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Anushasana Parva
Anushasana Parva (Sanskrit: अनुशासन पर्व), or the "Book of Instructions," is the thirteenth of eighteen books of the Indian Epic Mahabharata. It has 2 sub-books and 168 chapters.[1][2] Sometimes this parva is referred to as the "Book of Precepts".[3]
Anushasana Parva continues the theme of Shanti Parva, a discussion of duties of a ruler, the rule of law, instructions on dharma for those close to the leader. The dialogue is between Yudhisthira, Bhisma and other sages. The book debates the duties, behaviors and habits of individuals, with chapters dedicated to men and to women. Various types of marriages are mentioned and their merits compared. The parva also recites many symbolic tales and legends such as the legend of Nachiketa, as well as the death and last rites of Bhishma, the eldest member of the Kuru family.[1][3]
Structure and chapters[edit]
Anushasana Parva (book) has 2 sub-parvas (sub-books or little books) and 168 adhyayas (sections, chapters).[2][4] The 2 sub-books are:[5]
- 1. Dana dharma parva
- 2. Bhisma svargarohana parva
The Parva starts with a visit to Bhishma, who is dying. He is surrounded by sages and rishis including Vashishta, Maitreya, Sanat Kumara, Valmiki, Kapila, Vyasadeva and Narada. As with Shanti Parva, Yudhisthira asks for counsel and Bhishma replies. It includes duties of the king, officials of a kingdom, men and women. The book dedicates several chapters to cows, their importance to household's food security, agriculture and wealth.[2]
Chapter 149 of Anushasana Parva recites Vishnu sahasranama - a list of 1,000 names (sahasranama) of Vishnu.[3] Included in the list of 1000 names for Vishnu are Shiva, Sharva, Sthanu, Ishana and Rudra. This synonymous listing of Shiva and Vishnu as one, in Mahabharata, has led[6] to the theory that all gods mentioned in Vedic literature are one. This is a controversial theory, as other ancient scriptures describe Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva as three different gods, with respective responsibilities as creator, maintainer and destructive recycler of life.[7]
English translations[edit]
Anushasana Parva was composed in Sanskrit. Several translations of the book in English are available. Two translations from 19th century, now in public domain, are those by Kisari Mohan Ganguli[2] and Manmatha Nath Dutt.[1] The translations vary with each translator's interpretations.
Debroy, in 2011, notes[5] that updated critical edition of Anushasana Parva, after removing verses and chapters generally accepted so far as spurious and inserted into the original, has 2 sub-books, 154 adhyayas (chapters) and 6,493 shlokas (verses).
Salient features[edit]
Anushasana parva includes numerous symbolic tales and fables, as well as treatises that debate appropriate human behavior. Among these are discussions on human free will versus destiny, as well as duties and rights of women.[2]
Anushasana parva on free will and destiny[edit]
Chapter 6 of Anushasana parva presents one of many debates on free will (exertion) and destiny in the Mahabharata. The debate starts as a question from Yudhisthira to dying Bhisma. The dying scholar answers by reciting the conversation between Vasishtha and Brahmana on whether karma in this life (exertion through free will) or karma from past (destiny) is the more powerful in shaping one's life. The Brahmana replies with an example of seeds.[2] Without seeds, fruits do not grow. Good seeds when sown yield good fruits. Bad seeds when sown yield weeds and bad fruits. If no seeds are sown, there are no fruits. Without exertion in this life, destiny is meaningless. One's exertion now is like a tilled soil; the seeds are like destiny. The union of tilled soil and seeds, that is one's present effort and destiny inside the seed, produces the harvest. As one sows, so shall he reaps; happiness comes from good deeds, pain from evil deeds. Nothing can be gained by destiny alone. Personal exertion is necessary to fulfill whatever one desires, wealth one wishes, and knowledge one seeks. He who exerts with initiative is his own best friend, he who relies solely on destiny is his own worst enemy.[8]
Theory of compassion and non-violence[edit]
A theory of compassion is presented from Chapter 113 through 118 of Anusasana parva.[9][10] Vrihaspati counsels Yudhisthira that universal compassion is key to successful and happy life. One must regard all creatures like one's own self, and behave towards them as towards one's own self. One should never do something to another person or any living creature, which one regards as injurious to one's own self, suggests Anushasana parva. When one injures another, the injured turns round and injures the injurer. Similarly, when one cherishes another, that other cherishes the cherisher.[11] Whether it is a matter of refusals or gifts, creating happiness or misery, or doing or saying something that is agreeable or disagreeable, before doing or saying so, one should judge their effects by a reference to one's own self. This consideration of other's interest as one's own is compassion, and it is an essential rule of Dharma, claims Vrihaspati.[12]
Bhisma, in Chapter 114 of Anushasana parva, explains that this theory of compassion applies not merely to one's actions, but to one's words as well as one's thoughts.[13] One consequence of compassion, claims Bhisma, is Ahimsa - the abstention from injury or harm to anyone, or the principle of non-violence. This is expressed in Chapter 117 in the widely quoted verse on Ahimsa:[14][15]
अहिंसा परमॊ धर्मस तथाहिंसा परॊ दमः
Ahimsa is the highest virtue, Ahimsa is the highest self-control;
Duties and rights of women[edit]
Various chapters of Anushasana parva recite the duties and rights of women. The goddess of prosperity Lakshmi asserts, in the verses of Chapter 11, that she lives in those women who are truthful, sincere, modest, organized, devoted to their husband and children, health conscious, patient and kind to guests.[2] The goddess asserts she does not reside in woman who is sinful, unclean, always disagreeing with her husband, has no patience or fortitude, is lazy, quarrelsome with her neighbors and relatives. In Chapter 123,[19] Anusasana parva repeats these duties for women through the tale of Sandili, suggesting that a woman should have reverence for her family and husband, that human relationships are a form of worship.
