Japanese Modernism And Cine-Text : Fragments And Flows At Empire\u27s Edge In Kitagawa Fuyuhiko And Yokomitsu Riichi

This article notes that Kitagawa Fuyuhiko\u27s writings from the 1920s and 1930s, together with the contemporaneous works of prose author Yokomitsu Riichi, are strongly marked by the confluence of the literary and the cinematic. Kitagawa and Yokomitsu\u27s engagement with film was not limited to a fascination with the precision, objectivity, or mobility of the “camera eye.” Rather, it extended to the entire ability of the cinematic apparatus to capture the temporality of objects in motion, and of the ability of the filmmaker to organize segments of space into a new synthetic whole. The article explores this confluence through a brief examination of four instances of “cine-text”: Kitagawa\u27 poetry collection War, Yokomitsu\u27 novel Shanghai, the concept of literary formalism Yokomitsu proposed around the year 1930, and the theory of the “prose film” that Kitagawa unveiled in the following decade

New Perceptions: Kinugasa Teinosuke\u27s Films And Japanese Modernism

This essay offers a reading of Kinugasa Teinosuke\u27s independent silent films as responses to the traumatic experience of twentieth-century modernity. Of particular interest are the global and local intertexts in A Page of Madness and Crossways, their connections to the literary criticism of the shinkankakuha, or New Perception school, and the centrality of sensory perception in Kinugasa\u27s work

Apparatus and method of capturing an orbiting spacecraft

Apparatus and a method of capturing an orbiting spacecraft by attaching a grapple fixture are discussed. A probe is inserted into an opening, such as a rocket nozzle, in the spacecraft until a stop on the prove mechanism contacts the spacecraft. A lever is actuated releasing a spring loaded rod which moves axially along the probe removing a covering sleeve to expose spring loaded toffle fingers which pivot open engaging the side of the opening. The probe is shortened and tensioned by turning a screw thread, pressing the fingers inside of the opening to compress the spacecraft between the toggle fingers and the stop. A grapple fixture attached to the probe, which is thus secured to the spacecraft, is engaged by appropriate retrieval means such as a remote manipulator arm

Civil Procedure—Prima Facie Case—Scintilla of Evidence

Rowland v. Parks, 2 N.Y.2d 64, 156 N.Y.S.2d 834 (1956)

The Fight for Clean Technology Funds: Who Should Control the Future of Low-Carbon Technology in the Developing World

As part of a multilateral climate change treaty, the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have discussed establishing an international aid mechanism, or fund, to support low-carbon energy generation and energy efficiency projects in developing countries. The selection of a fund administrator has been particularly contentious. Many developed countries believe that, rather than creating a new fund, the COP should use an already established one-the World Bank\u27s Clean Technology Fund (CTF)-and select the World Bank as fund administrator.H owever, many developing countries believe the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC should create a new fund with administrative control retained by the COP. This Note first uses a public choice economic analysis to examine why different countries support different fund administrators. Second, it evaluates the arguments for and against the World Bank\u27s CTF and concludes that the World Bank must make several important changes for the COP to select its fund and give it administrative control. Lastly, this Note discusses how conflict may arise between the World Bank and the United Nations if the COP does not select the World Bank as fund administrator. The United Nations does not have any direct control over the World Bank\u27s decision to continue to operate its fund, but the countries that are parties to the UNFCCC may have a legal obligation to support whichever fund the COP selects

Miscellaneous—Substitution of Attorneys

Wojcik v. Miller Bakeries Corporation, 2 N.Y.2d 631, 162 N.Y.S.2d 337 (1957)

Taxation—Leasehold Interest: Personal Property, Not Subject to Taxation

Grumman Aircraft Corporation v. Board of Assessors, 2 N.Y.2d 500, 161 N.Y.S2d 393 (1957)

The Fight for Clean Technology Funds: Who Should Control the Future of Low-Carbon Technology in the Developing World

As part of a multilateral climate change treaty, the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have discussed establishing an international aid mechanism, or fund, to support low-carbon energy generation and energy efficiency projects in developing countries. The selection of a fund administrator has been particularly contentious. Many developed countries believe that, rather than creating a new fund, the COP should use an already established one-the World Bank\u27s Clean Technology Fund (CTF)-and select the World Bank as fund administrator.H owever, many developing countries believe the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC should create a new fund with administrative control retained by the COP. This Note first uses a public choice economic analysis to examine why different countries support different fund administrators. Second, it evaluates the arguments for and against the World Bank\u27s CTF and concludes that the World Bank must make several important changes for the COP to select its fund and give it administrative control. Lastly, this Note discusses how conflict may arise between the World Bank and the United Nations if the COP does not select the World Bank as fund administrator. The United Nations does not have any direct control over the World Bank\u27s decision to continue to operate its fund, but the countries that are parties to the UNFCCC may have a legal obligation to support whichever fund the COP selects