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|Names (details)
|Known in English as:
|Yue Fei, Yueh Fei, Yo Fei, Yao Fei, Ngok Fei, Nawk Fai
|Traditional Chinese:
|Simplified Chinese:
|Hanyu Pinyin:
|Yuè Fēi
|Yüeh Fei
|Ngok6 Fei1
|Courtesy name:
|Traditional Chinese:
|Simplified Chinese:
|Hanyu Pinyin:
|P'eng Chü
|Paang4 Geui2
|Posthumous name(s):
|Wumu , Zhongwu
|武穆 , 忠武
|Hanyu Pinyin:
|Wǔmù , Zhōngwǔ
|Wumu , Jungwu
|Mou5 Muk6 , Jung1 Mou5
Yue Fei (March 24, 1103 - January 27, 1142) was a famous Chinese patriot and military general who fought for the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jurchen armies of the Jin Dynasty. Since his political execution, Yue Fei has evolved into the standard model of loyalty in Chinese culture.
Although it is part of an historic text, this biography includes supernatural elements. For instance, it mentions how Yue's father, Yue Huo (岳和), named him Fei (飛 - "flight") because a magical Peng alighted on the roof of their family home. It also states Yue Fei "possessed supernatural power" and could "draw a bow of 300 catties".
Some people mistakenly take this novel to be historical fact when it is purely fiction. In the introduction of his translation, Sir T.L. Yang states:
"The work is a historical novel in form, but it is in fact based almost mainly on legends which were current amongst the common people for centuries. Indeed some of the events described there are nothing more than Qian Cai's own imagination."
The Song Yue E Wang Nianpu (宋岳鄂王年譜 – "Biography of Song Yue, Prince of E [Wuchang, Hubei]") was written by Qian Ru Wen (钱汝雯) in 1924.
Several sources state Yue was born into a poor tenant farmer's family in Tanyin County, Anyang Prefecture, Henan province. According to The Story of Yue Fei, the Chinese immortal Chen Tuan, disguised as a wandering priest, warned the future-general's father, Yue Huo (岳和), to put his wife and child inside of a certain clay jar if baby Yue began to cry. A few days later, a young child squeezed Yue's hand too hard and he began to cry. Soon, it began to rain and the Yellow River flooded, wiping out Yue's village. His father held onto the clay jar as it was swept down the river, but eventually drowned. This well-known story is actually fiction. Although the much older Yue Fei Biography mentions the flood, it states Yue Huo survived the flood. It reads, "侗死,溯望設祭于其冢。父義之,曰:"汝為時用,其徇國死義乎。"
"After [the death of his teacher Zhou Tong], [Yue Fei] would offer sacrifices at his tomb. His father praised him for his faithfulness and asked him, 'When you are employed to cope with the affairs of the time, will you then not have to sacrifice yourself for the empire and die for your duty?'"
It must be taken into account that the Yue Fei Biography was written roughly five-hundred years before The Story of Yue Fei. Yue Fei's father used his family's plot of land for humanitarian efforts, but after it was destroyed in the flood, young Yue Fei was forced to help his father toil in the fields to survive. Yue received most of his primary education from his father. In 1122 Yue joined the army, but had to return home later that year after the death of his father. In ancient China, a person was required by law to temporarily resign from their job so they could observe the customary period of mourning. For instance, Yue would have had to mourn his father's passing for three years, but in all actuality only twenty-seven months. During this time, he would wear varying degrees of coarse mourning robes, caps, and slippers, while abstaining from silken garments. When his mother died in 1136, he retired from a decisive battle against the Jin for the mourning period, but he was forced to cut the bereavement short because his generals begged him to come back.
The Story of Yue Fei gives a very detailed fictional account of Yue's early life. The novel states after being swept from Henan to Hubei, Yue and his mother are saved by the country squire Wang Ming (王明) and are permitted to stay in the Wang manor as live-in-help. Young Yue Fei later becomes the adopted son and student of the Wang family's teacher, Zhou Tong, a famous master of military skills. (Zhou Tong is not to be confused with the similarly named "Little King" of the Water Margin.) Zhou teaches Yue and his three sworn brothers--Wang Gui (王贵), Tang Huai (湯懷) and Zhang Xian (張顯)--literary lessons on odd days and military lessons, involving archery and the eighteen weapons of war, on even days.
After years of practice, Zhou Tong enters his students into the Tanyin County military exam, in which Yue Fei wins first place by shooting a succession of nine arrows through the bullseye of a target two-hundred and forty paces away. After this display of archery, Yue is asked to marry the daughter of Li Chun (李春), an old friend of Zhou's and the county magistrate who presided over the military exams. However, Zhou soon dies of an illness and Yue lives by his grave through the winter until the second month of the new year when his sworn-brothers come and tear it down, forcing him to return home and take care of his mother.
Yue eventually marries and later participates in the Imperial military exams in the Song capital of Kaifeng. There, he defeats all competitors and even turns down an offer from Cai Gui (蔡桂), the Prince of Liang, to be richly rewarded if he forfeits his chance for the military degree. This angers the prince and both agree to fight a private duel in which Yue kills the prince and is forced to flee the city for fear of being executed. Shortly thereafter, he joins the Song army to fight the invading Jurchen armies of the Jin Empire.
The Yue Fei Biography states "飛生時,有大禽若鵠,飛鳴室上,因以為名。未彌月,河決內黃,水暴至,母姚抱飛坐瓮中,衝濤及岸得免,人異之。-- 家貧力學,尤好【左氏春秋】、孫吳兵法。"
"When [Yue] was born, a Peng flew crowing over the house, so his father named the child Fei [(飞 - "fly")]. Before [Yue] was even a month old, the Yellow River flooded, so his mother got inside of the center of a clay jar and held on to baby Yue. The violent waves pushed the jar down river, where they landed ashore … Despite his family's poverty, [Yue Fei] was studious, and particularly favored the Zuo Zhuan edition of the Spring and Autumn Annals and the strategies of Sun Tzu and Wu Qi."
According to one book by martial arts master Liang Shou Yu, "[A] Dapeng is a great big bird that lived in ancient china. Legend has it, that Dapeng was the guardian that stayed above the head of the first Buddha, Sakymuni. Dapeng could get rid of all evil in any area. Even the Monkey King was no match for it. During the Song Dynasty the government was corrupt and foreigners were constantly invading China. Sakyamuni sent Dapeng down to earth to protect China. Dapeng descended to earth and was born as Yue Fei."
The Yue Fei Biography says, "Yue Fei possessed supernatural power and before his adulthood, he was able to draw a bow of 300 catties and a Cross-bow of 8 stone. [Yue Fei] learned archery from Zhou Tong. He learned everything and could fire with his left and right hands. The Story of Yue Fei states Zhou teaches Yue and his sworn-brothers archery and all of the eighteen weapons of war. This fictional novel also says Yue was Zhou's third student after the Water Margin bandits Lin Chong and Lu Junyi. The Biography of Song Yue, Prince of E [Wuchang, Hubei]") says he studied the bow and military tactics under the military leader Zhou Tong and the spear under the spear master Chen Guang (陈广). Before he was an adult, Yue could draw a bow of 300 catties and a crossbow of 8 stones and could fire a bow with either his left or right hand. The E Wang Shi records, "When Yue Fei reached adulthood, his maternal grandfather, Yao Daweng [(姚大翁)], hired a spear expert, Chen Guang, to teach Yue Fei spear fighting.
