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Giave is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about  north of Cagliari and about  southeast of Sassari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 655 and an area of .

Giave borders the following municipalities: Bonorva, Cheremule, Cossoine, Thiesi, Torralba.

Demographic history

References

Cities and towns in Sardinia

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What joining the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance means for Wales
Home » What joining the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance means for Wales
Wales is to be congratulated for signing up to the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) at COP26 at the end of last year. Coalitions and alliances such as these have a powerful role to play in increasing ambition, desperately needed if we are to deliver on the Paris Agreement. Paul Allen, from our Zero Carbon Britain team, talks us through the recent history of coalitions in the climate movement and explains why signing up is an important step for Wales.
In 2015, the UNFCCC Paris Agreement surprised many of us by agreeing to a legally-binding climate target that was more ambitious than most people expected. On 12 December 2015, it was adopted by 196 Parties at COP21 in Paris, entering into force on 4 November 2016. The primary goal of the Paris Agreement is to limit global warming to well below 2°C, preferably to 1.5°C, compared to pre-industrial levels.
A key player in bringing this landmark decision to life was the High Ambition Coalition (HAC), formed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the months leading up to COP21. Countries, both developed and developing, met to discuss their shared view that the world had to do more to tackle the climate crisis. They explored common positions, messaging and strategies that would help convince other countries of the need to be more ambitious in their actions to cut emissions.
By the time COP21 opened in Paris, the crucial seeds had been sown. The momentum behind the HAC grew from a group initially composed mainly of ministers representing vulnerable countries to one with increased engagement from large emitters. As the Paris Agreement was drawn up, the HAC comprised over 30 ministers, representing groupings of about 100 countries. The Coalition played a key role in the ambition of the 1.5°C target outlined in Paris.
Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance
As the UNFCCC process moves beyond COP26 in Glasgow, there is a role for another coalition to build on the growing recognition that we must leave fossil fuels in the ground to keep warming below 1.5°C. Co-chaired by the governments of Denmark and Costa Rica, the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) is a new international coalition, working to encourage national commitments to phase-out oil and gas production.
Much of the focus at recent climate negotiations has been on ending the use of the dirtiest fossil fuel – coal. But the BOGA aim to raise the profile of the need to transition away from all fossil fuels, not just coal. They highlight the need for the phasing out of oil and gas production to be included in international climate dialogues and for increasingly ambitious national commitments.
At COP26 in Glasgow, this innovative alliance of governments publicly launched their commitments to move beyond oil and gas. The two initial governments of Costa Rica and Denmark were quickly joined by six more 'full members' – France, Greenland, Ireland, Quebec, Sweden and Wales.
Each full member agrees to end new licensing for oil and gas exploration and production, with end dates for production on existing sites aligned with the Paris Agreement and keeping temperatures below 1.5°C.
California, New Zealand and Portugal became associate members, and Italy joined as a 'Friend of BOGA'. There are reports that conversations are being had with other countries interested in signing up, including Scotland.
To keep things rolling, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has been appointed as the first permanent Host of the BOGA Secretariat.
Glasgow/Scotland – View of the SEC Armadillo where COP26 was held
Towards a just transition
Joining BOGA doesn't mean ending fossil fuel emissions overnight. The alliance will have to work together to figure out how to balance supply and demand using renewables in a socially just and equitable way.
Speaking at the COP26 launch, Danish climate minister Dan Jørgensen said:
"BOGA should also be a place where we can discuss the strategies of actually accomplishing a stop of oil and gas because I think we all agree that a transition needs to be a just one.
"In Denmark, we made this decision, but it hasn't been an easy one. It's an expensive one, and it affects a lot of people. It's important to invest in the parts of our country that are affected – this means schooling, training, re-employment of people working in the sector while scaling up offshore wind, which already employs 30,000 people."
Photo of a wind turbine undergoing maintenance by Sebastian Andres Uribe Parra
What this means for Wales
Powers over licencing for oil and gas exploration and extraction in Wales on land, intertidal areas, estuaries and coastal inlets were devolved to the Welsh Government under the Wales Act 2017. While what happens further out at sea is under the jurisdiction of the UK Government.
As part of joining BOGA, the Welsh Government has committed to ending any concessions, licensing, and leasing rounds for oil and gas production and exploration, and has said it will set a date to end production and exploration where it has the powers to do so.
Although there's a low potential for conventional oil & gas in Wales there was thought to be fracking potential, yet to-date the Welsh Government has opposed it, and these commitments reinforce that.
Wales has also said it will aim to "work to expand the membership and elevate the issue of oil and gas production phase-out in international climate dialogues."
Whilst oil and gas extraction doesn't play a major role in the Welsh economy, membership of BOGA is an important signal of intent. On the launch of the alliance, Lee Waters, Deputy Minister for Climate Change, said: "Our vision is for a decarbonised energy system which provides wider economic and social benefits for Wales than the system we see today and we believe that replacing fossil fuels with low carbon sources will help Wales create the industries and jobs of the future."
Aerial shot of Mid Wales landscape near the Centre for Alternative Technolgy
Jointly, the BOGA members represent only a tiny proportion of emissions from oil and gas, but it's an important first step and a clarion call to all nations. As a coalition grows, it builds momentum and attracts other nations to sign up. The BOGA is the first time governments have committed to working together to transition away from oil and gas production.
Let's hope many other nations, especially those which joined the High Ambition Coalition, sign up, helping build the urgent momentum needed for COP27.
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est une chanson écrite et composée par le chanteur de rock américain John Fogerty sortie en 1975.

Reprise par le groupe anglais Status Quo, elle fait l'objet de l'unique single extrait de son dixième album Rockin' All Over the World. Il est paru le  sur le label Vertigo Records.

Historique
Cette chanson fut écrite en 1975 par John Fogerty pour son deuxième album solo éponyme. Elle sortira aussi à l'époque sous forme de single, atteignant la  du Billboard Hot 100 aux États-Unis, mais n'entra pas dans les charts britanniques.

La version de Status Quo est légèrement plus longue que l'originale (3 minutes 33 contre 2 minutes 56) et bénéficie d'arrangements plus "hard rock". Elle aura le destin contraire à la version originale, atteignant la  des charts britanniques et ne se classant pas aux États-Unis. En Europe elle aura un bon succès notamment en Suisse et en Allemagne, où le single atteint respectivement la troisième et la septième place. En France, Rockin' All Over the World atteignit la trente-deuxième place comme meilleur classement dans les hit-parades durant huit semaines dès le , puis à la quarante-quatrième place durant une semaine le .

La face B du single est la chanson Ring of Change qui provient de l'album Blue for You.

Lors du tournage du clip vidéo officiel, Alan Lancaster, qui vivait à l'époque en Australie, refusa de revenir en Europe pour le tournage, il fut alors remplacé par une marionnette.

Titres
 Face A: Rockin' All Over the World (John Fogerty) - 3:33
 Face B: Ring of Change (Francis Rossi / Robert Young) - 4:21

Musiciens du groupe
 Francis Rossi : chant, guitare solo
 Rick Parfitt : chant, guitare rythmique et solo.
 Alan Lancaster : chant, basse.
 John Coghlan : batterie, percussions.
 Andy Bown: piano

Charts et certification

Charts

Certification

Références

Chanson de 1975
Chanson interprétée par John Fogerty
Chanson interprétée par Status Quo
Single musical sorti en 1975
Single musical sorti en 1977
Single numéro un en Irlande
Single publié par Vertigo Records
Single publié par Asylum Records
Single certifié or au Royaume-Uni


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23rd Match - Karachi
Stats for Pink Ball Test matches should be separately maintained: Sunil Gavaskar
D/N Test: Bangladesh in India 2019
By Sheheryar Amir
India and Bangladesh will create history as they walk-on to play their debut Pink-Ball Test match at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 22nd November. This will be the first ever Pink-ball Test match in India. However, the teams like Pakistan, England, the Windies, Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka have played one day-night Test match at least.
India's batting giant Sunil Gavaskar has put forth an interesting request ahead of his team's debut day-night Test match. Gavaskar demanded the separate stats for the pink-ball Test matches.
Ex Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar
"The only thing I feel is that the stats for pink-ball Test cricket should be separately maintained from red-ball cricket," he said. "When day-night cricket started not much thought it would be successful but look at the huge following it has now, so there's no reason to believe that day-night Test cricket won't be successful too," said Gavaskar.
He further said, "Similarly, for limited-overs cricket also the stats should be separate for red-ball and white-ball, or some sort of distinction made so that future generations can know what was what."
#Bangladesh


