad energy disappear."
Nice photo essay
This is part of Global News Day for Children. Click for 10 pics.
Kung Fu child and his Shaolin dream
www.chinaview.cn 2009-11-13 14:51:47
He Minxian, a 9-year-old kid, bellows to lend impetus and strength during a team training class in the Shaolin Tagou Kung Fu (Martial Art) Institute at the foot of Mountain Song in Dengfeng, a city of central China's Henan Province, Oct. 12, 2009.
Little He Minxian, a common student of this private-running school, renowned as the "No.1 Shaolin Kung Fu Institute of China", was sent here 5 years ago due to his awkward temper by his parents, who run clothing business in Shanghai. After being separated with his parents, He Minxian devoted his whole childhood to the exercise room of this school.
It was a long and harsh period of time for little He Minxian. Some 5 years passed, this unbending and lovely boy, by means of his great interest, strong comprehension and huge willpower, has become a skilled "kid of Shaolin", performing an outstanding martial art. He ever took part in the performance of some crucial activities like the opening ceremony for the 2008 Paralympics and the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China last October.In the Shaolin Tagou Kung Fu Institute, around 24,000 students like He Minxian learn Chinese Kung Fu. The school opened courses including Kung Fu patterns, free boxing, boxing, taekwondo, and Kung Fu performance. Besides, an integrated education system has been formed at the institute, containing full-time nursery, primary school, secondary school and college. A large number of children presented themselves an enriched and happy childhood. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
Nice CCTV article
Shi Yonghan celebrates his 80th!
Former martial monk recalls his Kungfu days at Shaolin Temple
He left home at 6 years old to become a monk and returned to a secular life at the age of 20. Having participated in a lot of national competitions and performances and received a number of awards, he is famous as "one of 18 Shaolin boxers". He set up the first martial arts school in Dengfeng, and has cultivated batches of martial arts and professional talents. He has gone abroad many times and helped promote the Shaolin martial arts in the world. He is Shi Yonghan, one of thirty third-generation monks who had resumed a secular life. On January 7, he shared stories of his early life as a monk with our reporter and revealed his wish to reunite with the monks who underwent the training with him at his 80th birthday celebration.
Many years of habit
Up at dawn to exercise and recite scripture
Shi Yonghan's secular name is Mao Wenhua, and is also known as Mao Yonghan. He was born on January 26, 1930 and he lives in Xindian Village, Zhongyue Sub-district in Dengfeng. On January 7, our reporters got a glance of Shi at the Ganlutai in the west of the Shaolin Temple doing exercises, which included large flood boxing, small flood boxing, cannon boxing, long and broad sword, long spear, and tree stump training (using breathing techniques to hit the stump with every part of the body).
He squatted and stretched his fists horizontally while holding his breath in his stomach before suddenly pushing himself onto a big poplar, which shook drastically, with branches rustling and leaves falling. Shi remained calm and was at peace before he concluded with an easy countenance, and nothing revealed that he was 80.
Shi told our reporter that the secret of his health was that he still follows the habits he developed when he was at the Shaolin Temple. He would get up at 4:00 am, run a lap around the village road, and then go into the forest of poplars to do basic exercises.
After the exercises, our reporter followed him to his house. There was a hall for worshipping the Buddha on the second floor, and just like the monks in the temple, he burned incenses, read scripture and tapped the wooden fish lightly. After all was done, he shared with the reporter the memories deeply-embedded in his heart.
Left home to become a monk
He was "sold" to the Temple because of family poverty
According to Shi, he was the third eldest of 6 children in his very poor family. His parents called him Wenhua (Chinese for "culture"). In 1936, when he was 6 years old, a great drought hit Dengfeng between summer and autumn, leaving no harvest. His family decided to flee from the famine to Shaanxi and with their fates uncertain, his parents, baring the pain, reluctantly sold him to Xuantian Temple which was affiliated with the Shaolin Temple to be a monk. Holding him in her arms, his mother cried, "Wenhua, you must be strong. If we cannot return home in the future, you must learn wisdom and martial arts." His family received some corn from the temple as traveling expense in exchange and headed for Shaanxi.
He was picked among many to become an elite martial monk
After converting to a monk, his name was changed to Shi Yonghan. He became a disciple of Master Shi Hangchao in the Xuntian Temple. Later due to his hard work and martial arts talent, he was taken in by Master Shen Gen as a disciple, before becoming the last disciple of Master Ke Zhu.