Both the Yue Fei Biography and E Wang Shi mention Yue learning from Zhou and Chen at or before his adulthood. The chinese word representing "adulthood" in these sources is Jí Guàn (及冠 - "Conferring Cap"), an ancient Chinese term that means "twenty years old" where a young man was able to wear a formal cap as a social status of adulthood. So he gained all of his martial arts knowledge by the time he joined the army at the age of nineteen.
These chronicles do not mention Yue's masters teaching him martial arts style; just archery, spearplay and military tactics. But non-historical or scholarly sources state, in addition to those already mentioned, Zhou Tong taught Yue other skills such as hand-to-hand combat and horseback riding. Yet again, these do not mention any specific martial arts style. One legend says Zhou took young Yue to an unspecified place to meet a Buddhist hermit who taught him the Emei Dapeng Qigong (峨嵋大鵬氣功) style. This is supposedly the source of his legendary strength and martial arts abilities. According to thirteenth generation lineage Tai He ("Great Harmony") Wudangquan Master Fan Keping (范克平), a collector of rare Kung fu manuals, Yue's teacher Zhou was a master of various "hard qigong" exercises.
According to legend, Yue's mother tattooed jìn zhōng bào guó (- "serve the country with the utmost loyalty") across his back before he left home to join the army in 1122. The Biography of Yue Fei says after the traitor Qin Hui sent agents to arrest Yue Fei and his son, Yue Fei was taken before the court and charged with treason. But "飛裂裳以背示鑄,有"盡忠報國"四大字,深入膚理。既而閱實無左驗,鑄明其無辜。"
"Yue ripped his jacket to reveal the four brush-stroke characters of "serve the country with the utmost loyalty" on his back. This proved he was clearly innocent of the charges."
In chapter twenty-one of The Story of Yue Fei entitled "By a pretext Wang Zuo swore brotherhood, By tattoos Lady Yue instructed her son", Yue denounced the pirate chief Yang Yao (杨幺) and passed on a chance to become a general in his army. Lady Yao then tells Yue, "I, your mother, saw that you did not accept recruitment of the rebellious thief, and that you willingly endure poverty and are not tempted by wealth and status … But I fear that after my death, there may be some unworthy creature who will enticed you … For these reason … I want to tattoo on your back the four characters 'Utmost', 'Loyalty', 'Serve' and 'Nation' ... The Lady picked up the brush and wrote out on his spine the four characters for 'serving the nation with the utmost loyalty' ... [So] she bit her teeth, and started pricking. Having finished, she painted the characters with ink mixed with vinegar so that the colour would never fade."
According to The Kaifeng Stone Inscriptions, the Kaifeng Jews, one of many pockets of Chinese Jews who settled in China before the time of Jesus Christ, refer to this tattoo in two of their stele monuments created in 1489, 1512, and 1638. This first mention appeared in a section of the 1489 stele talking about the Jews' "Boundless loyalty to the country and Prince". (Please note the original author translated Yue Fei's tattoo as "Boundless loyalty to the country".) The second appeared in a section of the 1512 stele talking about how Jewish soldiers and officers in the Chinese armies were "Boundlessly loyal to the country". This book also claims that "Israelites" (Chinese Jews) served as soldiers in the armies of Yue Fei.
Southern Song Dynasty artist Liu Songnian (劉松年) (1174-1224), who was best known for his very realistic works, painted a picture called the "Four Generals of Zhongxing" (中興四將). The group portrait shows eight people--four generals and four attendants. Starting from the left: attendant, Yue Fei, attendant, Zhang Jun (張浚), Han Shizhong (韓世忠), attendant, Liu Guangshi (劉光世), and attendant.
According to history professor He Zongli of Zhejiang University, the painting shows Yue was more of a scholarly-looking general with a shorter stature and chubbier build than the statue of him currently displayed in his tomb in Hangzhou, which portrays him as being tall and skinny. Shen Lixin, an official with the Yue Fei Temple Administration, holds the portrait of Yue Fei from the "Four Generals of Zhongxing" to be the most accurate likeness of the general in existence.
In his "From Myth to Myth: The Case of Yüeh Fei's Biography", noted Sinologist Hellmut Wilhelm concluded that Yue Fei purposely patterned his life after famous Chinese heroes from dynasties past and that this ultimately led to his martyrdom. Apart from studying literature under his father Yue Huo (岳和), Yue loved to read military classics. He favored the Zuo Zhuan edition of the Spring and Autumn Annals and the strategies of Sun Tzu and Wu Qi. Although his literacy afforded him the chance to become a scholar, which was a position held in much higher regard than the common soldiery during the Song, Yue chose the military path because there had never been any tradition of civil service in his family. Therefore he had no reason to study the Confucian classics in order to surpass the accomplishments of his ancestors or to raise his family's social status to the next level. His fourth-generation ancestor, Yue Huan (岳渙), had served as a Ling Shi (令使) (essentially a low-level functionary), but he was never a full-fledged member of the civil service rank. A second theory is that he joined the military in the hopes of emulating his favorite heroes.
Scholars were always welcome in the Yue camp. He allowed them to come and tell the stories and deeds of past heroes to bolster the resolve of his men. This way he was able to teach them about the warriors that he had constructed his own life after. He also hoped that one of these scholars would record his own deeds so he would become a peer amongst his idols. He is recorded in saying that he wished to be considered the equal of General Guan Yu and other such famous men from the three kingdoms period. Yue succeeded in this endeavor since later "official mythology" placed him on the same level as his Guan Yu.
Yue was careful to conduct himself as the ideal Confucian gentleman at all times for fear that any misconduct would be recorded and criticized by people of later dynasties. However he had his faults. He had a problem with alcohol during the early part of his military career. Yue drank in great excess because he believed it fitted the image of heroes of old. But once he nearly killed a colleague in a drunken rage, the Emperor made him promise not to drink any more alcohol until the Jin had been driven from China.
The Yue Fei Biography states Yue left his ailing mother with his first wife while he went to fight the Jin. But she "left him (and his mother) and remarried." He later took a second wife and even discussed "affairs" pertaining to his military career with her. He truly loved her, but his affection for her was second to his desire to rid China of the Jin. Her faithfulness to him and his mother was strengthened by the fear that any infidelity or lacking in her care of Lady Yao would result in reprisal.
He forbade his sons from having concubines, which he almost took one himself. Even though she was presented by a friend, he did not accept her because she laughed when he asked her if she could "share the hardships of camp life" with him. He knew she was liberal and would have sex with the other soldiers.
Though not mentioned in the memoir written by Yue Fei's grandson, some scholarly sources claim Yue had a younger brother named Fan (翻). He later served in the army under his brother and died in battle in the year 1132.
Stone Lake: The Poetry of Fan Chengda 1126-1193 states, "...Yue Fei 岳飛 ([1103]-1141)...repelled the enemy assaults in 1133 and 1134, until in 1135 the now confident Song army was in a position to recover all of north China from the Jin … [In 1140,] Yue Fei initiated a general counterattack against the Jin, defeating one enemy after another until he bivouacked within range of the Northern Song dynasty's old capital city , Kaifeng, in preparation for the final assault against the enemy. Yet in the same year Qin [Hui] ordered Yue fei to abandon his campaign, and in 1141 Yue Fei was summoned back to the Southern Song Dynasty capital, where he was murdered at Qin [Hui]'s instigation.