The duties of women are again recited in Chapter 146, as a conversation between god Shiva and his wife goddess Uma, where Shiva asks what are the duties of women. Uma (Parvati) proceeds to meet all the rivers, who are all goddesses that nourish and create fertile valleys.[1] Uma suggests that the duties of women include being of a good disposition, endued with sweet speech, sweet conduct, and sweet features. For a woman, claims Uma, her husband is her god, her husband is her friend, and her husband is her high refuge. A woman's duties include physical and emotional nourishment, reverence and fulfillment of her husband and her children. Their happiness is her happiness, she observes the same vows as those that are observed by her husband, her duty is to be cheerful even when her husband or her children are angry, be there for them in adversity or sickness, is regarded as truly righteous in her conduct.[2] Beyond her husband and family, her duty is to be cheerful of heart and humble with friends and relatives, do the best she can for friends and guests. It is her duty to manage the household, to feed the deities, guests, any servants who work for her, and dependents of the family with what she eats and before she eats. Her family life and her home is her heaven, tells goddess Parvati to Shiva.
Ashtavakra visits the abode of Mahadeva in Chapter 19 through 21 of Anushasana parva,[20] where he meets Apsaras. Ashtavakra and a lady then debate if women are independent, or are they always dependent on men. Ashtavakra argues that a woman is never independent, her father protects her when she is a child, husband when she is youthful, and her sons when she is old.[21] The Apsara presents her views, insists she is independent, the mistress of her own self. Neither win the debate, Ashtavakra returns from the abode of Mahadeva, while the Apsara continues in her own independent ways.
Chapter 44 of Anushasana parva declares a woman has a right to choose her husband and enter into Gandharva marriage, although this is only one of three recommended and righteous forms of marriages it lists for a woman.[22] In other chapters, Anushasana parva suggests a girl's father should prevent his daughter or son from entering into Gandharva marriage, and encourages a marriage based on character, accomplishments and compatibility. In verses 22 and 23 of Chapter 44, the parva discourages a woman from living with a man she does not like, and notes prevalent differences in opinion on this subject.[23] Verse 26 claims a marriage engagement made by kins and relatives of a girl are binding, but an engagement made by bride and groom on their own free will, with mantras, is much more binding.
Anushasana parva discusses inheritance rights of a woman over many chapters. This discussion is inconsistent, with some chapters differentiating inheritance rights of women based on caste if husband and wife are of same caste or if husband and wife are of different castes. Other chapters are silent about caste, but differentiate inheritance rights of women based on type of marriage. Verse 26 of Chapter 47 declares a daughter and son to be equal, in the words of Bhisma counseling king Yudhisthira:
The daughter, O king, has been ordained in the scriptures to be equal to the son.—Bhisma, Anushasana Parva, Mahabharata Book xiii.47.26[24]
Property a woman inherits is her own, declares Anushasana Parva. A woman has the right to enjoy but not sell her husband's property if she becomes a widow. The property owned by a woman is 100% inherited by her daughter(s).[2]
Anushasana Parva has served as a source for studies and theories about women's duties and rights in ancient India. For example, Tryambakayajvan of Thanjavur, in the 18th century AD, published Strīdharmapaddhati (sometimes referred to as Stri Dharma Paddhati, or "Guide for a Dharmic Woman"). Tryambaka, according to Julia Leslie,[25] selectively extracts verses from many chapters of Anushasana parva. He selectively extracts verses from other books of the Mahabharata as well, and other ancient Indian texts, for Strīdharmapaddhati.[26] Tryambaka omits verses that represent the many voices and counter-arguments presented in the Anushasana Parva.
Many chapters of Anushasana parva are dedicated to praising Mahadeva and Uma.[27] These chapters explain their power, recommend their worship and are important to the bhakti sect named Shaivism.[28]
Along with chapters on Shiva and Parvati, numerous chapters of Anushasana parva are dedicated to praising Vishnu and Lakshmi. These chapters are important to the bhakti sect named Vaishnavism. In this school of Hinduism, Chapter 149 of Anusasana parva is a source of mantra and chants. This is also called Viṣṇusahasranāma - a list of 1000 names of Vishnu.[29][30]
Critical reception[edit]
Scholars[31][32] have questioned the chronology and content of many chapters in Anushasana Parva, whether they represent wisdom from ancient India, or were these chapters smuggled in to spread social and moral theories during India's medieval or during second millennium AD.[33] Iyer, in 1923, compared different versions of Anushasana Parva manuscripts found in east, west and south India, in Sanskrit and in different Indian languages. The comparison showed that while some chapters and verses on Dharma and ethical theories are found in all manuscripts, there are major inconsistencies between many parts of the manuscripts. Not only is the order of chapters different, large numbers of verses were missing, entirely different or somewhat inconsistent between the manuscripts. The most inconsistent sections were those relating to women's rights and duties, discussion of social customs, castes, and those highlighting praise of specific gods. Iyer claims[34] these chapters were smuggled into the Mahabharata, or the answers to question of Yudhisthira and other characters were entirely rewritten to suit local agenda or views. Alf Hiltebeitel similarly has questioned the authenticity of numerous verses of Anushasana and Shanti Parvas.[35]
Quotes and teachings[edit]
Anushasana parva, Chapter 7:
That man attains riches who is charitable,
He who is silent secures the following of others,
The restrained is who enjoys everything in life,
It is the brahmacharya who lives a long life,
Beauty, prosperity and freedom comes to those who abstain from injury to others.—Bhisma, Anushasana Parva, Mahabharata Book xiii.7[36]
Anushasana parva, Chapter 13:
One should avoid the three acts that are done with the body, the four that are done with speech, the three that are done with the mind.
