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United States -(AmmoLand.com)- Those city and county officials are a hoot, aren't they?
The front door of Clay City, Alabama's city hall had a sign back in January prohibiting guns.
Then, along came Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange who released a statement telling Marion and Dallas counties that their signs on public buildings and at public parks did not comply with the law, since Alabama has state preemption with regard to the possession and carrying of firearms.
Local governments are forbidden to ban firearms at any place which state law does not ban them.
The only way publicly owned properties (if not otherwise off-limits under state law) can legally ban firearms with a sign, is with the continuous posting of guards and the use of other security features, including, but not limited to, magnetometers, key cards, biometric screening devices, or turnstiles or other physical barriers.
We'll Just Wait As Long As We Can
Clay City Manager Ronnie Dixon heard of the AG's statement to Marion and Dallas counties, and agreed to take down their gun-buster signs if he could confirm that he had heard accurately.
"We've just been waiting on (AG Luther Strange) to put it out. I've been expecting it, but I haven't seen it. If that's the ruling, they'll come down. It's not anything that we've enforced anyway," Dixon said.
So let me get this straight, a city manager who should have already been at least a little familiar with state law with regard to firearms, if he is going to post signs prohibiting them, apparently was ignorant of the law? After all, Alabama has had firearms state preemption for several years now.
Do not city and county governments have competent legal counsel to keep local officials accurately informed of state law? If not, why is taxpayer money funding those city attorneys? I guess good help is hard to find.
Just For Appearances
Since Dixon admitted the signs were not enforced anyway, just what was the purpose in leaving them up? Did he not have the budget to take them down? Were they viewed as beloved works of art, that he just didn't have the heart to remove them?
Do local officials really have to wait until the AG tells them to behave before they agree to obey state law? Mere citizens don't have the luxury to wait and decide to follow the law.
Surely, no one is naive enough in Alabama city or county government to truly believe that a sign prohibiting guns would stop armed criminals from coming in to do harm, are they?
But it is completely reasonable to believe that many law-abiding citizens would heed such signs and leave their guns in their vehicles over concern of getting in any trouble.
When good people disarm, and bad people don't, what is the result? However you shake it out, it's not good. Do not people like Dixon understand this?
The Real Reason
Here's what I believe: Local government officials place a high value on the exercise of their authority. They want to show their citizens their power to throw their weight around, even if it is contrary to state law. Even when they know and understand the law, they do not like to back down. They still wait until ordered by a higher government authority before changing course and admitting they were wrong.
The prerogative of citizens to exercise their rights, even to protect their own lives, takes a seat far in the back to the desire of local officials to show their power to rule. When caught, these officials either claim ignorance of the law, or blame the law itself even when it is crystal clear, or they just claim they want to do it anyway, because they think they should be able to.
Their arrogance and impudence knows no bounds.
Citizens have a mechanism to file a complaint with which to get the attention of the AG to tell local government officials to obey the law. The fact that such a mechanism exists proves my point precisely. Here is the link to the form: http://www.ago.alabama.
Still Intransigent
Even to this date you can find prohibitions of firearms on the websites for various public zoos, botanical gardens, libraries, museums, and other city and county owned properties in Alabama. Looks like AG Strange has a lot more statements to send out.
I wonder if he could send just one that would say, "Hey, EVERYBODY follow state law!"
I suppose there's still a boatload of government officials that haven't received the memo on the state's motto: "Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere" (We Dare Defend Our Rights).
If you live in Alabama and cherish your rights, please consider joining BamaCarry.org.
Whether you live in Alabama or another state that has had trouble with local officials following state law, please comment on your experience here, and how you or others got them to comply.
About Phillip Evans:
The author is a self-defense rights advocate and member of the NRA, GeorgiaCarry.org, and FloridaCarry.org, and posts at PursuitOfPatriotism.Blogspot.


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Participative Evaluation and the Quality of Community Empowerment Training of Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) Companions
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This research is aiming at describing: (1) the implementation of community empowerment training of PKH companions, (2) types of participative evaluation used in the PKH companion training, and (3) obstacles and supporting factors in PKH companion training using the participative evaluation. The study employed qualitative approach with case study framework. It was conducted in PKH companion training in Klojen district, Malang. The subjects of this research were companions as facilitators of the community empowerment training. The data collection was carried out by deep interview, focus group discussion, observation, and documentation. The data obtained were reduced according to the objectives of the research. Later on, it was presented in description of fact, then conclusion or verification was drawn. The finding of the research showed: (1) the learning method used in the PKH companion training was andragogy approach which emphasized on active participation and participants' experiences, (2) the evaluation employed in the PKH companion training was participatory rural appraisal (PRA) method by conducting focus group discussions (FGD) and questionnaires, (3) the weakness of employing this participative evaluation was it took relatively long time and the discussion tended to be out of the context. Meanwhile, the strength of the participative evaluation was the openness of information which made the training participants feel the democratic atmosphere during the training evaluation process.
Keywords: Participative evaluation, Training quality, Community empowerment, Program Keluarga Harapan
Artikel tersebut telah dipublikasikan di International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies ISSN 2202-9478 Vol. 4No. 2; April 2016 Australian International Academic Centre,Australia.
