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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
5 Types of People You Do Not Want to Meet in a Bookstore
16 comments:
- Skron said...
I'm guilty as a statue. I often read the first chapters and get lost.
- January 17, 2012 at 4:54 AM
- eon said...
i like bookstores that are quiet, without much human traffic, with maybe faint classical music massaging the ears. i like bookstores with plush carpeting, and books out of their wrappers, and salespeople who know their books. i like bookstores where people actually read, sitting in corners, trying to be inconspicious as possible. i don't like being around know-it-alls or gossipy people, those whose noisy conversations a sacrilege to the bookstore.
- January 17, 2012 at 6:41 AM
- Boris said...
Wow! Number 3 is a true story? At least man lang iniexplain ng maigi nung manager.
Non-putbackers. Ganyan din ako sa ibang tao rito sa library. Kawawa tuloy yung mga staff.
- January 17, 2012 at 9:01 AM
- quin said...
pag walang wala na akong magawa sa mall the least na mapuntahan ko eh ang bookstore hehehe bihira lang talaga akong nakakakita ng lalaki na nagbabasa sa mga bookstore bakit kaya ganon?
- January 17, 2012 at 10:02 AM
- -mark- said...
tahimik lang ako sa bookstore.bow.hehe true lahat. buti nalang di mo sinama yung nagbubuukas ng nakapack pa na book,wahaha maguguilty ako,gawain ko sa powerbooks yun para mabasa ang simula.wahaha
- January 17, 2012 at 10:19 AM
- Leomer Apolonio said...
People who are texting in front of a section, acting like a statue. I think they enjoy bookstores as an EB place. I'm guilty of that though, coz I met Nimmy in National Bookstore. Haha.
- January 17, 2012 at 10:54 AM
- khantotantra said...
nakakainis yung mga ayaw umusog kahit alam nilang nakahambalang sila. hahaha
- January 17, 2012 at 12:19 PM
- T.R.Aurelius said...
ako, everything you've mentioned except for kids, di pa naman ako nakakaencounter ng bata sa bookstore, hehe pero among all four, I hate non-put backers,
parang walang pake sa libro eh,
ako pa naman etong OC, ayokong nasisira yung gilid ng book lalo kapag walang cover haha
- January 17, 2012 at 1:14 PM
- factisnotruth said...
I am a "Children".
- January 17, 2012 at 2:12 PM
- cherie ann said...
^^ haha i love the first one scenario and the last one...
sus ginoo mao ra diay to?kadugay ba nibalik... oh yeah...is the man speaks bisaya?
if i were on the last scenario,either i talk to the mother or just walk out...well,that cant be help to people like me...but surely i;ll do the first one...hehehe knowing US people,really have attitudes sometimes,but im not a non-considerable person like that...^^ hehe sana di na siya bumalik para makonsensiya naman siya a bit...^^
by the way thank you for dropping some comments...thank you!
- January 18, 2012 at 3:25 PM
- Ile Odarod said...
may idadagdag ako. nakakainis din ung mga tao minsan na nagtatago ng libro.
Ung tipong kapag isang copy nlng naiwan, and they still dont have the money for it or something, tinatago nila para isipin ng iba out of stock na.
guilty rin ako nito. hehhe
- January 18, 2012 at 4:15 PM
- gord said...
galing lang ako sa National kahapon, na-encounter ko si 1 and 4. Sama mo pa yung pinupunit yung page sa book 'pag may gusto sila.
guilty din ako sa 1. haha.
- January 19, 2012 at 5:34 PM
- Robbie said...
Yung sa #1, maybe your should try asking them to move a little? Hehehe.
Yung mga bata dapat talaga pinapatay eh. Wahaha. Joke. Slight.
- January 24, 2012 at 12:08 AM
- tndcallphilippines said...
i cant think of any other... i think you've covered all bases...:D
- January 27, 2012 at 9:42 AM
- flutterhappy said...
Number four is trivial but I find it also a bit annoying. ;)
- February 7, 2012 at 9:15 PM
- Suyen said...
I like that I have experienced all of them. It means I've been in bookstores a lot and long enough.
- February 8, 2012 at 6:55 PM


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If you're familiar with the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "State Fair," then chances are you just read the opening quote as the bouncy tune it was set to for the 1945 movie starring Jeanne Craine and Dana Andrews. It's the theme song that opens the movie, and it's become a household tradition for us when we're heading out for the New York State Fair.
As everyone is busy packing up their things for the day trip to Syracuse, the DVD plays in the background, and it's pretty tough not to get caught up in the characters' preparations for the fair.
Once we're on the road, we belt out a few a capella rounds of "Our state fair is a great state fair," share an obligatory chuckle over "the best state fair in our state," and the mood is set.
Throw in an iced-coffee stop on the way, add some reminiscences about fairs from years past, and it's already a good day, long before we even get to the fairgrounds.
The book that the musical "State Fair" is based on was written by Phil Stong in 1932. It takes place at the Iowa State Fair, a fair of national repute, well-known in large part thanks to Stong's best-selling novel and its successful string of spawns: a 1933 movie with Will Rogers, the 1945 movie musical, a 1962 remake featuring Pat Boone and Ann-Margret, a 1969 stage version starring Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, and the 1996 Broadway production, which actually (and appropriately) premiered on an Iowa State Fair stage on Aug. 12, 1995.
Pretty good PR for a state fair that began in 1854 with a budget of $323. I dare say it costs a bit more than that today for Iowa to draw its more than 1 million annual fairgoers. If New York state fairgoers want their own bragging rights, they needn't look far. Our state fair enjoys an even larger attendance and it is 13 years older than Iowa's.
