Is Libya the Next Syria/Iraq?
We all know about the brutal civil war that is taking place in Syria currently along with the dragged out operation in Iraq, but the North-African country of Libya has quietly developed into a similar conflict. Syria and Iraq get all the coverage since the Islamic State's strongholds are within the two Middle East countries and it is widely known the United States government has been conducting hundreds of airstrikes in these countries to eliminate ISIS. However, Libya has become entangled in just as much political and military chaos as the Middle Eastern countries mentioned above. This all can be attributed to the Arab Spring that took place in 2011 where many countries including Yemen, Egypt, and Syria started to protest and in some cases overthrow their oppressive dictators. Libya would follow with this trend. Protestors, upset with the government, protested against the political elites resulting in security forces shooting at the protestors. This set in motion the fall of oppressive dictator, Muammar Qaddafi. Backed by NATO airstrikes, rebel groups overthrew Qadaffi eventually leading to his death. The government structure was sent into chaos after that because the central authority failed to monopolize the use of force; which is a requirement to obtain sovereignty. Regional militias would gain more influence after Qadaffi's death just like the ones that attacked a US diplomatic facility in Benghazi (Source).
The chaos in this country subsequently lead to the Benghazi attack that killed US Ambassador, Chris Stevens. Hilary Clinton, then Secretary of State, is at the center of the attack because of her lack of action to send military personnel into Libya after the attack. Many of America's citizens are wondering why she would not address the situation immediately after it happened and that is definitely up for debate. Some have said the United States government did not have enough time and adequate forces ready to respond to the attack, but a recent development refutes that statement. A new Clinton email suggests the US did in fact have forces ready to respond to the attack. Part of the email reads: "After consulting with General Dempsey, General Ham and the Joint Staff, we have identified the forces that could move to Benghazi. They are spinning up as we speak"(Source). To this day, the Benghazi attack signifies the failed intervention in Libya and it is not getting any better.
It has been five years since Libyan protestors rose up to overthrow the country's dictator, Muammar Qaddafi. Since then, rival governments have been fighting for control over the country; not to mention, the Islamic State has emerged as a powerful entity within the country. ISIS has expanded their influence within the country, taking control of the city of Sirte and attacking oil ports (Source). Moreover, ISIS militants reportedly entered the Libyan city of Sabratha and beheaded 12 security officers in the area (Source). After briefly taking over the city' security headquarters, the militants were forced to retreat, but the damage was already done. Although there is a bright side: Zintan and Sabratha, two cities on opposite sides of the conflict, may be inching towards cooperating with each other in the fight against ISIS.
The United States, in contrast, as part of an ongoing airstrike campaign against ISIS, has started to bomb Libya where Islamic State militants supposedly operate. Western officials have called for more airstrikes and special operation units in Libya as well as an Italian-backed plan for training and advising other groups. Recently, the United States received the go-ahead to launch airstrikes from Italy into Libya. Particularly interesting is President Obama has added another 200 million dollars to the budget to support increasing drone strikes from Italy (Source). It appears the United States is ready to address the crisis in Libya the same way they have addressed the crises in Iraq and Syria: drone strikes. Will this lead to a different result than in the aforementioned Middle Eastern countries? Precedent says no, but only time will tell.
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Stella Young has researched the family history of Ellen Pyke and shares it here with AboutMyArea Neston readers as we search for more descendants of the founder members.
Are you a descendant of Ellen Pyke, one of the founder members of Neston Female Friendly Society?
One of the oldest photos of Ladies Club unearthed so far.
Believed to be from some time in the late 1880s.
If you have the surname Tozer, Morrison or Pakenham Walsh in a branch of your family tree and you recognize any of the names below you may well be a descendant of Ellen (Eleanor) Pyke who was a member of the Neston Female Friendly Society when it began in 1814.
Ellen (Eleanor) Pyke was the sister of Sarah Pinnington, who was also a member and the Society's first Benefit Stewardess. She died in 1826 but her two daughters, Elizabeth Tozer and Sarah Morrison continued the family tradition and were also members of the Society.
Ellen was baptised at Neston on the 4th November 1781, daughter of Neston baker John Pike and his wife Mary. She married William Martin, a widower, on 2nd February 1820. They had two daughters, Sarah, baptised 26 Jan 1821 and Elizabeth, baptised 4th October 1822. She died at the age of 45 in 1826.
Her daughter, Elizabeth Martin married John Tozer on 28th January 1843 at St Mary on the Hill, Chester. In the following year their daughter Elenor was born. She was the first of ten children, four of whom died in infancy. Elenor died in 1865, aged 21. The family lived at the Coach and Horses in Neston where John earned a living as carrier. Sometime after 1871 the family moved to Mwdwleithin, Flintshire where her Elizabeth's husband had a farm which he worked with their sons, Thomas, James and Henry. Elizabeth died in Wales in 1881 but was buried in Neston. When she died she had been a member of the Society for over 40 years and her funeral was attended by members of the Society. The Cheshire Observer describes the occasion.
"There was a large attendance at the funeral including 18 members carrying the white wands of the society. The wands (which on festive occasions are decked with the brightest flower) were draped with crape, and as the ladies who carried them led the procession, and filed on either side of the church gate to allow it to pass, the scene was most impressive."
After her death, James and Henry married and remained in Wales. Her son John had moved to Birkenhead where he worked as a builder and he lived there until his death in 1913. Thomas, although he married a Welsh girl, Jane Hughes, in 1883 remained in Neston. He had a number of business interests; he was a pawnbroker, draper and dealer in flour. He and Jane had six children. In 1911 his two sons, John and Harold were joiners, his daughter Margaret managed the bread shop where his son Thomas Wastill Tozer was a baker and another son, James was an apprentice baker. Margaret married Harry Norman, grandson of Catherine Norman who was also a member of the Society, in 1914. Thomas' youngest son, William Hughes Tozer, was killed in the First World War. Thomas died in 1936, at the age of 78.
Ellen's other daughter, Sarah Martin, married William Morrison a joiner who originated from Scotland. They were married in Liverpool on the 13th May 1855. William was a widower and his first wife, Jane Smith, was the daughter of a farmer from Little Neston. Sarah and William had two children, Ann Morrison, born in 1858, and Robert Morrison, born in 1865. Sarah died aged 70 at her residence, the Old Vicarage in 1891, having been a member of the Society for 47 years and a benefit stewardess for a number of them. The Chester Observer described her as a "thorough Nestonian" whose family had been living in Neston for seven generations. Her funeral was attended by the Lady Patroness Mrs Russell and by honourable members, Miss Roberts, Mrs Barrett and Miss Hurle and by benefit stewardesses Miss Webb, Miss Youds and Mrs W. Pritchard.
