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After one year and a half interruption due to a ... point of view incompatibility with previous teacher in my former club, I've resume Aikido practice last September. In a "new" club (this is actually my son's Judo club, which opened an Aikido section this year)
And I'm very happy with it, the relations between club members and with the two teachers are really good
Oh, the girl with the glasses, (second from left, middle rank) was my "temporary daughter" during 3 months, and she decided to try Aikido with me, although she never practiced a martial art before
And I'm very happy with it, the relations between club members and with the two teachers are really good
Oh, the girl with the glasses, (second from left, middle rank) was my "temporary daughter" during 3 months, and she decided to try Aikido with me, although she never practiced a martial art before
No such thing as too lewd.
I've noticed the quality of discussion across CFC's OT, World History, etc. has decayed notoriously decayed: It's mostly people repeating the same arguments at each other. There's a handful of caricaturesque communists who think everyone should be killed in their own best interest, a handful of gun nuts who think everyone should have -in their own best interest, of course- the posssibility of killing as close to 'everyone' as the number of ammunition rounds at their disposal is, a bland majority of liberals, and moderators who are accused of inconsistency, with -naturally- varying degrees of inconsistency on their accusers' part.
As such, many of the bette rposters have left and a few have congregated on -of all places- fiftychat. How ironic can life be?
*grin melts off face like sticky-sap *Awesome. I will now go post my own new work there for it to be announced
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Sounds like business as usual in those kinds of discussion forums Tak. They bring out the worst in everyone and are a waste of time anyways.
Stick to the cool parts of the board...of which Civ3 still is king.
Stick to the cool parts of the board...of which Civ3 still is king.
Going in there is nearly as dangerous as exploding hamster, I'd say. Sanity is at risk. I am not sure why, but most of the nutters there seem to come from 'Murica.
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Plotinus! Hey man long time no see! We should pm some time and catch up.
Takhisis said:
I could write an essay on that...heh But I'm not going to
Oh, don't worry. I've had people there tell me that they're OK with Guantanamo abuses because the victims are not American (and neither am I 
) and then other people tell me that Pol Pot-style abuses are OK because counterrevolutionary elements must be contained (and I am apparently a counterrevolutionary element). We've also had our very own NF representatives who have a very 1920s outlook on life. OT is quite the zoo.
) and then other people tell me that Pol Pot-style abuses are OK because counterrevolutionary elements must be contained (and I am apparently a counterrevolutionary element). We've also had our very own NF representatives who have a very 1920s outlook on life. OT is quite the zoo.
Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
Back OT:
I did an oral presentation and a poster on two different aspects of my fieldwork at a regional conference for students' research held at UC Irvine on March 28th. Abstracts are peer-reviewed (by professors) just to present. The presentation was well-received, and the poster was one of six (three from humanities/social sciences) chosen from about 60 for special recognition.
Later the same week I heard from UC Riverside - it, NYU & UC Santa Cruz have all now officially rejected my application for their PhD programs.
Apparently there is some interest in my becoming a part time instructor at the college i'm about to graduate from. So the people who have actually seen my work first hand like it and want me around, but those who haven't ... At least there is a long history in anthropology of respected scholarship by people without advanced degrees.
I did an oral presentation and a poster on two different aspects of my fieldwork at a regional conference for students' research held at UC Irvine on March 28th. Abstracts are peer-reviewed (by professors) just to present. The presentation was well-received, and the poster was one of six (three from humanities/social sciences) chosen from about 60 for special recognition.
Later the same week I heard from UC Riverside - it, NYU & UC Santa Cruz have all now officially rejected my application for their PhD programs.
Apparently there is some interest in my becoming a part time instructor at the college i'm about to graduate from. So the people who have actually seen my work first hand like it and want me around, but those who haven't ... At least there is a long history in anthropology of respected scholarship by people without advanced degrees.
Plotinus! Hey man long time no see! We should pm some time and catch up.
I could write an essay on that...heh But I'm not going to
Nice to see you, Sword of Geddon!
