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Tokugawa and the Masters
Schedule of the Events
14:00 Narimasa Tokugawa's Public Lecture
Venue: Georgian National Museum (3/10 Shota Rustaveli Ave.)
16:00 Sakaida Kakiemon's Public Lecture
Venue: Georgian Folk Art Museum (28 Shalva Dadiani Str.)
17:00 Opening of the Kakiemon Exhibition & Tea Ceremony (Naoko Matsudaira)
12:00 Tea Ceremony (Naoko Matsudaira)
Shodo (Koshu (Akemi Lucas)
Venue: National Botanical Garden of Georgia (1 Botanikuri Str.)
Venue: Tbilisi State University, I Building, 115 Auditorium (1 Chavchavadze Ave.)
14:00 Meeting with Sakaida Kakiemon & Tea Ceremony (Naoko Matsudaira)
16:00 Shodo (Koshu (Akemi Lucas)
Venue: Georgian National Center of Manuscripts (3 Merab Alexidze Str.)
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Masters' Profiles
Narimasa Tokugawa's Profile
Tokugawa Narimas a (born in 1958) is 15th Head of Mito branch of Tokugawa Shognate Family. He is currently acting as an executive advisor to Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance Company (Tokio Marine) as well as President & Director of Tokugawa Museum in Mito city, where the last Shogun come from. He also holds various honorary roles such as, Councilor of Tokugawa Memorial Foundation, Director of Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation, Director of Santokuan (Dainihon Tea Ceremony Society), Councilor of Yamashina Institute for Ornithology chaired by HIH Prince Akishino, Head of Metropolitan Police Department and Director of the International Education Center. His grandfather, Tokugawa Kuniyori, greatly contributed in building a modern country of Japan and took a very vital role as President of the House of Loards and President of Japan Red Cross. His grandmother is 11th daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu who is the last Shōgun.
Narimasa Tokugawa joined Tokio Marine in 1980 fresh from Keio University, and took active roles of the company as Deputy Head of Corporate Planning Department, Head of General Affairs Department and Executive Officer of the Tokio Marine Group.
Tokugawa Shogunate era, so called "Edo era" after the old name of Tokyo, lasted for 265 years until Meiji Revolution abolishing feudal Shognate in 1868. Being strongly influenced by the culture of the neighboring China and Korea, Japan had assimilated foreign cultures and developed a unique and distinctive culture centered on the Emperors and the Shoguns. Japan could enjoy its sovereignty of Emperor under Tokugawa Shogunate regime thanks to "isolation policy" from foreign countries. Unique Edo culture was emerged and developed under this peculiar period of peace.
While there was no war with foreign countries during Edo period, the end of the "isolation policy" at the strong demands of the western super powers brought the division of the regime and caused the civil war supported by foreign powers at the end of the Edo period, with France on the side of Shogunate and Britain standing for the opposition. Thus then Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, made a decisive judgment to peacefully turn over his power to the Emperor Meiji at its head. His wisdom avoided a major military conflict in Japan and a colonization by the foreign powers.
Sakaida Kakiemon's Profile
Sakaida Kakiemon was born in 1968 in Saga prefecture, western part of Kyushu Island, which is very famous for "Aritayaki" porcelain since 16th century. He studied Japanese painting at Tama Art University and started being apprenticed to his father, Sakaida Kakiemon; 14th Head of the Kakiemon Family in 1994. He has demonstrated a matured techniques and produced many masterpieces which won awards at Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibitions. He succeeded to the name of "Kakiemon" in 1994 and has continued a challenge for new works preserving a tradition with new concept and tastes.
He serves as Secretary of western branch of the Japan Traditional Crafts Association, Deputy Chairman of the Saga Prefecture Crafts Association, Visiting Professor of the Graduate School of Art at Kyushu Tech University and Visiting Professor of the Faculty of Art and Regional Design at Saga University.
Producing of ceramics became popular in Arita region after discovering white porcelain clay in Izumiyama, Arita in 1616. In 1640, Sakaida Kakiemon (first generation) invented red color on milk-white body with simple, asymmetric design and it has been called as "Kakiemon"; one of the most prestigious crafts in Japan. Kakiemon popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain and he had tirelessly produced new works in an attempt to challenge the new techniques for beauty quest since then. Early Kakiemon was influenced by bases popular in Chinese Ming dynasty, but Kakiemon has gradually developed and establishes its unique styles and patterns based on the traditional Japanese sense of beauty.
Kakiemon Porcelains were largely exported into Europe by The Dutch East India Company and its red color with unique design provoked a European frenzy since late 17th century.In the beginning of 18th century, many European enamel craftsmen tried to copy Kakiemon red color and design in their own kilns. Kakiemon has greatly influenced Meissen (East Germany), Delft (western Netherlands) and Chantilly (northern France), and you still can see the European Kakiemon even in today.
