Imagine walking home late at night when suddenly a group of people come out of nowhere and begin to surround you. The individual can cry out for help in the hopes that the locals will offer assistance or just give the money and hope that the hoodlums will leave after that.
But what if these people want more just than the money in the bag? The use of pepper spray or mace can probably knock two of the individuals out but something better is needed for proper defense. A good example is learning a martial art and if the person does not want to inflict that much damage, then aikido is the way to go.
What is aikido? This is a Japanese martial art just like Judo or Karate that uses primarily the arms to block offensive moves and then redirect it back with the same force to the opponent.
It is like catching a ball with one hand and then returning it back to another player. The moves are very fast which will surely amaze anyone who has seen one of Steven Segalís action movies.
Aikido unlike other martial arts has been around since the 1930ís. As more students learned from the man who invented it, a number of dojoís both in Japan and in other parts of the world were formed. This has also led to the development of different techniques in Aikido such as Aikikai, Yoshinkan and Yoseikan.
Practicing with a sparring partner and doing drills in the dojo is nothing compared to actual combat. This is the reason that the best way to stay in shape is to participate in a competition better known as Tomiki Aikido.
Aikido unlike other martial arts has not yet taken center stage in the Olympics. However, there are regular competitions organized by university clubs and local dojos in the community.
The competition just like in Karate, Tae Kwan Do or Judo is between two people. The player who successfully strikes the other opponent gets earns a point.
Aikido is a martial art that can be learned by almost anyone regardless of gender or age. All the person has to do is signup in a dojo, learn the basics and then practice regularly to develop better skills.
The individual may not get it right the first time or fall more often than others but everyone had to undergo the same thing in order to become a better fighter.
When the person is ready, it wouldnít hurt to participate in Tomiki Aikido, which is held monthly in different states. The person should just see if there is anything on the bulletin board or online since certain clubs also announce such events on the web.
Aikido is primarily for defensive purposes. There are no sharp offensive punches or kicks normally associated with other martial arts. It can prepare anyone both physically and mentally to respond to various situations.
Self defense is something everyone needs to learn. Having a small knife or pepper spray can help bit if the odds are too many, then it is time to use hand to hand combat. An attack may not happen tomorrow or one week from now but the skills learned in Aikido will come in handy to be able to defend oneself against criminal elements and stop becoming a victim.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Warbirds
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The Warbirds Flight Simulator, the world’s best online aerial combat game, pits the Axis vs. the Allies in the skies over Europe, Tunisia, Malta, and the Philippines. Take part in air-to-air real-time combat in one of over 50 fighter aircraft, or pound the enemy into submission in one of the game’s heavy bombers.
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The dynamics of Aikido's techniques
Due to the dynamic nature of Aikido, most experts say that there are no definite "styles" or "techniques" in practicing the martial art. After the development of aikido by Morihei Ueshiba, called "O Sensei," many students were inspired to train under his tutelage.
After their training, the Great Teacher encouraged his students to put up their own dojos so they can spread the tenets of his martial art. Aside from encouraging them to set up dojos and share the knowledge he taught, he also inspired them to develop their own styles and interpretations as long as these techniques adhere to the basic principle of aikido, "not fighting force with force."
The aikido founder reiterates this principle over and over again because the techniques of aikido, when applied without care, can damage or kill instead of diverting or immobilizing the opponent.
With the emergence of various dojos all over the world, more and more techniques were born. Despite the differences in techniques in various dojos, there is a set of the common techniques in which almost all dojos use. Each of this technique is carefully taught to the student so he or she can discover its strengths and weaknesses.
Although most people say that there should be no superior or inferior technique, only the student or the individual practicing it can truly tell which technique works well for him or her. Here is a list of the most common aikido techniques practiced by almost all aikido practitioners in dojos today:
1. "Ikkyo". Also known as the "first technique," ikkyo refers to the control exercised using only one hand on the elbow and the other one on near the wrist that leverages "uke" to the ground. This technique uses a grip that can apply pressure into the ulnar nerve on the medial side of the person's arm.
2. "Nikyo". This is referred to as the "second technique." Nikyo involves the use of an adductive wristlock that loops the arm while applying painful nerve pressure.
3. "Sankyo". This is also called the "third technique." Sankyo is known as a "pronating" technique that directs upward-spiraling pressure throughout the person's arm, elbow, and shoulder.
4. "Yonkyo". Is also popular as the "fourth technique." Just like iikkyo, yonko is also a shoulder control but with requires the use of both hands in gripping the forearm. The practitioner's knucklesóusually from the palm sideóare applied to the opponent's radial nerve against the forearm bone.
5. "Gokyo". This refers to a variant of ikkyo where the hand that grips the wrist is inverted. Also known as the "fifth technique," gokyo is common in tanto and other weapon take-aways.
6. "Shihonage". Here, the practitioner's hand is folded back past the shoulder and locks the shoulder joint. This aikido technique is also called the "four-direction throw."
7. "Kotegaeshi". This is popularly called the "wrist return." This aikido technique is a characterized by a supinating wristlock-throw, which stretches the person's extensor digitorum.
8. "Kokyunage". In English, this is translated to "breath throw." This term is coined for various types of flowing "timing throws" in duration of any aikido session.
9. "Iriminage". For aikido practitioners, this is known as the "entering-body throw" or throws where "nage" moves through the space occupied by "uke." This is considered as a classic form that resembles the "clothesline" technique.
10. "Tenchinage". A.k.a. the "heaven-and-earth throw." This technique involves the "uke" grabbing both wrists of the "nage." Moving forward, the nage sweeps one hand low ("earth") and the other high ("heaven"), so he or she can unbalance the uke.
After their training, the Great Teacher encouraged his students to put up their own dojos so they can spread the tenets of his martial art. Aside from encouraging them to set up dojos and share the knowledge he taught, he also inspired them to develop their own styles and interpretations as long as these techniques adhere to the basic principle of aikido, "not fighting force with force."
The aikido founder reiterates this principle over and over again because the techniques of aikido, when applied without care, can damage or kill instead of diverting or immobilizing the opponent.
With the emergence of various dojos all over the world, more and more techniques were born. Despite the differences in techniques in various dojos, there is a set of the common techniques in which almost all dojos use. Each of this technique is carefully taught to the student so he or she can discover its strengths and weaknesses.
Although most people say that there should be no superior or inferior technique, only the student or the individual practicing it can truly tell which technique works well for him or her. Here is a list of the most common aikido techniques practiced by almost all aikido practitioners in dojos today:
1. "Ikkyo". Also known as the "first technique," ikkyo refers to the control exercised using only one hand on the elbow and the other one on near the wrist that leverages "uke" to the ground. This technique uses a grip that can apply pressure into the ulnar nerve on the medial side of the person's arm.
2. "Nikyo". This is referred to as the "second technique." Nikyo involves the use of an adductive wristlock that loops the arm while applying painful nerve pressure.
3. "Sankyo". This is also called the "third technique." Sankyo is known as a "pronating" technique that directs upward-spiraling pressure throughout the person's arm, elbow, and shoulder.
4. "Yonkyo". Is also popular as the "fourth technique." Just like iikkyo, yonko is also a shoulder control but with requires the use of both hands in gripping the forearm. The practitioner's knucklesóusually from the palm sideóare applied to the opponent's radial nerve against the forearm bone.
5. "Gokyo". This refers to a variant of ikkyo where the hand that grips the wrist is inverted. Also known as the "fifth technique," gokyo is common in tanto and other weapon take-aways.
6. "Shihonage". Here, the practitioner's hand is folded back past the shoulder and locks the shoulder joint. This aikido technique is also called the "four-direction throw."
7. "Kotegaeshi". This is popularly called the "wrist return." This aikido technique is a characterized by a supinating wristlock-throw, which stretches the person's extensor digitorum.
8. "Kokyunage". In English, this is translated to "breath throw." This term is coined for various types of flowing "timing throws" in duration of any aikido session.
9. "Iriminage". For aikido practitioners, this is known as the "entering-body throw" or throws where "nage" moves through the space occupied by "uke." This is considered as a classic form that resembles the "clothesline" technique.
10. "Tenchinage". A.k.a. the "heaven-and-earth throw." This technique involves the "uke" grabbing both wrists of the "nage." Moving forward, the nage sweeps one hand low ("earth") and the other high ("heaven"), so he or she can unbalance the uke.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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Monday, May 26, 2008
The Relaxed Martial Art
Traditionally, martial art systems were created as a documented practice of training for combat mode in the ancient eras. Naturally, its modern day applications are primarily for self-defense, exercise and physical fitness. One form of martial arts however stands out from the rest in the sense that it espouses a relaxed way of life over cunning and physical strength.
At the heart of it, the Aikido spirit is about cultivating relaxation and a serenity throughout everyday life to be able to harness this virtue in actual physical combat. Aikido is actually a modern Japanese martial art and the Aikido spirit continues to live on today years after it was developed by Morihei Eushiba between 1920 to 1960. Noteworthy about this particular martial art is that the Aikido spirit is cultivated within its students so that there is a spiritual and philosophical development that happens; which in turn becomes the basis of the combative art. Modern day students of Aikido testify that they bring the Aikido spirit with them throughout ordinary mundane activities, forming a bridge between principles of how to tackle everyday life and combat moves on the training mat.
This spiritual and philosophical basis of the Aikido spirit that cultivates relaxation and the peaceful control of aggression, is attributed to the founder's background in Omoto-kyo religion. Omoto-kyo is a modern Japanese religion, which is said to be an offshoot of Shintoism. Omoto-kyo followers believe in beautifying the world with art because they believe that art brings humans closer to the divine.
Aside from this however, the Omoto-kyo followers are pacifists who espouse peace over war. This is the parallel between Omoto-kyo and Aikido. That is why the Aikido spirit is often paradoxically referred to as the art of peace. One may wonder about the sanity behind the fact that a martial art which was in all intentions created for combat and winning over the enemy can indeed to be claim to the art of peace. For all intents and purposes however, the philosophical and spiritual foundation of Aikido is about maintaining a constant state of relaxation.
It is in this relaxed state that the Aikido practitioner is able to perform difficult throws and maneuvers as taught by the martial art. The relaxed state can be attributed to a deep unshakable peace free of aggression. The concept is that when we are tense and not relaxed, we needlessly waste energy on aggression and force. By going with the flow and not being afraid of what can or cannot happen to us, we cultivate a peace with a relaxed demeanor as its direct consequence.
The Aikido spirit aims to cultivate a mental discipline, develop character and self-confidence with the end goal of being able to maintain peace and relaxation. It believes that in peace can one realize true power: The power to spread peace further and the strength to be able to withstand the onslaught of everyday situations. The basics in passing on the Aikido spirit can be done through practical applications that clearly show that a relaxed demeanor is more effective than an aggressive one.
One such physical example is the exercise of trying to cause someone to lose their balance. To be able to topple off an opponent usually means that we should be physically stronger and in some cases larger so that superior physical strength through muscle contraction is the traditional measure of victory.
At the heart of it, the Aikido spirit is about cultivating relaxation and a serenity throughout everyday life to be able to harness this virtue in actual physical combat. Aikido is actually a modern Japanese martial art and the Aikido spirit continues to live on today years after it was developed by Morihei Eushiba between 1920 to 1960. Noteworthy about this particular martial art is that the Aikido spirit is cultivated within its students so that there is a spiritual and philosophical development that happens; which in turn becomes the basis of the combative art. Modern day students of Aikido testify that they bring the Aikido spirit with them throughout ordinary mundane activities, forming a bridge between principles of how to tackle everyday life and combat moves on the training mat.
This spiritual and philosophical basis of the Aikido spirit that cultivates relaxation and the peaceful control of aggression, is attributed to the founder's background in Omoto-kyo religion. Omoto-kyo is a modern Japanese religion, which is said to be an offshoot of Shintoism. Omoto-kyo followers believe in beautifying the world with art because they believe that art brings humans closer to the divine.
Aside from this however, the Omoto-kyo followers are pacifists who espouse peace over war. This is the parallel between Omoto-kyo and Aikido. That is why the Aikido spirit is often paradoxically referred to as the art of peace. One may wonder about the sanity behind the fact that a martial art which was in all intentions created for combat and winning over the enemy can indeed to be claim to the art of peace. For all intents and purposes however, the philosophical and spiritual foundation of Aikido is about maintaining a constant state of relaxation.
It is in this relaxed state that the Aikido practitioner is able to perform difficult throws and maneuvers as taught by the martial art. The relaxed state can be attributed to a deep unshakable peace free of aggression. The concept is that when we are tense and not relaxed, we needlessly waste energy on aggression and force. By going with the flow and not being afraid of what can or cannot happen to us, we cultivate a peace with a relaxed demeanor as its direct consequence.
The Aikido spirit aims to cultivate a mental discipline, develop character and self-confidence with the end goal of being able to maintain peace and relaxation. It believes that in peace can one realize true power: The power to spread peace further and the strength to be able to withstand the onslaught of everyday situations. The basics in passing on the Aikido spirit can be done through practical applications that clearly show that a relaxed demeanor is more effective than an aggressive one.
One such physical example is the exercise of trying to cause someone to lose their balance. To be able to topple off an opponent usually means that we should be physically stronger and in some cases larger so that superior physical strength through muscle contraction is the traditional measure of victory.
Aikido Weaponry is All About Techniques
Aikido is a kind of martial arts which is often considered as modern Japanese budo. This martial art's emphasis is on the spiritual and philosophical development of one's self. The word "Aikido" basically means "The Way of Harmony with the Spirit." It is the study of the natural laws and how they harmonize with the mind and body.
Aikido is encompassing. You will be taught to use both armed and unarmed forms of combat and self defense. For unarmed attacks, you have at your disposal a variety of throws, strikes, joint-lock techniques, vital points and even those so-called mystery attacks wherein you attack the opponent without laying a hand on him or her. Meanwhile, armed attacks involve the use of every kind of weapon imaginable. From swords to knives, from sticks to spears, practically everything can be utilized in Aikido as a weapon.