Sarah's daughter, Ann Morrison, married master mariner Louis Henry Pakenham Walsh in 1885. After their marriage they lived at the Old Vicarage were Ann had a small school. They had four children: Robert Morrison Pakenham Walsh, born in 1887, Conrad Martin Pakenham Walsh born in 1888, Norah Calwell Pakenham Walsh, born in 1891 and Louis Henry Carmichael Pakenham Walsh born in 1894.
Robert Pakenham Walsh attended Birkenhead Institute and then served a five year apprenticeship at Camell Lairds. In 1914 he served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in 1918. After the war he evidently spent some years in Kenya and South Africa marrying Elizabeth Gunningham from Johannesburg. He died in 1951.
Conrad Pakenham Walsh married Elsie Adeline Roberts, from Worcestershire, in 1919. He was living in Prenton when he died in 1931.
Norah Pakenham Walsh served as a nurse in the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) during the First World War. She married Ralph Cecil Roberts, Elsie Adeline's brother, in 1930. After their marriage they lived in Worcester where they had son, Michael Ralph Pakenham Roberts. Norah died in 1963.
Louis Pakenham Walsh served as Captain in Cheshire Regiment, Royal Flying Corp and RAF during the First World War, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. "As an Observer officer he rendered valuable services in obtaining photographs of the enemy's position at Beirut, and also as a "Spotter" for the French cruiser "Requin" off the Palestine coast, near the Wadi Hesy. During the performance of these duties he was regularly exposed to hostile anti-aircraft fire and very frequently to attacks from the enemy's fast aeroplanes. Lieutenant Pakenham-Walsh subsequently rendered gallant service in the attack on the "Goeben" on 28th January, 1918, in the Dardanelles."
He married Dorothy Eva Greves in 1922.
Sarah's son, Robert Morrison, was a solicitor and lived with his sister and her family at the Old Vicarage until he married Sarah Agnes Hutchinson in 1892. She was the daughter of William Hutchinson, a miller, and his wife Elizabeth who lived in Brook Street, Neston. After their marriage they lived at Glenton House, Little Neston. They had a son, William Hutchinson Morrison born in 1895. Robert died in 1903.
If you have information to add to this, or information on descendants of other founder members, please leave a comment below or contact us by email.


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Q: Can't use imports inside sbt build definition code I tried importing JSON libraries in sbt, so that my custom sbt task can write a json file using a JSON api. However it seems like sbt can't import those libraries, but rather it can only import "standard" libraries like scala.io.Source, java.io.File, etc...
Both commented out lines below would each fail sbt:
libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe.play" %% "play-json" % "2.3.7"

libraryDependencies += "io.argonaut" %% "argonaut" % "6.0.4"

compile in Compile <<= (compile in Compile) map { c =>
  import scala.io.Source
  //import play.api.libs.json.Json
  //import argonaut._, Argonaut._

What might it be? Must I write a plugin to circumvent this?
$ about
[info] This is sbt 0.13.6
[info] The current project is built against Scala 2.11.6
[info] Available Plugins: ...
[info] sbt, sbt plugins, and build definitions are using Scala 2.10.4

Of course I can just string interpolate my json bare-handed but I wonder what might it be...
Thanks!

A: According to this snippet from the plugin documentation, you just need to include the dependency in plugins.sbt instead of your build definition (ie., no plugin is required).
// [within plugins.sbt]
// plain library (not an sbt plugin) for use in the build definition
libraryDependencies += "org.example" % "utilities" % "1.3"

So you should be able to just add these to plugins.sbt:
libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe.play" %% "play-json" % "2.3.7"

libraryDependencies += "io.argonaut" %% "argonaut" % "6.0.4"

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The Nuclear Weapon Conundrum
Nuclear Weapons as a Military Capability and a Political Controversy
The advent of nuclear weapons in World War II changed the course of history and humanity in a complex fashion. The early race between Nazi Germany and the United States to acquire nuclear weapons was marked with secrecy and intrigue. Covert actions against the German program and the scientific challenges to build a nuclear weapon derailed the Nazi program. The U.S. generated a monumental top secret scientific program in partnership with the strategic security industry to build the first nuclear weapon in only three years (1942-1945).1 In spite of being designated a classified project, the program was infiltrated by spies of the Soviet Union, delivering to the USSR a virtually constant stream of engineering and scientific data. The Soviet Union detonated a nuclear device in 1949.1 Since those events, several nations have pursued nuclear weapon development; however, only eight nations are currently known to possess nuclear weapons: United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom, France, India, Pakistan, and Israel.2 North Korea's status is ambiguous as they are known to have tested nuclear devices, but it is unknown whether or not they completed the development of a nuclear weapon. Although many nations have a nuclear weapons capability, nuclear weapons have been used only once in warfare: by the U.S. against Japan to end WWII in the Pacific.
The American use of nuclear weapons has been a controversy since 1945.4 Analyses of the war recognize that an invasion of the Japanese mainland, the alternative to the nuclear bombing, would be extremely costly in American and Japanese lives: estimates range from 1,000,000 to 10,000,000 military and civilian lives that would be lost in the conquest of the Japanese homeland islands. 3,4 These security and intelligence studies estimates of potential lives lost during an invasion were based on intelligence about Japanese preparations to confront any invasion; furthermore, the U.S. Pacific campaign against fanatical Japanese resistance offered data that could support the idea that invasion of Japan would result in millions of deaths.3,4 The combined casualties in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb raids amounted to 225,000 people. The shock of the nuclear weapon attack drove the Japanese government to accept the unconditional terms of surrender.
As the world pondered the awesome power of nuclear weapons, the U.S. and the Soviet Union moved forward to develop fission nuclear weapons, hydrogen bombs, which far exceeded the power of atomic devices; each nuclear superpower developed a massive arsenal of nuclear weapons leading to the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD).5 MAD simply translated to the concept that if the two superpowers engaged in nuclear war against one another, they would each destroy the other – a no-win outcome that only a "mad"-man would attempt.
Public impressions of nuclear weapons include political and emotional components. The technical awareness tends to be more limited. For example, the distinction between nuclear devices and nuclear weapons often is blurred in conversations about "the nuclear weapon problem," but the distinction is of crucial importance to security policy and planning. A nuclear device is a product to test and demonstrate the technical capability to detonate a nuclear explosion.6 Development of a nuclear device is an essential first step in producing a nuclear weapon. The difference between the nuclear device and the nuclear weapon is one of practical significance. A nuclear weapon consists of a nuclear warhead and a delivery platform to put the warhead on target. The nuclear warhead differs from a test nuclear device in that the warhead is a reengineered version of the device that is designed as a ruggedized unit that has a form factor compatible with the delivery vehicle (aircraft, cruise missile, ballistic missile, artillery).6 The transition from the device to warhead is a complex engineering task that includes rigorous testing of the overall system capable of delivering a warhead on an enemy target. The design, testing, and production of a reliable delivery system is a parallel challenge that an aspiring nuclear capable nation must overcome. The device and delivery system test processes are clear intelligence indicators of an intention to build a nuclear weapon.
