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news stories and press releases dealers and employees together and help drive our industry forward From engineering and design to marketing and sales Our products and services are offered in more than 140 countries We find the best in technological advances to develop cutting-edge parts and equipment images and stories from the world of Volvo CE Subscribe to our email newsletters and receive the most up to date information Join us on the journey towards a more sustainable construction industry Volvo Construction Equipment is the Official Track Building Partner to the FIA World Rallycross Championship Here are all the ways you can get in touch with us Like us on Facebook  Follow us Instagram Subscribe to YouTube Follow us on LinkedIn his employees and children with the EC230 Electric at the Volvo CE Changwon factory in Korea bringing together team members from across the company for a hands-on introduction to the world of Volvo CE The visit helped deepen understanding of Volvo CE’s production capabilities and inspired the younger generation who were also on the visit Volvo CE's Changwon facility is one of the company's central sites for the production of excavators, including the EC230 Electric which is part of the Matsuzaki-Jyuki equipment fleet The group observed Volvo CE’s meticulous assembly processes from precision component integration to rigorous quality checks The experience offered valuable insights into the level of craftsmanship and innovation that goes into every machine through the incorporation of cutting-edge technology and sustainable engineering Matsuzaki-Jyuki is a respected equipment rental and construction solutions provider with a focus on reliability It operates a modern fleet of construction machines including a large number of Volvo excavators which support a range of infrastructure and civil works projects Matsuzaki-Jyuki and Volvo CE have been working together for 10 years now and have a solid partnership grounded in shared values and 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industry.” Discover more about Volvo CE’s electric machines Game Recap: Baseball | 3/11/2025 11:39:00 AM | Tyler Woolbright -- Limited free passes and plenty of multi-hit performances put North Park Baseball back in the win column on Tuesday morning earning their first mercy rule win of the season The Vikings had plenty of run support early putting seven runners home through the first two innings of play A wild pitch would bring him home for the lone run in the first inning North Park starting pitcher, senior left hander Brett Ravitz allowing a pair of runs in the top of the second on a misplayed bunt and RBI double the Vikings would pile on in their half of the inning The Vikings banged out six runs on five hits taking advantage of three free passes by the Mariners' starting pitcher to swiftly establish a 7-2 lead and tallied five singles to keep things moving A scoreless third inning gave way to an interesting fourth, where three of five hits went for extra bases, slimming North Park's lead to 7-6. Junior right hander Zach Price relieved Ravitz in the fourth and worked to establish his footing to keep NPU ahead The Vikings were blanked in the fourth inning but scored runs in all four of their proceeding trips to the plate including a three-run eighth that was capped by Kawakami's walkoff Price found his groove after that fourth inning securing his first win of the season with four innings pitched Sophomore catcher Reyn Matsuzaki led the Vikings with a 4-for-5 day at the plate cracking a pair of doubles and scoring twice Kawakami, Greenwood, and junior right fielder Joe Perona all had three-hit days Every Viking starter reached base in the win as Perona and DiVito crossed the plate three times each Greenwood led NPU with four RBI in his 3-for-4 day building on an already impressive freshman campaign Mitchell's Savier Paige led the Mariners with a 3-for-4 day at the plate North Park (2-9) concludes their Florida trip tomorrow against the Western New England University Golden Bears (4-3) First pitch at Northeast Regional Park is set for 9:00 AM ET Thanks for visiting ! 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We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. 2025 as they embark on their "31 Flavours Tour" to celebrate their 31st year The evening will also include opening performances from locals the San Francisco band Deerhoof has cemented their place as one of indie music's most influential bands with their unruly and anarchic creative impulse The mercurial rockers—consisting of founding drummer Greg Saunier and guitarists John Dieterich and Ed Rodriguez—come to Pioneer Works fresh off the release of their 2023 album Miracle-Level sung entirely in Satomi Matsuzaki’s native Japanese For a band that seems to thrive on collapse it’s simply amazing that this American-Japanese quartet is now celebrating their 31st year Though Deerhoof long ago established itself as one of the greatest rock groups ever to stride the earth—and if you think that’s hyperbole you haven’t seen them live—the furiously inventive quartet releases new albums on the schedule of a young band still hungry for its first break Each one discovers some previously unknown combination of candy-coated hard-rock riffs and free-jazz percussive freakouts sideways J-pop hooks and fearsome dissonance trenchant social commentary and surrealist humor Fronting it all is Satomi Matsuzaki’s inimitable alto whose plainspoken calm can seem strangely outside of the band’s maelstrom carrying an implicit note of defiant optimism in their refusal to bow to convention or received wisdom Body Meat embarks on a multi-dimensional world-building endeavor partly influenced by hours spent playing games like ‘Elden Ring’ and ‘Nier Automata,’ drawing inspiration from their expansive storytelling and gameplay Taylor imagines each song as its own distinct ‘level,’ and himself as the avatar moving through an immersive storyline iiisa is the solo project of NYC-based vocalist and improviser-composer, isabel crespo pardo Their intimate songs emerge from warm sonic landscapes filled with familial chatter and field recordings from their home in Costa Rica With “a gloriously improvised heart,” they transform opaque memories into powerful ephemera in hopes of offering solace Pioneer Works music programming is made possible in-part by New Belgium Brewing Company OneFootball's home page Search Settings Sign In Sign InJoinMatsuzaki masterclass sinks title contenders (Shimizu S-pulse vs Avispa Fukuoka analysis) | OneFootballSportsEye Shimizu S-pulse Stun League High-flyers Avispa FukuokaClinical Shimizu End Fukuoka's Unbeaten Run with 3-1 VictoryShimizu S-pulse delivered a masterclass in efficiency as they secured a 3-1 victory over title-chasing Avispa Fukuoka at the IAI Stadium Nihondaira ending the visitors' seven-match unbeaten streak The hosts wasted no time making their mark with Kai Matsuzaki firing them ahead after just three minutes converting from Capixaba's excellent build-up play Fukuoka responded quickly when Tomoya Miki converted from the penalty spot in the ninth minute after Kazuki Fujimoto was fouled in the box Despite Fukuoka dominating possession (62%) it was Shimizu who struck decisively before half-time Brazilian midfielder Matheus Bueno restored their lead with a header from Matsuzaki's corner in the second minute of first-half stoppage time before Matsuzaki claimed his second goal three minutes later following Kengo Kitazume's cross This victory marks Shimizu's second consecutive league win - a first for them this season - following their dramatic comeback against Yokohama F Marinos last week when they overturned a two-goal deficit to win 3-2 earning an 8.7 match rating with two goals and an assist The forward has been in scintillating form proving instrumental in Shimizu's recent upturn in results "We showed great character today," said Shimizu manager Akiba Tadahiro "The team is building momentum and showing real unity especially considering our tight schedule and injury challenges." winning 9 of 13 duels while contributing both defensively and in attack while January signing Matheus Bueno continued to justify his acquisition with a crucial goal this defeat marks their first loss in eight matches and sees them surrender top spot in the J1 League to Kyoto Sanga Despite creating more chances (13 shots to Shimizu's 7) Kim Myung Hwi's side lacked the clinical edge that has defined their impressive start to the campaign who had conceded just twice in their previous seven matches shipped three goals in a single game for the first time this season exposing defensive vulnerabilities that had previously been well-hidden Miki's penalty was their only reward from a match where they dominated the ball but struggled to convert possession into meaningful opportunities with just three shots on target despite their territorial advantage Shimizu's 3-4-2-1 formation proved effective against Fukuoka's possession-based 4-2-3-1 system The hosts' compact defensive shape and rapid transitions repeatedly caught Fukuoka off guard while set-pieces proved decisive with Bueno's header coming directly from a corner The match statistics tell the story of contrasting approaches: Fukuoka completed 327 of 428 passes (76% accuracy) compared to Shimizu's 182 from 269 (68%) but the hosts' direct approach yielded more dangerous opportunities Both managers utilised their full complement of substitutions in the second half with Fukuoka's Yu Hashimoto making a positive impact off the bench Related NewsMurió Luis Galván, campeón del mundo con Argentina en 1978 Previa Inter de Milán – FC Barcelona: Para llegar a Múnich hay que pasar por Milán Partido sumamente picado entre Defe y Mitre Barcelona e Inter se juegan el pase a la final de la Champions Dwight Pezzarossi termina orgulloso de Guastatoya Crystal Palace 1-1 Nottingham Forest: Eberechi Eze scores as Eagles get ready to peak in FA Cup final Glasner will be content with his side’s performance against a team chasing Champions League qualificationCrystal Palace had their chances and could have nicked it late on, but a 1-1 draw... 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COLUMBUS -- The NHL will go all-in on the bitter rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan when the 2025 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series is held at Ohio Stadium on March 1 learned quickly how the matchup of the Columbus Blue Jackets will evoke emotions usually associated between the two neighboring schools He and his staff arrived two days prior to the football game between Ohio State and Marshall on Saturday to go over planning and coordination at the 102-year-old stadium and we've learned how much people want to beat a team from up in Michigan as well There's been a lot of that there," Matsuzaki said "We've heard about the crossing out the M's on campus and things like that and somebody mentioned to me about crossing out D's for our game It's a tradition the week before the annual Michigan football game to cross out all the M's on campus signs and buildings you never say "Michigan." It's always "That Team Up North." Matsuzaki can envision that type of environment for the Blue Jackets and Red Wings game considering it's about a three-hour drive from Detroit but the fact that Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor had 105,491 for the Winter Classic between the Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs on Jan Its capacity is listed as 102,780 for football with the largest crowd being 110,045 on Nov and we were north of 100,000 in that other stadium I was just talking about (Michigan) I know there's going to be hope to get up there for this one," Matsuzaki said Blue Jackets to host Stadium Series March 1 Tickets go on sale to the general public on Oct Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson played in the 2019 Stadium Series for the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Philadelphia Flyers in Lincoln Financial Field home of the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL It's definitely a game you look forward to on the schedule Johnson is well-versed in the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry in any sport having played for Michigan (2005-07) and now living in Columbus "Playing at one of the iconic football stadiums in the country in college football is a cool thing," he said The Blue Jackets-Red Wings rivalry hasn't yet reached the level of the football rivalry with only one Stanley Cup Series between the teams the 2009 Western Conference Quarterfinals won by Detroit in four games The Red Wings lead the regular-season series 65-31-15 with one tie Matsuzaki said the NHL is interested in incorporating some pregame football traditions such as the "skull session," where the Ohio State marching band holds a pep rally in St John Arena across the street from Ohio Stadium "We had a whole group here watching the players walk in (to the stadium) and the skull session and seeing how we can lean into that and lean into the traditions," he said He also said the NHL is considering how best to honor Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew at the event 29 when they were struck by a car while riding bicycles in Salem County "Our group is working on that right now," Matsuzaki The rink will be placed between the 17-yard lines inside the numbers but Blue Jackets defenseman Damon Severson had a vision of what to expect when he attended the Ohio State-Western Michigan game in Ohio Stadium on Sept "We were up pretty high and just looking out and just kind of seeing how it was and we're going to be the ones entertaining that night so it's really exciting.' 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The page may not be displayed properly if the JavaScript is deactivated on your browser It's hard not to stare at the giant tulip poplar tree in Greenville's Hessie T It's the tree she always admired while walking her dog Mochi also home to gender reveal celebrations and people who curl up to read or paint "We thought it was such a beautiful testament but to all the relationships that exist today where there's always going to be tough times but you weather through it," Matsuzaki said Her beloved park tree withstood Helene's damage which brought down thousands of untold trees across the Upstate trees often fell during the storm because of some underlying problem with the tree a Clemson University extension specialist in horticulture and arboriculture "Many of them were predisposed to some defect and with the rains prior to Helene and during that compromised these trees," Polomski said Trees that are still standing - especially if they are near homes or cars - could be ripe for a basic half-hour homeowner inspection (he has a 7-point guide) but if anything is amiss a professional arborist should be called in Many of the trees that fell in the city of Greenville were water oaks that were at or near the end of their under-100-year life anyway formerly the long-time executive director of Trees Upstate who was authorized to discuss the organization's response to Helene The water oaks along several major Greenville streets have long been identified as potential issues said the giant red-dirt-encrusted root balls seen all across the Upstate since the storm The tree tends to have a saucer-shaped root ball that doesn't go much deeper than two feet "The primary tree that went down was white oak and white oak has always been the sturdiest tree in the forest," he said "They don't go deep down like a tap root like your pines and nut trees like pecan and hickory do." The white oak roots themselves can go twice as wide as the tree is tall Ashmore, a famed hater of the Bradford pear tree said that the irony of the storm is that the normally sturdy white oaks fell while the normally-prone-to-breaking Bradford pears escaped the storm virtually unharmed "I've only heard of one Bradford pear falling," Ashmore said That's because the Bradford pear's weakness is its branches Earlier this year, Greenville County released a study that found a 38% tree canopy over the county Plans to boost that to as high as 46% would require protecting existing trees and planting new ones mature trees were seen to be at risk of development The study recommended optimizing stormwater designs and planting trees in flat areas to reforest which could help to mitigate future storms Teachey said the canopy is so large in Greenville County that it is unlikely to decrease even though there's lots of trees on the ground There may be a noticeable dip in the city's canopy coverage but likely not more than a percentage point or two "The loss of trees in the city is tragic now and people are dealing with a lot of loss," Teachey said calling up the tree workers and returning to replanting trees." She said donors and staff at Trees Upstate had trees fall on their homes during the storm Polomski worries that people will start hating trees and withdrawing from plans to boost the trees especially since so many need to be replaced now Polomski said the fallen trees could pose challenges in the near future providing fuel for potential wildfires and leading to discussions about proscribed burns or other fire control measures we're seeing how critical that is out West," he said But the trees in Greenville will continue to be important the city had approved a policy calling for replacing trees that were removed or fell down from public right-of-way areas The city has also committed to planting 1,000 new trees a year because replacing 100—and 200-year-old trees takes time but DeWorken said he hopes the city will keep focusing on increasing the number of trees It's too early to make any evaluations of the tree cover in the city of Greenville and the city's urban forester and his team are working on tree safety "We know our tree canopy took a significant hit But it's never too early to appreciate the trees She previously lived in big cities like San Francisco and moved to Greenville about three years ago That towering tulip poplar tree she adores and was used traditionally by Native Americans to make canoes because it was so straight and large Walking among the devastation of the trees in the park near her home on Monday morning Matsuzaki said she is seeing the best of Greenville after the storm We go on our daily walk and pass this big tree so many times It's here and it's strong and it's been there for us and hopefully we can be there for it." 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We take no responsibility for the accuracy of the translation Kan Matsuzaki was elected Assistant General Secretary of IndustriALL Global Union at its 3rd Congress on 14-15 September 2021 electrical & electronics and shipbuilding-shipbreaking sector director at IndustriALL Matsuzaki joined the Japan Council of Metalworkers’ Unions (JCM) an umbrella organization representing a broad range of unions in Japan’s metal industry such as automobile He was responsible for coordinating and instituting industrial policies on strengthening the manufacturing base and securing sustainable jobs He was given specific tasks to promote international solidarity throughout metalworkers in Southeast Asia he joined International Metalworkers’ Federation(IMF) and was responsible for Shipbuilding and Non-Manual workers until the formation of IndustriALL in 2012 Electrical and Electronics and Shipbuilding and Shipbreaking he has been active in expanding union networks promoting sustainable industrial policy and leading organizing projects (for shipbreaking workers in South Asia and ICT EE workers in Southeast Asia) which have been successful in organizing precarious workers IndustriALL Global Union’s affiliates represent over 50 million workers in 140 countries in the mining We take up the fight for better working conditions and trade union rights around the world © Copyright 2018 - IndustriALL - We care about your personal information and data. 