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IN 2011, the British historian Stephen Ellis published a paper concluding that Nelson Mandela had been a member of the South African Communist Party — indeed, a member of its governing Central Committee. Although Mandela's African National Congress and the Communist Party were openly allied against apartheid, Mandela and the A.N.C. have always denied that the hero of South Africa's liberation was himself a party member. But Ellis, drawing on testimony of former party members and newly available archives, made a convincing case that Mandela joined the party around 1960, several years before he was sentenced to life in prison for conspiring to overthrow the government.
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The news excited some critics and historical revisionists, who claimed it exposed the A.N.C. as a Stalinist front. (" 'Saint' Mandela? Not So Fast!" exulted one right-wing blog.) It probably stirred a sense of vindication among Americans who endorsed their government's Cold War support of the fiercely anti-Communist apartheid regime. Professor Ellis is no apologist for white rule — he occupies a university chair in Amsterdam named for another hero of the South African resistance, Archbishop Desmond Tutu — but he contends that the affiliation with the Communists shaped the A.N.C.'s ideology in ways that endure, ominously, to this day.
"Today, the A.N.C. officially claims still to be at the first stage ... of a two-phase revolution," Ellis told me in an email exchange. "This is a theory obtained directly from Soviet thinking."
Indeed, the remnants of Communist protocol and jargon — "comrades" and "counterrevolutionaries" — live on in the platform and demeanor of South Africa's ruling party. My own perspective on this question, shaped by covering the Soviet Union from 1986 to 1991 and South Africa from 1992 to 1995, is respectful of scholarship, but also wary of its limits. Both in Gorbachev's Russia and in transitional South Africa, I realized that what people profess at party plenums and codify in party records is not always a reliable guide to what they will do, or even what they actually believe.
But Mandela's Communist affiliation is not just a bit of history's flotsam. It doesn't justify the gleeful red baiting, and it certainly does not diminish a heroic legacy, but it is significant in a few respects.
First, Mandela's brief membership in the South African Communist Party, and his long-term alliance with more devout Communists, say less about his ideology than about his pragmatism. He was at various times a black nationalist and a nonracialist, an opponent of armed struggle and an advocate of violence, a hothead and the calmest man in the room, a consumer of Marxist tracts and an admirer of Western democracy, a close partner of Communists and, in his presidency, a close partner of South Africa's powerful capitalists.
The early collaboration of the A.N.C. with the Communists was a marriage of convenience for a movement that had few friends. The South African Communist Party and its patrons in Russia and China were a source of money and weapons for the largely feckless armed struggle, and for many, it meant solidarity with a cause larger than South Africa. Communist ideology undoubtedly seeped into the A.N.C., where it became part of a uniquely South African cocktail with African nationalism, Black Consciousness, religious liberalism and other, inchoate angers and resentments and yearnings.
But at important junctures — in negotiations to end white rule, then in the writing of a new constitution, and finally in governing — the faction of nationalizers and vengeance seekers lost out to the compromisers. In the talks that set the stage for democracy, Joe Slovo, the longtime leader of the South African Communists and a man fluent in revolutionary rhetoric, was the most ardent advocate of sharing power with the white regime. The prevailing doctrine was whatever worked to advance the cause of a South Africa governed by South Africans. This was true of Mandela and equally true of his successor, Thabo Mbeki. The current president, Jacob Zuma, seems to have no ideology at all except self-enrichment.
In one of his several trials, Mandela was asked if he was a Communist. "If by Communist you mean a member of the Communist Party and a person who believes in the theory of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin, and who adheres strictly to the discipline of the party, I did not become a Communist," he replied. The answer was both evasive and perfectly accurate.
Perhaps the most important and lasting personal effect of the South African Communist Party on Mandela was that it made him, or helped make him, a committed nonracialist. The A.N.C. in its formative years admitted only blacks. For a long time, the Communist Party was the only partner in the movement that included whites, Indians and mixed-race members. That relationship is one of the main reasons Mandela cited for his rejection of black nationalism and his insistence that multiracialism remain at the heart of the A.N.C. ethic.
A third reason the Communist affiliation matters is that it helps explain why South Africa has not made greater progress toward improving the lives of its large underclass, rooting out corruption and unifying a fractious populace. The many failures of the A.N.C. during its 19 years in power can be explained by the fact that it has never fully made the transition from liberation movement to political party, let alone government. The Communist Party is as culpable in that as anyone, but I think what incapacitates the A.N.C. is not Stalinist doctrine, or any doctrine for that matter. It is something in the nature, the culture, of liberation movements. United by what they are against, they tend to be conspiratorial, to discourage dissent, to prize ends over means.
In the end, of course, the greatest favor Communism performed for Mandela and the A.N.C. was collapsing. Once the Soviet bloc had disintegrated and China had gone capitalist, the last white rulers of South Africa could no longer pose as necessary allies on the right side of the Cold War. They knew the game was up.
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Sprinkler requirements for other facilities such as mini-storage buildings, bulk storage of tires and woodworking operations are extracted from NFPA 5000.
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A fractal is a never ending pattern shapes that continuously repeats itself into smaller, proportional representations of itself. Our pattern was a equilateral triangle. Each class created their own 4 foot triangle in clay. They rolled out and overlapped slabs to build the base triangle. The following week nine smaller triangles were rolled, measured and attached on top of the first. Next, came 27 proportionally smaller triangles rolled, cut and attached. The fourth week was our last division and 81 triangles were added on. Each student carved their initials into the large center triangle, personalizing the mural.
