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This is the path by which Japanese companies were able to win the lead in solar exports from U.S. competitors. As Astropower vice president Howard Wenger notes, the Japanese government's approach has been to "massively build up the domestic market through incentives to encourage industry to scale up and then, in phase two, take the show on the road and dominate the world." Japan is currently the largest market for solar in the world, and 75% of the 4 million devices sold so far are on rooftops, partly because of government incentives. The experience of selling mass quantities...
...well situated for watching handsome strollers drawn by such nearby shops as Armani and Celine. But don't linger too long. Head for the town's friendly information office at Via Roma 35, just behind the piazza, and get maps for a bracing walk along the shore. A short path, 20 minutes each way, will take you past the church and castle of San Giorgio to the local lighthouse at the tip of a promontory. A longer hike brings you to the 10th century Abbey of San Fruttuoso. It's two hours each way--but worth every minute...
...century image, third of a series probably consisting of four parts, of a 14-15th century reformer of Tibetan Buddhism, Tsongkhapa. A student of tantras who experienced visions of Buddhas, he is portrayed on the scroll as an enlightened being presenting instructions on how to follow his spiritual path. The exhibition also features a series of statues representing Buddhas, who the Tibetans believe are the embodiment of ultimate truth. One 16th century sculpture shows the revered Jowo Rinpoche, a gilded image of Buddha Shakyamuni, one of Tibet's most sacred figures, whom the Tibetans call Lord and Precious Teacher...
After hearing all Boe’s extraordinary stories, her present situation seems incongruously tame: she’s in the midst of her sophomore year at Smith College. Unlike those of us for whom college was the unquestionable post-high school destination, Boe has diverted from the established path a hundred times in life. Coming to Oxford to study Shakespeare, fiction writing and international law is another route she might never have expected to take...
Veering off the path can be the scariest thing imaginable. Boe knows that. All the same, she reminds me, “There’s a lot of magic in the world if you’re open...