Yue Ke (岳柯) states his grandfather had six special methods for deploying an army effectively:Careful selection: He relied more on small numbers of well-trained soldiers than he did large masses of the poorly-trained variety. In this way, one superior soldier counted for as much as one hundred inferior soldiers. One example used to illustrate this was when the armies of Han Ching and Wu Xu were transferred into Yue's camp. Most of them had never seen battle and were generally too old or unhealthy for sustaining prolonged troop movement and engagement of the enemy. Once Yue had filtered out the weak soldiers and sent them home, he was only left with a meager thousand able-bodied soldiers. However, after some months of intense training, they were ready to perform almost as well as the soldiers who had served under Yue for years.Careful training: When his troops were not on military campaigns to win back lost Chinese territory in the north, Yue put his men through intense training. Apart from troop movement and weapons drills, this training also involved them leaping over walls and crawling through moats in full battle garb. The intensity of the training was such that the men would not even try to visit their families if they passed by their homes while on movement and even trained on their days off. Justice in rewards and punishments: He rewarded his men for their merits and punished them for their boasting or lack of training. Yue once gave a private his own personal belt, silver dinner ware, and a promotion for his meritorious deeds in battle. While on the reverse, he once ordered his son Yue Yun to be decapitated for falling off his horse after failing to jump a moat. His son was only saved after Yue's officers begged his mercy. There were a number of soldiers that were either dismissed or executed because they boasted of their skills or failed to follow orders.Clear orders: He always delivered his orders in a simple manner that was easy for all of his soldiers to understand. Whoever failed to follow them were severely punished.Strict discipline: While marching about the countryside, he never let his troops destroy fields or to pillage towns or villages. He made them pay a fair price for goods and made sure crops remained intact. A soldier once stole a hemp rope from a peasant so he could tie a bale of hay with it. When Yue discovered this, he questioned the soldier and had him executed.Close fellowship with his men:He treated all of his men like equals. He ate the same food as they did and slept out in the open as they did. Even when a temporary shelter was erected for him, he made sure several soldiers could find room to sleep inside before he found a spot of his own. When there was not enough wine to go around, he would dilute it with water so every soldier would have a cup to drink from.
In 1126, several years before Yue Fei became a general, the militant Jurchen of the Jin dynasty invaded the north of the country forcing the Song out of their capital Kaifeng and capturing the emperor of the time Emperor Qinzong who was sent into captivity in Manchuria. This marked the end of the Northern Song, and the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty under Emperor Gaozong.
Yue Fei fought a long campaign against the invading Jurchen in an effort to retake the north of the country. Just when he was threatening to attack and retake Kaifeng, corrupt officials advised Emperor Gaozong to recall Yue Fei to the capital and sue for peace with the Jurchen. Fearing that a defeat at Kaifeng might cause the Jurchen to release Qinzong, threatening his claim to the throne, the emperor followed their advice. Yue Fei was ordered to return twelve times in the form of twelve gold plaques. Knowing that a success at Kaifeng could lead to internal strife Yue Fei submitted to the orders of his emperor and returned to the capital where he was imprisoned and where Qin Hui would eventually arrange for him to be executed on false charges.
There are conflicting views on how Yue Fei died. According to The History of China: (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations) and other sources, Yue Fei died in prison. The Biography of Song Yue, Prince of E says he was killed in prison. The Story of Yue Fei states he was strangled to death. It reads, "...[Yue Fei] strode in long steps to the Pavilion of Winds and Waves ... The Warders on both sides picked up the ropes and strangled the three men [Yue Fei, Yue Yun, and Zhang Xian (張憲), Yue's subordinate] without further ado ... At the time Lord Yue was thirty-nine years of age and the young lord Yue Yun twenty-three. When the three men returned to Heaven, suddenly a fierce wind rose up wildly and all the fires and lights were extinguished. Black mists filled the sky and sand and pebbles were blown about."
The Secrets of Eagle Claw Kung Fu: Ying Jow Pai comments, "Finally, [Ngok Fei] received the 'Twelfth Golden Edict' [from the emperor calling him back to the capital], which if ignored meant banishment. Patriotism demanded that he obey. On his way back to the capital he stopped to rest at a pavilion. Chun Kui anticipated Ngok Fei's route and sent some men to lie in wait. When Ngok Fei arrived, Chun Kui's men ambushed and murdered him. Just thirty-nine years old, Ngok Fei like many good men in history, had a swift, brilliant career, then died brutally while still young."
A Chinese Biographical Dictionary states, "[Father and son] had not been two months in confinement when Ch'in Kuei resolved to rid himself of his enemy. He wrote out with his own hand an order for the execution of Yo Fei, which was forthwith carried into effect; whereupon he immediate reported that Yo Fei had died in prison." Meaning he had Yue and his son executed but reported they both died while in captivity.
Other sources say he was poisoned to death. Still, a great deal simply say he was executed, murdered, or "treacherously assassinated".
When asked by General Han Shizhong what crime Yue had committed, Qin Hui replied, "Though it isn't sure whether there is something that he did to betray the dynasty, maybe there is." The phrase "perhaps there is" or "could be true" has entered the Chinese language as an expression to refer to fabricated charges. For their part in Yue Fei's death, iron statues of Qin Hui, Lady Wang, and two of Qin Hui's subordinates, Moqi Xie (万俟軼) and Zhang Jun (張俊), were made to kneel before Yue Fei's tomb (located by Hangzhou's West Lake). For centuries, these statues have been cursed, spat and urinated upon by young and old. The original castings in bronze were damaged, but later were replaced by images cast in iron, but these were similarly damaged.But now, in modern times, these statues are protected as historical relics.
There is a poem hanging on the gate surrounding the statues. It reads:
"The green hill is fortunate to be the burial ground of a loyal general, the white iron was innocent to be cast into the statues of traitors.
One source states, "In 1162 the Emperor Hsiao Tsung restored his honours, and gave proper burial to his remains. A [tomb] was put up in his memory, and he was designated 忠武 the Loyal Hero. In 1179 he was canonized as 武穆 [Wu Mu]."
According to the novel Xi You Bu, a satire of the Journey to the West, written in 1641 by the scholar Dong Ruoyu (also known as Dong Yue, 1620-1686), the Monkey King enthusiastically serves in hell as the trial prosecutor of Qin Hui. At one point, Monkey asks the spirit of Yue Fei if he would like to drink some of Qin's blood.
The two styles most associated with Yue are Eagle Claw and Xingyi boxing. One book states Yue created Eagle Claw for his enlisted soldiers and Xingyi for his officers. Legend has it that Yue Fei studied in the Shaolin Temple with a monk named Zhou Tong and learned the "Elephant" style of boxing, a set of hand techniques with great emphasis on Qinna joint-locking. Other tales say he learned this style elsewhere outside the temple under the same master. Yue Fei eventually expanded Elephant style to create the Yibai Lingba Qinna (一百零八擒拿 - "108 Locking Hand Techniques") of the Ying Sao (Eagle Hands) or Ying Kuen (Eagle Fist). After becoming a general in the imperial army, Yue taught this style to his men and they were very successful in battle against the armies of the Jin Empire. Following his wrongful execution and the disbandment of his armies, Yue's men supposedly traveled all over China spreading the style, which eventually ended right back in Shaolin where it began. Later, a monk named Lai Chin (麗泉) combined this style with Fanziquan, another style attributed to the General, to create the modern day form of Northern Ying Jow Pai boxing.
