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Big Ben →
Stand erect →
A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
~ Marcus Aurelius
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What do you know about Koichi Tohei? →
Relaxation alone—even a specialized form of it—is not aikidō, however. If this internal power is a foundational skill—one largely abandoned today—the techniques of aikidō are its delivery system. Even with remarkable power, without a delivery system, one is no more able to fight than a power lifter is able to win in a boxing ring, just because he can bench press six hundred pounds.
~ Ellis Amdur from, «http://www.guillaumeerard.com/aikido/articles/it-aint-necessarily-so-rendez-vous-with-adventure»
Aikidoka: We talk a lot about Tohei Sensei, but how much time have you spent actually reading about him?
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The Cambridge →
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The right state of mind →
Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. When I believe I can, I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.
~ Mohandas Gandhi
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Systemic Evil →
Clearly, there is a moral principle at work in the actions of the leakers, whistle-blowers and hacktivists and those who support them. I would also argue that that moral principle has been clearly articulated, and it may just save us from a dystopian future.
~ Peter Ludlow from, The Banality of Systemic Evil
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…and I would argue that four, (number of examples he presents) is not a number which can be reasonably extrapolated to describe “the millennial generation.” The millenials I know are currently the “me” generation. Currently, meaning that for NOW, they’re focused on themselves. They are not going to buy into the national health care rigamarole, they are not going to buy life insurance, they are not going to carefully lay out their course with a moral compass.
Just like me, (and the members of my generation) when we were the age the millenials are currently. Also see: Generations.
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Rose Shumbata →
My maternal grandmother, Rose Shumbata.
Oct 11, 1914 – May 18, 2010 (…thats 95!)
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Prove yourself →
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
~ Seneca
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Generations →
Strauss and Howe argue that the last five centuries of Anglo-American history can be explained by the existence of four generational archetypes that repeat sequentially in a fixed pattern every 80-100 years, the length of a long human life, or what the ancients called a “saeculum.” These generational archetypes are: Prophet, Nomad, Hero, and Artist. Each generation consists of those born during a roughly 20 year period. As each generation moves up the ladder of age and takes a different place in society, the mood of the culture greatly changes.
~ Brett McKay from, The Generations of Men
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This is some deep stuff; Deep, like Harry Seldon/Foundation deep.
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Ice Crystals →
Caught these ice crystals forming on glass; The whole area of glass was initially frosted, and as the car warmed up, the evaporating frost fed the growth of these ice crystals. I was just fast enough to catch this one photo. A moment later, the crystals, and all the frost, melted.
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