Clinical lead for technical radiotherapy; member of the Radiation-Related Research group; member of the Christie Urological Disease orientated Group; Urology Radiotherapy Research lead; Clinical project lead for MR Linac; RCR College Tutor; Academic Clinical Fellow lead for Clinical Oncology.
Dr Choudhury joined The Christie in 2008 as a Consultant Clinical Oncologist in urology and sarcoma and has a strong interest in clinical research. In 2013, she decided to focus on radiotherapy-related research in prostate and bladder cancers and currently undertakes research which aims to optimise the use of new techniques or imaging technology to deliver high doses of radiotherapy while minimising side effects. She is also involved in research for predictive biomarkers to determine which patients benefit from different treatments.
Before joining The Christie, Dr Choudhury was a Specialist Registrar in Clinical Oncology at the Yorkshire Deanery from 2000-2008 and, between 2005 and 2007, a Clinical Training Research Fellow with Cancer Research UK where she undertook her PhD at the University of Leeds and Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Canada. For her PhD she studied the molecular epidemiology of DNA double strand break repair in bladder cancer and the use of imatinib (a tyrosine kinase inhibitor) for enhanced chemosensitivity and radiosensitivity. She has a lead role in education and training for specialist registrars.
Dr Choudhury is a member of a member of work stream 2 of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Clinical and Translational Radiotherapy Research Working Group (CTRad) and of the NCRI Bladder Clinical Studies Group. She has also been a member of the NICE bladder cancer guideline development group. Dr Choudhury is an associate senior editor for the International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (The Red Journal).


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Skype founders sue eBay, VCs over company sale and seek $75 million per day in damages
Sam Gustin, AOL.com
Sep 16th 2009 9:00PM
Oh no you don't!
The founders of Skype have filed a lawsuit aimed at disrupting eBay's (EBAY) impending $1.9 billion sale of the internet communications company to a consortium of investors including prominent venture capitalists. The lawsuit names eBay, Silver Lake Partners, and Andreessen Horowitz, the investment firm of Marc Andreessen, the billionaire co-founder of Netscape, among other defendants.
Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom -- both billionaires in their own right -- filed the suit Wednesday, through their company, Joltid Ltd., in the U.S. District Court for Northern California. They are seeking an injunction against Skype, which they founded but later sold to eBay, as well as statutory damages they claim are accruing at an eye-popping rate of "more than $75 million daily" -- or nearly $1000 per second.
And it gets nastier: the only named defendant in the suit is Mike Volpi, the former Chairman and CEO of Joost, the online video start-up that Zennstrom and Friis founded. The pair booted Volpi out the door last week after Volpi had stepped down as CEO earlier this summer and joined Index Ventures in an apparently botched attempt to win over the Skype founders. That move appears to have backfired and badly, because as Staci Kramer notes, "now they're suing him."
EBay shares were trading down nearly 2 percent in after-hours activity late Wednesday on word of the lawsuit.
Zennstrom and Friis had maintained a copyright claim to Skype's peer-to-peer calling technology even after they sold the company to eBay in 2005. The pair terminated a license for the technology in March, and the two companies are currently squaring off in litigation in the United Kingdom -- a matter which is expected to go to trial next year.
Now the battle has been joined stateside, two weeks after eBay announced that a private consortium led by Silver Lake would pay $1.9 billion in cash for Skype, which eBay expects to earn revenue of $600 million this year. The giant online auctioneer would retain a 35 percent equity investment in Skype, and had said it wanted the deal, which values the company at $2.75 billion, to close before the end of the year.
Not so fast, say Zennstrom and Friis, setting the table for a legal showdown over the nearly $2 billion transaction. Joltid claims damages arising from eBay's copyright violations are building up at a whopping $75 million per day.
That's over $50,000 per minute -- or almost $1000 per second.
Along with Silver Lake Partners and Andreessen Horowitz, the lawsuit names Index Ventures and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as defendants.
Marc Andreessen did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit, and a spokesperson for Silver Lake declined to comment to DailyFinance.
John Pluhowski, an eBay spokesman, toldThe New York Times that the suit's allegations "are without merit and are founded on fundamental legal and factual errors," adding, "We remain on track to close the transaction in the fourth quarter of 2009."
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Finally! I posted the first oneshot in this collection four and a half years ago, and now it's completed!
Summary: In "He Won't Love Me", everyone knows Yasuda has a crush on Honda Yuka, AKA Yuka-chan-senpai, but that doesn't deter Akira from confessing her feelings to him. But when he agrees to go out with her, she finds it's harder than she thought to be with someone who has feelings for someone else.
While Kidu and I are still figuring out what we want to do next, I'm happy to announce a new collaborator, NightSwan of HotCakes. I'm going to be doing some translation work for them (I'll make an announcement here when it's posted) and they're doing some cleaning and typesetting for me!
I only have half of the next story in the collection translated (and there's a third I haven't even started on) and it's pretty low priority, but since these are one-shots, it's not like you'll be left with a cliff-hanger if it takes a while to get them out. But anyway, if you like Kawahara Kazune or just want to check out some older shoujo (I just looked at the publication date and this is over 20 years old! Wow, I don't remember it being that long ago… XD), please take a look!
Summary: Painfully shy Chiaki is devastated when she doesn't recognize any names on the roster of her new class, but the boy she's sat next to, Goto, is so outgoing and funny, they soon become good friends. Little by little, Chiaki begins to come out of her shell, but will it be enough when she realizes her feelings go beyond friendship…?
As some of you may remember, several years ago I was working on a collaboration with Occasional Amateur Scanlations to put out some old Kawahara Kazune one-shots. I had the translations done a long time ago, but life interfered and they never got beyond the script stage. But today I got a suprise email from Occasional Amateur Scanlations saying the final story in A Can of Happiness was completed!
Summary: Kawamura and Tanaka are going out now, although Kawamura thinks Tanaka is a bit scary, and it's actually Kondo-sempai who likes Tanaka. What went wrong? And why did Tanaka agree to go out with Kawamura in the first place?
The proud tsundere Matsuda has been in love with happy-go-lucky Tsumura for ages, but she just can't tell him. Aggressiveness is her heart's only defence when she's near him – after all: "The Opposite of Love is Hate". Tsumura has never minded before, so what will happen when that changes?
This is the fourth story in Kawahara Kazune's anthology "A Can of Happiness" and is another collaboration with Occasional Amateur Scanlations.
High jumper Kito is one year older than her boyfriend Kawai – a fact that his classmates seem not to approve of. She feels pressured to live up to the image of being grown-up, so that Kawai won't be disillusioned. This relationship is bound to end in tears – or is it?
This is the third story in Kawahara Kazune's anthology "A Can of Happiness" and is another collaboration with Occasional Amateur Scanlations.
Because of the annual health day at school, Shinako finds out that she's 4 kg heavier than her crush, Nagase. How will she handle this and what will happen if Nagase ever finds out? Is it true that "Boys Just Don't Understand"?
This is the second story in Kawahara Kazune's anthology "A Can of Happiness" and is another collaboration with Occasional Amateur Scanlations.
Happy Valentine's Day & Happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrate!
Emi wins the special prize in a raffle, which turns out to be a can that supposedly holds happiness. There's even a weird little man who starts following her around, claiming he's the "god of the can" and trying to give her advice. But all she wants is for her relationship with her boyfriend to feel less like a one-sided crush. Will this can really help her be happy?
I've been working with Occasional Amateur Scanlations to translate some older anthologies by Kawahara Kazune (author of Sensei! and High School Debut). This is the first story in an anthology by the same name. The other four stories in the anthology will follow whenever we get them done.