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Its good to see you as well Kyriakos. Your cities have only gotten better over the years by the way.
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Good to see you as well Blue. Are you still the guru of India? Sounds like your ability as a scholar has not gone unnoticed in any case...
Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
Trying to write for presentations (hopefully publication) on top of developing new (at least to me) ethnographic approaches on top of doing participant-observation on top of coursework has meant no time for friends let alone modding. OTOH in idle moments I've been thinking a lot about scenario specifics for Dark Continent and Bharata Varsha. There are a lot of good new units for both.
Some of you may remember that I practice Aikido. Firs,t let me explain a little about the grades. In Aikido, we don't have competition, and only two belt colors. When you start, you are white belt, and 6th Kyu. Then you progress from 6th to 1st Kyu (still white belt). After that, you can get a black belt and become 1st Dan. And then you progress from 1st Dan to 8th Dan (all black belt).
In my previous club, I went up to 3rd Kyu, and then my teacher did not propose me to try thd 2nd Kyu, during 2-3 years, before we had a "strongly divergent opinion"... and I was kicked out of the club.
After two years interruption, I started practising again: the Judo Club where I live, and where my son is practising Judo, opened an Aikido section with two new teachers. Good ones, and I really like their approach.
This week is school holliday, so the teachers decided that the youngest should stay at home, and the more experienced would come to make some grade exam rehearsal. The goal for me was to prepare for 2nd Kyu at the end of the year.
So yesterday, we make "blank" exams with another guy. After that, the teachers explain what was good, what we can improve, etc.
And at the end of the training, they say "Stephane, congratulation, we have decided to give you 1st Kyu directly today!". I was surprised, and very happy!
So next year, I can start preparing the 1st Dan exam. But before that... I need to learn how to fold an hakama! Now that I'm 1st Kyu I have to wear it.
In my previous club, I went up to 3rd Kyu, and then my teacher did not propose me to try thd 2nd Kyu, during 2-3 years, before we had a "strongly divergent opinion"... and I was kicked out of the club.
After two years interruption, I started practising again: the Judo Club where I live, and where my son is practising Judo, opened an Aikido section with two new teachers. Good ones, and I really like their approach.
This week is school holliday, so the teachers decided that the youngest should stay at home, and the more experienced would come to make some grade exam rehearsal. The goal for me was to prepare for 2nd Kyu at the end of the year.
So yesterday, we make "blank" exams with another guy. After that, the teachers explain what was good, what we can improve, etc.
And at the end of the training, they say "Stephane, congratulation, we have decided to give you 1st Kyu directly today!". I was surprised, and very happy!
So next year, I can start preparing the 1st Dan exam. But before that... I need to learn how to fold an hakama! Now that I'm 1st Kyu I have to wear it.
timerover51
Deity
Age is creeping up on me. It looks like my daughter will be getting married next August, and my son will be proposing this weekend. I will be going from empty nest to having a new son-in-law, who actually loves board and miniature gaming, so he is greatly welcomed, and a new daughter-in-law.
I have also just been elected again, after an extended hiatus, to the local Public Library Board, so back to having fun budgeting and all of the other headaches that come with being a public official.
Oh, and I now have a license to produce material for the Mongoose Publishing version of the Traveller Science-Fiction role-playing game. That should be fun. Looking forward to using the Map Editor for generating ideas of how planets should look. I assume that I cannot use the maps generated directly.
I have also just been elected again, after an extended hiatus, to the local Public Library Board, so back to having fun budgeting and all of the other headaches that come with being a public official.
Oh, and I now have a license to produce material for the Mongoose Publishing version of the Traveller Science-Fiction role-playing game. That should be fun. Looking forward to using the Map Editor for generating ideas of how planets should look. I assume that I cannot use the maps generated directly.
Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
Congratulations, Steph! Well earned, imho. Shows that it is worth pursuing your passion even when people intentionally make things difficult.
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Steph you just might be the long awaited French answer to Chuck Norris my friend
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