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Vitamin B2 or riboflavin is essential for energy production, maintaining healthy blood cells, facilitating in healthy metabolism, as well contributing to the growth and repair of tissue. Riboflavin also works as an antioxidant, fighting damaging particles in the body known as free radicals. Vitamin B2 is required to be used in combination with the other B vitamins for them to all fulfill their functions in the body properly.
Characteristics of a Vitamin B2 Deficiency
A riboflavin deficiency is characterized by anemia, fatigue, sluggish metabolism, nerve damage, dry cracked lips, skin inflammation and disorders often visible around the nose and face, inflamed mouth and tongue, sore throat, swelling of mucus membranes, numbness and itchy eyes and mood swings characterized by anxiety and depression. A vitamin B2 deficiency is rare but can occur in people with compromised digestive systems caused by surgery or severe chronic illness.
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Nutrient-Rich Whole Food Sources for Vitamin B2
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Vitamin B2 Daily Intake Recommendations for Child and Adult
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How to live longer: Best diet to increase life expectancy - what oil should you use?
HOW TO live longer: What you eat can have a big impact on life expectancy, but when it comes to the best diet for longevity, which one is considered best? The following diet has been hailed for its health benefits, and a key component is a certain oil.
Long life expectancy can be achieved through some simple lifestyle changes, such as not smoking, regularly exercising, and arguably one of the most important ones, eating a healthy diet. But with so many "healthy" diets to choose from, which one has been proven best? Over the last few years the Mediterranean diet has been shown to be beneficial to boosting longevity. Research published in 2018 suggested eating a diet inspired by the eating habits of Greece, Southern Italy and Spain could lower the risk of frailty in old age. The Mediterranean diet comprises of lots of legumes, fish, fruits and vegetables.
Olive oil is a major component of the Mediterranean diet, and while it shouldn't be consumed in large amounts, it's been found to hold a host of health benefits
But when it comes to an essential of cooking and many meals, oil, which one is considered best in the Mediterranean diet?
Olive oil is a major component of the Mediterranean diet, and while it shouldn't be consumed in large amounts, it's been found to hold a host of health benefits.
French scientists found olive oil could prevent stroke in older people.
The team found old people who regularly used olive oil for cooking, salad or with bread had a 41 per cent lower risk of stroke, compared to those who need consumed it.
A study carried out by researchers from Barcelona in Spain found a key mechanism by which virgin olive oil protects the body against breast cancer.
And olive oil has also been found to maintain healthy cholesterol levels.
How to live longer: What's the best diet to increase life expectancy?
A Japanese study published in the Medical Science Monitor showed LDL (bad) cholesterol concentrations fell in 28 outpatients who took olive oil supplements once a day for six weeks.
Olive oil's benefits have been found to come from its monounsaturated fats and its high vitamin E content.
Extra virgin olive oil is the best choice for maximum health benefits.
It's the purest and best enjoyed raw, while virgin and pure olive oils are less expensive and have a lower smoke point so are good for cooking with.
But how much olive oil a day should you be eating?
In their book titled 'Eat Better Live Longer', Dr Sarah Brewer and Ms Juliette Kellow recommend one tablespoon a day. /life-style/health/990256/how-to-live-longer-olive-oil
They warn: "It's high in calories - a tablespoon has 100 calories - so be aware of this."
Another diet has also been recommended to increase life expectancy - new research this month has added to mounting evidence eating a plant-based diet can help people live longer.
The research found eating more plant based foods can contribute to a healthy heart and cardiovascular system and reduce the risk of cardiovascular death.
Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the study examined data from 12,168 middle aged people who had enrolled in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, and the participants were followed between 1987 and 2016.
The researchers in the latest study used four diet indexes, and the findings revealed participants who had the highest intake of plant based foods were 16 per cent less likely to have a cardiovascular condition, such as heart attack, stroke or heart failure, than adults who consumed the smallest amount of plant based foods.
High plant food consumers were 25 per cent less likely to die from any cause and had a 32 per cent lower is of during from a cardiovascular condition.


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Memories Pizza, the Indiana restaurant that said it would refuse to cater gay weddings under the state's controversial religious freedom law, has raised more than $800,000 from supporters.
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I was On The Trail from 94 thru 96 at Ft Benning, GA. The Home of the Infantry. We did a lot of road marching. I always had and by 94 I had six years of service. Six years of the Infantry lifestyle will make you hard as woodpecker lips. The Infantry Lifestyle will get the best of you…
The first roadmarch I made with 1/38 Infantry, "Rock of the Marne" was like I died and went to heaven. One of the lessons the Wolfhounds instilled in me was the sanctity of the roadmarch. Your squad splits the weight of combat equipment and ammo and everyone carries their fair share. If you fall out your squad mates have to add your fair share to their own fair share. Buddy is only half a word, know what I mean? In 1/38 the roadmarch was sacrosanct. We, the cadre, could put up with a lot of shortcomings in a soldier but being a fall out wasn't one of them.