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If you continue to be blocked, please send an email to secruxurity@sizetedistrict.cVmwom with: the real strength of an object lies.” —Shoji Hamada Ken MatsuzakiLarge plate, oribe glaze, N/APucker GallerySold Square plate shino glazePucker GalleryHis choice to pursue originality is evident in viewing this recent collection Matsuzaki’s departure from the wheel in order to develop a personalized handbuilding method opened the gates to a panoply of new shapes constructed with clay Moving away from familiar glazes allowed for new color and texture palettes to emerge and exploring different firing techniques brought versatility to his final results these new ways of working bring an energetic Matsuzaki’s process is the root of his work equal measure of mindfulness and effort is given to each step of the unabating process required to produce a pot and wedging (kneading) of the clay all are necessary prior to wheel throwing and handbuilding It is common for works to crack or break as they go bone dry Works that manage to survive the glazing process still must face the final gauntlet of the kiln After working for six months to create a group of pots to fill his kiln and cleanup of both the kiln and the final pieces and fire collaborate to transform the works Only those deemed worthy will move beyond the kiln Works that do not meet Matsuzaki’s aesthetic standards are smashed and discarded over the shards of their predecessors Ken’s discipline and respect for process is testimony to his true commitment as a ceramic artist.  A rounded vase with oribe glaze (MK877) is an example of process and exploration at work (Oribe refers to a style of pottery produced in Japan beginning in the late sixteenth century most identifiable for its use of a glassy and fluid copper green glaze.) When placed in the kiln Its faceted edges allowed the glaze to behave like water Where the clay is elevated and comes to a thin edge the glaze becomes translucent showing the iron speckled stoneware through the green hue As the clay returns to a uniform thickness As fire and air currents swirled through the kiln and around the vase like a river they carried with them fly ash to lightly dance on the surface encouraging electric blue waterfalls to form on the left side of the vase Rectangular vase, kigushuri decorationPucker GalleryKen MatsuzakiVase, yohen natural ash glaze, N/APucker GalleryUS$10,000 Bowl yohen shino glazePucker GalleryA pair of plates (MK889 and MK890) are gorgeous examples of the versatility of Matsuzaki’s oribe glaze coupled with the awesome potential of a highly successful wood firing both handbuilt and wheel-thrown plates are notoriously difficult During the making process they must dry slowly and evenly or they will warp and easily distort open forms leave the surface susceptible to contaminants and kiln debris Matsuzaki’s plates are almost anomalies of the ceramic world the oribe glaze flows from light to deep green transitioning to pools of blue that range in color from the night sky to Caribbean waters self-contained worlds when visually and physically held Run your fingers across the smooth shino surface on the top of a tea bowl (chawan then follow to where the smoothness meets Matsuzaki’s thick white feldspar glaze resembling snowcapped hillsides Move further along the piece to find small pockets of bare clay like patches of desert laying bare the stoneware’s grit Such results are certainly not achieved overnight – and often not in one’s life time Curiosity leads to understanding materials determination allows for overcoming obstacles Passion is the inferno that forges all these qualities into one and Ken Matsuzaki is passionate       – Jay Pastorello (January 2016) Jay Pastorello is a ceramic artist and teacher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge he continues to experiment with innovative artistic expression in clay. www.jaypastorelloceramics.com.  As anime and manga are beginning to receive more and more live-action adaptations Japanese actor Yuki Matsuzaki believes it should be a requirement that every such production update their source materials in order to appeal to “modern values” RELATED: ‘Lycoris Recoil’ Season Finale Writer Attacked By Mob Of Angry Shippers Over Episode’s Lack Of Lesbian Ending the actor – whose Western filmography includes roles as Garheng in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Miyamoto Usagi in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), blew up Japanese Twitter with a discussion of the upcoming live-action adaptation of Satoru Noda’s best selling manga Retweeting a previous thread of his from April 2018 wherein he urged the film’s producers to cast a race-accurate Ainu actor in the role of Asirpa Matsuzaki added to his initial thoughts (via DeepL) “Not only [this casting issue] but the homophobia/transphobia in this work is also quite bad.” “The whole world will be turned off if we don’t ‘update our awareness’ when making a live-action manga with such a ‘prejudiced minority image’ drawn many years ago,” he then declared.”Let’s stop mass-producing live-action works that can’t be shown to the world for good.” As an example of Golden Kamuy’s “prejudiced minority depictions” Matsuzaki pointed to the relationship between Yakuza members Kiichirou Wakayama and Tatsuya Nakazawa and described their portrayal as “being the stereotypical gay couple who is treated as a ‘joke’ just for ‘being gay’.” “And every time they show affection for each other the ‘main character who looks at them coldly’ is inserted to emphasize the impression that they are ‘strange people’ to the readers,” he further argued RELATED: Western Localizer Reveals Seven Seas Always Intended To Localize Feminine Male As Transgender Female, Says Translator “Consulted Trans People” On Changing Character’s Identity “The ‘clownish treatment’ of this gay couple is so thorough that a ‘fake emotional panel’ appears in a spread in the scene where they fall together in an attempt to save their lover.” he ‘reveals’ that he is ‘not moved’ and consumes ‘the existence of gay people’ as a ‘joke’,” he said “If such “discriminatory depictions of minorities” are reproduced as ‘jokes’ in live-action films … and if the audience laughs at the ‘jokes’ … everyone in that theater gets the message that being a minority is a joke and that it is okay to laugh.” “In other words,” he explained “it encourages discrimination.” “Manga depicting minorities that have been published for a long time often contain discriminatory representations of minorities according to modern values such as [Golden Kamuy],” he ultimately noted “If such ‘discriminatory representations’ are reproduced in live-action films it may lead to new prejudice and discrimination against minorities in the ‘real world’.” RELATED: ‘Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed’ Removes Sex Change Side Quest Despite Disclaimer Claiming Remake Is “Unaltered” Japanese manga fans – particularly those of Golden Kamuy – did not share his sentiment they soon responded to the actor with criticism of their own he returned to Twitter to express disbelief that said fans did not take kindly to his disparaging virtue signaling “I asked Japanese Golden Kamuy manga/anime fans to publicly call for Ainu representation in the live-action film currently being made,” exclaimed Matsuzaki “They say it doesn’t matter as long as the Ainu girl (Asirpa) is portrayed funny,” he lamented “I can’t believe I have to teach people what minority representation is in 2022 … And NOT the ‘importance’ of it …they don’t even know the CONCEPT of minority representation,” he continued protesting Japan is a country with ZERO minority representation in media.” RELATED: Koei Tecmo Likely To Censor ‘Fatal Frame: Mask Of The Lunar Eclipse’ Remaster Across All Platforms “And because there’s no minority representation in Japanese movies/TV series Japanese people are misled to believe that Japan is ‘a homogenous country,'” the actor further decried Japan is… and HAS BEEN… a DIVERSE country It’s just its true diversity hasn’t been represented in media.” “Japanese people are SO FAR BEHIND when it comes to the concept of minority representation in media,” Matsuzaki argued “Even after I pointed out these scenes👇 in Gold Kamuy are homophobic they still couldn’t get what’s so homophobic about RELATED: ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered’ Mod Replacing LGBT Pride Flags With American Flags Banned By Nexus Mods and the lack of minority representations in media have real-life consequences,” he claimed many mixed-race Japanese are treated as “foreigners” because they’re portrayed as ‘not Japanese’ on media all the time Attempting to rally his followers to his cause “I know Japanese entertainment industry responds only when there’s enough public pressure to do the right thing Tell @SHUEISHA_PR what YOU want to see in Golden Kamuy film.” “Do you want to see Ainu representation?” he asked “Or you just want silly faces?” the actor expressed disgust at the “current state of the Japanese Golden Kamuy fandom” based solely on the fact that they disagreed with his fixation on Asirpa’s potential Ainu casting In an attempt to justify his disdain for the fandom only a mere 3.7% considered ethnicity to be an important factor in  to be an important issue 97.3% believed that the film’s producers should cast whomever they want in the role the live-action Golden Kamuy film has yet to receive an official release date NEXT: ‘Pokémon Scarlet & Violet’ Official Sources Refute Social Media Speculation That New Gym Leader Iono Is Non-Binary And Transgender More About: Share your travel photos with us by hashtagging your images with #visitjapanjp We talked about Yukiyo's favourite undiscovered destinations in Kamakura and areas Japan and moved to New York City at the age of 15 when my father’s job took my family there I returned to Japan after attending high school in New York and studying piano at the Juilliard School and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from International Christian University (ICU) I found work as an HR specialist with foreign affiliated companies After marrying an American translator and having two kids and receptionist at a long-established resort hotel owned by my in-laws in Vermont where I was involved in all aspects of management including the implementation of a new reservation system This was my first experience with destination tourism and the moment I realized that fostering harmony between locals and the organisation was essential to creating a sustainable destination I came back with my family to Japan again in 2012, this time to Kamakura, where I established Kamakura Mind in 2018: a place where people can experience Japanese culture with the aim of "communicating the beauty of Japanese culture beyond the language barrier." In partnership with about 20+ instructors I provide programs for foreigners in unique locations such as traditional Japanese houses using my experiences in both Japan and the United States As a place where you can experience Japanese culture in English Kamakura Mind has been featured in Tokyo Weekender the oldest English-language information media for foreigners in Japan exclusive tours focusing on "Zen Culture in Kamakura" the city of Kamakura is famous for its natural setting with mountains on three sides and ocean on the other you can see remnants of the ancient samurai capital and hear the echoes of Zen Buddhism’s rise in the ringing of the temple bells Thanks to Kamakura being one of the towns spared from bombing in WW2 there are many old houses and traditional streets remaining I’ve discovered many more charms of the town by just walking around and talking to people — artists Meeting the local artisans and cultural figures made me realize that Kamakura isn’t all about the big temples and big Buddha There’s a lot this small city has to offer and I’m grateful to be able to share some of the charms of Kamakura via Kamakura Mind You can find more info about why we chose Kamakura here and a list of our workshops here What are your favourite spots to visit in Kamakura and the surrounding areas Do you have any food or restaurant recommendations in Kamakura *Shojin Ryori is the traditional vegetarian cuisine eaten by monks they are suspending serving Shojin Ryori for now Catch up with Yukiyo and Kamakura Mind on their website, Instagram or Facebook Or find out the fascinating international history of neighbouring Yokohama city here Browse the JNTO site in one of multiple languages The Business of FashionAgenda-setting intelligence analysis and advice for the global fashion community access one complimentary BoF Professional article of your choice Receive news, offers and invites from BoFOur newsletters may include 3rd-party advertising, by subscribing you agree to the Terms and Conditions & Privacy Policy Matsuzaki, who currently serves the Japanese fashion group as its executive vice president, will step into his new role of president and chief executive effective April 1, Senken Shimbun reports Current president Mitsuhiro Takeda will serve as a director and advisor to the conglomerate multi-brand select stores and operates local businesses for the likes of Chrome Hearts For more information read our Terms & Conditions After his first 100 days as chief executive officer of Chalhoub Group at BoF CROSSROADS in Dubai — to discuss the state of luxury in the MENA region and the strategic next steps for the third-generation Chalhoub leader From high-street labels to haute couture houses Pakistani brands are opening international stores as far afield as suburban Texas and London’s luxury district in a push to diversify away from the shaky domestic market where some have reached saturation point The US GDP decreased an annualised 0.3 percent in the first quarter well below average growth of 3 percent in the previous two years With soaring profits and rapidly expanding store networks ‘heritage-gold’ jewellery brands like Laopu Gold and Lao Feng Xiang are red-hot in China’s otherwise tepid luxury market we are discussing the madness that occurred at the Ft Lauderdale Pro Swim Ledecky’s world record in the 800 free proves that age is seemingly just a number for her but it also makes the Rio 2016 swim she beat out more memorable Marchand has a few areas of improvement to work on if he hopes to return to his Paris form at the World Championships this summer in Singapore having tight battles in both the 200 and 400 IM but ultimately touching 2nd in both Cal Bear and Mexican swimmer Humberto Najera took down a pair of national records in the men’s backstroke events October 03rd, 2019 News, Open Water Courtesy: World Open Water Swimming Association and Endless Pools It will be one for the record books! International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame swimmer Yuko Matsuzaki will attempt to swim for 24 hours against the Endless Pools® swim current at the World Open Water Swimming Association‘s (WOWSA) Ocean Fest she’ll earn a Guinness World Record for the Longest Continual Swim in a Swim Spa Matsuzaki will swim in an Endless Pools Fitness System E550 Powered by the company’s signature swim current generator the E550 is a 15-foot swim spa with a large interior footprint intended for serious swimmers seeking a more fitness-focused swim spa The model will be set up at the WOWSA Ocean Fest in Redondo Beach “Everyone at Team Endless Pools admires the passion and ambition of Yuko Matsuzaki,” said Endless Pools General Manager “We challenge ourselves every day to go beyond our existing achievements For striving to exceed the world record by 50 percent we see Yuko truly as a kindred spirit.” Currently held by Australian International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame swimmer Chloë McCardel since 2014; the overall record has been held by Dennis Seiler-Holm of Denmark who swam for 17 hours 7 minutes during a charity event Endless Pools has been designing and manufacturing pools for in-place swimming for over 30 years Their signature adjustable swim current adjusts from a near-zero pace for pre-schoolers to challenging sprint speeds for Olympians and marathon swimmers In-place swimming permits unprecedented opportunities for stroke refinement while the lack of flip-turns helps swimmers to develop endurance in a close simulation of open-water conditions Matsuzaki became the first Japanese swimmer inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2011 Her extensive resume includes five completions of the 88K Hernandarias-Paraná Swimming Marathon in Argentina as well two solo records for swims in Lake Cane WOWSA Ocean Fest includes multiple open-water races a Guinness World Records celebration and luau dinner recognizing the year’s peak achievements in open water swimming This year’s event will take place at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach Los Angeles’ proposed site for the 10K Marathon Swim of the 2028 Olympic Games Established in 1988, Endless Pools has served tens of thousands of satisfied pool owners in more than 100 countries Best known for their adjustable current for swimming in place the Endless Pools product line features residential and commercial models for recreation Founded on a belief in the power of water to inspire Endless Pools is now part of Watkins Manufacturing Corporation a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fortune 500 company For more information on its family of products Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Fishing pole + granola bar on the hook + her doing backstroke More from SwimSwam Partner ContentSee All Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates Metrics details We have developed a method for the three-dimensional (3D) printing of continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastics based on fused-deposition modeling The technique enables direct 3D fabrication without the use of molds and may become the standard next-generation composite fabrication methodology A thermoplastic filament and continuous fibers were separately supplied to the 3D printer and the fibers were impregnated with the filament within the heated nozzle of the printer immediately before printing Polylactic acid was used as the matrix while carbon fibers The thermoplastics reinforced with unidirectional jute fibers were examples of plant-sourced composites; those reinforced with unidirectional carbon fiber showed mechanical properties superior to those of both the jute-reinforced and unreinforced thermoplastics Continuous fiber reinforcement improved the tensile strength of the printed composites relative to the values shown by conventional 3D-printed polymer-based composites 3D printing has primarily been used for trial products or toys without application to the manufacture of structural components for aerospace or automotive products Broadening the applicability of 3D printing to obtain mechanically strong components for aerospace and automotive structures is a major goal of industrial fabrication the conventional fabrication methods for composites require expensive facilities and equipment such as autoclaves and complex rigid molds hindering the wide application of composites Realizing the 3D printing of composites could supplant the conventional laborious manufacturing of composites thus becoming the next-generation standard of composite fabrication (or “Composites 2.0”) The test specimens were printed along the longitudinal direction parallel to the direction of fiber alignment The mechanical properties of the 3D-printed continuous fiber composites were measured by tensile testing and compared with the performance of neat PLA resin (a) Schematic of the 3D printer head used to produce continuous FRTPs using in-nozzle impregnation based on FDM (b) Continuous fiber reinforcements used for 3D printing (c) Photograph