Kakiemon has never stopped questing of beauty with innovative techniques for 370 years since the first generation. 15th Head of Kakiemon is very proud of demonstrating his works in Georgia.
Naoko Matsudaira's Profile
Naoko Matsudaira was born in Hyogo prefecture in 1944 and currently serves as one of the masters at "Ura Senke" school of Japanese tea ceremony. She married Hidehisa Matsudaira who is the 13th Head of Matsudaira clan, one of the oldest Japanese Samurai clan and also the influential branch of Tokugawa Mito family.
The Japanese tea ceremony is a traditional form of serving powdered green tea. The traditional tea service in ritual fashion was originally introduced from China in the 11-12th century and gradually spread and expanded among Buddhist institutions, samurai warriors and rich merchant classes. It reached a new level of sophistication under the tea master "Sen no Rikyu" in 16th Century.
In inviting guests to a tea ceremony, the host always takes utmost care in preparation of the tea room, adjacent garden, tea utensils and provision of simple dishes or cakes in the room. The famous idiom "Ichi-go Ichi-e" is derived from the spirit of tea ceremonies, describing the cultural concept of treasuring meetings with people in a "for this time only", "never happened again" or "one chance in lifetime" way.
The tea ceremony is distinguished from other art forms in that it has taken a simple everyday activity (tea drinking) and elevated it to the level of an art embodying the beauty of form.
Ura Senke is one of the branches of "Sen no Rikyu" and currently holds the largest school for tea ceremony in Japan.
Koshu's (Akemi Lucas) Profile
Akemi was born in Mito,Yamaguchi Prefecture. She embarked on her journey as a calligrapher at the age of 8, when her mother sent her to Calligraphy school to improve her writing, which had been compromised from losing sight in her left eye. Here, she was taught under Master Seizan Fujimoto, whose lineage is traced back to a well-known calligrapher of the Meiji period, Meikaku Kusakabe. At the age of 16, she started learning the style of Mr Goseki Nishiwaki through the Bunka Calligraphy association in Tokyo, over time, learning diverse styles of calligraphy used by other well-known calligraphers.
At the age of 24, Akemi was qualified as a calligraphy teacher and given the name "Koshu" by her Master Seizan. The following year after her return from the UK where she had studied English, she set up her own school to teach Calligraphy and English. During this time, she held her first solo exhibition in Japan and continued to learn sumi painting, seal making, scroll making, and gain qualifications in certificate-form writing and pen writing. With this extensive training, she developed her unique method of writing, the "Hakufu technique" (3D writing), guiding the viewer through her journey of life, each stroke with a soul of its own. She followed Seizan till his last breath, standing by his message, to never neglect the beginner's mind.
In 2001, Akemi moved to the UK to re-start her calligraphy courses in the UK as "Koshu Japanese Art". As a teacher, she focuses on bringing out the individuality of each student through their art. She is currently instructing a number of students through the grading of Bunka Calligraphy Association in Tokyo, with 7 students qualified as Calligraphy teachers, and 5 Dan holders in both brush and pen calligraphy. Since, she has held several student exhibitions to demonstrate their work.
Koshu gained international recognition as a Japanese artist through her solo exhibition in 2013, held in London, which coincided with the publication of her art book "Love and Dream". With this, she has been running numerous workshops in calligraphy, sumi painting and seal making. In July 2015 and 2016, she was invited to exhibit her artwork and carry out demonstrations at an art event "Art in Action" in Oxford. In October 2016, she was invited to hold a solo exhibition as a part of 110 years' anniversary event of the former British Consulate in Japan, receiving recognition as a Japanese artist in the UK. This exhibition was titled, "the heart of the flower" after one of her signature artworks portraying the life of a Lotus flower. Through this exhibition, Koshu made many appearances on Japanese TV, strongly connecting her to the origin of her calligraphy. From September to December 2017, Koshu's artwork was exhibited at the Calligraphers in Conversation at the San Francisco Public Library, where she also held demonstrations. This year, she was invited to demonstrate her work at the Hanami Festival in Kent, a team-building seminar for a Japanese Pharmaceuticals in Berkshire, Cowden Japanese Garden in Scotland, and the Will Adams festival in Kent. Koshu also undertakes commissioned works, the most recent of which is the label of a newly launched craft gin, Kokoro, which received a Gold Award in Design in 2018.