According to legend, Yue combined his knowledge of Internal martial arts and spearplay learned from Zhou Tong (in Shaolin) to create the linear fist attacks of Xingyi boxing. One book claims he studied and synthesized Buddhism's Tendon Changing and Marrow Washing qigong systems to create Xingyi. On the contrary, proponents of Wudang Boxing believe it's possible that Yue learned the style in the Wudang Mountains that border his home province of Henan. The reasons they cite for this conclusion are that he supposedly lived around the same time and place as Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of Taichi; Xingyi's five fist attacks, which are based on the five chinese elements theory, are similar to Taichi's "Yin-yang theory"; and both theories are Taoist-based and not Buddhist. The book Henan Orthodox Xingyi Quan, written by Pei Xirong (裴锡荣) and Li Ying'ang (李英昂), states Xingyi Master Dai Longbang "于乾隆十五年为"六合拳"作序云:"岳飞当童子时,受业于周侗师,精通枪法,以枪为拳,立法以教将佐,名曰意拳,神妙莫测,盖从古未有之技也。"
"...wrote the 'Preface to Six Harmonies Boxing' in the 15th reign year of the Qianlong Emperor [1750]. Inside it says, '...when [Yue Fei] was a child, he received special instructions from Zhou Tong. He became extremely skilled in the spear method. He used the spear to create methods for the fist. He established a method called Yi Quan [意拳]. Mysterious and unfathomable, followers of old did not have these skills. Throughout the Jin, Yuan and Ming Dynasties few had his art. Only Ji Gong had it."
The Ji Gong mentioned above, better known as Ji Jike (姬際可) or Ji Long Feng (姬隆丰), is said to have trained in the Shaolin temple for ten years as a young man and was matchless with the spear. As the story goes, He later traveled to Xongju Cave on Zhongnen Mountain to receive a boxing manual written by Yue Fei, from which he learned Xingyi. However, some believe Ji actually created the style himself and attributed it to Yue Fei because he was fighting the Manchus, descendants of the Jurchens who the general had struggled against. Ji supposedly created it after watching a battle between an eagle and a bear during the Ming Dynasty. Other sources say he created it while training in the Shaolin temple. He was reading a book and looked up to see two roosters fighting, which inspired him to imitate the fighting styles of animals. Both versions of the story (eagel/bear and roosters) state he continued to study the actions of animals and eventually increased the cadre of animal forms.
Several other martial arts have been attributed to Yue Fei, including Yuejiaquan (Yue Family Boxing), Fanziquan (Tumbling Boxing), and Chuojiao quan (Feet-Poking Boxing), among others. The "Fanzi Boxing Ballad" says: "Wu Mu has passed down the Fanzi Quan which has mystery in its straightforward movements." Wu Mu (武穆) was a Posthumous name given to Yue after his death. One Chuojiao legend states Zhou Tong learned the style from its creator, a wandering Taoist named Deng Liang (邓良), and later passed it onto Yue Fei, who is considered to be the progenitor of the style.
Besides the martial arts, Yue is also said to have studied Traditional Chinese medicine. He understood the essence of Hua Tuo's Wu Qin Xi (五禽戲 – "Five Animal Folics") and created his own form of "medical qigong'' known as the Ba Duan Jin (八段錦 – "Eight Pieces of Brocade"). It is considered a form of Wai Dan (外丹 – "External Elixir") medical qigong. He taught this qigong to his soldiers to help keep their bodies strong and well-prepared for battle. One legend states that Zhou Tong took young Yue to meet a Buddhist Hermit who taught him Emei Dapeng Qigong (峨嵋大鵬氣功). His training in Dapeng Qingong was the source of his great strength and martial arts abilities. Modern pracitioners of this style say it was passed down by Yue.
According to The Story of Yue Fei, the Water Margin bandits Lin Chong and Lu Junyi were former students of Yue's teacher Zhou Tong. One martial legend states Zhou learned Chuojiao boxing from its originator Deng Liang (邓良) and then passed it onto Yue Fei, who is sometimes considered the progenitor of the style. Chuojiao is also known as the "Water Margin Outlaw style" and Yuānyāng Tuǐ (鴛鴦腿 - "Mandarin Duck Leg"). In the Water Margin's twenty-ninth chapter, entitled "Wu Song, Drunk, Beats Jiang the Gate Guard Giant", it mentions Wu Song, another of Zhou's fictional students, using the "Jade Circle-Steps with Duck and Drake feet". A famous folklore Praying Mantis manuscript, which describes the fictional gathering of eighteen martial arts masters in Shaolin, lists Lin Chong (#13) as a master of "Mandarin ducks kicking technique". This creates a folklore connection between Yue and Mantis boxing.
Lineage Mantis Master Yuen Man Kai openly claims Zhou taught Lin and Lu the "same school" of martial arts that was later combined with the aforementioned seventeen other schools to create Mantis fist. However, he believes Mantis fist was created during the Ming Dynasty, and was therefore influenced by these eighteen schools from the Song. He also says Lu Junyi taught Yan Qing the same martial arts as he learned from Zhou. Master Yuen further comments Zhou later taught Yue the same school and that Yue was the originator of the mantis move "Black Tiger Steeling Heart".
At the age of 30, Yue Fei supposedly wrote his most famous poem, Manjiang Hong (- "Entirely Red River"). This poem reflects the raw hatred he felt towards the Jin empire, as well as the sorrow he felt when his efforts to recoup northern lands lost to the Jin were halted by Southern Song officials of the "Peace Faction". However, several modern historians, including Princeton University Prof. James T.C. Liu, believe certain phrasing in the poem dates its creation to the early 16th century, meaning Yue did not write it.


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I have an alpha pioneer dc + and one of the clamps is so hard to clamp. I have to push really hard and it feels really grainy/sandy and feels like its gonna crush the string. The other one is very smooth and clamps easily. It is not that it is too tight because the string will slip if I loosen it a little. I was thinking about upgrading to some eagnas 3 tooth clamps if I cannot fix this problem. Any suggestions? I have also cleaned them a few times.
Thanks to all that answer!!
have the clamp always been this way? or is this a recent development? also, maybe contact alpha? they have great customer service. if i'm not mistaken the clamps come w/ a 5 yr warranty.
It just started a few stringjobs ago. I might contact alpha if there is no way to fix it.
Did you take it apart to see what might be causing the problem?
No I haven't. Would they still give me the warenty if I took them apart?
Typically you take them apart when you clean them..... that doesn't void the warranty.....
You're not going to know what the problem is without taking it apart.
I would try cleaning the 'cam' part of the clamp and the surface it rides on. Alcohol would be my first choice. Just rub some on with a cloth and wipe dry.
as others have mentioned, you'll want to take apart the clamp and see what's causing the roughness. there are some very small springs inside so just be careful not to lose those when you take it apart.
What exactly am I looking for?