In fact, ours -- drumroll, please -- is the oldest state fair in the country.
Yep, we've got a great state fair, and we're not shy about it -- the official name, after all, is "The Great New York State Fair."
You may have surmised that I'm a fair fan. Always have been. I grew up in a Connecticut town whose agricultural fair is the second-oldest in that state, and I was raised with an appreciation for what "the fair" has meant to agricultural communities throughout our history. As a lexicographer, I also have an appreciation for the history behind the word "fair."
In the sense "a periodic gathering for the sale of goods," the word was a Middle English (circa 1150—1470) term that appeared in such various forms as feire, feyre, faire, fayre, fayer, faier, and fare. It is derived from feria, the Latin for a "holy day," on which an English fair would typically be held. Today, you might occasionally see the spellings "faire" and "fayre," but only in pseudoarchaic usage -- that is, when the intention is to be quaintly old-fashioned, as in "ye olde country faire" or "a Victorian English fayre."
What is of particular interest to me is that the agricultural fair is not a particularly English tradition. In the New Oxford American Dictionary, this is the sense defined as "a competitive exhibition of livestock, agricultural products, and household skills held annually by a town, county, or state and also featuring entertainment and educational display." In the Oxford Dictionary of English, this sense is obligingly included but is clearly labeled "North American."
It would seem that if you'd like to do something not just truly New York but very much truly American, you couldn't make a better plan than a trip to the Great New York State Fair (through Sept. 5).
"Our state fair is a great state fair! Don't miss it, don't even be late. It's dollars to doughnuts that our state fair is the best state fair in our state!"
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The student majoring in Psychology is exposed to the diversity of the discipline through the required core courses and the selection of appropriate electives.
Eight courses in Psychology, worth three or more credits, fulfilling the following requirements:
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Senior Requirement, chosen from:
Additional Psychology Courses: one, two, or three courses should be taken to bring the total number of Psychology courses to eight.
Three courses outside of Psychology in related disciplines:
The eight required courses in Psychology must be worth three or more credits each. Accordingly, the following recitations and lab courses are worth fewer than three credits: BC1010, 1102, 1106, 1109, 1114, 1118, 1124, 1128, and 1137. Also, six of the eight courses must be taken at Barnard College.
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The program in Psychology at Barnard emphasizes research, and PSYC BC1001 Introduction to Psychology is designed to prepare the student for this orientation in middle and upper level courses. Approval for an introductory course taken at another school can be granted by the Department Representative when appropriate. A student who receives a score of a 4 or a 5 on the Advanced Placement examination in Psychology or a score of a 5 or a 6 on the International Baccalaureate exam in Psychology receives college credit and is not required to take PSYC BC1001. She must, however, take on additional psychology course in order to make up the total of eight courses for the major.
This course is required for the major. The techniques of statistics are applied in laboratory courses, and are among the fundamentals of graduate training in all areas of psychology. Statistics is comprised of a lecture PSYC BC1101 and a recitation section PSYC BC1102, and is offered every semester. Majors are encouraged to take this course by the end of the sophomore year. Economics minors and double-majors can satisfy the requirement with ECON BC2411. Those who take BC2411 cannot also receive credit for PSYC BC1101. They will also need an extra psychology course to achieve the eight total psychology courses required for the major (or the five courses required for the minor). Students should consult with the Department Representative before enrolling in any other statistics course, as it may not be accepted towards the major or minor.
Senior Requirement
Included among the eight courses required for the major is a Senior Requirement taken in the senior year. Students must fulfill the Senior Requirement by completing one of the following options:
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Courses Outside Psychology
The three required courses in related disciplines should include: one course from the cognate disciplines (anthropology, computer science, economics, linguistics, philosophy, or sociology); and two courses in a science, both semesters accompanied by a 3-hour laboratory section (astronomy, biology, chemistry, environmental science, geology, or physics). A student may use AP credit towards the outside science requirement if the corresponding department (i.e. biology) and the College accept it as fulfilling the college science requirement.
Laboratory Courses
Psychology majors are required to take two laboratory courses in Psychology and two semesters of laboratory in other sciences. Students are strongly advised to take only one laboratory course per semester.
General Education and Major Requirement: Together with BC1001 Introductory to Psychology lecture (3 credits), BC1010 (1.5 credits) fulfills one semester of a laboratory science in the Department of Psychology. This course plus any other lab course in Psychology will satisfy the two-semester lab requirement. (Majors still will need to take three lecture courses, one from each of Groups A, B, and C, and at least one with its lab.)
Also, students should check their calendar of commitments and review the lab attendance policy before signing up for a lab. Each laboratory follows the same policy about attendance:
The minor consists of five courses in Psychology (at least three credits each), including PSYC BC1001 Introduction to Psychology, BC1101 & 1102 Statistics, and one course chosen from the groups (A, B, and C) listed for the major, taken with its accompanying laboratory course (BC1106, BC1109, BC114, BC1118, BC1124, BC1128, or BC1137). Please note that combining BC1001 and BC1010 Introductory Laboratory to Experimental Psychology does not count toward fulfilling the Psych minor lab requirement.
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A story of two provocative, legendary women, two millennia apart.
Egypt is a powder keg ripe for revolution and sparked by a religious discovery so shocking that all religious and political forces converge to prevent its revelation
An anthropologist, an earthquake and a codex lead to a complex story of suspense. Dr. Justine Jenner, the daughter of an Egyptian beauty and American archeologist, returns to Egypt to assume a position with the UNESCO Community Schools for Girls, but is soon sidetracked by discovery, violence, kidnapping, burning churches, and murder.