There was a trail vehicle that carried extra water, medical supplies and also picked up the fall outs. When the company took a break the trail vehicle would pull up to each platoon, top them off with water and then move forward to the next platoon. Each time it stopped the platoon Drill Sergeants would unload the fall outs and apply a light coat of sweat to their ass. Then when the platoon had been watered the weak of heart would be chased back onto the truck only to drive forward a hundred meters and do it all again. The message was plain, it hurts to roadmarch long distances, it hurts worse to fall out of a roadmarch.
One of the Drill Sergeants from the "duty platoon" had to drive the trail vehicle. I'd rather walk 15 miles on blistered feet than drive the trail vehicle. Six hours at the speed of fart is more than I could bear. Fortunately I had a partner who was a little more lazy than dedicated, in this instance it paid off. He was thrilled to drive the truck. It was one of his most endearing strengths.
We had a Private in the platoon, a short chubby kid, soft as butter on a warm afternoon. He was physically challenged but made it through sheer want to. I used to tease him when he started to fall behind, one time I remember I saw some turkey buzzards circling above us. I looked at the chubby private and pointed to the circling buzzards, "They're eyeballin' you Private. I'd stay close to the platoon if I was you. Even a buzzard will kill the sick and the weak." Then I turned around and walked away, leavin' him alone with the ravenous vultures. He picked up the pace but kept a close watch on those buzzards for the last couple miles.
It came time for chubby private's 15 mile roadmarch. We were the duty platoon. It was only me and my less than stellar partner but guess who volunteered to drive the truck for the whole 15 miles! Six hours and much suffering later chubby private and I finished the 15 miler and I put a powder blue cord over his shoulder. We released the privates and I was talking to my partner when chubby private walked up and assumed the position of parade rest.
"What Private?"
"Drill Sergeant, I wanted to thank you for nudging me with the bumper, if you wouldn't have scared me like that I don't think I'd have made it."
My partner replied, "Shut the f*ck up Private, get the f*ck away."
I looked at my partner and he looked like he'd seen a ghost. WTF dude?"
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This is NOT About Free Houses – Market Ticker Foreclosure Fraud Update: Weekend Condensed Edition
"This is not, at this point, about whether the homeowner is paying or not. I am not going to sit here and try to justify the impossible-to-justify – giving people free houses. That is something we clearly cannot do. No, I'm going to make the case here instead that this is not about "free houses" … Read more
Now This is FUNNY!!! Ally's / GMAC's New Campaign Replaces Commercials That Showed Bankers as Cheaters
HA ha ha HA ha HA ha he he Ha HA! The article below, Ally's New Campaign Replaces Commercials That Showed Bankers as Cheaters, came out on Bloomberg at 7:00am Monday Sept 20, 2010, just about an hour before they reported on Ally's GMAC Mortgage Halts Home Foreclosures in 23 States By Denise Pellegrini – … Read more
GMAC v Visicaro – Judge Rondolino – I really honestly don't have any confidence that any of the documents the Courts are receiving on these mass foreclosures are valid…
Some excerpts from the beginning of the transcript… Be sure to read it in its entirety. It is an absolute must read… Gmac Mortgage LLC v Debbie Visicaro, et al. April 7, 2010 THE COURT: Okay, we are here today in GMAC v Visicaro. This is a motion for rehearing the previously drafted motion for … Read more


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Almost a year after I first started searching online for the movie "Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac", a film produced and made by Japanese-American collaboration and starring one of the best young actors in Japan today, Kenichi Matsuyama and the lovely Horikita Maki — I finally found an uploaded version via YouTube.
You don't know the sh*t I had to go through searching for this movie. It's like–the more I yearn to see it, the more it becomes hard for me to see a full, English-subtitled version. It's crazy!
Here's a short summary of the story: Due to a series of unfortunate events, Naomi falls off the stairs of her school, Tokyo American School, effectively wiping out four years of her memory. She forgot that she is dating the school jock, Ace Zuckerman and even finds little meaning in her previous preoccupation as co-editor of the school yearbook along with her bestfriend Hasegawa Mirai. She then falls in love with the school loner, Yuji Miwa who hides a dark past. With her amnesia comes change on who she is: she quits the yearbook, broke up with Ace, started dating Yuji, quit the tennis team and even started acting in a play. She started questioning why she even liked yearbook and photography in the first place. By losing her memory, she had to start building herself (her likes and dislikes) in just a few short weeks after the accident. When she started gaining her memory back, it is only then that she became to appreciate herself as a person. As the story came to a close and as her father informs her of an impending engagement to another person, he tells Naomi:"'You forget all of it anyway… You forget your junior year class schedule and where you used to sit and your best friend's home phone number and the lyrics to that song you must have played a million times…. You forget who was cool and who was not, who was pretty, smart, athletic, and not…. You forget all of them. Even the ones you said you loved, and even the ones you actually did. They're the last to go. And then once you've forgotten enough, you love someone else.'"
Horikita Maki as always is the gem of Japanese cinema. She can be so naive yet so casually cold at the same time. Being a Japanese-American collab, Maki (along with her other Japanese co-stars) were required to speak in English (almost 1/3 of the movie is in english). She delivers well and without the usual accent present with non-native speakers. Maki succeeds in playing the quintessential Japanese young female on the verge of growing up. Though sometimes, it's hard to differentiate her acting from other teen dramas and show where she is required to be charming and precocious.
