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This is a story.
A Japanese Karate instructor thought that he was better than instructors from other countries, since after all, Karate is from Japan (remember, this is just a story). So one day, as he was walking around a residential neighborhood handing out brochures for his Karate class, he stopped and knocked on a door. A young boy answered.
The instructor introduced himself and described his class. The boy, not being very sophisticated, asked, "Why should I learn Karate from you?"
The instructor replied proudly, "I am Japanese and learned Karate in Japan."
The boy invited the instructor into his house and took him to the living room. The instructor followed, certain that he had a new student. The boy stopped at a large television in the living room and said, "Can you please fix this?" he asked. "It is broken."
The instructor was confused. "I am a Karate instructor," he said, "not a television repair man!"
"Well," said the boy," if you're good at Karate because you're from Japan, I figured that you could fix this television because it's from Japan too."
Being from Japan does not make one any better at Karate than anyone else, just as being from the United States does not make one better at baseball. It all comes down to hard work and perseverance... period.
Charles C. Goodin
A Japanese Karate Instructor
This is a story.
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Thursday, February 26, 2009
Telegraphing Movements
The first time I visited Sensei Katsuhiko Shinzato in Okinawa, he demonstrated an uncanny ability to know where a punch or kick would come from. He asked me to stand in front of him and try to punch or kick him. As soon as I would begin to move he would point to the attacking arm or leg.
What was uncanny was his ability to do this before I had moved very much, or perhaps even before I had actually started moving at all. When he pointed to my arm or leg, it stopped me from moving.
That was several years ago. I have thought about it often, but only recently have begun to understand how he did this (or at least I think so).
First, at that time I did not understand how to generate power with the koshi. I had no idea at all! As a result, my movements, whether punches, kicks, or any other type of movement, were powered from the extremeties. For example, if I wanted to punch with my right hand, I would pull back with my right arm and raise my right shoulder. Quite obviously, I was telegraphing my movements. It must have been very easy for Shinzato Sensei to read my intentions and movements.
When power comes from the koshi (the core of the body), it is much harder to anticipate a movement. The core is activated and a movement could be executed using either hand or either foot, or other parts of the body. When you pull back your right arm, the odds are that you are going to throw a right punch (or some other right handed technique). When you "squeeze" or "twist" your koshi, a movement could come from anywhere.
At first, the activation of the koshi is obvious. Students twist their arms and waist, sometimes in exaggerated ways. But with practice, the koshi can be twitched on. Perhaps it is always ready. My point is that with such a koshi, it is hard to know that the koshi is ready and that a movement is imminent.
Of course, I'm pretty certain that Shinzato Sensei could still tell what I am about to do. Perhaps that's why it is better not to attack first, especially against someone who is very skilled.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Saturday, February 21, 2009
Guest Post: Repeated Rambling on Kata
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.
After I completed performing some of our Karate Katas, Murakami Katsumi Sensei said, "Yappari, Chibana Sensei no Karate wa kirei ne" (After all Chibana Sensei's Karate is very clean). Chibana Chosin Sensei often emphasized that a clean Kata was a strong Kata. In a clean Kata, blocks will be viewed as a block and not confused as a strike, strikes viewed as a strike and not a thrust, and thrusts viewed as a thrust and not a strike. Chibana Sensei explained that if one had to alter a waza or movement in the Kata to match the meaning (application), the meaning is incorrect.
Chibana Sensei never talked about combinations within his Katas, because most of the techniques should be decisive (ippon kowashi no waza [one technique to destroy]). When I asked Chibana Sensei on how I could improve my combat ability, he said to practice Kata. He went on to explain that there are no secrets in Karate, but through the practice of Kata, one would discover the true meaning of Kata. Each Kata must be practiced 10,000 times before one can start to learn the true meaning. He often said, "Karate wa karada de narau koto" (one learns Karate with one's body). Knowledge (shirimasu [I know]) can come from intellectualizing, but understanding (wakarimasu [I understand]) comes from experiencing/training. True Karate knowledge and understanding is empirical.
When one studies the strong (fighters) Karateka of yesteryears, one discovers that these strong Karate masters did not practice too many Katas. Most of the old masters talked of refining one's Kata, which was the doing away with unnecessary movements and excessive strength. Chibana Sensei said, "Honto no Karate no chikara wa waza kara deru" (true Karate power comes from technique). So refining of one's Kata is the refining of the techniques within the Kata.
Chibana Sensei said, although much of the Shuri-te techniques within the Katas are from Ti or Tuite, which encompasses many grappling applications, one should first concentrate on developing strong punches, strong strikes, strong kicks, and strong blocks. All the thrust, strikes, kicks, and blocks should be done with ippon Kowashi no waza. In many cases, a strong thrust, strike, kick, or block will set-up the opponent for an effective grappling technique, but then if the thrust, strike, kick, or block was strong enough, there would be no need to grapple. Chibana Sensei never turned to theatrics in demonstrating Karate, it was always thrust, strike, kick, or block. Most of the time it seemed too simple; close the distance (osae [press in]) and destroy the opponent with a single technique. Kata should be done with a natural fighting timing, which is one's breathing rhythm (iki no hyoshi). Chibana Sensei felt that learning too many Katas distracts from refining the Kata, because one would just be practicing movement with no time to work on refinements. On the other hand a limited amount of Katas is also detrimental, in that one would lack versatility.
When Chibana Sensei approached Itosu Anko Sensei about limiting the Katas for his teaching curriculum, Itosu Sensei told him to use the 12 core Katas, which were: Naihanchi Shodan, Naihanchi Nidan, Naihanchi Sandan, Pinan Shodan, Pinan Nidan, Pinan Sandan, Pinan Yondan, Pinan Godan, Kusanku Sho, Kusanku Dai, Chinto, and Patsai. After watching Chibana Sensei perform the Matsumura no Patsai that he had learned from Tawada Sensei, Itosu Sensei told Chibana Sensei to retain both Patsai. Itosu Sensei said, his Patsai should be called Patsai no Kata Sho and the Matsumura no Patsai be called the Patsai no Kata Dai. Chibana Sensei and many of his contemporaries called this curriculum the orthodox Shuri-te. Chibana Sensei maintained that Shuri-te techniques are from the indiginous Okinawan art of Ti, which in a distant past had its start from the Chinese martial arts. Later, Chibana Sensei developed a very basic series of Katas, which he called: Kihon no Kata Shodan, Kihon no Kata Nidan, and Kihon no Kata Sandan. This brought his complete Kata curriculum to 16 Katas.
I was told a story about Miyagi Chojun Sensei (founder of Goju-ryu) going to see Itosu Sensei to learn some Shuri-te Katas, namely the Pinan Katas. Itosu Sensei supposedly told Miyagi Sensei that he should modify and perfect his Naha-te Katas, rather than add Shuri-te Katas to his curriculum. Itosu Sensei continued, saying that if Miyagi Sensei tried to mix his Naha-te with Shuri-te, doing both may weaken his Naha-te and the Shuri-te will never be strong.