Have you tightened the base of the clamp that's giving you trouble? I called Mark at Alpha and he walked me through the procedure and was happy to help. My clamp stopped grinding while tightening on the string after that.
Is it the blue part that youre talkign about or the clamp its self
Generally I would contact Mark as he is always here to help around. Which clamp do you have?
No it's not the base it's the clamp itself. I took apart the clamps and cleaned everything, if that doesn't work I will call Mark. Thanks guys.
Have you oiled the piece that the clamp always slides on? that might cause the rusting if it does
Sometimes i get that crackling noise its cause you need to put oil on it
I'll go put some oil on it, thanks.
The instructional video doesn't say anything about using oil on it. I wouldn't do that.
its to make it more slippery like wd40 kinda like thing i use slick grease when that happens it solves it
you can lubricate the hinge of the clamp, but make sure the oil doesn't get on the surfaces that physically touch the string.
They recommend silicon for the tracks that the clamps travel along and rubbing alcohol for the teeth of the clamps. That's it. They didn't say anything about oil or WD40. Ask Mark what's going on. Tightening the clamp base solved the problem for me.
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East Coast Rally Navigation Training Interest?
I'm putting this out to gage interest.
A few people have express interest in learning rally navigation but can't make it out west due to extra travel cost and time. With rally opportunities in North America coming up this fall I'd like to offer a training event in time for the rallies and before the summer heat sets in. As of now I'm looking at three days over Memorial weekend, May 24,25,26 near Deland, Fl.
With apps like Rally Blitz for odo and compass headings plus Rally Navigator's ability to print small(enduro size) roll charts it's easier for someone to test the rally waters and see what rally navigation is all about. We're looking at gas distances to be in the 65 mile range so any street legal dirt bike should be able to participate. No need to invest in a full on rally bike to see if you like the challenge.
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This was a perfect location for our 1st time visit to our nations capital. Stayed a week with my wife and 2 kids(ages 25 and 21). Alec made the visit easy because he had a handy pamphlet emailed to use prior to our visit. In it you will find everything about the house, transportation, restaurants, sites to visit, etc, prior to getting to DC. This manual was in my back pocket everywhere we went. Union Station(public transportation hub) was about a 10 min walk and easy to find. We went there for a quick bite to eat only because we walked everywhere. We used the Metro only once just for curiosity sakes. We wanted to use the bikes but the 1 time we tried there was only 1 left(out of 24). Not a big deal because we just wanted to try it and wasn't relying on it for our main mode of transportation. We did have a problem with our ceiling fan and Alec was very responsive in getting it fixed. The house is beautiful and the modern kitchen made cooking very easy. We made all of our breakfasts' and most of our dinners there. Getting to the supermarkets were a snap. We had lunch on the run at locations pointed out in the pamphlet given to us. We will definitely recommend the "Yellow House"(as Alec calls it) to people looking for somewhere to stay in DC and we will definitely return. Thanks Alec for keeping the house in great shape. It was a home away from home.
Centrally located in DC and very close to Capital Hill. Easily walkable or a quick Uber ride to all the sites. We had a great stay at the yellow house. Very modern, charming and impeccably clean. We were two adults and two kids (11 & 13) and the house suited us perfectly. Great layout with an open floor-plan downstairs. Unlike many rentals we've stayed in prior, the newly updated kitchen was fully capable, though being totally spent from walking the nation mall, we mostly relied on meals out, and Seamless.com for delivery.
Alec (owner) was extremely responsive to any questions/requests beginning to end. He provided a house book ahead of our stay and a printed copy onsite that proved to be very helpful - with advise about the house, the surrounding area, and how to get around. Definitely consult it first if you are new to DC.
Despite frigid weather, we had a great time seeing all that the city has to offer and looked forward to returning to our home away every night. We highly recommend this property! Overall a terrific experience.
This townhouse is centrally located, beautifully decorated, fully equipped and well maintained. Alec was a most gracious host. He provides tons of information and great advice for a pleasant vacation experience. We would definitely stay in this, or any one of Alec's other 4 Capitol Hill Townhouses again. This townhouse is within walking distance of Union Station and The Capital Building. We used the Metro and easily traveled everywhere we wanted to go, including Arlington Cemetery, The White House, Georgetown University, George Washington University, The Kennnedy Center, the Smithsonian and every monument you can think of. Fabulous vacation, fabulous townhouse, fabulous host.
Our family of three had a wonderful stay at this property. Booking the property was straightforward and any questions I had were answered promptly by the owner. Check-in was easy and the house was very clean and inviting. The property is very close to Union Station for easy access to the Metro. We also easily walked to the Capital and the attractions and restaurants nearby. The Good Stuff Eatery has delicious food and it should be on your list of where to eat in DC. After a long day of walking and seeing the Smithsonian's and monuments it was wonderful to have this comfortable, inviting house to return to. The washer and dryer is a nice addition -- you don't have to pack as much! I would highly recommend this rental to my friends and family. We look forward to our next stay in DC and will definitely be renting this house when we return.
Loved this house. Our party of 4, including our two boys 10 and 12, had a great time. The house is exactly as described and conveniently located to Union Station (about a 5 to 10 minute stroll) where you can pick up any number of transportation options or a bike. We loved to be able to take the metro out to the Smithsonian museums and sort of meander our way back towards the house. You can hit any of the Museums on the mall and then pop into the Museum of the American Indian and get some great food at Mitsitam Café. From the Museum of the American Indian it is about a 30 minute walk through the Botanical Gardens and the grounds of the Capitol building to get back to house. If anything it gets more and more beautiful as you leave the mall area, crossing through the Capitol, passing by the Supreme Court and finally into the Capitol Hill residential area itself. If you like old houses and neighborhoods like I do, you will find it enjoyable just to walk around the neighborhood. It's safe and despite its proximity to the Mall area it is really peaceful and quite.
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The house is located on a quiet side street street only steps from Restaurant Row, a block of restaurants with tables right on the sidewalk, and one block from Stanton Park, which is ideal for small children. Union Station, the epicenter of tour excursions, is only three block from the house.
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Darkwing Duck is a platformer video game based on the Disney television series Darkwing Duck. The game was developed by Capcom for the NES in 1992[1] and was ported to the Game Boy in 1993.[2] The Game Boy version is essentially a slightly stripped-down version of the game.
A mysterious crime wave has hit St. Canard and S.H.U.S.H. requires the services of the caped crime fighter Darkwing Duck to stop it as it appears that F.O.W.L. and their valued operative Steelbeak is behind the uprising. They have hired six of Darkwing's greatest foes to wreak havok in different areas throughout St. Canard. Darkwing must go and one-by-one stop these criminals in order to find Steelbeak and save the city.
Darkwing Duck is a platformer with a couple of elements similar to Capcom's Mega Man video game series. The gameplay is based on typical platforming while using a Gas Gun to take down enemies. You can choose from three different stages at the start of the game with another set of three becoming available after that. Once all six stages are clear you head off to F.O.W.L.'s Floating Fortress for the final confrontation with Steel Beak.[3] It is said that the game itself is actually running on a tweaked Mega Man 5 engine.
Darkwing begins with his standard Gas Gun but can collect different types of gas throughout each stage: Thunder, Heavy, and Arrow. Each special gas requires having ammunition and take up different amounts and function differently, but you can only have one type of special gas at a time. Picking up a different type of special gas replaces the one you currently have. You can freely switch between the special gas and the standard gas by hitting Select. Darkwing can also deflect certain projectiles with his cape by hitting Up on the control pad.
