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 Stefan Stenudd - Aikido: The Peaceful Martial Art BookSurge Publishing | 2008 | ISBN: 1419658794 | English | 192 pages | PDF | 96.58 MB Aikido is a martial art unlike any other. It contains no attacks, only defense, and this defense should be so gentle that even the attacker is delighted by it. There is no competition, since each participant should be a winner. It's an art that takes a lifetime to learn. The book elaborates on the ethics involved in practicing this martial art, the philosophy on which it's founded, and the attitude needed to progress in aikido. It also goes through the many significant Japanese terms used, explaining their meaning in training as well as in the martial arts context and theory. Among the terms explored are the three words that make up the name of the art: ai, joining, ki, the universal life energy, and do, the way. Tanden, the center, is also explained thoroughly, as is kiai, the concentration of energy, takemusu, the ideal of improvised martial arts, and many other concepts used in aikido as well as the other Japanese martial arts. One chapter is dedicated to kototama, the cosmology of sounds that the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, studied intensely. There is also a dictionary of the terminology used in aikido.
 Kathryn Howell, "Affordable Housing Preservation in Washington, DC: A Framework for Local Funding, Collaborative Governance and Community" English | ISBN: 0367333090 | 2021 | 188 pages | EPUB | 5 MB Affordable Housing Preservation in Washington, DC uses the case of Washington, DC to examine the past, present, and future of subsidized and unsubsidized affordable housing through the lenses of history, governance, and affordable housing policy and planning.
 Advances in Global Sourcing. Models, Governance, and Relationships: 7th Global Sourcing Workshop 2013, Val d'Isère, France, March 11-14, 2013, Revised Selected Papers By Marko Nöhren, Armin Heinzl, Tommi Kramer (auth.), Ilan Oshri, Julia Kotlarsky, Leslie P. Willcocks (eds.) 2013 | 223 Pages | ISBN: 3642409504 | PDF | 3 MB This book contains 13 papers from the 7th Workshop on Global Sourcing, held in Val d'Isère, France, during March 11-14, 2013, which were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. They are based on a vast empirical base brought together by leading researchers in information systems, strategic management, and operations.This volume is intended for students, academics, and practitioners interested in research results and experiences on outsourcing and offshoring of information technology and business processes. The topics discussed represent both client and supplier perspectives on sourcing of global services, combine theoretical and practical insights regarding challenges that both clients and vendors face, and include case studies from client and vendor organizations.  Advanced Composite Materials and Structures: Modeling and Analysis English | 2023 | ISBN: 036774631X | 309 Pages | PDF (True) | 21 MB This book bridges the gap between theoretical concepts and their implementations, especially for the high-performance structures/components related to advanced composite materials. This work focuses on the prediction of various structural responses such as deformations, natural frequencies etc. of advanced composites under complex environments and/or loading conditions. In addition, it discusses micro-mechanical material modeling of various advanced composite materials that involve different structures ranging from basic to advanced, such as beams, flat and curved panels, shells, skewed, corrugated, and other materials, as well as various solution techniques via analytical, semi-analytical, and numerical approaches.  Madonna Jervis Wise, "A Haunted History of Pasco County " English | ISBN: 1467146811 | 2020 | 160 pages | EPUB | 5 MB In a land occupied for thousands of years, mystery and unrest linger. Anguished soldierly figures dot the landscape of Pasco County, from the doomed march of Major Dade and his haunted hill to the ghost of Captain Jeffries standing watch over his homestead in Zephyrhills. A pair of spirits drifts about near a Dade City pond, perhaps the brother and sister cut down during the infamous Bradley Massacre. Echoes of the once rugged frontier rebound from the Ellis-Gillett feud, vigilantism and Sheriff Bart's justice. Obliterating the mounds of indigenous people cast an ever-present and ominous tone over sacred grounds throughout the county. Author Madonna Wise shares ethereal accounts of the Meighan Theatre, the treacherous Road to Nowhere, the Edwinola Hotel and more.  Gary Dobbs, "A Date with the Hangman: A History of Capital Punishment in Britain" English | ISBN: 1526767406 | 2020 | 152 pages | EPUB | 5 MB It is a sobering thought that until the closing years of the twentieth century, Britain's courts were technically able to impose the death penalty for a number of offenses; both civil and military. Although the last judicial hangings took place in 1964, the death penalty, in theory at least, remained for a number of offenses. During the twentieth century, 865 people were executed in Britain, and of those only 3 were ever posthumously pardoned. This book details each and every one of those executions, and in many cases highlights the crimes that brought these men and women to the gallows.
 A Crochet World of Creepy Creatures and Cryptids: 40 Amigurumi Patterns for Adorable Monsters, Mythical Beings and More by Rikki Gustafson English | July 12th, 2022 | ISBN: 1645675386 | 168 pages | True EPUB | 115.06 MB Create the Monster Menagerie of Your Dreams  4th International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Biomedical Engineering: Proceedings of ICNBME-2019, September 18-21, 2019, Chisinau, Moldova by Ion Tiginyanu English | EPUB | 2020 | 768 Pages | ISBN : 3030318656 | 194.6 MB This book gathers the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Biomedical Engineering, held on September 18-21, 2019, in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.  Oil And Gas Industry: Tank Selection, Sizing & Specification Last updated 7/2022MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHzLanguage: English | Size: 3.20 GB | Duration: 3h 30m  Learn Cryptocurrency From Scratch Published 07/2022 MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch Genre: eLearning | Language: English + srt | Duration: 62 lectures (8h 58m) | Size: 6 GB Learn To Trade The CRYPTO Market by A Trading Firm EXPERT, Learn Technical Analysis, Candlesticks and Live Trading |
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