Trapped in an ancient crypt—a former cave and home of the Holy Family—during a violent earthquake, Justine discovers a codex that is determined to be the diary of the Virgin Mary. Transcribed diary entries throughout the novel reveal Mary's sexual life with Joseph, Jesus' twin sister, the influence of a young Indian Buddhist on the future practice of Jesus, Jewish life in ancient Egypt, and the real reason the family left Palestine. These revelations are so provocative and dangerous that they set off a series of actions, primarily by the Muslim Brotherhood, to keep the mysteries from coming to light.
Justine falls in love with two Egyptian men, one who betrays her. As a strong feminist, she yearns for freedom, sexual awakening, and an Egyptian identity, yet is discredited and expelled from the country she loves.
Women's Ways of Leading
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Women's Ways of Leading is Women's Ways of Leading invites the reader into a journey of self-discovery informed by a fresh definition of leadership that transcends position, role and hierarchy and proposes leadership as reciprocal learning in purposeful communities. Lambert and Gardner argue convincingly that this century needs women leaders who commit to values, are conscious of their evolving selves, invoke passion and courage, arouse the imagination, create community and mentor the next generation. Based on the findings of a series of studies examining women leaders across multiple fields of endeavors, the latest findings in brain research and psychology, and case studies from the lives of some of the world's most remarkable women leaders, Women's Ways of Leading sets forth provocative possibilities for a world led equally by enlightened women and men.
Lambert and Gardner replicated their studies into women's leadership in the United States, Canada and Malaysia with women representing careers in education, business, science, arts, government, health and sports. Leadership, the authors find, is constructivist in nature; that is, individuals compose or construct meaning and knowledge based on their own values and experiences. Given this understanding of learning, the question becomes: How do we lead others toward purposeful learning that will change our lives and communities for the better? Women's Ways of Leading answers this compelling question through an examination of the themes that arose from the study and an evolving framework of perspectives that change with growth and maturity. This framework is formed into an instrument featuring the four perspectives: 1) The Denied Self, 2) The Nascent Self, 3) The Emerging Self, and 4) The Integrated Self. These perspectives were drawn both from our study and from the extensive research on human development. Each theme and perspective leads naturally to a cluster of understandings and skills essential to women leaders. Employing the study's themes as criteria, the authors suggest "Women to Watch," leaders who embody the new leadership.
The authors are fully aware that these theme areas can apply to men as well, although women tend to negotiate them differently, informed by distinct values, dispositions, neurobiological wiring and histories. The world they envision asks that enlightened men join forces with the new women leaders to create a desired destiny, the markers for which are defined in the book's Epilogue.
Click here to see a discussion guide for book clubs reading Women's Ways of Leading.
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Morihei Ueshiba
|Morihei Ueshiba
植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei
Morihei Ueshiba
December 14, 1883
Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan
|April 26, 1969
(aged 85)
Iwama, Ibaraki, Japan
Due to Liver Cancer
|Native name
|植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei
|Takeda Sōkaku
|Matsuko Ueshiba
Takemori Ueshiba (died in infancy)
Kuneharu (died in infancy)
Kisshomaru Ueshiba
|Notable students
|See below
Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei?, December 14, 1883 – April 26, 1969) was a martial artist and founder of the Japanese martial art of aikido. He is often referred to as "the founder" Kaiso (開祖?) or Ōsensei (大先生/翁先生?), "Great Teacher".
The son of a landowner from Tanabe, Ueshiba studied a number of martial arts in his youth, and served in the Japanese Army during the Russo-Japanese War. After being discharged in 1907, he moved to Hokkaidō as the head of a pioneer settlement; here he met and studied with Takeda Sokaku, the founder of Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu. On leaving Hokkaido in 1919, Ueshiba joined the Ōmoto-kyō movement in Ayabe, serving as a martial arts instructor and opening his first dojo. He accompanied the head of the Ōmoto-kyō sect, Onisaburo Deguchi, to Mongolia in 1924. The following year, he experienced a great spiritual enlightenment, stating that, "a golden spirit sprang up from the ground, veiled my body, and changed my body into a golden one." After this experience, his martial arts skill appeared greatly increased.
Ueshiba moved to Tokyo in 1926, where he set up the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. In the aftermath of the World War II the dojo was closed, but Ueshiba continued training at another dojo he had set up in Iwama. From the end of the war until the 1960s, he worked to promote aikido throughout Japan and abroad. He died from liver cancer in 1969.
