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What about 劉若雲's 惠州方言誌 by 廣東科技出版社 (1990/1991)? Is that book a good reference for the Huizhou dialect?ong wrote: Last year 惠州方言词典 was published but no one can find a copy of it.
I have read some articles by 劉鎮發, and he makes references to a number of articles written by 劉若雲. I have read those articles, and found that the vocabulary and pronunciation is identical to my ancestral dialect.
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svn as a version control system with which I'll need to merge branches, but when I do, I use fmdiff.
$ brew install fmdiff
One minor annoyance -
fmmerge (used for interactive conflict resolution) doesn't work. The number of arguments passed to the script has changed since it was first written. I patched it locally, but it still didn't work. FileMerge was launched, I could edit files, etc; but it kept saying that the merge needed resolving. Instead, I just postpone all merge conflicts during the merge, and then use
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This paper examines whether the climate policy options policymakers are contemplating are compatible with core principles of the world trading system set forth in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and Appellate Body decisions. The authors argue that border measures—both import restrictive measures and export subsidies—contemplated in US climate bills and the climate policies of other countries stand a fair chance of being challenged in the WTO. Given the prospect of foreseeable conflicts with WTO rules, the authors suggest that key WTO members should attempt to negotiate a new code that delineates a large "green space" for measures that are designed to limit GHG emissions both within the member country and globally. By "green space," the authors mean policy space for climate measures that are imposed in a manner broadly consistent with core WTO principles even if a technical violation of WTO law could occur. To encourage WTO negotiating efforts along these lines, the authors recommend a time-limited "peace clause" to be adopted into climate legislation of major emitting countries. The peace clause would suspend the application of border measures or other extraterritorial controls for a defined period while WTO negotiations are under way.
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As they ate, the kids were asked if they found anything
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Mathon found a Light Sabre. Darrin Forgy was along to help and
noted that in Scully Park they found pizza boxes where people
had eaten, then just got up and left.
In spite of those careless individuals, the leaders agreed this
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The "Forever Alone" flash mob was an idea that originally began circulating on Tumblr, Reddit, and 4chan in March 2011, but apparently there were quite a few single men who missed the tip.
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Speaking during a BBC Spotlight profile of her on Tuesday night, the First Minister was asked whether she is a creationist.
She replied: "You know, I have been asked this question many times and actually when I joined the party they asked was I joining the church. And that is a fundamental misunderstanding.
"We have to see the Bible in the context of the scientific developments. I take as my leader the way in which Her Majesty The Queen is a low Anglican – that is something that is very akin to the way in which I worship as well."
When asked about the influence of the Caleb Foundation, Mrs Foster said: "That is not the DUP; the Caleb Foundation is an organisation that exists to lobby and to promote their beliefs. And they are perfectly entitled to do that."
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Autumn has just begun, so this is a quick comparison between the seasons of the Tokyo area and Edmonton. First of all, Edmonton is in a temperate climate zone, which has warm, short summers and cold winters. Tokyo is in a humid subtropical climate, which has hot, humid summers, a monsoon season and a mild winter.
Autumn – In Tokyo, it starts out very warm or even hot in September, and finishes cool in December. There's plenty of rain and possible typhoons in early autumn. In November and December, the leaves change colour. It's a generally pleasant season that is great for outdoor activities. In Edmonton, it starts out warm or cool in September, and finishes very cold in December, below 0 degrees Celsius. The leaves change colour in September to October, and snow can start as early as September or as late as November. I'd have to say that autumn in Tokyo is far better and very comfortable.
Winter – In Tokyo, it starts out comfortably cool in December, but quickly gets colder, with temperatures of around 7 or 8 degrees in January and February. Snow is possible, but doesn't happen every year. Plum trees start blooming in February, with cherry trees blooming in March. By March, the temperatures start getting comfortable again. In Edmonton, it's cold and snows the entire winter. March may see some thawing, but the snow is usually still there. Unless you like cold weather, Tokyo has the better winter, where you can stay active outside all season.
Spring – In Tokyo, the season starts out with blooming cherry blossoms and comfortable temperatures. It's absolutely beautiful by May, and it starts getting hot then. Spring finishes in June with hot, humid weather and the beginning of rainy season. In Edmonton, spring starts out cold, but in April, the snow melts and leaves piles of sand on the side of the roads. This results in possible blowing sand. Everything starts getting green around the end of April or beginning of May, and it becomes quite beautiful. Spring ends in June with warm weather. Snow is often possible as late as May. Who wins? Tokyo is beautiful, and it's the most amazing season I've seen ever. Edmonton has residual winter, and it can be quite messy. Tokyo has the better spring.
Summer – In Tokyo, summer starts out hot, humid and very rainy. It's rainy season. That lasts into July, when it becomes hot, humid and very sunny. The rest of summer until September is hot, humid and very sunny with the occasional typhoon. This season has very stable weather with little variation from day to day, and even night time temperatures are hot. Very uncomfortable for sleeping. In Edmonton, summer starts warm, and is generally warm until early September. In September, it starts getting cool. Summer is unstable, and there can be widely varying temperatures, as well as incredible thunderstorms, which are very frequent. It can be hot, and it can also be quite cool. Who wins the summer battle? This is a difficult one. Edmonton is more comfortable, but the weather is unpredictable. I can depend on the weather being stable in Tokyo in summer, even though it is incredibly hot and humid. I'd call it a draw.