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Role głosowe
 Perfect Girl Evolution jako Kyōhei Takano
 Mały kotek Feliks i przyjaciele jako komentator sportowy
 Prétear jako Go
 Shikamaru Nara w:
 Naruto
 Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
 Naruto 6: Road to Ninja
 Naruto Shippūden
 Naruto: Shippūden the Movie
 Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds
 Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire
 Excel Saga jako Norikuni Iwata
 Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children jako Kadaj
 One Piece jako Bartolomeo
 Tokyo Revengers jako Kisaki Tetta

Bibliografia

 Shōtarō Morikubo w bazie Anime News Network
 Shōtarō Morikubo w bazie My Anime List
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Linki zewnętrzne

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Name: Cheryl Alters Jamison
Pen Name: None
Audience: Adult;
Born: 1953 in Galesburg, Illinois
-- Website -- http://cookingwiththejamisons.com
-- Cheryl Alters Jamison on WorldCat -- http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=cheryl+alters+jamison
E-Mail: -- B_C_Jamison@msn.com
Illinois Connection
Cheryl grew up in Galesburg, Illinois and attended the University of Illinois.
Biographical and Professional Information
Cheryl Alters Jamison is the co-author of more than a dozen cookbooks and culinary adventures.
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American home cooking :
ISBN: 0060747641. OCLC Number: 57585033
William Morrow,. .
Around the world in 80 dinners
ISBN: 9780061738050. OCLC Number: 877890767
HarperCollins e-Books,. .
Join Cheryl and Bill Jamison, James Beard Award winners of The Big Book of Outdoor Cooking and Entertaining, on a gastronomic tour around the world After years of writing award-winning cookbooks, renowned culinary experts Cheryl and Bill Jamison were ready to take a break. So in the fall of 2005 they packed their bags, locked up their house in Santa Fe, and set off on a three-month-long visit to ten countries'all on frequent-flier miles. Among their stops were: Bali Where they celebrated a second honeymoon in Ubud and encountered a rogue monkey Australia Where they found the world's best breakfast sandwich and visited family-owned wineries Thailand Where they took a wild ride on an elephant in an enormous forest reserve India Where they found themselves in the midst of Diwali, the Festival of Lights China Where they attended a banquet of local Chiu Chow cuisine that required hours of preparation by the Emeril of Chaozhou and forty cooks South Africa Where they went on a safari among rhinos, giraffes, and very hungry lions Brazil Where they soaked in the sun and Creole flavors of the coastal town of Salvador Combining the intelligence and humor of Anthony Bourdain with the charm and insight of Frances Mayes, Around the World in 80 Dinners transforms traveling into an unforgettable odyssey.
Around the world in 80 dinners :
ISBN: 0060878967. OCLC Number: 137244756
Features yummy foods and recipes from Bali, Australia, New Caledonia, Singapore, Thailand, China, Southern India, South Africa, Provence, Salvador, Brazil.
Best places to stay in Hawaii /
ISBN: 039570006X. OCLC Number: 33428517
Houghton Mifflin Co.,. .
Best places to stay in Mexico
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Best places to stay in Mexico /
Best places to stay in the Caribbean /
Born to grill :
Harvard Common Press,. .
Presents three hundred recipes for all-American standbys and regional favorites hot off the grill, along with recommended techniques and grilling lore.
Chicken on the grill :
W. Morrow,. .
Shares expert tips on how to grill chicken, from selecting the best tools to utilizing the most effective techniques and flavorings, in a guide that provides grill-care advice and dozens of recipes.
Smoke & spice :
Presents more than four hundred regional recipes for cooking on a charcoal grill, water smoker, or wood-burning pit, and includes tips on cooking techniques, including an array of rubs, marinades, sauces, appetizers, side dishes, desserts, and drinks.
Cheryl and Bill Jamison's path-breaking Smoke and Spice was the first, and remains by far the best-selling, book on real barbecue--slow-cooking over smoke--for home cooks. This new and expanded edition appears on the twentieth anniversary of the classic book's first edition. It has two key features. First, there are 50 new recipes, including meat dishes, such as Molasses-Brined Pork Butt, Lemon-Coriander Chicken, and Brisket Frito Pie, as well as sauces, sides, and desserts, like Peppery Sweet Onion Sauce, Cornbread Fritters, and Chipotle Cherry Cobbler. Second, it now contains cover- to-cover color photography and page design. The photographs show details of backyard-smoking techniques, delectable views of finished foods from the smoker, and atmospheric shots of barbecue joints and of the legendary pitmasters who cook in them. With 450 recipes from each of the U.S.'s best barbecue regions, each recipe expertly perfected and fine-tuned by the Jamisons, amusing anecdotes and tall tales from the colorful world of 'Q, and take-it-to-the-bank advice on how to use any kind of smoker (as well as how to smoke-cook on a conventional grill), this expanded and richly photographed new edition is certain to usher in a new generation of backyard cooks devoted to real barbecue.
Sublime smoke :
Offers general tips on preparing smoked foods and includes recipes for appetizers, soups and salads, beef, pork, lamb and veal, poultry, shellfish, vegetables, and side dishes.
Texas home cooking
ISBN: 9781558320598. OCLC Number: 28508532
The Jamisons spent two years traveling the highways and backroads of Bill's native Texas, talking with home cooks, restaurant chefs, barbecue pit-masters, bakers, fishermen. and farmers, and going to a multitude of country fairs, farmers' markets, cooking competitions, fish fries, and Sunday dinners. This book is the fruit of their endeavors.
The big book of outdoor cooking and entertaining :
Morrow,. .
Presents the essentials of outdoor cookery, introducing more than eight hundred recipes, an array of appetizers, main courses, side dishes, drinks, and desserts, and practical advice on equipment and utensils, menu planning, and entertaining.
The border cookbook :
From the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific, from Sonora north to Sonoma, the border region is the source of a boundless variety of spectacular food. The Border Cookbook celebrate the simple pleasures of Southwestern and Northern Mexican home-style cooking with more than 300 delectable, easy-to-prepare dishes, for special occasions and for soul-satisfying everyday eating.
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I am yet to find a youtube shave video review where the product isn't good.
Every single shave product review is good and never a bad word said.
The only person is Nick shave that i have seen which says a soap has given a bit of irritation. Other than him, all videos rave about every single item used.
I guess all these youtubers must be getting paid or get free products ect for their time.
The other option is that they only bothered reviewing because they found something that they thought was really good.
Will tell it as he sees it and he tests what his watchers ask him to review so with him it's not just a case of he only reviews what he likes.
Though I do think if a reviewer is raving on about rubbish all the time he won't be watched for very long.
Yeah Nick is always honest with products. Kevy and paul shaves love every single product and hardware. Lol..
All the others love everything. Everything is amazing.
you soon learn who to trust and we must not forget that these are only someone else's opinions.....we may not find the same.
I'm sure if they are not getting paid they get to keep what they review but I wouldn't want to tar everyone with the same brush but I agree with you, it should be about having fun and enjoying your shave.
Always a honest opinion from you mate.
Im just about to lather up some OSP sandalwood before heading to the office.
Top stuf that OSP and the Sandalwood has a great scent, have a great shave.
Watch the Aussie bloke, can't remember his name, but he's mad as a hatter. He did a review on the Roncel SE (half DE) and thought the thing was out to kill him. I don't really watch many YouTube videos from shavers, but he'll certainly give an honest opinion if you can be bothered to listen to him.
Yeah ive seen him...funny as fk.
But he really goes for it when shaving. If i shaved that aggressive and fast i would take chunks out of my face.
business out of shaving gear so he's changed but he's still fun to watch. There's a well known Welsh wet shaving gear reviewer that I'm pretty sure doesn't get paid but he gets a lot of stuff to review for free and they are all amazing . I think his style of reviewing things invites artisans and vendors to try a bit of product advertising on the cheap.
Leonard Ybarra is another one that tells it like it is and I don't think he reviews gifts.
Love watching Leonard Ybarra..honest guy.
Capitalism is the Big Lie..It Conditions & Breeds Liars for the Capitalist Mode of Production & Consumption..They Call themselves Business Men & Consumers..It Also Breeds Gullible People that Believe these Lies from the Cradle to the Grave..
It's either on here or ATG - that a comment was made that the Aussie guy is on the only person ever to get barred from the Australian forums for his opinions & how he makes them!
It Also Breeds Gullible People that Believe these Lies from the Cradle to the Grave..
I see the same people claiming the same wonderful things after every razor, brush and soap they buy so I don't pay any attention to them now lol.