Early years[edit]
Morihei Ueshiba was born in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on December 14, 1883, the fourth child (and only son) born to Yoroku Ueshiba and his wife Yuki.[1][2]:5–10
Morihei was raised in a somewhat privileged setting. His father was a rich landowner who also traded in lumber and fishing and was politically active. Ueshiba was a rather weak, sickly child and bookish in his inclinations. At a young age his father encouraged him to take up sumo wrestling and swimming and entertained him with stories of his great-grandfather Kichiemon, who was considered a very strong samurai in his era. The need for such strength was further emphasized when the young Ueshiba witnessed his father being attacked by followers of a competing politician.[3]
At the age of six Ueshiba was sent to study at the Jizōderu Temple, but had little interest in the rote learning of Confucian education. However, his schoolmaster was also a priest of Shingon Buddhism, and taught the young Ueshiba some of the esoteric chants and ritual observances of the sect, which the Ueshiba found intriguing. He went to Tanage Higher Elementary School and then to Tanabe Prefectural Middle School, but left formal education in his early teens, enrolling instead at the a private abacus academy, the Yoshida Institute, to study accountancy. On graduating from the academy, he worked at a local tax office for a few months, but the job did not suit him and in 1901 he left for Tokyo, funded by his father. Ueshiba Trading, the stationery business which he opened there was short-lived; unhappy with life in the capital, he returned to Tanabe less than a year later after suffering a bout of beri-beri. Shortly thereafter he married his childhood acquaintance Hatsu Itokawa.[4][5]
In 1903, Ueshiba was called up for military service. He failed the initial physical examination, being shorter than the regulation 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m). To overcome this, he stretched his spine by attaching heavy weights to his legs and suspending himself from tree branches; when he re-took the physical exam he had increased his height by the necessary half-inch to pass.[4] He was assigned to the Osaka Fourth Division, 37th Regiment, and was a corporal by the following year; after serving on the front lines during the Russo-Japanese War he was promoted to sergeant. He was discharged in 1907, and again returned to his father's farm in Tanabe.[5] Here he befriended the writer and philosopher Minakata Kumagusu, becoming involved with Minakata's opposition to the Meiji government's Shrine Consolidation Policy.[4] He and his wife had their first child, a daughter named Matsuko, in 1911.[6]
Ueshiba is known to have studied several martial arts during his early life, and was renowned for his physical strength during his youth.[7]. His training in Gotō-ha Yagyū-ryu under Masakatsu Nakai was sporadic due to his military service, although he was granted a diploma in the art within a few years.[4] He also trained in Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū jujutsu under Tozawa Tokusaburō for a short period in 1901 in Tokyo and judo under Kiyoichi Takagi in Tanabe in 1911.[1][5]
In 1912, Ueshiba and his wife left Tanabe and moved to Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaidō.[5] At the time, Hokkaidō was still largely unsettled by the Japanese, being occupied primarily by the indigenous Ainu. Ueshiba was the leader of the Kishū Settlement Group, a collective of eighty-five pioneers who intended to settle in the Shirataki district and live as farmers. Poor soil conditions and bad weather led to crop failures during the first three years of the project, but the group still managed to cultivate mint and farm livestock. The burgeoning timber industry provided a boost to the settlement's economy, but a fire in 1917 razed the entire village, leading to the departure of around twenty families. Ueshiba, elected to the village council that year, led the reconstruction efforts. In the summer of 1918, Hatsu gave birth to their first son, Takemori.[4][5]
In Hokkaidō, the young Ueshiba met Takeda Sokaku, the founder of Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu at the Hisada Inn in Engaru, in March 1915. Ueshiba was deeply impressed with Takeda's martial art. He requested formal instruction and began studying Takeda's style of jūjutsu in earnest, going so far as to construct a dojo at his home and inviting his new teacher to be a permanent house guest.[1][8]:22[9] Takeda's records show that Ueshiba spent a great deal of time training in Daitō-ryū between 1915 and 1937.[citation needed] He received the majority of the important scrolls awarded by Takeda at this time including the Hiden Mokuroko, the Hiden Ogi and the Goshin'yo te. Ueshiba received his kyoju dairi certificate, or teaching license, for the system from Takeda in 1922, when Takeda visited him in Ayabe.[8]:36 Takeda had not yet implemented a menkyo license, or highest level of achievement license, into his system at this time.[citation needed] He also received a Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū sword transmission scroll from Takeda in 1922 in Ayabe.[citation needed] Ueshiba then became a representative of Daitō-ryū, toured with Takeda as a teaching assistant and taught the system to others under the Daitō-ryū name.[1]
Onisaburo Deguchi and Ōmoto-kyō[edit]
In November 1919, Ueshiba learned that his father Yoroku was ill, and was not expected to survive. Leaving most of his possessions to Sokaku, Ueshiba left Shirataki with the apparent intention returning to Tanabe to visit his ailing parent. En route, however, he made a detour Ayabe, near Kyoto, intending to visit Onisaburo Deguchi, the spiritual leader of the Ōmoto-kyō religion in Ayabe. Having met Deguchi, Ueshiba stayed at the Ōmoto-kyō headquarters for several days. On his return to Tanabe, he found that his father had died. Within a few months, he was back in Ayabe, having decided to become a full-time student of Ōmoto-kyō. In 1920 Deguchi asked Ueshiba to become the group's martial arts instructor, and a dojo - the first of several that Ueshiba was to lead - was constructed on the centre's grounds. Ueshiba also taught Takeda's Daitō-ryū in neighbouring Hyōgo Prefecture during this period.[10] His second son, Kuniharu, was born in 1920 in Ayabe, but died from illness the same year, along with three-year-old Takemori.[8]:32–34
