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UBS Securities LLC and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. D.A. Davidson & Co. is acting as lead manager and Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. and Wunderlich Securities, Inc. are acting as co-managers for the offering.
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Racial issues aside - there are some glaring items about this matter involving the killing of young Trayvon Martin. Mainly, that Mr. Zimmerman made some BIG mistakes, some very BAD CHOICES.
His first BAD CHOICE was to carry a weapon for his "duty" as part of neighborhood watch. (He was not in downtown Baghdad.)
His second BAD CHOICE was to disobey the instructions of the 911 dispatcher.
His third BAD CHOICE was to follow or pursue Mr. Martin.
His fourth BAD CHOICE was to shoot Mr. Martin.
All of these BAD CHOICES point in the direction of premeditated murder.
The doctrine of self-defense falls apart if Party A pursues Party B. It is overt aggression if the "intended victim" pursues the "intended assailant," instead of running like hell in the opposite direction.
Also, the "Stand Your Ground" law in Florida is meaningless in this matter, because Mr. Zimmerman made the BAD CHOICE of ignoring the 911 dispatcher's advice to stay put. Instead of doing that, Mr. Zimmerman made the BAD CHOICE to follow and confront Trayvon Martin.
Various news accounts mentioned: "Mr. Zimmerman trying to get hired as a police officer, for several years." One must ask, how far did he get in the selection process?
Almost all police departments require a psychological profile of applicants suitable for interview. If Mr. Zimmerman did not pass that profile encounter, he would not be acceptable as a police officer. That means he could still get a job as a mall security guard, unless such a firm has a similar psychological screening process.
It looks like Mr. Zimmerman, apparently a cop wannabe, made a series of very BAD CHOICES.
In effect, some people have said he is a moron. At the very least, he is "reasoning impaired." The truly scary part is this: more likely than not he has a driver's license and is registered to vote.
Now, Mr. Zimmerman should pay for his BAD CHOICES.
No matter how Mr. Zimmerman's defense attorney will try to paint the picture – if you dress a donkey in frilly clothes and a hat, it still is a donkey – more likely than not, Mr. Zimmerman's cowardice will be apparent to any jury.
As Forrest Gump said in 1994, "Stupid is as stupid does." That defines Mr. Zimmerman to a T.
If Mr. Zimmerman had obeyed the 911 dispatcher and stayed in his vehicle, we would not be reading and hearing about this matter, and the young Trayvon Martin would still be alive…
With all due respect to all of this, it never fails to amaze me how people talk, talk, talk, about this case and it's mostly race, race, race– which is totally legitimate for that is the ugly underbelly in America. This infestation of racism pollutes our body politic and is a disgrace on a great Nation.
But what troubles me most is that people also talk, and jabber hysterically about this law when they haven't even troubled themselves to go read the freakin' statute so they might at least have a thimble full of knowledge demonstrating they have a clue what they are talking about. Essentially it comes down to what Randolph McLaughlin, attorney for the family of Kenneth Chamberlain said speaking about that case on Democracy Now and comparing the police there to Zimmerman here. You can't provoke a situation and then respond to it, "Oh, I had to use deadly force to protect myself." That really is all of it in a nutshell. Superbly stated.
But if we are going to trash a law (when the real trash is law enforcement) we should at least go read it. This is easy. This is not rocket science. If anyone is going publish their opinions credibility helps. The law in question here is really simple enough for a 17-year old to understand.
Read "Trayvon Martin: Defense a Pig-Sty Beneath a Racist Facade?" as well as the follow up commentary and I think you will agree that the ONLY person who can rely on this law as a defense is Trayvon Martin.
Indeed, even as to the alleged fight that broke out the legal consequence is the same. Under the plain and simple language of this law and the facts as we know them, The ONLY man with a right to stand his ground was Trayvon Martin and the only one legally authorized by law to meet force with force as that 6' 3" 140 lg boy against a 5. 9' 240lb gorilla with a gun.
