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A king had three sons whom he loved equally well， and he did not know which of them to appoint as king following his own death.　　When the time came for him to die he called them to his bed and said， “Dear children， I have thought of something that I will reveal to you. The one of you is the laziest shall become king after me.” jeans　　The oldest one said， “Father， then the kingdom belongs to me， for I am so lazy that whenever I lie down to sleep， and a drop falls into my eyes， I will not even close them so that I can fall asleep.”　　The second one said， “Father， the kingdom belongs to me， for I am so lazy that when I am sitting by the fire warming myself， I would rather let my heels burn up than to pull my legs back.” nfl jerseys　　The third one said， “Father， the kingdom is mine， for I am so lazy that if I were going to be hanged and already had the rope around my neck， and someone put into my hand a sharp knife with which to cut the rope， I would let myself be hanged rather than to lift my hand up to the rope.” ed hardy　　When the father heard this he said， “You have taken it the farthest and shall be king.”

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On the streets of Guangzhou and nearby Shenzhen, Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo is turning heads. Since holding a press conference for his semiautobiographical novel Nairobi to Shenzhen: A Novel of Love in the East on Nov. 4, Ndesandjo, the half brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, has appeared on television in Hong Kong, and his picture has been splashed on the front pages of the China Daily, the South China Morning Post and other regional newspapers.Nike dunks had shunned the limelight until now. He is one of two children born to Barack Obama Sr. and his third wife, an American teacher named Ruth Nidesand, whom Obama Sr. met while the two were students at Harvard. Tall and slim like the President, Ndesandjo had avoided any association with the Obama name. For most of his life, he used only his stepfather's Tanzanian surname Ndesandjo, but he's now added Okoth, a word from the language of his father's Kenyan tribe, the Luo, as well as his original surname, Obama. (See Barack Obama's family tree.)His novel, written in diary form, is based on his own experiences growing up with an abusive, alcoholic father and moving to China where he fell in love with a Chinese woman and began working with orphans. President Obama's name is mentioned just once, when Ndesandjo thanks several people, including "Barack," in the foreword. With this book, Ndesandjo says he's stepping into the public eye in order to raise awareness of domestic violence, promote volunteerism and share his tale of starting a new life in a new land. "I am an Obama, and a large part of my life was a repudiation of that," Ndesandjo tells TIME. "To a certain extent, my brother ... opened my eyes to things that I had left behind for a long time." (Ndesandjo is still reticent about detailing his personal life beyond the fictionalized account, saying he may save that for a second book, a true autobiography.)Ndesandjo's life was hardly ordinary even before the world discovered his connection to the President of the United States. Educated in international schools in Nairobi, Ndesandjo, an American citizen, moved to the U.S. after high school, where he earned physics degrees from Stanford and Brown as well as an executive M.B.A. from Emory University. Soon after 9/11, he was laid off from his marketing job at telecommunications-equipment maker Nortel Networks in Atlanta. He decided to reinvent himself by moving to China, a country he had visited with classmates while at Emory. Since 2002, he has taught English and worked as a business consultant in Shenzhen, a 14 million?Cstrong metropolis in southern China, just across the border from Hong Kong. (See the story of Barack Obama's mother.)Nike sb's self-published book was released just days before his brother's visit to China. Ndesandjo says he plans to introduce his wife, a native of Henan province whom he married last year, to his brother before he leaves China on Wednesday. During the course of TIME's interview in Guangzhou, Ndesandjo, who speaks fluent Mandarin and practices Chinese calligraphy, was overwhelmingly positive about his life in China, the Chinese people and culture. "I'm so happy my brother is coming to China because I've experienced the warmth and the graciousness of the Chinese people," he says. "If we can continue seeing the mutual positive points in these two great cultures, I think it'll be good for the world in general."The two brothers have met a handful of times in their lives, the last of which was during Obama's inauguration in Washington. In his 1995 memoir Dreams from My Father, Obama describes his first encounter with his brother, an ambitious student who had severed ties with his father's side of the family as well as his African roots. "I don't feel much of an attachment [to Kenya]. Just another poor African country," Ndesandjo says in Dreams. He goes on to say, "You think that somehow I'm cut off from my roots ... Well, you're right."One of Obama Sr.'s eight children with four women, Ndesandjo was raised by both birth parents until their divorce in the early 1970s. He has refused to tell reporters his age, but he is likely to be in his early 40s. Ndesandjo says his father was brilliant, but that alcoholism drove him to beat his wife and children. "The relationship I had with my father was a difficult one," he says, fighting back tears. "I didn't have positive memories of my dad because of domestic violence."Ndesandjo says his mother, who runs a kindergarten in Nairobi, inspired him to work with children. A trained pianist, he has given piano lessons to Chinese orphans and performed at an event in January that raised $37,000 to alleviate poverty in China. Harley Seyedin, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China, the organization that sponsored the charity event, has been a close friend of Ndesandjo's for the past six years, but only learned of his friend's relationship with the President last year when reading news reports. "He's a very private person and he wanted to continue to live his modest lifestyle," says Seyedin. "But his primary message is raising awareness of domestic violence and to get the message out, you have to go public." To underline this message, Ndesandjo has arranged for 15% of the proceeds from book sales to be used to help orphans in nike shoes.As a Kenyan-American in China, Ndesandjo is part of a growing community of Africans migrating to cities like Guangzhou to do business. Ethnic strife in China has made headlines in recent months after 200 Han and Uighur Chinese were killed in July, in the worst ethnic violence in decades. That same month, a Nigerian man was critically injured trying to escape one of many visa checks in Guangzhou's sizeable African neighborhood. Also this year, a half?CAfrican American, half-Chinese contestant on a Chinese reality-TV show and a half?CSouth African, half-Chinese athlete on China's national volleyball team became the subject of a flurry of racist comments in China's blogosphere. But Ndesandjo is optimistic about ethnic-minority life in China, saying, "If you make an attempt to understand where these attitudes come from, it can really help."