In 1921, in an event known as the First Ōmoto-kyō Incident, the Japanese authorities raided the compound, arresting Deguchi and destroying the main buildings on the site. Ueshiba's dojo was undamaged, however, and over the following two years he worked closely with Deguchi to reconstruct the group's centre, becoming heavily involved in farming work. His son Kisshomaru Ueshiba was born in the summer of 1921.[5][8]:32–34
Three years later, in 1924, Onisaburo Deguchi led a small group of Ōmoto-kyō disciples, including Ueshiba, on a journey to Mongolia at the invitation of retired naval captain Yutaro Yano and his associates within the ultra-nationalist Black Dragon Society. Allied with the Mongolian bandit Lu Zhankui, Deguchi's group were arrested in Tongliao by the Chinese authorities - fortunately for Ueshiba, whilst Lu and his men were executed by firing squad, the Japanese group were released into the custody of the Japanese consul. They were returned under guard to Japan, where Deguchi was imprisoned for breaking the terms of his bail.[8]:37–45
After returning to Ayabe, Ueshiba began a regimen of spiritual training, regularly retreating by himself to the mountains or performing misogi in the Nachi Falls. After his spiritual enlightenment in 1925, his prowess as a martial artist increased, and his fame began to spread. He faced and defeated numerous challengers, some of whom subsequently became his students. In the autumn of 1925 he was asked to give a demonstration of his art in Tokyo, at the behest of Admiral Isamu Takeshita; one of the spectators was Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, who requested that Ueshiba stay in the capital to instruct the Imperial Guard in aikido. After a couple of weeks, however, Ueshiba took issue with several government officials who voiced concerns about his connections to Deguchi; he cancelled the training and returned to Ayabe.[8]:45–49
Ōmoto-kyō priests still oversee the Aiki-jinja Taisai ceremony in Ueshiba's honor every April 29 at the Aiki Shrine in Iwama.[11]
In 1926 Takeshita invited Ueshiba to visit Tokyo again. Ueshiba relented and returned to the capital, but while residing there was stricken with a serious illness. Deguchi visited his ailing student and, concerned for his health, commanded Ueshiba to return to Ayabe. The appeal of this course of action was greatly increased when Ueshiba was questioned by the police immediately after meeting Deguchi; the authorities were keeping the Ōmoto-kyō leader under close surveillance. Angered at the treatment he had received, Ueshiba went back to Ayabe again. Six months later, however, and this time with Deguchi's blessing, he and his family moved permanently to Tokyo. Arriving in October 1927, they set up home in the Shirokane district. The building, however, was too small to house the growing number of aikido students, and so the Ueshibas moved to larger premises, first in Mita district, then in Takanawa, and finally to a purpose-built hall in Shinjuku. This last location, originally named the Kobukan 皇武館, would eventually become the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. During its construction, Ueshiba rented a property nearby, where he was visited by Jigoro Kano.[8]:50–53
In 1932, Ueshiba's daughter Matsuko was married to the swordsman Kiyoshi Nakakura, who was adopted as Ueshiba's heir under the name Morihiro Ueshiba. The marriage ended after a few years, and Nakakura left the family in 1937.[12][13]
Between 1940 and 1942 he made several visits to Manchukuo (Japanese occupied Manchuria) where he was the principal martial arts instructor at Kenkoku University.[8]:63
From 1935 onwards, Ueshiba had been purchasing land in Iwama in Ibaraki Prefecture. In 1942, having acquired around 17 acres of farmland there, he left Tokyo and moved to Iwama permanently, settling in a small farmer's cottage. Here he founded the Aiki Shuren Dojo, also known as the Iwama dojo.[5] During all this time he traveled extensively in Japan, particularly in the Kansai region teaching his aikido. Despite the prohibition on the teaching of martial arts after World War II, Ueshiba and his students continued to practice in secret at the Iwama dojo; the Hombu dojo in Tokyo was in any case being used as a refugee centre.
The prohibition (on aikido, at least) was lifted in 1948 with the creation of the Aiki Foundation, established by the Japanese Ministry of Education with permission from the Occupation forces. The Hombu dojo re-opened the following year. After the war, however, Ueshiba delegated most of the work of running the Hombu dojo and the Aiki Federation to his son Kisshomaru, choosing to spend much of his time in prayer, meditation, calligraphy and farming.[8]:66–69 He still travelled extensively to promote aikido, however, even visiting Hawaii in 1961.[4]:xix He also appeared in a television documentary on aikido: NTV's The Master of Aikido, broadcast in January 1960.[5]
In his later years, he was regarded as very kind and gentle as a rule, but there are also stories of terrifying scoldings delivered to his students. For instance, he once thoroughly chastised students for practicing jō (staff) strikes on trees without first covering them in protective padding.[14]
In 1969, Morihei Ueshiba became ill. He led his last training session on March 10, and was subsequently taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with cancer of the liver. He died suddenly on April 26, 1969.[8]:72[15] Two months later, his wife Hatsu also died.(植芝 はつ; Ueshiba Hatsu, née Itokawa Hatsu; 1881–1969)[6]
Development of aikido[edit]
The real birth of aikido came as the result of three instances of spiritual awakening that Ueshiba experienced. The first happened in 1925, after Ueshiba had defeated a naval officer's bokken (wooden katana) attacks unarmed and without hurting the officer. Ueshiba then walked to his garden and had a spiritual awakening.
- ... I felt the universe suddenly quake, and that a golden spirit sprang up from the ground, veiled my body, and changed my body into a golden one. At the same time my body became light. I was able to understand the whispering of the birds, and was clearly aware of the mind of God, the creator of the universe.
- At that moment I was enlightened: the source of budo is God's love – the spirit of loving protection for all beings ...