"Suspicion" will NOT suffice under this statute. Read it. Much more must be specifically shown. Did Trayvon fight back? Is this even a relevant question? If you were 140 lb skinny teenager displaying none of the BEHAVIOR SPECIFICALLY required before one can even evoke this statute (just read it!) and 250 gorilla jumps out of a car and comes after you as you are retreated from his aggression what would you do? What would and person do? Waht they have a right to! Stand your ground and meet force with force if necessary to prevent great bodily harm.
Notice, once you read this simple and clear law, one person and one person only has the factual and legal right to assert on their behalf. And that ONE person was Travyon Martin. I rest my case.


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- 2.25 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoon(s) all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup(s) sugar substitute, such as Splenda
- 1.5 tablespoon(s) baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1 large egg + 1 large egg white, lightly beaten
- 3/4 cup(s) sour cream, light or fat-free
- 1/2 cup(s) unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter, melted
- cup(s) skim milk
- 3 tablespoon(s) lemon juice
- 1.5 tablespoon(s) lemon zest
- 1.5 cup(s) fresh blueberries, washed and drained
- 3 teaspoon(s) sugar substitute (optional)
- Make the batter: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly coat a 12-cup muffin tin with vegetable-oil cooking spray. Set aside. In a large bowl, combine 2 1/4 cups flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, sour cream, butter, milk, lemon juice, and zest. Using a fork, stir the egg mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. Do not overmix. In a small bowl, combine remaining 3 tablespoons flour and blueberries, toss to coat, and gently fold into batter.
- Bake the muffins: Spoon 1/3 cup of batter into prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle sugar evenly over each filled muffin cup, if desired. Bake the muffins until the tops are golden -- 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 5 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen edges and turn the muffins out onto the rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
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Tommy's Coffee Break Calendar for July 2nd
Today there's a weird Hendrix coincidence, Elvis records a piece of history, and technology takes a leap…forward?
7/02/1956 – (58 years ago today) Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" at RCA Studios, New York. It's the first time The Jordanaires work with Elvis; take 31 is the version that's selected for release. Everything is different from here on out, that's a fact.
7/02/1962 - (52 years ago today) After breaking his ankle during his 26th and final parachute jump, Jimi Hendrix is honorably discharged from the 101st Airborne Paratroopers. Bet alotta ya didn't know that James was an Armed Services Vet!
7/02/1969 – (45 years ago today) Seven years later, on the same date as his discharge, Jimi Hendrix learns that his Experience bandmates have decided to give notice: bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell call it quits a day after performing at the Denver Pop Festival. Jimi convinces Mitch to give it one more try, and they hook up with an Army buddy of Jimi's, Billy Cox on the bass. Briefly calling themselves Gypsy Sun, this is the trio that goes on to play at Woodstock. Here's the original Experience line-up smokin' it in 1968:
7/02/1979 - (35 years ago today) The world welcomes a new way to listen to music as Sony introduces their latest hi-tech gadget, "The Walkman", the very first portable audio cassette player! Yowza! Over the next 30 years, over 385 million Walkmans are sold, in cassette, then CD, then mini-disc and digital file versions. Mr. Walkman is the king of the hill until the arrival of Apple's iPod.
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HARTFORD, Conn. – Everyone's favorite aardvark needs a new friend – and now, fans of Arthur on Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) can help him find one. Arthur's All Kids Can Character Search invites children between the ages of six and 12 to submit their ideas for an exciting new Arthur character. Winning entrants, along with their creations, will be given the chance to appear in a segment of an Arthur show. The winner's school will receive a visit from Arthur creator Marc Brown.
Entries must include be postmarked by March 31, 2008, and should include both a description of the character and original artwork. Entry forms and complete contest rules are available at the PBS website (http://pbskids.org/arthur/allkidscan/index.html).
