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We've interviewed Cockpit, the american cuartet in a Mission To Rock. They have found a gap in their tour schedule to answer our questions. Learn more about this hard rock band, their future plans and aspirations, focused in touring an recording a full length album.
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First of all, it seems you have a very busy tour schedule right now. How is the tour going?
We recently toured the mid west for a month and it was pretty fantastic. It was our first time touring in that part of the US and we were really pleased to see how many Cockpit fans were already waiting for us there.
And every little review I've read about "Mission To Rock" is full of good words. Are you happy with this feedback, do you expected something similar?
We worked very hard on that EP and we're all proud of the results. So yes, i think we did expect some positive feedback. It's always a nice surprise to open a magazine and read a good review though.
Tell us what's the thing you've liked more to read about Cockpit among all this articles.
I love the comparisons we get between us and other bands we all love. It's nice to read that people think you sound like ACDC and Judas Priest. I also like it when writers say we're a band they've been waiting for. It seems like there are a lot of people who are hungry for good rock n roll and don't know where to find it anymore.
You've been to the TV and appeared in some magazines. Do you think you are getting the media attention you deserve? How difficult is to shine a bit over all the bands trying to make it to the surface?
It's always hard to distinguish yourself, but we're off to a good start and hope there's a lot more of it to come.
And as you are touring that much, you probably haven't time to write/record new material, am I right? Do you have any new material ready to go?
Nope. We're always working on new material. And yes, we have some new songs that we can't wait to record.
You are an all-female band. Was it intended to be like this since the beginning?
Yes. We all wanted this to be an all female band from the start. There aren't enough of us out there and it's pretty fun to watch. Don't you think?
Do you thing being all-female will open you more doors than it will close?
Honestly. This industry is so hard… sometimes i think it doesn't matter if you're male, female, or (with the assistance of modern medicine) any combination of both. If you manage to have any door opened for you it's a freaking miracle.
Your sound is straight hard rock, full of power and strength. You've got the AC/DC sense of riffing. How would you describe your music?
Well i think you just did a pretty good job of it. But to further elaborate… guitar driven, straight forward rock, melodic, and classic. We don't use any tricks or gimmicks, just great songs with as much intensity as we can.
Your music seems to be specially designed to be played live, to be a killer played onstage. Born to be played, in a mission to rock. What can we expect from your performances? Do you complete your sets with any cover?
It's really important to us that we never record something we can't recreate live. You can expect our live shows to have plenty of energy and you can always expect us to have plenty of fun with them. We occasionally play a cover in a live set, but it's never been a huge focus point for us.
Which is the musical background of you four? And your main influences?
Some of us have had formal training, but we've all mostly come into our own by playing in bands and listening to good music. We all have different styles of music that we're into, but all of us have always shared a common love for classic rock and metal.
And what are your lyrics trying to transmit, what are them about?
Life experiences… what else is there to write about really?
You've got a Myspace profile, a web page and a facebook group. "Mission To Rock" is available in iTunes. Is it internet as important as to go out and play to promote yourselves?
Nothing can ever replace touring and playing live shows for your fans. It's the most import part of being a band. But yes, the internet can be very helpful in promoting your self and reaching out to fans you may not normal have contact with.
Do you think you've constructed a solid fan base in internet? Which would be the Cockpit fan profile?
It's definitely helped us. There are people who have found us online that may not have ever discovered us otherwise.
Which are your plans for the near future, and your expectations?
More touring and recording a full length album. We would love to get over to Europe and play for our fans there as well.
Tell the readers why Cockpit is a band worth to give an opportunity.
Hey, if they already read this far into the interview they must be interested already so why not go take a listen! iTunes is just a click away people.


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Andy Bonasera had a distinct vision of where he wanted to take the Birmingham-Southern College men's lacrosse team after being hired as coach by the Alabama school in May 2007. However, he knew it was going to take some time for the program to get there.
Andy Bonasera had a distinct vision of where he wanted to take the Birmingham-Southern College men's lacrosse team after being hired as coach by the Alabama school in May 2007. However, he knew it was going to take some time for the program to get there.
Three years after taking the field for the first time, Birmingham-Southern qualified for the NCAA Division III tournament. The Panthers lost to Stevenson University 13-2 in the first round on May 9 to finish 14-5.
"This was a special year," said Bonasera, a 1999 graduate of Upper Arlington High School and 2003 graduate of Roanoke College in Salem, Va.
"This was my first senior class and we were able to send them off on a good note.
"When I was recruiting this year's group of seniors, I definitely preached that we were on the four-year plan. If we put in the work now and continued to get better, we're going to do something special. There was a willingness to work for the future and a little bit of patience."
Bonasera, who played attack in high school and college, said his experience at UA and Roanoke, where he was a four-time All-American, helped prepare him for his leadership role.
At UA, he was part of a program that compiled a 60-1 record during a three-year stretch from 1997-99. He was named first-team all-state and all-Midwest Scholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association as a senior.
"That's where I developed all my fundamentals and the original team concepts," Bonasera said.
"I was playing against Division I All-Americans every day like Brett Hughes and Brendon Shook. In turn, that made me better."
"When he played for us as a sophomore, Andy was a little, undersized kid, but he worked extremely hard," UA boys coach Ted Wolford said. "He was always a disciplined, very solid player."
At Roanoke, Bonasera was the program's first four-time All-American, making honorable mention in 2000 and 2001, third-team in 2002 and first-team in 2003.
"I've always kept in touch with (Roanoke coach Bill Pilat)," he said. "A lot of what I do here is based on my experiences at Roanoke.
"At the college level, you have to bring all different sorts of players together to the college campus. A lot of the guys didn't know each other before the season. It's the coach's job to bring everyone together."
When he arrived in Birmingham, Bonasera said everything was in place to build a program ... except the players.
"Athletics director (Joe Dean) had a plan to start a team here at Birmingham-Southern," Bonasera said. "It was ultimately his vision. They had all the pieces in place to attract kids to the school. They had a new stadium, a good academic reputation and a beautiful campus."
Dean researched the number of high school players in areas like Nashville and Atlanta who were being overlooked by established programs.
Bonasera's job during the 2007-08 school year was to get them to attend Birmingham-Southern. The nine seniors on the team's 2012 roster consisted of six from Georgia, one from Tennessee, one from Texas and one from Birmingham.
"(The lacrosse scene in the South) kind of reminds me of how Ohio was 15 years ago," said Bonasera, who coached the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati in 2006 and 2007 after serving as an assistant coach at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va., in 2004 and 2005.
"I can remember going up to Hudson for the MSLCA tournament and there were no (college) coaches there. Now there are tons of coaches who come to the Midwest tournament."
"Alabama is not what you consider to be one of the lacrosse hotbeds, but Andy continues to spread the word of lacrosse," Wolford said. "It's cool to see someone from our program that has gone on and done so much for so many other people."
Birmingham-Southern has improved steadily since its program began. The Panthers went 6-9 in their inaugural season in 2009 and finished 7-8 in 2010 before posting their first winning season in 2011, finishing 9-7.