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Sara Lee takes the cake on outlandish omega-3 claims
Here's a great example of why front-of-package health claims should be banned entirely - Sara Lee's Soft and Smooth Plus DHA bread. According to the press release per slice there's 6mg of DHA.
Sara Lee Soft and Smooth Plus' marketers try to gussy up the importance of 6mg by noting 2 slices worth is,
"is at least 10 percent of the Institute of Medicine's suggested daily amount for kids, depending on age, ranging from 1-13 years old"
Sounds like a fair bit, no?
Except for one thing, the Institute of Medicine doesn't have a suggested daily amount of DHA for kids.
Page 469 of the very reference that Sara Lee Soft and Smooth Plus' marketers point to as proof states,
"Because of a lack of evidence for determining the requirement for n-3 fatty acids during childhood, an AI is set based on the median intake of α-linolenic acid in the United States where a deficiency is basically nonexistent in non-institutionalized populations (Appendix Table E-11), and rounding."
Translation? There isn't enough evidence to recommend a particular DHA intake in kids so instead the Institute of Medicine has created an arbitrary number for what they're calling an "adequate intake" based on the average intake of α-linolenic acid in the population. Sara Lee's Soft and Smooth marketers then took 10% of that arbitrary number and claimed that it was the Institute of Medicine's "Kids Suggested Daily Amount".
Soft and smooth marketing? I'd say. Slippery too.
Looking at the front of the bag of bread one can see a cartoon head replete with brain beside the bag's DHA announcement and I imagine the back of the bag has some quotes about DHA and childhood brain development.
Looking at Sara Lee's Soft and Smooth Plus product partner's website (Disney), you'll learn,
"With New Sara Lee® Soft & Smooth® Plus, moms can enjoy knowing they are serving a great tasting, soft textured made with whole grain bread their little ones will love, plus providing DHA Omega-3 which helps to support healthy brain development.
DHA is important for brain and eye development particularly during the first two years of life and early childhood. It is important that children consume adequate amounts of DHA in their diet to support brain and eye growth and development during the early years of rapid development. DHA ensures that cells in the brain, retina, heart and other parts of the nervous system develop and function properly."
To help push their message even harder, Sara Lee's Soft and Smooth Plus marketers even purchased their own MD spokesperson in one Dr. Alanna Levine.
According to Alanna Levine's homepage, not only is she a designated spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, she's also a member of the National Association of Medical Communicators, and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Communications and Media. Oh, and she's also a self-professed, "Parenting Expert".
She sounds great. She's is a pediatrician, an "expert parent" and someone incredibly well versed in medical communication and public speaking with exposure on shows like Fox News, the Tyra Banks Show and CBC's Early Show. Someone like that would never steer you wrong, would they?
For the sake of discussion let's ignore the fact that Sara Lee's Soft and Smooth Plus' marketers took soft and smooth liberties with the Institute of Medicine's report on DHA requirements. Instead let's take a quick look at those 6mg of DHA per slice and compare them to what you might find in let's say salmon.
So how many slices of bread would your child need to eat to consume the equivalent amount of DHA as you might find in let's say a child sized, 2.5oz serving of salmon? An astounding 13.5 loaves or 268 slices.
And how much salmon would you need to convince your child to eat to consume the 6mg that a slice of Sara Lee Soft and Smooth Plus contains? My calculations peg that as a piece of salmon roughly 1/12th the size of a single, solitary, lonely pea.
So tell me Dr. Alanna Levine, MD, pediatrician to the stars, brilliant spokesperson and expert parent - don't you think that suggesting that Sara Lee Soft and Smooth Plus bread is a useful means to help your child consume more DHA is more than a touch disingenuous?
Me? I would imagine "parenting experts" and pediatricians would be much more interested and capable of helping find ways for parents to actually feed their children fish, a pea sized serving of which would have the DHA equivalent of 12 slices of Sara Lee Soft and Smooth Plus bread, than push bread with significantly less DHA per slice than you'd find in a single flake of fish.
It's cases like these that are exactly what's wrong with front-of-package nutrition claims and as far as doctors go, I would have thought we make a good enough living on our own than to sell our good names for the promotion of products of questionable benefit.
[BTW - I tried to contact Dr. Alanna Levine, MD for comment but never did hear back from her.]
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HSDS Chapter 13 Part 2
Thread: HSDS Chapter 13 Part 2
SmokeyTheBear
This is my attempt at translating HSDS Chapter 13 Part 2. Here is the 1st-3rd paragraph. Feedback please, and more to come soon.
In these few days, Zhang Wuji spent all his effort reading the medical book that Hu Qingniu had written, and discovered that the contents were deep and profound, a worthy work of the "Deity of Healing". He only read it for about eight or nine days and his medical skills improved greatly, but as to the eradication of the "Yin" poison in his body, there wasn't the slightest clue. He flipped through and read many pages, finally gave up hope, and thought, "If Hu Qingniu knew a method to cure me, how would he not do so? If he did not, how would the medical book have a method?" After thinking of this, he could not help feeling completely disheartened. He closed the book, walked outside the house, saw the two false graves, and thought," Before a year passes, I will really be buried under the ground. What will my tombstone say?" While he was lost in thought, suddenly he heard a few coughs from behind, Zhang Wuji was surprised and turned his head, only to see the Golden Flower Granny holding the beautiful looking little girl, standing unsteadily a few 'zhang' away. (1 'zhang'=10 feet) The Golden Flower Granny asked, "Little one, who are you to Hu Qingniu? Why are you sighing here?" Zhang Wuji replied, "My body is afflicted with 'Yin' poison from the Xuanming Divine Palm......" The Golden Flower Granny walked to him, held his wrist, and felt his pulse, exclaiming, "Xuanming Divine Palm? Such a skill really exists in this world? Who was the one who hit you?" Zhang Wuji replied, "That man assumed the guise of a Mongolian military officer, but I do not know who he actually is. I came to seek treatment from Mr. Hu, he said I was not one of the Ming Cult, he would not heal me. Now that he has died from ingesting poison, my illness cannot be cured, so I felt sad thinking about this."
The Golden Flower Granny saw that he was handsome and refined, very likeable, yet was afflicted with this untreatable illness, then said, "A pity, a pity!" Three lines suddenly surged forth from Zhang Wuji's heart, "生死修短,岂能强求?予恶乎知悦生之非惑邪?予恶乎知恶死之非弱丧而不知归者邪?予恶乎知夫死者不悔其始 之蕲生乎?"*
*Explanation to follow
These three lines come from 'Zhuangzi'. Zhang Sanfeng practiced Taoism. Although his seven disciples were not priests, but they studied this Taoist-venerated book 'Zhuangzi Nanhua Jing' very thoroughly. When Zhang Wuji reached five years of age on Fire and Ice Island, Zhang Cuishan taught him to read and write. Though the lack of books limited them to writing on the ground, he was taught to memorise the 'Zhuangzi'. These four lines mean, "The span of life, how can it forced? How would I know, if wanting to live was a mistake? How would I know, if man's fear of death, was not like wandering outside during youth not knowing to return to his hometown? How would I know, if dead people would not regret previously seeking to live?" Zhuangzi's original meaning expounded that, life might not be bliss, death might not be suffering, life and death are actually no different, a living person is only "having a big dream", and after dying is "greatly awakened", and maybe after dying would feel that the previous time in life was stupid, why not die earlier? Just like after having a sad and terrifying nightmare, once awakened, would realise this annoying nightmare had simply went on for too long. Zhang Wuji was young and originally did not know these truths about life, but in these four years he had been between hovering between life and death, unavoidably experiencing the hidden meaning in Zhuangzi's words. Originally he did not believe Zhuangzi's words, but since his days were numbered, he hoped that after death there would be a wondrous change, making his days of struggling to live laughable. At this time, he heard the Golden Flower Granny's repeated "a pity", and laughed lightly, saying those three lines from the 'Zhuangzi' without thinking. The Golden Flower Granny asked, "What does that mean?" Zhang Wuji explained it once and the Golden Flower Granny was immediately stupefied.
*'Zhuangzi' is a book on Taoist philosophy written by an author of the same name. Whenever quotes are used i.e. 'Zhuangzi' it refers to the book, and without quotes it refers to Zhuangzi the person/author.
For more information, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuangzi
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HSDS is an amazing novel, and all help to finish it is welcomed.
Thank you a lot and keep up the good work.
Welcome Smokey to the translation forum.
And Thanks for your help in translating these passages.
Originally Posted by bliss
I think they're probably at the same level as or one level below Ah Qing, which is about the level of a 2nd or 3rd generation Quan Zhen disciple.