Arthur is an animated series that airs weekdays at 4 p.m. on CPTV. Aimed at viewers between the ages of four and eight, Arthur's goal is to help foster an interest in reading and writing, and to encourage positive social skills. The Character Search contest represents another engaging piece of Arthur's comprehensive creative outreach campaign.
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Magic. Vibration. Bentley couldn't have described the thrilling, one-of-a-kind experience, the theater of the mind presented by artists Mel and Dorothy Tanner called Lumonics, with more appropriate terminology. Currently in its fifth year at an art gallery with a built-in theater resembling a high-tech Buddhist temple A in Fort Lauderdale, believe it or not A this multifaceted assault on the senses has frequently been described as a "legal high." At the same time, the U.S. Office of Education's Drug Abuse Counseling Program and various local physicians direct patients to Lumonics to relieve stress and fatigue.
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Most people in the room on the night I attended were repeat-trippers; some had happily paid their $20 to view the show again, after ten visits. This could easily become a healthy addiction. Instead of spending the money on illegal highs or even imported beer, treat yourself to Lumonics and see what type of plays and scenes you'll invent within your own mind.
If Lumonics serves as the ultimate legal high, then the highly touted murder mystery play aberration, Cafe Noir, sinks to an all-time low. Brought to the Marseilles Hotel at 1741 Collins Avenue by producer and lead actor John Trapani, who worked in the original New England-based company -- Murder to Go -- that started the trend, this show also boasts the fact that it was written by David Landau, who created the interactive mystery form. At Cafe Noir, it's hard to ascertain which is worse: the hotel's food, the weak plot, or the silly, contrived antics of the actors. You eat odd-tasting Caesar salad, cold spaghetti, and over-cooked fish as a cliche tale of intrigue unfolds, involving Trapani as private eye Ric Archer, a sexy dame named Sheila Wonderly (overacted to the hilt by Suzanne Turner), a debonair hostess named Madame Toreau (the only bright light in the evening), and a bevy of similarly seedy characters. People are murdered while you tear apart the stale bread, suspects pop up without reason as you shy away from each new course of the inedible. Meanwhile, the "play" deteriorates into a series of caricatures drawn from every Ellery Queen and Mike Hammer tale. During the bland dessert, you must fill out a clue sheet and guess the murderer of flat, uninteresting players. If I had died the next morning, I would have guessed the main culprits were Landau and the Marseilles.


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Not only is Bridgewater's Danny Johnson a super-speedy grocery bagger, he also has a great, slightly Tetris-like attitude about his chosen vocation: According to the Globe, the elite Roche Brother's champion bagger, bound for Las Vegas's bagging (not that kind) championships this weekend, "finds it intriguing, like figuring out puzzles with lots of perishable pieces."
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Traditional Chinese | 孫子兵法 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 孙子兵法 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Sūnzĭ Bīngfǎ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Sun Tzu's Military Principles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 孫子兵法 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 孙子兵法 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu (also referred to as "Sun Wu" and "Sunzi"),[1] a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician, and it was believed to have been compiled during the late Spring and Autumn period or early Warring States period.[2] The text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly known to be the definitive work on military strategy and tactics of its time. It has been the most famous and influential of China's Seven Military Classics, and: "for the last two thousand years it remained the most important military treatise in Asia, where even the common people knew it by name."[3] It has had an influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy and beyond.
The book was first translated into the French language in 1772 by French Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot and a partial translation into English was attempted by British officer Everard Ferguson Calthrop in 1905. The first annotated English language translation was completed and published by Lionel Giles in 1910.[4] Leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong, General Vo Nguyen Giap, Baron Antoine-Henri Jomini, General Douglas MacArthur and leaders of Imperial Japan have drawn inspiration from the work.