Chibana Sensei never confirmed this story, but spoke of his interchange with Miyagi Sensei about limiting the number of Katas in their respected curriculums. Miyagi Sensei agreed and said he would do the same for his curriculum.
The Kata contains the recorded history of fighting maneuvers and strategies of the past masters, mainly the original creator. Also, Kata is a prearranged set or drills against multiple opponents. When there are multiple opponents, each blow must be decisive. In other words, each blow, be it a thrust, strike, kick, or block, must have kime/kikomi for maximum effectiveness. This type of unrestrained blows can only be practiced in a Kata or with a makiwara. The Karate Kata is not static, making it ideal for practicing moving into an opponent, from one technique to another, or from one opponent to another. This movement or transition is vitally important in the effectiveness of the application. About the most important aspect of this transition as taught by Chibana Sensei, is the osae (press).
In the early days of Karate (60s and 70s), Karateka were labeled as fighters or Kata persons. A Kata person was a non-fighter who could perform Kata well. After studying this dilemma, it became noticeable that the truly good fighters, also did good, strong Katas. A Kata person that was not a good fighter, had a 'dead' Kata. A strong Kata, which was alive was performed with kimochi (feeling) and fighting spirit. This kimochi and/or fighting spirit is difficult to explain, but is recognizable when one sees it. This kimochi and fighting spirit gives the Kata a certain seriousness and connotes something deadly and primal. Fighting is fighting. Kata is Kata. One starts to understand Karate when one sees that fighting is fighting, Kata is Kata, and Kata is fighting. As it was said earlier, understanding is empirical. One reaches this understanding of Kata through diligent training.
Pat Nakata
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Saturday, February 21, 2009
Memories of Karate by Chotoku Kyan
I received the current issue of Classical Fighting Arts today. One of the article is Memories of Karate by Chotoku Kyan. It is a translation of a May 1942 Ryukyu Shinpo newspaper article that was either written by Kyan or was an interview of him. My friend, Kiko Asai-Ferreira (wife of Prof. Kimo Ferreira) was the translator.
This may be only the second such article ever found with the words and thoughts of Kyan Sensei. If you are interested in Kyan and the experts of his age, I highly recommend that you obtain a copy. The article also has several historic photos of Kyan. There are also other historic photos accompanying other artices in the issue.
I would purchase a journal for just one historic photo. This issue is filled with them.
I did not write an article for this issue. Actually, I was interviewed about the Hawaii Karate Museum and our establishment of the Hawaii Karate Museum Collection at the University of Hawaii. It was a little strange to be the interviewee.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Deceptively Simple
I was speaking to David Chambers today. He is the publisher of Classical Fighting Arts, a journal for which I often write articles. David mentioned a fine Japanese calligraphy he had seen and said that it was "deceptively simple."
I replied, "Like the best Karate experts."
Wouldn't it be great to be deceptively simple?
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Tuesday, February 17, 2009
How Long Will It Take?
Sometimes I am asked by potential students who have already earned dan ranking in other styles of Karate how long it will take for them to earn the same dan ranking in my dojo (which teaches Kishaba Juku Shorin-Ryu).
I think that it would be better for such potential students to ask how long it will take for them to learn our basics, our system of body dynamics, our approach to movement in general, the meaning of the movements in our kata, our view of Karate as being part of daily life, etc.
There are so many more important things to ask than when equivalent rank could be earned.
If pressed, I usually recommend that the student remain in his particular style of Karate if he is so attached to the rank he has earned. Why seek to learn from me when his heart is so attached to a belt? A student, of any age, should want to learn.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Saturday, February 14, 2009
Higaonna Sensei
I just heard that Sensei Morio Higaonna (see iogkf.com) was promoted to 10th dan. I wanted to mention this, and offer my congratulations and respect. Higaonna Sensei is one of the most dedicated and skillful Karate instructors I have ever had the privilege to meet. He certainly "walks the walk." I think he trains all the time.
He has also been very generous to and supportive of the Hawaii Karate Museum, and to me personally in my research efforts.
When I have met Higaonna Sensei, he always says, "I am just a student." Irrespective of dan level, I am sure that he is trying to improve himself each and every day. What an example for us.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Saturday, February 14, 2009
Rank Fee Schedule
I thought I would list our dojo's schedule of dan ranking related fees.
- Testing Fee:
- Belt Fee:
- Certificate Fee:
- Annual Renewal Fee:
- Retesting Fee:
- Reissuance of Lost Certificate Fee:
- Recertification Fee:
- Title Fee:
- Fee to Have Certificate Signed by Dignitary:
- Fee to Have Photo Taken With Dignitary Awarding Certificate:
I think that rank is something you earn by sincere hard work, not something you can purchase. And the idea is to develop skill and a good character.
There was a Karate instructor. He was so good that his gi made a loud noise whenever he executed a technique... "ka-ching, ka-ching!"
Three students were arguing about which of them was the best.
"My instructor is the most famous," said the first, "so I am the best!"
"My instructor is a great champion," said the second, "so I am the best!"
"I have you both beat," boasted the third. "I am certainly the best."
"But your instructor is neither famous nor a champion," said the first.
"And to tell the truth, he is not very skilled," said the second.
"That may be true," conceded the third, "but he charged me a fortune for my shodan certificate!" "I must be the best!"
The best things in life are free.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Parking Lot Courtesy
If you and your Sensei are parked side by side or near to each other, and you are both in your cars and about to leave the parking lot at the same time, what should you do?
You should wait for your Sensei to pull out of his parking lot first. After he leaves, then you can pull out of your parking lot and leave.
In the dojo, you would not cut in front of your Sensei. You should show courtesy. The same applies in the parking lot, and anywhere for that matter. I only referred to the the parking lot scenario because it is something you are likely to experience frequently.
I follow the same rule if my wife and I are leaving a parking lot at the same time. I always let her leave first. If we are both going home, I will follow behind her.
I know that some of you are thinking, "She must be your Sensei!"
Actually, I do this so that I will be in a better position to assist my wife if she has car trouble, an accident, or some other driver gives her trouble. If I am behind her, I can easily stop and help. If I were in front of her, I might not see the problem and continue on home.
My secondary point is that the courtesy we show to our Sensei is the same courtesy that we can show to other people. The real dojo is daily life.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Friday, February 06, 2009
Punching Speed Contest
I was teaching the class on Monday night and wanted to explain something about punching. I wanted to show that using the koshi makes it easier to punch fast.
My third son, Cael, was there. Cael is 19 and very fast. I think he is the fastest of my sons, and also the strongest. He practiced Kendo for several years and became very quick. You would think that he should be able to punch much faster than me, since I am 51.
We began to punch to my wife's count. Of course, my son wanted to hold back so as not to embarrass me. But I urged him to try his best. We were going at about the same speed, but eventually he started to pass me by perhaps 10% to 15%.