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The last day was clear and sunny, and the crowd was eager to start. The first session was with Susan Davis, "A Social Media Primer for Family Historians".
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Gastón Espinosa, the Arthur V. Stoughton Associate Professor of Religious Studies, will teach a three-week intensive American Religious History course slated for the 2013 Summer Session.
RLST 138: American Religious History starts Wednesday, May 22 and will introduce students to key movements, debates, and controversies from the Founding Fathers to Barack Obama's use of religion in the 2008 Election. It will also bring in guest speakers and offer optional field trips to Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist houses of worship.
"It will be structured as a discussion-seminar based on a close reading of short primary source texts," Professor Espinosa says. "We will also watch documentary film clips, bring in Catholic, Jewish, Pentecostal, and Hindu guest speakers, and offer optional field trips to museums and a Muslim Mosque, a Protestant Church, and Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple, one of the largest Buddhist Temples in the U.S. Our class will be very interactive, lively, and I hope a lot of fun!"
CMC: Your course covers so many different faiths; is there one unifying principle that is shared by all of them? And if so, what is it?
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Espinosa: I love it all. I especially enjoy analyzing the Founding Fathers, new religious movements, religion and politics, and the Abolitionist, Social Gospel, Civil Rights, and Liberation movements.
CMC: Organized religion is often demonized as the root historical cause of much misery and divisiveness in the world. Can you cite examples where adherence to religious practice has yielded beneficial results?
Espinosa: Religiously motivated people have caused violence. There's no denying this. We explore this full throttle in my seminar on Religion, Politics, and Global Violence. However, we've found that most religious extremists from Iain Paisley to Baruch Goldstein to Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden represent what I call the 0.01 percent of people in their traditions and all have been roundly repudiated by virtually all of their major mainstream leaders. Ironically, the working presupposition that religion is the root cause of all or most of the world's violence is problematic because over 80 million people were killed in communist countries like the USSR and China where religion was either banned or strictly controlled by the state.
CMC: What then are the benefits of religion?
Espinosa: Gandhi, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, Muhammad Yunus, the Dalai Lama and countless other progressive Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, and Buddhist reformers here in the U.S. and around the world have actively drawn on religion to bring about positive social change in their struggles against racism, colonialism, exploitation of labor, micro-financing, and peace initiatives.
For these reasons and many others, the vast majority of Americans are religious, spiritual, or believe in a universal spirit. A recent article on the economics of U.S. religion found that religious giving accounts for about 50% of all charitable giving in the U.S. ($68 billion). Religious volunteer work is more common than any other form of volunteer work in the U.S, and the majority of nonprofit institutions in the U.S., are or were, religiously based. Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services, for example, provide direct relief to millions of Americans every year suffering from poverty, homelessness, and social marginalization.
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life U.S. Religious Landscape Survey of 35,000 Americans found that 92 percent of Americans believe in God or a universal spirit. Another study found that 40 percent attend religious services like church, synagogue, temple, mosque, Hillel, youth groups, etc., on a weekly basis, and church membership has increased from 17 percent at the time of the American Revolution to nearly 60 percent today. For all of these reasons George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama have tried to harness the power of religion to help them win elections. For the Pew study, see: http://religions.pewforum.org/reports/#
CMC: You are an expert on the religious practices (or lack thereof) of American presidents like George Washington. Can you tell us a little about the book you recently edited: Righteousness and Justice: Religion, Barack Obama, and the 2008 Election.
Espinosa: This is the third book in a series on religion and the American presidency. It analyzes how Barack Obama and John McCain drew on and crafted religious rhetoric and public policy positions to promote their domestic and foreign policies to the nation. The 17 authors draw on the latest national social science research to analyze ten key voting constituencies: African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, Jews, Muslims, Mainline Protestants, Evangelicals, Catholics, Seculars, and Women. This is consistent with my other work as co-editor of The Columbia University Press Series in Religion and Politics.
CMC: It was thought by many that with all the technological marvels and advancements of the modern age, religious practice would be supplanted by a stronger faith in science, but it seems that just the opposite is happening. Can you explain the reason for it?
Espinosa: In the 1960s a new Death of God theology emerged and predicted the end of religion. One of my own mentors at Harvard University, Harvey Cox, wrote a book called The Secular City, wherein he predicted the eclipse of traditional religiosity in the face of secular modernity. That prediction has not come to pass and after reading the headlines of our daily newspapers it seems inaccurate to argue that religion has nothing to say for better or worse in today's world.
The most interesting development taking place today is the decision by highly modern and educated people to affirm both belief in science and God. The best example of this is geneticist Francis Collins, the Director of the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) and leadership of the Human Genome Project (HGP). Rather than have to choose one, many Americans are choosing however paradoxically to embrace both to varying degrees.
CMC: Why is religious practice still strong in the U.S. despite its apparent decline in Europe?