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She thought of her deceased husband from these few lines. The two of them were husband and wife for ten years and were incomparably loving, once separated by 'yin' and 'yang' (i.e. life and death), no longer having a chance to meet, if one was to live on it was like wandering destitution in a foreign land. On the contrary death would be a return to native land, so when the enemy had poisoned her husband, Hu Qingniu's refusal to treat him was not necessarily a bad thing. "Native land? Native land? But after returning to the native land, would it really be better than the foreign land?"
However the little girl standing beside the Golden Flower Granny did not understand these few lines of Zhang Wuji's at all, not knowing why once the granny heard them, had become still as if she was crazy. Her pair of beautiful eyes looked at the granny, then looked at Zhang Wuji, shifting from the two's faces back and forth. Finally, the Golden Flower Granny took a breath, and said, "Matters of the nether realm, cannot be ascertained. Although death might not be frightening, but no mortal will not die, at the end of this life, it is difficult to escape that day. To be able to live one more day, is one day more!"
Zhang Wuji, having seen Ji Xiaofu and the fifteen others cruelly wounded by the Golden Flower Granny and also the dread of the Hu Qingniu couple towards her, did not even have the courage to run away. He thought that this Golden Flower Granny was an extremely brutal person, but on meeting her it seemed otherwise. That day he caught a glance of her under the light and did not get a clear look. At this moment he saw that she was clearly a kind and gentle old granny. Although her face was hard and stiff, full of wrinkles and totally devoid of feeling, but her eyes were sparkling clear, with the liveliness of a young woman, and displayed warmth and kindness.
The Golden Flower Granny asked again, "Child, what is the respected name of your father?" Zhang Wuji answered, "My father's surname is Zhang, first name Cui second name Shan, a Wudang disciple." But he did not mention his father's suicide.
The Golden Flower Granny was shocked, and said, "You are the son of Wudang's Fifth Hero Zhang, does that mean that evil person who used 'Xuanming' Divine Palm to hurt you was for the whereabouts of the Golden-Mane Lion King and the Dragon-Slaying Sabre?" Zhang Wuji replied, "Correct, he inflicted all kinds of torture on me, but I would rather die than say it." The Golden Flower Granny said, "You really know it?" Zhang Wuji answered, "En, the Golden-Mane Lion King is my godfather, I absolutely would not reveal it." The Golden Flower Granny's left hand shot forth and captured his hands with her palm. Only to hear his joints making a "ge, ge" sound, Zhang Wuji's hands were so painful that he also fainted, he felt a bone-penetrating chill of cold 'qi' transmitted from his hands to his chest, this cold 'qi' was different from 'Xuanming' Divine Palm, but it had the same unbearable feeling. The Golden Flower Granny said gently, "Obedient child, good child, tell of Xie Xun's whereabouts, granny will cure your cold poison, and pass on a set of invincible martial arts to you." Zhang Wuji was in tears from the pain, fearlessly replying, "My parents would rather give up their lives, than reveal the location of a friend. Golden Flower Granny, you look upon me as one who would betray his parents?" The Golden Flower Granny smiled and replied, "Very good, very good! Your father? Is he here?" The transmission stopped and the iron-like fingers that gripped his hands loosened. Zhang Wuji said loudly, "Why don't you pour mercury into my ears? Why not force me to swallow metal needles, swallow leeches? Four years ago when I was only a child, I was already unafraid of all kinds of torture from those evil people, now that I am grown up, could it be that I have degenerated?" The Golden Flower Granny laughed loudly "haha", and said, "You think you are an adult, not a child anymore, haha, haha......" She laughed a few times and released Zhang Wuji's hands, only to see that the wrists of his hands to his fingertips, had turned a purplish-black colour.
That little girl shot him a meaningful glance, and said, "Quickly thank Granny for her mercy in sparing your life." Zhang Wuji gave a "heng", saying, "If she killed me, maybe I would be a little happier, what is there to thank?" That little girl wrinkled her brows, replying angrily, "You are disobedient, I am going to ignore you!" Saying this she turned away, but surreptitiously peeped at him to see what he was doing. The Golden Flower Granny laughed loudly, "Ah Li, you were alone on the island, without a young companion, it must have been lonely!" Let us capture this little child and tell him to serve you, how about that? The only thing is he has the temper of a donkey, being too stubborn and not very obedient." That little girl's long eyebrows raised, she clapped and laughed, "Wonderful, let us capture him then! If he is disobedient, won't Granny think of a way to control him?" Zhang Wuji was hearing the two of them going back and forth, and became very anxious. If the Golden Flower Granny was to kill him on the spot, that would be fine, but if he were to be captured and brought to some island, to suffer the two's torture and be half-alive or half-dead, it would be more unbearable than anything else.
The Golden Flower Granny nodded, "Follow me, first we have to find someone, accomplish a task, then go back to Lingshe (Spirit Snake) Island." Zhang Wuji said, "You are not a good person, I will not accompany you." The Golden Flower Granny smiled, "Our Lingshe Island has everything, things to eat and play, you have not even seen them before. Obedient child, come follow Granny." Zhang Wuji suddenly turned around and ran away quickly, who knows as soon as he took a step, the Golden Flower Granny was in front of him again, and said gently, "Child, you will not be able to escape, come follow us obediently." Zhang Wuji gritted his teeth and sent a fierce palm towards her, the Golden Flower Granny turned sideways and blew a breath towards his palm. Zhang Wuji's palm had already been made black and swollen by her, now that this breath came it was like using a sharp knife to cut into a wound, being so painful that he leapt up.
All of a sudden a girl's voice could be heard, "Brother Wuji, what are you playing? I'm coming as well." It was precisely Yang Buhui that had come, followed by Ji Xiaofu who emerged from behind the trees and walked over. The mother and daughter duo had just strolled back from the field, unexpectedly seeing the Golden Flower Granny, Ji Xiaofu's face paled. Finally gathering her courage, she said tremblingly, "Granny, you cannot trouble children?" The Golden Flower Granny stared fixedly at Ji Xiaofu, and laughed coldly, "You are not dead yet? This old granny's affairs, need you to chatter about as well? Come over here to let me take a look, why have you not died to this day?"
Ji Xiaofu came from a martial family, was a high disciple of a famous school, and was originally very courageous, but now she took her daughter into consideration and did not dare to get into danger. Clutching her daughter's hand she retreated a step instead, and said quietly, "Wuji, come over."
Zhang Wuji felt like going over. That little girl Ah Li turned her palm over and caught the 'San Yang Luo' on his shoulder, and said, "Hold it there! You are called Wuji, surnamed Zhang, you are Zhang Wuji, is that it?" Once this 'San Yang Luo' was clasped, half of Zhang Wuji's body immediately became numb and weak rendering him immobile. He was shocked and angry, and shouted, "Release me quickly!" Suddenly a crisp and clear female voice was heard, "Xiaofu, how can you be so useless? Go over if you want to!" Ji Xiaofu was shocked but happy, turned around and said, "Master!", but there was no trace of anyone behind her. She looked carefully, only then did she see a grey-robed nun slowly walking over from a distance away, precisely the headmaster of Emei, her master Miejue Shitai*. Following behind her were two disciples, one was her elder martial-sister Ding Minjun, one was her younger martial-sister Bei Jinyi. The Golden Flower Granny saw that she was so far away that even her face could not be seen clearly, yet her voice was transmitted to everyone's ears as though she was very close, which was sufficient proof of her profound internal energy. Miejue Shitai was very well-known, everyone in the martial world had heard of her, only that she rarely left the mountain and not many people had met her personally. As she came nearer, it could be seen that she was about forty-four to forty-five years of age and her features could be considered beautiful, but her two eyebrows arched downwards, her appearance was strange, and resembled the 'Lu Si' ghost from stage a little. Ji Xiaofu went to kneel down and kowtowed to her, and greeted quietly, "Master, you are well." Miejue Shitai replied, "You have not angered me to death, I can still be considered well." Ji Xiaofu continued kneeling and did not dare to get up. But hearing the cold laughs from Ding Minjun standing behind her master, as if she had said numerous bad things about herself to their master, she could not help breaking out in cold sweat. Miejue Shitai said icily," This granny told you to go over and let her take a look as to why you have not died to this day. You go over and let her take a look."
*Shitai is a term of address used for senior nuns or priestesses. E.g. In Smiling Proud Wanderer the three senior Hengshan leaders are Shitai (senior Buddhist nuns), in Return of the Condor Heroes Priestess Shenying is also a Shitai (senior Taoist priestess).
Ji Xiaofu answered, "Yes." Standing up, she strode up to the Golden Flower Granny, and said in a clear voice, "Golden Flower Granny, my master is here. Your fierce and overbearing manner should be ended." The Golden Flower Granny coughed, stared fixedly at Miejue Shitai, nodded, and said, "En, you are the Emei headmaster, I hit your disciple, what will you do?" Miejue Shitai replied icily, "Well hit! If you like to hit her, hit her again, even if you kill her it is none of my business." Ji Xiaofu felt as if a knife had pierced her heart, and called out, "Master!" Two streams of warm tears flowed. She knew her master was always extremely protective of her disciples. When her disciples had crossed anyone, even if it went against her principles she would argue vehemently to protect them. Now that she said these words she clearly did not regard her as a disciple any longer. The Golden Flower Granny said, "I do not have any enmity with Emei, having hit her once, it is enough. Ah Li, let us leave!" Saying that she slowly turned away.