So here is my point. Cael was not able to punch twice as fast as me. He could only beat me by a little. A 19 year old should have a greater advantage. Plus, Cael is not an average 19 year old. He has trained in Karate since he was 5 and is really quick. So why couldn't he move much faster than me -- to smoke his dad?
First, I believe that there is some sort of natural speed limit to koshi driven movement. If I put 4 students in front of the class who are all pretty good at koshi and have them punch as fast as they can, one might be a little ahead, but generally they all punch at about the same speed. I think this is because whips all go at about the same speed.
Also, with respect to Cael there is another factor. His hands and arms are faster than mine, but my koshi is faster than his. I can twitch my koshi faster (with a smaller torque) than him, and this helps me to get my punch off a little faster. He pumps or floats a little when he initiates his koshi. I do much less so.
As a result, my punch gets off a little faster. Cael then catches up and passes me during the punch because of his arm and hand speed. If he had a faster koshi, he really would smoke me.
I have observed another thing about speed. When someone is really skilled at koshi, it is not simply the speed of one technique that counts -- you have to also look at the speed of combinations. A fast person might be able to throw one technique quickly but a skilled koshi person can throw a combination with no wasted time between the techniques. The two techniques take only a little longer than a single technique. And the first technique might be a part of the second, a parry for example.
So there is a difference between raw speed and effective speed.
And don't forget that koshi allows one to generate power in a very short distance. Thus, a punch or strike can be thrown close and a close technique will generally be faster than a long range one.
At 51 I like to challenge younger, faster students. If I can come close, that is good. If I can come close to Cael, that is great! I want to become faster (and stronger) as I grow older.
And honestly, I am much slower than my Sensei, who is now almost 70!
With koshi, progress as one ages is possible. Without koshi, we will naturally become slower and weaker with age. Who wants that?
Charles C. Goodin
Skill and Intelligence
I recently wrote about Skill and Conditioning. In that post, I stated:
It is important to hone your skills. It is also important to condition your body to provide the best vehicle possible for the expression of such skills. The two go hand in hand.
You do not want to be a Karate brute. Instead, you want to be a cultured gentleman (or lady), skilled in both the physical and the mind.
Please do not get me wrong. I am not saying that you should not be in great shape. You should. It is just that you should also be in great mental shape.
For young students, I would urge them to try to get the best education possible. Ideally, a student should strive to obtain a college degree. I urge my own children to strive for a graduate degree as well.
I know that this is not always possible, but it is a good goal to work toward. If Karate training helps a student to be determined, it should also give him the determination and drive to pursue higher education. In addition, a good education could help the student to obtain a job that will enable him to further pursue his Karate training throughout his life.
Charles C. Goodin
The Loudest Supporter/Critic
Over the years I have noticed that the most vocal supporter for a Sensei, while he trains with him, sometimes becomes the loudest critic of the Sensei, when he leaves him.
The student who shouts "My Sensei is the best", might later yell, "That man is the worst!" Of course, these things happen in all things, not only in Karate.
But because of my observation, I now pay closer attention when a student or instructor is very vocal in his support for his Sensei. Why is he doing this? Is he sincerely sharing his view about his Sensei, or is he actually trying to draw attention to himself? Is he really saying, "Look at me!"
Being too loud is not a good thing. If a student is too vocal in his support of his Sensei, his Sensei will feel uncomfortable and probably scold him. But then again, some Sensei might enjoy the praise! Then the student and Sensei would seem to deserve each other.
I will tell you another observation I have made. When a student finds a truly great Sensei he might actually want to keep it quiet!
Charles C. Goodin
A Great Artist
This is a story...
A man had a reputation as a great artist. One day, an art professor from a major university visited him accompanying by a film crew. Of course, the artist was very pleased and eager to demonstrate his skill.
The artist took the professor and the film crew to his studio and took out a coloring book. Opening the book to the first page, he carefully began to trace the outlines of the pictures with a crayon.
The professor was dumbfounded. "Why, why, this is something that a 5 year old child would do," he exclaimed.
"Yes," admitted the artist. "But you see, I have been doing it for 30 years!"
Just as there is much more to art than merely tracing the outlines of pictures, there is much more to kata than merely performing the movements.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Sunday, February 01, 2009


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One of the things that influenced Doug and I when we decided to buy the iPad was our love of minor league baseball. The first app we purchased was ESPN iScore Baseball, though when I researched it before the 3G iPad was released it didn't have the ESPN moniker.
I'll admit right here and now that I find baseball to be a little slow and boring. I prefer to sit at the games and knit or do crosswords while I watch. I have a short attention span. So one of the things that I learned to do, with Doug's help, was to keep score. We bought scorebooks and I kept score. It forced me to learn about the game and, more importantly at the time, to pay attention to the game. I say "at the time" because we used to sit on the first base side in the bleachers where a foul ball could be life threatening. If I was reading or knitting or whatever and not paying attention, I could get smacked in the head with a foul ball before Doug could dive in front of me.
I liked keeping score but when we started sitting in the box seats behind home plate (and behind the netting) it became harder to see what was happening on the field. I didn't have to worry about foul balls anymore so gradually I went back to reading, knitting and crosswords.
The iPad and iScore has changed all that. Now we take turns scoring (I score the visitors and Doug scores the Suns) and I am having to learn all over again how to score a game. What's worse is that now it seems to go so fast that I can't always keep up.
We attracted some attention when we first showed up at the game with our iPad and started keeping score. The Suns assistant manager Joel wanted to know more about it and sat with us for a while to see how it worked. He later downloaded the iPhone version and messed with it enough to see the potential. He now sees to it that the starting lineups are emailed to me before game time so we don't have to waste time setting that up.
One of the scouts who are always there came over and asked about it also. I hoped he checked it out some more because I know it could make his life easier.
I sometimes sit at home and watch baseball on tv now so I can practice scoring. Before the iPad I considered that to be akin to watching paint dry but know I'm so busy trying to figure out what happened that I can't keep up. This has turned out to be so much fun that I really look forward to games. I'd like to be able to score every play exactly right but I think it will be a while before I reach that level, if ever.
So for now the knitting stays home and I'm getting things done a little more slowly but they are getting done. I finished Eva last weekend but I haven't worked in the ends or blocked it yet. I'm almost done with the India Stole, less than 100 rows left with each one being two stitches shorter than the last. When it's done I'm going back the Evenstar shawl. So despite the attraction of the iPad and the rush of baseball, I'm still getting some knitting done. Just a little more slowly.