Rogue Nations and the Threat of Nuclear Attack
Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) include chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. International agreements have established reasonable limits and bans on chemical and biological weapons respectively as the "Chemical Weapons Convention" and the "Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction". Despite the specter of nuclear weapons, various attempts made to ban or to control nuclear weapons resulted only in an ineffective agreement to control nuclear weapons, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The ineffectiveness of this non-proliferation agreement is manifested prominently in the rogue state, North Korea, formally known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). North Korea signed onto the NPT in 1985; this was followed by the 1991 signing of the South-North Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, which pledges that neither nation would pursue a nuclear weapon capability.7 However, evidence accumulates almost immediately that the DPRK is violating various codicils and safeguards of both agreements.7 As suspicions mounted, based on DPRK missile testing and apparent nuclear device research, the U.S. imposes a range of sanctions on North Korea. In 2002, the DPRK blatantly violates the NPT restrictions and withdraws from the treaty in 2003.7 North Korea then accelerated the research and testing of nuclear devices and ballistic missiles, bringing the 2017 world to a political crisis and potential military confrontation. During this same period, convincing evidence emerged about a missile technology cooperation between Iran and North Korea.8,9 There are some disagreements regarding the degree of cooperation between Iran and North Korea on nuclear weapon development but the weight of evidence supports a significant relationship between the two countries for nuclear weapon development.8,9,10
As the US Intelligence Community (IC) prepares security and intelligence studies on the North Korea situation, the IC recognizes the grave responsibility to provide policymakers accurate assessments which will be the basis for decisions to go to war or pursue an alternate course.
Jobs in Government and the Strategic Security Industry
Security threats to the U.S. and U.S. interests are an integral aspect of global competition between nations and the actions of non-state terrorist groups. The IC and the strategic security industry will be hiring the best qualified individuals to prepare security and intelligence studies and perform other security tasks. Online universities now provide a resource to meet these security job opportunities. An online school that specializes in intelligence, counterterrorism, and strategic studies is a key to preparing for jobs in intelligence, law enforcement, and the security industry. These specialized schools hire faculties that have practical real-world experience plus understanding of the academic theory and principles. The result is a resource to prepare individuals with enhanced skills and capabilities to defend the country.
ICAN Staff. (2017). Nuclear Weapons Timeline. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Retrieved from: http://www.icanw.org/the-facts/the-nuclear-age/
Arms Control Association Staff. (2017). Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance. Arms Control Association. Retrieved from: https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat
Keck, Z. (2014). How Hiroshima and Nagasaki Saved Millions of Lives. The Diplomat. Retrieved from: http://thediplomat.com/2014/08/how-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-saved-millions-of-lives/
Compton, K. (1946). If The Atomic Bomb Had Not Been Used. (December 1946 issue). The Atlantic. Retrieved from: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1946/12/if-the-atomic-bomb-had-not-been-used/376238/
InternationalRelations.org Staff. (2016). Mutually Assured Destruction. InternationalRelations.org. Retrieved from: http://internationalrelations.org/mutually-assured-destruction/
Stratfor Staff. (2008). Nuclear Weapons: Devices and Deliverable Warheads. Stratfor. Retrieved from: https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/nuclear-weapons-devices-and-deliverable-warheads
Arms Control Association Staff. (2017). Chronology of U.S.-North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy. Arms Control Association. Retrieved from: https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/dprkchron
Ramani, S. (2016). The Iran-North Korea Connection. The Diplomat. Retrieved from: http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/the-iran-north-korea-connection/
Kerr. P, Hildreth, S., Nikitin, M. (2016). Iran-North Korea-Syria Ballistic Missile and Nuclear Cooperation. Congressional Research Service. Retrieved: https://fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R43480.pdf
Visser, Y. (2017). Israeli Experts Claim Iran and North Korea Working On Nuclear Warheads. Western Journalism. Retrieved from: http://www.westernjournalism.com/israeli-experts-claim-iran-north-korea-working-nuclear-warheads/
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In the lead up to the Final of Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE), 24 finalists – the cream of Ireland's entrepreneurial talent – were guests of An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, T.D., today at Government Buildings in Dublin.
The finalists had the opportunity to discuss their businesses and ideas with An Taoiseach and Minister Humphreys ahead of the IBYE Final which will take place on 4th March. The IBYE programme is run by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) with the support of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Enterprise Ireland.
The 24 entrepreneurs also attended a training day at Google HQ in Dublin where they were given extensive pitch training and they had the chance to meet their fellow finalists for the first time.
The 24 IBYE Finalists for 2018 will be competing for a €100,000 fund across the three categories. The winner of the Best Business Idea will receive a €15,000 investment with the runner up securing a €5,000 investment. The Best Start-Up Business and Best Established Business winners will receive a €25,000 investment each with the runners up in those categories receiving a €5,000 investment, while the 2018 Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur selected from the three category winners will receive an additional €20,000 investment.
This year's IBYE finalists show a huge diversity of ideas, which include a self learning anti-fraud software solution, an app that solves the issue of secure transactions with strangers when selling online, a peer to peer car rental platform, a solution to the compilation, visualisation and relay of IoT (Internet of Things) data, a company guaranteeing 90-minute deliveries, a former Connacht rugby player revolutionising the future of gyms, a virtual power plant and a John Rocha protege bringing catwalk style to Irish cyclists.
The winners of the 2017 Irish Best Young Entrepreneur Awards were Ciara Clancy of Beats Medical who won the Best Established Business and the overall IBYE Award for 2017. Samuel Dennigan of Strong Roots in Dublin was the Best Start Up Business winner, while Alvan Hunt of Hexafly in Meath won the Best Business Idea for 2017.
The IBYE programme is run by the 31 LEOs) with the support of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Enterprise Ireland. The competition is open to people between the ages of 18 and 35 with an innovative business idea, new start-up or established business. Now in its 4th year, IBYE has an investment fund of up to €2million and saw 1,471 applicants for the 2018 awards.
The competition is run across three categories: Best Business Idea, Best Start-Up Business and Best Established Business. Up to 450 young entrepreneurs were invited by the LEOs to attend free regional 'Entrepreneur Bootcamps' last year to help them develop their business and new venture ideas.
With an IBYE investment fund of up to €50,000 each, every LEO awarded up to six investments to three category winners and three runners-up at county level. The local winners in the Best Start-Up and Best Established Business categories at county level received investments of up to €15,000 each and the two runners-up received up to €5,000.