The three acts that are done with the body and should be wholly avoided are:
the destruction of the lives of other creatures, theft or appropriation of what belongs to other persons, and the enjoyment of other people's wives.
The four acts that are done with speech, O king, and that should never be indulged in are:
evil conversation, harsh words, publishing other people's faults, and falsehood.
The three acts done with the mind which should always be avoided:
Coveting the possessions of others, doing injury to others, and disbelieving that one's acts have fruits.
One should never do an evil act in word, body or mind.—Bhisma, Anushasana Parva, Mahabharata Book xiii.13[37]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d Anushasana Parva The Mahabharata, Translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt (1905)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Anushasana Parva The Mahabharata, Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli, Published by P.C. Roy (1893)
- ^ a b c John Murdoch (1898), The Mahabharata - An English Abridgment, Christian Literature Society for India, London, pages 116-120
- ^ Anushasana Parva The Mahabharata, Translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt (1905), Page 350
- ^ a b Bibek Debroy, The Mahabharata : Volume 3, ISBN 978-0143100157, Penguin Books, page xxiii - xxiv of Introduction
- ^ Steven J. Rosen, The Agni and the Ecstasy, p. 185, at Google Books, ISBN 978-1907166792
- ^ Lionel Barnett (1923, reprinted 2009), Hindu Gods and Heroes, ISBN 978-1444458435, Valde Books
- ^ Anushasana Parva The Mahabharata, Translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt (1905), Chapter 6, Page 12
- ^ Anushasanika parva Chaper 113, Anushasana Parva, The Mahabharata, K.M. Gaguli (1893)
- ^ Froucke Wijmenga (2012), Religie en Compassie, Thesis under Prof. Marcel Sarot, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
- ^ R. Kumar, Non-violence and Its Philosophy, p. 38, at Google Books, ISBN 8179331539, See footnote 3
- ^ Manmatha Nath Dutt (1905) - Translator, Anushasana Parva The Mahabharata, Chapter 113, Page 250
- ^ Anushasanika parva Chaper 114, Anushasana Parva, The Mahabharata, K.M. Gaguli (1893)
- ^ James L. Fitzgerald, The Many Voices of the Mahābhārata, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 123, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 2003), pages 803-818
- ^ Hiro Badlani, Hinduism: Path of the Ancient Wisdom, p. 259, at Google Books, ISBN 978-0-595-43636-1
- ^ Mahabharata 13.117.37-38
- ^ Chapple, C. (1990). Ecological Nonviolence and the Hindu Tradition. In Perspectives on Nonviolence (pp. 168-177). Springer New York.
- ^ Ahimsa: To do no harm Subramuniyaswami, What is Hinduism?, Chapter 45, Pages 359-361
- ^ a b K.M. Ganguli (translator), Anushasanika Parva, Chapter 123 PC Roy (1893)
- ^ Manmatha Nath Dutt (1905) - Translator, Anushasana Parva The Mahabharata, Chapter 19 (Verse 15-103), page 64, and Chapters 20-21
- ^ Manmatha Nath Dutt (1905) - Translator, Anushasana Parva The Mahabharata, Chapter 20, Verses 20-21
- ^ Anushasanika Parva, Chapter 44 K.M. Ganguli (translator), PC Roy (1893)
- ^ Anusasana Parva The Mahabharata, Translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt (1905), Chapter 44, Verses 22-23, page 111
- ^ Anushasana Parva The Mahabharata, Translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt (1905), page 116
- ^ Tryambakayajvan (trans. Julia Leslie 1989), The Perfect Wife - Strīdharmapaddhati, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0195621075
- ^ Leslie, J. (1992), The significance of dress for the orthodox Hindu woman, in Dress and Gender: Making and Meaning (Editors: Ruth Barnes, Joanne B. Eicher), pages 198-213; Quote - "Strīdharmapaddhati represents a bizarre mixture of reality and utopia."