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Lots of parking space at point G (NW of summit) and a good road to follow until close to the summit. Crockdooish: Barbed wire proliferates Summit Comment m0jla a day ago 17/05/2019 Several of the barbed wire fences have been (or are still being) replaced with higher, double strand barbed wire tops. Mullaghash: Well hidden Sweat House Summit Comment m0jla 2 days ago 16/05/2019 We found this much easier than expected. Parked, with permission, in the yard of the cottage by the sign to the Sweat House and followed the path to the display panel. Failed to find an... Slieve League Track 4149 conormcbandon 6 days ago walk, Len: 21.0km, Climb: 783m, Area: Cnoc Ramhar, Donegal SW (Ireland) Cnoc Ra... The Faha Ridge Track 4148 conormcbandon a week ago I have been putting off the Faha Ridge for years having previously backed out in almost ideal conditions due to the ... walk, Len: 14.8km, Climb: 1138m, Area: Benagh, Brandon Group (Ireland) Benagh|| Donald's Hill: Steep but good going Summit Comment m0jla 2 days ago 15/05/2019 We used the route from the SW. Apart from being steep it is an excellent route and gives fine views of King's Fort which we visited on descent . Delightful at bluebell time. Circling a turquoise gem: Lago de Braies in the Dolomites. Track 4151 simon3 5 days ago More to come walk, Len: 10.0km, Climb: 682m, Area: Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige () || Loughermore: The shorter route Summit Comment m0jla 2 days ago 17/05/2-19 We used the route suggested by Peter Walker. Very pleasant apart from the drizzle which limited views where the forest allowed them Monte Piana, Battlegrounds, Via Ferrata, Difficult River crossings. Track 4145 simon3 a week ago This will always be a memorable and very varied walk. It has views of the iconic Drei Zinnen, a spectacular rocky mounta walk, Len: 14.4km, Climb: 708m, Area: Italy, Veneto () || The gender gap...a sobering tale Forum: General Peter Walker 6 days ago Hi folksThose of you who know me in real life will know I generally try to find the humour in the outdoors (to an annoying degree for some). But what follows is serious; the points I'm raising are... Most Recent Monthly Newsletter. Conditions and Info Use of MountainViews is governed by conditions. General information about the site is here. Opinions in material here are not necessarily endorsed by MountainViews. Hillwalking is a risk sport. Information in comments, walks or shared GPS tracks may not be accurate for example as regards safety or access permission. You are responsible for your safety and your permission to walk see conditions. 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Video display Dublin/Wicklow Area Wicklow Mountains Subarea More detail Place count in area: 129, OSI/LPS Maps: 28B, 49, 50, 55, 56, 61, 62, AWW Highest place: Lugnaquilla, 925m Maximum height for area: 925 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 905 metres, Places in area Dublin/Wicklow:Ballinacorbeg 336mBallinastraw 284mBallycurry 301mBallyguile Hill 188mBallyhook Hill 288mBray Head Hill 240mCarrickgollogan 276mCarrigeen Hill 298mCarrigoona Commons East 242mCloghnagaune 385mCorballis Hill 258mCupidstown Hill 378.6mDunranhill 342mEagle Hill 296mKilleagh 249mKilliney Hill 153.5mKilmichael Hill 267mKilnamanagh Hill 217mKnockannavea 400.8mKnockree 342mMount Kennedy 365.9mSlieveroe 332mWestaston Hill 270mDublin Mountains: Corrig Mountain 617.1mGlendoo Mountain 586mKippure 757mKnocknagun 555mMountpelier Hill 383mPrince William's Seat 555mSaggart Hill 396.9mSeahan 647.3mSeefin 620.6mSeefingan 722.9mTibradden Mountain 467mTwo Rock Mountain 536mWicklow Mountains: Annagh Hill 454mBallinacor Mountain 531mBallinafunshoge 480mBallineddan Mountain 652mBallycumber Hill 431mBallycurragh Hill 536mBallyteige 447mBaltinglass Hill 382mBarranisky 280mBenleagh 689mBlack Hill 602.2mBrockagh Mountain 557mBrockagh Mountain North-West Top 548mBrockagh Mountain SE Top 470mCamaderry Mountain 698.6mCamaderry South East Top 677.3mCamenabologue 758mCamenabologue SE Top 663mCarrick Mountain 381mCarrickashane Mountain 508mCarrig Mountain 571mCarrigleitrim 408mCarriglineen Mountain 455mCarrignagunneen 561mCarrigshouk 572.5mCarrigvore 682mChurch Mountain 544mCloghernagh 800mCollon Hill 238mConavalla 734mCorriebracks 531mCorrigasleggaun 794mCroaghanmoira 664mCroaghanmoira North Top 575mCroghan Kinsella 606mCroghan Kinsella East Top 562.1mCullentragh Mountain 510mCushbawn 400mDerrybawn Mountain 474mDjouce 725mDuff Hill 720mFair Mountain 571.2mFananierin 426mGravale 718mGreat Sugar Loaf 501mKanturk 523mKeadeen Mountain 653mKirikee Mountain 474mKnocknacloghoge 534mLakeen 357mLittle Sugar Loaf 342mLobawn 636mLugduff 652mLugduff SE Top 637mLuggala 595mLugnagun 446.2mLugnaquilla 925mMaulin 570mMoanbane 703mMoneyteige North 427mMullacor 661mMullaghcleevaun 849mMullaghcleevaun East Top 790mMuskeagh Hill 397mPreban Hill 389mRobber's Pass Hill 508.9mScarr 641mScarr North-West Top 561mSeskin 344mSilsean 698mSleamaine 430mSlieve Maan 547.8mSlieve Maan North Top 546.1mSlievecorragh 418mSlievefoore 414mSlievemaan 759mSorrel Hill 599.5mSpinans Hill 409mSpinans Hill SE Top 400mStoney Top 714mStookeen 420mSugarloaf 552mTable Mountain 701.7mTable Mountain West Top 563mTinoran Hill 312mTomaneena 682.4mTonduff 642mTonduff East Top 593mTonelagee 817mTonelagee NE Top 668mTonlagee South-East Top 546mTrooperstown Hill 430mWar Hill 686mWhite Hill 630.9m Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such. Centre on map. Muskeagh Hill Hill Tinahely Hill A name in English Wicklow County, in Binnion List, Dark grey semi-pelitic, psammitic schist Bedrock Height: 397m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 62 Grid Reference: T01174 73016 Place visited by 43 members. Recently by: ClareKeeley, Barry28213, PaulNolan, CaminoPat, mountainmike, chalky, garrettd, jlk, FilHil, HillmanImp, paddyhillsbagger, Moneenman, mickhanney, wwwalker, turfymccloud I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.) More detail Longitude: -6.500749, Latitude: 52.799015 , Easting: 301174, Northing: 173016 Prominence: 242m, Isolation: 3.3km ITM: 701101 673055, GPS IDs, 6 char: MskgHl, 10 char: MskghHilBedrock type: Dark grey semi-pelitic, psammitic schist, (Ballybeg Member) Has been called Tinahely Hill. Muskeagh Hill is the 958th highest place in Ireland. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/844/ Rate Gallery COMMENTS for Muskeagh Hill 1 of 1 Follow this place's comments Picture from group : Muskeagh from the West Picture: Muskeagh from the West Small hill with good views and access from the west. Short Summary created by simon3, 26 Feb 2012 One place to start is from the public road at S9962 7318 A, west of the summit, where a forest track starts. Some have started further up this track from around T006 734 B. Another place to start is at T0172 7464 C. This route uses a pleasant stretch of the Wicklow Way of around 1600m to reach the base of the summit. The first part of Track 1325 shows a route through the forest using various tracks and open spaces to reach the top. Using this route keeps the walking almost entirely within the forest, however it requires attention to route selection as there are various false leads.Muskeagh rewards on a good day with extensive views of South Wicklow. Muskeagh is part of a chain of summits leading south west from the main Wicklow mountains and is paralleled by an eastern chain including Croghan Kinsella and Annagh Hill all of which is very visible from Muskeagh Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/844/comment/5603/ Picture from wicklore : The summit of Muskeagh Hill with a snow-covred Lugnaquillia in the distance