Ryu Sei Ken (�星剣), meaning "Dragon Star Sword", is a modern school of Kenjutsu. Ryu Sei Ken is taught all over the world in several different countries. Primarily schools are found in Japan, Korea and the United States. Ryu Sei Ken is part of the International Batto-do Shizan Association.
Wendy Chioji is an American news anchor/reporter for NBC-TV affiliate WESH-TV, Channel 2 in Orlando, Florida.
Biography
Wendy was born in Oxnard, California, but grew up primarily in Silver Spring, Maryland. She went to college at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
Miss Chioji has been with the station since 1988 as a reporter and an anchor.
Some of her best work was covering the pope's visit to Cuba in 1998, the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City in 2002, 12 hours of live reporting of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, and continuous coverage of the hurricanes in 2006.
Wendy won an Emmy award as part of a team that put together a WESH 2 News special report titled "A Heroin Emergency."
Personal life and interests
Wendy is active in many community causes. She's an officer of the board of Canine Companions for Independence, an agency that trains and provides service dogs for the disabled.
She is also on the advisory boards of the Hope and Help Center, a Central Florida AIDS service organization, and the Ripple Effect, an agency that helps homeless people.
She also does a lot of fundraising and volunteer work for the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the Tour of Hope. Two of her three cats (Spalding and Smudge) are from the Orange County SPCA. The third (Pee Wee) wandered into her backyard and refused to leave, so Wendy gave up and invited her in the house.
An avid runner who has competed in numerous run events, including the Boston Marathon and Disney Marathon, Wendy is also a survivor of Stage II breast cancer. She was diagnosed and treated in 2001. Her life goal now is to make the most of her second chance by conquering challenges and living strong.
Biography
Wendy was born in Oxnard, California, but grew up primarily in Silver Spring, Maryland. She went to college at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
Miss Chioji has been with the station since 1988 as a reporter and an anchor.
Some of her best work was covering the pope's visit to Cuba in 1998, the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City in 2002, 12 hours of live reporting of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, and continuous coverage of the hurricanes in 2006.
Wendy won an Emmy award as part of a team that put together a WESH 2 News special report titled "A Heroin Emergency."
Personal life and interests
Wendy is active in many community causes. She's an officer of the board of Canine Companions for Independence, an agency that trains and provides service dogs for the disabled.
She is also on the advisory boards of the Hope and Help Center, a Central Florida AIDS service organization, and the Ripple Effect, an agency that helps homeless people.
She also does a lot of fundraising and volunteer work for the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the Tour of Hope. Two of her three cats (Spalding and Smudge) are from the Orange County SPCA. The third (Pee Wee) wandered into her backyard and refused to leave, so Wendy gave up and invited her in the house.
An avid runner who has competed in numerous run events, including the Boston Marathon and Disney Marathon, Wendy is also a survivor of Stage II breast cancer. She was diagnosed and treated in 2001. Her life goal now is to make the most of her second chance by conquering challenges and living strong.
Michael Bateman, MCT, MCP and CEO/CTO of i-Ware CD Technologies, LLP (born August 23rd 1967) is a Technologist and the inventor of the Portable Media Operating System and a pioneer of Internet technologies.
Background
Michael Bateman was born in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, the youngest of three children, to John Bateman and Lucille Hunter. He started working in technology in the early 80's on a Key Punch machine but having spent a good part of his teenage years leaning computing on a TRS 80 personal computer he quickly moved on to application development for the PC. He was working as a Trainer, educating Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers, when the release of the World Wide Web captured his attention. Since then he has been a pioneer in Internet technologies such as content management, which he developed in 1995. Content management technologies have lead to the base of today's Web 2.0 technologies and sites such as itself. He also developed the first Interactive Web Based Learning site in late 1997. Today, Interactive Web Based Learning is a widely used method of the content management technologies he developed in 1995.
Since that time he has developed intricate web based content and document management applications utilized in industries such as the banking industry, dealing with home loan documentation, and approved by the OCC, as well as, video based Incident Detection system management software for Montgomery county, in the Houston, Texas area.
Just after the release of his PMOS his technologies where highlighted in several areas of the August 2005 issue of Growth Magazine entitled "Technologies That Deliver". Since the release of his PMOS the technology has been embraced by the record industry to help increase the longevity of music CD's.
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Background
Michael Bateman was born in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, the youngest of three children, to John Bateman and Lucille Hunter. He started working in technology in the early 80's on a Key Punch machine but having spent a good part of his teenage years leaning computing on a TRS 80 personal computer he quickly moved on to application development for the PC. He was working as a Trainer, educating Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers, when the release of the World Wide Web captured his attention. Since then he has been a pioneer in Internet technologies such as content management, which he developed in 1995. Content management technologies have lead to the base of today's Web 2.0 technologies and sites such as itself. He also developed the first Interactive Web Based Learning site in late 1997. Today, Interactive Web Based Learning is a widely used method of the content management technologies he developed in 1995.
Since that time he has developed intricate web based content and document management applications utilized in industries such as the banking industry, dealing with home loan documentation, and approved by the OCC, as well as, video based Incident Detection system management software for Montgomery county, in the Houston, Texas area.
Just after the release of his PMOS his technologies where highlighted in several areas of the August 2005 issue of Growth Magazine entitled "Technologies That Deliver". Since the release of his PMOS the technology has been embraced by the record industry to help increase the longevity of music CD's.
Footnotes
Snugpak RocketPak is a backpack manufactured by Snugpak, patterned after British Army PLCE backpack, only re-sized to be more suitable to "regular" users like hikers and mountaineers. Consist in three "pieces": the main body, with 40 l capacity and two side pockets, 15 l each, which can be attached on main body with zippers and Fastex-like buckles. The side pockets can be zipped together and attached on auxiliary harness ("yoke" in company literature), to make a smaller day-pack. The yoke can be supplied by Snugpak or a regular PLCE yoke, which can be purchased in any British surplus store.
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