Espinosa: In large part because the Founding Fathers promoted the principle of separation of church and state, which in effect created a religious marketplace that forced religions to adapt to the ordinary needs of people or die out. American religion is one of the most adaptive cultural institutions in the U.S. today.
Finally, it's hard to kill an idea so grand, terrifying, and comforting as "God." For this reason, religion will remain one of this nation's most profound influences on American society, and even more so with the growth of the nation's 30 million immigrants from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, who are almost all disproportionately religious. Like it or not, religion is here to stay. This course will try to make sense out the origins and bewildering variety of religions and how they have influenced American culture and society.
American religion has a disproportionate influence around the world because a number of religions that were born in the U.S. are now growing in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Pentecostalism, Evangelicalism, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Science, and 7th-Day Adventism were all founded on American soil and are now growing around the world. The political implications of this development for American foreign policy is analyzed in a study by Princeton University sociologist Robert Wuthnow in Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches (2009). Similarly, American-born or heavily influenced traditions like Reconstructionist Judaism, the Nation of Islam, Scientology, and the Hindu Vedanta Society of America have also influenced Diasporic Jews, Muslims, Scientologists, and Hindus around the world. Thus, in a small way, the study of American religion is the study of world religions.


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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Like a ghost cookie from the land that posting forgot, K IS BACK!
7 comments:
- Tami said...
Happy changes in your life! I look forward to hearing about personal chef thing.
Welcome back!
- February 17, 2010 at 3:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hooray! I love your postings, big and small. Hope everything goes well and I'm excited to hear more about you and your flatmate's baking funtimes!
- February 17, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Theresa said...
Welcome back! Can't wait to hear about the personal cheffing. If you were closer, and I were richer, I would hire you!
- February 17, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- dreaminitvegan said...
What a nice surprise to have you back in the blog world.
Looking forward to reading about your endeavors as a personal chef. how cool!
- February 17, 2010 at 9:11 PM
- Mihl said...
Welcome back and congrats both on moving back in with pomme and the chef thing.
- February 18, 2010 at 4:03 AM
- Jes said...
Yay oh yay oh yay I'm so stoked to have you back! And I'm glad things are looking the right direction in your life. I'm with you on the paupered chef approach, but I've found that some of my most delicious and creative baking and cooking happens when I have zero spare change. I can't wait to hear about the personal chef thing too!
- February 18, 2010 at 7:08 AM
- Levinson Axelrod said...
Crazy, I've never heard or seen anything like this! It sounds wonderful... especially if you're daring me to eat just one!
- February 18, 2010 at 7:58 AM


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Princeton is committed to offering an academic program that allows each student to achieve a truly liberal education. Although each department and school has its own requirements, the University requirements for graduation transcend the boundaries of specialization and provide all students with a common language and common skills. It is as important for a student in engineering to engage in disciplined reflection on human conduct, character, and ways of life or to develop critical skills through the study of the history, aesthetics, and theory of literature and the arts as it is for a student in the humanities to understand the rigors of quantitative reasoning and to develop a basic knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of scientific inquiry and technological development.
General Education Requirements for A.B. Students
- Writing Seminar--one course
- Foreign Language--one to four terms to complete, depending on the language students study and the level at which they start
- Epistemology and Cognition (EC)--one course
- Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM)--one course
- Historical Analysis (HA)--one course
- Literature and the Arts (LA)--two courses
- Quantitative Reasoning (QR)--one course
- Science and Technology (STL/STN)--two courses. At least one course must be a science and technology course with laboratory (STL). Students may elect a second laboratory science course, or a nonlaboratory science course (STN).
- Social Analysis (SA)--two courses
General Education Requirements for B.S.E. Students
In addition to the School of Engineering and Applied Science requirements of four terms of mathematics including multivariable calculus and linear algebra, two terms of physics, and one term each of chemistry and computer science, candidates for the B.S.E. degree must fulfill the writing requirement by taking a writing seminar in the first year and take a minimum of seven courses in the humanities and social sciences. The humanities and social science courses must include one course in four of the six areas listed below:
- Epistemology and Cognition (EC)
- Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM)
- Foreign Language (at the 107/108 level or above)
- Historical Analysis (HA)
- Literature and the Arts (LA)
- Social Analysis (SA)
Language courses beyond the first year also count toward the seven; a language course at the 107/108 level or above counts toward the seven and satisfies one of four distribution requirements. Students majoring in Chemical and Biological Engineering are required to fulfill one distribution area with a course in Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM).
Undergraduates at Princeton are expected to develop the ability to write clearly and persuasively. Toward this end, all students, without exception, must fulfill the University writing requirement by taking a multidisciplinary writing seminar in the first year. Writing seminars have a common goal--for students, through practice and guidance, to master essential strategies and techniques of college-level inquiry and argument. In addition to writing frequently and completing several major assignments of increasing complexity, students receive intensive instruction in academic writing, submit drafts for review, and participate in one-on-one conferences with the instructor. While writing seminars focus on the skills necessary for effective critical reading and writing, they differ in the topics and texts assigned. Students request their seminar based on their interests and schedule; they may drop their assigned seminar only in exceptional circumstances and with the approval of their Dean or Director of Studies as well as the Director of the Princeton Writing Program.
