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NICOSIA, Cyprus With Cypriots facing the specter of financial meltdown, the conservative candidate in a presidential election runoff was favored to beat his left-wing rival Sunday.
Opposition leader Nicos Anastasiades garnered 45.46 percent of the vote in the first round of voting, about 18 points more than Stavros Malas, who is backed by outgoing President Dimitris Christofias' communist-rooted AKEL party. The candidate who gets the simple majority in the second round will win the race.
The new president will be under pressure to quickly finalize a financial rescue package with the eurozone's other 16 countries, and the International Monetary Fund to keep the country solvent as the economy shrinks and state coffers run dry. He will face a tough battle convincing reluctant countries, especially Germany, that tiny Cyprus deserves help after its banks lost billions of euros on bad Greek debt.
Last year, Cyprus sought financial assistance of up to (EURO)17 billion ($22.7 billion), a sum roughly equivalent to its annual gross domestic product, which has raised concerns whether the country would be able to pay back any loan. The country has been unable to borrow from international markets since mid-2011, and turned to long-time ally Russia last year for a (EURO)2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) loan to keep it afloat.
Cyprus, a divided island of around 1 million people in the far eastern end of the Mediterranean, is one of the smallest members of the 27-nation European Union and faces deep political and economic problems.
In 1974, it was split into an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south and a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece. Decades of talks on resolving that division so far have gone nowhere, and dealing with the financial crisis now takes priority. Only the 545,000 eligible voters in the south can cast their ballots in the election.
The conservatives have capitalized on widespread discontent over what many view as five years of failed rule by Christofias. An Anastasiades campaign billboard reading "Could you stand another five years of the same?" plays to that discontent.
"Today's choice is twofold: one is to carry on with today's government and the dead ends that we face. The other is a choice for a new era," Anastasiades, 66, said after voting. "(Voters) will conscientiously choose the future of our county, either to go forward or stay in the past."
Malas, a political newcomer, urged voters to select "policies that will help our country to resist and to safeguard social cohesion."
"We are determining the future of our country in a Europe that is contemplating which course it will follow given this great economic crisis," he said.
Voters understand that financial recovery will be a long, tough struggle, regardless of who wins.
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He told the Lancashire Evening Telegraph: "One thing that Mark has done, and it's obviously been a long building process because he has never had the luxury of spending £40 million in one summer, is build a squad that is absolutely fantastic, and he's been building it on purpose from day one when he walked in.
"I'm sure he's still not done with wanting to try and build it and better it.
"The other thing he wants to do is make every single person in that changing room better players and better people, every day they step out on that training pitch.
"Again, as a player with experience like myself, that's a great thing to see and it keeps me feeling younger around the place as well."
He added: "We expect to win now. We expect to get something at places like Chelsea.
"Our training sessions have a buzz about them, we have a lot of very confident players in the changing room, and we also have players who if they do make a mistake, or have a bad game, they are capable of bouncing back in the next game, because that's what the character is like.
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Speaking of getting in slightly over your head. I took some friends from work on their very first sail one fine, sunny Saturday. It was blowing 15-20 when we eased Oh Joy out of the slip and motored into Burrows Bay. I had full Genny and Main up and the winds increased to 20-25 by the time we passed Allen island headed South. The plan was to sail down to Deception and duck into Bowman Bay to drop the hook for lunch. By the time we got abreast of Deception Pass, it was blowing 25-30 and time to reef since we'd been running with the rail in the water to the winch. Needless to say, running offwind wasn't an option as we were next to a Lee shore without enough room. So, with a rook at the helm for his first time, I furled the Genny and went forward to rig the Solent Stay for the Staysail. Mind you there's no lifelines forward of the sprit's butt and no Pulpit on Oh Joy so hanging out on the pointy end as it makes 15' sweeps while shipping green water ain't exactly fun. I got it done and hanked on the Staysail, not wanting to shred the new Genny like I did the old one. Reefing was problematic since the rook had trouble keeping us head to wind and the boom took me off the housetop once but again, I got it done.