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Sun Tzu considered war as a necessary evil that must be avoided whenever possible. He notes, "war is like fire; people who do not lay down their arms will die by their arms".[5] The war should be fought swiftly to avoid economic losses: "No long war ever profited any country: 100 victories in 100 battles is simply ridiculous. Anyone who excels in defeating his enemies triumphs before his enemy's threat become real". According to the book, one must avoid massacres and atrocities because this can provoke resistance and possibly allow enemy to turn the war in his favor.[5] For the victor, "the best policy is to capture the state intact; it should be destroyed only if no other options are available".[5]
Sun Tzu emphasized the importance of positioning in military strategy. The decision to position an army must be based on both objective conditions in the physical environment and the subjective beliefs of other, competitive actors in that environment. He thought that strategy was not planning in the sense of working through an established list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment; but in a changing environment, competing plans collide, creating unexpected situations.
The Art of War is divided into 13 chapters (or piān); the collection is referred to as being one zhuàn ("whole" or alternatively "chronicle"). Because different translations have used different titles for each chapter, a selection appears below.
Chapter | Lionel Giles (1910) | R.L. Wing (1988) | Ralph D. Sawyer (1996) | Chow-Hou Wee (2003) |
I | Laying Plans | The Calculations | Initial Estimations | Detail Assessment and Planning (Chinese: 始計,始计) |
II | Waging War | The Challenge | Waging War | Waging War (Chinese: 作戰,作战) |
III | Attack by Stratagem | The Plan of Attack | Planning Offensives | Strategic Attack (Chinese: 謀攻,谋攻) |
IV | Tactical Dispositions | Positioning | Military Disposition | Disposition of the Army (Chinese: 軍形,军形) |
V | Energy | Directing | Strategic Military Power | Forces (Chinese: 兵勢,兵势) |
VI | Weak Points and Strong | Illusion and Reality | Vacuity and Substance | Weaknesses and Strengths (Chinese: 虛實,虚实) |
VII | Maneuvering | Engaging The Force | Military Combat | Military Maneuvers (Chinese: 軍爭,军争) |
VIII | Variation of Tactics | The Nine Variations | Nine Changes | Variations and Adaptability (Chinese: 九變,九变) |
IX | The Army on the March | Moving The Force | Maneuvering the Army | Movement and Development of Troops (Chinese: 行軍,行军) |
X | Terrain | Situational Positioning | Configurations of Terrain | Terrain (Chinese: 地形) |
XI | The Nine Situations | The Nine Situations | Nine Terrains | The Nine Battlegrounds (Chinese: 九地) |
XII | The Attack by Fire | The Fiery Attack | Incendiary Attacks | Attacking with Fire (Chinese: 火攻) |
XIII | The Use of Spies | The Use of Intelligence | Employing Spies | Intelligence and Espionage (Chinese: 用間,用间) |
Traditionalist scholars attribute the writings of "Sun Tzu" to the historical Sun Wu, who is recorded in both the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) and the Spring and Autumn Annals as having been active in Wu around the end of the sixth century BC, beginning in 512 BC. The traditional interpretation concludes that the text should therefore date from this period, and should directly reflect the tactics and strategies used and created by Sun Wu. The traditionalist approach assumes that only very minor revisions may have occurred shortly after Sun Wu's death, in the early fifth century BC, as the body of his writings may have needed to be compiled in order to form the complete, modern text.[6]
The textual support for the traditionalist view is that several of the oldest of the Seven Military Classics share a focus on specific literary concepts (such as terrain classifications) which traditionalist scholars assume were created by Sun Tzu. The Art of War also shares several entire phrases in common with the other Military Classics, implying that other texts borrowed from the Art of War, and/or that The Art of War borrowed from other texts. According to traditionalist scholars, the fact that The Art of War was the most widely reproduced and circulated military text of the Warring States period indicates that any textual borrowing between military texts must have been exclusively from The Art of War to other texts and not vice versa.[7] The classical texts which most similarly reflect Sun Tzu's terms and phraseology are the Wei Liaozi and Sun Bin's Art of War.[8]