beyond. Picture: The summit of Muskeagh Hill with a snow-covred Lugnaquillia in the distance beyond. wicklore on Muskeagh Hill, 2008 by wicklore 2 Nov 2008 Using an old track I made my way by car to T006 734 B. From here I followed the edge of the forest up to the summit in about 25 minutes. A couple of fences had to be negotiated so I would suggest just staying inside the forest as long as possible. It felt fairly remote once I was up away from the grassy track where I had parked. However a small wind turbine and aerial at the summit, along with 5 empty cans of orange took away that remote feeling. (The cans were best before September '09 so probably recent enough) I enjoyed the view across to a completely snow-covered Lugnaquillia in the north. The view of the vast plain that stretches south from Keadeen, broken by the little Eagles Hill, was impressive. This is a typical hill where the fields sweep up to meet a forest at the summit. A section of heathery bog also reaches the summit. A handy diversion for those on The Wicklow Way below who might like to head up for the views. Up and down in less than an hour, and for me a nice return to this neck of the woods bringing back fond memories of walking the Wicklow Way. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/844/comment/3416/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from madfrankie : Muskeagh Hill from the Wicklow Way to the north Picture: Muskeagh Hill from the Wicklow Way to the north Just Musk by madfrankie 23 Jan 2011 I took a northern approach to Muskeagh, turning off onto Cuckoo lane between Hacketstown and Tinahely, parking at T0172 7464 C where the Wicklow Way leaves the tarmac road to continue up a boreen. This sometimes muddy track skirts Muskeagh's northern slopes, crosses a few gates, and passes a recently deceased sheep. The Wicklow Way emerges onto a rough lane where I turned left and shortly arrived at the edge of the forestry. As Wicklore describes, it's 25 minutes to the summit, the highest point of which which is probably an earthen ditch that runs parallel to the trees. A newer telecoms or TV thingy is at the top, compared to the apparatus in Wicklore's photo. A nice ramble on one of Wicklow's more obscure hills. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/844/comment/6209/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from csd : The view NW from the summit of Muskeagh. Picture: The view NW from the summit of Muskeagh. Thwarted from the east by csd 16 May 2010 In the interests of variety, I attempted an approach from the east, taking the narrow boreen that leads up to the reservoir in the area marked Glenphillipeen. However, it was not to be, as this route would have had me traipsing through fields full of livestock with the dog yanking my arm off on the leash in search of a chase. The other downside of this approach is there's nowhere to park without blocking the track, so I abandoned it and took the route described by wicklore. The track he mentions is fine for a normal family car or a 4x4, but I wouldn't take anything low-slung up it unless you're fond of the delicate sound of sump against rock! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/844/comment/4742/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average New trail by mickhanney 31 Dec 2013 There is a new waymarked trail which traverses Muskeagh hill from west to east. I ventured there today as part of a loop of Tinahely. I approached from Crossbridge following the wicklow way to where the Way turns right to meet the road at Muskeagh. Don't take this right turn, but traverse left and follow a short trail up and down to meet a red arrow waymark sign which brings you up what is the first of 2 challenging climbs which has gradients of 20% in places. A couple of zig zags to smooth out the gradient would have been welcome. The path is quite closed in and shelted between trees to any views but the views reveal themselves near the top, on the southward side first, then with a little more climb, to the north and east. The summit is spoiled by the broadband mast. On the east side the landowner has assisted the local trails people in creating a nice trail between the fields all the way down to the Tinahely Shillelagh road, (R749). The exit/entry point is very close to Tinahely, just beside the Welcome to Tinahely sign. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/844/comment/15294/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average A round trip descending on the Tinahely Loop. by garrettd 15 Aug 2014 I parked most of the way up the road on the W side of Muskeagh at T002730 D, just before the bend and followed the WW almost as far as the house on the RHS. Incidentally, there is a planning notice for a bungalow just before the house and this will impact the route alongside the forest if it gets permission. The walk to the summit from there is a straightforward push with about 150m of climb. I returned via the Tinahely Loop which is a good quality track and well marked which may well become the normal route in future if planning permission for the bungalow is given. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/844/comment/17616/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average (End of comment section for Muskeagh Hill.) Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.) British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence) MountainViews.ie, a Hill-walking Website for the island of Ireland. 11 Million Visitors Per Year. 1300 Contributors.


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Critics say gays, Native Americans, immigrants unprotected in House's domestic violence bill
Unfazed by a White House veto threat, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved anti-domestic violence legislation that opponents charge doesn't sufficiently protect gay, lesbian, transgender people, Native Americans and immigrants.
On a 222-205 vote, the House passed a GOP-sponsored bill to renew the Violence Against Women Act, an 18-year-old law written by then-Sen. Joe Biden that dedicates federal resources to assist victims of domestic violence.
Wednesday's vote puts the House at odds once again with the Democratic-controlled Senate, which approved its version of the bill last month on a bipartisan 68-31 vote. The Senate bill renews the act for five years, authorizes $659.3 million in annual spending and contains measures to help victims of sexual assault, improve emergency housing services for victims and consolidate some grant programs to make them more efficient.
It also contains provisions intended to: encourage undocumented immigrants to help law enforcement identify domestic abuse victims; assure protections for gays, lesbians and transgender people, among others; and give tribal courts increased authority to prosecute incidents of domestic violence committed by non-Native Americans in Native American territories.
While both political parties and both chambers of Congress agree on the need for the act – a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study last year found that 24 people per minute in this country are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by intimate partners – they vastly disagree over what it should include and whom it should protect.
The House bill provides the same level of funding as the Senate measure but excludes some of the specific domestic-violence protections for gays, immigrants and Native Americans that are in the Senate measure.
Those exclusions prompted opposition from hundreds of civil rights, religious and law enforcement groups, including the National Organization for Women, the American Bar Association, the Episcopal Church and the YWCA USA.