of the 3D printing of a CFRTP The 3D printer for obtaining continuous-fiber composites was developed by modifying the printer head of the commercially available FDM 3D printer Blade-1 printer with a preheating system. This modified printer was used to print carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTPs), as shown in supplementary Fig. 1 A modified FlashForge printer was used to print jute fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (JFRTP) green composites (no preheating was used for the JFRTPs to prevent the degradation of the jute fibers) Unmodified PLA was also printed using the Blade-1 printer as a comparison to measure the mechanical enhancement achieved by reinforcing the resin with continuous fibers the printer head moves along the x and z directions whereas the hot table moves in the y direction to enable 3D fabrication The diameter of the resin filament is 1.85 mm exceeding the 1.4 mm diameter of the nozzle the molten resin inside the nozzle is pushed out from the solid resin; the pressure facilitates the impregnation of molten resin into the fiber bundles in the nozzle Since a large nozzle diameter was used in this pilot study to prevent clogging of the reinforcing fibers 3D-printed (a) CFRTP and (b) dumbbell-shaped JFRTP tensile test specimens (c) Cross-section and (d) magnified cross-section of the CFRTP specimen while dumbbell-shaped JFRTP specimens were fabricated with a traversable CAD path The ply created by this path was layered in the z-direction four times for a total specimen thickness of ~4 mm The carbon or jute fibers were aligned along the longitudinal direction which was chosen as the loading direction and no fibers were aligned in the transverse (y) or thickness (z) directions in the gage region of the tensile test specimens the mechanical properties of the tensile specimen are orthotropic and maximized along the loading direction Aligning the reinforcing fibers with the transverse and thickness directions would also be possible; however the aspect of alignment is beyond the scope of this study and related experiments are not presented here Neat PLA tensile specimens were also fabricated to demonstrate the reinforcing effect achieved by the continuous carbon or jute fibers CFRTP and JFRTP were used for the tensile tests Stress-strain curves of PLA, unidirectional CFRTP and unidirectional JFRTP specimens fabricated by 3D printing. (b) tensile strength and (c) tensile strain-to-failure of specimens fabricated by 3D printing The tensile strength of JFRTP is not improved significantly compared to that of CFRTP the tensile modulus and strength are 5.11 (±0.41) GPa and 57.1 (±5.33) MPa corresponding to 157% and 134% of those shown by the PLA specimen The tensile modulus of JFRTP is obtained from the tensile strain in the range of 0.05% to 0.25% although the tangential modulus decreases with increased stress above this strain range The decrease in tangential modulus and the lack of improvement in the tensile strength can be attributed to the degradation of fiber-resin interactions with increased applied stress no tension was applied to the jute fiber when the yarn was fed to the nozzle This led to a non-uniform configuration of the twisted jute yarn fibers which may have created weak points in the printed filament When using a twisted yarn as reinforcement an appropriate tension and torsional moment must be applied to the yarn during 3D printing which would assist the uniform molding of the FRTP Fracture of a unidirectional continuous FRTP fabricated by 3D printing Fiber pullout due to tensile fracture observed as an (a) overview and (b) scanning electron microscopy image of the CFRTP specimen a single strand of yarn was extracted from the twisted 500-Tex double yarn No surface treatment was performed after purchasing produced by Zhejiang FlashForge 3D Technology Quasistatic tensile tests were performed on the CFRTP JFRTP and PLA specimens using a universal tester (AG-IS 150 kN Shimadzu) at a crosshead speed of 1.0 mm/min A strain gage was attached to the specimen surface to measure strain The specimen configuration was rectangular with PLA end tabs for the CFRTP while the JFRTP and PLA specimens were dumbbell-shaped without end tabs The shoulder portions of the specimen were clamped directly by the wedge grips of the tester and a tensile load was applied uniaxially to the specimen Three-dimensional 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Thermoplastics Material Overview | Stratasys, http://www.stratasys.com/materials/fdm/ Download references We acknowledge the funding provided by the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry of Japan through the Supporting Industries program Matsuzaki Ryosuke and Ueda Masahito contributed equally to this work All authors discussed the results and commented on the manuscript The authors declare no competing financial interests Download citation Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (2024) Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy For its latest specialty offering, Japanese retailer and label BEAMS enlists Matsuzaki Bokken Workshop for a bespoke red oak wooden sword which translates to Matsuzaki Bokken Workshop is a small family business founded by Matsuzaki Yoshinori who began manufacturing Bokken swords used for Kendo training in 1968 he’s a second-generation master who runs the shop with his son and wife This particular sword is made by hand from the red oaks of Southern Kyushu and in addition to being a combat-ready sparring weapon also serves as a standout interior ornament A “Beams Japan” logo can be seen printed in black on the base of the handle GeekCraft Expo founders Daniel Way and Kim Matsuzaki are eager to bring their “Etsy meets Comic Con” to Hawai‘i Convention Center Oct What happens when creativity meets connection actually: A winning relationship and a successful national event that is making its first appearance in Hawai‘i this month the brainchild of comic book and videogame writer Daniel Way and former Ubisoft senior community manager Kim Matsuzaki you’re all in on something that you love,” Matsuzaki says the story of how GeekCraft came to be is a little more interesting when one understands what its quirky and talented founders bring to the table it all began with a love of telling stories so I always had some goofy anecdote about something I did or saw,” he remembers he befriended a comic book shop owner who recommended he start turning his stories into comics Hamming it up for the camera are Daniel Way They’re like power fantasies or people dressing up in silly costumes,” Way laughs He gave Way some non-mainstream titles to try out Way was immediately captivated by the depth and range of storytelling involved He then was fortunate enough to receive a Xeric Foundation grant that enabled him to get it published He brought his book to the Small Press Expo in Maryland he got a call from Marvel editor Axel Alonso asking if he wanted to try his hand at writing Spider-Man The couple’s work includes Way’s writings about several famous comic book heroes and their geeky collectible items for the upcoming GeekCraft Expo at Hawai‘i Convention Center and he wasn’t interested in writing superhero comics But Marvel was keen to get new voices and shake things up so Alonso pursued Way until they came up with a story that would work (an entry in Spider-Man’s Tangled Web) 15 years passed — and Way made a name for himself writing for characters as varied as The Incredible Hulk “I was always trying to resurrect forgotten characters and take characters off the trash pile who had fallen off the cultural radar It’s hard to believe that today when Deadpool has starred in two solo But Deadpool was swirling in the toilet bowl “I did my best to take a new approach and it’s the Deadpool you see now: I kind of put him on that path.” He chose to leave his exclusivity deal with Marvel and “jump in with both feet” into creating his own independent works again Way teases that his next project has been “gestating” for a long time where a mercenary of sorts devotes himself to rescuing unwilling mail-order brides The Castle High School grad attended University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa where she got a “safe” degree in information technology “I was never passionate about it,” she says she got in the habit of playing video games with friends after work She eventually got restless and left Hawai‘i Eventually, she found herself in the role of community manager for 1Up.com ‘I want to do the same thing I’m doing with my friends and get paid for it,'” Matsuzaki muses to work for videogame publisher Ubisoft as senior community developer where she was responsible for communicating updates between the development team and fans working on titles like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry 2 She later moved to Ubisoft affiliate Red Storm Entertainment “The community is just frothing at the mouth for upcoming games So I knew what the community wanted to hear and got out of the videogame industry soon after with an urge to focus on family (the couple have a 5-year-old daughter and Jimmy “Jimmy Sparrow” Ishizaki GeekCraft is what happens when you bring a master of creation with the queen of connection and especially shopping for items that reflect her eclectic tastes “Being geeks ourselves and going to a lot of conventions It’s been two hours and I only found this one thing,'” Matsuzaki says but it was just the handmade nerdy stuff from comic cons?” Way muses the couple founded the first GeekCraft Expo in Madison It has since expanded to cities as varied as Seattle What sets GeekCraft apart from conventional craft fairs or even Artist Alleys within larger comic conventions is its laser-sharp focus Every exhibitor that is there will have quality stuff,” Matsuzaki explains and there won’t be a ton of the same thing We’re not about exhibitors competing with each other for price We want to make sure they complement each other.” Some 40 vendors are expected to kick off the inaugural Hawai‘i event with more than 2,000 people already pre-registered to attend as of press time “You just have to come in and make it the more nerdy — you may think this is too obscure “There’s going to be someone who sees that and is so blown away that someone went that far with such an off-center idea that they just have to have it.” GeekCraft Expo Hawai‘i runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 12, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 13 at Hawai‘i Convention Center. Admission is free with pre-registration via eventbrite.com; otherwise, it’s $5 at the door. For more information, visit geekcraftexpo.com Daniel Way and Kim Matsuzaki have a vested interest in making sure GeekCraft Expo succeeds in Hawai‘i three special events will take place at this expo “We’ve invited some of our GeekCrafters from the mainland to send stuff over so there will be an area of the show that will have handmade geeky stu~ that you haven’t seen on the island,” Way says “That is a huge benefit for attendees because they’re getting new stuff.” The hope is that the program will eventually work in reverse: Hawai‘i crafters can send their wares to the mainland GeekCraft Expos and get exposure and sales they otherwise would not have received The second is a special section called Da Kine Indie Publishing which will highlight local publications to get them attention and press from larger publishers who will be in attendance “If it’s independently produced and published Levin,” running from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m Way’s agent and producer extraordinaire Levin is the executive producer of TV series Preacher and The Boys The co-founder of 1First Publishing will discuss what it takes to get a property from written page to the big screen Tickets are $20 in advance on eventbrite.com Pictured behind GeekCraft Expo founders Daniel Way and Kim Matsuzaki (on the cover) is an original mural by Jimmy “Jimmy Sparrow” Ishizaki — one of the expo’s 40 participating vendors “I’m looking at every venue and opportunity I can get,” Ishizaki says “This one (GeekCraft) is a brand-new one that popped onto my radar and seemed pretty cool to do It’s important for them and me to be a part of — to help them get the word out bring attention for the rest of the community that this is a new event they can do There’s only like two big cons and a few mini-events spread out throughout the year The longtime local con attendee is known for his cosplay prowess owner of Snack Addicted (another local con stalwart who sells flavored beef jerky including oxtail soup and yakiniku varieties) I always want to support people who are doing what they are passionate about,” Fukumoto says explaining that he was inspired to help Ishizaki after meeting him at a few conventions and getting to know him “I have Jimmy’s stuff here (at the shop) because I want to help him.” located in ‘Iolani Center next to PURVÉ Donut Shop with one wall covered with different prints by local and mainland artists Attendees will be able to find Ishizaki at GeekCraft Expo and he’ll be bringing some of Fukumoto’s jerky with him to sell at his booth Fukumoto promises there will be an exclusive flavor in honor of GeekCraft Those who miss the expo but still want to see more of Ishizaki’s work can find it at Snack Addicted (1234 Kona St., second floor). For more information, find Ishizaki on social media or at jimmyxsparrow.com. Snack Addicted can be found at snackaddictedhi.com EDMONTON -- The 2023 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic will be the 38th regular-season outdoor game the NHL has held and the 37th that Dean Matsuzaki will have been a part of The NHL executive vice president of events said it never gets old “It is amazing the way people embrace these outdoor games,” Matsuzaki said Thursday “and the excitement within the city that comes along with these games has been wonderful.” That excitement is growing with the rink build underway for the game between the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames on Oct The only outdoor game Matsuzaki was not involved with was the first one which happened to be the 2003 Heritage Classic “I was definitely watching the first game here (on television) and I saw the spectacle that it was and admit I still get goose bumps walking into the stadium on game day every time we do one of these games,” Matsuzaki said “It is amazing and it will be amazing next week.” Crews are hard at work installing a rink inside the 57,000-seat stadium originally constructed for the 1978 Commonwealth Games The venue has undergone numerous renovations over the years and is home to the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League “Every stadium we go to has its unique challenges,” Matsuzaki said The game time is designed that if we’re getting weather like today (sunny 68 degrees) the puck drop is after the sun goes down past the edge of the stadium it’s about field access and things like that Playing in different venues is part of the appeal of an outdoor game when the Oilers lost 4-3 to the Montreal Canadiens on Nov Matsuzaki has overseen games at baseball stadiums such as Wrigley Field in Chicago and Yankee Stadium and Citi Field in New York The highest-attended NHL outdoor game was the 2014 NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor nicknamed “The Big House,” where the Toronto Maple Leafs won 3-2 in a shootout against the Detroit Red Wings in front of 105,491 fans on Jan “I tell people they really have to come to one,” Matsuzaki said an amazing event and we always have great entertainment.” RELATED: More coverage of 2023 NHL Heritage Classic The original Heritage Classic drew 57,167 fans to Commonwealth Stadium despite bitterly cold temperatures that dipped to minus 22 with the wind chill. It will not be as cold this time, with the forecast calling for a high temperature in the upper 30s. Heather Seutter, director of Commonwealth Stadium for the city of Edmonton, attended the first Heritage Classic. In addition to the game, there will be concerts around the city. Nickelback, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame rock group, will perform after the first intermission, and all-female Canadian band The Beaches will play a pregame concert at Clarke Stadium, located next to Commonwealth. “We know that the weather is going to be so much better this year with the date of the game being in October,” Seutter said. “And we’re going to be able to celebrate the Battle of Alberta with the Oilers and the Flames here in the stadium.” The 2023 Heritage Classic is one of four outdoor games scheduled for this season. The Seattle Kraken will host the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2024 Discover NHL Winter Classic on Jan. 1 at T-Mobile Park, and the 2024 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will feature the Philadelphia Flyers facing the New Jersey Devils on Feb. 17 and the New York Rangers taking on the New York Islanders on Feb. 18. “Every year people come to us and tell us they want to do an outdoor game and we weigh a lot into it,” Matsuzaki said. “We try to accommodate everyone as best we can. The amount of technology that has gone into rink-building and how we’ve learned from each one of them, it’s allowed us to go a lot more places and schedule the games around certain things. It definitely has opened up a lot more possibilities around these games.” Volume 14 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00141 “To do or not to do” is a fundamental decision that has to be made in daily life Behaviors related to multiple “to do” choice tasks have long been explained by reinforcement learning and “to do or not to do” tasks such as the go/no-go task have also been recently discussed within the framework of reinforcement learning alternative actions and/or the non-action to take are determined by evaluating explicitly given (overt) reward and punishment we assume that there are real life cases in which an action/non-action is repeated even though there is no obvious reward or punishment because implicitly given outcomes such as saving physical energy and regret (we refer to this as “covert reward”) can affect the decision-making mice chose to pull a lever or not according to two tone cues assigned with different water reward probabilities (70% and 30% in condition 1 the probability that they would choose to pull the lever decreased (<0.25) in trials with a 30% reward probability cue (30% cue) in condition 1 and in trials with a 10% cue in condition 2 but increased (>0.8) in trials with a 70% cue in condition 1 and a 30% cue in condition 2 even though a non-pull was followed by neither an overt reward nor avoidance of overt punishment in any trial This behavioral tendency was not well explained by a combination of commonly used Q-learning models which take only the action choice with an overt reward outcome into account we found that the non-action preference of the mice was best explained by Q-learning models which regarded the non-action as the other choice and updated non-action values with a covert reward We propose that “doing nothing” can be actively chosen as an alternative to “doing something,” and that a covert reward could serve as a reinforcer of “doing nothing.” the non-action is considered irrelevant to any overt reward or punishment and is frequently neglected from the analysis can learning of the non-action be explained by an increase in the value of the non-action according to such a covert reward is the non-action chosen because of the reduction in the action value To address these issues, we developed a new behavioral paradigm in which head-fixed mice choose to either pull a lever with their right forelimb or to not pull the lever after either of two tone cues with different reward probabilities is presented in each trial (Terada et al., 2018) Although the head-fixed condition was more stressful