Skeptics to the traditionalist view within China have abounded since at least the time of the Song dynasty. Some, following Du Mu, accused The Art of War's first commentator, Cao Cao, of butchering the text. The criticisms of Cao Cao were based on a Book of Han bibliographical notation of a work composed of eighty-two sections that was attributed to Sun Tzu. The description of a work by Sun Tzu composed of eighty-two sections contrasts with the description of the Art of War from the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), in which the Art of War is described as having thirteen sections (the current number). Others doubted Sun Tzu's historical existence and claimed that the work must be a later forgery. Much of The Art of War's historical condemnation within China has been due to its realistic approach to warcraft: it advocates utilizing spies and deception. The advocacy of dishonest methods contradicted perceived Confucian values, making it a target of Confucian literati throughout later Chinese history. According to later Confucian scholars, Sun Tzu's historical existence was accordingly a late fabrication, unworthy of consideration except by the morally reprehensible.[9]
If the modern text of The Art of War reflects contrasting interpretations of the value in chivalry in warfare, the existence of these differing interpretations within the text supports the theory that the core of The Art of War was created by a figure (i.e. the historical Sun Tzu) who existed at a time when chivalry was more highly valued (i.e., the Spring and Autumn period), and that the text was amended by his followers to reflect the realities of warfare in a subsequent, distinctly un-chivalric period (i.e., the Warring States period).[9]
The 1972 discovery in a tomb of a nearly complete Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD) copy of The Art of War, known as the Yinqueshan Han Slips, which is almost completely identical to modern editions, lends support that The Art of War had achieved its current form by at least the early Han dynasty, and findings of less-complete copies dated earlier support the view that it existed in roughly its current form by at least the time of the mid-late Warring States. Because the archaeological evidence proves that The Art of War existed in its present form by the early Han dynasty, the Han dynasty record of a work of eighty-two sections attributed to Sun Tzu is assumed by modern historians to be either a mistake, or a lost work combining the existing The Art of War with biographical and dialectical material. Some modern scholars suggest that The Art of War must have existed in thirteen sections before Sun Tzu met the King of Wu, since the king mentions the number thirteen in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) description of their meeting.[9]
Some modern historians[which?] challenge the traditionalist interpretation of the text's history. Even if the possibility of later revisions is disregarded, the traditionalist interpretation that Sun Tzu created The Art of War himself (ex nihilo), and that all other military scholars must have copied and borrowed from him, disregards the likelihood of any previous formal or literary tradition of tactical studies, despite the historical existence of over 2,000 years of Chinese warfare and tactical development before 500 BC. Because it is unlikely that Sun Tzu effectively created China's entire body of tactical studies, "basic concepts and common passages seem to argue in favor of a comprehensive military tradition and evolving expertise, rather than creation ex nihilo."[7]
One modern alternative to the traditionalist theory states that The Art of War achieved its current form by the mid-to-late Warring States (the fourth-to-third century BC), centuries after the historical Sun Tzu's death. This interpretation relies on disparities between The Art of War's tactics and the historical conditions of warfare in the late Spring and Autumn period (the late sixth century BC). Examples of warfare described in The Art of War which did not occur until the Warring States period include:
Because the conditions and tactics advocated in The Art of War are historically anachronistic to the historical Sun Tzu's time, it is possible that The Art of War was created in the mid-to-late Warring States period.[10]
A view that mediates between the traditionalist interpretation that the historical Sun Tzu was the only creator of The Art of War in the Spring and Autumn Period and the opposite view, that The Art of War was created in the mid-late Warring States Period centuries after Sun Tzu's death, suggests that the core of the text was created by Sun Tzu and underwent a period of revision before achieving roughly its current form within a century of Sun Tzu's death (in the last half of the fifth-century BC).