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Vol. 65 (May 2016) by Editors
Thirty years have passed since the catastrophic accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant happened. The multi-state country that once housed the plant – the Soviet Union – has since broken up into fifteen nation states; the iron curtain has rusted and traveled eastward. Such major geopolitical changes brought a reassessment of memory culture along ideological and national lines. Many Ukrainians today perceive the accident as a catastrophe bestowed upon them by others, while Belorussians and Russians have their own respective memory cultures surrounding the accident. Time, too, has had its say. As with many catastrophes, the first phase of dealing with Chernobyl revolved around the "why", with victims, relatives and the public searching for answers to what caused the catastrophe. Gradually, a memory culture developed that has dealt with the consequences of the disaster – with death, sorrow and trauma. This second phase, though resisting closure and potentially never-ending, has been complemented and in some cases supplanted by a third phase of normalization, in which the erstwhile inevitability of the catastrophe is broken by the passage of time and lives. Because the experience of Chernobyl is deeply fragmented and its causes are so complex, all three phases are still latent today. This month's issue of our journal, which is being published on the occasion of the 30th centenary of the catastrophe, seeks to unearth the way in which these three phases interact in order to better understand both Chernobyl and those who are remembering it.
Daniel Fuller looks at the way a Ukrainian computer game transfigured folkloric processes of remembering, drawing parallels to Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker. Ivette Löcker reflects on representability and memory in her review of Pol Cruchten's latest documentary Voices from Chernobyl. Ukrainian scholar Tetyana Ostapchuk locates negative national stereotypes in popular US-American productions about Chernobyl ranging from X-Files to the Die Hard franchise. Jack Page looks at Chad Gracia's Russian Woodpecker documentary, which situates the Chernobyl disaster within the context of the recent political upheaval in Ukraine. Finally, Ana Riberio analyzes the transnational aspects of Michale Boganim's Land of Oblivion. Our Chernobyl special also features an interview with nuclear energy expert Sonja Schmid, who speaks about the multiple causes for Chernobyl, the politics of nuclear energy and the myth of a unified Chernobyl experience.
Chad Gracia's The Russian Woodpecker (2015)
Pol Cruchten's Voices from Chernobyl (La supplication, 2015)
Popular U.S. American Cinematographic Depictions of Chernobyl
Wojciech Staroń's Brothers (Bracia, 2015)
Chernobyl Issue