However, in general most Aikido classes are conducted with exclusive training with the use of the jo or staff, tanto or knife and the bokken or sword. These three serve as the main weapons used in Aikido. Even though Aikido appears to be using more unarmed forms and techniques of martial arts, there are a couple of reasons why weapons are studied in Aikido classes and training sessions. Aikido has a strong weapon martial arts foundation and any training with weapons will only reinforce the basic techniques of the martial art.
Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba, known to his students and Aikido practitioners as ?-sensei which means Great Teacher, was particularly skilled with the staff. He was able to integrate weapon techniques with basic Aikido movements. But among the multitude of weapons out there the sword has the most influence on the development stages of Aikido techniques.
Through weapons training, an Aikido practitioner will be able to measure the distance between attacks. Also called ma-ai, the proper distancing is very important in timing an attack and defending one. And speaking of defense, weapons training is also necessary since advanced Aikido techniques involve defending against people bearing all sorts of weapons.
In order to practice each advanced move safely, Aikido practitioners needed to be familiar with each weapons' capabilities. Therefore, with Aikido weapons training, one will be able to develop his skills, intuitiveness and reflexes in both attacking and defending movements.
Among the weapons used in Aikido weapons training include the katana, the single edged, slightly curved sword famous in the world as the sword of the samurai. In Aikido weapons training, you will also be taught to handle, hold, fight and defend using the tanto which in actuality is a knife or a short blade. The tanto was also extremely popular amongst the men and women who lived by the samurai code during their time.
Another bladed weapon used in Aikido weapons training is the ninja-to. The ninja-to are swords used by those mysterious ninjas. Samurais back then also have wakizashi swords at their disposal. Wakizashi are usually two feet long and are paired with the katana. The j? meanwhile is a four-foot long wooden staff used by not only Aikido but by other martial artists as well. When Aikido techniques are fused with jo, the principle is called aiki-j? which involves an integration of Aikido techniques in Aikido which uses the j? to illustrate Aikido's principles with a weapon.
Aikido is encompassing. You will be taught to use both armed and unarmed forms of combat and self defense. For unarmed attacks, you have at your disposal a variety of throws, strikes, joint-lock techniques, vital points and even those so-called mystery attacks wherein you attack the opponent without laying a hand on him or her. Meanwhile, armed attacks involve the use of every kind of weapon imaginable. From swords to knives, from sticks to spears, practically everything can be utilized in Aikido as a weapon.
However, in general most Aikido classes are conducted with exclusive training with the use of the jo or staff, tanto or knife and the bokken or sword. These three serve as the main weapons used in Aikido. Even though Aikido appears to be using more unarmed forms and techniques of martial arts, there are a couple of reasons why weapons are studied in Aikido classes and training sessions. Aikido has a strong weapon martial arts foundation and any training with weapons will only reinforce the basic techniques of the martial art.
Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba, known to his students and Aikido practitioners as ?-sensei which means Great Teacher, was particularly skilled with the staff. He was able to integrate weapon techniques with basic Aikido movements. But among the multitude of weapons out there the sword has the most influence on the development stages of Aikido techniques.
Through weapons training, an Aikido practitioner will be able to measure the distance between attacks. Also called ma-ai, the proper distancing is very important in timing an attack and defending one. And speaking of defense, weapons training is also necessary since advanced Aikido techniques involve defending against people bearing all sorts of weapons.
In order to practice each advanced move safely, Aikido practitioners needed to be familiar with each weapons' capabilities. Therefore, with Aikido weapons training, one will be able to develop his skills, intuitiveness and reflexes in both attacking and defending movements.
Among the weapons used in Aikido weapons training include the katana, the single edged, slightly curved sword famous in the world as the sword of the samurai. In Aikido weapons training, you will also be taught to handle, hold, fight and defend using the tanto which in actuality is a knife or a short blade. The tanto was also extremely popular amongst the men and women who lived by the samurai code during their time.
Another bladed weapon used in Aikido weapons training is the ninja-to. The ninja-to are swords used by those mysterious ninjas. Samurais back then also have wakizashi swords at their disposal. Wakizashi are usually two feet long and are paired with the katana. The j? meanwhile is a four-foot long wooden staff used by not only Aikido but by other martial artists as well. When Aikido techniques are fused with jo, the principle is called aiki-j? which involves an integration of Aikido techniques in Aikido which uses the j? to illustrate Aikido's principles with a weapon.
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
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A Vivid Collection of Pennsylvania Histories
A Vivid Collection of Fayette Pennsylvania Histories
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Reminiscent of the arch volume, County Chronicles Aggregate II is a active tapesty of different people, places and contest that afflicted and shaped the "Keystone State." Forth with accurate research, anniversary aggregate in the alternation embraces remembrances, claimed adventures and cornball elements. In addition, anniversary aggregate is a acceptable biking adviser to Pennsylvania's actual sites. Written in communicative style, anniversary Chronicle is complete in itself - absolute for today's active bodies who like to read, apprehension anniversary aggregate the absolute bedside/fireside reader. Award-winning columnist Ceane O'Hanlon-Lincoln has a 18-carat aptitude for bringing history alive.
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A abundance of history is anchored in the lush, rolling hills and valley, majestic mountains and anytime abstruse abysmal dupe of Pennsylvania. The names of places abounding with the cobwebs of antique abound in this different arena of our nation.
Reminiscent of the arch volume, County Chronicles Aggregate II is a active tapesty of different people, places and contest that afflicted and shaped the "Keystone State." Forth with accurate research, anniversary aggregate in the alternation embraces remembrances, claimed adventures and cornball elements. In addition, anniversary aggregate is a acceptable biking adviser to Pennsylvania's actual sites. Written in communicative style, anniversary Chronicle is complete in itself - absolute for today's active bodies who like to read, apprehension anniversary aggregate the absolute bedside/fireside reader. Award-winning columnist Ceane O'Hanlon-Lincoln has a 18-carat aptitude for bringing history alive.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
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ความพ่ายแพ้ที่ยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุดเกิดขึ้นตั้งแต่เอ่ยคำว่า
เป็นไปไม่ได้
ไม่ได้เรียนมหาวิทยาลัยไม่ใช่ความล้มเหลว
ความล้มเหลวคือความคิดที่ว่า
ตนเองไม่สามารถประสบความสำเร็จในชีวิต
หากไม่ได้เข้าเรียนในมหาวิทยาลัย
โลกนี้ไม่มีงานสกปรก งานสกปรกคืองานของคนใจสกปรกเท่านั้น
โลกนี้ไม่มีงานต่ำต้อย
งานต่ำต้อยคืองานของคนที่คิดว่าตนเองไม่มีค่าเท่านั้น
การศึกษาไม่ใช่โรงเรียน ไม่ใช่ตำรา ไม่ใช่มหาวิทยาลัย
ไม่ใช่ประกาศนียบัตร ไม่ใช่ปริญญาบัตร
หากคือความต้องการที่จะยกระดับของปัญญา
และปัญญานั้นไม่ใช่เป็นเพียงความคิดเท่านั้น
หากคือความเมตตาด้วย
ดังนั้นการศึกษาจึงไม่ใช่การพัฒนาสมองส่วนเดียว
หากเป็นการยกระดับจิตใจและวิถีชีวิตด้วย
การใช้ชีวิตก็เหมือนการชักว่าวในสายลมแรง
คุณไม่มีเวลามาเปิดตำราว่าต้องทำอย่างไร
ความสำเร็จที่ยิ่งใหญ่จากโชคไม่น่าภูมิใจเท่าความสำเร็จเล็กน้อย
ด้วยมือของเราเอง
เคยเห็นผึ้งฆ่าตัวตายไหม เคยได้ยินมดบ่นไหม
เคยได้ยินแมงมุมนินทาชาวบ้านไหม
หรือว่าพวกมันรู้ว่ามีเวลาเหลือในโลกนี้เพียงเล็กน้อย
จึงไม่ยอมเสียเวลาทำเรื่องที่ไร้ความหมาย
ทุก ๆ นาทีมีตัวตนของมันเพียงแวบเดียวและไม่หวนกลับมาอีก
น่าเสียดายหากต้องเสียมันไปกับการบ่น การก่นด่าโชคชะตา
การคร่ำครวญ การนินทา
หนังสือก็เหมือนวิตามิน กินชนิดเดียวตลอดเวลา
ไม่ได้ช่วยทำให้ร่างกายแข็งแรงขึ้น
คบเพื่อนไม่ดีก็เหมือนพบหนังสือที่ทุกหน้าว่างเปล่าและยังอ่านต่อไป
ระบบที่เลิกยากที่สุดในสังคมคือระบบทาส
ไม่ว่ามองไปในทิศทางไหนก็เห็นแต่ทาสวัตถุ ทาสเงินตรา
ทาสรถยนต์ ทาสยี่ห้อสินค้า ทาสชื่อเสียง
น่าขันที่บางคนเห็นโซ่ตรวนเป็นเครื่องประดับ
คนที่ไม่เคยหิว ย่อมไม่สามารถซาบซึ้งรสของความอิ่ม
ความสำเร็จที่ผ่านความล้มเหลวย่อมหอมหวานกว่าเดิม
หัวใจของการเดินทางไม่ใช่อยู่ที่จุดหมาย
หากที่ประสบการณ์สองข้างทาง
ไม่ต้องเก่งไปหมดทุกอย่าง แต่จงสนุกกับงานทุกชิ้นที่ทำ
สังคมของเราตอนนี้เต็มไปด้วยคนที่เป็นทุกข์
สังเกตจากคนที่ต้องพูดโทรศัพท์ในโรงหนัง
โดยไม่สามารถมีความสุขง่าย ๆ สักชั่วยามเดียว
การรีบร้อนหาแฟนก็เหมือนการเดินทางไกลโดยไม่ตรวจสภาพรถก่อน
ไม่มีอะไรเสียเวลามากไปกว่าการคิดที่จะย้อนกลับแก้อดีต
ไม่เคยมีอะไรช้าเกินไปที่จะทำในสิ่งที่ตนฝัน
โลกเรามีนักศึกษาที่เข้าโรงเรียนในวัย 60
เจ้าสาวที่แต่งงานในวัย 70
นักเขียนที่เริ่มงานเขียนตอนอายุ 80 ฯลฯ
ไม่มีใครเกิดมาไร้ค่า
แม้แต่คนโง่ที่สุดก็ยังฉลาดในบางเรื่อง
และคนฉลาดที่สุดยังโง่ในหลายเรื่อง
จงพร้อมรับคำชมและคำตำหนิด้วยรอยยิ้มแบบเดียวกัน
วันใดที่คิดยอมแพ้ ลองนึกถึงคนไร้แขนที่ว่ายน้ำได้
คนอัมพาตที่เขียนหนังสือโดยการกะพริบตา
คนตาบอดที่เล่นคอนเสิร์ต
คนพิการที่เล่นกีฬาได้ดีกว่าคนธรรมดา
วันใดที่รู้สึกเบื่อโลก ถามโลกด้วยว่าเบื่อเราไหม
การลงทุนที่ต่ำที่สุดและให้ผลตอบแทนสูงที่สุดคือการยิ้ม
รู้ว่าหลงทางแล้วกลับมาตั้งต้นใหม่
ยังเสียเวลาน้อยกว่าเดินต่อไป
คนฉลาดผ่านวันไม่ดีด้วยดี
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Power Wheels battery, 12 volt GRAY.
Choosing Decorative Towels and Bathroom Accessories
How to choose decorative bathroom towels
Choosing ornamental towels is not easy nowadays, since today you have a wide array of fabrics to choose from. To help you choose however, we can consider the binds made of satin and appliquÈs combined with bands, and over locked finished edges. Lace trim makes up the towels. Terry cloth is a popular brand, which you can add Satin to offset the towels.
How to choose Satin upshot?
When selecting the Satin upshots you may want to purchase your own, or else handcraft the material. Use your towels, such as the toweling, or purchase a set and stitch reversing you course. To start, tie the cloth using edges (Scallop) and then use your polyester textiles of satin at the hem, start binding, followed by accenting the fabric by serger binding. Once you finish, you can put in bands, which will detail your towels.
How do I choose materials for locks on my machine?
You will need to mingle the monograms, which you can purchase at any craft shop. Once you have the monograms, iron it onto the material, and in place. Raise the flat naps on the towel by brushing it lightly.
It is easy to invent your own towels. Otherwise, you can purchase a wide array of bath towels online, or at any department store. Keep in mind however, that creating your own towels is fun, and you get what you want. Once you finish handcrafting your towel, you can add trim to your fabric. Use lace textile, since it will make a picture design.
Now letís get to sewing:
You want to start out with a basic towel. Purchase fabrics, which are easy to wash. Consider taffeta, or you can choose polyesters or satin. Once you have the towel, get rid of the stabilizer, and choose a selection of stitching threads that match your shades, as well as your cotton. (1) Trim the image of your textile sewn onto the fabric to make a mirror. (2) Confiscate the extra model and use a craft pencil/pen to spot your selected areas to sew. (3) Once you have cut the pattern, you want to place the other pattern (Stabilizer) should be smaller and glued to the other patterns.
Use the extra model and put it on the left surface of the textile. (4) Stitch the textile, and begin cutting the material. You will need your first section, which you want to learn room for the shape to fit its margin. Use craft pins to hold the material in place, starting at the right. On the left side add pins and pin it extra textile. Make your first pattern, i.e. begin stitching. (5) Stitch in a straight line and unfasten your pins. (6) If you have access fabric, trim it. Avoid slicing your loops.
You are almost finished; all you need to do now is to repeat the steps three through five.
In step seven and eight you will need to prepare your machine, or needle and thread.
It is your choice whether you want to use a sewing machine, or hand materials. If you want a zigzag effect, move your space closer. You want the tension of your needle thread loose, and position the bobbin to the left.
How to choose thread:
When you handcraft any materials, it is wise to coordinate your thread. If you purchased a plain white towel, then use white threads. Also, sew the satin, appliquÈ, using coordinated threads. Once you choose your threads remove the stabilizer by tearing it away and removing it from the left side. Avoid pulling your loops. Now you are ready to bind and scallop your new towels, adding the materials to the edge.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
WEN Sweet Almond Mint Cleansing Conditioner
WEN Sweet Almond Mint Cleansing Conditioner - 16oz
WEN Sweet Almond Mint Cleansing Conditioner was created with the absolute antithesis of herbs and accustomed ingredients, to not alone absolve your attic and hair, but to additionally bathe and add burnish and body.