- ^ John Muir, Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, Volume 4th, 2nd Edition, Trubner & Co., London, pages 187-205
- ^ S. Parmeshwaranand, Encyclopaedia of the Śaivism, Volume 1, ISBN 978-8176254274, pages 61-63
- ^ Stephen Knapp (2012), Hindu Gods & Goddesses, ISBN 978-8184953664, Chapter 4
- ^ D. Kinsley (1974), Through the Looking Glass, History of Religions, 13(4), pages 270-305
- ^ E. Washburn Hopkins, Epic Chronology, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 24 (1903), pages 7-56
- ^ V. V. Iyer (1922), Notes on a study of the preliminary chapters of The Mahabharata - An attempt to separate genuine from spurious matter, Ramaswami Sastrulu & Sons, Madras
- ^ VISHNU S. SUKTHANKAR (1933), The Mahabharata, Critically Edited Version A history of the debate of various conflicting versions of the Mahabharata, University of Goettingen Archives, Germany, Prologue section
- ^ V.V. Iyer (1922), Notes on a study of the preliminary chapters of The Mahabharata - An attempt to separate genuine from spurious matter, Ramaswami Sastrulu & Sons, Madras, pages 280-282; Also see Chapter 4 in its entirety
- ^ Alf Hiltebeitel, (2001) Rethinking the Mahabharata: A Reader's Guide to the Education of the Dharma King, ISBN 0-226-34054-6, University of Chicago Press, see Chapter 1, Introduction
- ^ Anushasana Parva by Ramnarayandutt Shastri, Chapter 7; Also see page 26 and commentary in the footnotes of Anushasana Parva, The Mahabharata, Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli (1893), Chapter 7
- ^ Anushasana Parva, The Mahabharata, Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli (1893), Chapter 23, Page 49 with the footnote and commentaries 2-6
External links[edit]
- Anushasana Parva, English Translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
- Anushasana Parva, English Translation by Manmatha Nath Dutt
- Anushasana Parva in Sanskrit by Vyasadeva with commentary by Nilakantha - Worldcat OCLC link
- Anushasana Parva in Sanskrit and Hindi by Ramnarayandutt Shastri, Volume 5
- Anushasana Parva English Translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguli, another archive


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updated 08:05 pm EST, Tue March 6, 2007
TechFest 2007 opens doors
Microsoft today opened the doors to the TechFest 2007, an annual showcase of research projects held at the company corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington. The company claims that this year's event, hosted by Microsoft Research, showcases more than 100 computing innovations, including telescope technology for the desktop PC, integrating content from several sources into a single, shareable document, and using the Xbox as a teaching tool. The company's annual showcase of research projects, where "researchers and product teams form close and lasting ties to jointly advance the frontiers of computing for the industry and customers," included an audience of customers, industry and government leaders and independent software vendors.
"TechFest is one-stop shopping to see and experience the breadth of software innovations we're pursuing that will allow people to explore their interests more deeply and share the things they care about more easily," Microsoft Research Senior Vice President Rick Rashid told attendees.
Rashid moderated demonstrations of a number of key research projects, including World-Wide Telescope, which allows people to peer deep into the heavens on their PCs; Mix: Search-Based Authoring, a new way to build and share digital content at home and work; and Boku, an innovative way of using Xbox to teach kids how exciting and rewarding computer programming can be.
PC Becomes a Telescope
The company's "World-Wide Telescope" allows users to turn their PC into one of the most powerful ground-based telescopes in the world, according to Microsoft. In what may be a response to Google's digital satellite map technology, the company demonstrated its innovation that draws on tens of millions of digital images of stars, galaxies and quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, an ambitious astronomical project started several years ago to map out a large part of the universe. Until now, the images were difficult and time consuming to search.
"What we've done is give people the ability to become digital astronauts," Rashid said. "You can explore deep space from the comfort of your living room."
Microsoft researchers plan to add rich media narrative to the images to create what it says are "compelling learning experiences."
"These will be tantamount to guided tours of the universe," Rashid said. "People will have an immersive way to search, explore and discover the universe much like MSN Virtual Earth."
A Living Scrapbook
Microsoft also focused on integrated content from several different sources. In what can be called a "living scrapbook," Rashid showed demonstrated "Mix: Search-Based Authoring," new technology that pulls data from many sources -- different websites, the computer's hard drive and databases -- and integrates the data into one document that users can easily share with friends, family members or co-workers.
"Think of Mix as a kind of high-tech, living scrapbook," Rashid said. "You can create a page that has digital pictures of your family, e-mails you exchange with family members, and links to places you love to visit together. And you can send that page to any other member of your family -- all without having to build a Web page."
Mix also has important business applications, according to the presentation. Businesses often need to share the most up-to-date information among a work group and this research technology would allow them to build a document about a particular project; it could include search results related to the project, links to internal websites about the project, and even newsgroups that discuss the nature of the project. Workers can share the document, and members of the group can continue to add content to it, automatically updating the document for the entire group.
Xbox as Teaching Tool for Future Scientists
Over the past few years, Apple's iPod has become integral to teaching and electronic learning and Microsoft hopes that schools will also adopt its Xbox as a learning tool for kids. Boku, a virtual robot in a simulated world, debuted as a research project using Xbox technology to teach kids basic programming skills in a fun and entertaining way.
"There is an ongoing and deepening crisis in computer science," Rashid said. "Our goal is to stem the tide by showing young kids the magic of software programming."
Using Xbox, kids as young as four years of age can program a robot to interact with its world, travel around among various objects the kids create, and even eat an apple.
"It's very much like playing a game," Rashid said. "But it's a serious endeavor that we believe will begin to interest kids in programming and eventually make them more comfortable tackling the really big challenges in computer science."
Microsoft Research employs more than 700 people in five labs located in Redmond, Wash.; Silicon Valley, Calif.; Cambridge, England; Beijing, China; and Bangalore, India.


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Rookie Patrick Corbin allowed four hits through seven innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Washington 7-4 on Sunday, snapping the Nationals' season-high winning streak at eight games. Corbin (4-4) retired 16 in a row after Bryce Harper's infield single in the first. The 23-year-old right-hander gave up two runs, struck out seven and walked none. Paul Goldschmidt drove in three runs with a double and single and scored twice. Aaron Hill, Justin Upton and Miguel Montero each had RBI doubles for the Diamondbacks. Ross Detwiler (6-5) allowed four earned and three hits in 4 2-3 innings. After the Nationals scored twice off Takashi Saito in the ninth, J.J. Putz got the final two outs for his 13th consecutive save and 22nd in 25 opportunities, striking out Roger Bernadina. Corbin is 2-0 in three starts since he was recalled from Triple-A Reno, allowing four runs in 19 innings in that span. Arizona scored without a hit in the second. Goldschmidt reached on third baseman Ryan Zimme...