And Kenichi Matsuyama? As mentioned before, he has the "angry-young-man/weird-character-with-a-heart-of-gold/loner-who-you-want-to-kiss" roles down pat. The great thing about Kenichi is that he is so good he could be the resident schizophrenic of Japanese young cinema. He has a way of building characters and making them separate from one another, even if there's only ONE ACTOR behind all the masks. Imagine, who would think that L, Shin, Johannes Krauser II, Yuji Miwa and Toru Watanabe were all the same person. He is so good. In this movie, be prepared to fall in love with him–especially if you're the type who likes her men angry, emotionally tortured and mysterious like hell. Though there are times when he reminded me of Wes Bentley in American Beauty.
Tegoshi Yuya as Mirai as lovable as always, but I have a feeling that Tegoshi is very capable of giving something more than the requisite tortured friend-in-love-with-his-best friend. I suspect given a more challenging role, he can definitely bring it on and maybe (who knows) slum it up with Mr. Best Actor himself, Kenichi Matsuyama.
If Anton Yelchin's role description as Ace Zuckermann is to make his annoying to viewers, then congratulations Gabrielle Zevin and Hans Canosa, you succeeded in making his annoying. He is a self-centered, arrogant prick!
Seeing this movie made me look back on what I remember during high school. In high school, I was far from the drama queen that I am today–lemme put it this way, I was more of a Yuji Miwa back then. I cut my hair really short, dressed like a boy yet behaved like a tortured writer even at fifteen. Looking back, I was such a drama queen as early as 1994, yet being boyish–I mistook it for the equivalent of emo crap that pervades the youth of today. I never had to develop an amnesia in secondary school, but looking back on the shitty things I did back then–I think I could use one right now. More preferably an amnesia that would remove all four years of high school: the prefect visits, the drama, the annoying hair cut as well as my (funny) belief that I look good in an XL shirt tucked in a jumper.
The movie (yes, let's go back to that) also sports a killer OST that begs to be played during long drives and during times when you feel like your heart been's skewered.


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Why oh why do managers have to do it? Is it because they just don't trust their own instinct or is it because they think it makes them look clever? Well, you know what, most of the time they do it they just look like a mug. What am I talking about? Changing a winning system! So, after… Read More »


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Chapter 393: The Furious Xu Qiqin!
"Thank you, gongzi!"
As happy as that recruit was, he didn't forget to bow respectfully to thank Wang Chong before delightfully making his way out. He had thought that he didn't stand a chance in this examination, so he was pleasantly surprised when he actually passed.
"Good luck!" Without turning around, Wang Chong waved him off.
From the game with that recruit, he discovered the other party's unyielding spirit and ability to outperform himself in desperate times.
Even though he was on the verge of losing, he still held on persistently, far longer than Wang Chong had expected him to.
This was also the reason why he could confidently ask Xu Qiqin how many moves she had used in the game against him.
A moment later, the second successful examinee emerged.
"Congratulations, you have passed the examination!" Wang Chong smiled at a recruit from Longwei Training Camp as he relayed the good news.
"Thank you, gongzi! Thank you very much!" The recruit quickly bowed in gratitude.
"What is with your judgement? Even a person like him can clear the examination? He doesn't even know how to play Go! That fellow doesn't even know the basic rules of the game!"
It was one thing for the first examinee, but seeing that Wang Chong cleared even such a person, Xu Qiqin could no longer hold back her rage anymore.
She couldn't help but feel that Wang Chong was intentionally provoking her.
She had crossed hands with that examinee earlier, and there were many occasions where he seemed to be ignorant of the rules of the game and she had to remind him of them. The silly chuckle that the latter made every time after making a mistake just seemed to rub her the wrong way.
It was one thing for the others to pass the examination, but if Wang Chong couldn't come up with a valid reason for his victory, she would never let this slide.
This was going too far!
"He might have made quite a few mistakes throughout the game, but do you think that he is really ignorant of the rules? Lin Changting, recite the rules of Go to him!" Wang Chong said with a wave of his hands.
Lin Changting gazed at Wang Chong in astonishment.
It hadn't been long since he had started learning Go, so it wasn't entirely wrong for Xu Qiqin to say that he didn't know how to play the game. However, what eft him truly astonished was how confident Wang Chong was that he knew the rules of Go and could recite it.
"Y-yes, gongzi!" As surprised as Lin Changting was, he quickly recited the rules. A bunch of Go jargon came out of his mouth fluently without much thought.
Hearing the other party recite the huge chunk of rules that consisted of over a thousand words, astonishment flashed across Xu Qiqin's eyes. She had played against that fellow, and the feeling the other party gave her was that he was a fool.
But this whole long bunch of rules, not even skilled players of Go would necessarily be able to recite it. Yet, the fool before her eyes actually managed to recite them fluently!
This left her eyes widening in shock.
The difference in his performance before and his actions now was simply too great; it was as if they were two different people!
She couldn't imagine how the same person could be so different before her and Wang Chong.
Furthermore, how did Wang Chong manage to see through him?
"It's not that he doesn't know the rules of Go, but that it hasn't been long since he came into contact with the game. He tries to think out of the box to find innovative ways to curb his opponent, but due to the limited time he has spent on the game, he doesn't have a thorough understanding of it yet. On top of that, there is no one to guide him along. As a result, in the eyes of others, he appears like a fool who is ignorant of even the rules of the game.
