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Instinct
An underpinning element of most martial arts is self-development: becoming a better, more aware, functional human being. Working through forms and katas the self struggles in replicating what has been shown, and the challenge provides focus and achievement....
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Looking at Python 3 usage in the astronomy community
Thomas Robitaille ran a survey on Python usage in the astronomy community and wrote up a great blog post on the results (a big thanks from me to Thomas for taking the time do to this!). The highlights of the survey results are: 17% - 20% of respondents...
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6 Surefire Ways website designer perth Will Drive Your Business Into The Ground
perth website style Skilled website growth perth, marketing your product or company, search engine optimisation Perth website style and design company Perth website designers develop WEBSITES that WORK. After you contend with website style Perth, you...
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Avail The Benefits of Martial Arts Mat!
Getting training of martial arts is really beneficial in many ways, these days. This kind of training enables people to keep them protected even in difficult situations. The training of martial arts makes people physically fit and strong to fight with...
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Une idée de génie (enfin, je crois)
(Texte initialement publié sur Margin Call) Amis lecteurs de ce nouveau site qui, ne nous le cachons pas, espère détrôner, à terme, de vénérables publications en vrai bois d’arbre mort comme Les Échos ou, plus prosaïquement, La Tribune, enfin bref, amis...
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El Zidane del mediofondo
Sigo impresionado. Adel Mechaal me deslumbró ayer. Su decisión de competir en 1.500 y 3.000 metros en los Nacionales indoor me parece una de las opciones más valientes que recuerdo ahora mismo en un mediofondista. El atletismo español está muy necesitado...
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Waktu Yang Tepat Berhubungan Intim Pada Masa Subur
Bagi pasangan yang sedang menjalani program hamil, perlu sekali mengetahui waktu untuk hubungan intim yang baik. Seperti yang kita semua ketahui bahwa bagi setiap wanita akan ada masa terbaik untuk bisa membuahi. Oleh karena itu sebaiknya Anda bisa cara...
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Life viewed through a window made of codeine….
Just after Mr. P had checked on me and phoned my wife (I could hear him talking to her on the phone), one of the nurses looking after me in the recovery room came to see me. I was thinking about my wife and the fact that she’d be on her way to see me....
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Field Notes - Medellin Pt 3
Medellin, Colombia Some random observations that have been stacking up. 1. The Cost of Doing Business. I bought two good quality inner tubes for my road bike at the fancy bike shop near our place, for a grand total of about $6.50 CAD. That’s less than...
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to read or not to read [is such a stupid question]
Honestly, most people who take the time to read this blog don’t need an answer to this question. Because you guys get it [and I love you for getting it]. But - and this is just a secret between you and me - the rest of the world is pretty goddamn stupid....
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Creating an Image Sequence in Apple Motion
Not a difficult process… Import all of the images you want to use into a group. Take some time to sort them in the order you’d like. Set the playhead at the beginning of the project. Select the first image in the Layers List. Type the “O” key to set an...
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Custom views – Beginning iOS Programming (Post 2)
This post is part of a series on native iOS prototyping. UIView is the smallest unit used to build a user interface in iOS. UIViews can have other views embedded in them to construct a hierarchy of multiple views on one screen. Let’s create a custom UIView...
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Follow buttons & the logged out user
Here is a new episode of my quest to understand and improve the follow button pattern on the web. Of course, I have found a lot of new follow buttons in this past month. Unfortunately, they all show the same characteristic: you can only use them if you...
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How Does Exchange Work?
Exchange is one of the many options universities offer, but surprisingly few people take advantage of it. This really baffles me because the process is so straightforward, thanks to the great folks at the Queens University International Programs Office...
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Provocarea ALS si bancul lui Tarantino
*This guy comes into a bar, walks up to the bartender. Says, “Bartender, I got me a bet for you. I’m gonna bet you $300 that I can piss into that glass over there and not spill a single, solitary drop.” The bartender looks. I mean, we’re talking, like,...
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Funny Games and dumb reviews
Spoiler alert. Watch out. I like to watch movies late at night; probably not a good decision on my part, because I also like to freak myself out after watching movies late at night. That doesn’t stop me because I like movies. Thank god there’s Netflix...
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Being A Bad Loser
I’m ultra-competitive and I absolutely despise losing. At anything. It doesn t mind whether Im working on my business or playing a game of Scrabble. I always play to win. And that’s a good thing. In Grade 6 & 7 I had a teacher that always told us: “Show...
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Things We Take For Granted in Canada
I was going to write a post about Orientation Week here and how it’s different from Canada, but most of that just fits into this post. 1: GINGER ALE: In Morocco, they say it takes about a month to get used to the food and spices. As such, your stomach...
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Telephony in the modern age
[edited on 2014-11-07 to mention cordless phones that work with mobile phones] Making voice calls using the telephone network is now antiquated. There are practically no good financial reasons to have a landline anymore if you can afford Internet at home...
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Superheroes and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Test of First-Rate Intelligence
While reviewing Kick-Ass 2 for ebert.com—the place I used to go for the late greats wonderful writing—Mr. Ali Arikan made some sweeping statements about superhero films that not only insulted the genre and its fans, but also undermined the whole fabric...