Ding Minjun did not know the Golden Flower Granny's background, only that she looked senile and sickly but dared to be so insolent towards her master. She became angry, stepped up quickly and obstructed her, exclaiming, "You did not apologise to my master and are thinking of leaving?" Saying that her right hand drew her sword, half-unsheathed, to intimidate the granny.
The Golden Flower Granny suddenly extended two fingers and gently pinched on her sword sheath, then released it quickly, laughing, "Scrap metal, can also be used to scare people?" Ding Minjun became even angrier and wanted to unsheathe her sword. Unexpectedly her single pull was not able to pull out the sword. Ah Li laughed, "Scrap metal, it has become rusty!"
Ding Minjun tried again with all her might, but was still unable to pull it out. Only then did she know that the Golden Flower Granny's seemingly causal pinch on her sword sheath before, had secretly utilised her internal energy to make an indent into the sword sheath, making it grip the blade of the sword firmly. Ding Minjun could not unsheathe it even if she wanted to but she was unwilling to leave it at that. Her face reddened and her expression was wretched.
Miejue Shitai walked up slowly, held the sword hilt with three fingers and shook gently. The sword sheath immediately cracked into two, freeing the sword blade. She said, "This sword is not any sharp or precious blade, but neither is it scrap metal. Golden Flower Granny, why do you not enjoy life on Lingshe Island, but come to the central plains to make trouble?"
earlier posts have been edited for clarity. I realised I was following the exact sentence structure from the novel too closely and had too many flow-on sentences (bad grammar/structure). Now it should be a much better read. More updates to follow, my busy period is over and I will be pretty free for the next 2 weeks.
Last edited by SmokeyTheBear; 07-21-07 at 08:58 AM.
The Golden Flower Granny saw the way that she used her three fingers to shake the sword and break the sheath. She felt a pang of fear, and said to herself, "This bothersome nun is renowned, she truly possesses some real skill." All smiles, she said, "My husband passed away, I was alone on the island and felt bored. So I left and wandered around, to see if I could find any suitable monk or priest to be my companion." She emphasised "monk or priest" to ridicule the other as being a nun, yet was also wandering about. Miejue Shitai's pair of drooped eyebrows hung even lower, she raised the sword and said in a bleak voice, "Show your weapon!" Since coming under her tutelage, Ding Minjun, Ji Xiaofu and the others had never seen their master fight with anyone. Ji Xiaofu was especially concerned as she knew that the Golden Flower Granny's martial arts were extraordinary and inscrutable. Zhang Wuji's shoulder was still being held by Ah Li and his upper body was becoming increasingly numb, he shouted, "Let go of me quickly! Why are you grabbing on to me?" Ah Li saw Ji Xiaofu at the side with the intention to step in. If she did not let him go, Ji Xiaofu would definitely come to intervene and by then she would have to release him anyway. Hence she exerted her strength and flung him away, releasing his shoulder, and said coldly, "Let us see whether you can escape?" The Golden Flower Granny gave a slight smile, and said, "Years ago Emei Sect's Guo Xiang Heroine Guo's sword skill was renowned throughout the land. It must have been extremely high, but I wonder how much of it has been passed down to the descendants?" Miejue Shitai replied strongly, "Even if only a fraction remains it is enough to annihilate the evil and unorthodox." The Golden Flower Granny stared fixedly on the tip of her opponent's sword unblinkingly. All of a sudden, she raised her walking staff and thrust it fiercely towards the sword. Miejue Shitai's sword quivered and stabbed towards her shoulder. Amidst her coughing, the Golden Flower Granny swept her staff across. Miejue Shitai followed her sword, moving behind her opponent in a flash. Before her steps ended her sword move had arrived. However the Golden Flower Granny did not turn around but instead twirled her walking staff and sent a backhand smash towards the sword blade. The two of them had exchanged three to four moves and were already praising each other's ability silently. An abrupt 'dang' sound was heard as the sword Miejue Shitai was wielding broke into two. When the sword and staff met the sword was broken by the impact of the walking staff. The onlookers were all shocked except for Ah Li. The Golden Flower Granny's walking staff was dark, yellowish and dirty. It appeared very ordinary and seemed to be neither gold nor iron. Yet it could shatter a sharp sword, so it must be the force of her profound and abundant internal energy. However, when the Golden Flower Granny clashed weapons with Miejue Shitai she knew that the sword broke because of the sharpness of her weapon and not because her own internal energy had improved. Her walking staff was actually a special product of the seabed near Lingshe Island. It was called 'Gold Coral' and was made from a blend of various kinds of quality gold combined with coral, formed by undergoing thousands of years deep in the sea. It could shear metal like cutting tofu and strike rocks like hitting cotton. Any kind of sharp weapon would break immediately upon contact. Nevertheless the Golden Flower Granny did not press her attack. She only propped her staff against the ground and pat her chest, coughing. The three Emei disciples Ji Xiaofu, Ding Minjun and Bei Jinyi feared that their master was injured. In unison they rushed to Miejue Shitai's side to guard her.
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smokey, hope you manage to find the time to restart this - i like reading this! if you need any help let me know, i'd be happy to edit. i've started on chapter 14, but if you'd rather not continue this i'd like to fill in the gaps here, so let me know what your plans are.
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I don't think Smokey is going to continue this. So I thought I'll attempt to finish Chap 13. Note that I took some liberties with the translation/meaning cos I either couldn't find the right English words or didn't want it to sound too literal. If anyone has any suggestions, give me a shout.
Ah Li turned her palm and grabbed Zhang Wuji's wrist. Laughing, she said: "I said you won't be able to escape. Isn't that true?" This was totally unexpected. Before Zhang Wuji could break free, his meridians were obstructed and lost the strength in his body. This was the second time she had beaten him. Feeling both embarrassed and indignant, both angry and anxious, he kicked out at her waist with his right foot. Ah Li's fingers held firm and Zhang Wuji's foot had traveled no more than half a chi (about a foot) when it lost the strength to continue. He yelled angrily: "Are you going to let me go?" Ah Li laughed: "If I don't let you go, what can you do?" Zhang Wuji suddenly bent down and bit hard into her arm. Ah Li felt the pain and screamed: "Ai yo!" She loosened her right hand's grip while her left hand clawed at Zhang Wuji's face. Zhang Wuji jumped back quickly but he was too slow. AH Li's fingers had scratched the right side of his face causing it to bleed. Ah Li's bitten right arm was bleeding even more. The pain was so great that she wanted to cry.
While the two children were fighting, Golden Flower Granny (Jinhua Popo) did not even glance at them. Miejue Shitai threw aside her broken sword and said: "This is my disciple's weapon, not suitable for fighting against top experts." So saying, she untied her knapsack and took out an antique long sword about four feet in length. Granny Golden Flower saw that a green-tinged aura was emitting from the scabbard. The sword had not yet been drawn but she could see it was something out of the ordinary. She then saw the words 'Yi Tian' (roughly translated as 'supporting heaven' but I'll stick with simply 'Heaven' to be consistent with the title) inlaid in gold on the scabbard. Shocked, she blurted out: "The Heaven Sword!" Miejue Shitai nodded her head and said: "Correct, this is the Heaven Sword. Granny Golden Flower's mind flashed to the well-know phases resounding over the Wulin: "Martial world's most venerable, Prized saber dragon slaying, Controlling all under Heaven, None dares to not follow. Power of heaven not appear, who can possibly compete?" She muttered repeatedly to herself: "So the Heaven Sword has fallen into Emei's hands."
Miejue Shitai shouted: "En garde!" Without removing the scabbard, she grasped the hilt and pointed the sword at Granny Golden Flower's chest. Granny Golden Flower flipped her staff round to meet her. Miejue Shitai's wrist moved slightly and the sword met the staff. With a light 'chi' sound, Granny Golden Flower's precious 'Gold Coral' staff was cut into two as easily as a piece of paper.
Granny Golden Flower was shaken. She thought: "The Heaven Sword has not even been drawn out of its scabbard, and yet it is already so formidable. It truly lives up to its reputation." She gazed at the sword and asked: "Miejue Shitai, please let me see what the sword looks like."
Miejue Shitai shook her head and said coldly: "Once this sword leaves its scabbard, it will not return without first tasting blood."
The two women stared at each other, neither speaking for a long while.
By this time, Granny Golden Flower knew that this nun's kungfu was not below hers. Miejue had not yet displayed her top skills but as the head of Emei, she would definitely be quite formidable. Added to that, she had in her hand the "Number 1 Sword under Heaven". Granny Golden Flower did not feel able to take her on. She coughed softly twice, then turned around, grabbed Ah Li's hand and walked away. Ah Li turned her head and shouted: "Zhang Wuji, Zhang Wuji!" Her voice grew softer and softer as the distance increased, until finally it could be hear no more.
