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Parts of a katana sageo8/15/2023 And this is a great shame.Įven within Nakamura Sensei's cuttingly practical text he writes: Many schools sadly dismiss the importance of the sageo, the methods of how to tie a sageo, or prescribe it no importance within their Ryū. Using the sageo to secure the blade in this fashion is known as "tenshinzashi". cutting edge down and suspended from the obi as opposed to being placed through it. For instance in certain cases (such as riding on horseback or firing a long gun) it was necessary to tie a katana on in the manner of tachi, e.g. ![]() Within the Yamauchi-ha tradition of Musō Jikiden Eishin Ryū the recount that higher ranked samurai simply let the sageo drape of the saya and lower ranked samurai tied it on to the himo.Īs for tying the sageo on to the hakama itself within the various ryū there were also additional methods on how to tie a sageo to secure a blade for different situations. Within the Tosa-Ota ha Ryū of MJER under Tsugiyoshi Ota Sensei they simply drape the sageo over the saya. Muso Shinden Ryū by contrast tie their sageo on across the body on the right hand side himo band. For instance, in the Musō Jikiden Eishin Ryū we tie the sageo on the over the saya and on the left side himo band. In fact, if one is familiar with the different knotting methods one easily identify the school and lineage one belongs too. Within the Japanese sword arts there are various ways of securing, or not securing the sageo to you during training. I'll include a variety of instructional videos for tying the sageo, including those listed above and a few for the tanto as well in the members area. ![]() When the sword is not in use there are a variety of methods for tying the sageo on the saya in both practical and ceremonial styles such as:īelow you'll see one video on how to tie a sageo - the Cho Musubi Method. However for formal occasions, embu (demonstrations etc I wear a sageo that matches the colours of my dojo's mon. ![]() It is generally good form for the sageo colour to match the tsuka-ito colour (handle wrap), and thus I generally use a black one as that matches my tsuka-ito. The sageo should of course match this colour. Some samurai tried to get around this by using a very dark blue/navy or very dark brown instead. As you'll see later when discussing the tsuka-ito (.in the Sensei's Sword), by 1645 the Tokugawa shogunate had laid out specific choices for the tsuka-ito. Today these don't have much impact and the historical veracity of such can claims can be disputed. There are many stories concerning sageo and ito colour in regard to rank etc. Their sageo are both beautiful and resistant to wear. In addition, if you keep a close eye out, you can occasionally find traditional manufacturers of this style of sageo in Japan who have maintained their family's craft. As such, for those more practically minded the kakucho is a far better choice for functional sageo. ![]() In my own personal experience I find the shigeuchi style, while extremely pretty, frays very quickly. In addition there are a variety of patterns that are available, a short list would include: The sageo itself can be made from silk, cord, leather etc. The Sageo is a braided cord that extends from the kurikata knob on the saya. Before we learn sageo tying methods, it is important to understand the different types, it's history and function. Evertried platforms8/15/2023 ![]() They are really just a collection of ‘lessons’ – again, if you can even call them that – and so ‘Beginner Lesson 5’ of Canadian-French is somehow the 41 st lesson of the course. ![]() The courses, if you can call them that, are generally poorly laid-out and not well-designed, and the amount of content varies between the languages. The lowest-level package is aimed at “beginners who want to speak a little ,” and the entire series in any language should allow you to “converse with confidence at a basic level.” I find this very unlikely. So far Language101 has ten languages for you to choose from and these range from standards such as Spanish, Japanese and English to less popular ones such as Danish, and intriguingly, French-Canadian. Most Recommend Resources By Language Chinese You’re learning, look for your language in the table below. Online subscriptions, apps, podcasts and YouTubes for the language ![]() In fact, it’s so bad that we’ve never given a review rating as low as the one we gave to Language101.ĭo yourself a favor and use any other language learning resource instead. The fact that you aren’t explicitly taught how to spell, write or translate the language, or any grammar and only learn to parrot phrases out of context means that for me Language101 is best avoided. While I think beginners would learn some words and phrases just by using the platform I don’t think this is a very effective way of learning a language and so wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. I found it to be a quite bizarre experience, being repeatedly told that I wasn’t hitting the ‘optimal learning’ of 7 seconds per phrase target. I fail to see how a beginner, who has never learned the language before, is expected to be able to immediately produce words and phrases in a language they don’t know. The ‘learning method’ that is used also seems to me to be pretty inefficient as you are asked to work through the content at breakneck speed. A one-time payment for access to all of its languages costs $727 or $97/month if you opt for the monthly installments option (that would end up working out at $1,164 if you chose the latter!!).