"At that time, there were 109 monks in Shaolin Temple altogether. Although most monks took training exercises, there were only 18 temple protection monks, which were referred to as Eighteen Disciples of the Buddha. During that time, the warrior monks were called temple protection monks, and not all monks in the Shaolin Temple could become warrior monks." In recollection, Shi said that, whether a monk would be chosen as a warrior monk depended on the identification of his master and his talent in martial arts. It was a very strict process, almost one out of a hundred.
Once a monk became a warrior monk, his top priority was to train and his second priority was studying scripture.
Shi at 6 years-old, bore in mind his mother's instructions. Every day he would get up at 3:00 am, run to the mountain behind the Shaolin Temple and back, before doing body exercises in a quiet place. According to Shi, this was called"meng gong," meaning exercising Kung fu in solitude. Almost everybody was engaged in this kind of exercises then.
The time came for group training, and his peers gathered in Ganlutai to the west of the Shaolin Temple to do exercises.
Shi stayed at the Shaolin Temple for 14 years, and became a master of all kinds of martial arts, such as light skills, mastery skills, Shaolin boxing and apparatus. He was referred to as "fleet feet," and his skills with a double-bladed sword were an especially special skill in Shaolin martial arts. When he was training with double blades, he was so proficient that not even water would penetrate through the blades.
Shi was also good at bell lifting. In refection, the bell in the Shaolin Temple was 200 kilograms in weight. In the beginning, he could only lift the bell slightly from the earth, but he gradually lifted it higher and higher, and in the end, he could lift it to the chest. He lifted the bell 50 times daily. He had immense arm power, and was claimed as an iron-armed monk.
After he had made some achievement, just as other warrior monks, he advanced to the Temple of One Thousand Buddha to do set pattern at first. "one of the swales made on the earth of the temple was made by me." According to him, with the skill enhanced everyday, he start to learn stump beating and lifting in order to make himself an iron body.
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Bobby Womack Confessed: "After Marrying Sam Cooke's Wife My Family Abandoned Me"
Posted On : February 6, 2021
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This is further proof that our favorite entertainers aren't perfect; they're simply humans who create perfect music, but not perfect humans by far, just like the rest us. And boy oh boy, did our late, great soul legend Bobby Womack, have some problems to go with his musical success.
How Bobby Womack Ended Up Marrying Friend, Sam Cooke's, Wife Wife
For starters, let's dig into what Mr. Womack revealed in his book, about his family abandoning him after he married Barbara Cooke. Bobby married his mentor, Sam Cooke's, wife, Barbara, just a few months after Sam was killed in 1964. That caught many by surprise, because they're history goes way back. Sam helped Bobby and his brothers get a recording contract and they became good friends after that.
However, shortly after Cooke's death, Womack offered counsel and comfort to Cooke's widow, Barbara. But just three months after Cooke's death -and just as Womack turned 21 years old- he went a step further, marrying Cooke's still-grieving wife. He claimed she needed a shoulder to lean on at that time, so he went for it.
Womack's Career Suffered & Cooke's Brothers Beat Him
Bobby Womack with his then wife, Barbara Womack, former wife of Sam Cooke
That caused a myriad of problems for Bobby Womack back then. Black radio reportedly abandoned him, by not playing any of his music for a long while.
Sam's brothers beat him up in Chicago and wanted to kill him.
Then his own family abandoned him. According to Bobby Womack:
"My brothers were reluctant to be around me. They knew the threats that were out there against me for marrying Barbara (Sam Cooke's widow). They didn't know what to do, but without them I was totally alone, all by myself, and, because my father and mother had been against the marriage to Barbara, there was no family in my corner."
Womack's Momma Tried To Warn Him
Sam Cooke with his then wife, Barbara Cooke, who later married Bobby Womack
Womack added:
"My mother had said, 'I don't think you should marry that woman, you don't know anything about that woman. That's Mrs. Cooke, that's Sam's wife.'
He told her "Mom I am getting married anyway."
Womack Died In Debt
Decades later Bobby Womack left his family with more battles to conquer. Despite racking up on mega-hit songs Womack wrote for Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, and more, sadly, he was reportedly broke when he lost his battle to pneumonia, Alzheimer's disease, and prostate cancer in 2014.
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Timely Article About Gun Rights
March 24, 2010, 09:23 AM #1
LynnTX
This was on the Socialist News Network today, (I mean MSNBC).