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For the most part the beta version of this game is pretty consistent with the final version. But a few details are different, especially in later levels of the game. At the tower level boss battle, Moliarty lacks a stationary sprite, plus all three flamethrower machines are fully operational when the battle begins. The warehouse wharf level had platforms with spikes under them. At the wharf's boss battle, Megavolt moves much faster and the running spark at the bottom of the screen is not present. The woods level featured owls instead of hawks. In the final boss battle, the pulsating lights over Steelbeak's balcony window are missing. The continue screen features Darkwing standing in center with his arms crossed. He leaps off screen when the player chooses to continue instead of the Thunderquack flying by. When a boss is defeated, Darkwing will leap off screen in tradition to Mega Man teleporting off screen after a battle. In the bonus games, J. Gander states that F.O.W.L. is behind the burglaries. The designs of both bonus games is drastically different. Part one features the entrance to an underground cavern instead of a city rooftop. Part two takes place outside and shows what appears to be a Ferris wheel instead of taking place underground. After the player defeats Steelbeak, Steelbeak doesn't appear on the computer monitor having the last word. The game's final scene in which Darkwing rides into the night is depicted with darker colors.
The game has been considered an example of the quality Disney games produced by Capcom.[4] It has been noted that the game was intended for children, but became popular with older teens.[5] Author Andy Slaven used it as an example of a game that, while made for children, appealed to teenagers more.[6]
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The game was unofficially ported to the GameKing handheld under the title "Duck Man". Some Russian people from the "New Game" company ported the game to Sega Genesis.
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- ^ Search:. "Darkwing Duck Release Information for NES". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ Search:. "Darkwing Duck Release Information for Game Boy". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ Justin Ridenour (September 13, 2000). "GameFAQs: Disney's Darkwing Duck (NES) FAQ/Walkthrough by Rolent X". GameFAQs. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
- ^ Steven A. Schwartz, Janet Schwartz (1994). The Parent's Guide to Video Games.
Over the last few years, Capcom has produced a brilliant series of games based on Disney characters. Examples include Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers, DuckTales, and Darkwing Duck. Most of the Disney arcade games offer stunning graphics and animation, low levels of violence, and are delightful to play.
- ^ Andy Slaven. Video Game Bible, 1985-2002.
- ^ Video Game Bible, 1985-2002 - Google Books. 2004-01-16. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
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Baba Lous Beauties Magazine Zombie Apocalypse Special Edition 2013
Baba Lous Beauties Magazine Issue #3
Baba Lous Beauties Magazine #4
Classy Keen Magazine #10
Baba Lous Beauties Magazine Special Edition "Dolls and their Pets" August 2013
CT Magazine (UK magazine) Vintage Issue 2013
CT Magazine (UK magazine) Winter Issue January 2014
Baba Lous Beauties Magazine Special Edition "Dolls with their Rides" Issue Sept 2013
Peepshow Pin Up Magazine Issue 5 (Halloween)
Classy Keen Magazine Issue #15 Halloween
Classy Keen Magazine Issue #22 Lingerie Edition #2 January 2014
Lush Kittens Pin Up Magazine October 2013, 1930's Issue
Baba Lous Beauties Halloween Edition October 2013
Peepshow Issue #6 October 2013
Garters and Grills Magazine, November 2013, Issue 6
Lush Kittens "Pin Ups and Their Pets" Issue, November 2013
Classy Keen Magazine November 2013 Special Edition Food
Baba Lous Beauties Magazine Issue November 2013
Hello There, Handsome magazine Issue #3, December 2013
Baba Lous Beauties December 2013 Issue
Daring & D'Lovely Issue December 2013
D'Lovely Dames 2014 Calendar
Baba Lous Issue #9 January 2014
Baba Lous Beauties Cover on Blizzard Special Edition, January 2014
Classy Keen Magazine Lengerei Special Edition #22, January 2014
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Temecula Wooden Nickel Ranch Shootout 9/30/07
Oct 14 'Hot Wheels Calendar Supershoot' / Vista CA
Toys for tots photo shoot, Sat nov.10th Vista, CA
Every1Models Submission Shoot Nov.11th
Vista, CA-Kimberley Martinez Benefit Shoot-12/2
Jan 13th Signup for E1M Calendar Shoot-Oceanside
2/17- Antique Steam & Gas Engine Museum- Vista
March 30th Fundraising Event Vista-CA (hosted this event)
2009 Select Models Calendar
Various dates of San Diego Model Shoots 2013, 2014
Cuties for a Cause Events:
Picnic in Heels Event May 2013
"Immortalized" Distinction Art Gallery Opening Night
Published article and pictures on my own purse line (Ori-Janel Creations) in Snippets Magazine:
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Janese Maricelli Model
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•The base line penalty under the OVDP is now 27.5% of the highest aggregate balance of the undisclosed foreign financial accounts and/or assets during the eight (8) full tax years prior to the submission. Under the 2011 Program, the penalty was 25% of the highest aggregate balance of the undisclosed foreign financial accounts and/or assets during tax years 2003 through 2010.
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Church Sermons for November 15
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As if Bryan Baker wasn't too busy with his job at Elon University and helping coach his son and daughter in T-ball and basketball, he just had to take up triathlon.
"I stay really busy," Baker said.
Baker, from Gibsonville, is one of the nearly 300 individuals who will compete Saturday at the Mission Man Triathlon at Lake Cammack Park and Marina. The event begins at 7:30 a.m. with a 750-meter swim, followed by a 15-mile bike and ending with 5-kilometer run.
Baker, 40, is the coordinator of video projects in Elon's school of communications. He typically spends his lunch period running around the campus or swimming at the pool. He'll run 3-4 miles or swim for 40 minutes and then take a quick shower and head back to work.
"I feel very fortunate that I don't have to get up at 4 o'clock or 5 o'clock in the morning (to train)," Baker said.
He spends much of his day sitting down editing video clips, so it's refreshing to get up and move around a bit. But he also uses it as a time to brainstorm and think of ideas for possible projects. Baker carries around a notepad to write down any ideas, and some of his best ideas come while he's swimming.
"It's a good time to step away from everything and reflect and think about what you're doing and what you want to do," Baker said.
Swimming is an easy time to think for Baker because he's not listening to music. He has been passionate about music since he was little, and has done a lot with music recording dating to his college days. Baker especially loves jazz music, but gets a taste of a lot of different genres during his 45-50 minute runs.
"Whenever I run … I do listen to music," Baker said. "That provides me just enough time to check out a new album, or really go back and reflect on something that I listened to 20 years ago."
This will be the fourth year Baker has competed in the Mission Man Triathlon, an event he called "perfect" for his busy schedule. He started running about 10 years ago, but wanted to try something different and started swimming, which brought him back to his days as a lifeguard. Then Baker's friend gave him an old bike of his to use, and he was set to compete in a triathlon.
And on Saturday, he'll look to beat his time from last year.
"It's a lot of fun to set a goal, work to it, and to see it happen," Baker said. "It's a good little benchmark for me every year, to stay honest with trying to stay healthy."


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I guess I've got some refining to do.