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import utils.BinaryUtils.ClonotypeBinaryUtils.ClonotypeBinary;
import utils.BinaryUtils.ClonotypeBinaryUtils.ClonotypeBinaryUtils;

import static com.antigenomics.vdjtools.misc.CommonUtil.inFrame;
import static com.antigenomics.vdjtools.misc.CommonUtil.noStop;

public class BinaryClonotypeNonFunctionalFilter  extends BinaryClonotypeFilter {

    public BinaryClonotypeNonFunctionalFilter() {
        super();
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean checkPass(ClonotypeBinary clonotype) {
        String seq = ClonotypeBinaryUtils.byteToString(clonotype.getCdr3aa());

        return !inFrame(seq) || !noStop(seq);
    }
}

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Q: Issue Building Rally Query that Returns Dates for Status Changes I am trying to build a rally query in the rally UI that shows the date a particular status has changed for custom fields. I can see when an item has been accepted with "AcceptedDate" but I cannot return the date a rally item has changed from a custom field. For instance -
(c_KanbanState = "Idea", lastupdate = beforetoday)

How could I accomplish this and what would the proper syntax be?
Thanks!

A: Just checked and it appears to work for me with a little modification:
((c_KanbanState = "Idea") AND (LastUpdateDate >= "lastweek"))