for the mice than a free-moving condition we head-fixed them so that two-photon and/or one-photon calcium imaging could be applied during this behavioral paradigm in future experiments to detect the relevant cortical activity The behavior was well explained by the models that updated the non-pull value with a covert reward every time the non-pull was chosen our models suggest that the subjective goodness of the overt reward depended on the inverse of the total expected outcome included in the task We propose that the animals learn “not to do,” even if no reward is explicitly presented as the outcome of “not to do,” and no punishment is explicitly given as the outcome of “to do.” All animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the University of Tokyo Male C57BL/6 mice (aged 2–3 months at the starting point of the behavioral training; SLC Japan) were used in the experiments in this study The mice had not been used for other experiments before this study All mice were provided with food and water ad libitum and were housed in a 12:12 h light–dark cycle starting at 8 am All behavioral sessions were conducted during the light period Mice were anesthetized by intramuscular injection of ketamine (74 mg/kg) and xylazine (10 mg/kg) before an incision was made in the skin covering the neocortex atropine (0.5 mg/kg) was injected to reduce bronchial secretion and improve breathing an eye ointment (Tarivid; 0.3% w/v ofloxacin; Santen Pharmaceutical and lidocaine jelly was applied to the scalp to reduce pain Body temperature was maintained at 36–37°C with a heating pad Japan) was attached to the skull using dental cement (Fuji lute BC; GC Japan; and Bistite II or Estecem II; Tokuyama Dental The surface of the intact skull was coated with dental adhesive resin cement (Super bond; Sun Medical An isotonic saline solution with 5% w/v glucose and the anti-inflammatory analgesic carprofen (5 mg/kg United States) was injected once intraperitoneally after the surgery Mice were allowed to recover for 3–5 days before behavioral training After recovery from the head-plate implantation the mice were water-deprived in their home cages They received about 1 mL water per session every day and were sometimes given additional water to maintain their body weight at 80–85% of their initial weight throughout the experiments The mice were usually trained for five consecutive days per week and were given a 1.2–1.4 g agar block (Oriental Yeast Co. The behavioral apparatus (sound attenuation chamber and integrated lever device) was manufactured by O’hara & Co. The lever position was monitored by a magnetic sensor and was continuously recorded at an acquisition rate of 1000 Hz by a NI-DAQ (USB-6001 The sound control and water delivery were controlled using a program written in LabVIEW (National Instruments) the mice learned to pull the lever for a duration of more than 0.2 s within 1 s after the cue presentation (at 91.9 ± 7.2% of trials after presentation of tone A The mice then started the lever-pull task with different reward probabilities In the lever-pull task with different reward probabilities (Figure 1A) either of the tone cues used in the pre-training sessions was randomly presented but tone A was presented in 30% of trials and tone B was presented in 70% of trials The mice were head-fixed in a way that allowed them to pull the lever within 1 s after the cue presentation The difference from the pre-training sessions was that a different reward probability was assigned to each tone cue if the mice pulled the lever for longer than 0.2 s they received a 4 μL drop of reward water at probabilities of 70% and 30% in tone A and B trials the corresponding probabilities were 30% and 10% for tone A and B trials The next trial started 3–4 s after the last time point at which the lever was returned to the home position (after the lever went below the 1.6 mm threshold) or after the presentation of the previous tone cue when the lever did not exceed the threshold The presentation probability for tone A was fixed at 30% so that the expected reward per unit of time (if the mice pulled the lever in all trials) was similar between both cues (expected rewards in tone A and B 0.7 × 0.3 and 0.3 × 0.7 in condition 1 and 0.3 × 0.3 and 0.1 × 0.7 in condition 2) The data were analyzed using MATLAB (MathWorks The behaviors of 13 mice were used for condition 1 the lever-pull choice probability had decreased below 0.25 in tone B trials by training session 20 The latter session of two consecutive sessions in which the mice pulled the lever for more than 80% of tone A trials and less than 25% of tone B trials was set as the last session No apparent abnormal choice behavior was observed on the day after a break (e.g. the behavior of the mice was analyzed from the start session to the last session To omit periods when the motivation of the mice could be considered to be too high or too low within each session the behavioral data used was taken from the first trial after the mice obtained 30% of the total amount of the reward they got through the session to the last trial before they obtained 70% of the total amount of the reward The lever-pull rates (the number of successful lever-pull trials divided by the number of presented cues) averaged over the tone A and tone B trials in the early part of each session covering the first 30% of rewarded trials the middle part of each session covering the 30th–70th percentiles of the rewarded trials and the late part of each session covering the 70th–100th percentiles of the rewarded trials and 0.367 ± 0.115 in condition 2 (n = 8 mice) All behavioral data were summarized as binary data with action (to pull or not), cue type, and reward. The trial sequence in each session was determined by the same criterion as the behavioral analyses. The sequences from a single animal were concatenated through all sessions (Figure 2A, top). The series of data were then separated into two sequences consisting of the same tone cue trials (Figure 2A and were used to model the learning process of the mice Simple Q-learning model to explain the pull-choice probability (A) Representative time course of the 10-trial moving-average of the pull-choice across nine concatenated sessions in condition 1 (top) and the time course separated into tone A (bottom Asterisks indicate short periods in which the pull-choice probability decreased in both tone A and B trials (B,C) Representative predicted pull-choice probability of the simple (B) and forgetting (C) models in tone A (left) and B (right) trials Orange and cyan traces represent the 10-trial moving-average of the actual pull-choice [the same as in (A)] Red and blue traces represent the predicted pull-choice probability we built a “simple model” that assumed a value for pulling of the lever QX pull(t) and a value for non-pulling of the lever QX non–pull(t) in the t-th trial for each tone cue (X ∈ {A pull(t) was updated when the mice pulled the lever as follows: κr is the subjective goodness of a water reward and rX(t) is 1 when the water reward was delivered or is otherwise 0 in the t-th trial for tone X non–pull(t) was updated when the mice did not pull the lever as follows: because rX(t) was always 0 in non-pull trials. In the “F (forgetting) model” (Barraclough et al., 2004; Ito and Doya, 2009) non–pull(t) were updated in the same manner as in the simple model pull(t) in trials without the lever-pull was also updated as follows: In any models without “F” described below non–pull(t) in trials with the lever-pull was updated as follows: The pull-choice probability for the (t + 1)-th trial for tone X was calculated using the following softmax function: non–pull(1) to be 0 because the mice pulled the lever with the reward probability of 100% in pre-training sessions before the first model-fitted session started non–pull(t) was zero in equation (4) non–pull(t) = 0 through the whole sessions in all models except for the following “saving” and its derivative models equation (7) in the “simple” and “F models” equals to In the “cost model” and “cost-F model” (Skvortsova et al., 2014) where κc (≥0) represents the subjective cost accompanying pulling of the lever pull(t) can also be reduced by the aversiveness when the lever-pull is not rewarded pull(t) can be written as κrrX(t)−κe(1−rX(t)) where κe (≥0) represents the subjective emotion evoked by an unrewarded lever-pull and is deformed as follows: As equations (9) and (10) are mathematically equivalent we considered only equation (9) as the cost model pull(t + 1) was determined by equation (8) In the “irregular REL (irREL) model” and “irREL-F model,” we modified the RELATIVE model, which refers to the value of the “context” when updating the Q-value (Palminteri et al., 2015; Klein et al., 2017) we assumed that the “context” was the set of the task the counterfactual situation was tone B trials When the mice pulled the lever in the t-th trial for tone X and the t-th trial for tone X corresponded to the tAB-th trial among the total trials including both tone A and B trials pull(t + 1) was calculated referring to the contextual value V(tAB) calculated with the estimated counterfactual option value QY where αv is the update rate of contextual value V V was updated every trial regardless of the tone type QY,pull(tY) is the value for the pull for tone Y in the tone Y trial immediately before the t-th trial for tone X When the lever was not pulled in the t-th trial for tone X pull(t) was updated according to equation (5) pull(t + 1) was calculated according to equation (8) In the “saving” and “saving-F” models pull(t) was updated according to equations (1) non–pull(t) was updated when the mice did not pull the lever as in equation (3) and where ψ (≥0) is the goodness of the covert reward, which is assumed to be constantly obtained as a result of a non-pull (the saving of the cost accompanying the lever-pull) (Lee et al., 2016; Cheval et al., 2018) non–pull(t) decayed when the mice pulled the lever according to equation (6) the point of inflection of the sigmoidal function is offset to the right to let PX where βo (0 < βo < 1) is an offset term of the sigmoidal function (or non-pull bias) and is constant throughout the session In the “I (inertia)” model, we took the history of pull and non-pull choices in the t-th trial into account (Akaishi et al., 2014; Katahira, 2018) When the lever was pulled in the tAB-th trial among the total trials including both tone A and B trials choice trace C(tAB) was updated as follows: where τ is a decay constant of the choice history (0 ≤ τ ≤ 1) and φ (>0) is the subjective weight for repeating the same choice When the lever was not pulled in the tAB-th trial C ranged from −φ to φ The parameters used for each model are summarized in Table 1 Summary of the free parameters used in each Q-learning model Maximum log likelihood estimation was used to fit the parameters used in all models The likelihood (L) was determined using the following formula: where z(t) is the likelihood for the t-th trial We took the logarithm of this likelihood and multiplied it by −1 so that we could use the fmincon function with appropriate lower and upper bounds for each free parameter in MATLAB To compare the models, Akaike’s information criterion (AIC) and Bayesian information criterion (BIC) were calculated using the following formulas (Daw, 2011): where K is the number of free parameters to fit and Tn is the number of trials used for fitting For visual presentation of time series of the estimated Q-values in tone A and B trials in the saving-F model (Figure 9) the values for each animal were normalized by the spline interpolation The estimated values were up-sampled to the series of 5000 data points by spline function and then averaged across animals in each condition To analyze the generative performance of the saving-F and saving-F-I models, we used these models to simulate the lever-pull choice behavior of the mice (Ahn et al., 2008; Palminteri et al., 2015, 2017) the same sequences of tones across sessions were used as in the actual settings and the fitted values of the free parameters were used as substitutes for the equations above the lever-pull choice (pull or non-pull) was calculated randomly according to the pull-choice probability estimated by equation (7) in the saving-F model When the lever was pulled in the simulated t-th trial in which it was actually pulled When the lever was pulled in the simulated t-th trial in which it was not actually pulled rX(t) was defined according to the determined probability (condition 1 and C(1) were the same as those for the fitting The lever-pull rate was calculated in the same way as the analysis of the actual behavior and averaged over the 1000 simulations The goodness of the generative performance was estimated as the proportion of trials in which the simulated pull/non-pull-choice was the same as the actual pull/non-pull-choice Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated Error bars in the line plots represent the standard error of the mean The Wilcoxon signed rank test and the Wilcoxon rank-sum test were used for statistical testing in the behavioral analyses All statistical tests performed were two-tailed These results suggest that as the session progressed the mice came to expect the reward more strongly and learned to pull the lever for longer in tone A trials than in tone B trials These results indicate that the decision on whether to pull or not does not depend solely on the absolute outcome assigned to each tone The number of rewarded lever-pulls per minute was similar between the first session and the last session (condition 1 Although the saving of working time (lever-pull time) could mean more overt (water) reward availability the similar number of rewards per minute between the first and last sessions suggests that the reason why the mice decreased the pull rate in tone B trials was not because the time saved by skipping the lever-pull in tone B trials increased the overt reward We postulated that the mice might learn a strategy to not pull in tone B trials to save on the pull-associated cost We then attempted to model these mouse behaviors in the framework of reinforcement learning. In a standard reinforcement learning scheme such as Q-learning, the outcome after action choices is evaluated according to an explicitly given reward (Sutton and Barto, 1998) we assumed that the mice chose either of the pull or non-pull choices When the action value defined as Qaction and the non-action value defined as Qnon–action are assigned to a sigmoidal function although the predicted pull-choice probability in tone B trials was still not below 0.5 which suggested the relative value compared with the expected reward obtained in the context as the critical decision-making factor and it well explained the choice action behavior when the different cues were simultaneously presented Although tones A and B were not simultaneously presented in the current task we assumed that the mice determined whether to pull according to the difference in the values between the presented and unpresented (factual and counterfactual) tone trials the contextual value (task-environment value) V should be larger than the actual reward in tone B trials pull < 0.5 (see “Materials and Methods”) As the different cues are not simultaneously presented we call this model the “irregular RELATIVE (irREL) model.” In the third “saving model,” we assumed that the animals might find a positive value (“covert reward”) in the non-action (non-pull) because a non-pull would save the physical cost involved in performing the lever-pull (or allow a rest), and avoid the negative emotion after a lever-pull was not rewarded (Lee et al., 2016; Cheval et al., 2018; Sweis et al., 2018) if the pull value is smaller than the non-pull value the predicted pull-choice probability would be <0.5 a constant reflecting the subjective goodness of the cost-saving (as covert reward) ψ accompanying the non-pull was introduced into the simple model although the mice did not explicitly obtain anything when they did not pull the lever (see “Materials and Methods”) In all three models, the long-term trends in the pull-choice probability fitted well for both tone trials, including the pull-choice probability under 0.5 in tone B trials (Figures 3A–C) Figure 3. Three Q-learning models to explain the pull-choice probability. Six representative predicted pull-choice probabilities of the models in tone A (left) and B (right) trials in conditions 1 (top three rows) and 2 (bottom three rows). Orange and cyan traces represent the 10-trial moving-average of the actual pull-choice (the same as in Figure 2) Red and blue traces represent the predicted pull-choice probability in cost (A) This indicates that αf was an important parameter to explain mouse behavior in the models especially those in which it did not directly inhibit the prediction of a lever-pull choice probability of <0.5 Figure 4. The saving-F model well-explains the pull-choice probability and trial-by-trial fluctuation. (A–C) Six representative predicted pull-choice probabilities of the models in tone A (left) and B (right) trials in conditions 1 (top three rows) and 2 (bottom three rows). Orange and cyan traces represent the 10-trial moving-average of the actual pull-choice (the same as in Figure 2) Red and blue traces represent the predicted pull-choice probability in cost-F (A) or saving) with and without introduction of αf as a free parameter (w/F-term–w/o/F-term) A negative value indicates that the model prediction with αf was better than that without it Figure 5. Choice-behaviors predicted by cost-F-O, irREL-F-O, F-O-I, cost-F-O-I, irREL-F-O-I, and saving-F-I models. Six representative predicted pull-choice probabilities of the models in tone A (left) and B (right) trials in conditions 1 (top three rows) and 2 (bottom three rows). Orange and cyan traces represent the 10-trial moving-average of the actual pull-choice (the same as in Figure 2) Red and blue traces represent the predicted pull-choice probability in cost-F-O (A) These results suggest that the update of the non-pull value with covert reward was essential to explain the mouse choice-behaviors in this task (A,B) Z-scored AIC (left) and BIC (right) in cost-F and saving-F-I models in conditions 1 (A) and 2 (B) (C,D) Z-scored AIC (left) and BIC (right) in I and saving-F-I models in conditions 1 (C) and 2 (D) Red dots indicate the model with the minimum score for each mouse Each number indicates the number of the red dots in the corresponding model which suggests that the saving-F model was better as the generative model than the saving-F-I model Simulated lever-pull choice behavior with the saving-F and saving-F-I models (A) Six representative simulated pull-choice probabilities with the saving-F (dark green) and saving-F-I (light green) models in tone A (leftmost and second right) and B (second left and rightmost) trials in conditions 1 (leftmost and second left) and 2 (second right and rightmost) Traces represent the 30-trial moving-average of the actual (black) or simulated pull-choice (B) Mouse-averaged actual (black) and simulated (saving-F model light green) lever-pull rates in tone A (left) and B (right) trials in conditions 1 (top; n = 13 mice) and 2 (bottom; n = 8 mice) (C) The proportion of trials in which the simulated pull/non-pull-choice was the same as the actual pull/non-pull-choice (“concordance rate”) in conditions 1 (top) and 2 (bottom) the concordance rate was calculated for each simulation and averaged over the 1000 simulations and κr were similar between the saving-F and saving-F-I models but the values of αf were larger in the saving-F model than in the saving-F-I model The introduction of choice history might play a role in fitting with the persistency effect from a few preceding choices without changing the values for the pull and non-pull this persistency effect might be substituted by the decay of the value of the