Foreign Language
Proficiency in a foreign language is required for graduation under the A.B. program. Many undergraduates satisfy the foreign language requirement by demonstrating proficiency when they enter the University; proficiency is demonstrated by documenting the results of AP tests or SAT Subject Tests, or by taking placement tests administered by academic departments at Princeton. Those tests can also determine whether a student is eligible to elect advanced courses (200 and 300 level). See the individual department entries for further information.
Foreign language study is required through successful completion on a graded basis of courses normally numbered 107 (or 108) in a language taken at Princeton, or through demonstration of an equivalent level of competence (for instance, by completing an upper-level course that has been determined to require foreign language proficiency at or above the 107 level as a prerequisite). When an undergraduate begins a language at Princeton, three or four terms of study will usually be necessary. If continuing a language begun elsewhere, the student is placed at an appropriate level. All A.B. candidates should begin meeting this requirement as soon as possible because students are expected to develop proficiency in a foreign language by the end of junior year. Students with questions about particular courses and their relationship to the language requirement should speak with their residential college dean or director of studies.
Foreign language competence is usually necessary for any student who proposes to earn graduate degrees in arts and sciences. Certain professional schools also expect applicants to have ability in one or more foreign languages. There are also increasing opportunities to study a language in a country in which it is spoken through term-time and summer study abroad programs. For these reasons, each student should anticipate language needs and plan a program of study accordingly. Many descriptions of departmental programs of study make reference to the languages appropriate for graduate study in that field.
Distribution Areas
The distribution areas described below should serve as a broad intellectual map for students to follow as they work their way through the curriculum. These distribution areas mark the boundaries of what the faculty believes are the important substantive fields of inquiry and methodological approaches that are integral to a rich and lasting undergraduate education. There are no required courses; instead, the areas encourage students to make choices that best suit their intellectual curiosity and academic goals.
Courses that fulfill specific distribution areas will be identified by the alphabetical letters that appear as part of the course information provided in this catalog or in Course Offerings for a given semester. Where two courses are required within a distribution area, they need not be from the same academic department or program.
Courses elected on a pass/D/fail basis will satisfy distribution areas; however, audit-pass courses will not. Student-initiated seminars, reading courses, and graduate courses do not fulfill distribution area requirements. A student may, for sound educational reasons and with the prior approval of the residential college dean or the director of studies and the appropriate departmental representative, complete certain distribution courses at another college or university. Approvals will be limited to one course in each of two of the following distribution areas: literature and the arts, social analysis, and science and technology. Students participating in the study abroad program during the academic year may, with proper approvals, fulfill up to two distribution requirements abroad, provided that the total number of distribution requirements fulfilled by the courses taken outside of Princeton does not exceed two.
Students usually complete their distribution courses by the end of junior year. Most undergraduates find that the distribution requirements are met simply through electing courses in a variety of departments and programs. Questions about the distribution areas should be discussed with the residential college dean or the director of studies.
Epistemology and Cognition
The requirement in epistemology and cognition introduces students to the critical study of the nature, sources, and bounds of human knowledge. While courses in other areas examine important modes of cognition or methods of inquiry in application to a particular subject matter, courses in this category take cognition itself as their subject matter, and explore its mechanisms, potential, and limitations from a wide variety of theoretical, historical, and empirical perspectives. The topics they examine range from the basic perceptual capabilities that humans share with other animals to the distinctively human capacity for language; from theoretical models of human knowledge to empirical models of an individual's cognitive abilities; from the historical record of collective inquiry in the sciences and elsewhere to informed speculations on the outer limits of what is knowable.
Courses in this category are drawn largely from the Departments of Anthropology, Philosophy, and Psychology, and the Program in Linguistics. They introduce students to the critical study of human knowledge and thought processes. Their focus is on human beings as seekers of knowledge and builders/creators of knowledge systems. These courses raise questions about the conditions, limits, and validity of our claims to "know" and approach critically the various claims about what we know and how we know.
Ethical Thought and Moral Values
The requirement in ethical thought and moral values is designed to engage students in disciplined reflection on human conduct, character, and ways of life. Through inquiry into questions of ethics and morality as presented in works from one or more cultural traditions, these courses will help students to discern, understand, and appreciate ethical issues and to articulate, assess, and defend moral judgments in an informed and thoughtful way. Source materials may include theoretical works in various disciplines, political deliberations, autobiographies, and utopian and dystopian novels, among others. Regardless of the particular genres and the traditions to which these works belong, courses in this area focus on the ethical thought and moral values that shape individual and collective life.
Every society draws distinctions between good and evil, right and wrong, noble and ignoble. Courses in this category focus on ethical questions and moral deliberations, regardless of the historical, cultural, or religious context in which they occur. They are drawn largely, though not exclusively, from the Departments of Philosophy, Politics, and Religion. The aim of these courses is to help students explore and understand different value systems, to think about the possibility of commonalities across historical and cultural boundaries, and to introduce ways of making reasoned moral judgments.