To earn a spot in the NCAA tournament, Birmingham-Southern had to get past Colorado College in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament.
The Panthers had lost to Colorado College 9-5 on March 30 but won six of their next seven games before facing the Tigers again in the SCAC championship game on April 29. Birmingham-Southern won 8-5 despite being outshot 37-18.
"Colorado College was the hump we had to get over," Bonasera said.
"With a ticket to the NCAA tournament on the line, it all came together for us in the championship game.
"Despite the loss to Stevenson, making the tournament was a great end to the season and a great game for our seniors to go out on. It gave these younger guys a great taste for what can be. Hopefully, it will help us recruit."

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How do airplanes fly?
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British Medical Association Calls for Gay Men to Be Offered HPV Vaccine
Colm O' Mahoney, chairperson of the the British Medical Association's (BMA) dermatology and venereology subcommittee, and Penelope Toff, BMA's public health committee co-chair, have written to UK Health Minister Anna Soubry in support of Gardasil vaccines for gay men. The letter commented on the increasing incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) and development of anal lesions in gay men, particularly those who are HIV positive. Using a reference to Australian data, the letter explained that the current vaccination of girls ages 12 to 13 years protects heterosexual men, but that the same protection is not provided to men who have sex with men (MSM). It acknowledged the difficulty of identifying young gay men for a vaccine program, but suggested that the HPV vaccine could be administered at genitourinary medical clinics or community sexual health clinics, possibly as an additional inoculation for patients already receiving the hepatitis B vaccination. The letter argued the case for preventing HPV in gay men, and supported the right of individuals to protect themselves and the need to work toward protecting them from acquiring infections at an early age. It concluded that the Gardasil vaccination program would be of great benefit in decreasing incidences of anal warts, anal pre-cancers, and cancers, as has been shown in Australia.
A Health Protection Agency (HPA) spokesperson explained that the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) concluded that HPA should investigate the matter further. The results of the investigation are not likely to end before late 2013. Also, a Department of Health spokesperson said that JCVI reviews eligibility criteria of all vaccination programs. At present, there were no plans to extend HPV vaccination to males based on an assessment of available scientific evidence, but JCVI was conducting research for a future assessment of HPV vaccination of MSM.
Dr. Richard Ma, a general practitioner and a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners' Sex, Drugs, and HIV task group expressed support for BMA. He agreed that gay men were at higher risk of developing anal cancer and that the vaccination of girls would not carry over into protection for these men. Ma felt that evidence was required to prove the cost efficacy of Gardasil vaccine for men, and understood that work was needed before instituting a mass program. Ma also suggested that delivery of the vaccine was a problem as it should be given at sexual health clinics as well as at general practices. According to Ma, part of the problem of giving the vaccine is that many gay men do not reveal their sexuality to health practitioners because of the fear of homophobia and discrimination. He suggested that the problem of MSM revealing their sexual orientation needs to be settled so that at-risk males could learn about the campaign for HPV immunization and would feel free to come forward and request the vaccine.


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For the first time, Sunset magazine is bringing its annual Idea House to Los Angeles, and with it comes a special home and garden tour.
The Manhattan Beach home opened for public tours on Friday. The 4,500-square-foot, four-bedroom, 5 1/2-bathroom home is a coastal modern style featuring a lush garden and pool.
The overall effect blends in nicely with the neighborhood, located 5 miles from Los Angeles International Airport and less than 2 miles from the beach.
But the idea behind the Idea House is to offer visitors a chance to see what's new and exciting, with design and decorating possibilities to enhance any lifestyle.
"Los Angeles is so cool right now with the great restaurant scene downtown, and it represents our largest area of readership so it was time to come here with the Idea House," said Joanna Linberg, Sunset senior home editor.
"The art in the house is incredible and I think there's an element of discovery. It's like taking a walk through the creative community of Los Angeles."
Sunset editors teamed up with design and construction partners to create a modern beach house with an eclectic yet sophisticated aesthetic perfect for a Southern California beach town.
Manhattan Beach was chosen because the city's vibe reflects that of Sunset readers, Linberg said, and is a perfect location to showcase both the indoor/outdoor connection of the Idea House and to represent an example of a "dream home."
The Idea House will be open for tours through Sept. 7. Sunset also is hosting the Aug. 16 L.A. Beach Cities Home & Garden Tour, which will feature eight distinctive properties in the South Bay and nearby area.
The Idea House will be featured in the November issue of Sunset. The house is part of the magazine's long tradition of building houses and completing dream remodels to feature the latest innovations in architecture, construction and design. The projects also stress sustainability in both building and gardening.
Los Angeles-based Disc Interiors is the creative force behind the look and feel of the inside of the expansive home. David Dick and Krista Schrock described the house project as a designer's dream.
"Everyone involved has been absolutely wonderful to work with by allowing us to do what we wanted," Schrock said.
"The Idea House reflects both Sunset and our tastes in designing ahead of the curve and spotlighting trends," she added. "We were inspired by European and Belgian design, which is clean, but we also wanted to have a cohesive look that marries the interior and exterior."
"This represents a modern take on a traditional beach house and is perfect for this progressive beach community," said Dick. "The term 'modern' often is misunderstood. It's not about skyscrapers and metal and glass. This Idea House is comfortable and a home with a soul.
"We are using a lot of natural materials and the works of Los Angeles artists, including ceramist Heather Levine," he said.
The home has large rooms with plenty of space to work with, Dick said, but he and Schrock have been careful not to clutter the rooms.
"We wanted to maintain a minimalist and clean approach," he said. "We played with colors and textures to create a warm, modern feel even with the window treatments and our own line of draperies."
But Disc designers didn't shy away from being bold, either. They incorporated sustainably crafted furnishings, wide-plank white oak floors, black-stained kitchen cabinetry, soapstone kitchen countertops and handmade graphic concrete tiles for the spalike master bathroom suite.
Several rooms feature eye-catching large photo murals on the walls. The living room has 20-foot accordion walls that open completely to the backyard. And the kitchen sports a fun, tucked-away combination butler's pantry and bar.
"Sunset readers enjoy their homes and entertaining at home," Schrock said. "The pantry/bar is tiny, but it lends itself to the home mixologist."
The two-story home has been designed to be both comfortable and chic. The adjoining kitchen and great room are paired and seemingly open up the outside by way of large expanses of retractable glass doors.
The yard has drought-tolerant plantings, a pool with spa, a conversation pit, edible garden, a no-mow lawn, fruit orchard and an outdoor kitchen. The backyard is designed for the casual beach lifestyle, where taking the party outside can happen almost any day of the year.


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Claire Danes chose Homeland over J. Edgar
CLAIRE DANES walked away from the chance to reteam with her ROMEO + JULIET co-star LEONARDO DiCAPRIO for last year's (11) J. EDGAR to take the lead in U.S. TV smash HOMELAND.
The actress auditioned for the role of secretary Helen Gandy in the movie about former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover on the same weekend she was offered the opportunity to star as CIA officer Carrie Mathison - and she opted for the TV drama because the part was so "compelling".