- Budo is not the felling of an opponent by force; nor is it a tool to lead the world to destruction with arms. True Budo is to accept the spirit of the universe, keep the peace of the world, correctly produce, protect and cultivate all beings in nature.[16]
His second experience occurred in 1940 when,
His third experience was in 1942 during the worst fighting of WWII, Ueshiba had a vision of the "Great Spirit of Peace".[2]:5–10
- "The Way of the Warrior has been misunderstood. It is not a means to kill and destroy others. Those who seek to compete and better one another are making a terrible mistake. To smash, injure, or destroy is the worst thing a human being can do. The real Way of a Warrior is to prevent such slaughter – it is the Art of Peace, the power of love."[18]
The technical curriculum of aikido was undoubtedly most greatly influenced by the teachings of Takeda Sokaku and his system of aiki-jūjutsu called Daitō-ryū.[1] The basic techniques of aikido seem to have their basis in teachings from various points in the Daitō-ryū curriculum. A source of confusion is the different names used for these techniques in aikido and in the Daitō-ryū system. In part this is because Takeda Tokimune added much of the nomenclature after the period in which Ueshiba studied. In addition the names ikkajo, nikajo, sankajo used in both Daitō-ryū and the early years of aikido, latter supplanted by terms such as ikkyo, nikyo, sankyo, were really generic names translating to "first teaching", "second teaching", and so on.[19] In Daitō-ryū these usually refer to groupings of techniques while in aikido they usually refer to specific techniques and joint manipulations. In the earlier years of his teaching, from the 1920s to the mid-1930s, Ueshiba taught the aiki-jūjutsu system he had earned a license in from Takeda Sokaku. His early students' documents bear the term aiki-jūjutsu.[20] Indeed, Ueshiba trained one of the future highest grade earners in Daitō-ryū, Takuma Hisa, in the art before Takeda took charge of Hisa's training.[21]
The early form of training under Ueshiba was characterized by the ample use of strikes to vital points (atemi), a larger total curriculum, a greater use of weapons, and a more linear approach to technique than would be found in later forms of aikido. These methods are preserved in the teachings of his early students Kenji Tomiki (who founded the Shodokan Aikido sometimes called Tomiki-ryū), Noriaki Inoue (who founded Shin'ei Taidō), Minoru Mochizuki (who founded Yoseikan Budo), Gozo Shioda (who founded Yoshinkan Aikido). Many of these styles are considered "pre-war styles", although some of the teachers continued to have contact and influence from Ueshiba in the years after World War II.
Later, as Ueshiba seemed to slowly grow away from Takeda, he began to implement more changes into the art. These changes are reflected in the differing names with which he referred to his art, first as aiki-jūjutsu,[20] then Ueshiba-ryū,[22] Asahi-ryū,[23] aiki budō,[24] and finally aikido.[25]
As Ueshiba grew older, more skilled, and more spiritual in his outlook, his art also changed and became softer and more circular. Striking techniques became less important and the formal curriculum became simpler. In his own expression of the art there was a greater emphasis on what is referred to as kokyū-nage, or "breath throws" which are soft and blending, utilizing the opponent's movement in order to throw them. Many of these techniques are rooted in the aiki-no-jutsu portions of the Daitō-ryū curriculum rather than the more direct jujutsu style joint-locking techniques. Morihei Ueshiba regularly practiced cold water misogi, as well as other spiritual and religious rites, and viewed his studies of aikido as part of this spiritual training.[26]
Over the years, Ueshiba trained a large number of students, many of whom have grown into great teachers in their own right. Some of them were uchideshi, or live-in students. There are roughly four generations of students. A partial list follows:[27][28][29]
|First (pre-war) generation
|Second (war) generation
|Third (post-war) generation
|Fourth (and last) generation
- Medal of Honor (Japan), 1960.[30]
- Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, 1964.[30]
- Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan), 1968.[31]
- Morihei Ueshiba, The Secret Teachings of Aikido (2008), Kodansha International, ISBN 978-4-7700-3030-6 [1]
- Morihei Ueshiba, Budo: Teachings of the Founder of Aikido (1996), Kodansha International, ISBN 978-4-7700-2070-3 [2]
- Morihei Ueshiba, The Essence of Aikido: Spiritual Teachings of Morihei Ueshiba (1998), Kodansha International, ISBN 978-4-7700-2357-5 [3]
- ^ a b c d e Pranin, Stanley (2006). "Ueshiba, Morihei". Encyclopedia of Aikido.
- ^ a b Ueshiba, Morihei (1992). The Art of Peace. Boston, Massachusetts: Shambhala Publications. ISBN 0-87773-851-3.
- ^ Stevens, John.Aikido; the Way of Harmony. Shambhala Publications, Boston, 1984.
- ^ a b c d e f Stevens, John; Krenner, Walther (2004). Training with the Master: Lessons with Morihei Ueshiba, Founder of Aikido. Boston & London: Shambhala. pp. ix–xxii. ISBN 978-1-57062-568-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ueshiba, Kisshomaru; Ueshiba, Morihei (1996), "Introduction", Budo: Teachings of the Founder of Aikido, Tokyo, New York, London: Kodansha International, pp. 8–23, ISBN 4-7700-2070-8
- ^ a b Phong Thong Dang; Lynn Seiser (2006). Advanced Aikido. Tuttle Publishing. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-8048-3785-9. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ Stone, J and Myer, R; Aikido in America, Frog Books, 1995, ISBN 978-1-883319-27-4 p2
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Stevens, John (1999). Invincible Warrior: A Pictorial Biography of Morihe Ueshiba, the Founder of Aikido. Boston, London: Shambhala. ISBN 978-1-57062-394-3.
- ^ Pranin, Stanley (2006) "Interview with Kisshomaru and Morihei Ueshiba" Aikidojournal.com
- ^ Allen Guttmann; Lee Austin Thompson (January 2001). Japanese Sports: A History. University of Hawaii Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-8248-2464-8.