Historical Analysis
Historical analysis begins with the problem of understanding the differences between the world of contemporary experience and the worlds of the past. Some courses in historical analysis focus on the distinctiveness of one or another part of the past, with the intention of bringing students to an understanding of political, social, and cultural configurations quite different from their own. Others stress the processes of historical change through which one configuration of institutions, ideas, and behavior is supplanted by another. Common to all courses in historical analysis is the presumption that the categories of social analysis are themselves historical and historically contingent, and that to understand the past requires entering imaginatively into languages, institutions, and worldviews quite different from those of the present day.
Courses in this category are drawn largely, though not exclusively, from the Departments of Classics, East Asian Studies, History, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion. The aim of these courses is to explore the contingency, interconnectedness, and continuity of human institutions, and to introduce the complexities of historical interpretation. Some courses focus on a distinctive historical period or a specific region; others follow the development of ideas and institutions through time; and yet others focus on the inter-relatedness of events in many parts of the world.
Literature and the Arts
The requirement in literature and the arts allows students to develop critical skills through the study of the history, aesthetics, and theory of literature and the arts, and to engage in creative practice. Students may choose among courses in literature (in English, English translation, or other languages), visual and performing arts, music, architecture, film, and electronic media. In addition to courses emphasizing critical analysis, students may explore the creative arts through practice in creative writing; in the studio arts of architecture, painting, sculpture, drawing, and photography; in the performing arts of music, theater, and dance; and in the media of film and video.
Courses in this area fall into two groups: those that emphasize a variety of critical and analytic approaches to artistic expression and those that engage students in the creative practice of "making" art. Courses in the first group are drawn largely, though not exclusively, from the Departments of Art and Archaeology, Classics, Comparative Literature, East Asian Studies, English, French and Italian, German, Music, Near Eastern Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures, and the School of Architecture. These courses emphasize the development of the skills of reading, observing, and hearing and frequently point to the complex interplay between individual talent, artistic tradition, and historical context. Courses in the second group are drawn largely from the Programs in Creative Writing, Dance, Theater, and Visual Arts, as well as from the Department of Music and the School of Architecture. These courses emphasize the interplay between technical discipline and creative imagination in the production of works of art.
Quantitative Reasoning
Quantitative reasoning is a process in which complex problems are described mathematically and solved within a structured mathematical framework. Courses in this area involve the manipulation and interpretation of numerical and categorical information and the quantification of inferences drawn from that information. Appropriate courses include those that address theoretical and empirical problems in the natural, social, computer, and engineering sciences.
The goal of courses in this category is to give students some understanding of basic mathematical methods and their applications; to provide them with an ability to understand and appreciate quantitative issues that have become part of everyday life; and to instill in them a lasting interest in quantitative methods and their applications. Courses in this category are drawn from the Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Operations Research and Financial Engineering, as well as from other departments in the social sciences, the natural sciences, and engineering.
Science and Technology
The requirement in science and technology is designed to give all students a basic knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of scientific inquiry and technological development. Some understanding of the process by which science discovers new knowledge, and engineering applies that knowledge to practice, is essential to functioning effectively in modern society. Courses in this area are designed to foster an understanding of scientific concepts and to develop the student's ability to use experimentation and measurement in exploring and testing ideas.
The common purpose of courses in this area is to instill in students a lasting interest in science and technology; to impart some understanding of the value of scientific thinking and its relation to societal issues; to foster an appreciation of the essential role of experimentation and measurement; and to convey the excitement of doing scientific research. The laboratory component is essential to an understanding of how scientific concepts are tested and of the limitations of the scientific method, including the concepts of error and reproducibility. Students must take at least one course in science and technology with laboratory (STL). The second course can either be a laboratory science course (STL) or a nonlaboratory science course (STN). Courses in this area are drawn largely from the Departments of Chemistry; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Geosciences; Molecular Biology; Physics; Psychology; and Civil and Environmental, Electrical, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, as well as from the offerings of the Council on Science and Technology.
Social Analysis
The requirement in social analysis is designed to familiarize students with different approaches to the study of social life and to introduce them to modes of thinking about social institutions and cultural norms and their interconnectedness with forms of human behavior. Courses in this area examine how individuals interact with, and are shaped by, social groups and institutions, including those associated with politics, economics, religion, family, the arts, health, and education; how and why particular forms of social organization and social relations emerge within a group or culture; and the origins, characteristics, and consequences of social conflict and change.
Courses in this area introduce students to some of the central concepts and methods of the social sciences and show both the variety and the interconnectedness of social institutions. Courses are drawn primarily from the Departments of Anthropology, Economics, Politics, Religion, Sociology, and the Woodrow Wilson School. Some take a comparative approach to institutions across historical, political, social, or cultural divides; others focus on the interface of several institutions--political, economic, artistic--in a given social context; yet others analyze a single institution--be it democratic education, a free market economy, or the nuclear family structure--and assess its role in society. Courses in this category look at institutions as shaped by human behavior and at human behavior as shaped, in turn, by social institutions.