Skanska has signed a contract with Belmont High School in Massachusetts, USA. The contract is worth USD 237M, about SEK 2.2 billion, which will be included in the order bookings for Skanska USA for the fourth quarter of 2018.
Skanska will renovate and expand Belmont High School into a four-floor, 42,000-square-meter building for grades 7-12. The building will include new academic and science wings, media and dining areas and administrative health suites. Skanska will also renovate the existing gymnasium and swimming pool, and perform exterior site work and landscaping for the building.
Construction is set to begin in November 2018 with completion scheduled for the third quarter of 2023. The project architect is Perkins + Will.


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Everything Should Be You Need To Know About Sex Education Season 4 | Release date | Cast And Plot
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Season 3 has created a great impact among his fans and now finally they are excited for its next season i.e Season 4. Sex Education is British comedy- drama series created by Laurie Nunn premiered on January 11, 2019 on Netflix Fans are out of their curiosity and finally the Season 4 of Sex Education is going to be released soon…
What could be the Release date?
Though the Season 3 of Sex Education delayed by a several month and Season 2 dropped exactly the year after it's premier. Therefore Netflix revealed the release of it's next season through "Moordale News" post on Saturday. The post include the clip of School and written with bold letters that "SEX EDUCATION IS BACK WITH SEASON 4".
Till now it's not final yet what would be the release date but it is believed to be released in September 2022. Netflix confirms that Season 4 is happening but release date is yet to be finalized
What about the cast in Season 4?
It's confirmed that we will be seeing our leading cast in upcoming season including :
Asa Butterfield as Otis
Ncuti Gatwa as Eric
Aimee Lou Wood as Aimee
Connor Swindells as Adam
Kedar Williams-Stirling as Jackson
Patricia Allison as Ola
Tanya Reynolds as Lily
Mimi Keene as Ruby
And many more supporting characters.
About the plot of Season 4 :
Ending of Season 3 left all the characters fate in confusion. The story is going to move further as Maeve and Otis confessed their feelings for for each other but soon after when Maeve left to study abroad opportunity in America.
Eric decides to broken with Adam realizing that he want to explore his lost self identity alone without any barrier. Later on Jean discovered that he is not father of his baby which left him completely shocked.
Season 4 is going to create suspense inside the mind of audience and will be bringing many twist and turns in the life of main lead characters. Upcoming season is going to be full of ups and downs.
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Google at 20, an Insider's View
by Chris LaRosa '03
Illustration by Jack Confrey '19
This September 2018 marks Google's 20th anniversary. Chris LaRosa '03, now a senior product manager at Google, joined the company as an intern on the technical writing team in 2007. To make the company's milestone birthday, we asked him to share a little about his path to Google and his work at the company.
Hamilton College (2002)
When I left Hamilton in 2003, I had thoroughly enjoyed majoring in computer science and serving as the editor of The Spectator. I wanted to be a computer science academic or a journalist, but was not sure which. Fortunately I was embarking on a yearlong Watson Fellowship to study how the Internet was changing print journalism, which I figured would buy me time to figure out my path. I had not considered that in five years I would be working for a company that did not yet exist, in a role I didn't know existed, and that I'd work on a product that would have more users than there are people in the United States.
After returning from my Watson, still unsure of what I wanted to do, I went to grad school. During the summer of 2007, Julie Parent '03, a software engineering manager at Google, reached out looking for alumni interested in joining the company. That summer I started as an intern. Later that year after graduating, I joined full-time working as a technical account manager on YouTube before transitioning into product management.
After Hamilton:
Watson Fellowship
Technical Account Manager, Google
Product Manager, Music, YouTube
Product Manager, Flux Factory
Group Product Manager, Twitter
Product Manager, Google
In my job as a product manager I work with our Engineering, Design, and Marketing teams to plan where we want our products to be next month, next year, and in five-years' time — all while we get done everything that needed to be done yesterday. The work is very rewarding when I see people using the tools we built to make everyday life easier and more enjoyable. Watching thousands of people the world over dance and share their own music videos for Pharrell's Happy or Baauer's Harlem Shake were notable highlights from my time at YouTube. Closer to home, after renovating and decorating my apartment, I thought it would be convenient if my phone had the ability to function like a tape measure — last year I joined a team that added that capability to Google's Pixel phones.
What I enjoy most about my work — and what Hamilton prepared me well for — is that there is no single right path when we're building new products. Every day I'm faced with problems where there are many solutions that need to be debated critically. Being able to debate, communicate, defend, and most of all being open to new ideas are the crux of my work and what makes it so enjoyable.


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Arts-Culture and Entertainment
Social Cohesion Heart of Arts and Culture
Social cohesion and economic transformation are at the heart of the Arts and Culture Ministry.
Briefing media ahead of his Budget Vote Speech on Thursday, Minister Nathi Mthethwa briefly outlined the role of arts, culture and heritage in the economic and social transformation of the country.
He said his speech will be rooted in the National Development Plan (NDP), particularly on issues of economic and social transformation.
On top of his agenda was the contribution and economic potential that need to be unlocked by his department.
"We want to beef-up the Mzansi Golden Economy strategy. We will be announcing the creative arts incubators which will be established throughout the country for the benefit of artists.
"We want to introduce the idea of Mzansi Golden Markets as well to showcase and promote indigenous artistic works," he added.
Promoting local content
With regard to music, Minister Mthethwa said his department will look more into promoting local content and music development.
He said broadcasting stations had the responsibility to promote local artists as some obtained licences from ICASA for that reason.
"We will be putting mechanisms in place to monitor if local content is being played. We want local artists to get enough exposure so that they can grow," said the minister.
Building inclusive heritage
He said the department will review its policies and laws to ensure that there is integration in society.
"One of the challenges facing our department is the disintegrated nature of what people do because they are from their different genres.
The Minister's concerns were of the same tone as what President Jacob Zuma said in his 2014 State of the Nation Address (SONA) on 17 June.
President Zuma urged citizens to continue to build understanding, tolerance and reconciliation in a fight against racism, xenophobia, homophobia and all related intolerance.
He said the use of sports and culture as a unifying factor in the country will continue during this five-year term.
"We will also continue to promote the Constitution in schools and ensure that our children grow up with positive values and love for their country and its people," said President Zuma at the time
He said government in this administration will continue to build inclusive heritage over the next five years through building monuments and other symbols that honour the heroes of the struggle.
In terms of heritage, Minister Mthethwa said it was time that South Africa developed the Heroes Acre were freedom fighters and other heroes of the country would be buried.
The Minister said the Heroes Acre would help store part of the history of the country and will help rewrite the South Africa's story, beginning from pre-colonial era to democracy.
Arts and culture programmes in schools
Minister Mthethwa said: "It is imperative that South Africans know their National Anthem because it is what united us as citizens of the country."
The minister's deputy Rejoice Mabudafhasi added that the department will deploy facilitators and educators in schools across South Africa who will oversee arts related programmes.
Deputy Minister Mabudafhasi announced that about R34 million has been set aside for all schools in the country to fly the national flag.
The money will also be used for national symbols kits which will be distributed to all schools. The kit will have inside the National Anthem pamphlet for learners, as a way of teaching them the lyrics and how it is sung.
SA's vibe goes global
She said that South Africa had a Cultural Diplomacy where the country's arts and culture was promoted to the world.
She said the SA government partnered with UK in heritage festivals and this year's South African seasons will be launched in Glasgow in 18 July, coinciding with the International Mandela Day.
The department is also in negotiations of having the same relationship with China and Russia.
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Gunmen kill Nigerian woman in husband's office in South Africa (Nigerian Tribune)
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Joining hands: Xi and African leaders (China Daily)
Overseas Chinese welcome Xi's visit to South Africa (China Daily)