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #101 in Health and Beauty
Brand: WEN by Chaz Dean
Ingredients: Water, Aloe Vera Gel, Glycerin, Chamomile Extract, Cherry Bark Extract, Calendula Extract, Rosemary Extract, Behentrimonium Chloride, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Cetyl Alcohol, Emulsifying Wax, Panthenol, Trimethylsilylamodimethicone, Hydrolyzed Whole Wheat Protein, PEG-60, Almond Glycerides, Menthol, Essential Oils, Citric Acid, Methylchorisothiazolinone, Methyloisothiazolinone, Fragrance
Features
Moisturizes, strengthens, nourishes, and adds sheen
Works able-bodied for accomplished to average arrangement hair
The Sweet Almond Mint aroma is invigorating!
Customer Reviews
Good Conditioner aback acclimated with Shampoo
The artefact by itself fabricated my beard adipose and I accept never had adipose beard before. The conditioner works abundant if you use with a abstracted shampoo. It leaves my beard bendable and manageable.
WOW!- I was skeptical
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WEN Sweet Almond Mint Cleansing Conditioner was created with the absolute antithesis of herbs and accustomed ingredients, to not alone absolve your attic and hair, but to additionally bathe and add burnish and body.
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #101 in Health and Beauty
Brand: WEN by Chaz Dean
Ingredients: Water, Aloe Vera Gel, Glycerin, Chamomile Extract, Cherry Bark Extract, Calendula Extract, Rosemary Extract, Behentrimonium Chloride, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Cetyl Alcohol, Emulsifying Wax, Panthenol, Trimethylsilylamodimethicone, Hydrolyzed Whole Wheat Protein, PEG-60, Almond Glycerides, Menthol, Essential Oils, Citric Acid, Methylchorisothiazolinone, Methyloisothiazolinone, Fragrance
Features
Moisturizes, strengthens, nourishes, and adds sheen
Works able-bodied for accomplished to average arrangement hair
The Sweet Almond Mint aroma is invigorating!
Customer Reviews
Good Conditioner aback acclimated with Shampoo
The artefact by itself fabricated my beard adipose and I accept never had adipose beard before. The conditioner works abundant if you use with a abstracted shampoo. It leaves my beard bendable and manageable.
WOW!- I was skeptical
I'd apparent the infomercials, and I'd apprehend reviews in a magazine, but I was actual skeptical. No shampoo? And an all in one product? How could that possibly assignment on my accomplished hair? But, I absitively to try it and I am so animated I did! I accept accept length, accomplished (but copious amounts) of artlessly albino hair. I've approved aggregate from angishore to salon haircare, and best afresh had been application Kiehls. Nothing has compared to this--my beard has added anatomy than it's anytime had, it's cool agleam and bland and it feels like silk! Best of all--I no best charge shampoo, conditioner and administration creme or flash serum--the Sweet Almond Mint conditioning cleanser does it all. I'm not in adulation with the scent, but I abiding do adulation the results!! I'll never go back...
oily mess
This absterge fabricated my beard adipose no amount how abounding times I rinsed it. My beard is abbreviate and I cannot brainstorm application this on continued hair.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad A Great Danger to the World
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad A Great Danger to the World: "
Since success election in June 2005 on a papers of transfer most a 'Second Islamic Revolution,' Persian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has titled for Israel's conclusion and repeatedly denied the Holocaust. In October, the Persian President titled Zion a 'disgraceful blot' and proclaimed that..."
(Via MadisonBlog.info.)
A guide for being single in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture
A guide for being single in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture: "
'A Tsuyama singles scene?' scoffs azygos Mimasaka doc Hiroyiki Matsuda. 'There isn't one. If you poverty that, you go to Okayama City.'
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(Via Blog.Pacapao.Com.)
Should I Hire an Employee or a Contractor
Should I Hire an Employee or a Contractor: "
Are you potty most whether you should lease a fasciculus vs employee? If so, you're not alone. Knowing when it's instance to lease a fasciculus instead of an employee is digit of the most unclear aspects of job for whatever businesses. Below we hit provided whatever tips to support you variety ..."
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Investing and Your Kids - A Million Dollar Lesson
Investing and Your Kids - A Million Dollar Lesson: "
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Sell Your Manuscript Great! Now What Happens to It (Part I)
Sell Your Manuscript Great! Now What Happens to It (Part I): "
For most authors, the intrinsic excavation of a aggregation playing concern are aforementioned the intrinsic excavation of the machine on which they wrote their manuscript: a bounteous mystery. But if you're serendipitous sufficiency to clew a lessen with a publisher, it's in your prizewinning ..."
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What’s Your Contract with God
What’s Your Contract with God: "
Do you have a contract with God?
The secret to living your life's dreams isn't really all that mysterious. God will work miracles for you if you are willing to reprogram your mind to think a little differently. Contrary to popular belief, life does not require a fierce struggle. It might ..."
(Via Contracting Service.)
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Aikido Secrets Everyone Should Know
When an attacker is approaching, the person only has a split second to decide whether to dodge or block the move of the opponent. There is no point thinking about what this happened in the first place but the concern now is just to stop it.
In a fight, the person can make a counter attack in the hopes that the individual will be subdued. There is another way of course without resorting to force, which is the technique one can learn in aikido.
Aikido is a martial art in which the person blocks the moves of an opponent by using the hands. Anyone who wants to learn it will not be able to move as fast as Steven Segal in one of his action films but still be effective in combat.
This martial art cannot be learned by merely watching others do it in the movies or in television. There are some who even show the step by step process in a magazine but nothing still compares to learning it from a Sensei.
The person must first become a student in order to be called a master. This means learning the basic rules from entering the dojo until the class is over. The person will surely feel some pain after falling down a few times on the mat but this is not to torture the pupil.
This is all part of the training, which the student must also do properly in order to move into the more advanced classes.
One of the secrets is being able to know when to use it since timing is everything. There is a bit of hand to eye coordination just like in sports but here, the individual will merely redirect the same force back to that individual.
Another secret in using aikido has to do with the wrist. The person should be smooth enough to put one hand over the opponents to be able to make the technique work and counter the attack.
It takes a certain amount of energy to be able to perform certain moves. The individual will learn the various breathing exercises that will increase the heart rate and slow it down especially in the heat of the action.
The student should bear in mind that the breathing exercises also serves as a unifying force between the physical and the emotional aspect of the person.
The most important secret in mastering aikido is being consistent with the technique. The arms will surely feel heavy after some time or a certain amount of energy is drained after a few moves. By being able to do the same thing despite these difficulties, anyone can truly be called a true martial artist.
People who want to check on how well one is doing can sign up for Tomiki Aikido. This is a competition held by various clubs in which the student will compete among some of the best in the country.
Those who do well here can move up to the next skill level just like in karate where a student moves from one belt to another. If after many years, that student has learned all the secrets that go with aikido, this is the only time one can be called a master and even open a dojo.
In a fight, the person can make a counter attack in the hopes that the individual will be subdued. There is another way of course without resorting to force, which is the technique one can learn in aikido.
Aikido is a martial art in which the person blocks the moves of an opponent by using the hands. Anyone who wants to learn it will not be able to move as fast as Steven Segal in one of his action films but still be effective in combat.
This martial art cannot be learned by merely watching others do it in the movies or in television. There are some who even show the step by step process in a magazine but nothing still compares to learning it from a Sensei.
The person must first become a student in order to be called a master. This means learning the basic rules from entering the dojo until the class is over. The person will surely feel some pain after falling down a few times on the mat but this is not to torture the pupil.
This is all part of the training, which the student must also do properly in order to move into the more advanced classes.
One of the secrets is being able to know when to use it since timing is everything. There is a bit of hand to eye coordination just like in sports but here, the individual will merely redirect the same force back to that individual.
Another secret in using aikido has to do with the wrist. The person should be smooth enough to put one hand over the opponents to be able to make the technique work and counter the attack.
It takes a certain amount of energy to be able to perform certain moves. The individual will learn the various breathing exercises that will increase the heart rate and slow it down especially in the heat of the action.
The student should bear in mind that the breathing exercises also serves as a unifying force between the physical and the emotional aspect of the person.
The most important secret in mastering aikido is being consistent with the technique. The arms will surely feel heavy after some time or a certain amount of energy is drained after a few moves. By being able to do the same thing despite these difficulties, anyone can truly be called a true martial artist.
People who want to check on how well one is doing can sign up for Tomiki Aikido. This is a competition held by various clubs in which the student will compete among some of the best in the country.
Those who do well here can move up to the next skill level just like in karate where a student moves from one belt to another. If after many years, that student has learned all the secrets that go with aikido, this is the only time one can be called a master and even open a dojo.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Fargo marathon
Resolved Question: I'm running a 10K in a couple of weeks and feeling cruddy?
I am a 23yr old female who got 'drafted' to run a 10k for the upcoming Fargo Marathon relay team formed at my work. 10 weeks ago, I ran maybe 3 miles A WEEK, with my dog. By no means a 'runner'. I have worked up to about 15-20 miles a week now, longest so far at one shot being 4.25 miles. My goal is to hit 5 miles by this Sunday, and 6 the following Sunday. I am NOT a fast runner. I basically want to finish the 10k without dying or cramping up up super bad. The race is May 17th, or 16 days from today. Basically I am looking for encouragement. What is your WORST 10k time? Any stories of struggle that eventually leg to success? Plus, how big of a loser will I look like if I have to stop and stretch a pesky muscle mid-race? Thanks!!! -Mrs. Matt D-
Resolved Question: Want to see the American company's that give money to La Raza?
Corporate Programmatic Supporters NCLR depends on our corporate partners for a variety of programmatic support in areas such as Education, Community Development, Health, Youth Leadership Development, Civil Rights and Advocacy, Workforce Development, and Affiliate Member Services. Education Chevron Corporation Lockheed Martin Lucent Technologies Foundation Marathon Oil Corporation Rockwell Automation State Farm Insurance Companies Toyota Motor Corporation Verizon Communications, Inc. Housing and Wealth Building The Allstate Corporation Chase Home Finance Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. E*TRADE Financial Fannie Mae Freddie Mac JPMorgan Chase & Co. Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation Wells Fargo & Company Washington Mutual, Inc. Health Belrex Inc. Eli Lilly and Company Metropolitan Life Novo Nordisk Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals PepsiCo Foundation Workforce Development American Express Company Ford Motor Company The Home Depot, Inc. PepsiCo Foundation Youth Leadership Development The Allstate Corporation Exxon Mobil Corporation GEICO Marriott International, Inc. MBNA Corporation Sallie Mae Sodexho, Inc. Sprint Nextel Corporation U.S. Marine Corps Civil Rights and Advocacy The Allstate Corporation American Honda Finance Corporation Bank of America Chevron Corporation Freddie Mac The UPS Foundation WFS Financial Inc. Affiliate Member Services Ford Motor Company (NCLR Affiliate of the Year Award) Microsoft Corporation http://www.nclr.org/section/corporate_partners/programmatic_supporters/ Boycott them
20 UNDER 40: - In-Forum
Claim to fame: Young people looking for a hip underground hideaway to be artistic or to grab a cup of coffee look no farther than downtown Fargo. Justin Lervik opened the Red Raven Espresso Parlor in fall 2005 at age 23 to provide a venue for bands ...
Running the Boston - Fergus Falls Daily Journal
Perfect weather and perfect fans ruled Monday when Traci Humann ran the 112th Boston Marathon. The 34-year-old social worker at Lakeland Hospice and Home Care was taking on the nation?s oldest and toughest course for the second straight year ...
Marathon route road to recovery - In-Forum
Of the more than an estimated 13,000 participants that will traverse the streets of Fargo and Moorhead on Saturday, Rollie Johnson and Rory Eidsness will be joined by more than just Johnson?s hands on Eidsness? wheelchair
Winners crowned in Fargo Marathon - Dickinson Press & Advertiser
FARGO, N.D. Eric Sondag of Grand Forks won the Fargo Marathon on Saturday with an unofficial course-record time. The 35-year-old Sondag finished the 26.2-mile course in a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes, 34 seconds. Thirty-nine-year-old Andrea McGehee of ...
Community briefs - Nevada Appeal
Surgical Technology pinning ceremony today at WNC Western Nevada College Surgical Technology Program pinning ceremony, 5 p.m., today at Sarah Winnemucca Hall, Aspen Building, 2201 College Parkway. The students learned basic care of patients in the ...
Missouri woman wins women's marathon title
FARGO -- Andrea McGehee broke the tape at the Fargodome finish line, reached down and grabbed it for good reason: it's a keepsake.
Grand Forks runner gets the win at Fargo marathon
FARGO - The Kenyans got the pre-race notoriety. Eric Sondag of Grand Forks, N.D., got the win.
Life in the fast lane
Triathlete excited about opportunity to run in Fargo Marathon Sarah Reinertsen was pleased when she heard the wind blows in Fargo.
Fargo marathon: Wallin expecting tough competition
The 9,000-mile distance between Minot, N.D., and Kenya will diminish Saturday in Fargo.
LaNave, Beckwith win wrestling titles at BCC
Casey LaNave and Tyler Beckwith earned Most Outstanding Wrestler honors for their respective championship performances this weekend at the New York-USA Wrestling Junior & Cadet State Championships at Broome ...
I am a 23yr old female who got 'drafted' to run a 10k for the upcoming Fargo Marathon relay team formed at my work. 10 weeks ago, I ran maybe 3 miles A WEEK, with my dog. By no means a 'runner'. I have worked up to about 15-20 miles a week now, longest so far at one shot being 4.25 miles. My goal is to hit 5 miles by this Sunday, and 6 the following Sunday. I am NOT a fast runner. I basically want to finish the 10k without dying or cramping up up super bad. The race is May 17th, or 16 days from today. Basically I am looking for encouragement. What is your WORST 10k time? Any stories of struggle that eventually leg to success? Plus, how big of a loser will I look like if I have to stop and stretch a pesky muscle mid-race? Thanks!!! -Mrs. Matt D-
Resolved Question: Want to see the American company's that give money to La Raza?