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Preliminary results place most mammoth finds in the Lake Lewis area at elevations of 600 to 1,000 feet, which echoes the distribution of boulders that originated from far away—so-called erratics—and rafted in on icebergs. The evidence suggests that these elevations mirror the typical water depths when Lake Lewis and that larger floods and deeper waters, up to 1,200 feet, were exceptions rather than the rule.
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MANILA, Philippines– Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II should watch out for Senator Ma. Lourdes "Nancy" Binay when he presents in the Senate his budget proposal for his office.
On Thursday, Binay told reporters that Roxas' office, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), would be one of two departments of government that she would particularly look into when the 2014 proposed national budget reaches the Senate.
The other office, she said, would be the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and its conditional cash transfer (CCT) program.
"Kasi yun ang mga social services doon sa agency na yon (Because the social services are there in that agency)," Binay said of the DSWD.
"Kasama na siguro ang CCT saka DILG (Including maybe the CCT and DILG)," she added
Asked why she singled out the DILG, Binay said: "Kasi first of all, I'm used to local governments. My father and mother became mayor so it's close to my heart."
Her father is now Vice President Jejomar Binay and her mother is former Makati Mayor Elenita Binay.
Roxas ran and lost to Jejomar Binay in 2010 in the vice presidential race.
But Senator Binay quickly dispelled any political color in her interest to look into the budget of the DILG.
"Walang political color…Ang tagal pa ng 2016 (There is no political color. 2016 is still too far)," she said.
Senator Binay would be one of six senators who were expected to form the new minority bloc in the Senate when the 16th Congress opens on July 22.
After a luncheon meeting at the Vice President's Office in Pasay City early this Thursday, the new group being headed by former Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile agreed to scrutinize the 2014 proposed national budget and vote as a bloc on certain issues.
Senator Binay said her father was also present in that meeting.
Aside from the budgets of DILG and DSWD, the younger Binay said she would also find out if the country's so called "inclusive growth" has a trickledown effect.
"Titingnan ko lang, it's been two years and walang trickledown effect," she said.
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Homeowners living in the UK could be tempted to seek equity release advice in order to make financial planning a little easier.
Advice firm Informed Choice has encouraged Britons to gain control of their finances in order to be able to plan ahead.
This could encourage a number of people aged between 55 and 95 years to consult an equity release guide in order to see how the value of their home could boost their finances with a cash injection.
Martin Bamford, chartered financial planner at Informed Choice, said there are a number of factors at play that see people fall into debt.
"Certainly the recent recession hasn't helped families. A lot of people were in a very bad position before the recession hit, so their budgeting for example wasn't particularly good and they tended to over rely on things like debt and put themselves into a very weak position. When the recession hit, it made things a lot worse," he commented.
Mr Bamford also claimed that the situation is unlikely to improve in the short term, saying the only way things will get better is if improved levels of financial education are available.
"We have absolutely had a very two-tier financial crisis in the recession, and it has hit people in different wealth categories differently. So that gap has continued to widen and there are indications it will continue to do so," he added.
The comments follow the publication of a report by insolvency trade body R3, which showed that UK consumers have had to alter their spending habits in order to save money.
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But a loyal boyfriend he may not be -- the Web site of Ghalib's employer features what appears to be a minute-by-minute blog of Spears' trip from her Studio City home to the hospital.
While Ghalib frequently uses the site to discuss his ties with Spears, it was unclear whether Ghalib or another FinalPixx employee had posted the latest details.
On Jan. 23, Ghalib's wife, Azlynn Elizabeth Berry, filed for legal separation citing irreconcilable differences, according to The Associated Press. The couple had been married for four years before Ghalib was first spotted by Spears' side.
Alli Sims, Britney's one-time assistant and friend so close she's nicknamed "cousin Alli," has been a less vital player in Spears' entourage as of late. But nevertheless, Sims showed up at the hospital to visit Britney, according to TMZ.com.
"Sims in the past has acted like the go-between," Drew said. "She does seem to get through to Britney, but often times she'll just go along with whatever Britney wants."
Just days before Britney's hospitalization, Sims appeared in a Jan. 28 article published by People Magazine, in which she said that she still talks to the singer regularly.
"I'm not saying that everything is fine," Sims, 26, told the magazine. "Obviously, she's worried about stuff, like we all are. She's hanging in there. I'm not worried. She'll get back. She'll be fine."