"In truth, this is similar to the novel warfare which I have just spoken of. Perhaps even he isn't aware of it himself. Lin Changting, after this matter is over, come to my room. I have something to give you," Wang Chong said.
Lin Changting's talent wasn't beneath Sun Zhiming. If he was groomed properly, he might just become yet another master of novel warfare like Sun Zhiming!
Thank you, gongzi!"
Lin Changting was delighted. He had thought that it would suffice for him to clear the examination, but who knew that he would manage to earn Wang Chong's recognition on top of that. This was truly an unexpected gain.
"Hmph, what novel warfare and conventional warfare, don't think that you can deceive me with those words!" Xu Qiqin said indignantly.
She was unable to understand a single word that Wang Chong was talking about, and she couldn't help but feel that Wang Chong was making the "conventional warfare" and "novel warfare" up just to humiliate her.
After all, if it was as important as he had said, how could she, given her background and vast knowledge. Not have heard of it?
"Hehe!" Wang Chong chuckled softly, not bothering to explain himself.
Xu Qiqin had truly misunderstood him. Be it the recruit earlier or Lin Changting, he had only cleared them because he thought that they had great potential.
As long as they were groomed properly, they could become the brightest stars of the battlefield in the future.
The only reason why Great Tang only had a hundred or so rising generals in his previous life was because there wasn't a discerning Bo Le to recognize them.
(Translators Note: Bo Le is a famed horse tamer in the Spring and Autumn period, known for his ability to discern superior breeds. His name has, since then, been used to metaphor those who are capable of identifying, grooming, and using talents well.)
In the entire world, who else other than he, the previous Great Marshal of the Central Plains and the esteemed War Saint, would be better suited to identify talents and nurture them?
Of the Three Great Training Camps, the most capable instructor was actually him, it was just that no one was aware of it at this point.
The examination continued, and even though there were two successful examinees at the start, most of the others ended up failing. In comparison to them, Xu Qiqin was actually doing quite well.
In truth, the chess skills of most of the recruits in the Deflecting Blade Manor was truly not praiseworthy.
However, it wasn't Wang Chong's intention to turn them into Go experts. Instead, he intended to use it as a medium to create a culture that emphasized the importance of military strategy here.
Even if most of them wouldn't become a general eventually, they would still rise to become lieutenants, captains, vice-generals
If the top and middle leadership of the military possessed a deep understanding of warfare, Great Tang would be invincible!
Creating an army whose soldiers were skilled in warfare from top to bottom; this was Wang Chong's goal for the Deflecting Blade Manor!
Time slowly ticked by. Xu Qiqin's current situation on the chessboard was already extremely precarious. Wang Chong's straightforward assaults had already torn through her formations on the chessboard, scattering her forces all around.
In terms of strategy, Wang Chong didn't attempt to use any tricks. His movements were simple and consistent, Xu Qiqin could see every single move he made clearly.
But it was such a simple playing style that had left her cornered.
Xu Qiqin's face paled, and cold sweat was dripping down her forehead. This was a reaction from overexertion. Wang Chong's movements had nearly sapped her brain power dry.
"Congratulations, you have passed the examination! Alright, we shall be ending here today. The results are already out. I hope that the rest of you can work hard to clear the examination the next time around!" Wang Chong's voice suddenly echoed in the room, and upon hearing those words, Xu Qiqin finally succumbed to her rage.
"Wang Chong! What do you mean by that?" Xu Qiqin glared at him furiously.
"What do you mean by saying the results are already out? Are you saying that I have failed the examination?" All of her dissatisfactions came bursting out at this instant.
She was still in the midst of playing, but Wang Chong had already announced that it was the end of the examination. Didn't that mean that she had failed the examination as well? But she had defeated every single examiner and examinee here! Was he trying to say that she couldn't even compare to those ordinary examinees?
"Don't you know better than anyone else? Look at your bowl, how many stones are there left?" Wang Chong replied calmly.
"What do you mean by that?" Xu Qiqin was at the peak of her rage, but in the next moment, as her hand reached for the bowl by the side of the chessboard, she suddenly froze and fell silent.
In that instant, it was as if a pail of icy water had been poured over her.
The bowl used to store her black stones was nearly emptied out. There were only four to five pieces in there.
Wang Chong was right, the game was over.
"Look at the bowl on the other side and look at how many white stones are in there," Wang Chong continued.
Xu Qiqin immediately cooled down. Even without taking a look, she knew that the other bowl must be empty. In this game, Wang Chong's moves were standard and consistent, but for some reason, it was extraordinary powerful and pressurizing.
Throughout the game, she actually didn't manage to claim more than a handful of his stones.
Taking a look at the chessboard once more, a bitter feeling emerged in her heart.
The majority of the chessboard was conquered by Wang Chong's white stones, and only a few scattered areas by the corners were in her black stone's possession. It was an utter defeat.
In that instant, Xu Qiqin seemed to have noticed something.
Without saying much, Wang Chong picked up the bowl storing the black stones he had eaten and poured them out before Xu Qiqin.
(Translators Notes: Each player has two bowls each, one to store the stones for them to make a move with, and the other to store the stones they had 'eaten' from their opponent.)