Q&A with historian Hope Black. Sarasota Herald Tribune, January 17, 2010.
Published: Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 15, 2010 at 1:37 p.m.
After a full career, Hope Black went back to school and earned a master's degree in Florida history from the University of South Florida-St. Petersburg. Her thesis was on Bertha Honore Palmer. As the Bertha Palmer 2010 Sarasota Centennial begins, Harold Bubil interviewed Black, historical advisor to the project, about the great lady.
Harold Bubil: How did you get interested in BP?
Hope Black: Actually, I was taking an undergraduate course, a program in women's studies, by Dr. June Benowitz at USF, and for an oral report, I selected the Columbian Exposition and the importance of what we call third-world countries in the 19th century. The work that they do and the fact it was highlighted at the Chicago exhibition. And I began to read that the head of the women's building, the president of the Lady Managers, as they were called, was Bertha Palmer. As I began my work in Florida studies, I realized she had come to Sarasota.
It just intrigued me that this was a woman who had played golf with the king of England, had known the king and queen of Belgium, had traveled all over the world, and met with royalty, and was the grande dame of Chicago, traveled within the Newport, R.I., set, wore diamonds and rubies, had her gowns custom-made for her in Paris – and here at this point in her life, which was nine years after her husband died and left her $8 million, she suddenly, and no one knows why, she suddenly made the decision to come down to Sarasota, Florida.
What prompted her was an ad that Joseph Lord and A.B. Edwards had put in the Chicago paper. But she must have been thinking of coming to a warm climate, or changing her lifestyle at that time. And she made such a change in her lifestyle and her way of thinking that she came down and wore simple linen garments, and boots so she could walk through the muck, and became an expert on agriculture and cattle ranching.
So it is quite amazing. Here she had gone to finishing school, where young ladies learn to speak French and play the piano and crochet, and she came down here and actually was way ahead of her time. She became an expert in the various ways of agriculture.
Q: And to think that her only connection to cattle before that was being from Chicago, the stockyard of the world.
A: Once she was into it, she did go to a hog convention in Chicago, but that was after the fact. She became head of the livestock association at one point, and understood the chemistry of the soil. She went so far as to get books and bulletins and read up on it.
From a financial point of view, she died eight years later (after her arrival in Sarasota) having brought that $8 million to $20 million.
Q: I understand she convinced the cattlemen that they needed to dip their cattle for ticks to eradicate the tick-borne diseases.
A: They told her she was crazy; that it would split the hide of the cattle. She went ahead and did it anyway. She also fenced in her cattle ranges, and that made them very, very angry. Her land was attacked by some vigilantes who resented this woman from a rich city coming in and trying to tell these good old boys how to take care of cattle.
Q: Here she is, high society, and the Florida Cracker cattlemen are a different breed completely. For her to tell them you need to dip your cattle and put up fences, this is 40 years before Florida became closed range.
A: I think cattle-dipping became mandatory in 1935, as I recall.
Q: So she was way ahead of her time.
said she was very, very nice to people. She did not look down on people who were working for her. It was once mentioned that she could be very snooty to people within her socioeconomic area. People thought she could be high and mighty sometimes, but when she was talking to her working people, she was very kind, and joked with them. They weren't afraid of talking with her.
Here when they heard she was coming down, they redid the Halton Sanitarium, because the Belle Haven had fallen to wreck and ruin, and they didn't think it was fancy enough for Mrs. Palmer. So they redid an area of the Halton Sanitarium for her, and yet they realized, once she was down, that she would not have cared.
Q: She described Sarasota as "refreshingly quaint." But here is a woman who, when she said Sarasota Bay was as beautiful as the Bay of Naples, knew what she was talking about.
A: I would think, knowing her early years, that she would have considered the east coast of Florida. At that point, the wealthy were going down there. But she did not just want the warm weather. She wanted a new way of life.
Q: Wasn't Sarasota still a backwater in 1910?
A: It had progressed certainly beyond the way it was when Gillespie first came with the Scots. But it certainly was. She even introduced electricity (to Osprey). She had a Delco generator both in her home in The Oaks and in Myakka when they camped there.
Q: Who designed her house, The Oaks?
A: Thomas Reed Martin. She brought him here. She added onto a house that had been in existence there. She was going to build from the ground up, but she decided she could reconstruct it and redo the gardens. She bought the land from Lawrence Jones, from a whiskey family.
Q: Let's talk about her role as a developer. How much land did she buy?
A: Jan Mathews said 70,000 acres. (Other sources say 80,000 in the Sarasota area and 140,000 total in Florida.) A lot of land. Fascinating, because I went to the circuit court in Manatee County (Sarasota and Osprey were part of that county until 1921), and it's interesting because not only did she buy the land, but her sons bought parcels of land, and her brother, and her father bought parcels, and they exchanged them to each other for a dollar.
Potter had urged her, for many years, that if something should happen to him (he was much older than she), that she should invest in real estate. Property, property, property – that was the key to wealth. So she followed his lead in buying property. Of course, she didn't construct developments on it as he did.
Q: So this is why we see streets that are named for members of the Palmer family?
A: Her brothers were named Lockwood (Lockwood Ridge Road) and Adrian. Her sons, Honore (Honore Avenue) and Potter Jr. (Potter Street, off Honore).
Q: Surrounded by men, how was it that she was the decision-maker in her family?
A: She had the money. She had control of the money. Prior to the marriage (of Bertha and Potter, in 1870), Henry Honore had lost a lot of his money. Speculation tells us that is why they (the Honores) encouraged the marriage of their daughter to a much wealthier man, because Henry Honore was in debt to Potter Palmer. Is this true? Who knows?
Q: What was Bertha Palmer's lasting contribution to real estate and development in the Sarasota area?
A: Myakka (River State Park) eventually was given at the behest of A.B. Edwards in the 1930s -- they gave acreage to the state for the park. The Oaks became a wonderful public museum (Historic Spanish Point), if you will.
She has been credited with putting the spotlight on Sarasota, and thus the development of Owen Burns and John Ringling coming. In fact, I've refuted that, because I believe Owen Burns came of his own volition, and she would not have been friendly with Ringling. One of the books I read on Ringling said that Palmer considered him a working man. So she would not have socialized with him or influenced him.
Owen Burns is supposed to have said, "Wow, if that place is good enough for Bertha Palmer, it's good enough for me." In fact, that statement has been attributed to other people. I talked to Harriett Stieff, Owen Burns' youngest daughter, said she said, "Daddy never spoke about that," and that he loved to hunt and fish and he heard the hunting and fishing was good.
She (Bertha Palmer) invited some of her Chicago friends to spend some time down here.
Q: Other than the agricultural land, did she develop other parcels?
Q: If she had lived just a few more years, how influential could she have been during the 1920s boom?
A: It was Burns who started all the construction; he built the Ringling Causeway and Ca' d'Zan and many other things. He was building, she was buying land for cattle to graze and to grow things. If she had lived longer, she may have done more with her experimental farm, which she started, cross breeding various plants and coming up with a way to grow plants more efficiently. But she died before that took off. One of her daughters in-law, Grace, who married Honore, picked up on that, and they did advance with the experimental farm.
She learned how to cross-breed various strains of cattle to raise the best beef.
Another interesting fact is that she did not try to head up the social scene in Sarasota. The only thing she is credited with to doing was giving $1,000 to build the new women's building.
Q: I understand she was inquisitive and business-oriented.
A: Very much so. When they lived in the Palmer House (in Chicago) upstairs and she had the two small boys, he would come up upstairs at night from his workday, and he would begin to discuss with her all that he had done, not only in running the hotel, but in investments. What is so untypical of a woman of that time, she wanted to know every detail of the investments, and the math behind it, and was interested in looking at the journals.
He was a very, I won't say introverted, but quiet man. Certainly he expressed himself when it came to business, but he was content into the shadows and allow her to take the lead. She was beautiful and very striking and very charming, and very often would go to parties and he would slip away because he just wasn't interested in that. So from the very beginning, she asserted herself in different ways.
Q: Can you give me an example of that?
A: She went to the Seaboard railroad and said, "I'm not going to purchase any land or spend any money here unless you extend the railroad from Sarasota to Venice. And they did it, immediately. Everybody kept saying, how could she have done that? But they did it immediately. She had a very forceful way of doing things.
Q: What do you think the most interesting fact is about Bertha that you discovered in your research?
A: The most interesting is the big question: Why? What made her turn her life around in 1910 and change her lifestyle to some extent?
Q: Yes, the big life event was in 1902, when Potter Palmer died. Maybe she got to thinking there was more to the world than the good life in London, Paris and Chicago?
and her guest lists were smaller, and it was Ross' speculation that it was time for a change.
Q: Can you think of a more influential or important woman in Sarasota's history than Bertha Palmer?
A: No, I don't think so. She was quite unique. Other people who have come here – there certainly have been influential women, but they were influential in a small way.
I had a conversation with someone who is influential with radical women's organizations here, who said she (Palmer) shouldn't be celebrated because she didn't do a thing for women's lib. No, she did not work with Susan B. Anthony and she was not a suffragette, but I think by example, she showed what a strong woman could be and what a strong woman could do.
the money they were making at the bar in the Palmer House.
I think one of her greatest contributions was as an activist for the needs of poor women. She fought for better sanitary conditions for them in their work environment; their working conditions were terrible. (She was) for educational opportunities. And she became an activist for the prevention of communicable disease. As far as she was concerned, the husbands weren't going to do anything about that.