Danes has signed up for seven seasons of Homeland and is convinced she made the right decision about the roles.
She tells GQ magazine, "Seven years, it's a long-a** time. But I was thinking about it, like, I could think of it as a prison sentence, or I could think of it as an insurance. Every year I'm going to have something really compelling to do.
"I remember, it came up on the same weekend that I had read for the secretary role on that J. Edgar movie and I was like, 'Do I want to play the secretary to some really compelling person, or do I just wanna play the f**king compelling person'."
Naomi Watts landed the role of Gandy in the film, which starred DiCaprio as Hoover.


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England v Ireland, Twickenham, February 27
Ireland out for back-to-back victories
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Danny Care's late sin-binning harmed English hopes in 2009 © Getty Images
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Ireland travel to face England at Twickenham on Saturday following their narrow victory at Croke Park last season. Danny Care and Phil Vickery saw yellow as Brian O'Driscoll inspired the home side to the third leg of their Grand Slam.
There have been 122 matches since 1875 in the second-oldest fixture on the international calendar. England lead by 70 wins to 44. The last of the eight drawn games was in 1968.
England's highest score to date is 50-18 at Twickenham in 2000. Their 46-6 win in Dublin in 1997 is the biggest winning margin of the matches. Ireland's best result is 43-13 at Croke Park in 2007.
England scored a record seven tries at a windy Lansdowne Road in their 36-14 victory in 1938. Their skipper that day, Peter Cranmer, was however relieved of the captaincy for the rest of the season. Ireland's best try total is five: in 1905 at Cork, and in freezing conditions in Dublin in 1947, when they won 22-0.
England's Paul Grayson set the record for most points in a match, scoring 23 at Twickenham in 1996. Ollie Campbell established the points record for Ireland by scoring 21 in Dublin in 1983 and Ronan O'Gara matched that achievement at Croke Park in 2007.
The only try hat-tricks scored in the series were by Henry Taylor for England at Manchester in 1881 and Chris Oti at Twickenham in 1988. A dozen Irishmen have scored two tries in a match - Shane Horgan's brace at Twickenham in 2006 being the most recent instance.
The overall record for scoring most tries in the fixture belongs to Rory Underwood, who scored seven for England between 1984 and 1996. Six Irishmen have scored three for Ireland.
Jonny Wilkinson is the leading overall scorer in the fixture with 86 for England in eight games between 1998 (when he made his test debut as an eighteen-year-old) and 2008. Ronan O'Gara holds the Irish record for the series with 84 points.
Mike Gibson, who played in 15 successive matches for Ireland (1964-78), set the record for most appearances in the games. Rory Underwood appeared 14 times for England.
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Where do I get racing/track-day Electrons for my Model S…
Where do I get racing/track-day Electrons for my Model S…
Many tracks have 14-50 or other 240 volt outlets available for power tools and RVs. You might want to call and check but you may just have to look around when you are there.
@dortor - Talk to Tesla and see if the can adjust the car to run on Muons rather than Electrons. Should get 200 times as much energy.
I know when dragtimes did their runs for the record in the S they were charging up right at the track to get the most voltage out of the pack. That's how they got their fastest time. I'm looking to hit a local 1/8 mile soon and see what times I can get. I want to try a few ideas for launching the car.
Will a fully charged Model S accelerate faster than a halfway charged Model S?
@DouglasR - the only impact I'm aware of is if the car is half empty because you've been thrashing it. If the Roadster is anything to go by it gets to the point (based on videos I've seen of the Roadsters on track days) where it can't dump enough heat, and performance begins to suffer.
The tracks near me have a few 14-50 plugs for RVs, though it isn't clear I will be able to use them yet. It does make for having a group Model S outing less interesting, since there will be contention for charging.
Those high octane racing electrons can be elusive indeed. Darned charged particles moving at insane speeds and all. Hard to catch in a net.
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VIDEO: Nuggets hold off Warriors in shootout
OAKLAND – They added a backup, and one who will play behind the best player on the team at that, an obvious and important perspective. The Warriors got a Jordan, but not Michael. A Celtic, but a 2013-14 model.
The Golden State move to improve the bench was acquiring Jordan Crawford from Boston on Wednesday, along with MarShon Brooks, as part of a three-team trade that also included Miami. Splashy it was not, not after weeks of talks around the league that included the likes of Andre Miller and Kirk Hinrich, players with bigger names and longer resumés. Neither was it the direct hit of getting a dependable distributor to run the offense when Stephen Curry sits or to ride together in the same backcourt and allow Curry to play off the ball.
But it was good. The Warriors essentially gave up nothing, sending only Toney Douglas to the Heat and got the chance for something. Crawford in particular, and maybe Brooks, will be a scoring punch for the bench that ranks last in the league in points. The move may also provide an energy infusion after a half-season of Douglas, who averaged 11 minutes per game and shot 37.2 percent, seeming lost as a regrettable free-agent signing.
In a Western Conference race so tight that the little things could turn into a big difference, the Warriors just got a lot of little things. They needed bench help in general and in the backcourt in particular, and got Crawford averaging 13.7 points and a career-high 5.7 assists as he served as Boston's injury replacement at the point for the injured Rajon Rondo. Golden State was 26th in the league in free-throw accuracy at the time of the trade, and it got Crawford, who is shooting 87.3 percent this season and owns an 82.7 career mark. Those numbers give the Warriors another option for late-game situations.
Plus, the Warriors did it without surrendering players on rookie deals, a goal, or future first-rounders. Amazingly, they still have other options at their disposal. With five weeks before the trade deadline, they have one trade exception worth $11 million, another at $4 million and approximately $2.2 million of spending room before reaching the luxury tax. And, if necessary, general manager Bob Myers said, owner Joe Lacob is willing to cross the tax line for the right deal.
Little things. Little things that potentially become big things.
Myers, when asked if he would have been worried going into the playoffs with a shallow bench, Douglas not contributing and Curry (38 minutes a game) and Andre Iguodala (33 minutes a game) starting at small forward while playing back-up point guard, he said:
"We're worried all the time. We're always trying to get better. I'm worried tonight. I'll be worried tomorrow. That's what we do. We're always trying to get better. But specifically to your question about the backup point guard, we did need to address it. We felt like with (Nemanja) Nedovic, (Kent) Bazemore and Douglas, somebody would step into that role and for a variety of reasons, it didn't happen or hasn't happened yet. We felt we needed to make a move … "
The bench has been a problem all season, magnified by the memory of the reserves as a critical part of the success a year ago, and the reality that Douglas and Marreese Speights haven't come within a hemisphere of replacing Jarrett Jack and Carl Landry. Now comes the chance at a recovery. Crawford and Brooks will join the lineup soon, the Warriors estimate Jermaine O'Neal is two or three weeks away from returning from wrist surgery, and Festus Ezeli, another important 2012-13 reserve now missing, is expected back possibly in February but probably on March.


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The ReWatch company was owned by Dieter Meyer.
I think they are out of business now so they could end up being quite rare.
The outer rim of these are made from a crushed aluminum can.