Ding Minjun, Ji Xiaofu, and Bei Jinyi were overjoyed that their shifu had won and her powerful opponent had run away. Ding Minjun said: "Shifu, that old woman is no Mt Tai, is she? Yet she even dared to fight with you, she truly got what she deserved." Miejue Shitai said: "When you roam the jianghu in the future, if you ever hear her cough, make sure you run far away." Earlier when she struck out with her sword, it was backed with the power of her thirty years worth of cultivation of "Emei's 9 Yang Divine Skill". Even though she succeeded in breaking her opponent's staff, when her internal energy came into contact with Granny Golden Flower's body, it was as if it had fallen into a vast ocean and left no trace of itself behind. The force only managed to cause Granny's clothing to flap while her footing remained firm. Now that she thought about it, her heart shivered with fear. She thought that the Granny's inner power was strong and powerful while her body was strong and healthy, definitely not like that of an old lady in her twilight years. It was difficult to understand how this could be so. Miejue Shitai raised her head to stare at the sky, then after a while she called: "Xiaofu, come here!" Without even glancing at her, she walked into the house. Ji Xiaofu and the other two followed her inside. Yang Buhui called out: "Mama!" and tried to go inside too.
Ji Xiaofu knew that her shifu had left Emei with the purpose of 'cleaning out the home' (i.e. dealing with a renegade disciple). Though she had previously been the object of love and attention, her shifu was very strict, so she really did not know how she would be dealt with. She told her daughter: "You should stay outside and play, don't come inside."
Zhang Wuji thought: "The Ding woman is really bad. She will definitely bad-mouth Anuty Ji in front of their shifu. I saw clearly what happened that night, she's venomous and cruel. If she talks rubbish now and confuses the truth, I will come out and help Aunty Ji." He quietly went to the back of the house, crouched under a window, held his breath and listened. But inside the house was totally silent, nobody was talking.
After a while, Miejue Shitai said: "Xiaofu, it is your story so you can tell me what happened." Ji Xiaofu choked out: "Shifu, I… I…" Miejue Shitai said: "Minjun, come and question her." Ding Minjun said: "Yes. Martial sister Ji, of our sect's forbidden practices, what is the third?" Ji Xiaofun replied: "Taking part in lewd and lecherous activities." Ding Minjun said: "Correct. What then, is the sixth? Ji Xiaofu replied: "Turning your heart to outsiders, rebelling against sect and master." Again, Ding Minjun asked: "And how do we deal with people who break these rules?" Ji Xiaofu did not reply. Instead, she turned to Miejue Shitai, saying: "Shifu, there is something that I have difficulty saying. It is not as simple as what Martial Sister Ding is saying." Miejue Shitai said: "Alright, there are no outsiders here. Tell me everything."
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Ji Xiaofu knew that this was a very important moment, she didn't dare conceal anything. She said: "Shifu, that year after we found out about the Heavenly Eagle Cult gathering at Wangpan Shan, you ordered me and 15 other martial sisters to leave the mountain and split up to look for the Golden-hair Lion King Xie Xun. I went west towards Sichuan. On the way, I met a middle-aged man dressed in white. He was around 40 years old. Everywhere I went, he followed. When I stayed at an inn, he stayed there as well. When I moved on, he moved on as well. At first I just ignored him. After that, I told him off because it was unseemly. That man talked like a madman, so I lost my patience, took out my sword and stabbed at him. He had no weapon but his kungfu was amazing. Within 3 moves, he had snatched the sword from my hand. I was frightened and tried to run away. He didn't chase me. Early morning the second day, I woke up in my inn room only to see my sword next to my pillow. I was greatly frightened. When I left the inn, that man started following me again. There was no point in me fighting him again, so I tried begging him. I said that we are neither related nor are we enemies, we don't know each other, plus men and women should remain apart, there is no point in you following me around. I also said, although my kungfu is not your match, you shouldn't provoke our Emei Sect." Meijue Shitai 'hmmphed' as if she agreed. Ji Xiaofu continued: "That man laughed and laughed, then said: 'Once a person's kungfu is split into different sects, it deteriorates a lot. If you are willing to follow me, you'll acquire a new set of eyes and ears. I'll teach you the greatest kungfu on earth."
Miejue Shitai has eccentric in nature. Her whole life had been devoted to martial arts to the exclusion of other matters (Note: I think there's a mistake in the online text I'm using, so this bit is a guess). On hearing what that man said, she said: "You should have followed him to have a look and see what sort of weird skills he has." Ji Xiaofu blushed bright red and replied: "Shifu, he is a strange man, how could I follow him?" Miejue Shitai then came to her senses: "Ah, you're right! So you told him to get lost?" Ji Xiaofu said: "I tried time and time again to avoid him, but I just couldn't lose him. Ai, I was unfortunate to run into this, the consequence of my sins in my previous life…" As she said this, her voice grew softer and softer.
Miejue Shitai saked: "What happened after that?"
Ji Xiaofu answered softly: "I couldn't resist and lost my chastity to him. He had complete control over me, I couldn't even end my life. This went on for a few months. Then one day, an enemy suddenly came looking for him and I took this opportunity to escape. Not long later, I discovered that I was pregnant. I didn't dare tell you, Shifu, so I hid away and gave birth to my child in secret."
Miejue Shitai asked: "Are you telling me the truth?" Ji Xiaofu said: "I would never dare to lie to you, Shifu." Miejue Shitai gave a low hum and said: "My poor child. Ai, this matter really wasn't your fault!" When Ding Minjun heard her Shifu's sympathy, she could not help but glare fiercely at Ji Xiaofu. Miejue Shitai sighed and asked: "Then what are your plans now?" Ji Xiaofu tearfully answered: "The arrangements my family made for me to marry Wudang's Sixth Master have fallen apart. I beg Shifu to permit me to cut my hair and become a nun." Miejue Shitai shook her head: "That won't be good. Humph, what is the name of the evil man who harmed you?" Ji Xiaofu lowered her head and answered: "His… his surname is Yang, and his given name is Xiao." Miejue Shitai suddenly leapt up. She waved her sleeve and with a 'krack' sound, the table collapsed into two pieces. Zhang Wuji who was eavesdropping outside was greatly frigetened. Even the expressions of Ji Xiaofu, Ding Minjun and Bei Jinyi changed. Miejue Shitai yelled: "You said that he is Yang Xiao? The biggest demon of the Demon Cult, the man called the 'Left Emissary of Guang Ming' Yang Xiao?"
Ji Xiaofu replied: "He… he… is from the Ming Cult and seemed to hold some position within it." Miejue Shitai, with a furious expression on her face, said: "What Ming Cult? The Demon Cult is ferocious and inhuman, there are no evil deeds that they do not do. (Note: 'Ming' means 'bright' which implies good, as opposed to evil.) Where… where is he hiding now? Is he at Guang Ming Peak in the Kunlun Mountains? I'm going to look for him." Ji Xiaofu said: "He said he is the Ming Cult's…" Miejue Shitai shouted: "Demon Cult!" Ji Xiaofu said: "Yes. He said he is the Demon Cult's leader. Ordinarily, he would be at Guang Ming Peak but the last few years, there has been internal discord and fighting within the Cult. So he no longer lives on Guang Ming Peak to prevent people from thinking he wants to be the Cult Leader. He is now secretly living in Zuo Feng Summit of the Kunlun Mountains. This was something he only told me, no one else in the Jianghu knows about it. Since Shifu asked me, I dare not refuse to answer. Shifu, this man… is this man our sects's enemy?" Miejue Shitai answered: "Our enmity is as deep as the ocean! Your Eldest Martial Uncle Guhong Zi was angered to death by the great demon Yang Xiao."
Ji Xiaofu was very frightened, yet she couldn't help but feeling proud. Her Eldest Mrtial Uncle Guhong Zi was a top expert in the world but even he was angered to death by "him". She wanted to ask about the details but did not dare open her mouth.
Miejue Shitai lifted her face to the sky, with great hatred she muttered to herself: "Yang Xiao… for many years I had no idea of your whereabouts, now that you've fallen into my hands…" She suddenly spun around and said: "Right, you lost your chastity to him, defended Monk Peng, offended your Martial Sister Ding, concealed the truth from me, and secretly gave birth to a child… I'll forget about all this. I want you to do something for me, when you've rendered this great service come back to Emei. I will give you the robes, alms bowl and Yi Tian sword, and then make you my successor as the our Sect Leader." These words shocked everyone. Ding Minjun's jealousy and hatred burst forward. She was furious with their Shifu for not understanding right and wrong, and acting unreasonably.
Ji Xiaofu said: "Whatever Shifu orders, I will do my utmost to complete. But I have too many faults and my martial arts are not good, so I dare not even dream of accepting your legacy. Miejue Shitai said: "Come with me." She pulled Ji Xiaofu's wrist and flew out of the house to the hill on the left side of the valley. She only stopped when they reached a deserted spot. Zhang Wuji observed them from far away. He then saw Miejue Shitai stand at a tall vantage point and gaze round in all four directions, before pulling Ji Xiaofu to her side and speaking softly into her ear. Only then did he realise that what she was saying was a big secret. Not only was she afraid of eavesdroppers, but she also did not even want her two disciples, Ding and Bei, to hear what she said.