It was surprisingly well-balanced article overall, giving points to both sides of the CCW issue and individual and states rights. They usually only present the left wing side, but I guess their low ratings have them trying to be more balanced.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34714389...s-life/page/2/
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"Tactically, they've been brilliant on a lot of issues," agreed Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence..."
Sweet...
Rand, the spokeswoman for the Violence Policy Center, acknowledged that "we don't have centralized data-gathering to know what people are doing with these licenses."
"(But) anecdotally, we know they're doing quite a bit of harm," she said.
We don't know, but we know. Maybe it's that kind of psychospeak that's caused the anti-gun movement to largely collapse in the United States over the past 20 years.
I'm rather disappointed that they didn't give anyone from the gun rights side a chance to counter VPC's bogus "Armed Carry Killers" statistics. NRA did a very nice take up on them a couple of days ago.
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Reports filed by officers who arrived at the scene a short time later called it an "exceptionally clear" case of justifiable homicide. Following South Carolina's "Castle Doctrine," which allows the use of deadly force in self-defense, police did not arrest Corley. They did not interrogate him. Corley was offered the opportunity to make a voluntary statement, which he did.
Helms' friends and relatives were left to mourn, barred by the same Castle Doctrine from filing a civil lawsuit.
The way they write it you'd think we're supposed to feel bad about that last part.
"The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on"
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kraigwy
They did get the DIG in:
Following South Carolina's "Castle Doctrine," which allows the use of deadly force in self-defense, police did not arrest Corley. They did not interrogate him. Corley was offered the opportunity to make a voluntary statement, which he did.
Poor Bad guy.
I was impressed by the poll that came with the artical.
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maestro pistolero
Me, too. Go vote. This is pretty balanced for MSN. Let's reward them, for once, with ratings.
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full.tang.halo
Location: Brooksville, FL
Cause you know, the poor guy committing an armed felony on productive members of society should get our sympathy....
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I also had to laugh at this part...
Her group posts news accounts of concealed-weapons permit holders allegedly involved in firearms deaths on a part of its Web site called "Concealed Carry Killers." The site says 130 civilians and nine police officers have been killed and 13 mass shootings have been carried out by people with concealed-weapons permits since May 2007. Helmke, of the Brady Campaign, cited the work of Rand's group in a recent blog post that mocked the NRA for saying concealed weapons permit holders "are all 'law-abiding' citizens.'"
Since I just had a conversaton a little while ago regarding this exact same thing
Another conversation with an anti
To sum up
Me: "So you realize that there are something like 3.5 MILLION permit holders out there so you are talking about approximately .003% of CCW holders have killed or injured someone.
(I start laughing)
Me: "Wow, as a group that makes us safer than bathtubs and kitchen stoves!" "Heck I'm not sure but I think that makes us safer than stairs!"
SigP6Carry
So, I posted in the wrong open window, my post was actually meant for another thread. Sorry.
My stance on this topic is thus: I feel bad that the family has to mourn the loss of one of their kin. I do not feel bad that the criminal was justifiably killed in the course of a committing a crime. But, my heart goes out to his family. There's a different between the family and the victim.
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-1.24274238 miles, because Russians don't need scopes-
-Gun control was the Klan's favorite law, how can you advocate a set of laws designed to allow the denigration of a people?-
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Kreyzhorse
Location: NKY
Damn straight. If you pull a gun on someone and are willing to take a life, you and your family should be ready to pay the price.
A criminal or his family should have no legal rights to sue someone who refused to be a victim.
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March 24, 2010, 02:04 PM #10
NavyLT
Location: Oak Harbor, WA
Originally Posted by Kreyzhorse
I completely and totally disagree. Unless the family aided and abetted the criminal, such as in the Lakewood cop shootings, the family should not have to pay the price for the criminal's actions. They are forced to pay by the acts of the criminal family member, but the family, if they had no hand in the criminal's actions, are victims just like the victim of the crime.
In no way should you read anything in my statement that would imply that I feel the family should be compensated or should be allowed to sue the victim of the crime, because I do not feel that way at all.
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Doc Intrepid
I am astonished that a news organization with the historical anti-gun bias displayed by MSNBC would print that article.
Rand comes across as ideologically militant and not quite lucid:
""The idea that you send people out into public and if someone else has a gun, you have to kill them, that becomes anarchy," she said."
U.S. laws may vary from state to state, and they may certainly be accused of being inconsistently applied, but to describe the current social status in the United States as "anarchy" suggests that Rand is profoundly confused.