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Ironic as it may be – "This page is under construction!"
The earliest time that I can remember where I truly fell in love with construction is back on our family farm. It really started after a tornado had just wiped out the small town of Miltona in Minnesota. It was 7:02 p.m. July 18, 1970 a Saturday evening. The fire siren went off, and my father and I where standing on a pile of ashes watching the tornado turn from a beautiful white to death black in a matter of seconds. We had just lost our barn to a barn fire the night before. My father kept his composure and was telling me his dream of how it was going to be rebuilt. I loved hearing his dream. It was going to be a beautiful barn. As it turned out, it was a beautiful barn. We milked many cows in that barn. We went from a small dairy hurd of about 7 cows back then all the way up to 80 head of the finest holstein hurds in the area. So, as for the story on the tornado, we got our family together and loaded up in the pickup truck and started to drive to Miltona to see if we could offer any immediate help. My father had one of the first phones I know of in his pickup truck and he was calling for help. It was a mess when we arrived. Anyway, a crew showed up not much after the tornado and started to build my fathers dream. As a 10 year old, this was so exciting for me.
Then, just two years later family home burned down after we had spend a full year remodeling this old historic farm home. My father and I had just finished putting the door knobs on his bedroom door that night and it went up in flames on December 7th, 1972 at about 12:15 am. Then dad did it again, told me how he was going to rebuild and what a wonderful home it would be. This was the start of my construction career.
After we finshed our home on that little 168 acre farm in Carlos, Minnesota we packed up and moved after my brothers went off to school and my sister was in the Marines. We moved to my fathers hometown, of Wessington, SD. While basically, visiting on our way to Moses Lake Oregon which was suppose to be our real destination. We parked our 5th wheel camper trailer next to this old building down town on Main St. We made that our temperary camping spot for the summer. Then dad, oh dad, ended up buying this huge two story building and thought he could turn it into something. First he thought he could use it in his trucking business as a warehouse for cold storage between the westcoast and midwest. One day, he started dreaming… Oh, boy I thought, here we go agian. As we sat there in the is old building dreaming of what we could do, somehow he got me involved in his dreams now. Well, the first night it was just him and I, then one of his buddies stopped in, Roger Seargent. Dad, poured himself and Roger a fresh drink, yes, a couple of whiskey's. Dad, was really good at pulling people in and helping him create a vision. The next night, a little bit larger group showed up of dad's friends and as we all sat their my dad out of the blue, said we're going to build a Super Club and Bar. That was the start of "The Fireside Supper Club". Throughout, my first year as a Junior in Wessington High School, between football, basketball and track I was designing and building the towns newest business. Funny, thing I became the cook too! Boy, those where early days of my construction career and I sure loved them. The smell of cut wood and the noice of skill saws still make me smile. After I finished high school I joined the U.S. Army as an Architectural Draftsman. Then off I went to boot camp; Ft. Dix, NJ.
I receive my real start in construction and construction managment/supervision when I served in the US Army and also received an honorable discharge in 1983, after serving as an engineer construction supervisor and architectural draftsman attached to Staff Engineers at an experimental base in California called Ft. Hunter Liggett. My military career projects consisted of designing the test track for the Humvee, M1A1 Abrams Tank, and assisted on several other projects that lead to the approval and manufacture of the Hellfire Missile, Blackhawk helicopter, and the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and I served as the NCOIC of the Battalion Color Guard.
Upon completion of my military career I returned to Rapid City, SD where my father and I joined up again as partners in Prentice Real Estate and Builders Ltd. (These may have been the best years of my life.) to be continued…
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Hexameron means 'six days' in Greek. In the Russian Orthodox tradition, every day of the week has its own theme: "Descent into Hell" for Sunday, "The Assembly of the Archangels" for Monday, "The Beheading of John the Baptist" for Tuesday, "Annunciation" for Wednesday, "Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles" for Thursday, "Crucifixion" for Friday. These occupy the upper level of the panel. The depiction of Saturday, or the Sabbath, takes up the icon's center and lower levels. It features Christ enthroned and the cross as the symbol of the Last Judgment. It is supposed to remind the faithful that Saturday is the day for studying and meditation on the fates of the world. On both sides are saints grouped according to their ranks: martyrs and martyresses, holy monks and holy nuns, kings and queens, prophets, apostles, desert-dwellers and the blessed.
Hexameron, late 17th century. Tempera on wooden panel. 157 x 105 x 4 cm. Yaroslavl Art Museum, Yaroslavl, Russia.