The Best Business Idea winner at county level received an investment of up to €7,000 and the runner-up received up to €3,000 of investment. These winners at county level then progressed to Regional Finals earlier this year with the winner of each of the three categories across the eight regional finals progressing to the National Awards.


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Literal translation: Beauty requires sacrifice.
Without pain/sacrifice, you will not achieve beauty.
She was often told this proverb by her grandmother.
She takes this proverb fairly seriously, and actual believes that in order to appear beautiful, one has to do things that one may not enjoy / are unpleasant.
When a person, usually a woman, is encouraging another person, also usually a woman, to do some sort of procedure that is unpleasant/painful in order to appear more attractive.
To provide encouragement for the person to do something unpleasant.
This proverb is essentially the same as "no pain, no gain" except it is usually used only for women and concerning the many different painful procedures that women have to do in order to appear "attractive" based on societal beauty standards. I personally do not believe this proverb in its literal sense, but I can find application for this proverb in other ways, such as applying it to studying and schoolwork, or exercise and health.
Phonetic: Sem' raz otmer', odin raz otrezh'.
Literal translation: Seven times measure, one time cut.
Actual meaning: Measure something seven times before cutting it once.
It was often told to him by his mother to encourage him to be more careful.
Before cutting something, or doing a project such as a piece of furniture, he makes sure to plan it out and measure everything carefully so that he does not mess up the project.
I have often heard this proverb growing up, and only ever realized how important it is to be careful and plan when doing things as I got older. Its very helpful when doing projects.
He likes to tell jokes and learns them wherever he can.
He learned this joke at a party.
He thinks this is a hilarious joke.
At a party or other social gathering.
Whenever it is appropriate to tell a joke.
I've heard this joke since I was a small child, but I only understood that a drunk gynecologist accidentally ended up in the dentist's office and why that is amusing when I grew a lot older. These kinds of jokes are very common at Russian parties and gatherings. The most popular jokes are as always, the most inappropriate.
Протекала речка, / через речку мост, / на мосту овечка, / у овечки хвост.
Эх, раз, два, три, четыре, пять, шесть, семь, aх семь, шесть, пять, четыре, три, два, один.
Пересохла речка, / развалился мост, / умерла овечка, / отвалился хвост.
Мне не жалко речки, / мне не жаль моста, / мне не жаль овечки, / а мне жаль хвоста.
Не было-б речки, / не было-б моста. / Не было-б овечки, / не было-б хвоста.
Protekala rechka, / cherez rechku most, / na mostu ovechka, / u ovechki khvost.
Ekh, raz, dva, tri, chetyre, pyat', shest', sem', akh sem', shest', pyat', chetyre, tri, dva, odin.
Peresokhla rechka, / razvalilsya most, / umerla ovechka, / otvalilsya khvost.
Mne ne zhalko rechki, / mne ne zhal' mosta, / mne ne zhal' ovechki, / a mne zhal' khvosta.
Ne bylo-b rechki, / ne bylo-b mosta. / Ne bylo-b ovechki, / ne bylo-b khvosta.
A river ran / a bridge across the river. / On the bridge a sheep, / the sheep had a tail.
Eh, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, ah seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
The river ran dry, / the bridge fell apart. / The sheep died, / the tail fell off.
I do not feel sorry for the river, / I do not feel sorry for the bridge, / I do not feel sorry for the sheep, / but I'm sorry for the tail.
If here was no river, / there would be no bridge. / If there was no sheep, / there would be no tail.
This is a song/rhyme that he learned in kindergarden.
Its just a funny song/rhyme that can be accompanied by a guitar. While it is associated with children, it is also often associated with being drunk and wanting to sing.
For children, whenever. For adults, usually when under the influence of alcohol.
My father and uncles and grandfathers taught me this song. If was always very fun to sing until the couplet when the sheep dies, which used to make me sad. It is a very strange and ironic song.
Расцветали яблони и груши,/Проплыли туманы над рекой.
Выходила на берег катюша,/На высокий берег на крутой.
Про того, которого любила,/Про того, чьи письма берегла.
И бойцу на дальней пограничной/От катюши передай привет.
Пусть он землю сбережет родную,/А любовь катюша сбережет.
Rastsvetali yabloni i grushi,/Proplyli tumany nad rekoy.
Vykhodila na bereg katyusha,/Na vysokiy bereg na krutoy.
Pro togo, kotorogo lyubila,/Pro togo, ch'i pis'ma beregla.
I boytsu na dal'ney pogranichnoy/Ot katyushi pereday privet.
Pust' on zemlyu sberezhet rodnuyu,/A lyubov' katyusha sberezhet.
Blossomed apples and pears, / Fog flowed over the river.
On the riverbank walked out Katyusha, / On the tall, steep riverbank.
About the man that she loves / about the one whose letters she saves.
And the the warrior, on the war front, / From Katyusha, bring a greeting.
Let him remember his beloved girl, / Let him hear, how she sings.
Let him guard his home land, / And Katyusha will guard their love.
She would sing this song a lot as a child.
It is a song about loving your significant other and your country above all else.
This is a sweet, haunting song that can be sung when feeling sad.
This is a Soviet Era song that has had the lyrics changed many times by different people who sing it. It may have originally started as an authored song, but each person who sings it changes the lyrics slightly until it mutates over generations.
Sto odezhek i vse bez zastezhek.
One hundred outfits and each without clasps.
This is told by children to other children to play riddle games.
Два кольца, два конца, и по середине гвоздик.
Dva kol'tsa, dva kontsa, i po seredine gvozdik.
Two rings, two points, and nail in the center.
Personally, I find this riddle confusing, since rings are not what I associate with scissors. However, in the Soviet Union in the 1970's, when the informant heard this riddle, scissors looked different from how scissors look now, and therefore this riddle would make sense.
The 26-year-old informant was born in Russia, but moved to the U.S. at a young age. During his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College, he was a teaching assistant for a Russian folklore class and found these pieces of folklore to be particularly interesting or representative of Russian culture.
"So there's this prince named Prince Ivan who has two older brothers. Their dad, the King tells them that they have to find wives and they must do so by shooting arrows in different directions to find their brides. The first two brothers shoot their arrows and they land in the houses of noble and wealthy merchants. Ivan shoots his arrow, and it lands in the mouth of a frog that lives in a swamp. Ivan gets upset and is like, "How am I supposed to marry a frog??" but the King says he must because that was the agreement and he must meet is fate.