In the same article Sims said that she didn't like Lutfi's "vibe" and knows him only from when he "followed us around for eight months," referring to the time when she was seen frequently around town with Britney, followed by the usual clan of paparazzi.
Sims also told Us Weekly that she isn't so crazy about Spears' boyfriend, Ghalib, either.
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If nobody else, Britney's pup London loves her unconditionally.
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During her recent breakdown in Los Angeles, Spears was photographed clutching London tightly as she sobbed.


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OMAHA, Neb. Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson says he decided to leave the U.S. Senate after 2012 because he wants more free time, not because he's retiring.
Nelson told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he's not sure what's next, but he's sure he'll have another opportunity to serve.
The 70-year-old centrist Democrat and former governor announced his decision not to seek another term Tuesday. His departure is expected to make it easier for Republicans to win the only seat in Nebraska's congressional delegation that hasn't already gone to the GOP.
But Nelson says he doesn't think it's too late for Democrats to run.
He says he's also confident he could have won himself, saying his poll numbers have improved despite being hammered by conservatives for supporting the federal health care overhaul.
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Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson survived nearly two decades representing heavily Republican Nebraska by carving a path down the political center. But faced with navigating that road in an increasingly polarizing climate, Nelson is stepping away - and swinging the door wide open for the GOP.
Nelson, the lone Democrat in Nebraska's five-member congressional delegation, announced Tuesday that he wouldn't seek a third term. He was facing a tough campaign against several Republicans who've spent the past several months attacking his support for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and federal stimulus legislation.
"Who can blame him given the current political mood of the country?" said former state Democratic Party Chairman Steve Achelpohl.
Other Democrats lamented Nelson's decision to retire, fearing it sets up the GOP for an easy victory next year. Republicans need to net just four seats to reclaim control of the Senate, and Nebraska looks to be an easy pickup.
There are no Democrats in line to take Nelson's place in the increasingly conservative state. He joins several other Democrats to retire from the Senate, including Virginia's Jim Webb and North Dakota's Kent Conrad.
After months of speculation that he would leave office, the 70-year-old conservative Democrat told supporters in an emailed statement that he felt it was time he "step away from elective office, spend more time with my family, and look for new ways to serve our state and nation."
"Therefore, I am announcing today that I will not seek re-election," he said. "Simply put: It is time to move on."
The former two-term governor thrived in Nebraska politics partly because he was willing to support Republican ideas when he believed they were in the state's best interests, Achelpohl said.
"Nebraskans are generally independent thinkers, and he was certainly an independent thinker," Achelpohl said. "He just had his finger right on the pulse of the predominant political thinking right in our state and nationally."
Democrats banking on Nelson's ability to leverage those centrist stances and capture statewide races were left scrambling, and many state activists acknowledged being taken by surprise.
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National Sun Yat-sen University
|National Sun Yat-sen University
|Chinese: 博學、審問、慎思、明辨、篤行
English: Study extensively; Enquire accurately; Reflect carefully; Discriminate clearly; Practise earnestly (taken from the Doctrine of the Mean )
|Founded 1924
Re-established November 12, 1980
|Public, Research
|Hung-Duen Yang (楊弘敦)
Academic staff
|-- full-time, -- part-time
|Gushan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
|Formosan rock macaque University
|AACSB, EUTW, Taiwan Comprehensive University System
|(NSYSU Home)
|National Sun Yat-sen University
|Traditional Chinese
|Simplified Chinese
National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU; Chinese: 國立中山大學) is a leading public research university located in Gushan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is considered as one of the most prestigious universities in Cross-Strait Economic Zone, 4th best ranked higher education institution in Taiwan, and one of 50 best universities under the age of 50 worldwide.[1][2]
Named after Dr. Sun Yat-sen, NSYSU was founded in 1980 as a re-established version of the original Sun Yat-sen University. This re-establishment has been made possible through the efforts of alumni of both the original Sun Yat-sen University and the historical Moscow Sun Yat-sen University.