įor ‘1 Package’ of the language of your choice it is then $227 for lifetime access or $527 if you want all 3 packages in a given language.Īlternatives: Literally anything else on the Internet (or in a bookstore) would be better!īefore trying out Language101 for myself, I, unfortunately, confused it in my mind with the LanguagePod101 courses made by Innovate Languages ( FrenchPod101, ChineseClass101, etc) which I like and think are quite good.Īs such I ended up being quite disappointed as there really is no comparison between the two as I found Language101’s ‘courses’ (if you can even call them that) to be very poorly thought out and that they don’t teach you all that much.Īlthough the Spanish 1 Package is “for beginners,” the fact that there are no explanations means that you just have to memorize and parrot random words and phrases that are flung at you out of context. Language101 has lots of different subscription plans for you to choose from. It is insulting how much money they are charging for a product this terrible. ![]() The ‘courses’ are a muddled mess, I didn’t see any logical progression, and there is only one exercise for you to do ad infinitum until you lose your mind.I don’t agree with their ‘teaching’ method which basically asks you to produce words and phrases in a language you have never learned before as quickly as possible.Despite coming away thinking this is a terrible product (and it is), I liked being asked to produce words and phrases.They provide you with a literal translation of the phrase you are asked to produce. Chevy traverse redline horsepower8/15/2023 ![]() If you are looking for an suv with a large cargo capacity, I don't think you can find better than the Traverse. Cell phone paired effortlessly, and the garage door opener button was also easy to activate. Remote start is a plus in our cold western NY winter, and the Traverse heats up fast and provides could climate control options. Seats are very supportive and comfortable even on a long drive. I can easily check visually with no problem whatsoever. The BSM is fine, but all of them only light up when a vehicle is very close. I have no problem changing lanes left to right, and being able to confirm that there is nothing in the blind spot. I'm six feet and actually believe the view out the front and all around the vehicle is excellent. One of the reviewers thought the Traverse was very difficult to see out of. The Sirius/XM radio (Bose system with 10 speakers) is audio pleasure. The infotainment/information system works very well. After only two days, everything was intuitive. The Traverse is the best vehicle I have ever owned. I have owned several brands of suvs including Subaru and Toyota Highlanders. It has a real transmission, 9 speeds, and shifts effortlessly with no hesitation and no clunks. Cargo space behind the third row is good, with the third row folded, it's very large, and with a both rows folded, it's positively huge.almost 100 cubic feet. And the Traverse holds a straight line without constant little adjustments, something I found very annoying in a … Hyundai Palisade I test drove. Steering weight and vehicle tracking is darn near perfect. This is a comfortable large suv with good sightlines and great road holding. I read some of the "negative" reviews, and feel some buyers did not do their research or a proper test drive. The range-topping High Country comes with all the Premier's goodies plus an advanced all-wheel-drive system, panoramic sunroof and adaptive cruise control, among other features. The Premier sits near the top of the range with a hands-free liftgate, ventilated front seats, wireless device charging, and an optional sunroof. But it also features unique styling cues and accents such as 20-inch wheels and a blacked-out grille and bowtie badge. The RS is equipped much like the LT Leather and comes standard with Premium package features. An optional Premium package with navigation, upgraded audio system and top-down parking camera system is also available. One adds basic driver safety aids and an upgraded infotainment system the other adds a trailer hitch and upgraded cooling system.Īs its name suggests, the LT Leather comes standard with leather upholstery. The LT Cloth also provides two option packages. That reduces seating capacity to seven, although the bench can be added back as an option. Moving up to the LT Cloth replaces the second-row bench seat with captain's chairs. It comes with the same equipment as the L but offers optional all-wheel drive and a few optional extras (second-row tablet mounts with dedicated USB charging, for example). You're not likely to find many L trims on dealer lots, though, so the LS trim will be most people's starting point. The Traverse L base model comes respectably equipped with features such as 18-inch wheels, cloth upholstery, a rearview camera, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration, onboard Wi-Fi, and a 7-inch touchscreen display interface. ![]() ![]() Most trims come with standard front-wheel drive or optional all-wheel drive. All trims start with a 3.6-liter V6 (310 horsepower, 266 lb-ft of torque) paired with a nine-speed automatic transmission. Imvu kids episodes8/15/2023 ![]() He says games involving quests, battles or creative projects, for example, are very complex tasks. He studies behavioral effects of gaming at Bath Spa University. British psychologist Peter Etchells says that's part of what makes games powerful training grounds. That's key because gaming is very