Corporate Programmatic Supporters NCLR depends on our corporate partners for a variety of programmatic support in areas such as Education, Community Development, Health, Youth Leadership Development, Civil Rights and Advocacy, Workforce Development, and Affiliate Member Services. Education Chevron Corporation Lockheed Martin Lucent Technologies Foundation Marathon Oil Corporation Rockwell Automation State Farm Insurance Companies Toyota Motor Corporation Verizon Communications, Inc. Housing and Wealth Building The Allstate Corporation Chase Home Finance Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. E*TRADE Financial Fannie Mae Freddie Mac JPMorgan Chase & Co. Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation Wells Fargo & Company Washington Mutual, Inc. Health Belrex Inc. Eli Lilly and Company Metropolitan Life Novo Nordisk Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals PepsiCo Foundation Workforce Development American Express Company Ford Motor Company The Home Depot, Inc. PepsiCo Foundation Youth Leadership Development The Allstate Corporation Exxon Mobil Corporation GEICO Marriott International, Inc. MBNA Corporation Sallie Mae Sodexho, Inc. Sprint Nextel Corporation U.S. Marine Corps Civil Rights and Advocacy The Allstate Corporation American Honda Finance Corporation Bank of America Chevron Corporation Freddie Mac The UPS Foundation WFS Financial Inc. Affiliate Member Services Ford Motor Company (NCLR Affiliate of the Year Award) Microsoft Corporation http://www.nclr.org/section/corporate_partners/programmatic_supporters/ Boycott them
20 UNDER 40: - In-Forum
Claim to fame: Young people looking for a hip underground hideaway to be artistic or to grab a cup of coffee look no farther than downtown Fargo. Justin Lervik opened the Red Raven Espresso Parlor in fall 2005 at age 23 to provide a venue for bands ...
Running the Boston - Fergus Falls Daily Journal
Perfect weather and perfect fans ruled Monday when Traci Humann ran the 112th Boston Marathon. The 34-year-old social worker at Lakeland Hospice and Home Care was taking on the nation?s oldest and toughest course for the second straight year ...
Marathon route road to recovery - In-Forum
Of the more than an estimated 13,000 participants that will traverse the streets of Fargo and Moorhead on Saturday, Rollie Johnson and Rory Eidsness will be joined by more than just Johnson?s hands on Eidsness? wheelchair
Winners crowned in Fargo Marathon - Dickinson Press & Advertiser
FARGO, N.D. Eric Sondag of Grand Forks won the Fargo Marathon on Saturday with an unofficial course-record time. The 35-year-old Sondag finished the 26.2-mile course in a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes, 34 seconds. Thirty-nine-year-old Andrea McGehee of ...
Community briefs - Nevada Appeal
Surgical Technology pinning ceremony today at WNC Western Nevada College Surgical Technology Program pinning ceremony, 5 p.m., today at Sarah Winnemucca Hall, Aspen Building, 2201 College Parkway. The students learned basic care of patients in the ...
Missouri woman wins women's marathon title
FARGO -- Andrea McGehee broke the tape at the Fargodome finish line, reached down and grabbed it for good reason: it's a keepsake.
Grand Forks runner gets the win at Fargo marathon
FARGO - The Kenyans got the pre-race notoriety. Eric Sondag of Grand Forks, N.D., got the win.
Life in the fast lane
Triathlete excited about opportunity to run in Fargo Marathon Sarah Reinertsen was pleased when she heard the wind blows in Fargo.
Fargo marathon: Wallin expecting tough competition
The 9,000-mile distance between Minot, N.D., and Kenya will diminish Saturday in Fargo.
LaNave, Beckwith win wrestling titles at BCC
Casey LaNave and Tyler Beckwith earned Most Outstanding Wrestler honors for their respective championship performances this weekend at the New York-USA Wrestling Junior & Cadet State Championships at Broome ...
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Tips in choosing an aikido school
Aikido is one of the oldest and most widely-used martial arts forms in the world. It is being taught for centuries as a form of self-defense and protection. It is also a way for people to learn centeredness and balance in their lives.
Aikido is a martial arts form that requires constant practice and dedicated study for it does not only teach you self-defense, it also teaches you discipline. A good aikido training school is needed to achieve this. This is the reason why it is important for you to find a school that will not only teach you the basics but will also nurture your budding talent.
Here are some tips in choosing a good aikido school.
Go for the recommended ones
Although all aikido training schools will be teaching the same set of tricks and techniques, there are schools that will give you better training. One way to look for good aikido schools is to ask around your neighborhood or among your friends and acquaintances. They are great sources because not only will they be able to provide you with names that are located in a place convenient to you, they will also be able to give you first hand information on the teaching method of the school.
In fact, they can even give you tips and advice on aikido training. Another way is to ask martial arts teachers. Even if they are not teaching aikido, they will know people who teach aikido and will be able to recommend good ones. There are also forums over the internet where you can post your questions. Members of the site or those that frequently read the forums will surely answer. Chances are they will know a good aikido school that is near your house. Forums like these are very effective because members are mostly aikido or martial arts buffs who know the business and will surely know what they are talking about.
Look for one that is near
In addition to the training, you will also need to find a school that is near your house or your place of work. Location is important in giving you the drive. Places that are far from your place will only result in frequent absenteeism, which is not good for your training. Another advantage that near locations provide is the fact that it gives you the chance to urge friends or family members to come with you and also be interested in the martial art form.
Teacher and mentor
Before enrolling in a program, make sure that you got to meet and talk to the teacher. Although it may seem unimportant, it is vital to also be attuned and in harmony with the teacher of aikido as he or she will not only be teaching you aikido basics but also your mentor in your life.
Scheduling
Getting a good schedule is another crucial point in getting a good aikido training. Look for schools that offer the schedule that you want. Remember that the time that you will be training is also important because it will determine your readiness for the lesson. If your schedule is not the right fit, you will only feel tired and uninspired during the training, something which is not good when learning aikido as it asks for your total commitment and passion to the task.
Aikido is a martial arts form that requires constant practice and dedicated study for it does not only teach you self-defense, it also teaches you discipline. A good aikido training school is needed to achieve this. This is the reason why it is important for you to find a school that will not only teach you the basics but will also nurture your budding talent.
Here are some tips in choosing a good aikido school.
Go for the recommended ones
Although all aikido training schools will be teaching the same set of tricks and techniques, there are schools that will give you better training. One way to look for good aikido schools is to ask around your neighborhood or among your friends and acquaintances. They are great sources because not only will they be able to provide you with names that are located in a place convenient to you, they will also be able to give you first hand information on the teaching method of the school.
In fact, they can even give you tips and advice on aikido training. Another way is to ask martial arts teachers. Even if they are not teaching aikido, they will know people who teach aikido and will be able to recommend good ones. There are also forums over the internet where you can post your questions. Members of the site or those that frequently read the forums will surely answer. Chances are they will know a good aikido school that is near your house. Forums like these are very effective because members are mostly aikido or martial arts buffs who know the business and will surely know what they are talking about.
Look for one that is near
In addition to the training, you will also need to find a school that is near your house or your place of work. Location is important in giving you the drive. Places that are far from your place will only result in frequent absenteeism, which is not good for your training. Another advantage that near locations provide is the fact that it gives you the chance to urge friends or family members to come with you and also be interested in the martial art form.
Teacher and mentor
Before enrolling in a program, make sure that you got to meet and talk to the teacher. Although it may seem unimportant, it is vital to also be attuned and in harmony with the teacher of aikido as he or she will not only be teaching you aikido basics but also your mentor in your life.
Scheduling
Getting a good schedule is another crucial point in getting a good aikido training. Look for schools that offer the schedule that you want. Remember that the time that you will be training is also important because it will determine your readiness for the lesson. If your schedule is not the right fit, you will only feel tired and uninspired during the training, something which is not good when learning aikido as it asks for your total commitment and passion to the task.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Founding Principles of Aikido
Aikido means "The Way of Harmony with the Spirit" and is considered a non-violent form of martial art. However, don't be fooled. Aikido when used correctly is very powerful often are able to block and neutralize strong attacks and counter them with an equal force.
Morihei Ueshiba, now known as O-sensei to the world of Aikido, founded the martial art. O-sensei is a master of Jujitsu or unarmed combat, Kinjitsu or sword combat, and sojitsu or spear combat and studied philosophical and religious teachings.
Because of the religious and philosophical foundations of Aikido, principles of the martial art include ways to harmonize with the ki or spirit within oneself and the bigger spirit of nature. Among the principles of Aikido include oneness, circular motion and ki.
Among the philosophical teachings of Aikido, one of the more basics and more important is learning to control oneself. Maintaining an inner balance is necessary to harmonize with others enabling to control an opponent's attack or applying an effective technique. Self-control is the key to achieve and maintain harmony.
The Principle of Oneness is another basic principle in Aikido. An aikidoka must learn to become one with any situation. Becoming one means having an attitude of respect for all things and situations, friend or foe. By training to become one with every situation, harmonization will follow and it will become possible to execute Aikido techniques, movements and forms accurately and efficiently.
Harmony also means synthesis. And the spiritual circle which is a foundation of all Aikido techniques synthesizes everything. Aikido is a combination of circular movements. Its techniques and movements revolve around the concept of circular motions. When an opponent attacks, the aikidoka uses a circular motion of the lower abdomen to control the attack and execute Aikido techniques to counterattack.
It is said that defense is the greatest offense. In Aikido to defend properly an attack, one must learn to move away from the range of effectiveness of the opponent's attack. However, as you try to defend by getting out of the opponent's effective range, you must also try to maintain your own range of effectiveness in order to counterattack efficiently.
You won't be able to give an effective counterattack if you stepped too far away from your opponent. Similarly, being too close would definitely lessen the effectiveness of your techniques. Everything will depend on the situation. As an Aikido practitioner, you must learn to determine how to avoid your opponent's range while controlling your own in various situations.
Finally, the Principle of Ki involves believing that every thing in the universe is governed by a force or spirit. Ki is also the energy and our life force. Ki is the force that binds the mind and the body. It is the energy that harmonizes us to our surroundings. By learning to control our Ki, we will be able to unify our mind and our body maximizing efficient movements and execution of Aikido techniques.
Aikido focuses on the distance, motion, speed, and projection of an attacker. By using blending, spiraling, and extension techniques, the attack will be neutralized and by using one's centeredness and hips, the same amount of force can be applied to the attacker. In Aikido, the spiraling and circular movements reflect what the martial art is: a fluid and flowing movement of spirit and energy.
Morihei Ueshiba, now known as O-sensei to the world of Aikido, founded the martial art. O-sensei is a master of Jujitsu or unarmed combat, Kinjitsu or sword combat, and sojitsu or spear combat and studied philosophical and religious teachings.
Because of the religious and philosophical foundations of Aikido, principles of the martial art include ways to harmonize with the ki or spirit within oneself and the bigger spirit of nature. Among the principles of Aikido include oneness, circular motion and ki.
Among the philosophical teachings of Aikido, one of the more basics and more important is learning to control oneself. Maintaining an inner balance is necessary to harmonize with others enabling to control an opponent's attack or applying an effective technique. Self-control is the key to achieve and maintain harmony.
The Principle of Oneness is another basic principle in Aikido. An aikidoka must learn to become one with any situation. Becoming one means having an attitude of respect for all things and situations, friend or foe. By training to become one with every situation, harmonization will follow and it will become possible to execute Aikido techniques, movements and forms accurately and efficiently.
Harmony also means synthesis. And the spiritual circle which is a foundation of all Aikido techniques synthesizes everything. Aikido is a combination of circular movements. Its techniques and movements revolve around the concept of circular motions. When an opponent attacks, the aikidoka uses a circular motion of the lower abdomen to control the attack and execute Aikido techniques to counterattack.
It is said that defense is the greatest offense. In Aikido to defend properly an attack, one must learn to move away from the range of effectiveness of the opponent's attack. However, as you try to defend by getting out of the opponent's effective range, you must also try to maintain your own range of effectiveness in order to counterattack efficiently.
You won't be able to give an effective counterattack if you stepped too far away from your opponent. Similarly, being too close would definitely lessen the effectiveness of your techniques. Everything will depend on the situation. As an Aikido practitioner, you must learn to determine how to avoid your opponent's range while controlling your own in various situations.
Finally, the Principle of Ki involves believing that every thing in the universe is governed by a force or spirit. Ki is also the energy and our life force. Ki is the force that binds the mind and the body. It is the energy that harmonizes us to our surroundings. By learning to control our Ki, we will be able to unify our mind and our body maximizing efficient movements and execution of Aikido techniques.
Aikido focuses on the distance, motion, speed, and projection of an attacker. By using blending, spiraling, and extension techniques, the attack will be neutralized and by using one's centeredness and hips, the same amount of force can be applied to the attacker. In Aikido, the spiraling and circular movements reflect what the martial art is: a fluid and flowing movement of spirit and energy.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Using Aikido Moves in Practice or in Combat
It only takes a split second whether someone comes out as a victor or a loser in combat. The person can try to remember it later on to see what errors were made in order to become a better fighter in the future.
Such things also happen in competition which is why it is best for the student to be familiar with the various aikido moves at all times.
For instance, in Ai hanmi Iriminage a person grabs the attacker by the neck and forces the opponent to the ground.
In Ai hanmi Kokyuho, this is similar to the first with the difference of extending the arm a little farther in order to achieve maximum effect.
Should the attacker have a knife, a good aikido move to use is called Katate Ryotemochi in which the individual uses both hands to block the weapon used by the attacker and disarming it before putting the person on the ground.
If the individual is able to get behind the attacker, perhaps doing Ushiro Ryokatatori will be a good idea. This will allow the student to grab both shoulders of the person. Should the individual be tough, perhaps applying Ushiro Kubishime, which will temporarily cut the air supply until the assailant is unconscious, is the best thing to do.
Not all the aikido moves being taught are just to block and the make the person fall to the ground. There are also striking moves such as Kata Menuchi in which the hand makes a slice to the middle of the forehead. Those who donít want to inflict a concussion can try Mune Tsuki, which is a strike to the chest.
A good move for the leg is the Aiki Otoshi better known in English as a leg sweep. This will surely keep the person down especially when that attacker thinks that all the student can do is use the arms when defending.