So Ivan marries the frog and his brothers marry their beautiful brides, and after, the King tells his sons that he wants each of their wives to bake him some bread for the next day. Ivan is freaking out and goes home and his wife, the frog, asks him what's wrong, so he tells her what his dad just asked of him and his brothers. The frog tells Ivan not to worry and that she'll take care of it. She tells him "morning is wiser than the evening," and so Ivan goes to bed. That night, the frog takes off her frog skin and turns into a beautiful maiden and bakes the bread. The next day, the King is impressed and likes the frog's bread best.
He then asks the three wives to make him a full silk carpet, and that night, the frog does the same thing and makes the best carpet. The next day, there's a ball at the palace and wants all the princes to come with their wives. Once again, Ivan is sad because how can he go to a ball with a frog? But the frog tells him to go to the ball alone, and when he hears thunder and the earth starts shaking, just tell the other guests not to worry and that it's just your frog coming in a little box. Ivan does this.
At the ball, the frog performs other magical feats. One thing she does it pour some water into her left sleeve and bones into her right sleeve. So as she dances, she swings her left sleeve out and creates a lake. She swings her right sleeve out and swans appear on the lake. The other wives are understandably jealous and try to do the same thing, except since they have no magical powers, they just spray water and bones at the King and the guests.
Meanwhile, Prince Ivan sneaks away back home and finds the frog skin lying on the ground. Since he wants his wife to stay in human form, he burns the skin. When his wife gets home, she's like, "What did you do? If you had just been patient for one more night, I would've been free from this curse, but now you must find me 33 kingdoms away in the castle of Koshei the Deathless," who's like a major evil figure in Russian folklore.
So Ivan sets off on his quest, and he first sees an old man. He tells the old man of his misfortune, the old man says, "Why'd you burn the frog skin?" But he decideds to take pity on him and gives him a magic ball of yarn. and tells him to follow it to find the right path. Along the way he sees a bear, which he wants to kill, but the bear speaks to him and says "Don't kill me! I'll be useful to you in the future," so Ivan takes pity on him.
Next, he sees a duck, and wants to kill it, but the duck also asks him to take pity, so Ivan takes pity again. Next, he sees a rabbit, and the same thing happens. Then, he comes across a fish trapped in a shallow pond, and the same thing happens.
So then, he reaches the home of a witch named Baba Yaga, who lives in a magical house on chicken legs. He tells the house to turn to face him, and it does, so he's able to enter. Baba Yaga can be helpful or sometimes a cannibal, so she's like, "What are you doing here, young man?" and he tells her she's got bad manners because she's asking a guest questions before offering a meal and a bath, which is really representative of Russian culture. So Baba Yaga then provides both, and then Ivan tells her of his dilemma.
Baba Yaga's possibly the only creature that knows where to find Koshei's death, which is on the tip of a needle. The needle is in an egg, and the egg is in a duck, and the duck is inside a rabbit, and the rabbit is in a big chest, chained to the top of a tall oak, which is hidden. So, Baba Yaga tells Ivan where to find the oak.
For another version of this fairytale, see Vasilisa the Beautiful. Dir. Vladimir Pekar. Soyuzmultfilm, 1977. Film.


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They can keep their drinks, snacks and toys in one place. For really long trips, make travel binders. I really love the ones from https://www.iheartnaptime.net/road-trip-games/ and also https://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/. You can also add a plastic pencil case into the binder with pencils, crayons and markers for the kids to have everything in one place. My kids love to have a scavenger hunt or an I spy game in the car. It keeps them entertained for hours. Put small toys in a zip-lock bag to keep everything in one place and keep the kiddos busy. I like to let the kids pack their own zip lock bag so they can have what they like in it and that makes them responsible. Food and drinks on the trip can be more expensive than gas, especially if you have a few kids. I like to pack snacks and drinks for the ride so that we only have to stop for bathroom breaks, gas and meals. I usually try to stop at the same time for all of these things. It saves a lot of time. Pack a cooler with juices, milks and waters. Tackle boxes make great snack holders to have different snacks in each compartment for each kid. Don't forget to pack a to go first aid kit. Grab a ziplock bag. Put in tissues, sanitizer, bandaids and neosporin just in case of accidents.
Last but not least, how the heck do you get everything in your car? My husband is the ultimate packer. I really don't know how he does it. Make sure you always pack the day before to give yourself enough time to rearrange. You want to leave enough room to bring items back, especially if you are going home for Christmas. I remember our first Christmas as a family of 3, we had to rent a Uhaul trailer to carry all of the gifts back home. That was a trip! You should have already cleaned out your car for the road ahead by this point. Your "go" bags go under each person's seat to make sure that it is easily accessible. Under the passenger seat (usually me) I like to keep a bag for myself with magazines and such to keep myself busy. In the glove box compartment we like to keep the first aid kit, chargers, sunglasses and napkins. The food and cooler should go behind the glove box so that the kids in the back and the passenger can easily grab something out. Put each of the kids' backseat organizers in front of their seats with the activity books inside. The back of the car is for luggage. We usually have 2-3 suitcases for clothes and shoes in our family depending on where we are going. If you don't have a lot of room in your trunk, a roof organizer can be an inexpensive option. Check out this one i found on Amazon..
When your perfume breaks, the kids are crying and you realize you forgot everyone's underwear, remember to take a breath. A simple change of attitude will help you get through the holidays and create lasting memories.


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Biography of Spiritual Leaders
April 18, 2019 April 22, 2019 BARON PUBLISHING
Thiền Buddhism
Linji school (Lâm Tế)[1]
Founder of the Order of Interbeing
42nd generation (Lâm Tế)[1]
8th generation (Liễu Quán)[1]
Thầy (teacher)
Nguyễn Xuân Bảo
October 11, 1926(age 91)
Huế, Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, Vietnam
Senior posting
Plum Village
Thiền Sư
(Zen master)
Religious career
Thích Chân Thật
In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Thích. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Nhất Hạnh.
Thích Nhất Hạnh (/ˈtɪk ˈnjʌt ˈhʌn/; Vietnamese: [tʰǐk̟ ɲə̌t hâjŋ̟ˀ] ( listen); born as Nguyễn Xuân Bảo[2] on October 11, 1926) is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist.
