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...fable, it neatly illustrates aikido's core philosophy - overcoming opponents without doing them dire physical harm. As an added benefit, aikido is also effective training for strength, flexibility and posture. Today, dozens of schools, called dojo, continue Ueshiba's teachings throughout Japan. If you're planning to spend any length of time in the country, why not try it for yourself? To hit the tatami mats, you'll need keikogi, the pajama-like training wear (about $75), a reasonable degree of fitness, and, as Peter Rehse, a Canadian teacher of aikido in the city of Himeji, advises, "an open mind...
These panels of lights, almost 10 feet in total length, can be set to any rhythmic frequency, and can alternate in and out of any color in the spectrum. They can even be set to follow the rhythms of a piece of music (Donna Summers anyone?). There is so much room for variation, in fact, that the house has encouraged Quincy residents to discover their artistic sides by being light guru for a day, trying their hand at controlling the colors and pattern of the lights...
...seemed that every time the Eagles made a run at Grumet-Morris, there was a Harvard stick just waiting to intercept the puck and send it sailing the length...
...Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II chronicled the grisly rape, torture and murder of hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians by Japanese soldiers in the former Chinese capital in the late 1930s; of suicide; near Los Gatos, California. Chang, whose book was the first full-length nonfiction account of the brutality, said, "I didn't care if I made a cent from it. I wrote it out of a sense of rage." She was hospitalized for depression earlier this year as she was researching her fourth book, on U.S. soldiers imprisoned by the Japanese...
This was not some isolated example. I have many nicknames here at 14 Plympton. “Photo Credit Nazi.” “Pica Nazi.” (A pica is a measurement of length, equal to approximately one-sixth of an inch.) “Grammar Nazi.” “Cutout Nazi.” Even something as obscure as “Drop Shadow Nazi.” Confused? Ask anyone who’s worked with me—they could tell you all about...