Brian Hurley

Writers and intellectuals in modern Japan have long forged dialogues across the boundaries separating the spheres of literature and thought. This book explores some of their most intellectually and aesthetically provocative connections in the volatile transwar years of the 1920s to 1950s. Reading philosophical texts alongside literary writings, the study links the intellectual side of literature to the literary dimensions of thought in contexts ranging from middlebrow writing to avant-garde modernism, and from the wartime left to the postwar right.Chapters trace these dynamics through the novelist Tanizaki Jun’ichiro’s collaboration with the nativist linguist Yamada Yoshio on a modern translation of The Tale of Genji; the modernist writer Yokomitsu Riichi’s dialogue with Kyoto School philosophers around the question of “worldliness”; the Marxist poet Nakano Shigeharu’s and the philosopher Tosaka Jun’s thinking about prosaic everyday language; and the postwar rumination on liberal society that surrounded the scholar Edwin McClellan while he translated Natsume Soseki’s classic 1914 novel Kokoro as a graduate student in the United States working with the famed economist Friedrich Hayek. Revealing unexpected intersections of literature, ideas, and politics in a global transwar context, the book concludes by turning to Murakami Haruki and the resonances of those intersections in a time closer to our own.

The stories in this book are from real encounters with real patients. Of course, because of HIPAA names have been changed and certain information has been withheld. These are actual experiences I have shared with some of the best folks I've worked with. To be in healthcare, you need to be caring, compassionate, and working for one person: the patient sitting in front of you. I take that role very seriously. With that being said, some of these stories may come across as shocking, funny, disappointing, or even vulgar; but my hope is that they give you something to connect to, laugh at, think about, and appreciate. I share these stories to provide a chance for you to look at the healing process in a light-hearted, positive way. Remember that all patients are humans with a story to tell. And in my case, they are much older and have experienced much more in life. It is with my deepest wishes that any human working for any other human will try to connect with them, make it a positive experience, and perhaps learn in the process. Start the new year with a laugh, and supporting a worthy cause There is enough negative information out there everyday, perhaps this short read will bring a smile to your face.

Can renewable energy provide reliable power? Will it need extensive backup? The energy available from wind, waves, tides and the sun varies in ways that may not match variations in energy demand. Assimilating these fluctuations can affect the operation and economics of electricity networks, markets and the output of other forms of generation. Is this a significant problem, or can these new sources be integrated into the grid system without the need for extensive backup or energy storage capacity? This book examines the significance of the issue of variability of renewable electricity supplies, and presents technical and operational solutions to the problem of reconciling the differing patterns of supply and demand. Its chapters are authored by leading experts in the field, who aim to explain and quantify the impacts of variability in renewable energy, and in doing so, dispel many of the myths and misunderstandings surrounding the topic.