Once the attacker has been subdued, it will be safer to keep the attacker locked in a Sankyo hold. This technique is used by police, which is very useful when the police are on the way to the location.
There are more than 10 different moves in Aikido. The person should be able to distinguish one from the other especially when the terms are all in Japanese. It will be the choice of the individual which one to use when one is engaged in combat.
The first step in learning this martial art will be to enroll in a dojo. The person can look at the directory to find the nearest one to the home and then choose to sign up if the rates are affordable.
The student will then be taught the rules, how to wear the uniform and then the proper moves in each stroke. The individual should not expect to get it right on the first day but eventually do better in the coming days.
The person should remember that Aikido unlike other martial arts can only be used for defensive purposes. Usually when the suspect has failed in the attack, this person will run so the individual should not give chase but rather get help.
It is only with practice sparring with a partner or even doing the same thing in competition that both the mind and the body can be conditioned to engage an attacker in combat.
Such things also happen in competition which is why it is best for the student to be familiar with the various aikido moves at all times.
For instance, in Ai hanmi Iriminage a person grabs the attacker by the neck and forces the opponent to the ground.
In Ai hanmi Kokyuho, this is similar to the first with the difference of extending the arm a little farther in order to achieve maximum effect.
Should the attacker have a knife, a good aikido move to use is called Katate Ryotemochi in which the individual uses both hands to block the weapon used by the attacker and disarming it before putting the person on the ground.
If the individual is able to get behind the attacker, perhaps doing Ushiro Ryokatatori will be a good idea. This will allow the student to grab both shoulders of the person. Should the individual be tough, perhaps applying Ushiro Kubishime, which will temporarily cut the air supply until the assailant is unconscious, is the best thing to do.
Not all the aikido moves being taught are just to block and the make the person fall to the ground. There are also striking moves such as Kata Menuchi in which the hand makes a slice to the middle of the forehead. Those who donít want to inflict a concussion can try Mune Tsuki, which is a strike to the chest.
A good move for the leg is the Aiki Otoshi better known in English as a leg sweep. This will surely keep the person down especially when that attacker thinks that all the student can do is use the arms when defending.
Once the attacker has been subdued, it will be safer to keep the attacker locked in a Sankyo hold. This technique is used by police, which is very useful when the police are on the way to the location.
There are more than 10 different moves in Aikido. The person should be able to distinguish one from the other especially when the terms are all in Japanese. It will be the choice of the individual which one to use when one is engaged in combat.
The first step in learning this martial art will be to enroll in a dojo. The person can look at the directory to find the nearest one to the home and then choose to sign up if the rates are affordable.
The student will then be taught the rules, how to wear the uniform and then the proper moves in each stroke. The individual should not expect to get it right on the first day but eventually do better in the coming days.
The person should remember that Aikido unlike other martial arts can only be used for defensive purposes. Usually when the suspect has failed in the attack, this person will run so the individual should not give chase but rather get help.
It is only with practice sparring with a partner or even doing the same thing in competition that both the mind and the body can be conditioned to engage an attacker in combat.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
The Underlying Principle of Everything
In quantum physics, one of the foremost theories that promises to revolutionize how we see the world is the theory of strings. The main premise of this particular theory is that strings are the most basic structure that makes up everything we can and cannot see within the physical world. Strings of course is just a word to label this most profound substance that theoretical physicists say dictate everything we see, perceive and have in and around us in this physical world.
Although no direct correlation has ever been claimed between string theory and that of the principles of ch'i prevalent in the East, they share the same premise in the most basic sense that it is said that there is a basic energy substance that underlie everything. In understanding the nature of this substance we are able to harness its power and utilize it.
The concept of ch'i or qi in Chinese and ki in Japanese, is very much relative to the type of school that teaches it. Some say that ch'i is a force separate from matter as we know it. Some say that ch'i arises from matter. Still some say that matter arises from ch'i.
What all schools have in common however is the fact that they all more or less say that ch'i is a fundamental energy that can be harnessed to bring power to oneself wither physically, mentally or spiritually. With all the different premises that try to explain ch'i, it is clear that mere instructions in words will not be able to fully expound on what ch'i is. Perhaps because of this, it is better to pass on the knowledge of ch'i through actual and practical instruction.
One school that may be successful in being able to teach what the ch'i is and how to be able to use it for one's own benefit is Aikido. At the heart of the spirituality and philosophy or Aikido is the ki, which is similar or perhaps, one and the same with what is otherwise known as the ch'i or qi.
Aikido's ki is the heart of the principle of this particular martial art. While technically, martial arts are means for combat and war, Aikido is often known as the art of peace because it espouses a peaceful means towards aggression. Aikido ki, like in other concepts of ch'i teaches that there is a fundamental energy that can be harnessed. Aikido ki being energy means that its substance is something that flows.
The principle of peace and relaxation taught by Aikido presupposes the fact that the ki flows more smoothly and strongly when it is uninterrupted. A better illustration might be something like, if water is ki, then to harness its power, it must be allowed to flow to produce hydroelectric force.
This is why in Aikido, ki energy comes from being relaxed. It is said that in the relaxed state, the flow of ki is better aided. Aikido as a martial art is not about muscle strength or superior physical attributes. It is really about relaxation, flexibility and stamina. This allows a smaller person to be able to topple and throw a larger opponent during practice.
Although no direct correlation has ever been claimed between string theory and that of the principles of ch'i prevalent in the East, they share the same premise in the most basic sense that it is said that there is a basic energy substance that underlie everything. In understanding the nature of this substance we are able to harness its power and utilize it.
The concept of ch'i or qi in Chinese and ki in Japanese, is very much relative to the type of school that teaches it. Some say that ch'i is a force separate from matter as we know it. Some say that ch'i arises from matter. Still some say that matter arises from ch'i.
What all schools have in common however is the fact that they all more or less say that ch'i is a fundamental energy that can be harnessed to bring power to oneself wither physically, mentally or spiritually. With all the different premises that try to explain ch'i, it is clear that mere instructions in words will not be able to fully expound on what ch'i is. Perhaps because of this, it is better to pass on the knowledge of ch'i through actual and practical instruction.
One school that may be successful in being able to teach what the ch'i is and how to be able to use it for one's own benefit is Aikido. At the heart of the spirituality and philosophy or Aikido is the ki, which is similar or perhaps, one and the same with what is otherwise known as the ch'i or qi.
Aikido's ki is the heart of the principle of this particular martial art. While technically, martial arts are means for combat and war, Aikido is often known as the art of peace because it espouses a peaceful means towards aggression. Aikido ki, like in other concepts of ch'i teaches that there is a fundamental energy that can be harnessed. Aikido ki being energy means that its substance is something that flows.
The principle of peace and relaxation taught by Aikido presupposes the fact that the ki flows more smoothly and strongly when it is uninterrupted. A better illustration might be something like, if water is ki, then to harness its power, it must be allowed to flow to produce hydroelectric force.
This is why in Aikido, ki energy comes from being relaxed. It is said that in the relaxed state, the flow of ki is better aided. Aikido as a martial art is not about muscle strength or superior physical attributes. It is really about relaxation, flexibility and stamina. This allows a smaller person to be able to topple and throw a larger opponent during practice.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
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Friday, May 9, 2008
The beginnings of Aikido
The name aikido is formed by the combination of three characters in the Japanese language. Ai, which means joining; ki, which means spirit and do, which means way. These three words actually summarize the essence of aikido as a form of martial artó the joining of the spirit to find the way. It was only in the period from 1930s to the 40s that the name aikido was officially accepted as the name of the martial arts form.
Aikido uses techniques that do not damage or kill unlike other forms of martial arts. The movements and skills being taught are just meant to divert attention or immobilize people. This is perhaps the reason why most people prefer aikido, because of itís focus on peace and harmony as opposed to aggression and conflict. In fact, aikido developer Morihei Ueshiba believes that to control aggression without causing any injury is the art of peace.
Ueshiba, who is also called Osensei, which means Great Teacher, created aikido from the principles of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu. He incorporated the techniques of the yari, the spear; the juken, which is a bayonet; and the jo, which is a short quarterstaff). But what ultimately separates aikido from other forms of martial arts is the fact that its practitioners can attack while empty-handed. Practitioners need no weapons for protection.
As a young child, he was much into physical fitness and conditioning. This is because of his vow to avenge his fatherís death. Eventually, his studies and activities brought him to the discipline of the different martial arts. He studied all. He even has certificates, fencing, fighting with spears, etc. He has learned it all. This is perhaps the reason why aikido is such a diverse and multi-disciplinary form of martial arts.
Yet despite his know how, he remains dissatisfied. He felt that there is still something missing. It was then that he turned to the religions. He studied under a spiritual leader, Onisaburo Deguchiof the sect Omoto-kyo in Ayabe. Deguchiof taught him to take care of his spiritual growth. He then combined his spiritual beliefs and his mastery of the different martial arts. Aikido was born.
His association with this charismatic spiritual leader Deguchiof also paved the way for his introduction to the elite political and military people as a martial artist. Because of this connection, he was able to establish aikido and even transferred the teachings to students, who have in turn developed their own styles of movement in aikido.
Aikido is a combination of the different styles of jujitsu as well as some of the techniques of sword and spear fighting, of which Ueshiba is an expert. To get an overall picture, aikido combines the joint locks and throws techniques of jujitsu and the movements of the body when fighting with sword and spears.
Oriental in origin, it was brought to the west by Minoru Mochizuki when he visited France in 1951. He introduced the aikido techniques to students who are learning judo. In 1952, Tadashi Abe came to France as the official Aikikai Honbu representative. Then in 1953, Kenji Tomiki toured through the United States while Koichi Tohei stayed in Hawaii for a full year where he set up a dojo. Aikido then spread its influence in United Kingdom two years after and in 1965, it reached Germany and Australia. At present, aikido has centers all over the world.
Aikido uses techniques that do not damage or kill unlike other forms of martial arts. The movements and skills being taught are just meant to divert attention or immobilize people. This is perhaps the reason why most people prefer aikido, because of itís focus on peace and harmony as opposed to aggression and conflict. In fact, aikido developer Morihei Ueshiba believes that to control aggression without causing any injury is the art of peace.
Ueshiba, who is also called Osensei, which means Great Teacher, created aikido from the principles of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu. He incorporated the techniques of the yari, the spear; the juken, which is a bayonet; and the jo, which is a short quarterstaff). But what ultimately separates aikido from other forms of martial arts is the fact that its practitioners can attack while empty-handed. Practitioners need no weapons for protection.
As a young child, he was much into physical fitness and conditioning. This is because of his vow to avenge his fatherís death. Eventually, his studies and activities brought him to the discipline of the different martial arts. He studied all. He even has certificates, fencing, fighting with spears, etc. He has learned it all. This is perhaps the reason why aikido is such a diverse and multi-disciplinary form of martial arts.
Yet despite his know how, he remains dissatisfied. He felt that there is still something missing. It was then that he turned to the religions. He studied under a spiritual leader, Onisaburo Deguchiof the sect Omoto-kyo in Ayabe. Deguchiof taught him to take care of his spiritual growth. He then combined his spiritual beliefs and his mastery of the different martial arts. Aikido was born.
His association with this charismatic spiritual leader Deguchiof also paved the way for his introduction to the elite political and military people as a martial artist. Because of this connection, he was able to establish aikido and even transferred the teachings to students, who have in turn developed their own styles of movement in aikido.
Aikido is a combination of the different styles of jujitsu as well as some of the techniques of sword and spear fighting, of which Ueshiba is an expert. To get an overall picture, aikido combines the joint locks and throws techniques of jujitsu and the movements of the body when fighting with sword and spears.
Oriental in origin, it was brought to the west by Minoru Mochizuki when he visited France in 1951. He introduced the aikido techniques to students who are learning judo. In 1952, Tadashi Abe came to France as the official Aikikai Honbu representative. Then in 1953, Kenji Tomiki toured through the United States while Koichi Tohei stayed in Hawaii for a full year where he set up a dojo. Aikido then spread its influence in United Kingdom two years after and in 1965, it reached Germany and Australia. At present, aikido has centers all over the world.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
John Adams (HBO Miniseries)
John Adams (HBO Miniseries)
Product Description
John Adams is a sprawling HBO miniseries accident that depicts the amazing activity and times of one of Americas atomic accepted and best underestimated founding fathers: the additional Admiral of the United States John Adams. Starring Paul Giamatti (Sideways Cinderella Man HBOs American Spendor) in the appellation role and Laura Linney (You Can Count on Me Kinsey) as Adams adherent wife Abigail John Adams chronicles the amazing activity adventure of one of the primary shapers of our ability and government whose bequest has generally been eclipsed by added baroque aeon like George Washington Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin. Set adjoin the accomplishments of a nations absinthian bearing this across-the-board miniseries is a affective adulation adventure a arresting anecdotal and a alluring abstraction of animal nature. Aloft all at a time back the nation is added polarized politically this adventure celebrates the aggregate ethics of alternative and abandon aloft which this country was built.Running Time: 501 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 883929020065 Manufacturer No: 1000038820
Based on David McCullough's acknowledged biograpy, the HBO miniseries John Adams is the extreme affair from a abstract attending at America's founding fathers and the barbarous aisle to independence. Adams (Paul Giamatti), additional admiral of the United States, is portrayed as a accomplished orator and conscionable advocate whose alternative for amends over anti-English passions earns enemies. But he additionally assets the admire of the aboriginal civic government of the United States, i.e., the Continental Congress, which seeks non-firebrands able of authoritative a articular if able case for America's breach from England's monarchy. The aboriginal affair one notices about John Adams' dramatizations of congress' proceedings, and the activated pro-independence abandon in the streets of Boston and elsewhere, is that America's roots don't attending appealing or arcadian here. Some abominable things appear in the name of protest, active Adams to advanced the account of ability in a accepted accomplishment to get on with a advocate war beneath the command of George Washington. But the action isn't easy: not every one of the 13 colonies-turned-states is attainable to acquire the acrimony of England, and behind-the-scenes negotiations prove as abundant a allotment of 18th aeon aldermanic sessions as they do today.