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Zanbal – Visiting the Graves of the Righteous
Nurulain Wolhuter tells of how visiting the righteous dead is a blessed act for those who seek to make their hearts alive.
The place is Zanbal, the resting place of the Ba'alawi family of descendants of the Prophet in Tarim, Yemen. The time is after asr. The sun is beating on the white sand that cushions the shoe-less feet of the visitors that silently wind their way through the cemetery – shoe-less out of respect for the righteous occupants of the graves, and also in order to receive the healing that the sand is said to provide. The sky is clear and silent, a regal reminder of the power of its Creator. The scent of perfume effuses the air, and Tarimi-style wreaths left by previous visitors are dotted around the graves.
The visitors stop first to greet Sayyid Muhammad al-Faqih al-Muqaddam and then his son, Ahmad. They read Sura Ya Sin quietly and make supplication. For newcomers, a brief biography of al-Faqih al-Muqaddam is read. Born in Tarim in 574 AH, he founded the Ba'alawi sufi order by drawing together the paths of Shaykh Abu Madyan and Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jaylani, and the way of his forefathers. (Buxton, Imams of the Valley) Tears start to well from the intensity of the experience of proximity to souls of this stature, as the visitors make their way to the graves of other great saints, like Imam al-Aydarus al-Akbar (born in Tarim in 811 AH). Known as the "sufi of his time," he contributed significantly to the development of the order. (Buxton)
Visiting the graves of these righteous people is a truly blessed experience. Our standard-bearer, the Beloved of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, used to visit graves. It is narrated that he visited the grave of his mother and he wept, and moved others around him to tears, and said, "I sought permission from my Lord to beg forgiveness for her but it was not granted to me, and I sought permission to visit her grave and it was granted to me. So visit the graves, for that makes you mindful of death." (Muslim) It is also narrated from Ibn Mas'ud (with a weak chain) that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, said, "I used to forbid you to visit the graves, but now visit them, for they will draw your attention away from this world and remind you of the Hereafter." (Sunan Ibn Majah)
In addition to drawing one closer to Allah and reminding one of the after-life, other blessings also flow from such a visit. Ibn al-Juruzi said that supplications are answered at the graves of the righteous, on known conditions. And Imam Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ali al-Baghdadi said (with a chain of transmission to Imam Shafi'i) that Imam Shafi'i said: "Indeed, I took blessings with Abu Hanifa and I came to his grave every day, visiting, and when a need befell me I prayed two rakat and came to his grave and asked Allah Most High for the need [while there] with him, and it wasn't long before it was met."
The visit culminates at the grave of Imam al-Haddad (born in Subayr in 1004 AH). Despite becoming blind at the age of four, he was a devoted caller to Allah. He used his many litanies and poems in aid of this cause, and became known as the mujaddid (renewer) of the 12th century AH, Allah have mercy on him. (Buxton)
Here, the visitors' souls unite in chanting the verses the Imam left for posterity. Verses that continue to inspire thousands to this day, :
يا عالم السر منا لا تهتك الستر عنا
وعافنا واعف عنا و كن لنا حيث كنا
O Knower of our secrets, do not remove (your) protective veil from us;
Exempt us, forgive us, and – wherever we are – be there for us.
The heart is soft there, open and vulnerable, and those who have visited will always remain somehow at one with it. As a lovely Tarimi lady put it: They're alive in their graves and they hear you, and if you love them, they love you.
For authoritative and established fatwas and arguments on the practice of visiting graves, see Nuh Ha Mim Keller, Reliance of the Traveller g.5.8; g.5.9;
نماذج من أدلة أهل السنة والجماعة في بعض المسائل التي يتعرض لها المبتدعة إعداد لجنة بدارالمصطفى .
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Supplicating and Visiting our Deceased
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Colonial By The Numbers
Annika Sorenstam may feel a bit overwhelmed. Nick Price may be overlooked. And Vijay Singh might have been overly criticized for being honest.
All in all, this weeks Bank of America Colonial may be over the top.
It all started late last year when Sorenstam was questioned as to whether she would play in a PGA Tour event if offered an invitation.
She said yes.
It began to build when she formally announced her decision, in February, to compete at Colonial Country Club, and become the first woman since Babe Zaharias, in 1945, to play in a PGA Tour event.
Media coverage and controversy converged to create a boulder rolling full steam, downhill in the direction of Ft. Worth, Texas.
But, for once, well focus on the event itself: Whos won it and what it takes to win.
This is the 56th edition of the Colonial, played at the 7,080-yard, par-70 venue dubbed Hogans Alley. Ben Hogan won the first two years the tournament was contested, in 1946 and 47, and claimed the title three more times thereafter.
Multiple winners are commonplace at Colonial. In addition to the Hawk, seven others have won this event on more than one occasion.
Price was the last to accomplish that feat. He put his name on the trophy first in 1994 and again last year. Price defeated David Toms and Kenny Perry by five shots to prevail a year ago.
And how did he do it? Driving accuracy; the statistic that has proven to be quite telling over the years at Colonial. And the area that may enable Annika to make the cut.
Colonial is a tight, doglegged layout, demanding precision. The kind of accuracy that helped push Price into the Hall of Fame.
Sorenstam will never be able to match the boys in the power department. Her driving average this year is an impressive 275.4 yards per pop. Thats good for second on the LPGA Tour, but it would rank her outside the top 150 on the PGA Tour.
On the other hand, her driving accuracy is 73.8 percent. That puts her in the top 40 on the LPGA (she was 5th a year ago) and near the top 10 on the mens circuit.
She also leads the women in greens hit in regulation, at a 76.5 rate. Such a percentage would also top the mens list.
And its in those two latter categories where the textbook Colonial winner does well.
Since 1980, the champion has an average tournament rank of 31.74 in driving distance, 11.78 in driving accuracy, and 8.57 in greens hit in regulation.
In that time frame, 16 of the 23 winners have ranked better that week in accuracy than in power. And 18 have done better in hitting greens in regulations than in the distance department.
Many have compared Sorenstam to the light hitting, but straight driving Corey Pavin, who won this event in 1985 and '96. When Pavin won his second Colonial title, he was 71st (out of 76 who made the cut) in the tournament in length, seventh in finding the fairways, and third in reaching the greens in regulation.
In 85, his tournament ranks read: 60th in distance, fourth in accuracy, third in G.I.R.
You might think that accuracy would normally be the dominating factor, at least in comparison to distance, in determining who wins on a weekly basis. But not in 2003.
Thus far this year, 14 of the 19 stroke-play winners on the PGA Tour have fared better in distance than in accuracy the week they won -- in terms of their tournament ranks -- including Vijay Singh in the EDS Byron Nelson Classic.
And, six times, the winner has done a better job of launching the ball off the tee than he did in reaching the green successfully.
Its around the greens, not off the tee, that may well determine Sorenstams fate. The Swede is averaging nearly 30 putts per round on the LPGA. Her 29.88 mark has her ranked just outside the top 60 on the LPGA. Such a number would have her outside the top 175 on the PGA Tour.
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