Thích Nhất Hạnh lives in the Plum Village meditation center in southwest France,[3]travelling internationally to give retreats and talks. He coined the term "Engaged Buddhism" in his book Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire.[4] After a long term of exile, he was given permission to make his first return trip to Vietnam in 2005.[5]
Nhất Hạnh has published more than 100 books, including more than 40 in English. He is active in the peace movement, promoting nonviolent solutions to conflict.[6] He also refrains from animal product consumption (veganism) as a means of nonviolencetowards animals.[7][8]
BiographyEdit
Buddha hall of the Từ Hiếu Pagoda
Born as Nguyễn Xuân Bảo, Nhất Hạnh was born in the city of Huế in Central Vietnam in 1926. At the age of 16 he entered the monastery at Từ Hiếu Temple near Huế, Vietnam, where his primary teacher was Zen Master Thanh Quý Chân Thật.[9][10][11] A graduate of Báo Quốc Buddhist Academy in Central Vietnam, Thích Nhất Hạnh received training in Vietnamese traditions of Mahayana Buddhism, as well as Vietnamese Thiền, and was ordained as a monk in 1949.[4]
In 1956 Nhất Hạnh was named editor-in-chief of Vietnamese Buddhism, the periodical of the Unified Vietnam Buddhist Association (Vietnamese: Giáo Hội Phật Giáo Việt Nam Thống Nhất). In the following years he founded Lá Bối Press, the Vạn Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon, and the School of Youth for Social Service (SYSS); a neutral corps of Buddhist peaceworkers who went into rural areas to establish schools, build healthcare clinics, and help rebuild villages.[3]
Nhất Hạnh is now recognized as a dharmacharya (teacher), and as the spiritual head of the Từ Hiếu Pagoda and associated monasteries.[9][12] On May 1, 1966 at Từ Hiếu Temple, he received the "lamp transmission", making him a dharmacharya, from Zen Master Chân Thật.[9]
During the Vietnam WarEdit
In 1961 Nhất Hạnh went to the US to teach comparative religion at Princeton University,[13] and was subsequently appointed lecturer in Buddhism at Columbia University.[13] By then he had gained fluency in French, Chinese, Sanskrit, Pali, Japanese and English, in addition to his native Vietnamese. In 1963, he returned to Vietnam to aid his fellow monks in their non-violent peace efforts.[13]
Nhất Hạnh taught Buddhist psychology and prajnaparamita literature at Vạn Hanh Buddhist University, a private institution that taught Buddhist studies, Vietnamese culture, and languages.[13] At a meeting in April 1965, Vạn Hanh Union students issued a Call for Peacestatement. It declared: "It is time for North and South Vietnam to find a way to stop the war and help all Vietnamese people live peacefully and with mutual respect." Nhất Hạnh left for the U.S. shortly afterwards, leaving Chân Không in charge of the SYSS. Vạn Hạnh University was taken over by one of the Chancellors who wished to sever ties with Thich Nhất Hạnh and the SYSS, accusing Chân Không of being a communist. From that point the SYSS struggled to raise funds and faced attacks on its members. The SYSS persisted in their relief efforts without taking sides in the conflict.[4]
Nhất Hạnh returned to the US in 1966 to lead a symposium in Vietnamese Buddhism at Cornell University, and to continue his work for peace. While in the US, Nhất Hạnh stopped at Gethsemani Abbey to speak with Thomas Merton.[14] When Vietnam threatened to block Nhất Hạnh's re-entry to the country, Merton penned an essay of solidarity entitled "Nhat Hanh is my Brother".[14][15] He had written a letter to Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1965 entitled: "In Search of the Enemy of Man". It was during his 1966 stay in the US that Nhất Hạnh met with King and urged him to publicly denounce the Vietnam War.[16] In 1967, Dr. King gave a famous speech at the Riverside Church in New York City, his first to publicly question the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.[17] Later that year, Dr. King nominated Nhất Hạnh for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize. In his nomination Dr. King said, "I do not personally know of anyone more worthy of [this prize] than this gentle monk from Vietnam. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity".[18] The fact that King had revealed the candidate he had chosen to nominate and had made a "strong request" to the prize committee, was in sharp violation of the Nobel traditions and protocol.[19][20] The committee did not make an award that year.
Nhất Hạnh moved to France and became the chair of the Vietnamese Buddhist Peace Delegation.[13] When the Northern Vietnamese army took control of the south in 1975, he was denied permission to return to Vietnam.[13] From 1976–1977 he led efforts to help rescue Vietnamese boat people in the Gulf of Siam,[21] eventually stopping under pressure from the governments of Thailand and Singapore.[22]
A CIA document from the Vietnam War has called Thích Nhất Hạnh a "brain truster" of Thich Tri Quang, the leader of a dissident group.[23]
Establishing the Order of InterbeingEdit
Deer Park Monastery in California
Nhất Hạnh created the Order of Interbeing in 1966. He heads this monastic and lay group, teaching Five Mindfulness Trainings and the Fourteen Precepts. In 1969 he established the Unified Buddhist Church(Église Bouddhique Unifiée) in France (not a part of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam). In 1975 he formed the Sweet Potato Meditation Center. The center grew and in 1982 he and his colleague Chân Không founded Plum Village, a vihara[A] in the Dordogne in the south of France.[3] The Unified Buddhist Church is the legally recognized governing body for Plum Village in France, for Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush, New York, the Community of Mindful Living, Parallax Press, Deer Park Monastery in California, Magnolia Village in Batesville, Mississippi, and the European Institute of Applied Buddhism in Waldbröl, Germany.[24][25]
He established two monasteries in Vietnam, at the original Từ Hiếu Temple near Huế and at Prajna Temple in the central highlands. Thích Nhất Hạnh and the Order of Interbeing have established monasteries and Dharma centers in the United States at Deer Park Monastery (Tu Viện Lộc Uyển) in Escondido, California, Maple Forest Monastery (Tu Viện Rừng Phong) and Green Mountain Dharma Center (Ðạo Tràng Thanh Sơn) in Vermont and Magnolia Village Practice Center (Đạo Tràng Mộc Lan) in Mississippi, the second of which closed in 2007 and moved to the Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush, New York . These monasteries are open to the public during much of the year and provide ongoing retreats for laypersons. The Order of Interbeing also holds retreats for specific groups of lay people, such as families, teenagers, veterans, the entertainment industry, members of Congress, law enforcement officers and people of color.[26][26][27][28][29] Nhất Hạnh conducted a peace walk in Los Angeles in 2005, and again in 2007.[30]
Notable students of Thích Nhất Hạnh include: Skip Ewing, founder of the Nashville Mindfulness Center; Natalie Goldberg, author and teacher; Joan Halifax, founder of the Upaya Institute; Stephanie Kaza, environmentalist; Chân Không, Dharma teacher; Noah Levine, author; Albert Low, Zen teacher and author; Joanna Macy, environmentalist and author; John Croft, co-creator of Dragon Dreaming; Caitriona Reed, Dharma teacher and co-founder of Manzanita Village Retreat Center; Leila Seth, author and Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court; and Pritam Singh, real estate developer and editor of several of Nhất Hạnh's books.