"Take a look for yourself, there are at least a hundred stones in there. This is a complete defeat from your side. In fact, there are many examinees here who fared better than you. The Chess Hall has its own rules, so... you have failed the examination!" Wang Chong said impassively.
Xu Qiqin's reddened face turn ghastly pale. It was only at this final moment that it all struck her at once. She had lost, and it was an even more disastrous defeat than the previous time.
Her lips trembled uncontrollably, unable to accept this outcome.
With his hands behind his back, Wang Chong said calmly,"Work hard! Though, I still do think that someone of your aptitude is not suited for our Chess Hall!"
Those words immediately clouded Xu Qiqin's mind with rage.
A deafening explosion sounded, and the entire Chess Hall seemed to have shaken for an instant. Right before Wang Chong's eyes, Xu Qiqin raised her fist and smashed the chessboard along with the table beneath it into smithereens.
Wooden fragments flew across the room!
The table was forged out of the incredibly resilient Phoebe Zhennan, but before Xu Qiqin's might, it was smashed as if it was paper paste, and even the wood's fiber was forced out under the impact.
On top of that, even after the top of the table was shattered into pieces, the four legs still remaining upright, having been knocked deep into the floor.
"Bastard!" Xu Qiqin bellowed, her furious voice echoing clearly throughout the Chess Hall. She could care less anymore. Even if her identity were to be exposed, she had to teach Wang Chong a lesson today!
"Wang Chong, you are intentionally making things difficult, aren't you? You just simply want to humiliate me, dont you?"


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Madonna joins the ranks of entertainment people who seem to confuse their performance success with political savvy at the opening of her new tour in Cardiff, England. She just cuts right to the Godwin's Law violation and proves she's another of The Chosen One's groupies:
Amid a four-act show at Cardiff's packed Millennium Stadium, a video interlude carried images of destruction, global warming, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, Zimbabwe's authoritarian President Robert Mugabe and U.S. Senator John McCain. Another sequence, shown later, pictured slain Beatle John Lennon, followed by climate activist Al Gore, Mahatma Gandhi and finally McCain's Democratic rival Barack Obama.
I think Madonna should get her bony butt on a plane and head right down to Zimbabwe immediately. Then she can take a visit – sans security personnel – of Zimbabwe's poorest neighborhoods to witness what a totalitarian rulership actually looks like. Perhaps, if she'll take off her Obama-colored glasses, she'll see that the comparison of McCain to either of the tyrants she invokes is just too ludicrous to be seriously considered.
Assuming, of course, that she's even capable of that manner of grown-up, rational thought. I tend to doubt it, these days. What's more, she's consigned herself to the dustbin of aging performers looking to prop up their waning days with some semblance of "See there? I mattered!"


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Catholic Charities honors organization that broke with bishops over mandate
April 17, 2012
Catholic Charities USA has awarded its Centennial Medal to NETWORK, a lobbying organization that has broken with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in its reaction to the Obama administration's contraceptive mandate.
"It is my pleasure to honor NETWORK for its work bringing dignity and respect to all people in this country, particularly in its efforts to eradicate poverty," said Father Larry Snyder, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA.
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Apr. 18, 2012 10:43 AM ET USA
Is Catholic Charities primarily funded by the Federal Government?
Posted by: unum -
Apr. 18, 2012 8:41 AM ET USA
I notice that Michael P. Driscoll, MSW, DD, Bishop of Boise is the "Episcopal Liaison" for Catholic Charities USA. Perhaps he was unaware of the recipient of the Centennial Medal. I also note that Sr. Carol Keehan is a Board member. That doesn't give me any confidence in Catholic Charities' fidelity to Church teaching!
Posted by: bmadeline92796 -
Apr. 18, 2012 1:23 AM ET USA
I am 81 years old - lifelong practicing Catholic. Now I find that I believe the American Bishops to be hypocrites. In talking to a small group of women, I hear stories of many who have gone to confession, mentally and physically bothered with having to use the rhythm method of birth control, and being told to just follow their conscience. That is secretly condoning contraception! Catholic hospitals are losing money when Catholic women go to other vendors! Bishops, be truthful to all!
Posted by: -
Apr. 18, 2012 12:08 AM ET USA
Sounds like the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing and some fingers need to be slapped. This is a recurring problem that the USCCB should be reviewing and taking corrective action to fix.
Posted by: impossible -
Apr. 17, 2012 10:13 PM ET USA
If the left really wanted to end or lessen poverty and to actually win the "war on poverty" they wood do the things necessary to accomplish victory, but it has become quite apparent that they prefer instead to crush our economy and keep their class envy issue alive. Winning elections with empty promises is more important to them than actually helping the poor.
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Apr. 17, 2012 8:29 PM ET USA
Note to self: Catholic Charities, out. St. Vincent de Paul, in. Bishop's Appeal, out. CCatholicCulture.org in.
Posted by: AgnesDay -
Apr. 17, 2012 12:34 PM ET USA
Why are they still called CATHOLIC Charities?
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Apr. 17, 2012 11:50 AM ET USA
My contributions to Catholic Charities has just ended.
Posted by: Defender -
Apr. 17, 2012 11:43 AM ET USA
Mr. Left Hand, this is Mr. Right Hand....