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And then there were four.The 12-team field vying for the 2009 Central Coast Section field hockey championship began the week with a healthy dozen and ended with just four teams still alive.Top-seeded Los Gatos, the defending CCS champion after last season's triumph over Saratoga in the finals, moved on to the semifinals after dispatching pesky Cupertino 3-1 in the final quarterfinal bout Saturday afternoon at Del Mar High School in San Jose.No. 5-seeded Gilroy began the four-pack of CCS playoff fun with a 3-1 victory over No. 4 Leigh.Gilroy, 20-0 this season, will meet up with Los Gatos, 19-0-1 overall, in the semifinals on Nov. 17, 7:45 p.m., at St. Francis in Mountain View.In the second quarterfinal game, Homestead fell 1-0 to Archbishop Mitty. The Monarchs (15-4-1), the No. 2 seed, will play rival Presentation (11-3-1) in the first semifinal game on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at St. Francis.Presentation defeated Saratoga 3-0 in the quarters.After winning a CCS crown in his 17th year of coaching, Los Gatos head coach Henry Reyes has another talented group of players with their eyes set on another title.All the nike air max weapons were firing Saturday against Cupertino.Junior Noel Painter, one of two junior captains on this year's team along with Natalie Gibbens, fired in the first goal of the day four minutes into the match.Another junior, Madeline Herder, extended the Cats' advantage to two late in theAdvertisementfirst half.The two schools also met last season in the quarterfinals with Cupertino falling 1-0, but giving the eventual champions everything they could handle."We had a much better showing today than we did against them last year in this game," Reyes said. "We had long stretches today of dominant pressure in their zone. We hadn't played here on this surface before. The girls did a nice job of adapting to the surface." Cupertino forwards Jaclyn Ballin, Caley Seaton and Valerie Labrie had a tough time getting things going in the first half.Bogged down by the Los Gatos defensive pressure, quarterbacked by Gibbens at the point, Cupertino fended off Los Gatos offensive rushes for the majority of the opening 30 minutes.Led by first year head coach Jill Borges, Cupertino didn't go away quietly in the second half.Junior goalie Nicolette Goularte had nine saves at the half, stoning Cats snipers Caitlyn Denham and Taylor Comeau late in the first half to keep the score within reach.Off a short corner late in the second half, Cupertino found some breathing room and pushed its way into the scoring column.Senior Allyson Velasquez rocked a big slap shot past the Los Gatos net minder and cut the lead in half.Los Gatos quickly called a timeout, leading 2-1 with a little over four minutes left to play."Air jordans think we were trying to just hold on and win the match 2-1 when we should have just continued to play our game," Reyes said. "I told the girls to keep attacking and they responded." After a Cupertino rush was sent away, Los Gatos sealed the win with goal No. 3 in the final minute of play.Cupertino, who came into the draw seeded ninth, defeated Del Mar 1-0 in the opening round.Senior defender Devynn Polochak scored the goal for the Pioneers in the win.Cupertino finishes the year with a 9-4-3 record overall and the Dons ended up 11-4.Before Los Gatos took to the field to open defense of its 2008 crown, Presentation and Saratoga met up in a winner-take-all rubber match.The team's split two regular season meetings held on back-to-back days in early November, but Saturday's quarterfinal was controlled by the Panthers.Presentation scored goals in the first two minutes of both halves en route to a convincing 3-0 win.Playing at Del Mar, the Homestead squad wasn't fazed by the new environment. Without a field all year long, the Mustangs played every game in`09 on the road.Homestead lost 1-0 to Mitty, but did knock out perennial field hockey power St. Francis 3-2 in round one on Thursday night."For a school that lost their field, got a new coach and had to deal with all that change, I would say air force ones had a great season," first year Homestead coach Donna Keith said. "I'm very proud of them." Senior Kiran Mazloom scored twice and senior Kelly Hamilton knocked in one more in the 3-2 Homestead win over the Lancers.

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