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Company Overview
|Company name
|Head office location
|JP TOWER, 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-7015, Japan
|President and CEO: Shoei Yamana
|December 1936
|37,519 million yen
|Fiscal Year End
|March 31
|Number of employees
|Non-consolidated: 5,207 (As of March 2019)
Consolidated: 44,360 (As of March 2019)
|Business lines
|Business Technologies Business
<Office Services>
Development, manufacture, and sales of MFPs and IT services; the provision of related consumables, solutions, and services
<Commercial and Industrial Printing>
Development, manufacture, and sales of digital printing systems, various printing services, and industrial inkjet printers; the provision of related consumables, solutions, and services
|Healthcare Business
Development, manufacture, sales, and provision of services for diagnostic imaging systems (digital X‐ray diagnostic imaging systems, diagnostic ultrasound systems, etc.)
|Industrial Business
<Optical Systems for Industrial Use>
Development, manufacture, and sales of measuring instruments, lenses for industrial and professional use, etc.
<Performance Materials>
Development, manufacture, and sales of TAC films used in liquid crystal displays, organic light‐emitting diode (OLED) lighting, functional films, etc.
|Corporate Governance
|Use of "company with committees" system in accordance with the Japanese Commercial Code
|Global sites
|The Group companies have sites in 49 countries. (As of March 2019)


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University of Minnesota's Center for Sustainable Building Research's John Carmody Discusses the Latest in Efficient Window Design
RWFD: What are the primary benefits to homeowners when they install energy efficient windows in their homes?
- Reduced heating and cooling costs which provide security against rising energy costs.
- Reduced peak demand allows for smaller mechanical equipment.
- Greater comfort in summer and winter. This also means certain areas of the house can be better utilized.
- Reduced condensation/less damage from moisture.
- Reduced maintenance.
- Reduced ultraviolet radiation which causes fading of furnishings, hardwood floors and carpet.
- Improved aesthetics and view in some cases. This means that shades and blinds do not have to block views as much.
- Improved resale value.
RWFD: California utility companies have come together to inform California residents on energy efficient measures known as, 'Energy Upgrade California'. This initiative includes a web portal for consumers on the various state and federal energy refunds available. Many other states have similar programs. How effective do you think these efforts are in reaching homeowners?
UofM: There are many programs, web sites and other information to assist homeowners in making energy efficient choices for windows. At a national level, the EWC web site provides guidance on NFRC labels, the Energy Star program, and a Window Selection Tool for your climate. You can also download RESFEN, a simple computer program for calculating energy and cost savings for windows in your home. The EWC site also provides up to date information on federal tax credits. State and local government and utility programs also provide valuable information and incentives in many cases.
RWFD: Sustainable design is intended to produce high-performance buildings that are energy-efficient, healthy, economical and use resources wisely to minimize the impact on the environment. How do today's energy efficient windows help to achieve these goals?
UofM: Residential buildings are responsible for 21% of all energy use in the U.S. Windows play a significant role in heating and cooling which is nearly half of that total. Energy efficient windows clearly are an important contributor to reducing energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Windows also provide daylight, view, and fresh air that contribute to a healthier indoor environment. The window industry is constantly striving to develop methods that reduce environmental impacts from manufacturing and depletion of natural resources. The embodied energy in manufacturing efficient windows is more than offset by energy savings over the lifetime of the window.
RWFD: Can you tell me about some of the emerging technologies in Window Materials and Assemblies?
UofM: In residential windows, achieving much greater insulating values requires triple or even quadruple glazing but they can be expensive. Various technologies are under development to provide this performance at lower costs. One potential approach is vacuum glazing where the air is removed from the space between glazing panes. For controlling solar heat gain, new low-E coatings continue to be developed. Dynamic windows are another emerging technology that permits windows to change properties at different times of the day and year. Electrochromic windows can change from a dark state where solar heat gain is very low to a clear state that allows maximum solar gain and visible light.
RWFD: We've all received ads in the mail from companies offering to replace our windows with "energy-efficient" windows. How much can these new energy efficient windows really save the average homeowner?
UofM: Actual savings from window replacement depends on the number and size of the windows you are replacing, the condition of the old windows, and the efficiency of the new windows. The EWC web site provides a window selection tool where you can select a major city near you and find the annual energy use for a typical house. Select "Existing Construction" and compare the energy cost for a house with your old windows and your proposed new windows. Remember this is just the heating and cooling cost, not the whole house energy cost. Results are based on a typical house (new construction: 2250 sq ft / existing construction: 2150 sq ft) with 15% window-to-floor area. Adjust the savings based on your house size and window area. To do a more accurate calculation, download RESFEN and input your specific house and window characteristics.


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|Stanzi by Pietro Aretino (1537) design attributed to Titian
published by Francesco Marcolini
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Some have suggested that it was the plague of 1575–76, which wiped out nearly a third of the Venetian population, that brought the city's great age of book production to an end. Another factor was the increasing restrictions of the Counter Reformation. As freedom of the press was replaced by fear of the Inquisition, works of literature and science ceased to issue so copiously from the presses. Marcolini's rival, the prolific and influential publisher Gabriel Giolito, had to appear before the Inquisition; and Marcolini's Le Sorti, with its recourse to magic and its occasionally anticlerical or ribald responses, was added to the Index of Prohibited Books. (Click the link below to read the entire article.)