"During my first term in Congress nearly two decades ago, I proudly voted for the Violence Against Women Act. It saddens me that now, in my last term, my Republican colleagues are determined to water down and undermine this landmark legislation," said Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif. "But as we've seen many times, the majority likes playing politics with women's health and safety. And because they rarely miss an opportunity to exclude LGBT Americans from important rights and benefits . . . they're saying that, if you're a woman who's in a relationship with another woman, then you don't deserve the same protection against domestic abuse or sexual assault."
The House bill also left some moderate Republicans feeling uneasy. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, joined 12 Democratic female senators Wednesday in sending a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, that urged him to pass the Senate version of the bill.
"We should not let politics pick and choose which victims of abuse to help and which to ignore," the letter read. "Each previous reauthorization substantially improved the way VAWA addressed the changing needs of domestic violence victims by addressing challenges facing older victims, victims with disabilities and underserved groups."
But Republicans charged that it was Democrats who were playing election-year politics with the domestic violence issue, to help bolster their argument that the Republican Party is waging a war on women's rights.
The White House has threatened to veto the House legislation, and it urged Republicans to "join with the Senate in passing a bipartisan VAWA reauthorization bill that protects all victims."
"Republican men and women both abhor violence against women," said Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C, who supported the House version. "In fact, I would say we are more concerned about violence against women, because we want to see those women served better and we want to see the money spent better. . . . We are strengthening the Violence Against Women Act, not weakening the act."
Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, defended the House-passed version. He said the bill "doesn't include language to provide special protective status to certain categories of people because they are already covered under VAWA." He added that the GOP version doesn't allow Native American tribes to prosecute non-Native Americans because it's unconstitutional.
The Republican bill was endorsed by the National Coalition for Men, whose argument in support of the legislation appeared to undercut the GOP claim that the Violence Against Women Act's language is so broad that it already covers almost all groups.
In a letter to lawmakers, the men's rights group said the bill's opponents "loudly assert that VAWA serves all people, which is absurd given the name of the Act."
"Opposing versions, by omission and lack of specificity, generally exclude men, particularly heterosexual men, regardless of specious arguments to the contrary," the letter read.


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Brothers Grimm, German Brüder Grimm, German folklorists and linguists best known for their Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812–22; also called Grimm's Fairy Tales), which led to the birth of the modern study of folklore. Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (b. January 4, 1785, Hanau, Hesse-Kassel [Germany]—d. September 20, 1863, Berlin) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (b. February 24, 1786, Hanau, Hesse-Kassel [Germany]—d. December 16, 1859, Berlin) together compiled other collections of folk music and folk literature, and Jacob in particular did important work in historical linguistics and Germanic philology, which included the formulation of Grimm's law. They were among the most important German scholars of their time.
Beginnings and Kassel period
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were the oldest in a family of five brothers and one sister. Their father, Philipp Wilhelm, a lawyer, was town clerk in Hanau and later justiciary in Steinau, another small Hessian town, where his father and grandfather had been ministers of the Calvinistic Reformed Church. The father's death in 1796 brought social hardships to the family; the death of the mother in 1808 left 23-year-old Jacob with the responsibility of four brothers and one sister. Jacob, a scholarly type, was small and slender with sharply cut features, while Wilhelm was taller, had a softer face, and was sociable and fond of all the arts.
After attending the high school in Kassel, the brothers followed their father's footsteps and studied law at the University of Marburg (1802–06) with the intention of entering civil service. At Marburg they came under the influence of Clemens Brentano, who awakened in both a love of folk poetry, and Friedrich Karl von Savigny, cofounder of the historical school of jurisprudence, who taught them a method of antiquarian investigation that formed the real basis of all their later work. Others, too, strongly influenced the Grimms, particularly the philosopher Johann Gottfried von Herder, with his ideas on folk poetry. Essentially, they remained individuals, creating their work according to their own principles.
In 1805 Jacob accompanied Savigny to Paris to do research on legal manuscripts of the Middle Ages; the following year he became secretary to the war office in Kassel. Because of his health, Wilhelm remained without regular employment until 1814. After the French entered in 1806, Jacob became private librarian to King Jérôme of Westphalia in 1808 and a year later auditeur of the Conseil d'État but returned to Hessian service in 1813 after Napoleon's defeat. As secretary to the legation, he went twice to Paris (1814–15), to recover precious books and paintings taken by the French from Hesse and Prussia. He also took part in the Congress of Vienna (September 1814–June 1815). Meantime, Wilhelm had become secretary at the Elector's library in Kassel (1814), and Jacob joined him there in 1816.
By that time the brothers had definitely given up thoughts of a legal career in favour of purely literary research. In the years to follow they lived frugally and worked steadily, laying the foundations for their lifelong interests. Their whole thinking was rooted in the social and political changes of their time and the challenge these changes held. Jacob and Wilhelm had nothing in common with the fashionable "Gothic" Romanticism of the 18th and 19th centuries. Their state of mind made them more Realists than Romantics. They investigated the distant past and saw in antiquity the foundation of all social institutions of their days. But their efforts to preserve these foundations did not mean that they wanted to return to the past. From the beginning, the Grimms sought to include material from beyond their own frontiers—from the literary traditions of Scandinavia, Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Scotland, England, Serbia, and Finland.
They first collected folk songs and tales for their friends Achim von Arnim and Brentano, who had collaborated on an influential collection of folk lyrics in 1805, and the brothers examined in some critical essays the essential difference between folk literature and other writing. To them, folk poetry was the only true poetry, expressing the eternal joys and sorrows, the hopes and fears of humankind.
Encouraged by Arnim, they published their collected tales as the Kinder- und Hausmärchen, implying in the title that the stories were meant for adults and children alike. In contrast to the extravagant fantasy of the Romantic school's poetical fairy tales, the 200 stories of this collection (including, among the most enduring, "Snow White," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Sleeping Beauty," and "Rumpelstiltskin") aimed at conveying the soul, imagination, and beliefs of people through the centuries—or at a genuine reproduction of the teller's words and ways. Most of the stories were taken from oral sources, though a few were from printed sources. The great merit of Wilhelm Grimm is that he gave the fairy tales a readable form without changing their folkloric character. The results were threefold: the collection enjoyed wide distribution in Germany and eventually in all parts of the globe; it became and remains a model for the collecting of folktales everywhere; and the Grimms' notes to the tales, along with other investigations, formed the basis for the science of the folk narrative and even of folklore. To this day the tales remain the earliest "scientific" collection of folktales.
The Kinder- und Hausmärchen was followed by a collection of historical and local legends of Germany, Deutsche Sagen (1816–18), which never gained wide popular appeal, though it influenced both literature and the study of the folk narrative. The brothers then published (in 1826) a translation of Thomas Crofton Croker's Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, prefacing the edition with a lengthy introduction of their own on fairy lore. At the same time, the Grimms gave their attention to the written documents of early literature, bringing out new editions of ancient texts, from both the Germanic and other languages. Wilhelm's outstanding contribution was Die deutsche Heldensage ("The German Heroic Tale"), a collection of themes and names from heroic legends mentioned in literature and art from the 6th to the 16th centuries, together with essays on the art of the saga.
