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| Camping with the kids, Summer 2007 |
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| Christmas 2008 |
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| April 2004, Stephen and his new Prius |
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Stephen drives a 2005 Toyota Prius. Stephen says that this is the best built, nicest Toyota he has ever driven. Great gas mileage (an average of about 50 mpg) and the smoothest transmission you will ever feel. It puts a smile on his face every time he drives it and every time he fills up the tank, he jokes that he fills it up once a month whether he needs to or not. He usually does not buy brandnew vehicles but he was so excited about this new technology that he could not wait to buy a used one.
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I believe the future vehicles have arrived....
*Partially Zero Emission
*Super Clean Burning
*Extra Quiet
*Extra Zip
The technology of the Future - Serviced at TOY AUTO MAN today
Stephen Inoue
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Stephen also owns a 1991 Toyota Pick Up Truck, 4 cylinder engine, standard transmission
and it is in great condition.
It has
312,000 Miles
on the original engine!!!
How far will YOUR Toyota make it???
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| Our 1991 Toyota Pick Up, 4 cylinder, 4x4 |
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This is Virgil, named so by his previous owner, the only owner it ever had before us.
It is an awesome truck, original engine.
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Claudia drives a 1994 Toyota Camry, 4 cylinder. We purchased the vehicle with 125,000 Miles on it after doing a very thorough Pre-Purchase Inspection. Claudia loves her car, also known as "Beige Beauty" for its color. It is closing in on 200,000 miles and running like a top.
If you buy a used vehicle, PLEASE make sure to get a PRE Purchase Inspection. We have seen too many POST Purchase Inspections that were disasters. Please have someone qualified and impartial look over ANY used vehicle you may be considering to purchase. Don't buy someone else's problems. We too often hear...."But the owner/seller said it was in PERFECT condition..."
We purchased both the Camry (used) and the Prius (new) at the local Toyota Dealer. Our very favorite salesman at Beaver Toyota is Bill Hernandez. For a pleasant, pressure free car buying experience from a knowledge salesperson, please call Bill @ 982-1901.
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| Claudia and Beige Beauty |
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A little something about Stephen's father,
Shinya Inoue
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Stephen's father Shinya is an interesting, wonderful and accomplished person.
He has been at MBL in Woods Hole, MA for many decades.
Click here and here to read more about his interesting lifetime achievements. * * * * *
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In 2003, Stephen's father Shinya won the International Prize for Biology,
awarded by Japan.
The
2003 International Prize for Biology
was awarded to Shinya Inoue for his pioneering work in visualizing dynamic processes within living cells using the light microscope.
The entire family, minus Claudia, traveled to Japan to be at the ceremony.
Why I didn't go is a long story and it is something I will regret not doing
for the rest of my life.
(Please note link above to read all about Stephen's father receiving this honor)
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Below, a few pictures of Stephen's memorable trip to Japan. I like to call it:
Stephen meets the Emperor
(Doesn't our little mechanic clean up well?)
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Cape Cod Life
October 2008 edition
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Another achievement...April 2010
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Press Release
Dr. Shinya Inoue receives the Order of the Sacred Treasure,
Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
On April 29, 2010, the Government of Japan announced that the award of the "Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon" will be conferred upon Dr. Shinya Inoue, Architectural Dynamics in Living Cells Program Director, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, in recognition of his contributions to science and the development of technologies, and the promotion of research cooperation between Japan and the United States.
Dr. Inoue succeeded in visualizing dynamic changes in live cells by developing several new technologies in microscopy, and contributed greatly in the area of cell division, cytoskeleton, and cell motility research. His new technologies provided epoch-making images of cells which led to important conceptual changes.
Dr. Inoue’s polarizing microscope made it possible to capture images of regularly aligned macromolecules directly in living cells. Also in recent years, he developed a centrifuge polarizing microscope that is now beneficial to ultrastructural research in living cells. Indeed, several new technologies developed by Dr. Inoue have been adapted to products by optics equipment manufacturers and are responsible for technical advancement of optical equipment in general.
Using a polarizing microscope improved by him, Dr. Inoue successfully visualized the mitotic spindle fibers in live cells by observing fertilized eggs of sea urchins. It was believed at that time that spindle fibers were only seen with certain procedures of fixation; however, in 1953 Dr. Inoue proved that these fibers are responsible for the orderly separation of chromosomes into daughter cells and settled a half-century-long debate.
Dr. Inoue has engaged in many projects and research with not only his mentor, Dr. Katsuma Dan of Tokyo Metropolitan University, but with many other Japanese scientists. Many young scientists received his guidance and are active in various areas.
Dr. Inoue had the opportunity to give lectures and demonstrations to Emperor Hirohito on three occasions.
In light of these contributions, the Government of Japan acknowledges Dr. Shinya Inoue as an appropriate person to receive the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
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This is the official version from the lab in Woods Hole:
WOODS HOLE, MA—Shinya Inoué, Distinguished Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), has been honored by the Government of Japan with the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon award.
The award recognizes Inoué’s “contributions to science and the development of technologies, and the promotion of research cooperation between Japan and the United States.”
The Consul General of Japan in Boston, Masaru Tsuji, will confer the honor upon Dr. Inoué at a private ceremony at the MBL in early June.
Inoué, who has been conducting research at the MBL since the early 1950s, is a leading innovator in microscopy and cell biology. His great contribution has been to pioneer the microscopic imaging of live cells, by inventing new ways of using light waves to explore the intricacies of cellular structure and dynamics.