Return to VietnamEdit
Thích Nhất Hạnh during a ceremony in Da Nang on his 2007 trip to Vietnam
In 2005, following lengthy negotiations, Nhất Hạnh was given permission from the Vietnamese government to return for a visit. He was also allowed to teach there, publish four of his books in Vietnamese, and travel the country with monastic and lay members of his Order, including a return to his root temple, Tu Hieu Temple in Huế.[5][31] The trip was not without controversy. Thich Vien Dinh, writing on behalf of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (considered illegal by the Vietnamese government), called for Nhất Hạnh to make a statement against the Vietnam government's poor record on religious freedom. Thich Vien Dinh feared that the trip would be used as propaganda by the Vietnamese government, suggesting to the world that religious freedom is improving there, while abuses continue.[32][33][34]
Despite the controversy, Thích Nhất Hạnh again returned to Vietnam in 2007, while two senior officials of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) remained under house arrest. The Unified Buddhist Church called his visit a betrayal, symbolizing his willingness to work with his co-religionists' oppressors. Võ Văn Ái, a spokesman for the UBCV, said "I believe Thích Nhất Hạnh's trip is manipulated by the Hanoi government to hide its repression of the Unified Buddhist Church and create a false impression of religious freedom in Vietnam."[35] The Plum Village Website states that the three goals of his 2007 trip back to Vietnam were to support new monastics in his Order; to organize and conduct "Great Chanting Ceremonies" intended to help heal remaining wounds from the Vietnam War; and to lead retreats for monastics and lay people. The chanting ceremonies were originally called "Grand Requiem for Praying Equally for All to Untie the Knots of Unjust Suffering", but Vietnamese officials objected, saying it was unacceptable for the government to "equally" pray for soldiers in the South Vietnamese army or U.S. soldiers. Nhất Hạnh agreed to change the name to "Grand Requiem For Praying".[35]
OtherEdit
In 2014, major Anglican, Catholic, and Orthodox Christian leaders, as well as Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist leaders, met to sign a shared commitment against modern-day slavery; the declaration they signed calls for the elimination of slavery and human trafficking by the year 2020. Nhất Hạnh was represented by Sister Chân Không.[36]
HealthEdit
In November 2014, Nhất Hạnh experienced a severe brain hemorrhage and was hospitalized.[37][38] After months of rehabilitation, Nhất Hạnh was released from the stroke rehabilitation clinic at Bordeaux University Hospital, in France. On July 11, 2015, Nhất Hạnh was flown to San Francisco to speed his recovery with an aggressive rehabilitation program through UCSF Medical Center.[39] He returned to France on January 8, 2016.[40]
ApproachEdit
Thích Nhất Hạnh in Vught, the Netherlands, 2006
Thích Nhất Hạnh's approach has been to combine a variety of teachings of Early Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhist traditions of Yogācāra and Zen, and ideas from Western psychology to teach Mindfulness of Breathing and the Four Establishment of Mindfulness, offering a modern light on meditation practice. Hạnh's presentation of the Prajnaparamita in terms of "interbeing" has doctrinal antecedents in the Huayan school of thought,[41] which "is often said to provide a philosophical foundation" for Zen.[42]
Nhất Hạnh has also been a leader in the Engaged Buddhism movement[1] (he is credited with coining the term[43]), promoting the individual's active role in creating change. He cites the 13th-century Vietnamese king Trần Nhân Tông with the origination of the concept. Trần Nhân Tông abdicated his throne to become a monk and founded the Vietnamese Buddhist school of the Bamboo Forest tradition.[44]
Names applied to himEdit
Nhất Hạnh at Phu Bai International Airport on his 2007 trip to Vietnam (aged 80)
The Vietnamese name Thích (釋) is from "Thích Ca" or "Thích Già" (釋迦), means "of the Shakya clan".[9]All Buddhist monastics in East Asian Buddhism adopt this name as their surname, implying that their first family is the Buddhist community. In many Buddhist traditions, there is a progression of names that a person can receive. The first, the lineage name, is given when a person takes refuge in the Three Jewels. Thích Nhất Hạnh's lineage name is Trừng Quang (澄光), meaning "Clear, Reflective Light". The next is a Dharma name, given when a person, lay or monastic, takes additional vows or when one is ordained as a monastic. Thích Nhất Hạnh's Dharma name is Phùng Xuân (逢春), meaning "Meeting Spring". Additionally, Dharma titles are sometimes given, and Thích Nhất Hạnh's Dharma title is Nhất Hạnh.[9]
Neither Nhất (一) nor Hạnh (行)—which approximate the roles of middle name or intercalary name and given name, respectively, when referring to him in English—was part of his name at birth. Nhất (一) means "one", implying "first-class", or "of best quality"; Hạnh (行) means "action", implying "right conduct" or "good nature." Thích Nhất Hạnh has translated his Dharma names as Nhất = One, and Hạnh = Action. Vietnamese names follow this naming convention, placing the family or surname first, then the middle or intercalary name which often refers to the person's position in the family or generation, followed by the given name.[45]
Thích Nhất Hạnh is often referred to as Thầy "master; teacher" or as Thầy Nhất Hạnh by his followers. Any Vietnamese monk or nun in the Mahayana tradition can be addressed as "thầy". Vietnamese Buddhist monks are addressed thầy tu "monk" and nuns are addressed as sư cô "sister" or sư bà "elder sister". On the Vietnamese version of the Plum Village website, he is also referred to as Thiền Sư Nhất Hạnh "Zen Master Nhất Hạnh".[46]
Awards and honorsEdit
Nobel laureate Martin Luther King, Jr. nominated Thích Nhất Hạnh for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967.[18] However, the prize was not awarded to anybody that year.[47] Nhất Hạnh was awarded the Courage of Conscience award in 1991.[48]
He has been featured in many films, including The Power of Forgiveness shown at the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival.[49]
Nhất Hạnh, along with Alfred Hassler and Sister Chân Không, became the subject of a graphic novel entitled The Secret of the 5 Powers in 2013.[50]
Nhất Hạnh has been chosen to receive 2015's Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award.[51][52]
In November 2017, the Education University of Hong Kong conferred an honorary doctorate upon Thích Nhất Hạnh for his "life-long contributions to the promotion of mindfulness, peace and happiness across the world". As Nhất Hạnh was unable to attend the congregation in Hong Kong, a simple ceremony was held on 29 August 2017 in Thailand, where Professor John Lee Chi-kin, Vice President (Academic) of EdUHK, presented the honorary degree certificate and academic gown to Nhất Hạnh on behalf of the University.[53][54]
WritingsEdit
Vietnam: Lotus in a sea of fire. New York, Hill and Wang. 1967.