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SAN DIEGO -- It meant nothing other than pride. Tiger Woods rolled in a 10-foot putt for par on his final hole Saturday at Torrey Pines, avoiding another bogey but managing to break 80, a number no pro wants on his scorecard. But it wasn't enough to keep him on the course Sunday.
For the first time in his career, Woods failed to make the PGA Tour's secondary cut, a reduction in the field that comes into play only when the 36-hole cut leaves more than 78 players.
Woods' 7-over-par 79 at Torrey Pines' South Course was his highest in 14 appearances in the event he has won seven times. He failed to birdie any of the par-5s over three rounds, finishing 4 over par on those holes.
And he heads to the Middle East for the Omega Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour with, at the very least, some issues in his game.
"I've never seen him play like that," said Jhonattan Vegas, who played with Woods during the third round.
Vegas is in some elite company.
It was among the five worst scores of Woods' professional career. Only once has he failed to break 80 -- an 81 in brutal wind conditions at the 2002 Open Championship at Muirfield. There have been three other 79s -- the 1996 Australian Open, the 2010 Wells Fargo Championship and last year's Memorial Tournament.
Woods signed several autographs after signing his scorecard but declined to speak with reporters.
On Friday, Woods said he was "just a fraction off," and lamented a few shots that barely ended up in the rough. And he discounted a six-week layoff having any factor.
"I wouldn't say it's rusty, just a fraction off," he said. "At this level and golf courses like this it doesn't take much."
And yet Woods, the No. 1-ranked player in the world, had a mind-boggling stretch for him.
Starting on the back nine, things appeared routine enough through eight holes. He had made three birdies and two bogeys to stand at 2-under par for the tournament. He then hit a perfect drive, 302 yards, at the par-5 18th.
From there, everything unraveled. Woods' second shot from 254 yards found the pond that fronts the green. His fourth shot went into a bunker over the green and plugged. He blasted out and two-putted for a double-bogey 7.
He then went to the front side where he doubled the first hole after a 3-putt -- the first time he made consecutive double bogeys since the 2011 PGA Championship -- and followed that with five straight bogeys.
Woods hit just 6 of 14 fairways and only 7 of 18 greens. He birdied the seventh hole which along with his par-save at the ninth hole kept him from shooting in the 80s. When he made the birdie at the seventh, Woods bowed to the crowd, mocking himself. He shot 42 over his final nine holes.
Twice, Woods stubbed chipped shots; several times he short-sided himself with approaches to greens. And to not birdie a single par-5 -- in 12 chances -- is stunning. Woods dominated those holes on his way to victory here last year. That was his seventh victory at the Farmers Insurance Open and he has eight total at the venue, including his 2008 U.S. Open triumph, his last major title.


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The definitive guide to benchmarking with DOOM 3Doom 3 is finally here and we are tipping many gamers around the world are dieing to benchmark their system with one of the most anticipated games to hit computer screens ever. We've posted the definitive guide to benchmarking with DOOM 3 which includes information on exactly how to benchmark the game and the issues to look out for. It's benchmark time!
On the 3rd of August 2004, ID Software unleashed Doom 3 to gamers all over the globe. Shop stores all around the world replaced the empty promotional boxes with actual copies and online stores shipped all the pre-orders to gamers who have been eagerly waiting many years for the next version of the cult-type game series which is Doom.
Doom 3 is here and is certain to become a major success with all genres of gamers because of its cult following and ultra realistic graphics and cinematic-like gaming style which as others have suggested makes you feel like big bad Bruce Willis in the next big Hollywood shooting hero movie. We as gamers have never seen this type of realism in games and it's really just a start for what manufacturers like ATI and nVidia are hoping to help the game developers create for all of us in years ahead, now that the hardware required is available to render such impressive graphics. It's certainly a fun and refreshing time to be in the computing industry - definitely a breath of fresh air.
After playing single player Doom 3 for only an hour I was automatically compelled to figure out exactly how to benchmark the game on my hardware - and I am tipping most people reading TweakTown would have felt the same way. I was genuinely interested in benchmarking all of the latest graphics cards we have in our labs from our generous suppliers. In this line of work, when you are benchmarking or seeing products being benchmarked almost 7 days a week for years on end, it can become difficult to appreciate the process.
On the day we first got our copy of Doom 3, it brought me back in time a few years to the very first Quake 3: Arena days when we first started the little website called TweakTown when we had a very strong interest in the benchmarking process and what hardware offered the best frame rate performance for our ultra l33t 3D gaming experience. Doom 3 offers enthusiasts not only a great gaming experience but the chance tweak their systems to increase frame rates in the game which can often go well into the single digit range even with high-end systems and the latest graphics cards.
Our focus here today is not on comparing the latest graphics cards in Doom 3 (many sites such as AnandTech, AMDZone and VR Zone have already covered it in good detail) but to provide the definitive online resource on exactly how to benchmark Doom 3 and the various issues involved in doing so in a coherent and reliable manner. We are sure many of you are dieing to see how your hardware stacks up against your best friends PC and in the following pages you will learn exactly how to benchmark Doom 3, the issues involved, what to use and finishing it all off comparing an ATI Radeon X800XT PE with ATI's current official 4.7 drivers along with their latest beta 4.9 Catalyst drivers which offer better OpenGL performance which is said to help increase performance of X800 graphics cards in the game.
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Did anyone see brian wilson on the tonight show a few nights ago?
If so, and if you taped/tivod it, go back and watch it again.
Darian (he's the one in the front playing the keyboard) is wearing a AtIS jacket.