While collaborating on these subjects for two decades (1806–26), Jacob also turned to the study of philology with an extensive work on grammar, the Deutsche Grammatik (1819–37). The word deutsch in the title does not mean strictly "German," but it rather refers to the etymological meaning of "common," thus being used to apply to all of the Germanic languages, the historical development of which is traced for the first time. He represented the natural laws of sound change (both vowels and consonants) in various languages and thus created bases for a method of scientific etymology; i.e., research into relationships between languages and development of meaning. In what was to become known as Grimm's law, Jacob demonstrated the principle of the regularity of correspondence among consonants in genetically related languages, a principle previously observed by the Dane Rasmus Rask. Jacob's work on grammar exercised an enormous influence on the contemporary study of linguistics, Germanic, Romance, and Slavic. In 1824 Jacob Grimm translated a Serbian grammar by his friend Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, writing an erudite introduction on Slavic languages and literature.
He extended his investigations into the Germanic folk-culture with a study of ancient law practices and beliefs published as Deutsche Rechtsaltertümer (1828), providing systematic source material but excluding actual laws. The work stimulated other publications in France, the Netherlands, Russia, and the southern Slavic countries.
The Göttingen years
The quiet contentment of the years at Kassel ended in 1829, when the brothers suffered a snub—perhaps motivated politically—from the Elector of Hessen-Kassel: they were not given advancement following the death of a senior colleague. Consequently, they moved to the nearby University of Göttingen, where they were appointed librarians and professors. Jacob Grimm's Deutsche Mythologie, written during this period, was to be of far-reaching influence. From poetry, fairy tales, and folkloristic elements, he traced the pre-Christian faith and superstitions of the Germanic people, contrasting the beliefs to those of classical mythology and Christianity. The Mythologie had many successors all over Europe, but often disciples were not as careful in their judgments as Jacob had been. Wilhelm published here his outstanding edition of epigrams by the 13th-century poet Freidank.
But again fate overtook them. When Ernest Augustus, duke of Cumberland, became king of Hanover, he high-handedly repealed the constitution of 1833, which he considered too liberal. Two weeks after the king's declaration, the Grimms, together with five other professors (the "Göttingen Seven"), sent a protest to the king, explaining that they felt themselves bound by oath to the old constitution. As a result, they were dismissed, and three professors, including Jacob, were ordered to leave the kingdom of Hanover at once. Through their part in this protest directed against despotic authority, they clearly demonstrated the academic's sense of civil responsibilities, manifesting their own liberal convictions at the same time. During three years of exile in Kassel, institutions in Germany and beyond (Hamburg, Marburg, Rostock, Weimar, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland) tried to obtain the brothers' services.
The Berlin period
In 1840 they accepted an invitation from the king of Prussia, Frederick William IV, to go to Berlin, where as members of the Royal Academy of Sciences they lectured at the university. There they began work in earnest on their most ambitious enterprise, the Deutsches Wörterbuch, a large German dictionary intended as a guide for the user of the written and spoken word as well as a scholarly reference work. In the dictionary, all German words found in the literature of the three centuries "from Luther to Goethe" were given with their historical variants, their etymology, and their semantic development; their usage in specialized and everyday language was illustrated by quoting idioms and proverbs. Begun as a source of income in 1838 for the brothers after their dismissal from Göttingen, the work required generations of successors to bring the gigantic task to an end more than a hundred years later. Jacob lived to see the work proceed to the letter F, while Wilhelm finished only the letter D. The dictionary became an example for similar publications in other countries: Britain, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. Jacob's philological research later led to a history of the German language, Geschichte der deutschen Sprache, in which he attempted to combine the historical study of language with the study of early history. Research into names and dialects was stimulated by Jacob Grimm's work, as were ways of writing and spelling—for example, he used roman, rather than black-letter, type and advocated spelling German nouns without capital letters.
For some 20 years they worked in Prussia's capital, respected and free from financial worries. Much of importance can be found in the brothers' lectures and essays, the prefaces and reviews (Kleinere Schriften) they wrote in this period. In Berlin they witnessed the Revolution of 1848 and took an active part in the political strife of the succeeding years. In spite of close and even emotional ties to their homeland, the Grimms were not nationalists in the narrow sense. They maintained genuine—even political—friendships with colleagues at home and abroad, among them the jurists Savigny and Karl Friedrich Eichhorn; the historians Friedrich Dahlmann, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, and Jules Michelet; and the philologists Karl Lachmann, John Mitchell Kemble, Jan Frans Willems, Vuk Karadžić, and Pavel Josef Šafařik. Nearly all academies in Europe were proud to count Jacob and Wilhelm among their members. The more robust Jacob undertook many journeys for scientific investigations, visiting France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Denmark, and Sweden.
Jacob remained a bachelor. Wilhelm married Dorothea Wild from Kassel, with whom he had four children: Jacob (who was born and died in 1826), Herman (literary and art historian, 1828–1901), Rudolf (jurist, 1830–89), and Auguste (1832–1919). The graves of the brothers are in the Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof in Berlin.Ludwig Denecke The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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After discussion at Tuesday's work session and a bit of thought and discussion on the issues that are on today's agenda, I am hoping that the following items be postponed to a future agenda. I understand that the December 14th agenda is packed but I trust that the City Manager would recommend dates for postponement that allow each items timely consideration.
Items #26, 27, and 98.
Thank you for your consideration.


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An Australian forklifter operator made a $1 million mistake, dropping nearly 500 cases of expensive wine.
The 2010 Mollydooker Velvet Glove Shiraz, which goes for about $200 a bottle, was destined for the U.S. when it crashed to the loading dock floor, according to the Herald Sun. The entire lot, about one-third of the annual production for ventnor Sparky Narquis, was lost.
"We just couldn't believe it," said Marquis, who is hoping insurance pays for the loss. "This wine is our pride and joy, so to see it accidentally destroyed, and not consumed, has left us all a bit numb."
The winery's website touted the 2010 vintage, saying above-average rainfall brought he harvest to "peak potential.
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Major Section: PROOF-TREE-EMACS
The key bindings set up when you start proof trees are shown below. See proof-tree-emacs for how to get started with proof trees.
C-z h help C-z ? helpProvides information about proof-tree/checkpoint tool. Use `C-h d' to get more detailed information for specific functions.