Being Peace, Parallax Press, 1987, ISBN 0-938077-00-7
The Sun My Heart', Parallax Press, 1988, ISBN 0-938077-12-0
Our Appointment with Life: Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone , Parallax Press, 1990, ISBN 1-935209-79-5
The Miracle of Mindfulness, Rider Books, 1991, ISBN 978-0-7126-4787-8
Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha, Parallax Press, 1991, ISBN 81-216-0675-6
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Bantam reissue, 1992, ISBN 0-553-35139-7
The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion, Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Diamond Sutra, Parallax Press, 1992, ISBN 0-938077-51-1
'Hermitage Among the Clouds', Parallax Press, 1993, ISBN 0-938077-56-2
Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice, Three Leaves, 1994, ISBN 0-385-47561-6
Cultivating The Mind Of Love, Full Circle, 1996, ISBN 81-216-0676-4
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True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart, Shambhala, 1997, ISBN 1-59030-404-7
Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962–1966, Riverhead Trade, 1999, ISBN 1-57322-796-X
Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers, Riverhead Books, 1999, ISBN 1-57322-145-7
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching, Broadway Books, 1999, ISBN 0-7679-0369-2
The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation, Beacon Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8070-1239-4 (Vietnamese: Phép lạ c̉ua sư t̉inh thưc).
The Raft Is Not the Shore: Conversations Toward a Buddhist/Christian Awareness, Daniel Berrigan (Co-author), Orbis Books, 2000, ISBN 1-57075-344-X
The Path of Emancipation: Talks from a 21-Day Mindfulness Retreat, Unified Buddhist Church, 2000, ISBN 81-7621-189-3
A Pebble in Your Pocket, Full Circle, 2001, ISBN 81-7621-188-5
Essential Writings, Robert Ellsberg (Editor), Orbis Books, 2001, ISBN 1-57075-370-9
Anger, Riverhead Trade, 2002, ISBN 1-57322-937-7
Be Free Where You Are, Parallax Press, 2002, ISBN 1-888375-23-X
No Death, No Fear, Riverhead Trade reissue, 2003, ISBN 1-57322-333-6
Touching the Earth: Intimate Conversations with the Buddha, Parallax Press, 2004, ISBN 1-888375-41-8
Teachings on Love, Full Circle, 2005, ISBN 81-7621-167-2
Understanding Our Mind, HarperCollins, 2006, ISBN 978-81-7223-796-7
Buddha Mind, Buddha Body: Walking Toward Enlightenment, Parallax Press, 2007, ISBN 1-888375-75-2
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Under the Banyan Tree, Full Circle, 2008, ISBN 81-7621-175-3
Mindful Movements, Parallax Press 2008, ISBN 978-1-888375-79-4
Blooming of a Lotus, Beacon, 2009, ISBN 9780807012383
Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life. HarperOne. 2010. ISBN 978-0-06-169769-2.
Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child, Parallax Press, 2010, ISBN 1-935209-64-7
You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment, Shambhala, 2010, ISBN 978-1590308387
The Novice: A Story of True Love, Unified Buddhist Church, 2011, ISBN 978-0-06-200583-0
Works by or about Thích Nhất Hạnh in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh, Shambhala Publications, 2011, ISBN 978-1-59030-926-1
Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm, Rider, 2012, ISBN 978-1846043185
The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh, Shambhala Pocket Classics, 2012, ISBN 978-1-59030-936-0
The Art of Communicating, HarperOne, 2013, ISBN 978-0-06-222467-5
No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering, Parallax Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1937006853
Is nothing something? : kids' questions and zen answers about life, death, family, friendship, and everything in between, Parallax Press 2014, ISBN 978-1-937006-65-5
Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise, HarperOne (1705), 2015, ASIN: B014TAC7GQ
Old Path, White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha, Blackstone Audio, Inc.; 2016, ISBN 978-1504615983
At Home in the World: Stories and Essential Teachings from a Monk's Life, with Jason Deantonis (Illustrator), Parallax Press, 2016, ISBN 1941529429
The Other Shore: A New Translation of the Heart Sutra with Commentaries, Palm Leaves Press, 2017, ISBN 978-1-941529-14-0
How to Fight, Parallax Press, 2017, ISBN 978-1941529867
The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now, HarperOne, 2017, ISBN 978-0062434661
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Q: Sorting list specific to operations and conditions Two lists of numbers named l_a and l_b.
In the beginning, l_b will be empty and l_a will contain a certain amount of positive or negative numbers.
The objective is to sort l_a with the minimum of operation and the fastest possible.
only using the following operations and nothing else:
• sa
swap the first two elements of l_a (nothing will happen if there aren't enough elements).
• sb
swap the first two elements of l_b (nothing will happen if there aren't enough elements).
• sc
sa and sb at the same time.
• pa
take the first element from l_b and move it to the first position on the l_a list (nothing will happen if
l_b is empty).
• pb
take the first element from l_a and move it to the first position on the l_b list (nothing will happen if
l_a is empty).
• ra
rotate l_a toward the beginning, the first element will become the last.
• rb
rotate l_b toward the beginning, the first element will become the last.
• rr
ra and rb at the same time.
• rra
rotate l_a toward the end, the last element will become the first.
• rrb
rotate l_b toward the end, the last element will become the first.
• rrr
rra and rrb at the same time.
I have implemented all the operation above with a circular doubly linked list in C.
Now I just need to sort l_a but I have tried to modify the iterative quick sort algorithm to use it only with these operations and using the median of the list as a pivot
But I just can't do it , I have no idea on how to do it with a programming language(btw I use C).
I found the radix sort by Bit Shifting method and replacing all the numbers in the initial list with their respective ranks before giving the list to the radix sort so that
it transform the negative numbers into positive numbers.
My friend implemented the radix sort with bit shifting and indexing for optimization and circular doubly linked list that I just described above but the problem is that
on a list with 50 000 randoms numbers it take like 180 seconds and more than 200 000 operation witch is way too much because i need to sort it under 40 seconds and with a lot less operation.
So can you recommend me the best sorting algorithm for this situation or help me implement the iterative median pivot quick sort or optimize the radix sort that my friend have implemented.
Thank you.
The pseudo-code that I tried to create for the iterative median pivot quick sort mentionned above(I don't think it works):
WHILE stack A is not sorted
  IF stack A contains 3 or less elements
    Sort stack A using swap and rotate commands
    Mark a partition in stack A
  ELSE
    Calculate the median of all elements after the last partition in stack A
    Push the lower values onto stack B
    Maintain the higher values in stack A
  END IF
  IF stack B contains 3 or less elements
    Push all elements from stack B onto stack A
  ELSE
    Calculate the median of all elements up until the last partition in stack B
    Push the higher values onto stack A
    Maintain the lower values in stack B
  END IF
END WHILE

the repo with the optimized radix sort(friend's code) :
https://github.com/LouisDupraz/Epitech_Push-Swap
my implementation of the doubly circular linked list and it's operation is the same as the one in the github repo.