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101 Useless or Trivial Super/Mutant Powers
Articles (Character) (Players)
's comment on 2012-09-29 11:24 PM
"Worst. Superpower. Ever."
Coming up with these are always fun. Then trying to figure out how the heck to use them is even more so.
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Undead Beard Fleas
Lifeforms (Third Kingdom) (Other)
's comment on 2012-09-29 05:12 PM
I'm not much of a dwarf fan, but I can appreciate the horror and terror that these little critters bring. They're subtle in their danger, but no less deadly for their subtlety. I approve.
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Shivenhusk the Unliving Refuse
Lifeforms (Unique) (Underground)
's comment on 2012-09-23 07:25 PM
Shivenhusk seems very much like an end-of-campaign boss to defeat. His writeup obviously has enough flesh to be spawning hordes of writhing, disgusting, slimy plot hooks, and I'd like to see some of those, to better allow his use.
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Shivenhusk the Unliving Refuse
Lifeforms (Unique) (Underground)
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Well, by 'defeat' I simply meant that his plans would be foiled. Defeat does NOT have to mean death, especially for a demi-god of undeath.
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Shivenhusk the Unliving Refuse
Lifeforms (Unique) (Underground)
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Updated vote; the plot hooks really do help.
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Treatise on Necromancy
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I've always liked breakdowns of a school of magic, where they're split into more specific domains of expertise. It shows a systematization that always arises when a subject is studied and worked with for any real length of time. You simply need to discuss particular concepts, and thus have to give them names for ease of discussion.
I think this particular setup could work nicely as a general "schools of necromancy" learning mechanic, assigning knowledge points into subcategories of necromancy to show what your characters specialties are and what they're capable of.
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Tracker Bush
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I'm liking this quite a bit. I need to read the rest of the set before I start really letting my ideas out, since I'm sure some of them are precluded by other information provided. But this right here is one of those nifty pieces of utility that brings a setting to life. Of COURSE the heavy-duty AIs are going to want to keep their hand in the game at a finer level than controlling traffic lights and ordering minions around.
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Items (Books and Scrolls) (Magical)
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The River of Sorrow
Systems (Mystical) (Defining)
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10 Combat Obstacles
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Combat isn't the be-all and end-all of gaming, but these are the perfect "you get jumped by X" hooks that you claimed they were. I'd like to see these expanded into a full 30.
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A Less Friendly World
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I agree with Dossta about the Druids. The rest of the article, while brief, does introduce and briefly expound upon your core idea of subverting the classic environmental tropes, but that section seems completely out of place.
Other than that, however, the core idea is rather sound, and unless you have a campaign specifically-oriented towards it (and the players knew what they were getting into), the players probably won't find much enjoyment in more than one or two tales of "protect nature from the ravages of humanity".
Sitting behind our computer screens, we're pretty protected from the fears and terrors that come from being in the Untamed Wild; nature is a pretty scary place once you leave the protection of civilization.
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Articles (Resource) (Gaming - Genre)
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Mayhaps my comment was unclear, but that's exactly what I understood your intent to be. "Nature doesn't need our protection; we need protection from Nature."
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Encounter: Shadowbeast
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Any feedback is good feedback. I've modified the original scroll entry to be a bit more fleshed out.
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The Qualm
Lifeforms (Flora) (Space)
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I like how this sub captures the feel of the Godzilla origins; the results of humanity being negligent, which comes back to haunt us. I can just imagine this creature floating around the solar system, terrorizing space settlements and absorbing asteroids, until eventually it comes and attacks Terra itself.
Very nicely done.
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The Darkest of Winters: Session #3
Articles (Campaign) (Gaming - In General)
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Not enough. There's never enough ammo.
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Running a Zombie Apocalypse
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Sigma Blue
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The Hammer – The Builder for Unique Clients
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I like this one. He's a simple, effective NPC that can fit just about anywhere with a minimum of modification.
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Clarence Thomas
Disorder in the Court
June 23, 2011
In April 2000, a Vermont musician named Diana Levine went to the hospital with a migraine. There, a nurse incorrectly injected Phenergan, an anti-nausea drug, into her vein rather than her muscle. This led to gangrene and, eventually, the amputation of much of her right arm. Levine sued and won more than $6 million from a Vermont jury, which concluded that Wyeth, the drug company, had failed to warn her properly about the risks of the drug.
January 24, 2011
-- Car bombs, politics, and lies: Jason Zengerle charts the rise and fall of a once-promising politician. -- The Tea Party wants your hands off their Social Security. -- If Clarence Thomas can't understand a financial disclosure form, how's he supposed to interpret a constitution?
Conservative McCarthyism
November 08, 2010
George F. Will is one of those conservatives who demands a high standard of proof when it comes to accusing white people of harboring racial prejudice against minorities: STEPHANOPOULOS: We -- we heard President Obama say he thinks that a lot of anti- government feeling, the idea that the government can't do anything right, is behind all this. What's your theory? WILL: The president's right about that. What we're hearing is the liberals' McCarthyism, which is, when in doubt, blame people for racism. Litigators have an old argument: When the law's on your side, argue the law.
Clarence Thomas And Alger Hiss
October 22, 2010
When Anita Hill came forward during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings to accuse him of sexual harrassment, it created a stark partisan divide. Democrats and liberals believed her, and held up her experience as a common example of women demeaned in the workplace and then smeared as liars if they dared report their experience. Republicans and conservatives furiously disagreed, seeing Hill's claim as a sexual witch-hunt and a plot by liberals who couldn't stand to let a black conservative ascend to such a high position. I remember very clearly having withheld judgment.
Chait Crony Defeated
June 08, 2010
This morning Dave Weigel reported on a Republican primary campaign in northern Virginia involving Matthew Berry, an openly gay former clerk for Clarence Thomas and FCC official under George W. Bush. It dawned on me that I knew Berry about thirty years ago when he was in my Sunday school class. I went to his house after Sunday school one day, and it was immediately clear that, despite being the two nerdiest kids in the class, we had little in common. I remember he absolutely insisted that we immediately go to work on an extra-credit homework task I had no intention of doing then or ever.
A Defense Of Right-Wing Sluttiness
June 03, 2010
Dana Goldstein makes a surprisingly compelling case for Nikki Haley, the far-right South Carolina governor candidate currently alleged to have had extramarital affairs with two men: I'm rooting for Haley because after watching so many men in politics fool around and still manage to hold on to their jobs—Bill Clinton, Mark Sanford, Clarence Thomas, John Ensign, Eric Massa, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Gavin Newsom, among many others—I hope we have reached the point when a woman, too, can screw up her personal life and still be evaluated on the public stage primarily for her professional achieveme
Double Take
May 03, 2010
Miguel Estrada seemed to be a shoo-in for the federal bench. Nominated by George W. Bush to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2001 when he was just 39, Estrada was born in Honduras. He arrived in the United States as a teenager speaking little English and went on to graduate from Harvard Law School and clerk for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. He then worked at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, arguably the most prestigious law firm in the nation, and, later, as an Assistant U.S.
The Right And Epistemic Closure
April 01, 2010
Having quoted Julian Sanchez earlier, let me quote another excerpt from a very smart post of his. Sanchez argues that conservatives are so determined to discredit internal dissidents because those dissidents are especially dangerous to their system of epistemic closure: One of the more striking features of the contemporary conservative movement is the extent to which it has been moving toward epistemic closure. Reality is defined by a multimedia array of interconnected and cross promoting conservative blogs, radio programs, magazines, and of course, Fox News.