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Re: Very slow incremental search (/). (VS2010 Beta 3)
I am editing a 2000 line file, and it take about 5 - 10 seconds before the character I type on the keyboard appears on the command line when the text you are searching for does not exist.
Now unfortunately when you are trying to be quick sometimes a typo can happen and if that happens you might as well go get a cup of coffee so you can wait for your keystrokes to catch up because you can't do anything until then.
I suggest that as you type if the search string becomes not found then you stop trying to search because as you keep typing something is not all of a sudden going to match.
So if I have a file with the following text:
It was all that could be done in the time before the ancients.
And I perform this search:
It should scan the file (which will take a second in a large file) and discover it does not exist.
So when I continue to type the following characters into the search:
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thaniz wrote:Great thread. If allowed, I want to develop this a bit further.
I live in Europe, started watching NFL 2-3 years ago. I have never seen an NFL game live, I have no attachments to a team whatsoever, so I find it very difficult to choose. Somehow got caught with the Browns but man I don't know. Its really difficult.
Say you lived in Europe, and discovered football when you are over 30 years old, how would you choose your favorite team?
first of all, yes great idea for a thread!
I figure their are many different ways that people choose a favorite team when they aren't "born" into it....
my family was never a football family. I'm from a small town in NB Canada, so football was never huge other then a few pats fans. I didn't know a single thing about football, and never really paid any attention to it all through school. We did have a football team in high school, and in my senior year, my buddy's convinced me to try out for the team. like I said, I knew nothing about the game, didn't really want to play, but I was a bigger kid, and they really wanted me to join. so I did... well I fell in love with football, and started watching the game a little bit on tv as our season went on
(ended up winning our provincials too "Canadian equivalent to state championship") problem was, i didn't have a team to cheer for.
I don't remember exactly when or how I ended up with this, but one day I discovered a blue and white jersey with a horse shoe type symbol on it, and the back had number 18 on it and the word manning. I had no idea who this was, or why I had this jersey in my closet, but from that point on, that was the team and player I looked for on tv. once I knew a little more about the game, and got to watch manning play, I was hooked!!! been a die hard colts fan ever since, and really only because of one player. I will admit, I have been cheering for the broncos since the move, and am really praying that they get it done this weekend so peyton can retire with the respect he deserves. so i guess i am a manning fan really, but I still consider myself a colts fan, and the minute manning is done, the broncos will be off my mind!!
so that's my story! sometimes it just happens by chance of finding a jersey! haha


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Students in the Arabic for non-native speakers come from diverse background. Some seek learning spoken Arabic language for religious reasons, while others maintain a cultural or academic interest in Arabic. Our program serves future scholars, teachers of Arabic, journalist, diplomats, employees in NGOs, and many others.
Course Title: Teaching Arabic for non-native speakers.
Executive Party: Project Hope Nablus, Palestine.
Why to study Arabic language in Palestine?
The following interests shall be achieved by obtaining good command of Arabic language:
1. Obtaining a vital language spoken by more than 400 million people and used by the united Nations as one of the major languages of the world.
2. Being familiar with a great culture, highly participated in human civilization.
3. Joining huge scientific, literal, artistic heritage of great values and traditions.
4. Offering various
Types of courses:
1. Beginners classes.
2. Intermediate classes.
3. Advanced classes.
Description of Arabic classes:
Beginners Level:
In this level students will learn basic Arabic language, the following subjects will be taught:
Arabic alphabet, greetings and farewell, time limits, days of the week, months of the year, subject and object pronouns, in the market(how to buy different things), in the kitchen, in the coffee shop, requesting for informations,masculine and feminine nouns, the weather, useful verbs, professions.
Intermediate Level:
For those who have already basic knowledge of Arabic but with little practice in spoken Arabic.
The course will enable students to communicate in Arabic on a basic level in order to deal to deal with everyday life situations like requesting and giving information, describing people, places and things, responding to offers describing past, daily and future events and activities, tenses.
Advanced Level:
The course introduces students to contemporary issues of Palestinian society and main social structures (the family, political system, economic systems, it will venture as well through folklore to learn about music and songs). The course will also explore other aspects like Palestinian traditions through folktales, proverbs, marriage and morning rituals and food.
Special focus will be on articles of journals, TV news and serials.
In teaching the different levels, the teachers use the communicative approaches, which include the use of multimedia with a focus on the variety of the language used throughout the Arabic speaking world, especially in print and electronical media. Further, the courses were designed to develop all skills i.e. listening, speaking, reading, writing, modern and classical culture. In addition to formal classes, the program offers weekly excursions and cultural activities around Nablus city where Arabic is used. Trips to the Old City of Nablus, recreation sites are an integral part of the program. Students participation in these curricular activities links the language acquired in class to the larger Palestinian and Arabic contexts.
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Use the computer to model an epidemic. Try out public health policies to control the spread of the epidemic, to minimise the number of sick days and deaths.
This is our collection of tasks on the mathematical theme of 'Population Dynamics' for advanced students and those interested in mathematical modelling.
Invent scenarios which would give rise to these probability density functions.
How is the length of time between the birth of an animal and the birth of its great great ... great grandparent distributed?
First in our series of problems on population dynamics for advanced students.
At what positions and speeds can the bomb be dropped to destroy the dam?
See how the motion of the simple pendulum is not-so-simple after all.
An account of how mathematics is used in computer games including geometry, vectors, transformations, 3D graphics, graph theory and simulations.
Edward Wallace based his A Level Statistics Project on The Mean Game. Each picks 2 numbers. The winner is the player who picks a number closest to the mean of all the numbers picked.
How do scores on dice and factors of polynomials relate to each other?
Why MUST these statistical statements probably be at least a little bit wrong?
How do these modelling assumption affect the solutions?
The probability that a passenger books a flight and does not turn up is 0.05. For an aeroplane with 400 seats how many tickets can be sold so that only 1% of flights are over-booked?
Look at the calculus behind the simple act of a car going over a step.
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Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.
Formulate and investigate a simple mathematical model for the design of a table mat.
An article demonstrating mathematically how various physical modelling assumptions affect the solution to the seemingly simple problem of the projectile.
Explore the transformations and comment on what you find.
See how differential equations might be used to make a realistic model of a system containing predators and their prey.
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This article explains the concepts involved in scientific mathematical computing. It will be very useful and interesting to anyone interested in computer programming or mathematics.
A car is travelling along a dual carriageway at constant speed. Every 3 minutes a bus passes going in the opposite direction, while every 6 minutes a bus passes the car travelling in the same. . . .
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Work in groups to try to create the best approximations to these physical quantities.
In this article for teachers, Alan Parr looks at ways that mathematics teaching and learning can start from the useful and interesting things can we do with the subject, including. . . .
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This problem opens a major sequence of activities on the mathematics of population dynamics for advanced students.
An advanced mathematical exploration supporting our series of articles on population dynamics for advanced students.
Can you suggest a curve to fit some experimental data? Can you work out where the data might have come from?
Fancy a game of cricket? Here is a mathematical version you can play indoors without breaking any windows.