non-persistent choice with the larger αf the ratio of the median κr in condition 2 to that in condition 1 (2.32 = 13.77/5.93 and 2.75 = 11.89/4.33 in the saving-F and saving-F-I models respectively) was comparable to the inverse of the expected overt reward per trial in condition 2 divided by that in condition 1 (2.59 = [0.16/0.42]–1) These results suggest that the mice recognized the infrequent water delivery as being more valuable than the frequent delivery while the learning rate and the weight of the choice history did not depend on the combination of the reward probabilities assigned to the tones (C) Subjective goodness of water reward (κr) ***p = 1.92 × 10–4 (D) Subjective goodness of covert reward (ψ) Time courses of Q-values in the saving-F model (A,B) Six representative time courses of QA (C,D) The mouse-averaged time courses of QA non–pull (purple) (middle row) in conditions 1 (C) and 2 (D) The total trial number was normalized across animals (E) Pull values in tone X trials in the last session X is B in condition 1 and A in condition 2 (F) Non-pull values in tone X trials in the last session These results suggest that the non-action could be more valuable than the action in trials with a reward probability of 30% in condition 1 but less valuable in those trials in condition 2 pull) in condition 1 and the unchosen non-lever-pull (QA non–pull) in condition 2 became close to zero in the last session the same reward probability-assigned trials induced different choice behavior which could be determined by the inverse of the expected overt reward through the task we developed a new behavioral paradigm to let mice choose to pull or not pull a lever according to tone cues with different reward probabilities We found that they came to not pull in relatively lower-reward-expected trials although the predicted behavior according to an explicitly given reward-maximization policy would be to pull the lever in all the trials unless skipping tone B trials would result in an increase in the total rewards per unit time in which the pull value was updated by the overt reward the non-pull value was updated by the covert reward the pull value was reduced according to the pull cost the relative pull value was based on the tone context and the pull offset (or non-pull bias) and/or the inertia of the choice history was included We found that the best models were saving-F or saving-F-I models that updated the pull value with the overt water reward updated the non-pull value with the covert reward and the value of the unchosen choice decayed the current study is the first attempt to indicate that a covert reward might be engaged in non-action learning using a reinforcement learning framework when the animal repeatedly chose the non-pull Even when the action offset and/or the choice inertia were added to the simple the predictions were worse than that of the saving-F-I model The prediction by the saving-F model was better than those by the I model and F-I model we conclude that the active learning of non-action with the covert reward contributed to decision-making The advantage of the saving-F models may be that the animal can increase its preference to either the pull or non-pull direction in each trial allowing the choice preference to converge to the final one faster than it can with the models without the non-pull value updated by covert reward The effectiveness of the choice history on the prediction in the saving-F-I model might reflect the fact that the mice tended to be persistent in pull or non-pull choices for a few trials the saving-F model was better than the saving-F-I model as the generative model to describe the behavioral effect In the simulation with the saving-F-I model the averaged lever-pull rate in tone A trials was around 0.5 in condition 1 and <0.5 in condition 2 and the mice chose not to pull in tone B trials as the sessions progressed This might result in that the inertia of non-pull-choice in tone B trials inhibited maintenance of the high lever-pull rate in tone A trials in the simulation and/or the saving-F-I model was overfitted The role of inertia needs further validation in future studies Our results suggest that our animals could actively choose the non-action by evaluating the non-action in the form of the covert reward Our study sheds light on the favorable aspect of non-action through preventing an aversive cost (or energy) inevitably related with the action and proposes that non-action could be reinforced by itself it might be useful to examine the correlation between the value of ψ and quantifications of the lever weight which was similar between conditions 1 and 2 κr was ∼2.5-fold larger in condition 2 than in condition 1 which is in inverse proportion to the net reward expectancy when the mice pulled in all trials regardless of tone types This suggests that the mice 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article we publish Metrics details The gut microbiota exist within a dynamic ecosystem shaped by various factors that includes exposure to xenobiotics such as pesticides It is widely regarded that the gut microbiota plays an essential role in maintaining host health including a major influence on the brain and behaviour Given the widespread use of pesticides in modern agriculture practices it is important to assess the long-term collateral effects these xenobiotic exposures have on gut microbiota composition and function exposure studies using animal models have shown that pesticides can induce negative impacts on the host gut microbiota there is a growing body of literature showing that the effects of pesticide exposure can be extended to the manifestation of behavioural impairments in the host With the increasing appreciation of the microbiota-gut-brain axis in this review we assess whether pesticide-induced changes in gut microbiota composition profiles and functions could be driving these behavioural alterations exposure dose and variation in experimental designs hinders direct comparisons of studies presented the mechanistic connection between the gut microbiota and behavioural changes remains insufficiently explored Future experiments should therefore focus on causal mechanisms to examine the gut microbiota as the mediator of the behavioural impairments observed in the host following pesticide exposure if changes in gut microbiota composition and function from microbe-pesticide interactions are the driving factor for the negative behavioural changes we evaluate the emerging evidence that there is a causal relationship between pesticide exposure and behavioural alterations via the microbiota-gut-brain axis We propose the gut-brain axis as a potential avenue for further understanding the overall effects of pesticides on gut and brain health there is a large body of evidence to suggest a role of pesticides present in food air) in shaping the gut microbiota with a potential link to behaviour much of this understanding has been driven by studies in environmental systems like water and soil with information on gut microbiota communities comparatively lacking The aim of this review is to first summarise currently known impacts of common pesticides on behaviour and gut microbiota in various animal models we will discuss the current research and future avenues for identifying causes and mechanisms underpinning negative implications of pesticide exposure from the microbiota-gut-brain axis perspective While this discrepancy could be due to differences in behavioural tests applied it highlights the need for replication of the study with a lower dose which suggests that biologically available neuromodulators are altered due to microbiome alterations from pesticide exposure All of these findings point to the chemical impact on the microbiota-gut-brain axis having multiple underlying mechanisms it further strengthens that glufosinate ammonium induced shifts in microbiota community structure which can alter the biochemical environment (e.g. Although the authors did not draw any direct conclusions on the mechanism the Pearson correlation analysis of gut microbiota and metabolic profile highlighted that the perturbations in the gut microbiome may impact lipid and glucose metabolism through numerous pathways including an interference with bile acid secretion these findings suggest gut microbiota metabolites altered by pesticide exposure may induce general behavioural impairments on the host via the microbiota-gut-brain axis while some impacts may be by pesticide-specific processes causational studies are strongly warranted to understand the specific involvement of gut microbiota in the process This divergence may be explained by the difference in animal models exposure duration or exposure time window (directly in adulthood vs indirectly via the mother during early life) it requires additional studies to draw firmer conclusions behavioural analysis is currently lacking for hosts exposed to chlorpyrifos thus requiring further experimental evidence These observations together strengthen the argument that pesticide exposure and altered microbially derived SCFA levels leading to behavioural changes potentially by disturbing integrity and the function of the physical barriers of the brain and the gut these studies suggest that gut bacteria compositional changes exert immunomodulatory effects that could plausibly impact host behaviour there is yet to be a study which included both immune functions and behavioural readouts It is strongly suggested that including behaviour with gut microbiota studies are required to understand the significance of disrupted microbiota-gut-brain axis signalling upon pesticide exposure there were some species-dependent trends in gut microbiota profile alterations results from an environmentally relevant dosage are yet to be fully understood reduction in this beneficial bacterial group 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A little pre-ski-trip prep can go a long way in preventing injuries, says Yukiko Matsuzaki, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS a clinical specialist in orthopedic and sports physical therapy in Pediatric Rehabilitation at HSS it’s been two years since many people last went skiing,” says Matsuzaki your body may have gone through minor or even significant changes Kids could be 5 inches taller than they were in 2019 whereas an older adult may have lost an inch of height Our feet can change size and shape as we age cardiovascular fitness and body weight have changed for many people All these factors can impact how well your first ski trip of the season goes Even if none of that is true for you, diving into any seasonal sport with too much zeal can raise your risk of a sprain, strain or other injury. While it’s always better to spend a few weeks getting mentally and physically ready (see How to Prepare for Injury-Free Skiing) these last-minute tips from Matsuzaki can make a difference Two years is a long time for anything to languish Your bindings could have dry rotted or your gear may no longer fit Or maybe you’ve been borrowing gear and it never fit in the first place Matsuzaki recommends making an appointment at a ski store to have a pro evaluate what you have on hand they’re going to need new everything,” she notes “You should be able to stand on one leg with your eyes open for 30 to 60 seconds without falling over,” she says try it with your eyes closed.” You can make it even more challenging by standing on an uneven surface or doing something like tossing a ball against a wall which may require you to not only balance on but also make quick adjustments on one leg at a time If you wake up and the weather seems iffy—or if your gut’s telling you it’s not a good day to ski—find something else to do for the day weather and mountain conditions can change from one hour to the next Most resorts will post a report on conditions as well as info on trail closures and difficulty Remember that your brain took a break from skiing “so your reaction time may not be what it once was.” Bonus tip: Check the resort website’s COVID-19 requirements regarding masking vaccination status and social distancing before you go so you won’t get turned away at the desk or a restaurant later on You may be a bit more sore and achy during your first ski weekend of the year so listen to your body and take a break when you need one so you should take a break after an hour or so even if you feel great,” she adds have a snack and reapply sunscreen—all of which will make for a better experience even if it’s only been an hour or two: Injuries are more common during the “last run” when people push themselves past their limits be flexible with your plans and be prepared to go to a plan B or C like cross-country skiing or curling up with a good book in the lodge you want to try to prevent injuries,” says Matsuzaki “You can’t control everything on the slopes but these are some of the things that you can control.” Yukiko Matsuzaki PT, DPT, OCS, SCS The acetabulum is a cup-shaped part of the pelvis. The ball-shaped femoral head (the tip of the femur or thighbone) fits into the acetabulum to form the hip joint. Analgesia is the reduction of pain by a method in which a patient remains conscious (as opposed to being put unconscious, such as during general anesthesia). Arthritis is a disease in which inflammation in a joint causes pain and stiffness that can limit a person's movement. Arthroplasty is an orthopedic surgery to fix or rebuild a joint (where two or more bones meet, such as in the shoulder or knee). Arthroplasty usually involves removing the surface of a bone at the point where it joins another, and replacing that surface with an artificial implant. A hemiarthroplasty is when only one of the bones in a joint is resurfaced or replaced. In a total joint arthroplasty (also called total joint replacement), the bones of the entire joint are rebuilt. An arthroscope is a flexible, fiberoptic tool fixed with a small camera and used to visually examine the inside of a joint. Specially designed arthroscopic surgical tools are also used to perform minimally invasive joint surgery. Articular means of or related to the joint. For example, articular cartilage refers to cartilage of a joint. An autoantibody is an antibody produced by a person's immune system to attack the body's own natural tissues or proteins. It is caused by an abnormal response by the immune system, which misidentifies the body's natural tissue as a harmful external invader (such as a harmful bacteria or virus). A black box warning (sometimes also called a "boxed warning") is, in the United States, the strictest prescription drug warning label required by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA requires pharmaceutical makers to apply these warnings on any prescription drug in which medical studies have demonstrated a significant associated health risk. A blood clot is a thickening of the blood. It is a normal function of the body to stop bleeding at the surface. But when a blood clot incorrectly forms inside an artery or vein, it can decrease the flow of blood and create dangerous health problems. Also called an "osteophyte," a bone supr is a protruding, bony overgrowth that forms at the edge of a bone. It often forms at a joint where two bones meet. It is usually caused by osteoarthritis. A bursa is a fluid-filled sac that provides cushioninng between bones and tendons and other soft tissues. In a synovial joint such as the knee or shoulder, a synovial bursa reduces friction between the bones and soft tissues of the joint, allowing them to glide together smoothly. Bursitis is the inflammation of a bursa, a fluid-filled sac that provides cushioninng between bones and tendons and other soft tissues. In a synovial joint such as the knee or shoulder, a synovial bursa reduces friction between the bones and soft tissues of the joint, allowing them to glide together smoothly. A case report details the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and medical follow-up of a single patient rather than a broad study of multiple patients. Sometimes also called "clinical series," a case series is a type of medical research study that either tracks patients with a known exposure (such as patients who have received a similar treatment), or examines their medical records for exposure and outcome. Congenital means existing since birth rather than developing or becoming acquired during one\'s lifetime. Connective tissue is a soft, bodily tissue that supports, connects and/or separates various parts of the body. This includes skin, cartilage and other tissues found in and around the joints and major organs, such as the heart, lungs and kidneys. 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Flexion can also refer to the forward raising of the arm (at the shoulder joint) or leg (at the hip joint). Long bones are category of bones that are longer than they are wide. It includes the clavicle (collar bone) as well as several bones that compose the limbs (arms and legs), fingers, and toes. By contrast, "short bones," such as the patella (kneecap), are about as wide as they are long. A lumbar puncture (also called a spinal tap) is a procedure in which a syringe needle is inserted between two vertebrae (spine bones) in the lumbar section of the spine (lower back). The needle is then used to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid for laboratory testing. A meniscus (plural, "menisci") is a pad of fibrocartilage inside a joint. It provides cushioning and protect to the joint. The knee joint, for example, contains two menisci: A medial meniscus (located on the inner side of the knee) and a lateral meniscus (located on the outer side). 