Inoué’s dual careers as a microscopist and cell biophysicist have been elegantly complementary: Every refinement of his hand-built polarizing microscopes has led to a greater understanding of the most fundamental life processes, including fertilization, cell division, early embryonic development, and cell movement. Disorder of these essential cellular events causes many critical diseases, as well as genetic and growth abnormalities.
Inoué is also the co-inventor of video microscopy, a revolutionary advance that ushered in the modern era of electronic imaging, which quickly advanced to digital imaging. Video microscopy was discovered and developed at the MBL in the early 1980s.
“Our warmest congratulations to Dr. Inoué on the receipt of this honor from the Government of Japan,” said Gary Borisy, Director and CEO of the MBL. “Beyond the great impact he has had at the MBL, Dr. Inoué’s distinguished contributions to biological science have been internationally influential and are widely valued.”
Inoué’s contributions to the MBL have been far-reaching. In 1992, he founded the Architectural Dynamics in Living Cells Program, which became an international, collaborative center for innovation in light microscopy for biological, biomedical, and clinical applications. This program continues today under the umbrella of the MBL Cellular Dynamicas Program.
Inoué was also the founding director of the MBL Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy Course, which pioneered a collaborative commercial/academic format. Thirty years later, this course still provides a fertile meeting ground for advanced training and exchange between the microscopy industry and the academic research community.
As this Order of the Sacred Treasure award recognizes, Inoué has collaborated with many influential Japanese scientists, including his mentor, Katsuma Dan of Tokyo Metropolitan University, and he has trained and mentored numerous younger scientists from Japan. On three occasions, Inoué had the opportunity to give lectures and demonstrations to the late Emperor Showa of Japan.
The son of a Japanese diplomat, Inoué was born in 1921 in London, England.
He received his Ph.D. in biology in 1951 from Princeton University, where he was mentored by cytologist Kenneth W. Cooper. While at Princeton, Inoué improved his hand-built polarized light microscope (now nicknamed the “Shinya Scope”) and in 1951 he used it to prove the universal existence of the spindle fibers, the dynamic protein filaments that move chromosomes in the dividing cell. Inoué announced this landmark discovery in the MBL’s Lillie Auditorium. It was the first major accomplishment in a career devoted to delving into the mysteries of living cells.
Over five decades, Inoué has built seven generations of his Shinya Scope, with technical improvements each time, and in the late 1990s he invented the centrifuge polarizing microscope. Inoué holds four U.S. patents for his microscopes and has authored more than 100 scientific papers, many of which are collected in The Collected Works of Shinya Inoue: Microscopes, Living Cells, and Dynamic Molecules (2008: World Scientific Publishing Co.). He also authored the book Video Microscopy (1986: Plenum Press).
In addition to the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon award, Inoué is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. They include the International Prize for Biology from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2003); membership in the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Microscopy Society of America; and the E.B. Wilson Award from the American Society for Cell Biology.
“In an attempt to better understand how cells divide, Dr. Inoué made a series of epochal innovations in the development of light microscopy,” said Emperor Akihito of Japan upon Inoué’s receipt of the International Prize for Biology in 2003. “The products of Dr. Inoué’s research are widely utilized by researchers around the world and contribute immensely to the advancement of biological sciences.”
Inoué and his wife, Sylvia McCandless Inoué, live in Falmouth. They have five children.
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A tiny bit about Claudia's family in Germany
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| Julius and Sebastian |
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These two handsome young men are our "boyz" from Germany.
The tall one is Julius, my nephew and the cute little guy is his best friend Sebastian.
Julius and Sebastian came from Germany and spent 3 months with us in 2005.
(Claudia's entire family still lives in Germany)
This picture was taken at Toy Auto Man during the construction process.
Julius is going to college right now to become an even bigger computer nerd than he already is (Kissey Pooh to you, Julius!) and has been MOST helpful in the reworking of this web site by transferring files to formats that I can post here.
Thanks, Julius !!! :)
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I think this must be everyone's favorite picture of their trip to the USA. They made this into a postcard, added the text and mailed it to all
their friends and family in Germany.
Taken at Death Valley.
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Below are a few of the hundreds of pictures taken during
Julius and Sebastian's visit with us,
May - August 2005.
Clicking on the thumbnails will show a brief description.
Julius is also a GREAT photographer!
(Click here for more of Julius's work)
We had such a BLAST with those two!
Stephen and I took them to Las Vegas and Zion National Park. We also made a wonderful 1995 Toyota Camry Station Wagon available to them
and they used it to travel to and around the West Coast
on their own for about 30 days.
The license plate on the car was significant.
Keep in mind you get a RANDOM plate at the department of motor vehicles.
This one read 513 NPN.
05/13/2005 was the EXACT day Julius arrived here for his visit.
(Sebastian joined him later, he is a gymnast and had a prior commitment.)
The NPN was perfect, as it stands for
No Problem Nephew
and that is exactly was Julius is.
One of my favorite sayings about Julius is:
"Have no fear, Julius is here"
Also, a picture of Sebastian and his birthday cake.
He turned 20 while he was with us.
Please note the photo of the Inn at the Loretto, taken by Julius,
what an eye he has!
And the Ferris Wheel at Santa Monica Pier,
taken during their trip along the West Coast.
We miss those guys very much, they were a pleasure to have with us.
It was so rewarding to see their willingness to explore new things.
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