How do you write a computer program that creates the illusion of stretching elastic bands between pegs of a Geoboard? The answer contains some surprising mathematics.
Your school has been left a million pounds in the will of an ex- pupil. What model of investment and spending would you use in order to ensure the best return on the money?
Learn about the link between logical arguments and electronic circuits. Investigate the logical connectives by making and testing your own circuits and fill in the blanks in truth tables to record. . . .
This article for students introduces the idea of naming knots using numbers. You'll need some paper and something to write with handy!
A brief video explaining the idea of a mathematical knot.
If a is the radius of the axle, b the radius of each ball-bearing, and c the radius of the hub, why does the number of ball bearings n determine the ratio c/a? Find a formula for c/a in terms of n.
The shortest path between any two points on a snooker table is the straight line between them but what if the ball must bounce off one wall, or 2 walls, or 3 walls?
A player has probability 0.4 of winning a single game. What is his probability of winning a 'best of 15 games' tournament?
You have two bags, four red balls and four white balls. You must put all the balls in the bags although you are allowed to have one bag empty. How should you distribute the balls between the two. . . .
At Holborn underground station there is a very long escalator. Two people are in a hurry and so climb the escalator as it is moving upwards, thus adding their speed to that of the moving steps. . . .
The builders have dug a hole in the ground to be filled with concrete for the foundations of our garage. How many cubic metres of ready-mix concrete should the builders order to fill this hole to. . . .
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A Chandra View of Supernova 1987A
This is an image of the intricate remains of Supernova 1987A taken by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The blue hue reveals where the expanding shock wave from the exploded star is colliding with a ring of material around the supernova. The blue color reveals the hottest gas.
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Leesville Road rebounds for 'landmark' win over Caps
Leesville Road's boys' lacrosse team was all too familiar with falling behind early against Conference 4 foe Broughton.
But unlike Monday's loss at Broughton, the Pride recovered to hand the Caps their first conference loss Wednesday with a 10-9 overtime win.
Leesville Road senior captain Drew Farrell curled around Broughton sophomore Austen Bell in the final minute of the first overtime period and found just enough space to fire a shot past Caps keeper Paxton Massarelli for the winning goal.
"This is huge considering me and all my captains have started the program up from our club year our freshman year," Farrell said of the third-year varsity program. "We got it started and didn't think that we were maybe going to be a varsity team until our senior year. .... We have built up our program to be what it is now and we wanted to come out and beat Broughton. I'm speechless."
Broughton has dominated the league in recent years, dropping just two conference games in the past three seasons.
The teams were each undefeated in Conference 4 entering the week before Broughton edged Leesville Road 8-7 Monday in the teams' first meeting after rain postponed the original March matchup date.
"It's tough," Broughton coach Damian Hall said. "I'm very interested in seeing how my boys bounce back from this. ... We had every opportunity to win this game and we just really couldn't put it away. I thought we had some really good opportunities in that last possession we had in overtime and we just couldn't put it in the back of the net."
The Caps led by as many as three goals in the first half and led 5-3 at halftime.
Broughton (10-2, 9-1 Conference 4) opened the second half with a goal 30 seconds after the break, but Leesville Road (10-1, 8-1) responded with five unanswered goals, tying the game at the 7:38 mark in the third quarter and taking its first lead 14 seconds later.
Broughton tied the game twice in the fourth quarter, but never regained the lead.
"If you look at those five unanswered goals, four of them were man-up. .... You can blame the refs or blame our guys for fouling, however you want to look at it, the bottom line is we were man down and they capitalized," Hall said. "We have no excuse for this loss. I think we'll see them again probably in the playoffs coming down the line and we'll get the tiebreaker then."
That response was key from a Pride team that fell short of a comeback effort after starting Monday's game with a 4-0 deficit.
"Our game plan didn't change a whole lot," Leesville Road coach Jeremy Fullbright said. "We knew how to take advantage of some of our strengths after the Monday game and we started slow and we felt really good about starting the game tonight and the same thing happened. We got in a hole right away and to a credit, our kids recovered a lot quicker tonight, so I think the biggest difference was us growing up as a program.
"(Broughton has) been the high water mark in our conference and it's been something that we've been aspiring to, and we talk to our kids at the beginning of the season about consistently competing for championships and we knew that we would have to go through them. It's very big. You try as a coach not to make one bigger than another, but this is a landmark win for our program."
A stick penalty held Farrell, who led the Pride with four goals and two assists, out of the game to start the fourth quarter during which time Broughton was able to tie the game at 8. Leesville Road again took the lead with 1:33 remaining in regulation, but Broughton responded 31 seconds later with the tying goal to send the game to an overtime that feature two missed shots for each team before Farrell's winning shot.
"I couldn't have done it without my teammates," Farrell said. "The defense held them off for three minutes unreleasable, which is outstanding and just being able to come back in it with a tie was remarkable, and my back-up stick came in handy obviously."
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Tampering-except-when-it-really-isn't has now been replaced (or augmented) by hacking-except-when-it-really-isn't.
The latest athlete trying to put Twitter toothpaste back in the tube is Colts cornerback Vontae Davis, who said about an hour ago that former Dolphins teammate Sean Smith was already talking to the Chiefs.
Which would be, of course, illegal.
"I seen my dude Sean Smith last night he said he talking to KC him & B Flowers will makes a good Duo," Davis tweeted from his verified account at 1:39 p.m.
Perhaps notified that this isn't really within the rules, Davis came back at 2:01 p.m. with "My Twitter was Hack I did not see Sean Smith last night!!"
Then he followed at 2:04 p.m. with "WOW hackers do any & Everything!"
Perhaps the same kind of bored tech geniuses that hacked into Jeep and Burger King's Twitter accounts got to Davis.
Or maybe someone else, who shares his Affinity for random Capitalization, did.
Or maybe he left his phone sitting on the table at lunch and someone decided to have some fun with him.
Or maybe he said something he was supposed to know and not say.
The league has opened a three-day tampering window for free agents, but three months wouldn't be enough to stop it from happening.
So until or unless Smith actually signs with the Chiefs, we're actually less worried about that than Davis's online security.


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Fish & Richardson Prevails in Patent Infringement Trial for Volcano Corporation
Oct 31, 2012, 02:36 ET
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fish & Richardson scored a major victory for San Diego based Volcano Corporation in a patent trial regarding medical device technology used to diagnose heart problems. After less than 90 minutes of deliberation, a federal district court jury in Delaware found that Volcano did not infringe two patents asserted by St. Jude Medical Inc. and that another two St. Jude patents were invalid. A fifth St. Jude patent was declared not infringed by the court on the eve of trial. The lawsuit, filed in 2010 by St. Jude, sought to shut down Volcano's rapidly growing cardiac Functional Management business. The verdict was delivered on October 19, 2012 and was initially subject to an agreement by the parties not to issue press releases.
The Fish team was led by Frank Scherkenbach with assistance from principals Todd Miller, Michael Rosen, Michael Amon, Thomas Halkowski, and John Farrell and associate Corrin Drakulich. St. Jude was represented by DLA Piper.