What is the Co-op Connection program?
It is a program that provides Cobb EMC members with discounts at participating local and national businesses.
Cobb EMC encourages all of our members to enroll in the program. Members may choose if they would like to redeem offers using the Co-op Connections card, mobile app or printable coupons. When they show the card, coupon or the offer in the app at any participating business, they receive a discount determined by the business owner. It's that easy!
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All we require from the business is a special discount or service offering.
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You may view a list of participating businesses online.
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Each business designs its own discount. We like to see those that are unique and offer members true value. See what other businesses are offering.
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Yes. Download a Co-op Connections Card printout. To find discounts on-the-go, download the Co-op Connections® app* for Android or iPhone. You can also request a card to be mailed to you.
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The Co-op Connections program is made available to Cobb EMC by Touchstone Energy®, a cooperative made up of hundreds of other electric co-ops just like us from across the nation. The program is included in our membership in Touchstone Energy as an added value for members.
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The 2018 Bid Data Expo of Guiyang is now history. It closed Tuesday after four days of successful events and exhibitions. Details of the event, along with participants and exhibitors can be found at the Big Data Expo website: BIG DATA CENTRAL WEB SITE.
2018 Big Data Expo rocks according to Jack.
There were many similarities to the 2017, but also a surprise. It was beyond even my wildest overactive imagination. I wasn't shy about my disappointment in the 2017 Expo because it was so lacking in robotics, motion control, and automated vehicles. I consider this to be central to our future as humans . . . see: 2017 Big Data Expo.
Though I was unsatisfied with the robotics, motion control and automated vehicle coverage in the 2017 Expo, I was MORE THAN SATISFIED with it's prominence in 2018. Artificial intelligence (AI) was everywhere in the Pixmoving presentation. The highlights were the coffee robot, the donkey car race, and the driverless car. The coffee robot demonstrated the fine detail, proving how far robotics and AI has come. The donkey car competition showed how difficult it is to drive a car, even in fairly predictable environments and situations.
The Exhibition Hall was open from the 26th to the 29th and there were also classes and presentations on the 25th. This conference was similar to prior conferences in that special tickets allowing more access were available. One impressive presentation was about the use of Big Data to expedite the permitting process for businesses. Rather than using staff time and a complex permitting process for each department, more departments are being merged and application forms are being populated by the government's Big Data database. This eliminates fees and long waiting periods while applications are processed. If your registration with the government is in order, you get your permit — quickly. This kind of cost cutting and convenience to citizens is a big deal.
The exhibits seemed less expansive than in the past, with a bit of a push from a few vendors expanding presence. Of course Pixmoving was the biggest. Google and Facebook were also well represented, along with many of the other big names. Smart City software, mapping software, and health care were big. Of course virtual reality and the "whole body" virtual world devices were present as well. Here are some sample photos.
All in one digital healthcare.
I just stumbled onto a recent post about Libo, in the extreme south of Guizhou. It is a minority section of Guizhou and is advertised as the most beautiful county in China. This is a Youtube video so it requires a VPN if you are in China. I was invited to visit Libo and decided to do a search on the internet . . .
The Guizhou Wine Expo had a promotional video detailing the attractions of Guizhou. I captured part of it on my cell phone camera. Then I pulled out an old video from when I visited the Miao countryside. The song of the Miao Women when they ask you to drink their sweet rice wine is really extraordinary, and in no way exaggerated by the promotional video. I've added a couple clips . . .
Forest Park is one of the more beautiful parks in Guiyang. The central feature of this park is the tomb of Dr. Guy Courtney.
November 7, 2013 was the Sports Day across China, with regular classes dismissed and a chance for a day off for foreign teachers. Teachers have weird days off here in China, even more than in the USA, but that is another subject. I took the opportunity to visit Forest Park, southeast of Guiyang. It is a park-like atmosphere in a forest setting. 🙂 The real reason for my visit, rather than just getting fresh air on a beautiful day, was to visit the memorial tomb of Doctor Guy Courtney.
The history of China is rich. The contacts with our western democracies haven't always been positive. In the 1800s China fought and lost two "Opium Wars" with the British Empire, the result of which was that the British East India Company got the right to sell opium freely in China, a very profitable business indeed.
Chinese courts had no jurisdiction over foreigners committing crimes in China, who had to be tried in a European appointed court. The Taiping Rebellion, with millions of Chinese killed, was also inspired by the western missionaries seeking to get a more Christian style Chinese government. Westerners eventually were supportive of the Manchu government due to treaty concessions to Europe following the Second Opium War. After that, Europe and the west really had nothing to gain by a regime change. American and British citizen forces eventually defended the Manchu Dynasty in Shanghai, defeating the Taiping Rebellion. (See: http://taipingrebellion.com/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion, and http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/taiping-rebellion.html) .
Then the US became more active in Asia by winning the Philippines from Spain in 1899 and winning the war with Japan in WWII. The peace treaty ending WWII was challenged by Maoist China in Korea. After China's massive losses in Korea on top of the other historical irritants, one might think that westerners would not be particularly welcomed in China. That is why I was so surprised when I saw the tomb of Dr. Courtney (see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/91/a3510091.shtml).
This memorial is in memory of Dr. Guy Courtney, a British woman doctor who came in support of the Chinese war of resistance against Japan in 1941. Dr. Courtney died at her post in 1942 while working to prevent and cure the diseases caused by the germ warfare waged by the Japanese.


Pests like aphids and cutworm are a very real problem in vegetable farming. They reproduce fast and destroy crops, so have to be controlled. But how?
Over 320 pesticides can be routinely used in non-organic farming. Some remain in the food we eat, despite washing and cooking.
Some have been linked to serious health conditions, including cancer. Pesticides are destroying wildlife, affecting human health and are linked to declining bee populations. We believe there's no 'safe' level for a nerve toxin or hormone disruptor; not for a human, not for a bee.
75% decline in honey bee population linked to pesticide use.
Glyphosate weedkiller labelled a 'probable carcinogen'.
We've been growing organic veg since 1987 and know there's a better way – nature already provides the solution.
50% more wildlife on organic farms. No system of farming is more bee friendly.
Organic farming produces food you can trust. No routine chemicals, antibiotics or GM.
Where are the guardians of our soil?
"A few years ago I was wandering through the fields of a non-organic farmer, who was growing lettuces for the supermarkets. I bent down to pick and taste a leaf. He stopped me and warned 'Shouldn't do that, boy'. His lettuces were sprayed every week for aphids.
Hang on – this is a farmer who wouldn't eat his own food. Intuitively, anybody knows that's crazy. Food should be fit to eat out of the field."
What makes Riverford veg different?
Choose organic to avoid pesticides, support wildlife and enjoy natural food. Because it's grown naturally, we think it tastes better too.
Our Soil Association certification guarantees food you can trust. Organic is better for the environment, animal welfare, wildlife and it's GM-free. We reckon it tastes better too.
Over 320 pesticides can be routinely used in non-organic farming. Some remain in the food we eat, despite washing and cooking. Instead of reaching for a chemical container, we look to nature for the solution.
Rather than using a barrage of sprays, we encourage and sometimes release the native ladybirds, lacewings and wasps that predate pests.
Organic is better for birds, bees and wildlife. We encourage wildlife to live and thrive on our farms.
Pesticides are chemicals designed to kill animal, fungal or plant pests which would otherwise damage crops or reduce crop yields, or spread disease. Some originate from natural substances, but most are artificial chemical poisons which do not occur naturally, such as organophosphates and neonicotinoids.
It varies depending on the pesticide and the target pest. They first act by either touching the pest directly (contact pesticides), or through being absorbed by the organism and then transported throughout (systemic pesticides). Some are hormone disruptors such as Diuron, some are neurotoxins such as organophosphates and neonicotinoids. Pesticides come in many formats for different applications, such as seed dressings, solutions and powders. Some pesticides are selective, meaning that they will kill partially specific pests, but many are non-selective, eg. glyphosate, which will kill most plants, not just the weeds farmers want to target. This is not surprising given that pesticides largely work by disrupting biological pathways common to most organisms, including humans.
There are several reasons. Firstly, many pesticides don't just kill the target pest, they have often unknown impacts on other wildlife and the environment by either direct poisoning, contaminating water courses or disrupting ecosystems. A good example of this is the large scale decline in the wild bee population, which scientists have linked to the use of neonicotinoids over the past 20 years. The pesticide is often present in the crop pollen collected by the bees, because neonicotinoids are systemic pesticides. Recent research has even detected neonicotinoids and other pesticides in the pollen of wildflowers in field margins and hedgerows.
Alongside the environmental impact are the sociological issues surrounding pesticide use. According to the World Health Organisation, unintentional pesticide poisonings kill an estimated 355,000 people globally every year, many of whom are children. This is often in deprived rural communities in developing countries, where poor agrochemical regulation and training coupled with low literacy levels mean the risks are not fully understood by those handling the chemicals. Many workers, even children, apply them to crops barefoot, and without masks.
Many chemical pesticides are also linked to birth defects and diseases; glyphosate, widely used in arable farming and by home consumers (often sold as 'Round-Up') was designated a "probable carcinogen" by the World Health Organisation in 2015.
In addition to this is the unknown cumulative and so-called "cocktail effect" of pesticides. The risk that pesticides pose to health and the environment is only assessed on individual formulations when in reality most people or environments are exposed to a multitude of substances, rather than one single chemical formulation.
Are there pesticides in non-organic food?
Yes, frequently. It varies year to year but pesticides have been found on one in three non-organic foods tested, and multiple residues of up to seven different pesticides are not uncommon. In contrast, pesticides are rarely found in organic food. In the UK, an official monitoring programme checks pesticide levels in the food and drink supply. However, we believe that there is no 'safe level' for nerve toxins and other chemical poisons; neither for a human and nor for a bee.
Can pesticides be removed from food by washing or peeling?
Possibly; it depends on the pesticide that was used on the crop. According to the FSA, washing, peeling fruit and removing the outer leaves of vegetables may reduce the residues of certain pesticides. However, if it is a systemic pesticide that has been used, then the chemical is within the physical makeup of the produce, so it is impossible to remove by washing or peeling. Pesticides cannot be removed from many foods however; for example, you cannot wash or peel bread.
Who makes and owns pesticides?
As of October 2016, just four multi-billion pound global corporations account for three-quarters of the global agrochemical market. These are Bayer/Monsanto, Dupont/Dow, Syngenta and BASF.
Over 320 pesticides can be routinely used in non-organic farming. Organic farmers are permitted to use just 15 pesticides, derived from natural ingredients including citronella and clove oil, but only under very restricted circumstances. No herbicides (weed killers) are allowed in organic farming. In reality the vast majority of organic farmers have no need even for the pesticides that are permitted, and when they are used the amounts are small. Around 90% of Soil Association certified farmers use no pesticides at all, and research suggests that if all farming was organic, pesticide use would drop by 98%.
Are pesticides used on all non-organic crops?
No, but there is no way of knowing this due to the disjointed nature of the food supply chain. Unless you can talk direct to the farmer, organic certification is the only guarantee that no artificial pesticides have been used on your food.
Why is Riverford campaigning about pesticides?
Globally, agriculture is being led in a direction dictated by the priorities of the agrochemical industry rather than humanity, the environment or farmers. We believe that pesticides are not necessary, and that it is possible to farm successfully without a barrage of chemicals that are causing significant environmental and sociological damage. It is not easy but with research and investment it is possible, and certainly preferable.
The multinationals who own the pesticide patents do not have social responsibility or protecting the environment among their top priorities. With large budget, sophisticated marketing techniques aimed at farmers worldwide coupled with political lobbying, they perpetuate the myth that agrochemicals are crucial to success in farming, and so are positioning themselves to control the food chain. These same companies have a similar strategy around GM technology and GM seeds; between them they own nearly two-thirds of the commercial seed market and are continuing to buy up independent seed suppliers.
While their marketing in the EU and other first world countries is relatively well regulated, this is not the case in developing countries where farmers are told they need the chemicals and GM seeds in order to succeed, and are encouraged to emulate intensive, high input western farming methods. These farmers cannot afford the high cost of the inputs and often get into debt. Suicide levels are high among poor rural farmers. According to the WHO, 30% of suicides worldwide are due to pesticide self-poisoning.
At Riverford we believe that organic farming is the best way to produce food. It reduces environmental pollution and the release of greenhouse gases from food production by severely restricting the use of artificial chemical fertilisers and pesticides. Instead, organic farmers rely on developing a healthy, fertile soil and growing a mixture of crops. As a result, organic farms have on average 50% more wildlife and 30% more species. Livestock is reared without the routine use of drugs, antibiotics or wormers, animal feed is GM-free and poultry is always free-range. No system of farming does more to protect natural resources like fresh water and healthy soils.
nature already provides the solution.