- ^ Erard, Guillaume. "Aiki-jinja Taisai ceremony in Iwama (Ibaraki 2012)". Life in Japan and Aikido Practice. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ Pranin, Stanley. "Focus on History: Ueshiba Family Tree: The Line of Succession". Screencast. Aikido Journal. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
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- ^ Morihei Ueshiba's Second Vision from the Oregon Graduate Institute's Aikido Club.
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How to Find the Best Gynecologist for You
Your women's health specialist plays a big role in health and wellness. Pick a good one.
What's more intimate than a gynecologist's exam room? The teeny tiny things that can make you tense – palm-sized speculums, six-word questions about your sexual activity – these are the very tools used to define huge aspects of your health and wellness. Your gynecologist, OB-GYN or women's health specialist screens you for diseases, helps you plan a family – whether that means assisting with or preventing pregnancies – troubleshoots below-the-belt problems and more. And whatever the reason for the visit, at the end of the day, there's a good chance this person will throw on gloves, spread your legs and dive headfirst toward a very private part of your body. So you better make sure this person is a keeper.
Below, Cheryl Iglesia, section director of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., and William Parker, clinical professor of OB-GYN at the UCLA School of Medicine in Santa Monica, Calif., share their tips for picking a women's health specialist.
1. Ask: What are my needs? If you want to get your annual well-woman exam – which may include cancer screenings, breast exams, evaluation and counseling – a general gynecologist or women's health specialist and some nurse practitioners can administer this appointment. Well-woman exams, which are covered under the Affordable Care Act, may also include a Pap test or pelvic and internal examinations.
If you want to get pregnant in the next, say, five years, Iglesia suggests looking for an obstetrician-gynecologist now. "You have to think of the gynecologist-OB-GYN as your women's health specialist across the lifespan," she says, "Get in with OB-GYNs who you know and trust – who you'd think about as eventually delivering your baby."
If you have specific concerns or conditions, they'll likely fall under one of gynecology's numerous subspecialties, which range from infertility troubles to cancer to pelvic floor disorders and more. Bring up your concerns with your gynecologist or OB-GYN, and he or she may send you to a specialist. For example, say you have urinary incontinence issues. Your doctor may refer you to a specialist in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. Each doctor has his or her own strengths, Parker says, "so if you're having a problem, you need to find someone who does what you need on a regular basis."
If your regular gynecologist wants to be the primary source for solving your problem – say he or she wants to perform the surgery that helps solve your incontinence – ask a few questions to make sure he or she is the best for the job. Find out how many of these kinds of surgeries he or she performs in a month and how many of them have been for women with your specific problem. Also ask if there are ever complications with the procedures, and if so, what they've been.
"That's your right to ask those kinds of questions," Parker says. "You're looking out for one person, and that's yourself. You want the best care you can get." It might turn out that, indeed, your gynecologist is the perfect person to handle your specialized concerns. But, in addition to the questioning, it doesn't hurt to ask your primary care physician for a specialist referral, and do some online searching, too.
2. Do your homework. Once you've determined what kind of doctor you need, or once you've been referred to a specialist, start digging. Good old-fashioned word of mouth, through girlfriends and family members, can be helpful when searching for your match. Parker also suggests looking online at websites such as Vitals and Healthgrades, which may show information such as credentials, specialties, years in practice, patient reviews and ratings, education and, in some cases, data about malpractice, sanctions and board actions.
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3. At your appointment, make sure you and your doctor share the same values. Iglesia gives this short and simple tip: If you're going to the gynecologist seeking contraception and, upon discussing it at the appointment, discover that your doctor does not believe in birth control – red flag! Head back to tip No. 2.


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It has been a long time coming, but the Halifax County High School golf has climbed to the top of the Western Valley District standings.
Playing its first regular-season district tournament Monday at the par-70 Willow Creek Country Club in Rocky Mount, the Comets carded four rounds in the 70's to post a 296 total and took a 12-shot win over runner-up and tournament host Franklin County High School.
The round of 296, which included identical rounds of 73 from Joey Gasperini, Peter Gasperini and Josh Irby and a round of 77 from Tyler Holt, was the best round a Comets golf team has posted in at least 15 years.
The Gasperini brothers and Irby were co-medalist winners for the tournament, as their rounds of 73 topped the field.
"It was a very impressive showing by the team," said Comets Head Coach David Graham.
"It's lowest score we've had since I've been coaching the team for 15 years. We have a good group of kids that are working hard and Monday showed that. I think it's the first time we've been in the district lead since I've been coaching the team."
The Comets got a break when one of Franklin County High School's top golfers, Landon Prillaman, was disqualified as the result of a mix-up with his scorecard. Had the disqualification not occurred, the Comets' winning margin would have been only three shots.
"It was just a mix-up in scoring," Graham explained.
"The person keeping his score thought he had one score and put down another, and the mistake wasn't caught until the match was over. It was just a mix-up.It wasn't one of our kids that was keeping his score.
"It's an unfortunate situation," Graham said.
"But, it (the chase for the district championship) is still going to be close. Franklin County has a very good team. I know our kids have worked really hard to get on top, now they're going to have to work harder to stay there. I told them to enjoy it and we'll get back to work."
One of the big keys to the Comets' good finish on Monday was the ability of the players to close out their respective rounds on a good note. Peter Gasperini and Josh Irby were both one-under par for the last three holes, Joey Gasperini was two under par for his last three holes and Holt had a par on each of his last six holes.
"They've had good rounds going in the past, but haven't been bringing it in," Graham noted.