NSYSU comprises six colleges and is well known for its oceanography, cutting-edge technologies, business management, political science, and Chinese studies programs. Its alumni include the first Chinese citizen from mainland to receive a Ph.D. degree in Taiwan.[3] Its scholars maintains strong ties with government officials, and it presently receives funding from the "Aim for the Top University Project" of Taiwan's Ministry of Education and is one of the four universities that make up Taiwan's Public Ivy, the Taiwan Comprehensive University System.
The NSYSU campus is a natural fortress, it's surrounded on four sides by sea and mountain.[4]
- 1 History
- 2 Tradition
- 3 Campus
- 4 Academic rankings
- 5 Academic Units
- 6 International Exchange
- 7 Notable alumni
- 8 Honorary doctorate
- 9 Affiliated school
- 10 See also
- 11 References
- 12 External links
In 1923, two years before his death, the Founding Father of the Republic of China (ROC), Dr. Sun Yat-sen, established two universities, one civil and one military. The civil university was National Kwangtung University (國立廣東大學, renamed National Sun Yat-sen University in 1926), and the military university was Whampoa Military Academy. Both universities generated remarkable contributions and played an important education role in modern Chinese history.
After National Sun Yat-sen University was established in Canton, it had to move south due to the Sino-Japanese War. The university moved first to Yunnan, and later to North Guangdong. Finally, in 1945, the university moved back to and resumed operations at its original campus in Canton.
In 1949, the government of the Republic of China moved to Taiwan. Its alumni expected the National Sun Yet-sen University (NSYSU) to be re-established in Taiwan, but the right timing never came along until 1980, when Moscow Sun Yat-sen University graduate, President Chiang Ching-kuo gave his approval, Dr. Lee Huan then led the project to establish the university on its current campus at Sizihwan in Kaohsiung City, the second largest metropolitan in Taiwan. Succeeding 5 presidents, all carried the tradition of nurturing the university's growth and development.
When it was established, the university had four departments, two graduate institutes, and 189 students. Today, the university has six colleges (Liberal Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Management, Marine Sciences, and Social Sciences) and over 9500 students, offering 18 undergraduate majors, 35 masters programs, and 26 doctorate programs. NSYSU has grown, and is now recognized as one of Taiwan's important research and learning institutions with international distinction.
In 2002 NSYSU was named by the Ministry of Education as one of the country's seven major research-intensive universities. Two years later, Its College of Management received AACSB accreditation and became the first AACSB accredited public university in Taiwan.
In 2006 and 2008, NSYSU received the first/second stage grant of the "Aim for the Top University Plan" from the Ministry of Education.
In 2012, NSYSU & UCSD Joint Symposium.[5]
In history, all the Sun Yat-sen Universities were the products of Leninism. NSYSU originally used to be for realize Dang Guo ideology through "partification of education (黨化教育)".[6]
NSYSU is considered as the think tank for government policy and Southern Taiwan's industry, it is focused on the Combination of Industry, Official and University. There are many professors also country's bureaucratic.
- Founding spirit
- The Three Principles of the People (三民主義), a political philosophy developed by Sun Yat-sen.
- Spiritual norm[7]
- The Constant Promotion of Professional Excellence.
- The Contribution to Society through Cultivating Leaders across All Fields.
- Vision
- As Taiwan's UC San Diego.[8]
Located alongside the Kaohsiung Harbor, the NSYSU campus faces the open waters of the Taiwan Strait. The Sizihwan beach sits right on campus which makes the campus one of the most beautiful campuses in Taiwan. There are several characteristics like:
- Nature: Montane ecosystem, Marine ecosystem, Coral reef.
- Artificial: a seaside resort, a tunnel, a Japanese historic site.
In addition, the campus contain a research station in Pratas Islands.
Academic rankings[edit]
|University rankings (overall)
|QS Asia[9]
|ARWU Asia/Pacific[10]
|THE World[11]
|QS World[12]
|ARWU World[13]
- Academic Ranking of World Universities
- According to Academic Ranking of World Universities (2014), NSYSU ranks as the 6th university in Taiwan (426th worldwide).[14]
- Times Higher Education
- According to Times Higher Education (2012–2013), NSYSU ranks as the 4th university in Taiwan (46th Asia; 301st-350th worldwide).
- THE 100 Under 50 university rankings
- According to Times Higher Education ranking of the 100 best universities under the age of 50 (2013), NSYSU ranks as the 1st university in Taiwan (36th worldwide).