Source:Woodcut Book Illustration in Renaissance Italy: Venice in the Sixteenth Century | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
On March 25, 2011, Venice turned 1650 years old. The dignified grand dame stills radiates tolerance, freedom of expression, beauty, magic and wisdom, always with a sense of humor. That is why Venice is a perfect location to host an international literature conference called Crossroads of Civilization, or Incroci di Civiltà, Incontri Internazionali di Letteratura a Venezia. The fourth edition will run from April 13 to April 16, 2011 in various venues around town. The festival has grown in size and prestige. This year, Booker Prize winner A.S. Byatt and Nobel Prize winner V.S. Naipaul will be here, as well as thirty other significant writers from all over the globe.
Wednesday, April 13 - Preview
Greek director Theo Angelopolus and the writer Petros Markaris will speak with Roberto Ellero and Caterina Carpinato, followed by a screening of the Angelopolus film The Dust of Time; Markaris was a collaborator. Conversation conducted in Greek with translation. Admission: 5 euro
In collaboration with Circuito Cinema Comune di Venezia, EKEBI - the National Book Center of Greece, and the Minister of Culture & Education of the Republic of Cyprus
6:30pm - An India of Saints, Children and Travelers - at Fondazione Querini Stampalia
Kiran Nagarkar was awarded the 2001 Sahitya Akademi Award in English, a literary honor in India which recognizes outstanding work in twenty-four major Indian languages. Nagarkar will speak with Gioia Guerzoni and Marco Zolli. Conversation conducted in English with translation. Admission: Free until seating is at capacity
In collaboration with the Querini Stampalia Foundation
Critics hailed Nukila Amal's 2003 debut novel Cala Ibi as one of "the pinnacles of Indonesian contemporary literature." Amal will speak with Silvia Vignato in English. Translation available. Admission: Free until seating is at capacity
In collaboration with the Querini Stampalia Foundation
Thursday, April 14
9:30am - Inauguration - at the Santa Margherita Auditorium
Venice's mayor, Giorgio Orsoni, together with the organizers of Incroci di Civiltà, Tiziana Agostini, Counselor for Cultural Activities; Carlo Carraro, Rector of the University of Ca' Foscari Venezia; and Alide Cagidemetrio, Dean of the Foreign Language & Literature faculty, will inaugurate the fourth edition of the Venice International Literature Conference. The Bauer-Ca'Foscari Award will be presented by Francesca Bortolotto Possati, President & CEO of the Hotel Bauer, and Carlo Carraro, Rector of the University of Ca' Foscari Venezia.
11:30am - Towards a Multicultural Literature - at the Santa Margherita Auditorium
Writers Pap Khouma, who immigrated from Senegal to Italy in 1984, and Igiaba Scego, who defines herself as "Somalian origin, Italian vocation" will speak with Tiziana Agostini and Ricciarda Ricorda in Italian. Translation available. Admission: free with mandatory reservation
In collaboration with EIUC - University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization
4:00pm - Rain and Sparks - at the Casinò - Ca' Vendramin Calergi
Celebrated author Jabbour Douaihy and popular Italian journalist Gad Lerner were both born in Lebanon, Douaihy in Zgharta in 1949; Lerner in Beirut in 1954. They will speak with Elisabetta Bartuli and Emanuela Trevisan Semi in Italian and French. Translation available. Admission: Free until seating is at capacity
In collaboration with Spazio Eventi al Casinò di Venezia
6:30pm - Gold, Silver, Sugar and Ice - at the Malibran Theatre
World-renowned British novelist, poet and short-story writer Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, better known as A.S. Byatt, won the 1990 Booker Prize for her novel, Possession. Her newest book, Ragnarok: the End of the Gods, will be released in September. Byatt will speak with Irene Bignardi and Anna Nadotti in English. Translation available. Admission: 7 euro
In collaboration with Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia
9:00pm - Outfield Voice - at the Punta della Dogana
Dubravka Ugrešić was born in Croatia but now lives in the Netherlands. According to Wikipedia: "After the outbreak of the war in 1991 in former Yugoslavia, Ugrešić took a firm anti-war and anti-nationalistic stand. She wrote critically about nationalism, the stupidity and criminality of war, and soon became a target of nationalistically charged media. She was proclaimed a "traitor", a "public enemy" and a "witch".[4] She left Croatia in 1993 after a series of public attacks." Ugrešić will speak with Neval Berber and Laura Graziano in English. Translation available. Admission: Free with mandatory reservation
In collaboration with Palazzo Grassi and Wake Forest University
Friday, April 15
9:00am - Where a Writer Arrives and Causes a Big Mess - Santa Margherita Auditorium
Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, Etgar Keret is one of the leading voices in Israeli literature and cinema. Todd McEwen reviewed Missing Kissinger in The Guardian: "...I enjoyed these wild, blackly inventive pieces, very much at times - they might have been dreamed up by a mad scientist rather than a writer." Keret himself wrote in an opinion piece for the LA Times entitled Middle East 'proportionality': "The only equation I can wholeheartedly accept is one whereby zero bodies appear on either side of the equation. And until that time comes, I'll choose outcry and protest that appeal solely to the heart. I shall reserve my appeals to the mind for better times." Keret will speak in English with Emanuela Trevisan Semi and Monica Capuani. Translation available. Admission: free with mandatory reservation.
