（THIS）健康博覧会２００７

島根県の健康食品産業創出プロジェクトについて今年東京ビッグサイトで３月２８日から３０日まで開催された健康博覧会に行ってきました。県又は数県内の企業が出展しました。

注目となった企業は以下のとおりです。
Hua Mao Nano-Tech. Co.,Ltd.／台湾
Pet Naturals of Vermont／USA
Pure Products Inc／USA
日本薬品開発（株）／日本
この四つについて課に報告致しました。

H18年度送別会

３月２３日にしんこう会（産業振興課・企業立地課・産業振興財団）の送別会が行われました。産業振興課から１２人が移動されます。お疲れ様、今年度もよろしくお願いします。

島根／テキサス産業技術共創委員会

テキサスと島根の技術交流というのは、三年前に連携して目的としては
１）両地域における経済活動の活性化
２）両地域の雇用の創出
と狙っています。県には重要な課題が、人口減少が続けつつある背景で、どのように経済発展を進んでいけるかということです。今、努力しているのは、ナノテクノロジーを始めとする有名なテキサスのハイテクによる、新しい産業と雇用又は起業を作る、それによる若年層の定着ができるようにすることです。

２月１８日（日）に合同委員会が開催されました。今回こそ活発な意見交換ができ、経済活動の活性化又は雇用の創出につながるこれからの具体的な目標を協議されました。

Matsue in the NYTimes

Was a little surprised to login to my NYTimes account and find an article featuring a photo that looked suspiciously like the view out my office window...

The article was a decent read - shared it with the office too. It concerns Lafcadio Hearn, his role as preserver of Japanese folk tales, his influence on tourism, and the ongoing activities of his great grandchild. I hadn't given Koizumi Yakumo too much of a thought, but he's been coming up a little lately, and so I plan on visiting his residence this weekend. After all, it is close.

I'd have liked to have seen it, but there was an interesting sounding exhibition at the Prefecture's art museum that was featuring Mr. Hearn's poems along side photographs of the scenes they depicted. Anyway, work kept me far enough away from the museum until the exhibition had finished.

Choice bits from the article:
Mr. Hearn lived in Matsue only 15 months

a foreigner had the foresight to preserve folk tales a century ago when Japanese were dismissing them as superstitious

Matsue’s Hearn connection led the national government to proclaim it one of Japan’s three top international tourist cities, along with the ancient capitals of Kyoto and Nara.

City officials say that last year the Hearn sites helped draw 8.1 million tourists, mostly Japanese, to this city of 150,000 nestled on a lake near the restless green Sea of Japan.

this year, its first St. Patrick’s Day parade

300-member Hearn Society of Matsue

He found Japan to be a crimeless, almost Utopian society — a “fairyland” populated with “the most lovable people in the universe,” as he wrote.

Matsue, dominated by its “grim castle, grotesquely peaked,” as he described it

Generations of Japanese have been frightened by his images of haunted Matsue

Mr. Koizumi leads tours to Hearn-related sites and runs a summer camp for children to learn about Mr. Hearn.

“I don’t understand Hearn,” said Natsuko, 16, who won the city’s Hearn speech contest last year. “He’s a little strange.”

Industrial Promotion, Exchange, and Internationalization in Shimane

Central Prefecture Office, Matsue

Vice Governor Courtesy Visit - Address

Commerce and Industry Policy in Shimane

Kirara Beach, Taki Shimane

Shimane Industrial Technology Institute - Projects

Project - High Thermal Conductive Composite Material

Factory Floor - Hi Lex, Hamada

Leading Tour, Adachi Museum of Art

The Crew

Environment & Civic Affairs Luncheon

Industry and Labor in Shimane

Windsurfing Magazine

Windsurfing community mourns Ned Keys
"Go big or go home". Anyone who knew northern Michigan sailor Ned Keys had heard the gutsy sailor's life-long mantra. As of September 26th, 2006, it will be heard no more, as the Keys family and windsurfers across the nation mourn the unfortunate passing of a dear friend and a perpetually stoked sailor.

Born in Sandusky, Michigan, in 1941, Ned Keys was a life-long adventure seeker whose many hobbies included sailing, waterskiing, snowboarding, kayaking, riding motorcycles, and of course, windsurfing. The 30-year veteran of the windsurf industry also had a penchant for exploration – after sailing his 33-foot sailboat, the Ishtar, through the Inland Waterway all the way to the Bahamas and back, Ned's adventurous spirit led him to organize numerous trips to windsurfing destinations. Ezzy's Tim Ortlieb, who Keys introduced into the windsurfing industry, remembers being among the first Americans to visit the island of Margarita.

Of course, Ned was as eager to sail the Great Lakes' chilly waters as he was to sail the warm waters of theCaribbean. Former pro sailor Maui Meyer recalls visiting Ned while doing traveling windsurfing clinics during his college years. "You can't honestly call yourself a well traveled windsurfer until you've sailed the Great Lakes in the Summertime," says Meyer. "White sand dunes, blue water, and a surprising amount of exploration to be had up there. I remember Ned taking us around to all the local spots, and being a perfect example of someone in the windsurfing family that I could always return to and be welcome." But surely Ned's favorite sailing was in the fall, when blustery storms whipped Lake Michigan into a frothing sea of foam and water. "The Northwest Gales that took down the Edmund Fitzgerald are the same ones that make for a pretty good 3.2 day with mast-high swell on Lake Michigan," says native Michigander and long-time friend Rob McCready, "and Ned was always the first one rigging up."