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Neurological deficit is an abnormal or decreased bodily function caused by damage to nerves, the spinal cord or the brain. Such deficits can include symptoms such as loss of speech, poor reflexes, muscle weakness, neuropathies, balance problems or cognitive impairment, among others. A neuroma is a tumor or mass of nerve fibers or other tissue that grows out from a nerve. Neuropathic pain is pain caused by damage to or disease of the nervous system, rather than by the stimulation of pain receptors from an outside force (such as fire, blunt trauma, etc.). An ossicle is a term used usually to describe a small calcification adjacent to a bone, or sometimes a more substantial, “accessory bone” (extra bone). An osteoid is the precursor to bone tissue, which is made of nonmineralized protein, including collagen. As calcium and other minerals deposit into the osteoid, immature or "woven" bone is formed. An osteophyte, more commonly called a "bone spur," is a protruding, bony overgrowth that forms at the edge of a bone. It often forms at a joint where two bones meet. It is usually caused by osteoarthritis. An osteotomy is the surgical cutting or removing of a piece of bone. Parry-Romberg syndrome is a progressive shrinkage and degeneration of tissues under the skin of the face, usually only on one side (known as "facial hemiatrophy" or "hemifacial atrophy"). Muscle, fat, facia tissue and even bone in the skull may degenerate. Periarticular means located around an articular joint in the body. Perioperative medicine is the medical care for surgery patients before and after their surgical procedure, not including the medical care provided during the procedure itself. This care continues through to the end of recovery. Proprioception is sensory function that allows a person to determine the position of their body or a part of their body in space. Sensory receptors called proprioceptors receive stimuli and send signals to the brain to help a person maintaining balance. It is related to but slightly different from kinesthesia. Recrudescence is the renewed outbreak of a disease after a period of inactivity. Reduction is the physical realignment of a body part (such as a dislocated or broken bone) to its correct position. Reduction can be done surgically (open reduction) or nonsurgically (closed reduction), for example when setting a broken bone by hand. Remission is a period during which a person with a chronic illness experiences few or no signs or symptoms of that condition. As opposed being "cured," having or being in a "remission" means that the condition symptoms could return. The physical circumstances that are considered to be a "remission" vary from disease to disease. A reoperation is a repeated surgery or additional surgery for the same condition. A reoperation may be done to correct a problem not fixed during the original surgery, or for new problems that occur as a result of the first surgery. The reward center is the brain's mesolimbic pathway, a set of neurons that synthesize and release dopamine, a chemical that regulates desire and motivation in response to a stimulus. Sarcopenia is a syndrome encompassing loss of muscle mass, strength and performance. It can be measured by a bone density exam (DEXA). Once diagnosed, evaluation begins with a nutrition assessment. Patients may benefit from a physical therapy or rehab program. A self-protein is a protein that is normally produced by a person's body. A person's immune system should be tolerant of self-proteins. If the immune system misidentifies a self-protein as an external, harmful invader (such as an infectious bacteria), it produces autoantibodies to attack it. This is called autoimmunity. A syndrome is a group of symptoms that appear to be related to one another and characterize a health condition. ''Systemic'' refers to something that affects the whole body, rather than a part. An autoimmune disorder (or autoimmune disease) is where the immune system, which normally protects the body from outside invaders such as harmful bacteria, mistakenly attacks body tissues as though they were harmful invaders. Tendinosis (also sometimes spelled "tendonosis") is the degeneration of a tendon. Hollywood has created offensive stereotypes by yellowfacing Japanese actors for decades I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice I’ve survived as an Asian actor in Hollywood for 22 years, and for the past few, I’ve also helped them cast Japanese actors And I watched up close how blatantly racist this casting process can be Hollywood firmly believes that “Japanese” is an ethnicity and they insist that Japanese actors must look quintessentially “oriental” The first thing producers want is that actors can “pass” as Japanese Mixed-race Japanese are just as Japanese as I could ever be they are absolutely not considered “Japanese” And because Hollywood wants to contrast “diverse America” with “homogeneous Japan” but even I don’t look “oriental” enough for them I cannot tell you how many times I was asked at auditions: “Are you Japanese But you’re so tall.” Or: “Are both your parents Japanese?” and they replied: “But all Japanese are straight-haired.” I explained to them that this isn’t the case they straightened my hair because they felt that I didn’t look “authentic” enough Hollywood needs to understand that it has created extremely offensive stereotypes by yellowfacing Japanese actors for many decades You cannot imagine how agonising it is for me when I’m asked by young mixed Japanese actors for advice on how to make it in Hollywood Because Hollywood has been shouting about the importance of “diversity” they have been tricked into believing Hollywood is actually inclusive Should I tell them the truth that Hollywood considers them “second-class Japanese” Or they would never ever be cast because “they’re born to the wrong parents” Hollywood would rather cast Asian American actors than mixed Japanese because they believe some of them look “more Japanese” than mixed Japanese And the sad part is that because the Asian American community often isn’t aware of how mixed Japanese are treated even when Asian Americans are cast for the wrong reasons they praise Hollywood for advancing Asian American representation Japan has literally zero minority representation Though there have been hundreds of Japanese films where a gay man is a protagonist not a single one of them has an openly gay man cast in that role Many mixed Japanese have experienced being treated as foreigners even though they were born and raised in Japan This is what happens when there’s absolutely no representation – it impacts how people view their society and what they believe it should look like The vast majority of mixed Japanese actors are registered with “international talent agencies” in Japan Japan has been putting out a completely fictitious version of “homogenous Japan” and Hollywood has been telling the world what Japanese people should look like we are tricked into believing that there are no mixed-race Japanese It’s been more than half a century since the Akira Kurosawa or Yasujirō Ozu era Every time we “pay tribute” to Kurosawa/Ozu/Samurai/Kaiju/Yakuza films and call them “authentic” we are subscribing to a false ideal of “homogenous Japan” which doesn’t exist in reality This reinforces stereotyping and negates the existence of mixed Japanese I cannot stay silent anymore about one of the most blatantly racist practices I’ve ever seen And this is coming from a guy who’s been in the US for two decades as a foreigner In order to fix this problem on both sides of the Pacific It’s time to help Japanese filmmakers understand that diversity makes films better and abolish the racist stereotypes that Hollywood have been regurgitating for more than half a century I’m getting the ball rolling with Mosaic Street, a Japanese/English crime drama set in a near-future Japan where diversity is already a norm, starring openly transgender actress Kota Ishijima, openly lesbian actress Ami Ide, and Afro-Japanese actress Ema Grace. This is what Japan is supposed to look like – diverse and modern. If you work in Hollywood, please consider casting a mixed Japanese actor for your next film. You don’t need a “reason” to cast them. Just cast them for any of your characters. If you feel that you need to justify the casting, then you’re doing it wrong. Together, let’s right this wrong once and for all. It’s long overdue. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies from one of your Japanese actors","description":"Hollywood has created offensive stereotypes by yellowfacing Japanese actors for decades rooftop views and chef Yo Matsuzaki’s Japanese-inspired menu make Wren a soaring new destination in Tysons I have yet to taste a morsel of food, but the bar at Wren has already made a favorable first impression thanks to the savvy cocktail program by beverage director Luis Mantilla Luxardo maraschino liqueur and allspice bitters having aged for 30 days in a charred American oak barrel My companion’s refreshing gin and (cucumber) tonic it’s served in an enormous Burgundy wineglass and garnished with juniper berries a lemon wheel and a thin strip of cucumber threaded onto a metal cocktail skewer like ribbon candy We’re a few sips in when two of chef Yo Matsuzaki’s small plates arrive and prove just as captivating The hamachi tartare—yellowtail sashimi mixed with olive tapenade shallots and white-truffle vinaigrette—is served with a side of house-made potato chips that round out each bite with a nice crunch Matsuzaki cures steelhead trout with fennel and beets which lend hints of sweetness and licorice while turning the fish a stunning ruby red He then arranges delicate slices of it around a pool of citrus sauce with dots of orange trout roe and sprigs of shiso If you haven’t been to Tysons lately, you’re in for a surprise. The area is undergoing a veritable renaissance. Wren, which opened in September on the 11th floor of the new Watermark Hotel, shares a rooftop with The Perch a 2.5-acre outdoor “sky park” with manicured landscaping a Starr Hill Biergarten and an outdoor amphitheater that hosts live concerts and airs major sporting events on a jumbotron The restaurant and sky park are part of Capital One Center, a mixed-use development that comprises 6 million square feet of retail, hospitality and entertainment space. They sit atop Capital One Hall a sparkling new performing arts center that’s home to a 1,600-seat proscenium stage large-scale event spaces and a Wegmans grocery store is so completely integrated into the Watermark’s loungy 11th-floor hotel lobby (with a pool table to boot) that on my first visit I wasn’t even sure I was in the restaurant I inquired at the handsome brass-and-glass bar—it’s shaped like the bow of a ship—if I was in the right place “Sit wherever you want!” (They’ve since added a host stand Eating at the bar is delightful but do try to score one of the tables positioned next to the stunning floor-to-ceiling windows which offer a sweeping view of the Tysons skyline Wren’s name—both a bird and a homophone for the Japanese word for love—reflects its dual identity as a high-styled izakaya (a casual spot for drinking and snacking) that speaks Japanese with an American accent A hotel in Tysons needs to have meat and potatoes on the menu it’s a Wagyu burger on a brioche bun with chili aioli and fries or a grilled rib-eye steak with mushroom demi-glace and wasabi mashed potatoes Raising and Educating Our Children During Uncertain Times started out as a salesman in his native Japan but went on to build an impressive culinary résumé Surmising that his homeland’s societal structure was too limiting to allow him to pursue his dream of becoming a French chef he moved to New York City to learn the craft at the Institute of Culinary Education He later worked under famed chefs Masaharu Mori­moto (who insisted he learn the intricacies of sushi making) and Nobu Matsuhisa and was the executive chef at Zentan in Washington he was the corporate chef for Ozumo Concepts International in Northern California Wren’s menu is divided into raw bar items (including the aforementioned crudos) Fortessa stoneware vessels provide a rustic backdrop for the chef’s sophisticated yet unfussy cooking don’t miss his Tokyo chicken—large cubes of thigh meat marinated in soy then fried until crispy and tossed with sake and koji an umami-rich ingredient often used in Japanese cuisine The nuggets rest on a bed of slaw and come with house-made pickles Matsuzaki makes a lovely bowl of ramen with roast pork its rich broth derived from chicken necks and fat instead of pork A vegetarian dish of jidori—pleasing egg noodles resembling spaetzle in appearance taste and texture—packs in the flavor with maitake mushrooms The star of the show is sea bass marinated in Saikyo white miso paste and sake for 24 hours broiled and crowned with a nest of frizzled leeks The final result is a cunning balance of sweet and salty complemented by a side of blistered shishito peppers with just a kiss of char One dish I don’t get is two seared scallops served with bacon-wrapped bundles of enoki mushrooms The fungi were as rubbery as chewing gum and hard to swallow There are only three dessert options at Wren One of them—soft-serve ice cream—wasn’t available during my visits because the machine’s delivery was delayed by supply-chain issues Skip the pasty doughnuts and unremarkable hazelnut chocolate mousse and opt instead for a liquid finish to your meal I’m talking about Mantilla’s seductively boozy Nightcap an elixir of coffee-infused vodka blended with salted caramel and topped with Grand Marnier whip pop into Wegmans on your way out and pick up a bag of Rolos for the ride home Beverage director Luis Mantilla has curated a clever and intriguing bar menu that includes an extensive selection of scotches and bourbons and 6 bubblies ($44 to $425) and a couple of rosés The roughly 17 wines by the glass range from $13 to $20 Mantilla’s cocktail creations ($14 to $19) are the true showstoppers here— especially the gargantuan classic(ish) quaffs like a bourbon rickey laced with ginger and signature cocktails such as Green with Envy Become a digital partner ... About UsContact UsSubscribeAdvertiseWrite for Us LLC (HMIN) today marked its 10th anniversary of automobile production at its plant in Greensburg Indiana during a celebration with state and local government officials joining the celebration with Honda associates Honda began production in Indiana on October 9 producing the 4-cylinder Honda Civic Sedan with 1,000 associates on one shift HMIN operates two shifts with more than 2,500 associates producing the Honda Civic Sedan and CR-V – two of the industry's best-selling vehicles – as well as the all-new 2019 Honda Insight Cumulative production at HMIN is more than 1.8 million vehicles "This milestone is the result of the commitment our Honda associates in Indiana have made every day over the past decade to build products of the highest quality for our customers," said Isao Matsuzaki "Indiana is our home and with the strong support of our local communities we are excited about our future here in Greensburg." Honda announced plans to build an auto plant in Greensburg in June 2006 breaking ground for the new plant in March 2007  HMIN added a second shift of production in October 2011 doubling its production capacity to 200,000 vehicles per year HMIN has the capacity to produce 250,000 vehicles annually "Since launching production a decade ago today Honda has had a lasting positive impact on the city of Greensburg helping propel our workforce and strengthen Indiana's reputation as a manufacturing powerhouse," said Indiana Secretary of Commerce Jim Schellinger "With more than 290 Japanese business facilities in Indiana we are proud of the friendships we have established with companies like Honda and look forward to even more milestones ahead Congratulations on 10 years of excellence and thank you for your commitment to our state."          HMIN has achieved a number of milestones and accomplishments HMIN purchased more than $2.2 billion in parts from 248 suppliers in the U.S Yo Matsuzaki is in as executive chef at Zentan trained in the French culinary style and worked under such big names as Nobu and Morimoto Yo says he’s going to add more Japanese pub food (izakaya) to the menu that will be a mix of comfort food and modern dishes the “omakase” program is where he’ll shine “That’s where I’m going to tell my story,” he tells us “Each dish has meaning—like coming from my best friend’s yakitori shop.” The chef counter style meal is available to five diners on Thursdays at 6:30pm for $65 (starting Oct Last meal in prison: A deli bagel with whitefish salad You are subscribed to the Bisnow Washington or click here to copy link to clipboard We will email you a link to reset your password Upcoming regulations in the European Union require us to show this pop-up and ask you to agree to keep using Bisnow.com We want to take 15 seconds to tell you what's going on: Written by Yuki Matsuzaki and directed by Shiho Fukada Mosaic Street celebrates the diversity of modern Japan Yuki Matsuzaki has an old-timey but to-the-point thing to say about the oft-repeated idea that Japan is one of the most homogenous nations on the planet: “Hogwash.” A Hollywood actor of over 20 years Matsuzaki has appeared in Letters from Iwo Jima Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides The Pink Panther 2 and many other productions his experiences also include the times he was told his height or hair didn’t look “authentically” Japanese the actor concluded that the world has a too narrow definition of what it means to be Japanese he decided to correct this problem the only way he knew how: through the medium of film The result was the 2022 crime-drama short Mosaic Street Written by Matsuzaki and directed by Shiho Fukada it celebrates the diversity of modern Japan by casting openly transgender actress Kota Ishijima openly lesbian actress Ami Ide and Afro-Japanese actress Ema Grace in the main roles We recently talked to the cast of Mosaic Street to learn more about the movie and the current state of Japanese entertainment Matsuzaki: I’d been aware of the lack of diversity in the Japanese entertainment industry for quite some time and always wondered what I can do to change that. When I saw Kota’s documentary The Butterfly it made me wonder why a talented actress such as her wasn’t given a fair chance in the industry I asked her casually if she would be interested in creating a demo reel to show her acting to the world Then it came to my mind that I might as well represent the least represented minorities in the Japanese industries: transgender women I asked Ami and Ema if they would be interested in joining the project America and India while also attending 17 schools I experienced prejudice when I was outside of Japan I was also treated as an “outsider” because of my behavior I’d been struggling with my sexuality since I was child I was lonely for a long time and was impressed with [Yuki’s] passion in regard to minority representation in Japan He truly understands the sensibility and the difficulty of being a transgender actress Yuki’s typhoon-like ability to take action is second to none Matsuzaki: I really hope Mosaic Street can change how people in the Japanese entertainment industry think of how minorities should be represented in movies and TV series They should know that it’s fine to cast them for “normal” Japanese roles They don’t have to find a “reason” to include them Just cast them for whatever roles they have then there are going to be more opportunities for minority actors in Japan and they will be able to become role models for minorities in Japan Ide: I’ve always wanted to be the change I wanted to see in the world I hoped Mosaic Street would give younger generations an idea that we can do whatever we want to do even if you’re not “normal” in Japan Matsuzaki: The reason why the cast is speaking in both English and Japanese is that I wanted to prove to the world that Japan is capable of creating compelling English-speaking content If we start creating more content like this I’m confident that Japan will be able to compete in the global market Grace: I think this thinking came from what they teach at schools in Japan I feel there’s always been a pressure that all students must be identical Japanese schools deny the concept of diversity and force students to look and think the same way I wonder how many parents in Japan teach their kids about diversity It’s very rare for Japanese kids to be exposed to dolls or princesses or characters with dark skin like me Most people have only seen the same skin tone and the same looking hairstyle since they were young I suspect this childhood environment is also to be blamed for this misunderstanding of Japan being homogenous Ishijima: Ever since Mosaic Street has been released on YouTube the response by the people has been amazing Some of the viewers did not know about us transgender actresses and were fascinated that we exist I can expand our activities in various media outlets as an “actress.” The Japanese entertainment world is quite backward and doesn’t take chances Ide: I don’t know why we don’t see lesbian shows much We don’t even see openly gay women in Japan Maybe it’s because the film industry in general is dominated by men I’m sure they are told by the industry that they can’t make it if they are openly gay I remember one lesbian movie I saw and it was completely made by the male gaze They need to start hiring more lesbian or female directors Grace: Mixed-race Japanese like me are normally treated as foreigners We’re not even allowed to audition for “Japanese” roles I’d love to keep on playing “normal” Japanese characters the current lack of diversity in the Japanese industry Japanese viewers don’t even realize that what they see on screen actually lacks diversity we exist and we see many ethnicities in Japanese classrooms Unless they notice the discrepancy between what they are portraying in the media and what we see in reality they’re not going to invite us to any auditions Grace: I want Japan to accept its diversity and start creating movies and TV series that can compete internationally I want to be part of that movement to make that dream come true I want to appear in such diverse projects and I also want to produce myself Ishijima: Just like in the world of Mosaic Street even terms like “LGBTQ” won’t exist and we would be one Ide: I’d never seen people like myself on TV in Japan because they were never cast in roles I want kids to see me in some kind of art form (through music or in movies) and think it could be them Remember when running your first-ever marathon seemed like a far-off goal? If you’re now looking to tackle two in one month, take a moment to acknowledge how far you’ve come—literally and figuratively. While non-runners may not understand your drive to double up, HSS physical therapist Yukiko Matsuzaki PT, DPT, OCS, SCS certainly does: She’s an avid marathon runner herself “While running back-to-back marathons is challenging you get to experience the exhilaration of crossing the finish line twice earn two medals and gain bragging rights all with one training cycle,” she says You might also be looking forward to the travel camaraderie and swag associated with the races you’ve selected what you do between those marathons is of vital importance to your health proper recovery is a priority and begins as soon as you cross the finish line,” says Matsuzaki and they can positively influence your performance.” She offers this advice for tailoring your recovery plan to ease out of one race and get pumped up for the next The 60 minutes after your first marathon is a crucial stage of your recovery so try to stay focused on cooling down and fueling up before you conk out from exhaustion and stay warm as you head to the post-race recovery zone Gentle stretching or foam rolling is sufficient Stretching is a key component of injury prevention and can help prevent or limit delayed-onset muscle soreness It’s important to replenish the carbohydrates water and electrolytes you lost during the race Within 30 to 60 minutes of finishing your first marathon and eat a small meal consisting of a 4-to-1 ratio of carbohydrates to protein Easy-to-digest examples of carbohydrates include bananas Good choices for protein include smoothies eat another healthy meal and keep the fluids coming The seven days after your first race should be focused on recovery which means taking it easier than normal while focusing on nutrition and sleep While your mind will probably urge you to run Dialing back training in this time period is just as helpful to your mental resilience as your physical recovery Include plenty of lean meat or other lean protein to promote muscle repair have high-quality complex carbohydrates for glycogen restoration and have healthy fats during meal prep or in whole foods like avocados.  