Volcano and St. Jude are competitors in the fast-growing pressure sensing guide wire business. These wires are six feet long and two hairs thick and include a microscopic pressure-sensing chip. Functional Management is a guide wire based technology that analyzes pressure and flow parameters from inside of the vessel.
"We are very pleased to deliver this significant victory for Volcano in its David vs. Goliath like lawsuit," stated Todd Miller of Fish & Richardson. "Volcano is now free to once again focus on bringing its life saving technologies to patients."
The jury found that St. Jude Medical patents 6,112,598 (a sensor mount patent) and 6,248,083 (a calibration patent) were not infringed and patents 5,938,624 and 6,196,980 (connector patents) were invalid.
In a separate trial heard the following week with the same legal teams, St. Jude admitted liability as to certain products and the jury found certain other St. Jude Medical products did not infringe Volcano's asserted patents.
Fish & Richardson is a global law firm providing strategic counseling and litigation services to innovative clients who seek to protect and maximize the value of their intellectual property (IP). With more than 375 attorneys and technology specialists practicing IP strategy and counseling, IP litigation, and business litigation, Fish is known for its superior technical expertise. Visit www.fr.com or follow @fishrichardson on Twitter.
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I recently went to the funeral of a family friend, a man who was 101. He led a full and rich life, so the funeral was really a celebration.
Like many funerals, the family had made a photo collage showing photographs from the man's long life. A caption read: "A day in the life of a great man."
A life is made up of so many years, so many days, so many hours, so many minutes, so many seconds. When we get caught up in the day to day pressures and deadlines, we tend to lose sight of this. We let time slip by.
If a photo was taken of your life today, would the caption read: "A day in the life of a great man"?
Or would it read, "Too busy," "Not enough time", or "Maybe tomorrow"?
What would the caption read?
We can't change the captions for our yesterdays, but we do have editorial control of our tomorrows. We can try our best to make each day, "A day in the life of a great man!"
... like my family friend who lived to 101!
Charles C. Goodin
A Day in the Life...
I recently went to the funeral of a family friend, a man who was 101. He led a full and rich life, so the funeral was really a celebration.
Most Important Weapon
Various weapons arts are practiced in Karate. They include arts covering the use of the bo, sai, tonfa, nunchaku, tinbe, tekko, and many other weapons. Some of these are improvised type weapons (such as the bo and nunchaku). But others are weapons per se (such as the sai, which was a policeman's weapon).
The idea, in Karate, is to be able to use whatever is at hand as a tool for self defense and escape.
In this regard, one of the most important "weapons" we can carry is a cellular phone. I made sure that my children had them so that they could contact me, or emergency personnel, in case of a problem.
If you are driving and a stranger is following you, you can call the police and drive to the nearest police station. Or, if someone was lurking outside you house, you could call for help.
We often think about weapons as things we can hit or cut with. But they are also things that help us to avoid or escape danger. A cellular phone is an essential weapon.
In a strange coincidence, my cellular phone is a Katana. Ha!
Charles C. Goodin
Not A Good Fighter
This is a story.
A hot headed Karate student asked a senior about the fighting skills of a particular person. The senior replied, "He is not a good fighter."
Filled with confidence, the student went up and challenged this person. When the person refused, the student launched an attack, sure that he could beat him. But with a single punch the person dropped the student and knocked him out.
When he awoke, the student protested to the senior saying, "You said he wasn't a good fighter!"
"He isn't," answered the senior. "He's a great fighter!"
Actually, I have heard about this kind of thing happening. Such a hot headed student is really lucky that he wasn't killed. But this was just a story.
Charles C. Goodin
Belts and Rank?
If you have read this blog for a while you know my view about belts and rank. I probably sound like a one note song on this subject.
Krista De Castella, a student at Sensei Morio Higaonna's Naha dojo recently wrote about this subject at her Memoirs of a Grasshopper blog. See:
I remember that when Higaonna Sensei visited my dojo, he asked why so many students wore white belts. When I explained that I give no kyu ranks and that all students wear white belts until they become shodan, he gave a big happy smile.
Last night at our dojo, we used belts in an excercise to "twist and wind" when beginning a block. Two people held belts and a student pulled on the belts using his lats and back muscles. This is almost like lifting weights with a cable machine... but with belts and partners instead of weights.
Now to me, that's a good use of belts!
Charles C. Goodin
How Long For Black Belt?
A prospective student met with a Karate Sensei and asked, "How long will it take for me to become a black belt?"
The instructor thought about it and replied, "It really depends, but it could take about 10 years."
"But I have already practiced another style of Karate for 5 years and have a black belt in that style," clarified the prospective student.
"In that case it could take 20 years!" declared the instructor.
It can take 10 years to undo the bad habits formed in 5 years. In other words, it might take 10 years to get the student back to zero.
Besides, who asks about belt issues? There are so many more interesting and important issues to discuss. When I am asked about belts, my eyes glaze over. Perhaps that is why we often wear no belts at all in our dojo. Students can train in a gi bottom and T-shirt, in which case they wear no belt. If they wear a gi top they really should wear a belt, but my second son, who is in charge of the dojo, doesn't care.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Could Have Done Better
A student was taking video of his Sensei performing kata.
"Sensei," the student asked, "May I put video of you doing kata ten years ago on the internet?"
"No," answered the Sensei. "I am not satisfied with that video because I have learned since then."
"How about film from last year?"
The answer was the same.
"How about the film I am taking right now? Surely that must be OK."
"No, tomorrow I will have realized that I could have done better."
Some Sensei -- the best ones in my experience -- never seem to be satisfied with themselves. They are not satisfied even with what they are doing right now... it could be better.
Other instructors, I have observed, seem to talk and talk about their accomplishments from years, even decades ago. Looking back too much, one might strain his neck!
There is no end to learning in Karate. One step leads to another and another. But this requires constant work.
Don't be satisfied. Everyone can do better.
Charles C. Goodin
Kvetch Your Lats
I am taking a little break from Karate literature and reading a book on Yiddish. Perhaps we could say, "Your lats you might kvetch!" or "Too much would it be for you to kvetch your lats now and then?"
I actually am quite fond of the tried and true "squeeze your rats."
Charles C. Goodin
Getting More Students
This is a story.
An aging Karate instructor -- a master at that -- called his senior students together to discuss a grave problem. "Our enrollment is declining," he reported. "I have called you together to discuss what we can do. I have also asked a business consultant to sit in our meeting."
Various suggestions were made by the senior instructors but the consensus was that having fewer students was actually better in that more time could be spent with each student. Quality was preferable to quantity.
The instructor looked disappointed and asked the business consultant for his opinion.
"Well, I have observed your dojo for several weeks. You have an excellent product. Your Karate is top rate. In fact, that is the problem. Your standards are too high and you are too tough on students. That is why so many students quit after only a few weeks."
"So what are you saying?" asked the instructor?
"Cut your standards in half and you will double your enrollment and your retention rate."
The seniors erupted in outrage! It got so bad that the instructor had to ask them to leave the room. Finally he was alone with the business consultant.