It seems likely that the historical figure (of Sun Tzu) existed, and that he not only served as a strategist and possibly a general, but also composed the core of the book that bears his name. Thereafter, the essential teachings were probably transmitted within the family or a close-knit school of disciples, being improved and revised with the passing decades while gradually gaining wider dissemination.[11]
The view that The Art of War achieved roughly its current form by the late fifth-century BC is supported by the recovery of the oldest existing fragments of The Art of War and by the analysis of the prose of The Art of War, which is similar to other texts dated more definitively to the late fifth-century BC (i.e. Mozi), but dissimilar either to earlier (i.e. The Analects) or later (i.e. Xunzi) literature from roughly the same period.[8] This theory accounts both for the historical record attributing The Art of War to Sun Tzu and for the description of tactics anachronistic to Sun Tzu's time within The Art of War.
Before the bamboo scroll version was discovered by archaeologists in April 1972, a commonly cited version of The Art of War was the Annotation of Sun Tzu's Strategies by Cao Cao, the founder of the Kingdom of Wei.[4] In the preface, he wrote that previous annotations were not focused on the essential ideas.
After the movable type printer was invented, The Art of War (with Cao Cao's annotations) was published in a military textbook along with six other strategy books, collectively known as the Seven Military Classics (武經七書 / 武经七书). As required reading in military textbooks since the Song Dynasty, more than 30 differently annotated versions of these books exist today.
The Book of Sui documented seven books named after Sun Tzu. An annotation by Du Mu also includes Cao Cao's annotation. Li Jing's The Art of War is said to be a revision of Master Sun's strategies. Annotations by Cao Cao, Du Mu and Li Quan were translated into the Tangut language before year 1040. Other annotations cited in official history books include Shen You's (176-204) Sun Tzu's Military Strategy, Jia Xu's Copy of Sun Tzu's Military Strategy, and Cao Cao and Wang Ling's Sun Tzu's Military Strategy.
Verses from the book occur in modern daily Chinese idioms and phrases, such as the last verse of Chapter 3:
This has been more tersely interpreted and condensed into the Chinese modern proverb:
Common examples can also be found in English use, such as verse 18 in Chapter 1:
This has been abbreviated to its most basic form and condensed into the English modern proverb:
In many East Asian countries, The Art of War was part of the syllabus for potential candidates of military service examinations. Various translations are available.
During the Sengoku era in Japan, a daimyo named Takeda Shingen (1521–1573) is said to have become almost invincible in all battles without relying on guns, because he studied The Art of War.[2] The book even gave him the inspiration for his famous battle standard "Fūrinkazan" (Wind, Forest, Fire and Mountain), meaning fast as the wind, silent as a forest, ferocious as fire and immovable as a mountain.
The translator Samuel B. Griffith offers a chapter on "Sun Tzu and Mao Tse-Tung" where The Art of War is cited as influencing Mao's On Guerrilla Warfare, On the Protracted War and Strategic Problems of China's Revolutionary War, and includes Mao's quote: "We must not belittle the saying in the book of Sun Wu Tzu, the great military expert of ancient China, 'Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a thousand battles without disaster.'"[2]
During the Vietnam War, some Vietcong officers studied The Art of War and reportedly could recite entire passages from memory.
General Vo Nguyen Giap successfully implemented tactics described in The Art of War during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu ending major French involvement in Indochina and leading to the accords which partitioned Vietnam into North and South. General Vo, later the main PVA military commander in the Vietnam War, was an avid student and practitioner of Sun Tzu's ideas. America's defeat there, more than any other event, brought Sun Tzu to the attention of leaders of American military theory.[12][13][14]
Finnish Field Marshal Mannerheim and general Aksel Airo were avid readers of Art of War. They both read it in French; Airo kept the French translation of the book on his bedside table in his quarters.