It took me a few minutes to realize it, but then I paused it on the tivo, and sure enough, AtIS it was. You can see the Atommobiles (blue of course) that get smaller as they head toward some snow flakes that are on one side of the jacket.
Does anyone have any picturs/clips of the performance?
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To me, Palmer's, Skin Therapy Oil have better results than Fade cream. But fade cream is cheaper. Will use it for large area and Therapy Oil for face. For new customers of iHerb, please also visit my page for other product reviews.
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Been using this every day and night for about a week and a half. I have some brown spots on my jawline and they seem to be lightening up a tiny bit. The amount needed is very small and the product will last a long time. I'm expecting great results by the summer. ~~ update~~ So far GREAT results. Spots along jawline are barely visible. The cream lasts a long long time. Hardly 1/4 of the jar gone from February.
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I have been using it twice everyday on my legs. I had horrible bug bites it became brown spots now. After since I use this cream those spots are mostly gone or much lighter.
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I have tried similar creams before for my spots and I have to say that I did not like this cream that much. The jar is quite big and if you use it for your face it is very economical, it also contains sunscreen. But it takes too much time to see any effects, according to the instructions 3 months is the least.I have been using this stuff for more than 2 months and still no effects. my spots are very pale and small and my skin is pale and thin and usually I get results from these kinds of creams in a few weeks.So I start doubting if it works at all. second it is very sticky and thick that make you wash your hands with soap when you touch it to put it off. apparantly not suitable for hot weather or oily skin.


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The 50,000 square foot building housing a call center and other support functions for Assurant Specialty Property's Ohio insurance service center is the first commercial building in Springfield, Ohio, to earn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star. Assurant became a national partner in the EPA's Energy Star program in 2009. This is the first Assurant facility in the United States to earn the EPA's Energy Star for superior energy performance.
Springfield, Ohio (PRWEB) February 1, 2010 -- Assurant Specialty Property announced that Building C at its Springfield, Ohio, insurance service center has earned the ENERGY STAR® from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – the federal agency's recognition for superior energy performance.
Assurant Specialty Property said Building C is the first Assurant facility and the first commercial building in the city of Springfield to earn Energy Star certification. Building C is one of three similar-size buildings that make up the Springfield service center. The 50,000 square foot building houses a call center and other support functions for Assurant Specialty Property's Lending Solutions business.
To earn Energy Star, buildings must meet strict energy-efficiency specifications. Improving the energy efficiency of a building reduces its operating costs and the amount of pollution emitted into the environment.
Assurant Specialty Property, which is part of Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), is a leading provider of creditor-placed homeowners insurance, direct-marketed products, collateral protection programs and related outsourcing services. Its Springfield service center, with more than 1,750 employees, is Springfield's largest private sector employer.
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Most of our problems are because we act without thinking or we keep thinking without acting.
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I have lived in Indy for about six years. It was the best move I ever made. Some may say that I am too honest, but I say what I think. I believe that is the only way to go through life. Being dishonest only hurts you in the end. I am at a point in my life that I am truly happy being single. It is hard to meet new people (and bars don't count!), I am just looking to get to know new people and hopefully find a best friend that I can spend my life with. It is important to me to be my own person and surround myself around people that appreciate that. I also think it's important to get to know each other as friends before anything else, I think that foundation is needed. I won't take up this whole page telling you details, if you want to know ... just ask. P.S. Be warned...I am a very random, it is so much fun!
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Original Essays
The Origin of the Thrillerby Lee Child
Toward the end of the five-million-year trip, only two contenders had survived: Homo Sapiens ourselves and Neanderthal people. A couple of hundred thousand years ago a blink of an eye, in geological terms we were both around at the same time, maybe even in roughly the same places, like dogs and cats might share the same city street, or rats and squirrels the same city park. Neanderthals probably had the upper hand. They were heavier and stronger and faster. They were superb tool makers. They were much better equipped to survive the brutal conditions of prehistory.
But they didn't survive. We did. Why?
Because Homo Sapiens developed language. Many primitive species could communicate by making sounds and many still do: prairie dogs make distinctive noises if a predator is spotted one noise for a ground predator, and another for an airborne predator. But Homo Sapiens went beyond two words. After a random mutation our brains grew large and the new capacity was colonized by language, with a theoretically infinite number of available words, and more importantly with syntax, such that as well as reporting we could plan and speculate. Not just: a predator is coming, but also: a predator will come, or might come. Not just reaction, but also prediction: if we do this, we'll be OK, or if we do that, we'll be in trouble.
And we needed all the help we could get. We were puny, few in number, often starving, often injured, often defenseless against ravening beasts. Alone, or in small disorganized groups, we were easy prey. The piles of bones in the hyena lairs make that plain.
But a coordinated crowd of two hundred humans is the most powerful animal on earth. The heaviest, the strongest, the hardest to stop, the hardest to kill. Thus, grunting Neanderthals slowly died out, despite their muscle and bone and strength and speed, and talking humans marched on toward the present, despite our slender limbs and fragile skulls. Language guaranteed our survival, but more specifically language in the service of truth. Truth was the whole deal. There wasn't anything else. It would have made no sense to say, "Watch out! There's a saber-toothed tiger behind that bush!" if there wasn't. It would have made no sense to say to a group of departing hunters, "I saw the woolly mammoths in the next valley," if you hadn't. So language was about communicating real facts in other words, telling the truth. And it still is, fundamentally. If my wife says, "The weather report calls for rain, so take your umbrella," I automatically take it for granted she's telling me the truth. Her statement and advice would be meaningless otherwise. It is the direct linear descendant of her ancient ancestor's warning about the tiger behind the bush. True information, to help one of her tribe to survive. That was the fundamental proposition.