"Let me get this right. We cut our standards in half and we double our enrollment?"
"What if we cut our standards by 90%?" asked the instructor.
"Why then your enrollment will increase tenfold and hardly any students will quit before they earn their black belt, which you could offer after just 6 months of training, for a hefty fee, of course."
"But what about the seniors? They would never go for this."
"Fire them all. Expel them from the dojo and promote lower black belts to higher ranks. They will be happy and won't know any better. Of course, you can charge them hefty fees too."
"Let me get this straight," said the instructor, "the more I lower my standards the more successful I will be?"
"Exactly right. And you can charge higher tuition and belt fees too. People like to feel like they are improving. You will be helping them to do that."
So what do you think that the instructor did?
This is just a story, thank goodness! What would you do in this situation?
Many years ago, one of my good friends was encouraged by other instructors to increase his tuition. He promptly cut his tuition in half!
Charles C. Goodin
Okinawa Survey -- Please Help
One of my Sensei's students is conducting a survey on behalf of Okinawa Prefecture to ascertain overseas people's interest and the availability of information on Okinawa. The survey is at:
It should only take a few minutes to complete. Can you please help by taking the survey and passing on the address to anyone who might be interested? It would really help my Sensei's student.
Thank you very much!
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Thursday, March 19, 2009
Replace A Bad Habit With A Good Habit
This is very important (at least it is to me).
I have a student who raises his shoulders too much. This is a very common problem, especially among men who tend to put too much strength into their movements. They raise their shoulders in an effort to generate more power -- but in the process, actually slow themselves down and generate less power.
I am always telling this student, "lower your shoulders," "lower your shoulders," "lower your shoulders," ... I must seem to say it all the time.
I had the same problem so I can sympathize. My shoulders were always raised.
But it suddenly dawned on me -- when I was working in my son's yard -- that I should not repeat "lower your shoulders" over and over. That would be like picking weeds but not planting grass.
You can pick all the weeds in a yard, but unless there is good grass to grow in its place, you will just get more weeds. You have to also plant good grass.
So instead of saying, "lower your shoulders," I am now saying, "squeeze your lats."
When you squeeze your lats, it is just about impossible to raise your shoulders. Try it. And when you raise your shoulders, it is also just about impossible to squeeze your lats. The two are mutually exclusive.
So the point is that you have to replace a bad habit with a good habit -- you have to dig out the weeds but also plant grass. You can't just say "stop, stop, stop". You have to also teach the student how to do the correct thing.
Instead of stopping the bad habit of raising the shoulders, you should encourage the good habit of squeezing the lats. One is negative, the other positive.
Like I said, this is important to me, because I do not like being negative.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Friday, March 13, 2009
Charles Goodin Promoted!
Read about it here:
(Scroll down)
That is my second son, Charles, who is the head of our dojo. I am his proud assistant.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Thursday, March 12, 2009
Annual Sugar Cunsumption
How much sugar do you think the average person consumes in the United States each year:
- 7 pounds
- 25 pounds
- 150 pounds
- 1 ton
And I am not sure if that 150 pound figure is for total sugar (including sugar naturally occurring in foods) or just added sugar.
How much sugar does your body need to be healthy? Have you ever thought about it? Think back to the food charts you had to study in school. I don't think that sugar was one of the food groups.
I also understand that carbohydrates, such a bread and rice, are converted to sugar in the body. I don't think that such converted sugars are included in the 150 pound figure.
I have tried to cut out all sugar in my drinks -- except for a little fruit juice, which I dilute. But that was just the start. Last weekend I did a strange thing (for me). I did not put syrup on my pancakes, because it just tasted too sweet. I used to pour the syrup on my pancakes all the time. Now it is too much.
So less sugar is my new motto. There has also been an unexpected benefit -- we have less soda cans to recycle. I brew my tea, which means there are no bottles to deal with. And that means that fewer cans or bottles have to be made in the first place.
For me, it all comes down to control. As a Karate student, I try to become skilled and get into good shape. Controlling my diet is just as important as training regularly. If I can't control my sugar intake, then how strong am I? Am I just a victim to a sweet tooth? If I can train hard in Karate, then I can watch my diet too.
By the way, if the 150 pound figure is right, that means that an average person would consume 1,500 pounds in ten years. I don't know about you, but at my age, 10 years seem to go by pretty quickly.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Fighting Sugar Update
In Fighting Sugar, I described my battle with sugar. I stopped drinking soda about 5 months ago, after a near lifetime of addiction. As I mentioned, if you drink just one Pepsi each day, that's about 33 pounds of sugar in a year. I could drink more than one, particularly at the movies.
I realized that much of my sugar intake was in drinks. So I stopped drinking soda and instead drank brewed iced tea with only one tablespoon of honey in a large pitcher. About 3 weeks ago I noticed that the tea tasted really good so I asked my wife how much honey she put in the pitcher that time. She replied that she had forgotten to put any honey. I finally was tasting just the tea.
So now I drink iced tea with no sugar or honey at all... and I like it. I will drink some fruit juice once in a while, but I usually dilute it because it tastes too sweet.
I have thought about it and I now think that sugar is like a drug. The sugar producers want us to consume as much of it as possible. However, I have never heard a doctor say, "You need more sugar in your diet." Just the opposite.
Recently, my good friend and senior, Sensei Pat Nakata, sent me an email with information about how sugar causes cancer cells to grow. This makes a lot of sense. I think that sugar must be like fertilizer for all sorts of harmful things.
So why do we consume so much? Probably because we just do not think about the consequences.
As Karate students, we should try our best to be healthy and in good shape. Every serious weightlifter or body builder I have ever met has said that diet is just as important as working out. Serious athletes carefully watch what they eat.
So should we. What good is self defense if we destroy ourselves with a reckless diet?
I still enjoy some cake here and there, especially if my wife or daughter make them, but I do not crave or miss sugar. I think that my immune system has been working better too, which would make sense if sugar is basically a fertilizer for sickness and disease.
I will keep you informed of my progress.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Fukyugata Ichi Movement Principles
Later this week, I am going to guest teach a class of a friend of mine. the subject will Fukyugata Ichi Movement Principles. Here is my outline:
- To block/strike from where the hands are
- To move by falling
- To turn without turning
- Hanmi (slanted body alignment)
- To fold/squeeze the body, delayed
- To draw the feet (zig zag)
- To move on a line (as with a bo)
- Timing of block/strike and foot placement/shifting the weight
- Elbows as if tied with rubber bands
- Bounding energy
- Koshi...
I enjoy guest teaching, as it gives me an opportunity to work on the way I explain and demonstrate the principles of movement and body dynamics.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Sunday, March 08, 2009
Memoirs of a Grasshopper Blog
I recently was introduced to Krista de Castella's Memoirs of a Grasshopper blog. She is a student of Sensei Morio Higaonna at his dojo in Naha, Okinawa.
I visited Higaonna Sensei two years ago, and it was good to see photos of Higaonna Sensei and his students at the blog.
I had actually met Ms. de Castella at the dojo of Sensei Jann Aki here in Hawaii. What a small world!