"They have played well, but they finished strong Monday. That's the big thing we've been working on."
The Comets will be back in action today at 4:30 p.m. when they face Dan River High School in a match at Ringgold Golf Course. The next district tournament is next Wednesday at Blue Hills Golf Club in Roanoke with William Fleming High School as the host team.
Halifax County - 296
Peter Gasperini: 73
Tyler Holt: 77
Josh Irby: 73
Joey Gasperini: 73
Ryan Green: 82
Chase Oakes: 89
Franklin County - 308
Landon Prillaman: DQ (signed incorrect scorecard)
Kolton Cooper: 74
Josh Harkema: 75
Jeremy Lester: 78
Tyler Peterson: 81
Nash Hammock 83
Patrick Henry - 333
Hill Donihe: 77
Blake Brown: 84
Corey Hayth: 83
James Breakle: 91
Rob Brailsford: 95
Jimmy Butler: 89
Lyndsey Harris: 88
Connor Wood: 100
Christian Blankenship: 101
Amar Pittman: 122
William Fleming - No Score
Chris Dowl: 139
Malik Mallory: 120
w MEADLISTS: Peter Gasperini, Josh Irby and Joey Gasperini each with a 73.


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Congress has fulfilled it mandate by enacting the Immigration and Naturalization Act, which sets forth the requirements that foreign citizens must satisfy to naturalize and become U.S. citizens.
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Naturalization is the procedure by which the United States confers citizenship upon a foreign national. For those not born in and subject to U.S. jurisdiction, naturalization is the only path for them to become a U.S. citizen.
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The Immigration Act of 1965 allows all persons from all nations equal access to immigration and naturalization. Congress no longer bars foreign nationals from becoming U.S. citizens based on their race. However, persons who are opposed to government or law, who favor totalitarian forms of government, or who desert from the United States armed forces may not naturalize and become U.S. citizens.
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The final step to becoming a citizen occurs during a naturalization oath ceremony. The ceremony is a public ceremony during which applicants for naturalization take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. The oath requires the applicant to renounce allegiance to any foreign state, to support and defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States, and to bear arms, perform noncombatant service, or perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by law.


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A common health condition called "Peeus Waiticus" is on our Giggle On!™ Soap Box today.
When translated from pig-Latin, "Peeus Waiticus" means Waiting to Pee. WTP is a serious problem affecting both males and females.
WTP has been known to cause kidney infections, urinary tract infections & stomach aches. WTP can also lead to embarrassment and wet bottoms.
Why do so many of us wait until it feels like our bladder is going to explode before hitting the bathroom?
Why waste time squeezing our legs together, rocking back and forth, shaking, holding our hoo-ha area, dancing around and jumping from leg to leg just to stop ourselves from having an accident when the easy remedy is to simply head to the Loo? Why? W-h-y? WHY?
I hypothesize that some people WTP because they enjoy the attention they receive from others while engaged in a practice the ancient Romans called, Trepudio Plenum Vesicum or Dance of the Full Bladder*. In modern society we simply call this the Pee Pee Dance.
Giggle On!™ conducted a Pee Poll to find out why people wait to pee.
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We wait to pee because we are too lazy = abbreviation, TLTP.
4% said:
We are afraid to pee because we believe snakes, alligators and bugs will climb up out of the potty and bite our ass = abbreviation, ATP.
6% said:
We can't pee because we are in the middle of having sex = abbreviation, WCP.
7.43% said:
We would love to pee, but our bodily plumbing is seriously out of whack = abbreviation, WLTP.
27% said:
We wait to pee because we are driving in the car, stuck on a bus, grossed out about public toilet seats, paranoid that the lock on the bathroom stall won't hold or afraid someone might see us peeing = abbreviation, WTP.
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A Whopping 43.57% said:
We are too busy to pee because we are reading email, making phone calls, driving the car, writing in our blogs, watching tv, taking out the trash, caring for the kids, walking the dog or folding laundry = abbreviation, TBTP.
I admit I suffer from this dangerous and stupid behavioral affliction too. I gave myself a nasty UTI from WTP. WTF Christa? Pee girl, just pee!
Hell, I have to pee right now but I'm still tapping away at the key pad because the importance of expressing this subject matter is too great for me to wait. I fear by the time I come back from the potty I may have lost a stream of consciousness (pun intended) and my deep wisdom about Peeus Waiticus might be lost forever!
And I sit and rock back and forth, back and forth…… ooooh, ouch…hold that thought, I'll be right back.
*insert Jeopardy think music *
Ok, I'm back. Ahhhhhhhh, sweet baby Jesus, that's soooooooooo much better.
In closing my fellow Gigglers, for the love of God and the health of your body temple, DO NOT succumb to WTP, TLTP, TBTP, ATP or WCP because you might get a UTI!
For those who suffer from WLTP, please see your physician immediately.
Bottom line: When nature calls – Giggle On advises you to ANSWER!
Cheers to your urinary tract health!
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The Center for Young Women's Health is proud to announce the 2nd Edition of our "Quick and Easy Recipes for Teens" Cookbook!
Our first edition, published in 2001, was a big hit with teens, who loved the easy & fun recipes. We ended up selling every copy!
This year we were excited to produce a new and improved 2nd edition, so we got lots of great feedback from our teen cooks and expert nutritionists. The result is this wonderful cookbook, packed with many new recipes such as our new ethnic cuisines, and new updated health guides. We have also included ways to "add-in" and "trade-off" ingredients so you can vary your meals.
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