Color Commentator
November 02, 2009
The saga of Rush Limbaugh and his failed attempt to acquire a piece of the St. Louis Rams may be the quintessential postmodern American racial incident. When word first leaked of Limbaugh's potential ownership, a couple of sportswriters, joined by a handful of cable news talking heads, repeated what turned out to be totally unsubstantiated quotes by Limbaugh praising slavery and James Earl Ray.
October 01, 2009
The most-watched case of the Supreme Court's last term, which ended in June, invited the justices to hold unconstitutional a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The law required certain jurisdictions--largely in the Old South--to "pre-clear" any changes in their electoral systems with the Department of Justice. It was intended to prevent states with poor civil rights histories from changing their voting systems in ways that would keep blacks from voting.


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For the second time in three weeks, all of the top eight women convene at the same clay tournament. Joined this time by the Williams sisters, the WTA's leading ladies set foot on the outdoor blue clay of Madrid after shining on the indoor red clay of Stuttgart. Will the hierarchy hold as firmly as it did there?
First quarter: Rarely does a world #1 face a first-round foe who has won more titles than she has, but such is the situation confronting 2011 finalist Azarenka. A runner-up at Stuttgart, she incurred an apparent wrist injury there that will merit monitoring as Madrid progresses. For her part, though, Kuznetsova withdrew from Fez that week with a leg injury, and she mustered little resistance to Azarenka when they met at Indian Wells. Perhaps the draw's most challenging section, this quarter features no fewer than five major champions overall. Only the second round will fail to challenge Vika, who then could face Ivanovic in the third round and Venus Williams or Li Na in the quarterfinals. Contrary to what one might imagine, the 2008 Roland Garros champion defeated the reigning Australian Open champion in their last two meetings, although Azarenka emphatically ended the former's title defense in Paris three years ago. In her last appearance here, Venus surprised first by reaching the final and surprised again by losing it to Aravane Rezai, a player who made no serious impact before or since. Aided by the altitude and the relatively slick surface, the seven-time major champion could serve her way past Kerber to a tantalizing third-round collision with Li Na. But her energy level remains permanently uncertain, while a brush with disaster against Halep inspired little confidence. Reasonably confident herself at the moment, Li Na has established a pattern of consistent quarterfinal appearances—and quarterfinal losses. She conquered Azarenka in that round en route to the Roland Garros title last year, so Vika would relish the opportunity to turn the tables.
Semifinalist: Azarenka
Second quarter: Before we even penned this preview, the second-highest seed in the quarter already toppled to former Roland Garros quarterfinalist Sorana Cirstea. Nevertheless, Bartoli likely would have harbored scant hope anyway with a looming clash against her recurrent nemesis, Radwanska. The nemesis of everyone whom she has faced this year except Azarenka, the Pole finds herself tasked with challenges perhaps more formidable than they seem at first glance. On a hard court, rivals like Errani (a three-time titlist in 2012), Vinci, and Cibulkova hardly would threaten Radwanska, who could outmaneuver them without fearing their power or shot-making. Colliding with these habitual grinders on clay, by contrast, her own discomfort on the surface could disrupt her usually exquisite timing. With yet another lopsided loss to Azarenka behind her, moreover, the world #4 (perhaps soon #3) may struggle to summon the initiative to arrange their sixth meeting of the season. Deserving credit for persevering as long as she has, she has shown impressive positivity so far in subduing the rest of the WTA and securing whatever opportunities the world #1 permits her. A former Roland Garros semifinalist, Cibulkova has won just five matches this year outside Barcelona and Fed Cup but somehow has remained inside the top 20. Also saddled with a losing 2012 record, Schiavone has lost six of her last seven matches and nine of her last eleven. The charismatic Italian's fans hope that the time to bid her farewell has not yet arrived, but one senses that her continued viability hinges on the next four or five weeks, after which her ranking could plunge.
Semifinalist: Radwanska
Third quarter: Like the previous section, this neighborhood already has witnessed the exit of a top-10 player who looked unlikely to emerge from it notwithstanding: Zvonareva. Told by Tarpischev that only an impressive clay season would clinch her berth in the Olympics, the Beijing bronze medalist did not start such a mission auspiciously by winning just four games from Cetkovska. Or perhaps Zvonareva simply saw Stosur lurking to intercept her in the third round, a sight that has signaled the end of her tournament as inevitable as the sight of another Russian has for the Aussie. Even after she triumphed at the US Open, its reigning champion remains susceptible to setbacks after encouraging results. Falling shortest by the narrowest of margins to Sharapova in Stuttgart, she still should have gained confidence from having excelled in nearly every facet of the game during the best women's match of the year. But Stosur did not soar through the first round of Madrid on the wings of that performance, instead barely escaping Petra Martic in a third-set tiebreak. Awaiting her is an intriguing clash with Christina McHale, who never lacks for self-belief against the elite. In the quarterfinals, defending champion Kvitova would aim to extend her undefeated record against the Aussie, which includes just one clash on clay. A disastrous spring campaign behind her, the Czech perhaps could empathize with Stosur in Stuttgart, for she likewise unleashed more impressive tennis there than she had shown for months before bowing to Sharapova. Since most other players around her struggle on clay, Kvitova eyes a comfortable route to the quarterfinals—or so one would think. Madrid marks her first opportunity to defend a title of this magnitude, and many with their minds on Wimbledon will watch curiously to see how she responds.
Semifinalist: Stosur
Fourth quarter: Only once in her last seven matches has Sharapova played an opponent outside the top eight, and only once in five tournaments this year has she lost before the final. One of those streaks will end when she faces Romanian clay specialist Irina-Camelia Begu in her opener, and the other might well end should she meet Serena Williams in the quarterfinals. Plowing past the quintet of Li, Wozniacki, Stosur, Kvitova, and Azarenka in Miami and Stuttgart, Sharapova accelerated her momentum when hard courts shifted to clay and will have benefited psychologically from winning her first 2012 title a week ago. In her lair also lie three Czechs and the enigmatic Jankovic, whom she has dominated historically but never has faced on her rival's favorite surface and (theoretically) her own least favorite. The Serbian former #1 proclaimed her intention to win this prestigious title when she arrived, an ambition that sounds a little preposterous considering that she has lost her last five matches at Premier events. On the opposite side of this section, Serena might fancy the prospect of avenging her deflating Miami defeat to Wozniacki. Perhaps motivated to erase that setback from her memory, she found her most formidable tennis of 2012 by demolishing an admittedly overmatched field on the green clay of Charleston. The opportunity for revenge might not arrive for Serena, though, since recent sensation Mona Barthel will take aim at Wozniacki in the second round. Upsetting Bartoli in Stuttgart for her first victory over a top-10 opponent, this latest German prodigy also defeated Ivanovic and nearly Azarenka in proving that her game could translate to all surfaces. If reports about the surface's susceptibility to serving brilliance prove true, however, little would stand in the way of the first meeting between Sharapova and Serena on red…er, "European"…clay.
Semifinalist: Serena
Final: Azarenka vs. Serena
Champion: Serena Williams


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