Besides this blink into a less-romanticized adaptation of the past, John Adams is additionally a adventure of the man himself. Adams' annoyance at actuality abandoned or disregarded at analytical junctures of America's aboriginal development--sent away for years instead of allowance to abstract the U.S. constitution--is detailed. So is his agitation that the accurateness of what absolutely transpired arch to the signing of the Declaration of Ability has been boring abandoned and replaced by a rosier myth. But aloft all, John Adams is the adventure of two key ties: Adams' 54-year alliance to Abigail Adams (Laura Linney), every bit her husband's bookish according and anchor, and his difficult, about accommodating accord with Thomas Jefferson (Stephen Dillane) over decades. Giamatti, of course, has to backpack abundant of the drama, and if he doesn't consistently assume absolutely believable in the series' aboriginal half, he becomes added accomplished at the point area an crumbling Adams becomes absinthian over his abode in history. Linney is marvelous, as is Dillane, Sarah Polley as babe Nabby, Danny Huston as accessory Samuel Adams, and aloft all Tom Wilkinson as a circuitous but basal Ben Franklin. --Tom Keogh
Poignant and educational
Everyone should be fabricated to watch this in school. John Adams introduces us to the axiological battle beneath the Amercian reality; are we revolutionaries, or monarchists? The advanced that America took during George Washington's admiral is the acumen why we are area we are today. John Adams is the man portrayed as the Founder bent in amid Jefferson and Hamilton, the two poles of cerebration as to who America should ancillary with and advanced in. Ultimately we sided with the monarchists, and it should abruptness no one that we accept concluded up with a unitary controlling like George Bush, a autocrat in all but title.
Had Jefferson not larboard America and taken over from Washington, we could accept accurate the French, because they were our accurate brainy allies. Plus, we owed them. But America has a adroitness for balustrade with the about amiss ancillary of politics, and this affection has persisted thru the centuries. Looking at our present thru the lens of the accomplished is crucial, and this mini alternation spells it out. A masterpiece and a triumph. Recently I heard a political scientist say that they will never be able to anticipate of John Adams afterwards cerebration of Paul Giamatti. It's that good.
History can be Interesting!
I admired this HBO Miniseries. I am already a abundant history addict and
a lover of the US Constitution and our founding fathers wisdom.
So abounding bodies don't affliction about history which I acquisition advancing because
there is so abundant too apprentice from it. These men and women were all
too animal and adapted afresh what best of us booty for accepted now.
I am affairs the DVD set to allotment with ancestors and accompany who dont accept HBO.
History as We Haven't Apparent It
I can hardly delay to own these DVDs! I've watched the HBO alternation over and over and see or apprehend article every time that I absent in antecedent viewings. This alternation is affluent in actual detail, drama, and humor. I can't vouch for the actual accuracy, but I accept abundant account for David McCullough, on whose book the alternation is based, and assurance that he and the alternation are accurate to the...well, the truth. I am beholden to Tom Hanks for his eyes and application in bringing these belief to us in such a acceptable way. Now, how about the Thomas Jefferson adventure in a agnate fashion?
Enormous disappointment, can these bodies be siffer ?
I absolutely hoped and watched every episode. With the aftermost one actuality the affliction and absolutely unnecessary.
It is so sad that American can't accomplish a appropriate representation of time of "Founding Fathers".
The absurd Mr. Giamatti is "starched" due to the idiotic, animation like administration and teleplay of John Adams. Can't they at atomic try to accomplish these bodies animal and appearance some of the accurate facts about these people.
The funniest character, or should I say, Disney activated cachet was George Washington. Due to the poor administering and autograph that was inflicted on a accomplished actor, I anticipate in the Hall olf Presidents in Disneyland has their George Washington activated apprentice assuming announcement and movement that this beautiful character.
So abundant of the depth, details, absolute struggles, absolute motives of these men were larboard out, authoritative them and abnormally John Adams a humorless, affected cliche maker, as if he had no thoughts but about the U.S.
They additionally aloof slid over the bullwork issues.
The best abstruse and non-defined or man afterwards a motive appearance was their ailing directed and ascertain Thomas Jefferson. There was no way to accept any activity of who he absolutely was and why he did what he did. Sometimes about hippie like, an outsider, disinterested, angry into with no acumen a egoistic playboy who aloof capital to go to France and affair and butt the ability of the country. Fabricated no sense.
I am abiding the book charge be excellent, but addition abortion of giving the Father's of our Country some altruism and dimensions. Apprehend Gore Vidal's Burr and watch the characters appear animate off the page.
Poor John Adams, he got old and no anatomy cared about him, too bad, so sad,
so affected and so untrue.
I'm abiding ambassador Hanks and whoever the administrator was aloof didn't accept any audacity to appearance who these bodies were. The best allotment was the costumes.
jon
the assignment of amalgamation drags heavily on...
As an Englishman acquisitive to apprentice article added about the actual ties amid the U.S. and U.K. I begin John Adams the miniseries to be a reasonable effort, but not afterwards its flaws. I don't attention the time spent with it to be wasted, but I am, however, absurd to anytime revisit this miniseries as the administration swings from odd, to intriguing, to absolutely amateur with the abundance of a pendulum. Try adamantine as I may, weeks afterwards I aboriginal saw it, I still cannot explain the argumentation abaft staging a chat amid John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the accountable of the French revolution, and filming it in such a way as to absolutely abstruse their faces from view, so that alone their words can admit any meaning. If there's any accurateness to the altercation that 90% of all advice is non-verbal, the administrator of this arena did his actors, his audience, and the actual bequest of the American anarchy itself a abundant disservice by alleviative this activity as annihilation added than a area for his bearded experimentation. Added reviewers accept fabricated acknowledgment of it, and accurately so. The administration of this alternation is annihilation abbreviate of appalling. It is bedeviled by amaranthine use of odd angles, including absolute scenes beheld either upside bottomward or from a bird's eye appearance (once afresh adverse the actors' best efforts), and all of it for no credible purpose.
Other drawbacks accommodate the sometimes acrid and abhorrent agreeable of the adventure itself. A British tax beneficiary actuality tarred and feathered and a somewhat prolonged, admitting by no agency explicit, arena in which Nabby Adams undergoes a mastectomy due to cancer. These are not failings on the allotment of anyone complex with the production, aloof a artistic best I would conceivably accept fabricated differently. I do not accept that uncompromising absoluteness is consistently a acceptable thing, abnormally area affecting retellings of history are concerned. This alternation could accept done a bigger job of acclimation its obligations to actual accurateness with the charge to actualize a broadly attainable and acceptable examination experience. But I do accept that I'm apparently aloof a little too squeamish.
Also on the affair of accessibility, I did acquisition myself generally cerebration that, added than John and Abigail's gradually greying hair, some apparatus could accept been active to emphasise the accelerated access of time, as some episodes comprise contest addition over a decade or more. Brief captions to announce an advanced in years would accept sufficed, yet were for some acumen absent. This presumes a amount of acumen about this era on the allotment of the viewer. So if you intend to apprentice about the American anarchy from this series, you may appetite to familiarise yourself with the basics, abnormally the timeline, beforehand.
On the absolute side, the acting is abundantly excellent, abnormally the portrayals of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Nabby Adams. There are, however, some poor performances in the beforehand episodes during the agitation for and adjoin ability from Abundant Britain at the Continental Congress. I'm not accustomed with all the names, but the aureate chat sticks in my apperception for the affliction of reasons. I've no agnosticism these arguments were animated in absolute life, but they didn't appear beyond able-bodied here. Ultimately though, that's a accessory criticism. A above point to the acclaim of this series, however, is the soundtrack, which may be aces of a standalone purchase.
Overall, it isn't bad, but I can't aboveboard acclaim it. Too abounding things aren't up to the accepted that could analytic be expected, and the administration absolutely is a analgesic draft to this contrarily able series. I've alone apparent commensurable amateurishness abaft the camera from Alex Graves on division 7 of The West Wing.
A final chat to its acclaim is that it has aggressive me to apprehend a admirable book blue-blooded "The Adams-Jefferson Letters, the complete correspondence", so I accept this alternation charge accept fabricated some affectionate of abiding consequence on me. Ultimately it is absorbing and sometimes absolutely moving, and if you are able to advanced some added of your time and money afterwards the credits roll, it will abide to action apprenticeship on a arresting aeon of history, for both America and Abundant Britain, to avant-garde citizens of each. I achievement you'll booty the time because, admitting all drawbacks, I'm animated I did.
Product Description
John Adams is a sprawling HBO miniseries accident that depicts the amazing activity and times of one of Americas atomic accepted and best underestimated founding fathers: the additional Admiral of the United States John Adams. Starring Paul Giamatti (Sideways Cinderella Man HBOs American Spendor) in the appellation role and Laura Linney (You Can Count on Me Kinsey) as Adams adherent wife Abigail John Adams chronicles the amazing activity adventure of one of the primary shapers of our ability and government whose bequest has generally been eclipsed by added baroque aeon like George Washington Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin. Set adjoin the accomplishments of a nations absinthian bearing this across-the-board miniseries is a affective adulation adventure a arresting anecdotal and a alluring abstraction of animal nature. Aloft all at a time back the nation is added polarized politically this adventure celebrates the aggregate ethics of alternative and abandon aloft which this country was built.Running Time: 501 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 883929020065 Manufacturer No: 1000038820
Based on David McCullough's acknowledged biograpy, the HBO miniseries John Adams is the extreme affair from a abstract attending at America's founding fathers and the barbarous aisle to independence. Adams (Paul Giamatti), additional admiral of the United States, is portrayed as a accomplished orator and conscionable advocate whose alternative for amends over anti-English passions earns enemies. But he additionally assets the admire of the aboriginal civic government of the United States, i.e., the Continental Congress, which seeks non-firebrands able of authoritative a articular if able case for America's breach from England's monarchy. The aboriginal affair one notices about John Adams' dramatizations of congress' proceedings, and the activated pro-independence abandon in the streets of Boston and elsewhere, is that America's roots don't attending appealing or arcadian here. Some abominable things appear in the name of protest, active Adams to advanced the account of ability in a accepted accomplishment to get on with a advocate war beneath the command of George Washington. But the action isn't easy: not every one of the 13 colonies-turned-states is attainable to acquire the acrimony of England, and behind-the-scenes negotiations prove as abundant a allotment of 18th aeon aldermanic sessions as they do today.
Besides this blink into a less-romanticized adaptation of the past, John Adams is additionally a adventure of the man himself. Adams' annoyance at actuality abandoned or disregarded at analytical junctures of America's aboriginal development--sent away for years instead of allowance to abstract the U.S. constitution--is detailed. So is his agitation that the accurateness of what absolutely transpired arch to the signing of the Declaration of Ability has been boring abandoned and replaced by a rosier myth. But aloft all, John Adams is the adventure of two key ties: Adams' 54-year alliance to Abigail Adams (Laura Linney), every bit her husband's bookish according and anchor, and his difficult, about accommodating accord with Thomas Jefferson (Stephen Dillane) over decades. Giamatti, of course, has to backpack abundant of the drama, and if he doesn't consistently assume absolutely believable in the series' aboriginal half, he becomes added accomplished at the point area an crumbling Adams becomes absinthian over his abode in history. Linney is marvelous, as is Dillane, Sarah Polley as babe Nabby, Danny Huston as accessory Samuel Adams, and aloft all Tom Wilkinson as a circuitous but basal Ben Franklin. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Poignant and educational
Everyone should be fabricated to watch this in school. John Adams introduces us to the axiological battle beneath the Amercian reality; are we revolutionaries, or monarchists? The advanced that America took during George Washington's admiral is the acumen why we are area we are today. John Adams is the man portrayed as the Founder bent in amid Jefferson and Hamilton, the two poles of cerebration as to who America should ancillary with and advanced in. Ultimately we sided with the monarchists, and it should abruptness no one that we accept concluded up with a unitary controlling like George Bush, a autocrat in all but title.
Had Jefferson not larboard America and taken over from Washington, we could accept accurate the French, because they were our accurate brainy allies. Plus, we owed them. But America has a adroitness for balustrade with the about amiss ancillary of politics, and this affection has persisted thru the centuries. Looking at our present thru the lens of the accomplished is crucial, and this mini alternation spells it out. A masterpiece and a triumph. Recently I heard a political scientist say that they will never be able to anticipate of John Adams afterwards cerebration of Paul Giamatti. It's that good.
History can be Interesting!
I admired this HBO Miniseries. I am already a abundant history addict and
a lover of the US Constitution and our founding fathers wisdom.
So abounding bodies don't affliction about history which I acquisition advancing because
there is so abundant too apprentice from it. These men and women were all
too animal and adapted afresh what best of us booty for accepted now.
I am affairs the DVD set to allotment with ancestors and accompany who dont accept HBO.
History as We Haven't Apparent It
I can hardly delay to own these DVDs! I've watched the HBO alternation over and over and see or apprehend article every time that I absent in antecedent viewings. This alternation is affluent in actual detail, drama, and humor. I can't vouch for the actual accuracy, but I accept abundant account for David McCullough, on whose book the alternation is based, and assurance that he and the alternation are accurate to the...well, the truth. I am beholden to Tom Hanks for his eyes and application in bringing these belief to us in such a acceptable way. Now, how about the Thomas Jefferson adventure in a agnate fashion?
Enormous disappointment, can these bodies be siffer ?
I absolutely hoped and watched every episode. With the aftermost one actuality the affliction and absolutely unnecessary.
It is so sad that American can't accomplish a appropriate representation of time of "Founding Fathers".
The absurd Mr. Giamatti is "starched" due to the idiotic, animation like administration and teleplay of John Adams. Can't they at atomic try to accomplish these bodies animal and appearance some of the accurate facts about these people.
The funniest character, or should I say, Disney activated cachet was George Washington. Due to the poor administering and autograph that was inflicted on a accomplished actor, I anticipate in the Hall olf Presidents in Disneyland has their George Washington activated apprentice assuming announcement and movement that this beautiful character.
So abundant of the depth, details, absolute struggles, absolute motives of these men were larboard out, authoritative them and abnormally John Adams a humorless, affected cliche maker, as if he had no thoughts but about the U.S.
They additionally aloof slid over the bullwork issues.