In collaboration with il Centro Veneziano di Studi Ebraici Internazionali
10:30am - The Boom in Russian Disco - at the Santa Margherita Auditorium
According to Wikipedia, Wladimir Kaminer "is a Russian-born German short story writer, columnist, and disc jockey of Jewish[1][2] origin." Kaminer will speak with Ulrike Kindl and Stefania Sbarra in German. Translation available. Admission: Free with mandatory reservation.
In collaboration with il Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani
12:00pm - Ordinary Persecution - at the Santa Margherita Auditorium
Wikipedia: "Nathan Englander is a Jewish-American author born in Long Island, NY in 1970. For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1999, won widespread critical acclaim, earning Englander the 2000 PEN/Faulkner Malamud Award and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Sue Kauffman Prize, and established him as an important writer of fiction." Alessandro Piperno "(born Rome, March 25, 1972) is an Italian writer and literary critic of Jewish descent, having a Jewish father and a Catholic mother." Englander and Piperno will speak with Gianfrano Bettin in English and Italian. Admission: free with mandatory reservation.
In collaboration with the Assessorato alle Politiche Giovanili e alla Pace and the Centro Veneziano di Studi Ebraici Internazionali
3:00pm - Poets for Czesław Miłosz - Presented by the Polish Institute of Rome and Incroci di Civiltà -
at Palazzo Ducale - Salla dello Scrutinio
A gaggle of writers - Antonella Anedda, Ewa Lipska, Julia Hartwig, Hans de Waarsenburg, Adam Zagajewski, Tomas Venclova, Ryszard Krynicki, Michael Kruger, Breyten Bretytenbach, Urszula Koziol, Ali Podrimja, Tomasz Rozycki - will honor the Polish poet Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004). From Wikipedia:
"Miłosz was a Polish poet, prose writer and translator of Lithuanian origin and subsequent American citizenship. His World War II-era sequence The World, is a collection of 20 "naive" poems. He defected to the West in 1951 and his non-fiction book The Captive Mind (1953) is one of the classics of anti-Stalinism. From 1961 to 1998 he was a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1980, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature." Introduction by Adam Michnik and Francesca Fornari. Various languages. Translation available. Admission: free with mandatory reservation
In collaboration with Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia and Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi Balcanici e Internazationali - Ca' Foscari Venezia
9:00pm - Yellow and Black - Gianrico Carofiglio - at Ateneo Veneto
Former anti-Mafia prosecutor and novelist Gianrico Carofiglio talks with writer Alberto Toso Fei in Italian. Admission: free until seating is at capacity.
In collaboration with Ateneo Veneto
Saturday, April 16
9:00am - The First Root - The Land of Catalan - at Santa Margherita Auditorium
Catalan writer Maria Barbal will speak with Patrizio Rigobon in the Catalan language. Translation available. Admission: free with mandatory reservation.
In collaboration with Institut Ramon Llull
10:30am - Certain Looks, Certain Voices - at Santa Margherita Auditorium
Spanish poet Guillermo Carnero will speak in Spanish with Elide Pittarello. Translation available. Admission: free with mandatory reservation
In collaboration with Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia
12:00pm - Klezcomics: Comics, Cats and Rabbis - at Santa Margherita Auditorium
According to Wikipedia, Joann Sfar "is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu and six other artists. He also worked together with many of the new movement's main artists, e.g. David B. and Lewis Trondheim. The Donjon series which he created with Trondheim has a cult following in many countries." Sfar will speak in French with Paolo Interdonato and Marie-Christine Jamet. Translation available. Admission: free with mandatory reservation
In collaboration with Alliance Française Venezia
3:30pm - Between Heaven & Hell: The Discovery of Iceland - at Santa Margherita Auditorium
Jón Kalman Stefánsson won the Icelandic Literary Prize for his novel Summer Light, and then Comes the Night. His English-language début, Heaven and Hell, was published in 2010. Stefánsson will speak with Massimiliano Bampi in Icelandic -- and yes, translation is available:) Admission: free with mandatory reservation.
In collaboration with the Icelandic Literary Fund
6:00pm - The Serious Traveler - at Teatro Malibran
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul is better known as V. S. Naipual. In awarding V.S. Naipaul the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001, the Swedish Academy praised his work "for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories." The Committee added, "Naipaul is a modern philosophe carrying on the tradition that started originally with Lettres Persians and Candide. In a vigilant style, which has been deservedly admired, he transforms rage into precision and allows events to speak with their own inherent irony." Sir Vidiadhar will speak with Matteo Codignola and Flavio Gregori in English. Translation available. Admission 7 euro.
In collaboration with Literary Review and the Italian Association for the study of English Culture & Literature
For appointments at the Malibran Theater:
Phone: 041. 2424
For appointments for reserved seating at the Santa Margherita Auditorium, Ca' Foscari, Palazzo Ducale and Punta della Dogana:
Phone: 041-5210255
"...books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth: and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye." -- John Milton, 1644
Ciao from Venice,
Venetian Cat - The Venice Blog