But then something strange happened. We invented fiction. We started talking about things that hadn't happened to people that didn't exist.
When? It's hard to say, exactly. Once a word is spoken, its echo dies to silence and is lost forever. But we can guess. We know that creative expression in the form of representative art was around roughly fifty thousand years ago – there are cave paintings as evidence. We know that music was made around the same time we have found bone flutes dating back to the same era. It's reasonable to assume that storytelling might have happened earlier. Art and music require technological intervention mixed pigments, crude sticks or brushes for applying them, musical instruments of one kind or another. Storytelling requires only words and voices, and we had developed them already. All that was required was the change of use. So storytelling might be a hundred thousand years old.
The more interesting question is: why? Why tell stories? To relieve boredom? For fun? No, those are not possible answers. A hundred thousand years ago, we were still deep in prehistory. We were still evolving, both physically and in terms of behaviors. Put simply, no new behavior could possibly become established unless, at least to some slight degree, it made it more likely that we would still be alive in the morning. That is unarguable. It was that simple.
So how could storytelling keep us alive? How could fiction help us get up the next morning a little more energetic, firmer in resolve, surer in ourselves? By managing our fear, I think. Imagine yourself one of a band of perhaps twenty people, in the late evening, huddled in your cave, with a smoky fire burning in the cave mouth, hearing the howls of the night predators outside. Intelligence brings imagination, and you might have been imagining your likely fate. "It will be OK," someone might have said. Eventually after a thousand years, or ten thousand that simple "It will be OK" might have expanded to a parable, about a member of the clan who found himself in the open late at night and was chased by a bear, but escaped, but woke a tiger, but escaped again, and made it back to the cave in safety. That parable might have evolved into a full-blown story, with the clear message: Things happen to people like you, but they're survivable. In other words don't worry. Things turn out OK. Eventually, some empowering human heroism might have been edited in. Now maybe the guy slew the bear, and the tiger, and thereby not only escaped his fate but made the whole place a little safer for everyone.
We still tell stories exactly like that. The modern serial killer stories are direct linear descendants of those cave-based scenarios. Terrorism stories, too. The huddled twenty-strong cave-dwelling clan has changed to a terrified modern community a nation, a town, or a suburb and the lone club-wielder has changed to the CIA or the FBI, but the message is the same... yes, there are monsters out there, but we can slay them and live happily ever after. Stories manage our fear, by showing us the precipice and telling us that we don't always fall off.
Then, we added a proactive strain. We started telling stories about clan members who ventured out of the valley and came back a week or a month or a year later with tales of what lies beyond the hill. We legitimized exploration, and adventure, and progress. The rest is history, literally.
So, as a thriller writer, I smile to myself when critics imply that popular fiction is a recent and trashy invention. No, I think, so-called literature is the recent invention. And it was only invented because my storytelling ancestors helped the species survive long enough to be around to invent it. Thriller fiction is the genre. The original form, the essential form, the vital form, the boat on which other genres ride like barnacles. That's why readers enjoy it so much. It connects with something very ancient and fundamental.


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I think these Chinese would one day be able to buy or invest in some "sensetive national security-related" companies, they are then American, aren't they not ? or are they still some non-White Chinese American with suspicious communist connection ? more a security concern than some puppet lapdogs that can be manipulated easily if they do stay back in China ?
I could see such an investment being desirable when you never know if you might be kidnapped off the street in China for "tax evasion," held incommunicado, your children denied basic rights, and forced to pay God knows what. When you have no fundamental rights, you seek out security.
[ Begging for helps ] Complaint about Human Rights Violations by IBM China on Centennial
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....i thought i read something about Chinese being called names few hours ago, where is the posting now ?....come on, WSJ , you are helping to prove that the White is ever-hypocritical ?....Or in fact you admit to the fact ?....Wow, my
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Don't say that...you will be deleted as well. LOL
One thing for sure if you are RICH.
That already is the passport to migrate to any country you want.
I have always wonder why so many RICH INDIANS are foreign based if they are so nationalistic and heaping so much praise on Free India. So the above rule applied to Indians as well.
Get your facts right,
I think you should be asking why most don't desire to immigrate to mainland China!
The definition of a Superpower is also the fact that people around the world are willing to invest half-a-million dollars or more to live in the US, while China could never draw the R-I-C-H to live in China.............................................even for free, because there are no freedoms in China!
The reason why the CCP stinks in Soft Power appeal!
Expand the EB-5 program to individuals who buy houses that cost more than $5 million. Then require actual presence in the US for more than 6 months per year for 5 years if the person wants to apply for citizenship. Continue the same background checks and other non-business requirements as in the current program.
This would help the housing market, stimulate the economy, and draw the most affluent (and potentially productive) individuals in the world to the US. Once they become US citizens, or permanent residents, they are taxed on their worldwide income.
I recommend against it. Most Chinese I meet have a rosy view of the USA.
Although it is true America is better off, many Chinese seem to believe the US is a paradise populated by blonde white people, when it is anything but. Why do I bring up race? Because the moment I let them know that Hispanics make up most of Americans under 20, and that America will be a brown skinned majority country in 2050, their interest in America wanes. I won't go into specifics, but it is clear there is some racial mentality at work.
The new American Dream: Get rich in China, live Comfortable in America.
Looks like it is time for the smart money to get out of China. A hard landing is coming....witness the huge inventory of empty real estate and RR's to nowhere. The CCP is about to witness a revolution.