Former Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman has every right to feel sorry for himself and ask, "Why me?"
However, that's clearly not the way he's wired.
"Fourth-stage metastatic cancer in the lung is typically a death sentence and I think I'm going to beat this," Coleman said this week. "I don't think this is going to kill me.
"Something else is going to get to me, but I don't think it's this."
Rather than focusing on the bad break he got last summer when the neck and throat cancer he's been battling spread to his lungs, Coleman is focused on renewing his cancer battle and being thankful for positive things in his life.
"I am much more grateful for the blessing that I have to be here and to be with family and to be with friends," he said on the eve of Thanksgiving.
Despite his brave face, Coleman did say the news that his cancer had spread to his lungs was like a "gut punch," especially because he felt so good that day last summer when he was heading to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester for a checkup.
He was convinced he was about to get a clean bill of health.
"On the way down I stopped and looked at a boat," he said. "I want to get myself a new boat. And I told the guy 'I'm just going down (to Mayo).' I was convinced it was going to be good news.
"I said 'I'll call you back, but I really like this boat.' And I go and find out that the cancer (has) returned. Obviously, I canceled the order for the boat. I wasn't thinking long-term."
Or maybe it was just his innate fiscal conservatism.
A few months later, he's halfway through chemotherapy and radiation treatments and encouraged by positive PET scans of his lungs. Coleman will finish his chemo and radiation treatments in mid-December.
"I would hope that your viewers really take the time to put things in perspective," Coleman said. "Things you think are the worst things in the world...they're not the worst thing in the world."


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You can watch Liverpool's Boxing Day fixture against Leicester City for FREE with Amazon Prime
The game sees first take on second in the Premier League
Liverpool head off to Qatar this week to compete in the Club World Championship.
But with The Reds sitting top of the Premier League by 10 points, many fans already have one eye on the upcoming clash against Leicester City on Boxing Day.
While it may not have come to a surprise to many, Leicester City have outperformed pre-season expectations - and away from the close proximity to Liverpool in the league table, the Foxes also find themselves an incredible 13 points clear of 5th place.
The impact made by former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is plain for all to see and their recent 1-1 draw at home to Norwich City put an end to their run of eight consecutive league victories.
Only a last minute penalty from James Milner could separate the two sides when they met in early October - a stark reminder to Liverpool, if indeed one was indeed, that this could be one of their toughest tests this season.
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Saint Romanus was strict in his fasting, and he wore heavy chains beneath his hairshirt. The saint spent many years as a hermit without lighting a fire. Reaching old age, he departed to the Lord in peace.
Saint Romanus is one of many saints to whom we pray for deliverance from childlessness and barreness. Some of the others are: Saint Stylianos (November 26), Saint Hypatius of Rufinus (March 31), Saints Theodore and John (July 12).


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"Rare" map comes home to Spain
A rare map dating back to the 15th century was today returned to the Spanish government.
Last year the 526-year-old map which is based on work by ancient astronomer and geographer Claudius Ptolemy in his influential atlas Cosmographia was stolen from Spain's National Library in Madrid.
Now those taking Spanish holidays can see the map in its rightful home.
"This remarkable map has had a profound influence on how we understand geography today. It shows how the world was viewed before the era of great explorers like Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus," the Australian prime minister's parliamentary secretary, Anthony Byrne commented, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Following its theft in 2007, the map made its way around the world to the Sydney art gallery.
Manager of Australian Federal Police special operations, Ray Johnson commented that the outcome was "fabulous" in an international sense.