After hiding next to the house, Zhang Wuji did not dare reveal himself. From afar, he watched Miejue Shitai say something and Ji Xiaofu lower her head in thought before finally shaking her head firmly. He then saw Miejue Shitai lift up her right palm and struck down, only to stop halfway like she was giving Ji a last chance to change her mind. Zhang Wuji's heart was beating rapidly. He thought that if this palm fell on her head, she would definitely die. He gazed intently at Ji Xiaofu without blinking an eye. He saw her drop to her knees and shake her head. Miejue Shitai's palm fell squarely on her forehead, Ji Xiaofu's body swayed and dropped to the ground. She writhed a little and then stopped moving.
Zhang Wuji was both frightened and grieved, he flattened himself in the grass behind the house, not daring to move a muscle. At this moment, Yang Buhui giggled a couple of times and threw herself onto his back. Laughing, she said: "I've caught you, I've caught you!" She had been running around in the fields and had seen Zhang Wuji hide among the grass. She thought he was planning hide-and-seek with her and rushed forward to catch him. Zhang Wuji grabbed her, covered her mouth with one hand and whispered into her ear: "Keep quiet, don't let the evil people find us." Seeing that his face was pale and his expression frightened, Yang Buhui was shocked. Miejue Shitai came down from the slope hurriedly and told Ding Minjun: "Go and kill her bastard child. Don't allow future disaster to take root." Ding Minjun had seen how her shifu had dealt violently with Ji Xiaofu. Though she was inwardly happy, she was also greatly surprised. Hearing her shifu's orders, she quickly borrowed Bei Jinyi's sword and went off to look for Yang Buhui.
Zhang Wuji hugged Yang Buhui and shrank further back into the long grass. He didn't even dare take a deep breath. Ding Minjun looked everyone but couldn't find a trace of the little girl. As she decided to do a thorough search, Meijue Shitai scolded: "Useless thing! You can't even find a little girl!" Bei Jinyi had always gotten along well with Ji Xiaofu. After seeing her die under their shifu's palm and now trying to kill her only child, she could not hold back any longer. She said: "I'll go see whether the child has run out of the valley." She knew her shifu was impatient by nature. Once they have gone out to search for the child unsuccessfully, she would not bother coming back to look. Though a little girl left alone in the world might not survive, Bei Jinyi could not bear the idea of seeing her stabbed by Ding Minjun's sword. Miejue Shitai said: "Why didn't you say so earlier?" Glaring at Bei, she led the chase out of the valley, with Ding Minjun and Bei Jinyi following.
Yang Buhui still did not know that disaster had befallen her mother. Her eyes were open wide and round, darting around with a questioning look. Zhang Wuji placed his ear to the ground and listened. When he heard the three going further and further away, he jumped up, pulled Yang Buhui's hand and rushed up the slope. Yang Buhui laughed: "Brother Wuji, have the evil people gone? We're going up the mountain to play right?" Zhang Wuji did not answer. He only pulled her quickly to where Ji Xiaofu was. When Yang Buhui got closer and finally saw her mother lying on the ground, she was very frightened. She surged forward crying: "Mama, Mama!" and threw herself down next to her mother. Zhang Wuji tested her breath and found it to be extremely weak. He saw that her skull had been smashed by Meijue Shitai's palm. Even if Hu Qingniu arrived, it would be difficult to save her life. Ji Xiaofu opened her eyes slightly to see Zhang Wuji and her daughter. Her lips slightly moved as if she wanted to speak, but not a single sound came out. Two large tears flowed from her eyes. Zhang Wuji took out some golden needles and pushed them into her "Shen Ting", "Yin Tang" and "Cheng Qi" acupoints, reducing the pain in her head. Ji Xiaofu regained some strength and said softly: "I beg… beg you… to take her to her father……I could not… could not harm her father……" Her left hand moved to her chest as if to retrieve some object but suddenly her head drooped and breathing stopped.
Yang Buhui hugged her mother's body, crying loudly she kept calling: "Mama, Mama, does it hurt a lot? Does it hurt a lot?" Ji Xiaofu gradually became cold, but she did not stop asking. She did not understand why her mother did not move at all, or why she did not answer her. Zhang Wuji already felt great sorrow. Then when he thought about his parents tragic deaths, he too felt like howling. He could not stop tear from pouring from his eyes. The two of them cried for a while, then Zhang Wuji thought: "Before Aunty Ji died, she begged me to take Sister Buhui to her father. Erm, her father's name is Yang Xiao, he is the Ming Cult's Guang Ming Left Emissary, and he lives on Zuo Wang Summit in the Kunlun Mountains. I must take her there." He did not know that the Kunlun Mountains were tens of thousands of li to the west. How could two children make it all the way there? He had seen Ji Xiaofu reach towards her chest to retrieve something before her breath was cut short. Now he felt around her neck and found a silk cord hanging around her neck. From the cord hung a black pendant inlaid with a golden flame. Not knowing what it was, he just hung it around Yang Buhui's neck. Then he got an iron shovel out of the house and dug a grave to bury Ji Xiaofu's body. By this time, Yang Buhui had exhausted herself crying and had fallen into a deep sleep. When she woke up, Zhang Wuji told her that a mother had flown up to heaven and she will only come back down after a very long time.
After that, Zhang Wuji slapped a meal together for himself and Yang Buhui to eat. Exhausted, they both fell asleep on a couch. The next morning, he packed two small travel packs and the money that Hu Qingniu had given him, then took Yang Buhui to pay their respects in front of her mother's grave. That done, the two children left Butterfly Valley.
End of Chapter 13.
Thanks dgsd01 for completing Chapter 13.
I must say that i like ZWJ better when he is younger.
P/s: Are you still in NZ?
Originally Posted by Han Solo
Yeah, me too. The kid Zhang Wuji had great potential.
Yes, I'm in NZ.
yeah , I agree with you guys. The kid Wuji doesn't hide all the time as old Wuji does.
He stands up and faces whatever comes.
aliderhamy
"Go bloody New Zealand"
I wonder if any one will remember that line.
Originally Posted by odbayarb2000
But he still eavesdrops.
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Central Management Servers are probably the single most important thing in my SQL life right now. I manage a lot of servers, so having an organized way to keep track of them is paramount. Multi-Server Jobs are a great way to centralize jobs that need to be on all your boxes. If you are not familiar with the idea, I suggest you look into it if you have more than a handful of servers.
My original error had another, equally unhelpful line.
Knowing that some object is Null doesn't help very much. After browsing through the job steps, everything looked in order. Internet searches provided surprisingly little on this subject, and nothing I found really explained how it happens. I know I was going to be migrating a CMS again, and soon, so I wanted to know how to fix it. Surely it wasn't just a bug in Management Studio? On to the test case!
First of all, you need to create a Multi-Server job. I'm assuming you already have a CMS set up, if not, you need one.
Right-click Multi-Server Jobs, create a new job, and then assign at least two targets for testing. I'm going to use the name TestJob for the rest of this scenario.
msdb.dbo.sp_start_job 'TestJob' or just start the job using the GUI.
Your job can fail, I don't care. Just run it.
This will display one line per targeted server. This query is included for your own reference, we are concerned about the next one's more targeted results. The query is checking your multi-server job history, specifically the server list, and comparing that to the servers that exist on the CMS. Right now, everything looks fine, and matches.
Job History Server_Id matches Target Server_Id, awesome!
Again, at this point, all is well, and you can script out the multi-server job to your heart's content. That would be fine if you saved a copy and never, ever changed the job while it sat on your CMS. Fast forward a few years though, and weird things may have happened. Let's simulate a weird thing. I'm going to change the Server_Id in the history to an invalid value. That's right, there are no constraints preventing me from doing this! This is going to simulate removing a server from the CMS after history already exists for it, or someone just going into your history and changing things because they hate you.
You will need to change the numeric values of the server_ids to match invalid and valid server_ids on your CMS, respectively.
Now we are going to rerun the script from earlier to verify the job history information.
Great…now we have a null server. If you guessed this is a problem, you guessed correctly. If you try to script the job out now, you will receive a failure notification like the one at the top. Now that we have recreated the issue, we know how to fix it though!
Run the following code to find any null servers and just clean out that history. I'm going to assume if your server doesn't exist, you don't care about the history. I didn't at least.
Finally, let's look at the job history again, I've supplied the code for a third time, just in case you forgot it.
If you try to script the job, it will work, and you can copy your multi-server job over to the new server.
Let's take it a step further, and expand the script to check all the multi-server jobs. Notice that it is only looking at Category_Id=2, or Multi-Server jobs, and only those with invalid Server_Ids.
Hopefully you got 0 results, and everything on your CMS is happy.
Even though I changed the Server_Id to recreate this scenario, the original problem occurred due to servers defecting from the CMS, but leaving behind their server history. Anytime a server defects, it needs to automatically remove the history from the sysjobservers table as well, otherwise people will continue to have this problem.