The Department of the Army in the United States, through its Command and General Staff College, has directed all units to maintain libraries within their respective headquarters for the continuing education of personnel in the art of war. The Art of War is mentioned as an example of works to be maintained at each individual unit and staff duty officers are obliged to prepare short papers for presentation to other officers on their readings.[15]
The Art of War is listed on the Marine Corps Professional Reading Program (formerly known as the Commandant's Reading List). It is recommended reading for all United States Military Intelligence personnel and is required reading for all CIA officers.[16]
According to some authors, the strategy of deception from The Art of War was studied and widely used by the KGB: "I will force the enemy to take our strength for weakness, and our weakness for strength, and thus will turn his strength into weakness".[17] The book is widely cited by KGB officers in charge of disinformation operations in Vladimir Volkoff's novel Le Montage.
The Art of War has been applied to many fields well outside of the military. Much of the text is about how to fight wars without actually having to do battle: it gives tips on how to outsmart one's opponent so that physical battle is not necessary. As such, it has found application as a training guide for many competitive endeavors that do not involve actual combat.
There are business books applying its lessons to office politics and corporate strategy.[18][19][20] Many Japanese companies make the book required reading for their key executives.[21] The book is also popular among Western business management, who have turned to it for inspiration and advice on how to succeed in competitive business situations. It has also been applied to the field of education.[22]
The Art of War has been the subject of law books[23] and legal articles on the trial process, including negotiation tactics and trial strategy.[24][25][26][27]
The Art of War has also been applied in the world of sports. NFL coach Bill Belichick is known to have read the book and used its lessons to gain insights in preparing for games.[28] Australian cricket as well as Brazilian association football coaches Luis Felipe Scolari and Carlos Alberto Parreira are known to have embraced the text. Scolari made the Brazilian World Cup squad of 2002 study the ancient work during their successful campaign.[29]
On the 15th season of the popular U.S. television show Survivor, each tribe received a copy of The Art of War. As stated by host Jeff Probst: "Survivor is a war. The book deals with leadership and how you defeat the other tribe. It's interesting how much it plays into the game all the way through."
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Importance of Arabic Language – Why it's Important to Learn Arabic
Arabic is spoken by more than two-hundred sixty million people throughout the world and is the main language of most of the Middle East. The global importance of Arabic language in today world with the growing presence of the Middle East in our daily news. Arabic plays an important role in the Islamic faith because Arabic is the language of the Holy Quran.
An important thing to keep in mind when traveling to Arabic speaking countries. Each region has a different Arabic dialect that may or may not be understood in a different region. Modern Standard Arabic or (MSA) is the Arabic dialect that stands out and is generally understood but may be considered "too formal" to use. Egyptian Arabic is a good dialect to learn because Egypt provides most of the news broadcasting in the area.
Depending on your approach to learning Arabic can be moderately hard language to learn if you don't have the right mindset. You should always try to maximizes your resources and time for the best learning experience possible.
The distribution of the Arabic language began within the seventh century throughout the Islamic conquests which expanded Arabic's reach from the Middle Eastern countries into Northern Africa. Arabic began to prospered for a while before having to incorporate new words and technological dependent terms.
Muslims holds the importance of Arabic language in very high esteem with most of their beliefs being inseparable from Arabic. They considering Arabic the divine gift and a sacred part of their customs. They are required to perform five daily prayers in Arabic. Muslims believe that Arabic may be the mother of all languages in the world, being the very first language taught to Adam within the Garden of Eden.
Arabic is considered to be one of the oldest languages in the world with a wealth of knowledge that Archeologists to this day are still trying to uncover. Importance of Arabic has roots going back as far as the sixth century. The Middle East has a rich story telling history that has produce some of the most remarkable stories such as the Arabian Nights, Ali Baba, and Aladdin. Arabs have also made significant contributions in such areas as mathematics, navigation, belly dancing, astrology, and architecture.
Arabic is becoming an important language when it comes to operating a international business that's trying to break into foreign markets. Learning Arabic opens up many employment possibilities in a number of different industries such as oil, travel, fiance, and translation to name a few. Arabic speakers have been in very high demand by the CIA and FBI for that ongoing conflicts in Iraqi as well as Afghanistan.
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