May she remain that way for years to come - she comes across as someone who is out of touch with reality.
Treat everyone you meet with dignity and respect....but have a plan to kill them just in case.
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I'm surprised that our side is winning the poll with such a great margin given the typically leftist audience of MSNBC.
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Have been on dbol at 30mg split dose per day since last monday and am not seeing any effects. Diet is high calories and currently doing the frankie 5x5 routine. But I'm not feeling anything, should I up the dose to 40mg per day?
do you not even have any water weight?
fake tabs? would expect something by now, if you started over a week ago.
should have seen a little water weight by now. either fake tablets, or you are controlling your water weight (or you are not badly effected by water retention), give it another week if you believe thet are genuine tabs 30mg is fine for an early cycle imo.
i moved house and i've not got my ar5e in gear to get internet connections etc yet - been too busy painting and papering!
sounds like you're controlling your water retention a bit too well - the initial dbol weight gain is water only with lean mass appearing after 2-3 weeks so i'd hang in there a bit.
no real harm in upping hte dose if you're not getting much water but i wouldn't go much above 40mg ed as there is not much benefit above this dose.
Well I did dbol once before when i was younger, silly I know I was young though (18) naughty boy. I had no idea what I was doing and was on a fairly high dose and I didn't get hardly any water retention, so I guess it must be the case that I'm controlling the water retention.
How am I doing this, naturally? or is something I'm doing with my diet etc?
So just hang in there I guess. I'm gonna up it by another tab per day and keep an eye on things..
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TRU women's basketball signs explosive Surrey guard
Priyanca Sundher praised for her speed, knowledge, and offensive prowess
Sports Nov. 11, 2020 Aidan Grether
Playing in the two-guard spot for the Fleetwood Dragons, Sundher received multiple awards including the best offensive player and multiple players of the game awards. (Submitted)
The TRU women's basketball program continues to build their team with the signing of Priyanca Sundher, a shooting guard from Fleetwood Park Secondary School in Surrey, B.C. The young guard will be joining TRU for the 2021/2022 season, after graduating high school in 2021.
Playing in the two-guard spot for the Fleetwood Dragons, Sundher received multiple awards including the best offensive player and multiple players of the game awards. At the Provincial Championship, she was a Second All-Star team selection. Sundher also shone at the club level, earning a spot on the Western Canadian Championship All-Star team
Sundher brings a mixture of speed and talented offensive skills to the TRU roster, Head Coach Goran Nogic acknowledged.
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Sundher will be studying sciences while attending TRU.
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PepsiCo Inc. reportedly plans to cut staff at its North American snacks and beverages division in order to "simplify the organization." The news comes amid fears that worsening macroeconomic conditions could see the economy slide into recession.
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According to a Wall Street Journal report, the layoffs will affect hundreds of employees at the company's snacks and packaged foods businesses in Chicago and Plano, Texas, as wells as its beverage businesses in Purchase, New York.
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In October, PepsiCo's third-quarter revenue was reportedly up 9%, after higher pricing boosted its sales and helped offset volume declines in some units – including Frito-Lay North America. For 2022, the company projected organic revenue growth of 12%, up from 10%.
However, PepsiCo's finance chief Hugh Johnston had warned they would cut costs to offset the pressure on profit margins. "There may be a point when the revenue growth slows down," Johnston said, adding, "we just have to be prepared for it."
PepsiCo is joining rivals Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, and Coca-Cola in trimming costs and laying off workers, as economic uncertainty puts pressure on their businesses. Last month, Coca-Cola offered voluntary buyouts to some of its staff in North America to help restructure the organization.
Sources: FOX News, Wall Street Journal, Market Watch, Associated Press, and Bloomberg.
Pro-establishment narrative, as provided by Forbes. PepsiCo's layoffs are not a unique response to the post-pandemic reset. Recession fears are forcing multinational companies to implement broad restructuring to streamline their businesses and, unfortunately, layoffs are essential to cutting operating expenses and achieving more efficient growth. Sacking a talented workforce is difficult, and should only be resorted to if there are no alternatives.
Narrative B, as provided by Spoon. With their earnings, sales, and revenue skyrocketing, it looks suspicious that companies like PepsiCo are claiming layoffs are the only viable way to simplify their organization or restructure their business. Most likely, the employees are paying the price of poor leadership, investors' greed, and irrational business decisions. This is typical of companies at large putting much more pressure on their existing portfolio to cut costs and quickly reach profitability.