- QS World University Rankings
- According to the QS World University Rankings, NSYSU ranks as the 9th university in Taiwan (451st-500th worldwide).
- QS Asian University Rankings
- According to the QS Asian University Rankings, NSYSU ranks as the 8th university in Taiwan (60th Asia).
- THES - QS World University Rankings
- According to the THES - QS World University Rankings, NSYSU is within the world's 500 best universities, ranked at 401+(2009).
- Taiwan's World TOP 1000 Business School
By "eduniversal.com":
Taiwan Business School Level 2009 Recommendation Rate (per 1000) 2008 Recommendation Rate (per 1000) School 1 UNIVERSAL 186 ‰ 237 ‰ National Taiwan University - College of Management 2 TOP 93 ‰ 117 ‰ National Chengchi University - College of Commerce 3 EXCELLENT 136 ‰ 118 ‰ National Sun Yat-sen University - College of Management 4 EXCELLENT 120 ‰ 70 ‰ National Chiao Tung University - College of Management 5 EXCELLENT 109 ‰ 70 ‰ Taiwan Tech - School of Management 6 EXCELLENT 78 ‰ 61 ‰ Fu Jen Catholic University - College of Management 7 GOOD 35 ‰ 10 ‰ National Cheng Kung University - College of Management
Academic Units[edit]
College of Liberal Arts[edit]
- Department of Chinese Literature (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
- Department of Foreign Languages and Literature (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
- Department of Music (B.F.A., M.A., M.F.A.)
- Institute of Philosophy (M.A.)
- Department of Theater Arts (B.F.A., M.A.)
College of Science[edit]
- Department of Chemistry (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Department of Physics (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Department of Biological Science (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Department of Applied Mathematics (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Institute of Biomedical Science (M.S., Ph.D.)
College of Engineering[edit]
- Department of Electrical Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Departmentof Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Institute of Environmental Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Department of Photonics (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Institute of Communications Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
College of Management[edit]
- Department of Business Management (B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.)
- Department of Information Management (B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.)
- Department of Finance (B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.)
- Institute of Public Affairs Management (M.B.A., Ph.D.)
- Institute of Human Resource Management (M.B.A., Ph.D.)
- Institute of Health Care Management (M.B.A.)
- Institute of Communications Management (M.B.A.)
College of Marine Sciences[edit]
- Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Department of Marine Environment and Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
- Institute of Marine Biology (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Institute of Marine Geology and Chemistry (M.S., Ph.D.)
- Institute of Applied Marine Physics and Undersea Technology (M.S.)
- Institute of Marine Affairs (M.S.)
College of Social Sciences[edit]
- Graduate Institute of Political Science (M.S.S., Ph.D.)
- Graduate Institute of Sociology (M.S.S.)
- Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies (M.S.S., Ph.D.)
- Institute of Economics (M.S.S., Ph. D.)
- Institute of Education (M.Ed., Ph.D.)
- Department of Political Economy (B.A.)
International Exchange[edit]
Every year there are about 50 international exchange students that come to study courses, mostly management and business focused, in English and learn about Taiwanese culture as well as the Chinese languages. The university also has a separate language institute where fee-paying students can study Mandarin and Taiwanese. There are also around the same number of out-going exchange students each year to NSYSU's partner universities. NSYSU has an active International Student Association. In 2009-2010 well over 250 international students were members of the association at NSYSU, participating in over 20 student events. ISA has five key points: Student Services, Public Services, Social Events, Sports and Scholarship. The 2010-2011 International Student Executive Board will tentatively be elected in the fall of 2010 at NSYSU. The Office of International Affairs at NSYSU has traditionally monitored the election process.