The Chinese party-state is tightening the vise on both foreign and domestic NGOs, writes expert contributor Stanley Lubman.
Two avenues are now open for Xi and his comrades following the fall of Zhou Yongkang, writes expert contributor Russell Leigh Moses.
In casting its "Skynet" overseas to target corrupt fugitives, Beijing has to face some legal challenges that cannot be easily addressed.
After a successful month selling his vision of China abroad, Chinese President Xi Jinping has turned his attention back home, where the sales job is tougher.
The Heilongjiang shooting suggests that the Communist Party continues to be troubled about its own shortcomings in reconnecting with society, writes CRT analyst Russell Moses.
China Real Time Report is a vital resource for an expanding global community trying to keep up with a country changing minute by minute. The site offers quick insight and sharp analysis from the wide network of Dow Jones reporters across Greater China, including Dow Jones Newswires' specialists and The Wall Street Journal's award-winning team. It also draws on the insights of commentators close to the hot topic of the day in law, policy, economics and culture. Its editors can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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496ci Engine Build - Big-Block On A Budget
We Bolt Together A 496ci That Won't Break The Bank With The Help Of Summit Racing And Coast High Performance
Christopher Campbell
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We began with the most basic of big-blocks. Nothing fancy here, just your garden variety two-bolt main GM truck block that Coast had sitting on the shelf.
Since we're planning to keep the power levels modest and we've got boulevard bruising in mind rather than drag racing every weekend, we reused the original main caps-reinforced with ARP bolts of course. Ours lacked factory numbers, so we marked them during disassembly to make sure they were reinstalled in the original order and orientation.
The heart of our beast and the source of its 42ci growth spurt is Probe Industries rotating assembly. We opted for the slight upgrade in the Street Fighter package to a 4.250-inch stroke cast Scat crank paired with forged Probe pistons and 6.385-inch rods.
Street Fighter 496ci kits come standard with -3.0cc flat-top, +18cc solid dome, or +39cc solid dome pistons, but to stave off detonation on our iron-headed, pump-gas combo, Coast altered the pistons to +13cc domes.
The Probe engine packages may be budget oriented, but they don't cut corners on critical components such as bearings; Clevite 77s are standard.
Even though a stock block can comfortably handle up to 0.100-0.125 overbore, we opted to stay at 0.070 and leave plenty of room for later boring if neacessary.
Here's a useful tip for garage engine builders out there; Shawn Mendenhall prefers to wipe each cylinder with Marvel Mystery oil since he feels it helps pull the grit and debris away from the cylinder walls and promotes ring seal in a fresh engine.
Shawn had already inserted the cam bearings prior to our photo shoot and completed a thorough mock-up of the rotating assembly, so we were ready to drop the Scat crank straight in.
It pays to take time and check everything; we measured the crank thrust clearance with a dial indicator mounted at the end of the crank. By levering against the counterweight, it'll move the crank back and forth when setting the endplay. By and large, you'll want no less than 0.006 inch.
After setting the crank, Shawn torqued the main caps starting from the center and moving outward, continually checking for any hint of bind.
Ironically, at first glance the buttoned-up bottom end of our budget beast looks like any old 454 full of cast stock stuff. Oh how deceiving appearances can be.
We don't believe in skimping on the oil system, so the pump was stepped to a Melling high-volume with a special pickup for our Moroso deep-sump pan from Summit Racing.
The clear zinc-coated Moroso pan holds 8 quarts and of course offers much improved oil control under hard acceleration.
After decking the block, the Probe pistons were 0.005 inch below the deck, which should net us a compression ratio of around 10.3:1.
Down in the valley, sneak a peek at the gnarly stick known as the Big Mutha Thumpr. Admit it, you love that name. The sound and the fury comes from 243/257 degrees of duration and features 0.570/0.554-inch lift on a 107-degree lobe center.
Summit's assembled iron heads spec out quite nicely with 119cc combustion chambers and 308cc intake runners. You'll need 0.200- to 0.250-inch longer pushrods. We need to mention that the exhaust ports are raised 0.300-inch, but they'll still work with most standard headers.
The 1.550-inch outer diameter valvesprings have an install height of 1.900 inches with 145 lbs of seat pressure and can handle up 0.660-inch lift. We're well within that. Adjustable Dart pushrod guides are included.
Actuating the 2.250-inch intake and 1.880-inch exhaust valves are Summit's 1.7:1 aluminum roller rocker arms.
To really make it a one-stop shop, we also ordered a good looking and corrosion resistant stainless steel engine bolt kit from Summit.
Summit's drop-in-ready billet distributor was paired with an MSD coil for our ignition. Thirty-seven degrees proved to be the sweet spot for total timing.
Our 850 Holley was near perfect out of the box, but a swap to 76 secondary jets paired with the factory 80 primaries was exactly what it the 496 wanted-but remember we're near sea level so your jetting requirements may vary.
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"Commission scans tower proposal" (Our Region, July 25): The Sacramento Commons project brings to mind Dwight Eisenhower's warning to the nation about the growing danger of the military industrial complex.
I see a similar, subtle, unspoken alliance between developer Kennedy Wilson and Sacramento politicians. They are about to take a perfectly normal community -- with a history free of blight and crime and designed to be the same type of community they seek to build -- and tear it apart in the name of infill, growth and progress.
If approved, this will really be about quick corporate profits, revenue at any cost for municipal coffers and misguided exploitation by politicians. The very same dangers that Eisenhower warned the nation about may now be taking place right before your eyes: an unholy alliance between Sacramento politicians and big money real estate interests.
-- George P. Salerno, Sacramento