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Award nominees were evaluated on a number of critical criteria, including annual market share growth, end-user acceptance of its products, product differentiation, ratio of marketing investment to market share increase and website effectiveness. Frost & Sullivan typically recognizes companies that have applied traditional methods in innovative ways, as well as pushed the envelope with non-traditional methods. The award recipient has to have efficiently allocated resources to improve market share without affecting other performance factors. Frost & Sullivan analysts expect such innovations to produce lasting, precedent-setting trends in the industry.
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Mod(s) you can't live without?
I love all the fantasy CC mods. I also really like having extra trait mods.
Balanced death moodlets was a must. Now? I haven't played with death much to know how good the new mourning system is.
Do they still get sad from people they don't know dying? Don't want to deal with sad moodlets because the pizza man from a month ago died.
Only from friends' and relatives' deaths now, not acquaintances.
> I love all the fantasy CC mods. I also really like having extra trait mods.
Which fantasy mods do you use? I'm trying to get some more fantasy stuff in my game.
I'm trying to have as few mods as possible since I hate having to update them when there are big patches, but I couldn't live without MCCC of course. oh, and Always Move objects on by Twisted Mexi.
I currently use MCCC, 'Reduced Random Townies', 'Less City Living Names', and UI Cheats. But I would say MCCC is the only one I can't live without.
MCCC, UI Cheats, No Mosaic, and No Spoiling are my must-haves. There are a few others that I like as well, but MCCC takes care of 90% of the game for me. I am also thinking about getting the Controlled Pets mod - as I got seriously annoyed with my one cat.
I have never used any Sims 4 mods (weird since I used to use them like crazy during Sims 2) but if anyone knows a mod that lets you expand the icons panel for objects in build mode that would be the first mod I get.
I can live without all of them. But I find the CL name replace mod irreplacable.
Also the no weird body shapes mod.
I also like custom traits, careers and aspirations.
And the pregnancy moods mod is super good too. Love it! I've had two embarrassing (maximum and medium levels) and one sad pregnancy.


What are the consequences for Brexit?
Capital Financial Markets invest on behalf of clients for the long term and that is entirely the response to today's Brexit news. Although there is a drop immediately this morning in financial markets investors should not panic. The fundamentals of UK Plc are strong.
Investors should as usual remain invested for the long term and indeed were possible short term falls such as seen this morning are likely to be considered buying opportunities.