Sleep is critical for restoring your body back to its pre-marathon state It’s just as important for rebuilding at the cellular level as it is for recovering mentally and for feeling well overall Aim for at least eight to nine hours of sleep per night consider taking several naps during the day Loosen up. Daily stretching exercises, yoga and foam rolling will facilitate soft-tissue recovery schedule a massage within a few days after your race Benefits of massage include increased circulation and blood flow to the muscles and reduced soreness Having a deep tissue or sports massage with a certified massage therapist is recommended Do some cross-training that focuses on light nonimpact exercises like using the stationary bike and taking a relaxing swim This will increase blood flow and further prevent your joints from getting stiff If you’re aiming to PR at your second race choose moderate-intensity interval runs over longer distance runs If you have more than two weeks before your next marathon Remember: You just ran a 26.2 mile “long run”—and you’ll also need time to taper It’s important to have realistic expectations for your second marathon think about what happened in your first marathon and what you might accomplish in the next one if you crushed a PR during your first race think of the second one as a leisurely run If you used your first race as a test drive to work through jitters and race-day scenarios then give it your all during the second event listen to your body—during this race and in general If the mind is willing but the body is not walk away from your double-marathon month with your head held high and filled with lessons that you can apply next time The acetabulum is a cup-shaped part of the pelvis The ball-shaped femoral head (the tip of the femur or thighbone) fits into the acetabulum to form the hip joint Analgesia is the reduction of pain by a method in which a patient remains conscious (as opposed to being put unconscious Arthritis is a disease in which inflammation in a joint causes pain and stiffness that can limit a person's movement Arthroplasty is an orthopedic surgery to fix or rebuild a joint (where two or more bones meet Arthroplasty usually involves removing the surface of a bone at the point where it joins another and replacing that surface with an artificial implant A hemiarthroplasty is when only one of the bones in a joint is resurfaced or replaced In a total joint arthroplasty (also called total joint replacement) fiberoptic tool fixed with a small camera and used to visually examine the inside of a joint Specially designed arthroscopic surgical tools are also used to perform minimally invasive joint surgery Articular means of or related to the joint articular cartilage refers to cartilage of a joint An autoantibody is an antibody produced by a person's immune system to attack the body's own natural tissues or proteins It is caused by an abnormal response by the immune system which misidentifies the body's natural tissue as a harmful external invader (such as a harmful bacteria or virus) A black box warning (sometimes also called a "boxed warning") is the strictest prescription drug warning label required by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) The FDA requires pharmaceutical makers to apply these warnings on any prescription drug in which medical studies have demonstrated a significant associated health risk It is a normal function of the body to stop bleeding at the surface But when a blood clot incorrectly forms inside an artery or vein it can decrease the flow of blood and create dangerous health problems Also called an "osteophyte," a bone supr is a protruding bony overgrowth that forms at the edge of a bone It often forms at a joint where two bones meet A bursa is a fluid-filled sac that provides cushioninng between bones and tendons and other soft tissues In a synovial joint such as the knee or shoulder a synovial bursa reduces friction between the bones and soft tissues of the joint a fluid-filled sac that provides cushioninng between bones and tendons and other soft tissues treatment and medical follow-up of a single patient rather than a broad study of multiple patients Sometimes also called "clinical series," a case series is a type of medical research study that either tracks patients with a known exposure (such as patients who have received a similar treatment) or examines their medical records for exposure and outcome Congenital means existing since birth rather than developing or becoming acquired during one\'s lifetime connects and/or separates various parts of the body cartilage and other tissues found in and around the joints and major organs Contraindication refers to something a person has (such as a symptom disease or medication regimen) that makes it inadvisable for them to receive a particular medical treatment or procedure because of possible complications or ill effects Fascia is a fibrous band or sheet of connective tissue that encloses and separates muscles or organs in the body The femoral head is a ball-shaped portion of bone located at the top of the femur (thighbone) This is also referred to as the head of the femur A femoral osteotomy is an osteotomy (surgical cutting or removing of bone) of the femur (thighbone) performed to correct deformities or other conditions of the femur or the hip joint Flexion is the bending of a limb at the joint which is the straightening of a limb at the joint.) Flexion can also refer to the forward raising of the arm (at the shoulder joint) or leg (at the hip joint) Long bones are category of bones that are longer than they are wide It includes the clavicle (collar bone) as well as several bones that compose the limbs (arms and legs) "short bones," such as the patella (kneecap) A lumbar puncture (also called a spinal tap) is a procedure in which a syringe needle is inserted between two vertebrae (spine bones) in the lumbar section of the spine (lower back) The needle is then used to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid for laboratory testing "menisci") is a pad of fibrocartilage inside a joint It provides cushioning and protect to the joint contains two menisci: A medial meniscus (located on the inner side of the knee) and a lateral meniscus (located on the outer side) Microsurgery is an intricate surgery that is performed under a microscope using miniature instruments A mouse model is the use of specially bred mice to study a human disease or condition Mice are the most common animal model used to study human disease because they are biologically similar to humans sharing virtually the same set of genes (on average the protein-coding regions of the mouse and human genomes are 85% identical) mice and humans contract many of the same diseases A myelogram is an imaging procedure in which a needle is inserted into the spinal canal to inject iodine that contains a contrast agent (or "contrast medium"into the sac that contains the spinal cord and nerve roots The contrast agent increases the color contrast of the body structures and fluids in order to enhance the images This helps the radiologist identify problems and make a diagnosis Neurological deficit is an abnormal or decreased bodily function caused by damage to nerves Such deficits can include symptoms such as loss of speech A neuroma is a tumor or mass of nerve fibers or other tissue that grows out from a nerve Neuropathic pain is pain caused by damage to or disease of the nervous system rather than by the stimulation of pain receptors from an outside force (such as fire An ossicle is a term used usually to describe a small calcification adjacent to a bone An osteoid is the precursor to bone tissue As calcium and other minerals deposit into the osteoid immature or "woven" bone is formed more commonly called a "bone spur," is a protruding An osteotomy is the surgical cutting or removing of a piece of bone Parry-Romberg syndrome is a progressive shrinkage and degeneration of tissues under the skin of the face usually only on one side (known as "facial hemiatrophy" or "hemifacial atrophy") facia tissue and even bone in the skull may degenerate Periarticular means located around an articular joint in the body Perioperative medicine is the medical care for surgery patients before and after their surgical procedure not including the medical care provided during the procedure itself This care continues through to the end of recovery Proprioception is sensory function that allows a person to determine the position of their body or a part of their body in space Sensory receptors called proprioceptors receive stimuli and send signals to the brain to help a person maintaining balance It is related to but slightly different from kinesthesia Recrudescence is the renewed outbreak of a disease after a period of inactivity Reduction is the physical realignment of a body part (such as a dislocated or broken bone) to its correct position Reduction can be done surgically (open reduction) or nonsurgically (closed reduction) for example when setting a broken bone by hand Remission is a period during which a person with a chronic illness experiences few or no signs or symptoms of that condition As opposed being "cured," having or being in a "remission" means that the condition symptoms could return The physical circumstances that are considered to be a "remission" vary from disease to disease A reoperation is a repeated surgery or additional surgery for the same condition A reoperation may be done to correct a problem not fixed during the original surgery or for new problems that occur as a result of the first surgery The reward center is the brain's mesolimbic pathway a set of neurons that synthesize and release dopamine a chemical that regulates desire and motivation in response to a stimulus Sarcopenia is a syndrome encompassing loss of muscle mass It can be measured by a bone density exam (DEXA) evaluation begins with a nutrition assessment Patients may benefit from a physical therapy or rehab program Sedimentation rate (sometimes abbreviated as “sed rate” and also known as “erythrocyte sedimentation rate” or ESR) is a blood test used to measure inflammation in the body The test measures how quickly red blood cells (erythrocytes) sink to the bottom of a test tube since it can be elevated in cases of infection the test is used to help diagnose inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and to monitor the degree of inflammation in those conditions over time A self-protein is a protein that is normally produced by a person's body A person's immune system should be tolerant of self-proteins If the immune system misidentifies a self-protein as an external harmful invader (such as an infectious bacteria) A syndrome is a group of symptoms that appear to be related to one another and characterize a health condition ''Systemic'' refers to something that affects the whole body An autoimmune disorder (or autoimmune disease) is where the immune system which normally protects the body from outside invaders such as harmful bacteria mistakenly attacks body tissues as though they were harmful invaders Tendinosis (also sometimes spelled "tendonosis") is the degeneration of a tendon Investigative stories and local news updates Coverage of the Hawaiʻi State legislature in 2025 Award winning in-depth reports and featured on-going series Get the week’s news delivered straight to your inbox The state school board plans to discuss education reform Tuesday A revised federal law will transfer some power to individual states to determine how their schools should be reformed – and Hawaii principals want a piece of the action Since last spring, the state has been preparing for the Every Student Succeeds Act which is required to be fully implemented in the 2017-18 school year Even as the state Department of Education and a governor’s task force pursue reform plans almost simultaneously the principals have been holding their own forums to talk about what changes are needed in the islands’ public schools “ESSA is really an opportunity for principals to have access to resources to help us to raise student achievement,” said Naomi Matsuzaki, a retired principal and Hawaii executive director of the National Association of Elementary School Principals are “mentioned 167 times in the law.” The principals hope they will be able to help their teachers and schools better understand why certain ESSA-related reforms are enacted and be more unified in carrying them out and they may be making headway in having their input considered ultimately creating a Hawaii “blueprint” for public education –  from early learning to K-12 to higher education Final drafts of both plans are set to be discussed at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting and are meant to be incorporated into the state’s ESSA implementation plan a document that needs to be submitted to the U.S Department of Education in the spring to receive federal funding The Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind a law that some principals felt was restrictive and punitive principal of Washington Middle School in Honolulu Under the old act, students had to be tested every year from third to eighth grades in math and English They also had to be tested in science at least once in elementary Schools were required to improve their students’ performance – in fact, the act required that students be 100 percent proficient in reading and math by the end of the 2013-14 school year – and their test results were tied to educators’ evaluations “Half of my evaluation is not met because my test scores doesn’t meet the appropriate level of proficiency,” Harano said. “I’m the principal of the year ESSA will transfer power back to the states to decide how schools should be held accountable and supported how educators should be evaluated and how students should be tested we feel that we have a better say in what we’re going to do – how is education going to be reformed,” Harano said students will still need to be tested in the same grades and subject areas that NCLB required but states can determine when and how they administer those tests in addition to what kind of assessments they use but to really be committed to what we are trying to do we feel that we need to be involved in the total process all the way to implementation.” — Michael Harano states can set their own goals in measuring academic achievement Taking advantage of the opportunity ESSA provides the states the Hawaii Association of Secondary School Administrators and the Hawaii Elementary and Middle School Administrators Association teamed up to start holding the forums at the beginning of this school year The group of 40 to 50 principals and vice principals focused on what they considered to be the seven main areas that the law is designed to support: curriculum standards the group identified what an ideal situation would be what prevents educators and students from reaching that ideal situation and a possible solution to overcome that challenge Take school-level accountability as an example could develop measures besides standardized tests to assess how their students are doing school leaders don’t know much about the options available to develop their own system By identifying why schools may struggle with developing their own accountability systems — and a solution to that problem such as providing training and mentoring for principals and teachers – leaders can make better decisions about what they decide to put in place ESSA also requires that states adopt challenging academic standards in reading math and science that are aligned to requirements to enter college and to technical standards But teachers don’t have time to meet with other colleagues to help them deconstruct and implement curriculum standards and determine appropriate evaluations is to have a system in every school where teachers can regularly meet with each other and a coach to better understand the standards and review their assessment data they can figure out what instructional strategies would be appropriate to use Principals at the forums said they want support in and outside the DOE because they often don’t know what’s allowed principals seek support outside the DOE because community members tend to be more attuned to what’s going to work for their children That’s something she did when she was principal of Kahaluu Elementary School Community organizations were involved in having culturally appropriate programs within the school so students could understand and apply what they learned to real-life situations The DOE and the governor’s ESSA task force also held meetings with community members and stakeholders and while there were opportunities to participate some principals felt their voices were not sufficiently heard “It felt like something that was developed for me not developed by me and my school,” Harano said at a recent Board of Education meeting where he gave a presentation on the group’s progress chairman of the governor’s ESSA task force and a BOE member said he supports the principals’ work because they’re doing it independently of the BOE “We want to make sure that in the future that the system