I recommend that you visit the Memoirs of a Grasshopper blog.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Sunday, March 08, 2009
Guest Post: Makiwara
This Guest Post is by my friend and senior, Sensei Pat Nakata. Nakata Sensei is the head of the Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Karate Association in Hawaii. He was a student of Chosin (Choshin) Chibana in Shorin-Ryu, and also studied Ryukyu Kobudo under Sensei Fumio Nagaishi. When he was a young man, he studied Wado-Ryu Karate under Sensei Walter Nishioka.
Makiwara translated is rice straw (wara) that is bound or tied together (maki). Most Karateka today think of makiwara as being a planted wrapped post that is used for striking, but there are many different types of makiwara. In the old days, there were vertically hanging makiwara (like a heavy bag), horizontally hanging makiwara, the standing post makiwara, and round standing post makiwara normally used for blocking. For this discussion, I will use the term makiwara referring to the standing post.
Makiwara is more a Japanese term and in Okinawa it is machiwara, but Chibana Chosin Sensei and most of the other Okinawan teachers in the 1960s called it makiwara. The Okinawan teachers considered makiwara training an essential tool for developing strong punches, but it could also be used for kicks, strikes, and blocking development. Ninety percent of the time it was used for working on one's punches.
The standard makiwara is a tapered 2X4, which in height is about one's solar plexus, but there was a tendency to place it higher. The taller the makiwara, the more flex. Many of the old masters were short, but had high punches. The shoulder height punches were suppose to be punches to the solar plexus (kosen) or the solar plexus line (kosen no sen). These high punches is readily seen in film clips of the old teachers performing Kata. This is a direct result of punching makiwara that is too high.
Regardless of height, a good makiwara must have some flex. Chibana Sensei would say that one may not want to hit a stiff makiwara, but one would be more willing to punch a softer makiwara. He cautioned that a stiff or too rigid makiwara was detrimental to one's health. If a makiwara did not give with a punch because it was too stiff, the power or shock wave would reverse back into the person hitting the makiwara. A makiwara must have flex, but with some resistance.
The Chibana method of punching the makiwara is when one punches the makiwara and bends the makiwara, one must hold the bend of the makiwara with that punch. If one hits a makiwara that is too stiff, one could develop 'kime', but without penetration. In other words, too much of an instant focus (lockup) on contact results in the punch being only a surface hit. A flexible makiwara with a spring like resistance, enables one to develop 'kikomi', which is kime with penetration. To develop a strong kikomi, one must hit the makiwara integrating the timing of a strong upright posture with body mechanics (koshi [hips] and/or hara [pelvic carriage or lower abdominal]), concise breathing, and a strong stance. When one punches a stiff makiwara without trying to penetrate, this practice just hardens the knuckles and strengthens the wrist.
In executing a punch, the fist is held at a palms up position until the elbow is straightened. As the elbow straightens, the fist is twisted instantaneously to a palms down position dropping in the knuckle, which straightens the force that is being transmitted. If one turns the fist too early, keeps the fist in a palms up position, or use a standing fist while fully extending the arm, the power of the punch will be lost at the elbow.
I was originally taught that in hitting the makiwara, muscle lockup (kime) occurs simultaneously as the hip (koshi) twists to full face at the point of contact. I tried hitting Chibana Sensei's makiwara in this manner and could not hold the bend or even bend it. I watched Chibana Sensei punch the makiwara with a far shorter stance than mine, which appeared to be less stable, but his delivery was smooth and almost effortless. The makiwara bent backward about 8 inches with him holding it at that bend. As he continued punching, on close inspection, I noticed his hips did not twist forward until the instant of contact. His stance also planted, transmitted power from the legs into the punch. I realized then that I was spending the power from my hip movement before I hit the target. I learned that kime was the focus and timing of the whole body. The reason why I had no real punching power was because I was just extending my arms without correct timing. I had speed but no power.
After a few years of intensive makiwara training, my punch was stronger, but I had lost mobility in attacking or moving into an opponent with a punch. I tried stepping into or attacking the makiwara as I delivered the punch, but the punch felt more like a push and without any concussion. I started to experiment with a heavy bag. With the heavy bag I could practice a punching attack. Using the heavy bag, one needs a coach that can differentiate between penetration (kikomi), surface hitting, and pushing.
After my trip to Ventura, California, where I had the opportunity to practice hitting a 6 foot heavy bag, I purchased one for the dojo. With this longer, heavier bag we could now practice punches to the head (also low kicks, low strikes, kicks to the head, strikes to the face and head, etc.). All 6 feet long heavy bags are 100+ pounds in weight. Using a100+ pound heavy bag is good training, because if one did not punch correctly, the "bag will hit you back." It will give you good feedback on the correctness of your punch.
Another supplemental equipment for contact training is the hand contact pad, which to some extent resembles a baseball glove. An experienced person holding the contact pad can give feedback on whether the punch or hit is penetrating, surface hitting, pushing, the degree of impact, and whether there is knuckle penetration. The hand contact pad is a supplement to a makiwara or a heavy bag and not an alternative. Ideally, it would be very beneficial to practice with all three; makiwara, heavy bag, and hand contact pads.
Hitting the makiwara is good for power and strength development. I have seen many teachers with punches that were technically incorrect, but were still powerful, because of their dedicated makiwara training. I often wonder about how much more powerful their punches would be if they were technically correct?
As Bob (Snaggy) Inouye said, "Many of the students don't like hitting the bag (or makiwara) and avoid punching the bag, because when they do, they feel 'junk'." Karate is a hitting art. One must hit to understand hitting.
Pat Nakata
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Depth of Kata
This is a story.
A Karate expert observed two Karate students perform the same kata. The students were very anxious to receive his comments.
To the first he said, "They way you practice, you will never penetrate even the surface of the kata."
To the second he said, "The way you practice, there will be no end to the depths you can attain from the kata."
As a Karate expert, how would you assess you own practice -- shallow or deep?
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Hawaii Rules!
The last issue of Classical Fighting Arts had three articles with Hawaii connections:
Stanley Henning wrote Thoughts on the Origins and Transmission to Okinawa of Tongchun Boxing (page 23);Way to go Hawaii!
Kiko Asai Ferreira (wife of Prof. Kimo Ferreira) translated Memories of Karate by Chotoku Kyan (page 48); and
I was interviewed in An Interview with Charles C. Goodin of the Hawaii Karate Museum (page 55).
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Monday, March 02, 2009
Goal of Training
The goal of Karate training, in my opinion, is to learn: (a) the optimal way to move for your body type and physical condition; and (b) the meanings and applications of each and every movement in the kata of your system.
That said, I find that many Karate students only learn to move the same as all other students in their school (one size fits all), and have little or no idea of the meanings and applications of the movements in their system. Such Karate offers little practical advantage. Of course, a student can get in good shape by training hard, but without optimized body dynamics and skill in applications, a larger, stronger and faster opponent will always have the advantage.
In traditional Karate, size does not matter. A Karate expert, even when not armed is armed.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Monday, March 02, 2009


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