The best abstruse and non-defined or man afterwards a motive appearance was their ailing directed and ascertain Thomas Jefferson. There was no way to accept any activity of who he absolutely was and why he did what he did. Sometimes about hippie like, an outsider, disinterested, angry into with no acumen a egoistic playboy who aloof capital to go to France and affair and butt the ability of the country. Fabricated no sense.
I am abiding the book charge be excellent, but addition abortion of giving the Father's of our Country some altruism and dimensions. Apprehend Gore Vidal's Burr and watch the characters appear animate off the page.
Poor John Adams, he got old and no anatomy cared about him, too bad, so sad,
so affected and so untrue.
I'm abiding ambassador Hanks and whoever the administrator was aloof didn't accept any audacity to appearance who these bodies were. The best allotment was the costumes.
jon
the assignment of amalgamation drags heavily on...
As an Englishman acquisitive to apprentice article added about the actual ties amid the U.S. and U.K. I begin John Adams the miniseries to be a reasonable effort, but not afterwards its flaws. I don't attention the time spent with it to be wasted, but I am, however, absurd to anytime revisit this miniseries as the administration swings from odd, to intriguing, to absolutely amateur with the abundance of a pendulum. Try adamantine as I may, weeks afterwards I aboriginal saw it, I still cannot explain the argumentation abaft staging a chat amid John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the accountable of the French revolution, and filming it in such a way as to absolutely abstruse their faces from view, so that alone their words can admit any meaning. If there's any accurateness to the altercation that 90% of all advice is non-verbal, the administrator of this arena did his actors, his audience, and the actual bequest of the American anarchy itself a abundant disservice by alleviative this activity as annihilation added than a area for his bearded experimentation. Added reviewers accept fabricated acknowledgment of it, and accurately so. The administration of this alternation is annihilation abbreviate of appalling. It is bedeviled by amaranthine use of odd angles, including absolute scenes beheld either upside bottomward or from a bird's eye appearance (once afresh adverse the actors' best efforts), and all of it for no credible purpose.
Other drawbacks accommodate the sometimes acrid and abhorrent agreeable of the adventure itself. A British tax beneficiary actuality tarred and feathered and a somewhat prolonged, admitting by no agency explicit, arena in which Nabby Adams undergoes a mastectomy due to cancer. These are not failings on the allotment of anyone complex with the production, aloof a artistic best I would conceivably accept fabricated differently. I do not accept that uncompromising absoluteness is consistently a acceptable thing, abnormally area affecting retellings of history are concerned. This alternation could accept done a bigger job of acclimation its obligations to actual accurateness with the charge to actualize a broadly attainable and acceptable examination experience. But I do accept that I'm apparently aloof a little too squeamish.
Also on the affair of accessibility, I did acquisition myself generally cerebration that, added than John and Abigail's gradually greying hair, some apparatus could accept been active to emphasise the accelerated access of time, as some episodes comprise contest addition over a decade or more. Brief captions to announce an advanced in years would accept sufficed, yet were for some acumen absent. This presumes a amount of acumen about this era on the allotment of the viewer. So if you intend to apprentice about the American anarchy from this series, you may appetite to familiarise yourself with the basics, abnormally the timeline, beforehand.
On the absolute side, the acting is abundantly excellent, abnormally the portrayals of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Nabby Adams. There are, however, some poor performances in the beforehand episodes during the agitation for and adjoin ability from Abundant Britain at the Continental Congress. I'm not accustomed with all the names, but the aureate chat sticks in my apperception for the affliction of reasons. I've no agnosticism these arguments were animated in absolute life, but they didn't appear beyond able-bodied here. Ultimately though, that's a accessory criticism. A above point to the acclaim of this series, however, is the soundtrack, which may be aces of a standalone purchase.
Overall, it isn't bad, but I can't aboveboard acclaim it. Too abounding things aren't up to the accepted that could analytic be expected, and the administration absolutely is a analgesic draft to this contrarily able series. I've alone apparent commensurable amateurishness abaft the camera from Alex Graves on division 7 of The West Wing.
A final chat to its acclaim is that it has aggressive me to apprehend a admirable book blue-blooded "The Adams-Jefferson Letters, the complete correspondence", so I accept this alternation charge accept fabricated some affectionate of abiding consequence on me. Ultimately it is absorbing and sometimes absolutely moving, and if you are able to advanced some added of your time and money afterwards the credits roll, it will abide to action apprenticeship on a arresting aeon of history, for both America and Abundant Britain, to avant-garde citizens of each. I achievement you'll booty the time because, admitting all drawbacks, I'm animated I did.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Apple MacBook MA254LL/A 13.3" Laptop
Apple MacBook MA254LL/A 13.3" Laptop (1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive)- White
Apple Computer
List price: $1,049.99
Details
Features
1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2 MB shared L2 Cache
512 MB (two SO-DIMM) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300); 60 GB 5400 rpm Serial ATA hard drive; slot-load Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
One FireWire 400, two USB 2.0 ports, Mini-DVI port with support for DVI, VGA, S-video, and composite video output (requires adapters, sold separately)
Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit); built-in 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme (802.11g); built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy TFT widescreen display, 1280 x 800 resolution
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Apple MacBook - The Apple MacBook features the latest in mobile computing technology. At it's heart is an Intel Core Duo processor. A processor with 2 separate cores. In English, that means it's like having 2 processors in one. The MacBook also features a glossy 13.3" widescreen display. It's 79% brighter and has 30% more viewing space than the previous iBook model! You also get a suite of Apple created software titles like Front Row for navigating your computer via the included Apple Remote, and iLife '06, which handles...well, your life. Everything from music, photos, video, calendars, blogs, podcasts, and more. These are some amazing features, but the MacBook has a lot more to offer.... 60GB 5400RPM SATA HDD Slot-Loading DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive Write Speeds - up to 24x CD-R & 16x CD-RW Read Speeds - up to 8x DVD-ROM & 24x CD-ROM Intel GMA 950 Graphics Processor with 64MB of shared memory (memory is taken from the main system's RAM) Built-in iSight Camera 13.3 Glossy Widescreen Display 1280x800 Native Resolution Ports - 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 FireWire 400, 2 USB 2.0, Mini-DVI (support for DVI, VGA, S-Video & Composite Video Out via optional adapters), Combined Optical Digital Audio Input/Audio Line Input, Combined Optical Digital Audio Output/Headphone Out Built-in Stereo Speakers Built-in 54Mbps AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi (802.11g) Support Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) Module Color - White Unit Dimensions - 1.08 (h) x 12.78 (w) x 8.92 (d) Unit Weight - 5.2 lbs.
Customer Reviews
Great Computer
Great Computer. I have had it for about 2 years now and I use it every day for 10 to 12 hours a day and it has been trouble free. Reliable and easy to use.
Thoughts from perspective of professional software developer
I've used Dell business-class (Lattitude) notebooks since the 90's, and bought one of these for my wife as a replacement for her iMac. Since I was going to move over her applications and reload a fresh copy of the O/S anyway, I took the opportunity to see whether or not this was good enough for a multi-O/S development platform.
First, my company writes storage diagnostic software and we support 32 & 64 bit versions of just about every O/S there. We can't use emulated operating systems or peripherals since the software talks directly to hardware. That is why I have to actually install and boot multiple operating systems rather than use an emulation product or even VMWare.
I had no problems getting this to quadruple-boot Vista64; Fedora LINUX; Windows 2008 and OS X. Didn't get a chance to try Solaris or BSD, but it probably would have worked fine.
I didn't run into any software compatibility problems other than some printer-driver limitations. (So make sure your favorite printer has drivers).
If you're a windows-only person (I pity you, BTW), then this makes a very nice Windows PC, and I suggest making this a dual-boot machine, but just add a 3rd partition that can be used by both operating systems, so you can use that to save programs, data, whatever that can be used by whatever operating system you want to use at the time.
No reason to repeat other things people have said about general features of this notebook. Let me say that MY next notebook will be a macbook.
There were no compatibility problems that I previously expected to run into. This is a Mac that can run any and all 32 & 64-bit Intel-compatible operating systems.
Note - Buy with the minimum RAM, and get the remainder from a vendor that specializes in memory and make sure that it is tested & certified for this notebook. You'll come out ahead by buying a pair of the 3rd-party memory sticks and throwing the apple one away rather than upgrading the Apple memory.
Nice but not so good
la pantalla es demasiado chica. La bateria de calienta demasiado. A veces la uso sobre las piernas y realmente quema!!!
mostly awesome
I love my MacBook. The screen is beautiful. When used with power-saving mode, the battery can last 3+ four hours!
Really, nearly everything about this laptop is great. I would recommend this computer to ANYONE (from programmers like myself to someone with little computer experience).
As an aside, when we purchased our first computer running OS X, I was very busy with work and did not have time to teach our, then, Kindergarten-aged daughter how to get around on the computer. After a couple days, she pretty much figured it out for herself. This is a testimony for OS X's ease of use!
This Should Be Three and A Half Stars (Updated)
First, don't hate me because I am a dyed-in-the-wool PC user. I've been using Microsoft and Windows for over 10 years.
The new MAC commercials really got to me though and it really made sense to know a dual system. Besides, no virus worries/ nothing but plug it in and turn it on. Hey. Even an old dog like me could learn that trick. Right?
So I went to the MAC store in SoHo NYC. The sales people were basically young and couldn't care less. I got the MacBook, a service plan and went on my merry way home. I mean, the electric bill was paid so certainly there were no problems waiting for me. Right?
I unpacked it and plugged it in. Love the magnetic thing. The screen was bright and crystal clear. It set up but it seemed a bit slow and sluggish but hey . . . It would be a walk in the park.
First thing, it needed AIRPORT to find my Linksys. It picked it up and wanted the password. I entered it and it kept rejecting it. Call Number One. Finally somebody said, "Try putting the '$' in front of the password." OK. It worked. PC's still take just the number but that is a small quibble.
Then I went to the mail program. It was there I discovered you have to pay one hundred dollars for a mac mail account. This made little sense but I decided to be a sport. Again, the system rejected my password. I then made Call Number Two. I was told to e-mail my problem to . . . Wait a second. If I could use e-mail why would I be calling? OK. So I went to the PC, e-mailed as I found out that the telephone support for MAC does not include the e-mail program and got an answer. Ironic? Well. These things happen.
Then I installed Microsoft Office, the MAC version. Again it was slow and clunky and it paused to update. OK. It finally loaded, updated, etc. As a person who had corrective eye surgery for retina detachment, I have always relied on a program filling the entire screen. I was shocked, to put it politely, to discover the small postage-stamp sized writing space. I am the author of two books (available from Amazon) that I wrote on a PC hooked up to a 15" monitor. No matter what I did or how I tried, I could not increase the size of the document. This led to Call Number Three and all they could recommend was change the screen resolution which made the screen look cartoonish but not really that much larger.
Then I tried to hook up a card reader and put in my SD card with jpeg files on it. It found the card reader, the card, the folder, the files but refused to show me the pictures. Call Number Four. Mac had no suggestions other than hook the camera directly to the PC.
Before I get a thousand "DISAGREES" with this review, let me say that I am not knocking the product. It is well built, light weight and works. However, it shouldn't be touted in ads as the do-all-end-all. I am determined to work this system (and there are a lot of key stroke moves similar so the transition is not that difficult) but I was seriously disappointed by the fact that it was nowhere near perfect. And the on-line support that I paid for was hardly worth the price.
For my money, I still find the "right mouse click" a time-saver (how on earth do you right click on a picture you see on the web and save it as a jpeg? Open multiple versions of the Web? Use on-line research with WORD? I know it has to be there but it doesn't mean it comes easy.
So, if you love your MAC, swell. But from now on I don't think there should a PC vs. MAC war going on because both of them have a few faults.
UPDATE:
It isn't easy (think trial by error) but slowly a lot of things are falling into place. By searching the web, I discovered that the right mouse key for PC's equals CONTROL plus hold the button down for a MAC. It makes life a lot easier. But I still am having a devil of a time with the small screen for the web/ word processing/ etc. applications.
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List price: $1,049.99
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1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2 MB shared L2 Cache
512 MB (two SO-DIMM) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300); 60 GB 5400 rpm Serial ATA hard drive; slot-load Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
One FireWire 400, two USB 2.0 ports, Mini-DVI port with support for DVI, VGA, S-video, and composite video output (requires adapters, sold separately)
Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit); built-in 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme (802.11g); built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy TFT widescreen display, 1280 x 800 resolution
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Customer Reviews
Great Computer
Great Computer. I have had it for about 2 years now and I use it every day for 10 to 12 hours a day and it has been trouble free. Reliable and easy to use.
Thoughts from perspective of professional software developer
I've used Dell business-class (Lattitude) notebooks since the 90's, and bought one of these for my wife as a replacement for her iMac. Since I was going to move over her applications and reload a fresh copy of the O/S anyway, I took the opportunity to see whether or not this was good enough for a multi-O/S development platform.
First, my company writes storage diagnostic software and we support 32 & 64 bit versions of just about every O/S there. We can't use emulated operating systems or peripherals since the software talks directly to hardware. That is why I have to actually install and boot multiple operating systems rather than use an emulation product or even VMWare.
I had no problems getting this to quadruple-boot Vista64; Fedora LINUX; Windows 2008 and OS X. Didn't get a chance to try Solaris or BSD, but it probably would have worked fine.
I didn't run into any software compatibility problems other than some printer-driver limitations. (So make sure your favorite printer has drivers).
If you're a windows-only person (I pity you, BTW), then this makes a very nice Windows PC, and I suggest making this a dual-boot machine, but just add a 3rd partition that can be used by both operating systems, so you can use that to save programs, data, whatever that can be used by whatever operating system you want to use at the time.
No reason to repeat other things people have said about general features of this notebook. Let me say that MY next notebook will be a macbook.
There were no compatibility problems that I previously expected to run into. This is a Mac that can run any and all 32 & 64-bit Intel-compatible operating systems.
Note - Buy with the minimum RAM, and get the remainder from a vendor that specializes in memory and make sure that it is tested & certified for this notebook. You'll come out ahead by buying a pair of the 3rd-party memory sticks and throwing the apple one away rather than upgrading the Apple memory.