Notable alumni[edit]
- Academic
- Xi Zezong
- Yuei-An Liou
Honorary doctorate[edit]
|Lien Chan
|the Vice-President of the Republic of China
|14th Dalai Lama
|Nobel Peace Prize winner
|Yuan T. Lee
|Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner
|Kao Ching-yuen
|Uni-President Enterprises Corporation CEO
|Robert C. Merton
|Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner
|Lee Huan
|the Premier of Taiwan
|Gao Xingjian
|Nobel Prize in Literature winner
|Peter Raven
|an academician of National Academy of Sciences
|Vernon L. Smith
|Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner
|Alex Horng
|CEO, Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.[15][16]
|Gennady P. Turmov
|President, Far Eastern State Technical University, Russia[17]
|Chi-Huey Wong
|president of Academic Sinica
Affiliated school[edit]
- Guoguang Laboratory School, National Sun Yat-sen University (國立中山大學附屬國光高級中學) Homepage
See also[edit]
- Taiwan Comprehensive University System
- List of universities in Taiwan
- Sun Yat-sen University (disambiguation)
- ^ Times Higher Education.
- ^ 100 Under 50 Rankings 2015 results - Times Higher Education
- ^ 全台首位 陸生博士出爐 - 中時電子報
- ^ 照亮世界的新光 諾貝爾物理獎得主天野浩ISSLED閉幕演講 - 國立中山大學National Sun Yat-sen University
- ^ http://www.ora.nsysu.edu.tw/ucsd2012/index.html
- ^ 葉文心,《民國時期大學校園文化(1919——1937)》,第五章。
- ^ http://ctdr.nsysu.edu.tw/CTDR2010/CTDR_English/index.html
- ^ http://www.ora.nsysu.edu.tw/top-U/2007in/report/Upload/619.pdf
- ^ "QS Asian University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2010. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities in Japan". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2010. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ "THE World University Rankings". Times Higher Education. 2010. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2010. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2010. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ http://www.shanghairanking.com/Institution.jsp?param=National%20Sun%20Yat-Sen%20University
- ^ "[Honorary doctorates]" (in Chinese). National Sun Yat-sen University. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ "Honors". Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd. 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ "[Honorary doctorates]" (in Chinese). National Sun Yat-sen University. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Sun Yat-sen University.
- NSYSU webpage
- NSYSU English webpage
- Three universities in central and southern Taiwan forge alliance
- Study in Taiwan National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU)
- National Sun Yat-sen University Reviews - Kaohsiung, Taiwan Attractions - TripAdvisor
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Botched budget means no pay for Calif. lawmakers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. The man who cuts California's paychecks has a costly message for lawmakers who tried to meet a voter-imposed deadline with the budget they passed last week: Not good enough.
Controller John Chiang took the rare step Tuesday of halting paychecks for all 120 state lawmakers after he reviewed the budget Democrats approved and determined it was not balanced. Chiang, a Democrat, said lawmakers therefore did not meet the requirement for getting paid under Proposition 25, which voters approved in November to get the Legislature to approve balanced budgets on time.
The situation might at least help California balance its books, since taxpayers save $48,603.50 every day lawmakers don't get a salary and per diem. Lawmakers can start receiving their salaries and expenses again once they pass a balanced budget, but they won't be paid retroactively for the days the budget was late.
The decision sparked sharp criticism from Democratic lawmakers and could be challenged in court. Assemblyman Mike Gatto, D-Los Angeles, said Chiang decided to withhold pay for political reasons.
"I halted a fulfilling private sector career path to enter public service. I now have to explain to my wife and daughter that we won't be able to pay the bills because a politician chose to grandstand at our expense," Gatto said.
Under Proposition 25, lawmakers don't get their salary or living expenses if they miss their budget deadline of June 15 each year. The measure gives the state controller the authority to judge whether revenues matched or exceeded state spending.
Proposition 25, the "on-time budget act," was born out of frustration with California's late budgets, which stall pay for some state workers and vendors.
Chiang's decision marks the first time the unique initiative has been put to use.
Few other states have late budget problems, according to Arturo Perez of the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver. Only New York and Guam withhold pay from lawmakers if they fail to meet their budget deadline, he said.
California's measure is different because lawmakers don't get retroactive pay, Perez said.
"The issue of late budgets is alien to most states," he said.
For California lawmakers who earn $95,291 a year, it means they'll receive $261 less for each day their salary is cut. For leaders of the Senate and Assembly who make $109,584, that works out to $300 per day.
Most lawmakers also lose out on a $142 per diem for travel and living expenses.