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Toshihiro Hirao: Chairman, CIO
Toshihiro Hirao and Mamoru Taniya established Asuka Asset Management in July 2002 as a result of a management buyout of the Japanese subsidiary of Tudor Investment Corporation.
Mr. Hirao was most recently a director in charge of Japanese equity trading at Tudor Capital Japan (1999-2002). He is a specialist in Japanese equities and has 30 years of experience in trading long/short Japanese equity markets.
Mr. Hirao, also a principle founding member of Tudor Capital Japan, managed its Japanese equity long/short and directional portfolio and has a long proven track record within the volatile Japanese markets.
Before joining Tudor, he was a managing director and co-head of Salomon Smith Barney's Japan and Asia proprietary trading department. At Salomon, he was the principal manager for the 80 billion yen CB/Warrant arbitrage portfolio as well as the equity long/short portfolio.
Shinichiro Shiraki: Representative Director, CEO
Mr. Shiraki has over 20 years of experience investing in private equity, venture capital funds, and hedge funds in Japan and globally. He launched and managed several portfolios of hedge funds and private equity funds for Sanwa Bank, now part of the Mitsubishi UFJ Group.
He has been a founding member of Monex Alternative Investments and serves as its CEO and CIO since 2004. He was appointed CIO of Astomax Co., Ltd. in 2013.
In 2015, Mr. Shiraki founded Akebono Asset Management Ltd.
He also started serving on a board of directors at Aizawa Securities Co., Ltd. TSE1 listed security broker company in 2019 and started serving on a board of directors at Asuka Asset Management in June 2020.
Mr. Shiraki has been a board member of the Alternative Investment Management Association of Japan (AIMA Japan) since 2001 and currently serves as its Chairman. He is also a committee member Japan Venture Capital Association.
Naoi Niijima
Ms. Niijima joined Aizawa Securities Co., Ltd. in 1989 and advanced to the role General Manager of Planning Department in June of 2007. She then assumed the role of Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Administration Division and General Manager and General Affairs and Personnel Department in June of 2014. She then took the role of Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Aizawa Investments Co., Ltd in 2015. In 2017, she became the Executive officer and Head of Administration and was a member of the Audit & Supervisory Board of Japan Asia Securities Co., Ltd.(currently Aizawa Securities Co., Ltd.). She became the head of compliance the same year. In 2020, she accepted the role of Director and Managing Director, which she currently holds. She was involved in corporate planning while holding responsibilities as head of management and compliance.
Kazuhiro Mashiba: Director
Mr. Mashiba joined Naito Securities Co.,Ltd. and took various positions in the Corporate Planning, Finance and Planning & Personnel Departments.
He started working at Aizawa Securities Co.,Ltd. in 2001 and handled operations in the Finance and Corporate Planning Departments.
Mr. Mashiba set up Aizawa Investments Co.,Ltd. and served as Director in 2005. He became Representative Director and President (the current role) in 2011. His main roles included forming funds, securitization, M&A advisory and investing in start-ups.
He was appointed as General Manager of the Accounting Department at Aizawa Securities in 2011. Mashiba was promoted to Executive Officer in 2016 and became Senior Executive Officer, Head of the Administration Division and General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department in 2017. He served as Director and Head of the Administration Division in 2018 and became Director and Senior Executive Officer in 2020. He was mainly responsible for the Administration Division and Corporate Planning Departments. Mr. Mashiba was named Director of Asuka Management Co.,Ltd. in June 2020.
Yuichi Baba: Director
Mr. Baba joined Aizawa Securities and was in charge of retail sales. He then worked at Aizawa Investments, a subsidiary of Aizawa Securities, and engaged in forming funds, securitization and investing in start-ups.
Mr. Baba returned to Aizawa Securities in 2011 and mainly worked on corporate planning and PR/IR operations.
He was appointed as Director of Aizawa Investments in 2017.
Mr. Baba became General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department at Aizawa Securities in 2018.
Satoshi Yamamoto: Auditor
Mr. Yamamoto stated his career at Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. (current Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd.).
He was appointed as Executive Officer in 2007 and became Director and Managing Executive Officer in 2009 at Chuo Mitsui Asset Trust & Banking Co.,Ltd. (current Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank).
Mr. Yamamoto served as Representative Director and President of Chuo Mitsui Asset Management Co.,Ltd. (current Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co.) in 2010 and became Director and Executive Vice President of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management in 2012.
He became Representative Director and Executive Vice President of Japan Stockholders Data Service Co.,Ltd. in 2012.
Mr. Yamamoto became a full-time auditor of Aizawa Securities in 2014.
Kosuke Noda: Executive Officer, CFO
Mr. Noda joined Asuka in April 2006 to and was charged with Compliance.
Mr. Noda started his career at Mitsubishi Bank (currently, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ).
He was engaged in examination of loan, rebuilding of companies, and administration.
He has a deep experience in managing inspections by the FSA, etc. Prior to joining Asuka, he was most recently Head of Strategy Planning Department at the company which the Bank has financed.
Shinobu Miyata: Executive Officer, COO
Mr. Miyata joined Akebono Asset Management and was charged with operational and administrative matter.
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At the board meeting May 22 at UIC, Gardner told trustees the university has established a partnership with the Chicago City Colleges that will allow its nursing graduates to enroll in the Global Campus R.N. program.
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Needless to say, the RAID the young lord had shouted to the realm from the east gate of Gludio was not necessarily going successfully from the perspective of the hundreds of poor souls currently engaged with the Ratman Chief and his minions. Death was everywhere, even those who answered the call clad in their MoonStone Armor were no match for the Chief's vicious onslaught.
Punish understood the price of knowledge and the eager souls being annihilated before him were paying that price. He had done this purposefully.
Punish had not had the capability before to reach the ears of the entire realm when he had realized he could be heard by every citizen of Aden he instantly recognized its true potential. He had dreamed of the great things that could be accomplished by inspiring his fellow citizens to some action toward a common goal, he had watched from the gate as the Sukar Ratman Chief had ambushed unsuspecting travelers on their way to Gludio and wondered why no one had attempted to challenge the powerful creature.
Surely the citizens wanted to, there had to have been some that were willing to challenge this powerful adversary but only needed to believe it was possible. The Prince would certainly try alone if he felt he alone could defeat the Chief, the town guards had discussed tactics openly and it was wildly understood only a RAID would have any chance of success.
Even if it meant at a great cost of life in pursuit of such knowledge.
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It is always you versus yourself.
So the call was made.
And just like that, the pent of desires of the Citizens of Aden were unleashed in a torrent, first there was one, then five, then 20, 50, 60, 100 soldiers amassed at the East Gate of Gludio, itching to take a shot at the terrible creature they had heard so much about. The more that showed up, the more others recognized and wanted to attempt the challenge toward a common cause.
Instantly the excitement was felt rising in the soldiers, they honestly really wanted this to happen, had been wanting this and a simple call to arms was all it took. The young lord smiled at the display in front of him, the sheer force inspired into action by a few simple words of encouragement was simply amazing. Then the crowd began to speak, people were asking questions he had no answers for or had even anticipated.
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For no cause, direction, rhyme or reason.
Punish watched as one lone soldier with enthusiastic anticipation could no longer remain and wait as the RAID formed their parties, just one single person broke ranks and began running out the east gate with vigor, quickly heads turned, and everyone took notice. First by inch, then by a few steps and before a word could escape the young Lords lips the entire force barely able to contain themselves was in full march out the East Gate of Gludio because a single soldier began running in the direction of the Ratman Chief.
One moment he had 100 soldiers and the next none because of ONE person?
"I'll have to make a note of that, hunger runs high when in these situations arise and movement inspires movement," he thought to himself. Arriving behind his force at the Sukar Ratman Chief camp Punish watched the beast eye the opposing force and simply waited for the inevitable attack.
"Are you leading the RAID?" one citizen inquired, "When are we going to attack?!" another asked, "Who are you to organize this?!" yet another demanded, "This is SO COOL!", "WHO IS RUNNING THIS RAID IS IT YOU!", "WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE IF YOU DON'T A COMMAND CHANNEL UP NOW!", "You are so $#%@ed LOL".
Punish watched as one lone mystic with enthusiastic anticipation could no longer remain and wait let lose a lone Windstrike against the Sukar Ratman Chief… As if anticipating the attack, the Ratman Chief simply smiled at the lone mystic, snapped his fingers to his minions and proceeded to step forward into the eager Army. All the other soldiers witnessing the attack followed suit nearly instantaneously, and in a matter of moments, the scene deteriorated into absolute and total Chaos… Having just sent dwarves flying, and tossing the now DETACHED head of the lone mystic at the feet of the young lord, the Sukar Ratman Chief proceeded to dismember each of the 100 soldiers in the most barbaric ways known to the realm.
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All the Legendary Lord could do was witness the display of force and make observations, some citizens were shouting commands that made sense, some shouting tactics the Prince had never heard of before, others continued to ridicule and chastise the Lord for his lack of organization.
Punish could only nod… responding, "Thank you, I did not know that until now." Limping into Dion the Prince checked the shop, and there it was, he purchased the guide for 12,000 adena but the price he'd paid to come to know of its existence was far greater than simple coin. As he sit down to read the guide and understand the basics of a command channel the Prince was reminded again of the lessons he'd learned as a Clan Lord. You fail forward, it's only you versus yourself. Don't be afraid to be the best possible version of yourself, sometimes it will cost you.
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June 28, 2019 - Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to address partisan gerrymandering, North Carolina courts this summer could decide if the extreme partisan manipulation of legislative districts violates the state constitution. Files that belonged to a deceased redistricting guru could shed light on the process, but the parties to the lawsuit are arguing over access to them.
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March 26, 2013 - A provision of the North Carolina constitution designed to suppress the black vote is no longer enforceable under the Voting Rights Act, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to give voters a second chance to remove it.