Nice but not so good
la pantalla es demasiado chica. La bateria de calienta demasiado. A veces la uso sobre las piernas y realmente quema!!!
mostly awesome
I love my MacBook. The screen is beautiful. When used with power-saving mode, the battery can last 3+ four hours!
Really, nearly everything about this laptop is great. I would recommend this computer to ANYONE (from programmers like myself to someone with little computer experience).
As an aside, when we purchased our first computer running OS X, I was very busy with work and did not have time to teach our, then, Kindergarten-aged daughter how to get around on the computer. After a couple days, she pretty much figured it out for herself. This is a testimony for OS X's ease of use!
This Should Be Three and A Half Stars (Updated)
First, don't hate me because I am a dyed-in-the-wool PC user. I've been using Microsoft and Windows for over 10 years.
The new MAC commercials really got to me though and it really made sense to know a dual system. Besides, no virus worries/ nothing but plug it in and turn it on. Hey. Even an old dog like me could learn that trick. Right?
So I went to the MAC store in SoHo NYC. The sales people were basically young and couldn't care less. I got the MacBook, a service plan and went on my merry way home. I mean, the electric bill was paid so certainly there were no problems waiting for me. Right?
I unpacked it and plugged it in. Love the magnetic thing. The screen was bright and crystal clear. It set up but it seemed a bit slow and sluggish but hey . . . It would be a walk in the park.
First thing, it needed AIRPORT to find my Linksys. It picked it up and wanted the password. I entered it and it kept rejecting it. Call Number One. Finally somebody said, "Try putting the '$' in front of the password." OK. It worked. PC's still take just the number but that is a small quibble.
Then I went to the mail program. It was there I discovered you have to pay one hundred dollars for a mac mail account. This made little sense but I decided to be a sport. Again, the system rejected my password. I then made Call Number Two. I was told to e-mail my problem to . . . Wait a second. If I could use e-mail why would I be calling? OK. So I went to the PC, e-mailed as I found out that the telephone support for MAC does not include the e-mail program and got an answer. Ironic? Well. These things happen.
Then I installed Microsoft Office, the MAC version. Again it was slow and clunky and it paused to update. OK. It finally loaded, updated, etc. As a person who had corrective eye surgery for retina detachment, I have always relied on a program filling the entire screen. I was shocked, to put it politely, to discover the small postage-stamp sized writing space. I am the author of two books (available from Amazon) that I wrote on a PC hooked up to a 15" monitor. No matter what I did or how I tried, I could not increase the size of the document. This led to Call Number Three and all they could recommend was change the screen resolution which made the screen look cartoonish but not really that much larger.
Then I tried to hook up a card reader and put in my SD card with jpeg files on it. It found the card reader, the card, the folder, the files but refused to show me the pictures. Call Number Four. Mac had no suggestions other than hook the camera directly to the PC.
Before I get a thousand "DISAGREES" with this review, let me say that I am not knocking the product. It is well built, light weight and works. However, it shouldn't be touted in ads as the do-all-end-all. I am determined to work this system (and there are a lot of key stroke moves similar so the transition is not that difficult) but I was seriously disappointed by the fact that it was nowhere near perfect. And the on-line support that I paid for was hardly worth the price.
For my money, I still find the "right mouse click" a time-saver (how on earth do you right click on a picture you see on the web and save it as a jpeg? Open multiple versions of the Web? Use on-line research with WORD? I know it has to be there but it doesn't mean it comes easy.
So, if you love your MAC, swell. But from now on I don't think there should a PC vs. MAC war going on because both of them have a few faults.
UPDATE:
It isn't easy (think trial by error) but slowly a lot of things are falling into place. By searching the web, I discovered that the right mouse key for PC's equals CONTROL plus hold the button down for a MAC. It makes life a lot easier. But I still am having a devil of a time with the small screen for the web/ word processing/ etc. applications.
Monday, May 5, 2008
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Sunday, May 4, 2008
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
Fundamentals of aikido
Aikido is martial arts that resulted from the combination of several disciplines. It was created by Ueshiba sometime in the 1940s. It was the result of Ueshibaís search for a technique that provided him with contentment not only in the technical sense but also in the spiritual end.
Aikido comes from the three Japanese words, ai-ki-do, which means joining, spirit, and way respectively. In essence, aikido is a martial arts form that focuses on the joining of the spirit and the body and the mind to find the Way.
Aikido has many techniques and moves. Its basic structure comes from the throws and locks found in jujitsu and also from the movements that experts do when they are fighting with swords and spears.
Fundamental Techniques of aikido
Letís look at the different fundamental movements of this martial arts.
Ikkyo
This is the first technique in aikido, where control is achieved by the use of the hand on the elbow and one near the wrist. This is the grip that is also that can apply pressure into the ulnar, which can be found in the medial portion of the arm.
Nikyo
This is the second of the techniques, which is characterized by an adductive wristlock that twists the arm and then applies pressure in the nerve that can be really painful.
Sankyo
This is the third technique that incorporates a pronating move. It directs an upward tension all through the arm, the elbow and the shoulder.
Yonkyo
The fourth installment in the fundamental movements of aikido, yonkyo uses a shoulder control movement similar to a ikkyo but this time there is no gripping of the forearm. Instead, the knuckles apply pressure on the radial nerve
Gokyo
The fifth technique is actually a variant of ikkyo. This time the hand gripping the wrist is inverted and twisted.
Aikido protective moves
Here are some of the moves that you can use in order to disarm your opponent.
Kotogaeshi ñ this is what is called in the English as the wrist return. In this move, the practitioner will place a wristlock and throw that will stretch up to the extensor digitorum
Iriminage ñ called the entering-body throw, here the practitioner or the nage will move into the space where the uke or the opponent is. This classic move resembles the clothesline technique.
Kokyunage ñ this is the breath throw, a term that refers to the various types of ìtiming throws.î
Koshinage ñ this move is aikidoís version of the hip throw where in the person will drop his hips a little lower than the opponent or the uke. He will then flip the opponent with a resultant fulcrum.
Tenchinage ñ Called the heaven and earth throw because of the levels that the hands will reach. The uke or the practitioner will grab both wrists and then moves forwardm grabbing the hand low and the other high. This unbalances the uke, which will cause him or her to topple over.
Shihonage- this is the four-direction throw, wherein the hand is folded back past the shoulders and then afterwards locking the joints in the shoulder
Kaitennage- called the rotation throw, in kaitennage, the practitioner or the nage will move the arm backwards until the shoulder joints are locked. He will then use this position to add pressure.
Jujinage- this is the throw that is characterized by a throw that locks the arms together. This is called shape like a 10 throw because of its cross-shape, which looks like 10 in kanji.
Aikido comes from the three Japanese words, ai-ki-do, which means joining, spirit, and way respectively. In essence, aikido is a martial arts form that focuses on the joining of the spirit and the body and the mind to find the Way.
Aikido has many techniques and moves. Its basic structure comes from the throws and locks found in jujitsu and also from the movements that experts do when they are fighting with swords and spears.
Fundamental Techniques of aikido
Letís look at the different fundamental movements of this martial arts.
Ikkyo
This is the first technique in aikido, where control is achieved by the use of the hand on the elbow and one near the wrist. This is the grip that is also that can apply pressure into the ulnar, which can be found in the medial portion of the arm.
Nikyo
This is the second of the techniques, which is characterized by an adductive wristlock that twists the arm and then applies pressure in the nerve that can be really painful.
Sankyo
This is the third technique that incorporates a pronating move. It directs an upward tension all through the arm, the elbow and the shoulder.
Yonkyo
The fourth installment in the fundamental movements of aikido, yonkyo uses a shoulder control movement similar to a ikkyo but this time there is no gripping of the forearm. Instead, the knuckles apply pressure on the radial nerve
Gokyo
The fifth technique is actually a variant of ikkyo. This time the hand gripping the wrist is inverted and twisted.
Aikido protective moves
Here are some of the moves that you can use in order to disarm your opponent.
Kotogaeshi ñ this is what is called in the English as the wrist return. In this move, the practitioner will place a wristlock and throw that will stretch up to the extensor digitorum
Iriminage ñ called the entering-body throw, here the practitioner or the nage will move into the space where the uke or the opponent is. This classic move resembles the clothesline technique.
Kokyunage ñ this is the breath throw, a term that refers to the various types of ìtiming throws.î
Koshinage ñ this move is aikidoís version of the hip throw where in the person will drop his hips a little lower than the opponent or the uke. He will then flip the opponent with a resultant fulcrum.
Tenchinage ñ Called the heaven and earth throw because of the levels that the hands will reach. The uke or the practitioner will grab both wrists and then moves forwardm grabbing the hand low and the other high. This unbalances the uke, which will cause him or her to topple over.
Shihonage- this is the four-direction throw, wherein the hand is folded back past the shoulders and then afterwards locking the joints in the shoulder
Kaitennage- called the rotation throw, in kaitennage, the practitioner or the nage will move the arm backwards until the shoulder joints are locked. He will then use this position to add pressure.
Jujinage- this is the throw that is characterized by a throw that locks the arms together. This is called shape like a 10 throw because of its cross-shape, which looks like 10 in kanji.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Teaching, training, and exercising Aikido
Since the development of Aikido from the hands of its founder Morihei Ueshiba, it has gone through drastic changes. From the technique, practice, purpose, teaching, and training, Aikido is being interpreted in so many ways. Despite these glaring changes, the basic principle of Aikido still remains: a martial art that aims to achieve peace and harmony without instigating attack and force.
BEFORE YOU PRACTICE
If you are into aikido and already been enrolled in one of the classes, you must familiarize yourself with everything that you need to know about the martial art. You must realize that the practice of aikido starts once you have entered the "dojo" or the place where demonstrations, teachings, and training take place.
The aikido trainees are instructed and expected to exercise and observe proper etiquette at all times. Here are some guidelines for those you have just started exercising or training for aikido:
1. Attendance is important and a must. Indeed, the only way for you to improve in aikido is by attending regular classes and continuous training. Although attendance is not mandatory in most dojos, you better keep in mind that for you to learn and master aikido, you must be there when you have training so you wouldnít miss any of the aikido teachings and trainings.
Most aikido practitioners suggest that for a student to advance in aikido, he or she should practice at least twice a week. Aside from not missing out something, attending aikido classes regularly can also help you cultivate self-discipline.
2. Make your training your own responsibility. Just like in any martial art training, Aikido requires attention and dedication from you. And since you are the one who is interested in learning the martial, you should also be the one in-charge of your own exercise and training. Once you have decided to practice Aikido, it is given that you should be the one who is responsible for your proficiency and improvement.
Although instructors and senior students will be there to guide you, they wouldnít be the one responsible for your improvement. So if you really want to improve in this martial art, make sure that you observe effectively before asking for any help and that you try to learn the techniques on your own first before you partake in any demonstration.
3. Bear in mind that Aikido training includes more than one technique. Aside from the physical demonstrations, training in aikido includes observation and modification of both physical and psychological patterns of the students' thought and behavior. Since there are so many techniques to learn, an aikido student should be ready to react to circumstances so he or she can cultivate awareness.
4. Memorize the basic teachings and principles of the martial art. Aikido is known as one of the non-aggressive means of self-defense. That is why most aikido trainings involve cooperative activities.
In order to learn and excel in the martial art, you must be cooperative enough with your partner so you will both reap the benefits of aikido. Make sure that you're careful when training and practicing aikido because some of the techniques can kill or damage when not practice judiciously.
5. Be prepared for anything and everything. Exercising, teaching, and training in Aikido is not simple. Because of the dynamic nature of the martial art, it can be very frustrating if you havenít prepared yourself mentally, emotionally, and physically. Part of the training is learning to cope with frustrations that come along the training.
The best solution whenever frustration sets in is that the practitioner should observe what is or are the possible causes of this frustration and how can they overcome these challenges. They should avoid comparing themselves with others and continue improving their techniques.
BEFORE YOU PRACTICE
If you are into aikido and already been enrolled in one of the classes, you must familiarize yourself with everything that you need to know about the martial art. You must realize that the practice of aikido starts once you have entered the "dojo" or the place where demonstrations, teachings, and training take place.
The aikido trainees are instructed and expected to exercise and observe proper etiquette at all times. Here are some guidelines for those you have just started exercising or training for aikido:
1. Attendance is important and a must. Indeed, the only way for you to improve in aikido is by attending regular classes and continuous training. Although attendance is not mandatory in most dojos, you better keep in mind that for you to learn and master aikido, you must be there when you have training so you wouldnít miss any of the aikido teachings and trainings.
Most aikido practitioners suggest that for a student to advance in aikido, he or she should practice at least twice a week. Aside from not missing out something, attending aikido classes regularly can also help you cultivate self-discipline.
2. Make your training your own responsibility. Just like in any martial art training, Aikido requires attention and dedication from you. And since you are the one who is interested in learning the martial, you should also be the one in-charge of your own exercise and training. Once you have decided to practice Aikido, it is given that you should be the one who is responsible for your proficiency and improvement.
Although instructors and senior students will be there to guide you, they wouldnít be the one responsible for your improvement. So if you really want to improve in this martial art, make sure that you observe effectively before asking for any help and that you try to learn the techniques on your own first before you partake in any demonstration.
3. Bear in mind that Aikido training includes more than one technique. Aside from the physical demonstrations, training in aikido includes observation and modification of both physical and psychological patterns of the students' thought and behavior. Since there are so many techniques to learn, an aikido student should be ready to react to circumstances so he or she can cultivate awareness.
4. Memorize the basic teachings and principles of the martial art. Aikido is known as one of the non-aggressive means of self-defense. That is why most aikido trainings involve cooperative activities.
In order to learn and excel in the martial art, you must be cooperative enough with your partner so you will both reap the benefits of aikido. Make sure that you're careful when training and practicing aikido because some of the techniques can kill or damage when not practice judiciously.
5. Be prepared for anything and everything. Exercising, teaching, and training in Aikido is not simple. Because of the dynamic nature of the martial art, it can be very frustrating if you havenít prepared yourself mentally, emotionally, and physically. Part of the training is learning to cope with frustrations that come along the training.
The best solution whenever frustration sets in is that the practitioner should observe what is or are the possible causes of this frustration and how can they overcome these challenges. They should avoid comparing themselves with others and continue improving their techniques.
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