Chiang, whose office issues paychecks, found the Democratic package passed by a simple majority did not meet the requirements for a balanced budget because portions were "miscalculated, miscounted or unfinished." He said it committed the state to $89.8 billion in spending but provided only $87.9 billion in revenues, leaving a hole of about $1.9 billion.
"Part of the reason the budget didn't balance is that they were engaged in some of the past practices that worked in earlier years but that do not work today under the new reality," Chiang told The Associated Press.


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Eight awards were handed out, including the Federal Employee of the Year.
The group behind the awards, the Partnership for Public Service, has already begun planning for the 2011 awards. In fact, nominations are already being accepted.
Tim McManus is the Vice President for Education and Outreach at PPS. He joined the DorobekINSIDER to talk about this year's awards and what comes next.
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US personnel flown out of country as reports claim 'extraordinary and unprecedented' security measures in force in capital Sana'a
Yemeni security forces have been put on high alert amid warnings of an imminent attack by al-Qaeda in Sana'a, as the U.S. and Britain withdrew embassy staff and urged their citizens to leave the country.
BBC Arabic quoted a Yemeni security source as saying that "extraordinary and unprecedented" security measures had been put in place, with armoured vehicles deployed at the presidential palace and other sensitive government and foreign installations in Yemen's capital.
Dozens of al-Qaeda operatives were said to have streamed into Sana'a in the last few days, apparently to take part in a terrorist attack, the BBC said. The Yemeni claim could not be independently confirmed.
Hours earlier, Yemeni tribal sources and unnamed officials reported two U.S. drone strikes that killed four al-Qaeda operatives in Marib province north-east of Sana'a, including a senior commander who was named by al-Jazeera as Salah al-Jumati. Last month, the second in command of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Said al-Shehri, was also killed in a U.S. drone strike.
The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence services had intercepted communications between Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's overall leader, and the Yemeni head of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Nasser al-Wuhayshi.
The paper quoted counter-terrorism officials as saying that Zawahri had recently elevated Wuhayshi to be the new "general manager" of the terrorist network, making him the second most important man in the organisation.
In London the Foreign Office said all U.K. embassy staff had been temporarily withdrawn. The FCO also advised against all travel to the whole country.
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aspects of the situation") were more physiologically responsive when "guilty" than when "innocent."
Other studies have failed to find effects of normal personality variation on polygraph accuracy. For example, Bradley and Rettinger (1992) found no differences with respect to polygraph detection of deception between subjects high and low in their propensity to monitor their own social demeanor. Gudjonsson (1982) found no consistent overall relationships between personality traits assessed by a battery of personality inventories (i.e., Eysenck Personality Inventory, Gough Socialization Scale, and the Arrow-Dot Test) and detection of deception using a concealed information test for normal or personality-disordered individuals.
Regarding psychopathy, Hammond (1980) found no differences in the detectability of deception using a mock crime scenario among normal individuals, alcoholics, and psychopaths. Similarly, neither Raskin and Hare (1978) nor Patrick and Iacono (1989) found any differences in the detectability of deception between psychopathic and nonpsychopathic prison inmates.
Although consistent personality effects on polygraph accuracy have not been found, it would be premature to conclude that personality traits in general have little effect: two studies did find such relationships, there is a paucity of relevant high-quality research, and the statistical power of the studies to find moderating effects if they exist is quite limited.
In Chapter 3 we discuss empirically supported theories relating physiological responses, including responses measured by the polygraph, to the interpersonal context. These theories have existed in the basic social psychological and sociological literature for some time (e.g., Goffman, 1963; Blascovich et al., 2000). The theories and associated research (Blascovich et al., 2001a) suggest that apparent stigmatizing qualities (e.g., race, age, gender, physical abnormalities, socioeconomic status) of the participants in situations like polygraph examinations might affect polygraph test results. However, relatively little work has been done to test these theories in the context of polygraph examiner-examinee interactions. There is some polygraph research bearing on the effects of sociocultural group identity, however. Some studies have reported polygraph accuracy as a function of the gender of examinees, fewer have reported on the race of examinees, and almost none on ethnicity. Only a few studies have data bearing on gender and race in combination, and only two have considered examiner and examinee characteristics in combination. As with the research on personality differences, the studies vary substantially in their internal and external validity.