In addition to catching every storm sesh Lake Michigan had to offer, Ned was incredibly active in his community teaching windsurfing, snowboarding, and kayaking, right up until he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in July. Once the tumor was removed, Ned battled strongly, fighting with swelling in the right side of his brain which limited his speech and impeded movement of his limbs. When the occupational therapist who was helping Ned regain movement of his limbs asked him what he wanted to be able to do, the first word out of Ned's mouth was "Windsurf". Unfortunately, three months after the initial surgery, Ned Keys passed away when his brain tumor re-grew. Ned is survived by his mother, Dorothy Miller; his children, Aaron and Hilary; his stepson, Jamie Walker, and their mother, Debbie Keys; stepsisters Claudia Federer and Linda Miller of Cleveland, Ohio, and Rosemary Gordon of Tucson. Arizona.

A memorial service in celebration of Ned's life was held on Thursday, October 5th. In lieu of flowers, gifts were made in Ned's name to some of the organizations he supported during his life. If you would like to make a gift in Ned's name, contact Tim Ortlieb at ezzy@gorge.net.



© World Publications, LLC

Edward Donald Keys III

Edward Donald Keys III (Ned Keys), age 65, passed away at his home Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - three months after being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.



Ned, son of Dorothy Aiken Miller and Edward Donald Keys Jr., was born July 29, 1941 in Sandusky Michigan. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1965 with a BA in business and a teaching certificate in marketing. After graduation, Ned taught a marketing high school course in Madison Heights until 1968. His love for sailing and skiing brought him to Harbor Springs. Ned spent his summers working at Irish Boat Shop and his winter weekends at Nubs Nob working first as a member of the National Ski Patrol from 1961-1972 and then as a ski instructor (Professional Ski Instructors of America - Level III).

Characteristic of Ned’s life philosophy, he took a year off to fulfill one of his goals when he sailed his 33’ boat, Ishtar, through the inland waterway, to the Bahamas, and back. Returning in 1976, Ned decided to make Harbor Springs his home: he married in 1980, had two children, worked at Bahnhof Sports until 1985, and then at the Outfitter until 2005. Ned contributed to the community with many endeavors: he organized the annual Moose jaw cross-country Loppett and the Surfin Safari, helped plan the Zoll Street Beach and SK8 Skate Park, and helped introduce kayaking to the area. Ned began and coordinated the Harbor Springs Snowboard Team from 2001 to 2006, he also taught snowboarding at Boyne Highlands in 2005.

Filled with the entrepreneurial spirit, Ned started and ran a number of venture business projects: Chandelle of Harbor Springs, Bay Computers, Sunsational Tanning, and Windsurf Harbor Springs. The last, established in 2001, was the manifestation of Ned’s desire to support and promote his favorite sport through sales, lessons, and rentals. A veritable pied piper, Ned also planned and led friends to numerous windsurfing hot spots; destinations such as Aruba, Bonaire, Cape Hatteras, the Gorge, Margarita, Maui, and South Padre. His was never an attitude of show; rather, Ned wished to share his enjoyment of the sport and demonstrate where the next challenge lay.

Ned was actively teaching windsurfing and kayaking with his son until late in June 2006, when he became ill. Ned’s passion for adventure was contagious, he lived every minute of his life to the fullest; he will be missed by everyone who knew him.

Ned is survived by his mother, Dorothy Miller; his children, Aaron and Hilary; his stepson, Jamie Walker; and their mother, Debbie Keys; stepsisters, Claudia Federer and Linda Miller of Cleveland Ohio, and Rosemary Gordon of Tucson, Arizona.

He was preceded in death by his father, E. Donald Keys Jr.; stepmother, Marion Hrebek Keys; and stepfather, Cliff Miller.

A Memorial Service will be held at Nub’s Nob this Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, at 4pm. Reverend Charles Stuart will conduct the service. Immediately following the Memorial Service, a celebration of Ned’s life will be held. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to “The Edward Donald Keys III LIV TR CO Aaron Keys TTEE.” Alternatively, contributions may be made directly to the following organizations on behalf of Ned Keys: Hospice of Little Traverse Bay, H.S. Snowboard Team and H.S. Sk8 Park.

these government relations have a depth i'd not have expected. there are men who work far from their families; there are men who are starting theirs. we're all working to improve the economic conditions of this prefecture - one that continues to recess and lose its youth - as the nation as a whole has again resumed its climb. the means may differ, but each project in some way attempts to ensure an environment hospitable to job creation and youth retention.
for me, these things will go on hold as i return home. in spirit, my coworkers are very much with me - though our time's been short, we've already got plans: for texas, for shanghai, and for JETRO.

we fall out onto the streets transformed by the night. but i've got a personal mission from here; and they know it. something they honor and respect.

together, we are many; and i don't feel those disconnections. humanity is all around me.

dad's asking for me. i'm hearing hilary, mom, and grandma's fears. i'll be departing in just under 24hr.

but it's time to pick up and go into the office. they'll be there, shapes not so unaltered from the night before. words we're speaking aren't spoken now, but they're very much still here.

Shimane Arrival