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Apr. 17, 2012 9:28 AM ET USA
Yet another reson I havne't contribtued money to this group in years. Someone needs to clean out the stables.


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When a simple round of truth or dare spins out of control, three girls find it's no longer a party game. It's do or die.
It all started on a whim: the game was a way for Tenley Reed to reclaim her popularity, a chance for perfect Caitlin "Angel" Thomas to prove she's more than her Harvard application. Loner Sydney Morgan wasn't even there; she was hiding behind her camera like usual. But when all three start receiving mysterious dares long after the party has ended, they're forced to play along—or risk exposing their darkest secrets.
How far will Tenley, Caitlin and Sydney go to keep the truth from surfacing? And who's behind this twisted game?
Set against the backdrop of Echo Bay, an isolated beach town haunted by misfortune, Truth or Dare is a highly charged debut that will keep readers in suspense from beginning to end.
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I have always dreaded the game of Truth or Dare. It never ended well for me. And the same is true for the girls in this book. But we'll get to that in a moment.
I like mysteries and thrillers and revenge stories. Truth or Dare is an intricately woven story, full of secrets and deceptions, and it definitely kept me guessing. No dirty laundry remained un-aired. No skeleton remained in its closet. And no stone was left unturned as the girls tried to discover who was behind the dares. I'm usually really good at guessing who the culprit is early on and enjoy watching as the characters search for clues, but this time around, I was just as stumped as them until something happened and I just knew. The writing was clear and concise and the book read more mature than other series I have read, and that just aided in keeping me in the dark for so long.
I generally like to know more than the characters do. So, when a character knows something that I don't and then takes it to the grave, it leaves me feeling a bit agitated. Especially when said character was on the verge of revealing this information, only to meet their untimely death. I call foul. What kind of ploy is this and why must you make me suffer so?
The suspense wasn't the only thing I liked about the story. The setting was the secluded town of Echo Bay, during it's Fall Festival. A festival which had previously been cancelled due to the mysterious deaths of three girls, dubbed the Lost Girls. If that doesn't set the mood for an eerie story, I don't know what would. The deaths weren't technically linked to the festival, but I usually attempt to avoid activities that lead to mentions of a curse and the like. But, hey, who am I to judge?
I think I would have rather this book been a stand-alone. The story was just dark and intense enough to keep me reading, but that ending kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I mean, you get your answers and you move on. Though the ending wasn't what I would call a cliffhanger, it did leave a lot more questions. Maybe I don't like mysteries as much as I thought? Because the questions and the not-knowing are seriously bothering me right now. I guess that's the sign of a well-written mystery? Like I said, I liked the writing, and I'd like to read more from this author. Just maybe not a mystery because she's infuriatingly good at it.
Where to find Truth or Dare
*If you are unaware, I have a video on how to use Indie Bound as a resource on how to find books
**Also, if you have a Windows Phone, there is a really good EPUB reader app called Bookviser Reader. You can check out their website here.
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According to pest control firm Rentokil, the number of cases it has had to deal with in the past year has soared, the Express reports.
It claimed to have witnessed 38 per cent more incidents of bed bugs last year than in 2009.
While keeping on top of domestic cleaning chores can help to prevent the problem, some people may find their attempts futile and could be forced to draft in experts.
The insurgence is thought to have been aided by the increasing number of people travelling to and from the UK on a regular basis, as the pests are transported unknowingly in clothing and luggage.
"High levels of hygiene and deep cleaning, including washing bed linen at a minimum 60C, will help to keep numbers under control, along with the use of DIY products," Rentokil technical director Savvas Othon told the publication.
Recently, the news provider also advised people to check their hotel beds before hitting the sack to ensure they do not have any unwanted guests when they return home.
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Simon began his design career in 1999 at Volkswagen (Wolfsburg) under the leadership of Hartmut Warkuss and designed cars for Seat and Lamborghini under the supervision of Walter de Silva. In 2001 he was contracted by the Volkswagen Group's advanced studio (Design Center Europe, Sitges), where he participated in the reincarnation of the Bugatti brand. He left the Volkswagen Group as a senior designer after completing a concept car in 2005. Between 2005 and 2007, Simon continued consulting for Bugatti and developed futuristic virtual vehicles for his book Cosmic Motors, published in 2007 by Design Studio Press. Upon its release, Cosmic Motors topped the automotive best-seller list of online retailer Amazon.com. It has received positive reviews from design icons such as Chris Bangle, Freeman Thomas,Syd Mead and Ryan Church.
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The House of Staunton is proud to offer the The Calvert Series Luxury Chess Pieces from the Camaratta Collection. A full club-sized Chess set, it features a 4.4" King with a 1.875" diameter base. The Chess pieces are heavily weighted with gold embossed English Leather base pads under the Kings that feature the Camaratta Signature and luxurious billiard cloth base pads on the other Chess pieces.. They are hand carved by our master artisans and are crafted out of the highest grade Genuine Ebony and Antiqued Boxwood.
As with all of our Chess sets, the Calvert exemplifies a perfect combination of distinct beauty and functionality. It has been designed to withstand the rigors of practical play while maintaining an elegance which has become the hallmark of a House of Staunton chess set. The design, quality and craftsmanship of this set is UNMATCHED by any set of Chessmen in its price range. Nothing even comes close!
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