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import torch
from torch.autograd import Function
from torch.autograd.function import once_differentiable
from torch.distributions import constraints

from pyro.distributions.torch import MultivariateNormal
from pyro.distributions.util import eye_like, sum_leftmost

class OMTMultivariateNormal(MultivariateNormal):
    """Multivariate normal (Gaussian) distribution with OMT gradients w.r.t. both
    parameters. Note the gradient computation w.r.t. the Cholesky factor has cost
    O(D^3), although the resulting gradient variance is generally expected to be lower.

    A distribution over vectors in which all the elements have a joint Gaussian
    density.

    :param torch.Tensor loc: Mean.
    :param torch.Tensor scale_tril: Cholesky of Covariance matrix.
    """

    arg_constraints = {
        "loc": constraints.real,
        "scale_tril": constraints.lower_triangular,
    }

    def __init__(self, loc, scale_tril):
        if loc.dim() != 1:
            raise ValueError("OMTMultivariateNormal loc must be 1-dimensional")
        if scale_tril.dim() != 2:
            raise ValueError("OMTMultivariateNormal scale_tril must be 2-dimensional")
        super().__init__(loc, scale_tril=scale_tril)

    def rsample(self, sample_shape=torch.Size()):
        return _OMTMVNSample.apply(
            self.loc, self.scale_tril, sample_shape + self.loc.shape
        )

class _OMTMVNSample(Function):
    @staticmethod
    def forward(ctx, loc, scale_tril, shape):
        white = torch.randn(shape, dtype=loc.dtype, device=loc.device)
        z = torch.matmul(white, scale_tril.t())
        ctx.save_for_backward(z, white, scale_tril)
        return loc + z

    @staticmethod
    @once_differentiable
    def backward(ctx, grad_output):
        jitter = 1.0e-8  # do i really need this?
        z, epsilon, L = ctx.saved_tensors

        dim = L.shape[0]
        g = grad_output
        loc_grad = sum_leftmost(grad_output, -1)

        identity = eye_like(g, dim)
        R_inv = torch.triangular_solve(identity, L.t(), transpose=False, upper=True)[0]

        z_ja = z.unsqueeze(-1)
        g_R_inv = torch.matmul(g, R_inv).unsqueeze(-2)
        epsilon_jb = epsilon.unsqueeze(-2)
        g_ja = g.unsqueeze(-1)
        diff_L_ab = 0.5 * sum_leftmost(g_ja * epsilon_jb + g_R_inv * z_ja, -2)

        Sigma_inv = torch.mm(R_inv, R_inv.t())
        V, D, _ = torch.svd(Sigma_inv + jitter)
        D_outer = D.unsqueeze(-1) + D.unsqueeze(0)

        expand_tuple = tuple([-1] * (z.dim() - 1) + [dim, dim])
        z_tilde = identity * torch.matmul(z, V).unsqueeze(-1).expand(*expand_tuple)
        g_tilde = identity * torch.matmul(g, V).unsqueeze(-1).expand(*expand_tuple)

        Y = sum_leftmost(
            torch.matmul(z_tilde, torch.matmul(1.0 / D_outer, g_tilde)), -2
        )
        Y = torch.mm(V, torch.mm(Y, V.t()))
        Y = Y + Y.t()

        Tr_xi_Y = torch.mm(torch.mm(Sigma_inv, Y), R_inv) - torch.mm(
            Y, torch.mm(Sigma_inv, R_inv)
        )
        diff_L_ab += 0.5 * Tr_xi_Y
        L_grad = torch.tril(diff_L_ab)

        return loc_grad, L_grad, None

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Win Gatchalian > Newsroom > Amid criticisms, New Clark City Sports Complex won't be a waste
By: Win Gatchalian
December 3, 2019 at 9:22 pm PHT
Senator Win Gatchalian said that the New Clark City Sports Complex will not be a waste after the staging of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the country, while seeking to establish a national high school fully dedicated to Philippine sports that will later use these facilities.
NEW CLARK CITY, CAPAS, TARLAC, Philippines – The New Clark Aquatics Center in New Clark City, part of the sprawling masterplanned mix-use development by the state-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority, 5 Nov 2019. The New Clark City Sports Complex is eyed to become the training ground for the proposed Philippine High School for Sports (PHSS) that will develop athletic skills through physical education and sports development subjects. Photo by ATTY KAT CADIENTE/OS WIN GATCHALIAN
Gatchalian, co-author and sponsor of Senate Bill 1086 or the Philippine High School for Sports Act of 2019, wants the creation of Philippine High School for Sports (PHSS) that will develop athletic skills through physical education and sports development subjects. With the proposed school, promising students will receive quality secondary education while preparing for a sports-related career.
The bill also seeks to create world-class sports facilities and amenities in New Clark City. Under the proposed measure, the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) will be in charge of providing land and the construction of classrooms, dormitories, sports facilities, and other related amenities.
"These SEA Games facilities complement our proposed high school and facilities for young and promising athletes. Hindi ito masasayang dahil pakikinabangan ito ng ating mga manlalaro," said Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture.
Gatchalian also said that the construction of the New Clark City is another step to giving Filipino athletes the financial, infrastructural, and policy support that athletes need for a stellar performance in the international stage.
"Sports have a fundamental role in bringing national pride and unity, especially when Filipino athletes win in international competitions. But for our athletes to reach a level of excellence, we need to put support mechanisms in place such as accessible, world-class training facilities," he said.
Gatchalian likened such principles to the honor his colleague Senator Manny Pacquiao has brought to the country.
"In order to reach that level of excellence, we need to put mechanisms and fundamentals in place. Hindi naman ho automatic na ipinanganak iyan na maging Manny Pacquiao. Hindi naman ho automatic naging Manny Pacquiao si Manny Pacquiao. He had to undergo rigid training, he had to get enough support from government as well as from the sports community and he had to endure a lot of hardships in order to reach that level", Gatchalian pointed out.
Aside from the PHSS, the lawmaker emphasized that the facilities in New Clark City will also provide the space for training our athletes to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
"Our athletes don't become world-class performers overnight. Through this high school for sports and the sports hub that will be available for its students, potential athletes will receive government and community support at the earliest possible stage," Gatchalian exclaimed.
"And we really hope that we have more Manny Pacquiaos out there because whenever Manny Pacquiao enters into the arena, he does not only bring the name of Manny Pacquiao, but he brings the national flag with him and iyon po iyong nakikita ng buong mundo", he concluded.
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