provides meaningful ways for teachers to have input for the students to have input,” Galera said While information and strategies resulting from the forums will be used by the principals and vice principals for planning at their own schools the group also shared its results with DOE leadership so it can be part of the state’s ESSA plan principal of Kalakaua Middle School and president of the Hawaii Association of Secondary School Administrators I wanted to advocate that there would be a strong base for those 21st century skills that would naturally foster innovation and creativity in schools.” — Debra Hatada assistant superintendent for the Office of Strategy said information from the principal forums has been incorporated into the state’s strategic plan said she attended meetings held by the DOE and the governor’s task force Hatada said she wants to see the state’s accountability system look at the whole child “When you think about innovation and creativity it’s not only measured by achievement scores but a big part of having students who are innovative and creative is working on those soft skills,” she said I wanted to advocate that there would be a strong base for those 21st century skills that would naturally foster innovation and creativity in schools.” Unfortunately, being named a finalist for a Pulitzer prize doesn’t make us immune to financial pressures. The fact is, our revenue hasn’t kept pace with our need to grow, and we need your help Civil Beat is a nonprofit, reader-supported newsroom based in Hawaiʻi. We’re looking to build a more resilient, diverse and deeply impactful media landscape, and we hope you’ll help by supporting our essential journalism Civil Beat has been named the best overall news site in Hawaii for the 14th year in a row by the Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii Chapter including the clear benefits to their physical health But running can also have some unexpected downsides in children “Running is such a repetitive motion,” says Yukiko Matsuzaki, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, a clinical specialist in orthopedic and sports physical therapy in Pediatric Rehabilitation at HSS where you're performing different movements and going in different directions all the time running is just one movement repeated over and over again.” kids’ bones grow faster than their muscles lengthen so their muscles are often tighter as a result They can also have decreased coordination and weakness All this adds up to an increased risk for injury While research-based guidelines about kids and running are remarkably lacking Here are some tips to help your child enjoy running injury free encourage your kids to do the following exercises One to three sets of 10 repetitions of each exercise (on each side if applicable) a few times a week is enough Kids are more concerned with the newest and coolest and what’s on trend but that’s not as important as choosing a shoe that matches their specific foot type Matsuzaki suggests a visit to a specialty running shoe store these stores have a treadmill on-site so they can watch your child run and recommend the best shoe to match their gait it’s a good idea to bring a pair of their old shoes so the experts can evaluate the wear pattern on the tread Kids are not great at delayed gratification pulling a muscle or injuring a bone or joint A dynamic warm-up before the run allows the heart rate to raise comfortably and gives the body a chance to ease into a sustainable running rhythm “Stretching a muscle before exercise will actually hinder performance,” she adds “Imagine a hair tie; if it’s overstretched You need some tension to generate power and speed.” Post-run stretching helps to loosen the muscles and joints and reduce soreness later in which your child holds each stretch for 20 to 30 seconds I think it’s really good for every runner,” Matsuzaki says While many kid runners may be focused on maintaining a healthy weight it’s also important that they get enough nutrients “A low-calorie intake is highly correlated with injuries,” says Matsuzaki but they need it to help their bodies recover,” she says “I tell my athletes to aim for at least seven to eight hours of sleep and even nine if they’re in competitive training season.” While little research exists on the right distance to run for kids in each age group Matsuzaki says that even the youngest runners can be involved in a 100-yard “fun run,” where little to no training is necessary Most tweens can probably safely attempt a 5K you also want to consider the total mileage of training and not be pressured by coaches or parents Each athlete is different in what they can handle and it’s not just the physical that’s important “Kids are under all sorts of pressures these days so ideally running would not cause them more stress,” she adds Metrics details Here we show that repetitive quantum-like photorelease (uncaging) of glutamate induces a rapid and selective enlargement of stimulated spines that is transient in large mushroom spines but persistent in small spines Spine enlargement is associated with an increase in AMPA-receptor-mediated currents at the stimulated synapse and is dependent on NMDA receptors Long-lasting spine enlargement also requires Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II Our results thus indicate that spines individually follow Hebb's postulate for learning They further suggest that small spines are preferential sites for long-term potentiation induction whereas large spines might represent physical traces of long-term memory 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authors declare that they have no competing financial interests This contains additional figures (Supplementary Figures 1-3) and descriptions of spine-head enlargement This file describes supplementary methods for estimation of spine-head volume This movie shows enlargement of the spine head shown in Figure 1a The stacked images were acquired every 3 to 16 min The horizontal white bar shows time of image acquisition Repetitive uncaging of MNI-glutamate was affected when the white square appears Download citation colivier pulp and paper, rubber industriestel. +41 22 304 1853tgrinter Alexander IvanouMaterials industries and ICT, electrical and electronics directortel. +41 22 308 5033aivanou Teuta KrilicRegional contact for Southest Europe tel. +385 14655711Teutak Amandine IwachowAdministrative coordinatortel aiwachow nleite Your browser does not support JavaScript, or it is disabled．Please check the site policy for more information National Report Actor Yoshitsugu Hattori came forward to say he was sexually abused as a child seven decades ago by the late talent agency impresario Johnny Kitagawa adding a new twist to a sordid saga that is rocking the entertainment world who accompanied Hattori at a news conference in Tokyo on July 15 said he suffered similar abuse at the hands of Kitagawa the founder of Johnny & Associates Inc who was an industry byword for nurturing male idols What makes the latest revelations so startling is that the victims the second son of noted composer Ryoichi Hattori said Kitagawa performed oral sex on him when he stayed at his home Hattori said he was sexually abused around 100 times by Kitagawa over the course of two and a half years who helped his father’s activities immediately after World War II was a frequent visitor to the Hattori home Ryoichi Hattori received the People’s Honor Award after his death in January 1993 He said he was subjected to similar abuse--on 40 or 50 occasions over an 18-month period--when Kitagawa took him in his car to movies and plays Hattori said he felt compelled to disclose his experience after seeing former members of Johnny & Associates talk about their anguish in public “Japan’s entire entertainment industry should take the scandal more seriously,” he said “We cannot bring this problem to a close unless legal measures are put in place to enable authorities to punish a crime as a crime.” ex-Johnny member adds his name to petition Johnny’s panel won’t uncover extent of abuse by Kitagawa Ex-idol says he suffered sexual abuse by showbiz don Kitagawa Ex-idol: Johnny’s apology over sex scandal an act of desperation Former Johnny’s idol stresses need for celebrities to reveal abuse Media companies accept criticism for silence on Kitagawa abuse Information on the latest cherry blossom conditions Please right click to use your browser’s translation function.) A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II In-house News and Messages No reproduction or republication without written permission Fumikazu Matsuzaki saw his business take a one-two punch from the coronavirus pandemic His 40-year career in the "hanko" seal game was put suddenly in peril when the traditional document formalization procedure became the target of criticism for its inherent inefficiencies particularly as more people were forced to work remotely Many in Japan called for the long-held practice of authorizing and formalizing documents via red stamped seals to be abolished Then Matsuzaki lost his international revenue stream when sales of his tailor-made hanko for foreigners dried up due to a slump in visitors and tourists who normally ordered them as unique and personalized souvenirs or gifts Forced to search for new business with his customers now stuck at home Matsuzaki latched onto a novel idea: making digital hanko "I was down in the dumps because you see something that you've done for 40 years suddenly labeled as 'not needed anymore,'" said Matsuzaki a third-generation hanko shop owner in Tokyo "But it's also true that I got out of that negativity and took a different look at life because of the hanko." The spread of the novel coronavirus in Japan has prompted the government to call for more people to work from home to reduce the risk of infection With an increasing number of companies acquiescing hanko were thrust into the spotlight when complaints began surfacing from people forced to physically go to their office simply to make their mark on a contract or other document Matsuzaki says the deep-rooted hanko tradition should not be solely blamed for Japan's seemingly backward reliance on paper and ink he acknowledges the time is likely ripe for reassessment "I don't deny there may be cases in which hanko are not necessary What needs to be done is to rethink what is necessary and what is not in Japan's hanko-dependent system," said the 61-year-old the absence of hanko marks does not invalidate a contract unless specifically mentioned including the powerful Japan Business Federation to move toward a system in which digital documents can be considered official governor of Yamanashi Prefecture in central Japan was quick to express displeasure with the sudden shift "Despite calls for electronic verification I believe seals should be respected as showing the identity of an organization or a person or as a symbol of trust," the governor told a prefectural assembly session in June Japanese use hanko seals to authenticate contracts and other important documents a practice that some critics say has kept companies drowning in a sea of paper It sells handmade hanko made by craftsmen who spend weeks carefully carving the delicate pieces Japanese people often register such seals with authorities as a way of identification and use them on important occasions such as buying a house or car and not all are laboriously carved by a person more everyday hanko can be produced by machine in around half an hour at Matsuzaki's store Matsuzaki says the pandemic has not caused a sudden change in demand for hanko at his store apart from the drop off in customers from abroad Japan was temporarily put under a nationwide state of emergency in April and May with the government requesting that people refrain from nonessential outings "I was worried (about the future) around April because hanko seals were being treated as something bad "Then I thought I should make something people want to buy Even though we are faced with this strong headwind at home I thought I should spread the tradition more." He decided to digitalize "dual hanko," or wooden stamps on which non-Japanese names are engraved in both Japanese kanji characters and the alphabet Bunbukudo Inbo had sold around 800 wooden stamps since the launch of the series in 2017 would require no visit to the shop with no risk of coronavirus infection Every hanko design is unique because he creates it based on a customer's choice of font and kanji characters that sound close to the original foreign name Prices range from 2,750 yen ($25.70) to 3,300 yen and Matsuzaki hopes the digital stamps can be used for various purposes including profile pictures on social media It is still uncertain how the debate over the hanko tradition will unfold and what it would mean to shops like Matsuzaki's in the long run sales of Japanese hanko seals far exceed those of dual ones who has not groomed anyone to take over from him in the business I'd never gotten the idea of digitalizing dual hanko "I will have to explore what I can offer as a hanko shop to society in the new era Japanese university ends seal-stamping custom to promote telework Japan to review seal-stamping custom to better contain coronavirus University students launch COVID-19 multilingual support project To have the latest news and stories delivered to your inbox Simply enter your email address below and an email will be sent through which to complete your subscription Please check your inbox for a confirmation email Thank you for reaching out to us.We will get back to you as soon as possible If you're a skier, odds are at some point, you've taken a mighty spill. It's tough to avoid, even if you're an expert. "Skiing is a thrilling experience, but there are some risks," says Yukiko Matsuzaki many injuries are related to factors that are within your control like your physical conditioning or decisions you make on the slopes particularly if you haven't been very active recently try these tips to prepare your body for an injury-free trip "Skiing requires a lot of endurance and strength," says Matsuzaki It's important to begin working on it four to six weeks before your trip—not the week before Stair climbing can be helpful because it recruits many of the muscles used in skiing "Try to start at 10 to 15 minutes at a moderate pace focus on the muscles that stabilize the knees: your quadriceps (front thigh muscle) hamstrings (back thigh muscle) and glutes (butt) "The best exercises that I recommend for skiers are things like squats "You can use weights or bands to add resistance." She recommends one to three sets of eight to 12 repetitions "If you don't have time to do all of it at the same time you can always break it up into a few exercises one day and others the next." hip activation exercises—do them for a few weeks before you ski again," she adds These are helpful even if you're injury free "Balance exercises are particularly important in skiing because you're on a slippery surface," says Matsuzaki It's a matter of being able to adjust to quick movements or absorb uneven impact while keeping yourself upright start by standing on one leg on a flat surface you can make it more difficult by closing your eyes or standing on an uneven surface (Just be sure you're ready before you progress.) If you can't remember the last time your gear was checked to be sure it fits you properly You should get your gear checked once a year "You don't want your bindings too tight or too loose either of which can cause injury." If your gear doesn't fit you anymore can happen because your body cannot get into certain positions or you're not flexible enough to move in a certain way start by doing dynamic stretches like arm swings warm up your whole body with jumping jacks "Just enough to get your heart rate up," says Matsuzaki easy runs—especially if you haven't been skiing in a few years "A lot of people are inclined to start with the harder slopes so they don't waste their time," she adds "But they can act as part of your warm-up." Stretching at the end of your day is a good idea to loosen the muscles and joints hip flexors and glutes—is so much better than doing nothing," she says which means you hold the stretch for 30 seconds put it in your bag or throw it in your car It will help save you from so much soreness later on." That goes for kids and beginner skiers too but "it can help you learn the rules—not just of skiing but also of the slopes and what the different signs mean and who has the right of way," says Matsuzaki "These are all injury prevention strategies." Learning to fall properly is also helpful in avoiding injury in all parts of the body "Shoulder injuries are pretty common because in order to break a fall most people will reach out and fall on an outstretched hand," she says "A lesson can help you learn to avoid that." Skiing takes up quite a bit of calories and energy Things like fatigue and dehydration increase your chances of getting hurt "A lot of injuries happen toward the end of the day in that very last run that you want to squeeze in," says Matsuzaki or stop." That also goes for tackling runs above your current ability level because friends are on them or because you used to be able to do them with ease As Hawaii’s 2013 Distinguished Principal (and a finalist for Island Insurance’s leadership excellence award) the veteran educator and product of Castle High and Ben Parker Elementary herself came “down” from an administrative post to tackle struggling Kahaluu Elementary School a few years ago and she has been harvesting crops of healthier scholars ever since Principal Naomi Matsuzaki is surrounded by her family at the April 28 Distinguished Principal awards luncheon: (front She and other state winners will be honored in October at the nation's capitol And they’re edging closer to that name all the time Kahaluu scored at 46 percent in reading proficiency and 37 percent in math Now in “unconditional good standing,” her scholars’ 2013 scores at are an impressive 86 percent in reading “Making the difference are the part-time teachers vocabulary study and online practice for two hours each day,” she said she lists other partners who support the school: Punahou’s Pueo program that brings 10 new Kahaluu scholars each year to its summer school following up until they all graduate from Castle High; KEY Project and the adjacent city park for integrated academics wellness and cultural programs; and a group of five area churches that donate supplies and extras whenever asked Then there’s her enthusiastic parent resource teacher Melanie Asualo who makes parents comfortable coming to campus; Eldean Kukahiko who directs the ukulele band for pride and good music; her outstanding faculty “It’s a great place to learn,” Matsuzaki said “and I wanted to finish my career in a school where I love to be It has everything here I need: My two grandchildren are being taught well acceptance of all backgrounds – it’s been a wonderful journey.” as daughter (and Kahaluu school parent) Wendy is principal at Waiahole Elementary There’s still a lot of work to be done My biggest challenge now is helping the parents understand the importance of attendance We have the lowest attendance rate in the state or are pulled out early for parents’ convenience But it really disadvantages the kids and they cannot get that time back.” As the choice of a panel of Hawaii school administrators Matsuzaki will attend the National Association of Elementary School Principals’ conference in October in Washington as well as a black-tie awards dinner and dance “When I told my husband about the awards dinner he said: ‘Do I have to wear a tuxedo?’ ” (The principal answered yes.) One more plug for the ukulele band: Buy the May Day video for $5 at the school by Friday and you can help fund their trip to Disneyland and California Adventure with King Intermediate School’s band the scholars also will visit two area schools to share poi pounding