social. NOGUCHI: It's reassuring to know he's playing with actual friends. ![]() Invites pop up from people looking to team up. NOGUCHI: As I start over, I see who else is playing. NOGUCHI: What am I doing? I'm scoping in instead of shooting? With Koji (ph), my 12-year-old, patiently tutoring. NOGUCHI: Which is how I ended up playing again after three decades. MICHAEL RICH: What's happening is that you are saying, I love you I respect you I want to understand what is engaging you here. Rich tells parents to simply play with their child to find out. Shy kids might find it easier to socialize there. Do they play outside? Why kids play games varies. He says parents should instead take stock of time spent outside gaming - homework, chores. Michael Rich directs the Center on Media and Child Health at Boston Children's Hospital. NOGUCHI: Because, again, gaming's effects differ from those of social media. Doesn't exist, Dunlap says.ĭUNLAP: Research has shown again and again and again that time spent playing video games is not predictive of mental health outcomes. Like many people, I long for a recommended daily cap on game time the way nutritionists advise on grams of sugar. One is to stop my obsession with limiting it. So I asked experts who study gaming and children for advice, and several consistent themes emerged. When they were young, I banned shooter games, but since middle school, bans have felt futile. Yet no amount of yelling, no games on school nights, or, not before dinner, worked. They've made raising them relatively easy and joyful, even in adolescence. My sons are healthy, hardworking and kind to their chronically frazzled single mom. They're growing up in a digital world in a way I did not. NOGUCHI: She says these are benefits not observed with TV or social media, which are passively consumed and more about marketing. A lot of games bring those feelings out in us, and they give us a space to play with those feelings. ![]() She says gaming and its effects on child development are misunderstood.ĭUNLAP: You can use games to improve your social connections, to practice feeling emotions that we normally avoid like guilt or grief or shame. She designs them and is community director for Take This, a mental health advocacy group within the gaming community. NOGUCHI: Dunlap is a parent, too, but one who appreciates games. KELLI DUNLAP: One of the most difficult things about video games is that they have this really bad rap - that they're brain rot, they're stupid, they're not productive and therefore bad. Clinical psychologist Kelli Dunlap talks to plenty of parents like me. I carried these notions with me into parenthood. To them, it seemed like television, and prevailing wisdom then said TV rotted kids' brains. YUKI NOGUCHI, BYLINE: My brief stint in gaming ended in the mid-1980s, when a pocket-sized electronic game my grandfather bought at a Tokyo toy store broke. As part of our ongoing series Living Better, NPR's Yuki Noguchi wanted to find out more about video games. Since the pandemic, kids spend more time online, and that is prompting more research on the impact of virtual activities on children. If you live with kids, you may recognize this. Er ir verb endings spanish preterite uiz8/14/2023 ![]() ![]() En los 90, Riobamba, Ecuador no era una ciudad muy grande.(When Olga was little, she was short and had blond hair.) Cuando Olga era pequeña, ella era baja y tenía el pelo rubio.It is what you want to use when you are setting the scene of your story! Use the imperfect to describe people, places, or things in the past. There are 3 main uses for el imperfecto in Spanish: When to use the imperfect tense in Spanish Luckily, there are only three irregular verbs you need to look out for in the imperfect: Verbs that are irregular in the Spanish imperfect All endings for -er and -ir verbs have an accent mark, on the letter "i.".The nosotros form for -ar verbs always has an accent mark on the first "a" of the ending.There are also a lot of accent marks to remember for the imperfect, but there are 2 easy rules: Notice that the yo and él/ella/usted forms are always identical, and they both end in either -aba for -ar verbs or - ía for -er and -ir verbs. There are two sets of endings you'll need to know: one you'll use with -ar verbs, and the other you'll use with -er and -ir verbs. The imperfect is used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past. Here's everything you need to form the Spanish imperfect and use it to tell your own stories! How to form the imperfect tense in Spanish This is another verb form that helps you talk about how you used to spend your childhood summers, your favorite high school hang-outs, and also what you were up to just yesterday. For early Spanish learners, the preterite tense is the first way you learn to talk about events in the past, but as soon as you begin Section 4 on Duolingo (which covers language at the A2 level), you learn a second way to talk about the past: the Spanish imperfect. Gf linzer tart8/14/2023 Use a rolling pin to roll out to a circle about 30 cm (12-inch) diameter and 0.5-.0.7 mm (~ 1/4 inch) thick. Place another piece of baking paper on top. Sprinkle a large piece of baking paper with rice flour.Mix until the dough starts to come together into a large ball. Beat together almond essence and eggs and add to bowl.Add almond meal, caster sugar, and lemon rind to butter and flour mixture.Stir gently with a fork and then rub butter into flours until large pea-sized chunks of butter remain. ![]()
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