C-z c Go to checkpointGo to a checkpoint, as displayed in the "prooftree" buffer with the character
c in the first column. With non-zero prefix
argument: move the point in the ACL2 buffer (emacs variable
*mfm-buffer*) to the first checkpoint displayed in the "prooftree"
buffer, suspend the proof tree (see
suspend-proof-tree), and move the
cursor below that checkpoint in the "prooftree" buffer. Without a
prefix argument, go to the first checkpoint named below the point in
the "prooftree" buffer (or if there is none, to the first
checkpoint). Note however that unless the proof tree is suspended or
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generally be at the bottom of the "prooftree" buffer each time it is
modified, which causes the first checkpoint to be the one that is
If the prefix argument is 0, move to the first checkpoint but do not keep suspended.
C-z g Goto subgoalGo to the specified subgoal in the ACL2 buffer (emacs variable
*mfm-buffer*) that lies closest to the end of that buffer -- except if
the current buffer is "prooftree" when this command is invoked, the
subgoal is the one from the proof whose tree is displayed in that
buffer. A default is obtained, when possible, from the current line
of the current buffer.
C-z r Resume proof treeResume original proof tree display, re-creating buffer "prooftree" if necessary. See also
suspend-proof-tree. With prefix
argument: push the mark, do not modify the windows, and move point to
end of
C-z s Suspend proof treeFreeze the contents of the "prooftree" buffer, until
resume-proof-tree is invoked. Unlike
stop-proof-tree, the only effect
suspend-proof-tree is to stop putting characters into the
"prooftree" buffer; in particular, strings destined for that buffer
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Welcome to the Movie thread. Talk about movies here.
Best film about coffee anyway...classic stuff from Jim Jarmusch
My kind of cafe
Moderators: Eshnar, Irondan, King Boonen, Red Rick, Pricey_sky
Scott SoCal wrote:The Godfather. Hands down.
BroDeal wrote:Apocalypse Now
elapid wrote:Hard to chose just one. If it had to be one then it would probably be Shawshank Redemption.
Other favourites include Raging Bull, Godfather, Reservoir Dogs, GoodFellas, Bullitt, Black Hawk Down, Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Great Escape, Bridge On The River Kwai, Mad Max, Kill Bill I and II, The Bourne Trilogy, and Pulp Fiction. Others include Gladiator, Cinderella Man, Memphis Belle, Mr. Brooks, Juno, August Rush, Field of Dreams, Romancing the Stone, Vitus, Wall-E, Happy Feet, and Finding Nemo. Sports movies like The Natural, Hoop Dreams and Touching the Void. Docos such as March of the Penguins, Winged Migration, Microcosmos, Man on Wire, and of course This is Spinal Tap. And finally comedies: The Castle, Death at a Funeral, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Billy Elliot, The Full Monty, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Little Miss Sunshine, Fargo, and Happy Gilmore.
As you can tell, I like watching movies!
BroDeal wrote:Apocalypse Now > The Godfather
Cobber wrote:+1 (for each movie )
I would add the Alien(s) movies, Bladerunner, Spy Game, All the Presidents Men, The Sting, O'Brother Where Art Thou, Platoon, Wall Street, Fight Club and probably a few more that I am forgetting......
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You'll recall that Alex Ovechkin, the supremely talented, supremely underachieving, similarly fat Caps winger, called Boudreau a "fat fuck" after being benched late in a game less than a month ago. Things have not gone well since.
Washington is 3-6-1 in its last ten games and sits in eighth place in the East. The team had four straight division titles under Boudreau and four earlyish playoff losses.
He'll be replaced by longtime Caps player Dale Hunter, who's most notable for this cheap shot on Pierre Turgeon. Sparkplugs!
Also, in considerably less important Southeast Division coaching news, the Carolina Hurricanes fired Paul Maurice. He was not fat, but he did wear glasses. The Hurricanes are in last place in the Southeast.


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Workshop inspires CanSat teachers
Teachers from 15 countries recently gathered at ESA's European Space Technology and Research Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, to learn more about the challenges facing their teams of students during the 2012 European CanSat competition.
The CanSats in Europe programme is aimed at providing European secondary school students with an hands-on opportunity to build and launch mock satellites as small as a soda can, and so learn about basic physics and engineering concepts.
Teachers from the high school teams that were selected in October were able to attend the workshop on 2-3 December. The multinational gathering included representatives from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Scotland and Spain.
The introductory workshop, organised by ESA's Education Office and the Norwegian Centre for Space-related Education (NAROM), gave the team leaders the opportunity to meet and introduce their teams to each other. The teachers also had the opportunity to visit the ESTEC Test Centre and the local space museum - Space Expo. However, the main objective of the two-day event was to educate them about the basic steps in building a CanSat and how to accomplish their mission objectives.
With the assistance of experts from NAROM, they were able to learn about the key aspects of how to build and fly successfully one of these tiny scientific payloads.
The subjects covered during the workshop included:
- Sensors and signalling;
- Data handling and data transmission;
- Setting up a CanSat kit and installing software;
- Introduction to CanSat programming;
- How to build a sensor;
- How to test and integrate a sensor;
- How to test software code;
- How to establish radio control with the CanSat.
Both the organisers and the teachers expressed their satisfaction with the way in which all of the teams were able to work together and help each other, whilst contributing to the creation of a friendly and motivated atmosphere.
"It was very important for us because we needed to learn how to build the satellite, but also because it was wonderful to get to know our colleagues a bit," said one of the team leaders.
Background information
The launch campaign for the second European CanSat competition, which is organised by ESA's Education Office, in collaboration with the Norwegian Centre for Space-related Education (NAROM), will take place 22-26 April 2012.
Over the coming months, the chosen teams, each from a different European country, will build their own small 'can-satellite', with the help of a ready-to-compose satellite kit. The ultimate objective of each team is to launch one of these CanSats from the Andøya Rocket Range in Norway. After the rocket soars to an altitude of about 1 km, the CanSats will be released to conduct their missions, eventually returning to Earth where they will be recovered by the student teams.


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More on Randy Orton's WWE Future Being In Jeopardy, RAW Stars Working SmackDown Events
June 5, 2012 · 0 Comments
– Reports came out from SuperLuchas on Monday that Randy Orton's WWE future was up in the air after meeting with Vince McMahon, Triple H and Kevin Dunn at WWE headquarters on Friday. The report stated that the meeting's atmosphere was "hostile" and it was determined a further decision concerning Orton awaits. SuperLuchas says that several WWE officials were lobbying for Orton's termination as a cost-cutting measure.
PWInsider now reports that WWE officials indeed met with Orton over the weekend and there is definitely talk about not bringing him back as soon as his suspension is over. Their report doesn't mention Orton being terminated but the idea would be to make Orton "sit it out and stew" once the suspension is over.
We noted earlier that one change coming out of the Orton suspension is WWE may start announcing which banned substances talents test positive for. One temporary change we will see is a lot of the RAW Superstars working SmackDown tours this summer while Orton is away. Rey Mysterio will be returning in a few weeks to add some depth to SmackDown but expect to see guys like Kofi Kingston, R-Truth and Zack Ryder work a lot of the upcoming SmackDown live events. John Cena and CM Punk have already been booked for upcoming SmackDown tapings.
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