Current Events

Over 40 K-12 schools and 8,000 students in the State of Okolahoma are studying the Chinese language thanks to the support of Hanban and Chinese Consulate General and the productive promotion work of OU's Confucius Institute.

A five-member delegation from Hanban and a five-member deletation headed by President Zhong from Beijing Normal University visited OUCI on campus from May 4-6. Successful and productive meetings were held, which will have significant impact on future work of OUCI.

The current Chinese B. A. program has 26 majors,. listed the third in the department of 11 foreign language programs and the enrollment for the academic year of 2008-09 is 430! Chinese Enrollment History

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   Teaching
Chinese on all levels
Chinese linguistics
Classical Chinese
Chinese Character studies

    Education
Ph.D., Humanities/Linguistics, 1990, University of Texas, Arlington
M.A., Linguistics, 1985, University of Texas, Arlington
B.A., English Language & Literature, 1969, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (Canton Institute of Foreign Languages), China

    Employment
2010 - present Professor, University of Oklahoma
2002 - 2010 Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma
1997 - 2002 Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma
1994 - 1997 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma
1990 - 1991 Translator/Graduate Assistant, University of Texas
1983 - 1990 Language Research Assistant, University of Texas
1981 - 1983 Instructor of English, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China
1977 - 1981 Developer/Host, English Language Program, Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, China
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    Honors/Awards
UOSA Outstanding Faculty Award, 2006
OU Presidential International Travel Fellowship, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
Matching Travel Grant, 2004
CAS Dean's List Magna Cum Laude, 2002-2005
CAS Faculty Enrichment Grant, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
Departmental travel fund, 1994-2004
Phi Delta Alpha Certificate of Recognition and Honor, 2004, 2005
KGE Modern Language Students Association Certificate of Recognition, 2001
Alpha Phi Omega, Delta Beta Chapter Certificate of Recognition and Honor, 2000
CAS Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, 2000
Cecil W. Woods Memorial Award, 1998
Graduate Research Assistantship, University of Texas, 1990
International Complete Scholarship, University of Texas, 1984-1989
Honor Roll, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas, 1984

    Memberships
International Association of Chinese Linguisitcs, 2006-present
Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1994-present
Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers’ Association, 1994-present
Oklahoma Academic Advising Association, 2005-present

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    Service
       International Service

23rd International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Language and Linguistics, the University of Texas, Arlington, Conference Interpreter, 1990
1st International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy Preparatory Committee, member, Wuchang, China, 2000
2nd International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy Preparatory Committee, member, Yichang, China, 2001
3rd International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy Preparatory Committee, member and Panel Chair, Nanjing, China, 2002
4th International Conference on Chinese Language Pedagogy Preparatory Committee, member, Kunming, China, 2003-04
37th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Language and Linguistics, Session Chair, Lund University, Sweden, 2004
Jounal of Yunnan Norman University: Teaching & Research on Chinese as a Foreign Language Academic Advisory Board, 2003-present
2005 Hawaii Conference on Arts and Humanities, Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Session Chair, 2005

State Service
Design and administer Chinese Language Proficiency test for the Oklahoma State Department of Education for teaching certification, 2006
Certification Examination for Oklahoma Educators (CEOE) Framework Review, 2007
Chinese (Mandarin) Content Advisory Committee for Oklahoma Subject Area Tests (OSAT), 2008

University Service
East Asian Exchange Committee, Chair, 1999-present
Education Abroad and International Student Service Advisory Committee, 2006-2009 term
Director of IPC, Associate Provost, & William J. Crowe, Jr. Chair of Geopolitics Search Committee, 2007

International Exchange Programs Advisory Board, 2001-2004 term
1st Oklahoma Chinese Speech Contest Organizing Committee, Consultant, 2006
Sue William Service Award Selection Committee, 2005
Journey to China Selection Committee and Faculty Leader, 2002
Presidential International Travel Fellowship Selection Committee, 2002

Outstanding Asian American Student Award Selection Committee, 1998-present

Paul & Rose Sharp Outstanding International Student of the Year Selection Committee, 2002
Study Abroad Selection Committee, 2002-present
Asian-American Student Association faculty advisor, 1997-2004
Phi Delta Alpha Sorority faculty advisor, 2002-present
Adopt-A-Faculty for Honors Dorm 2nd Floor, 1999, 2000, 2005

       College Service
Executive Committee of Confucius Institute at OU (OUCI), Board Director, 2006

CAS Corrine Price Scholarship Selection Committee, 2002-2007
School of International and Area Studies affiliated faculty, 2001-present

US-China Issue Institute affiliated faculty , 2007
East Asian Studies Program Coordinator (Sub), fall 2003
Symposium on Asia Committee, 2000-2001, 2005
Committee for the Ninth Oklahoma Symposium on East Asia, 1995
East Asian Studies Committee, University of Oklahoma, 1994-1999

       Department Service

Departmental Course and Curriculum Committee, 2006-2007

Departmental Teaching Certificate Committee, 2006-2007
Chinese Major Program Coordinator, 2004-present
Chinese Search Committee, 2005

Departmental Scholarship Committee, 1999-200４，200７

Chinese Language Program Advisor, 1998-present
Japanese Search Committee, 1998, 1999

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    Research
Teaching Chinese as foreign language
Chinese Dialectology
Phonology and Phonetics
Translation Theory

    Publications (Selected List)
       Books
“Modern Chinese as a Foreign Language: a Practical Course for American Students ,” LINCOM EUROPA Academic Publishers, Muenchen, Germany, 2008.
“The Phonology of Guangzhou Cantonese,”(hardcover) LINCOM EUROPA Academic Publishers, Muenchen, Germany, 2005.
“Yunnanese and Kunming Chinese:  the Speech Communities, the Phonological Systems, and the Phonological Developments,” LINCOM EUROPA Academic Publishers, Muenchen, Germany, 2001.
“Kunming Chinese,” LINCOM EUROPA Academic Publishers, Muenchen, Germany, 2000.
“College Entrance Examination of English: Grammar Review,” Guangdong People's Publishing House, Guangzhou, China, 1981.
“College Entrance Examination of English: Solutions to Problems ,” Guangdong People's Publishing House, Guangzhou, China, 1981.

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       Articles
“The Phonological Developments of Kunming Chinese in the Past Five Decades (1939-1989),” YUYAN YANJIU     (Language Research): Proceedings of International Conference on Chinese Linguistics, 1991, Wuhan, China, 159-165.
“A Taxonomic Study of Slang Words Used by University Students in the U.S.,” FUJIAN WAIYU (Foreign Language Study in Fujian Province,) Fujian, China, Vol.1-2, (1995), 53-58.
“Fronted or Nasalization: an Acoustic Analysis of Two Nasal Rhymes in Kunming Chinese,” YUYAN YANJIU (Language Research): Proceedings of International Conference on Chinese Linguistics, 1996, Wuhan, China, 427-436.
“The Phonological Analysis of Yangsan Hua,” with Jerold Edmondson et al, Journal of Central University for Nationalities, 1997, Beijing, China, Extra Edition, 7-18.
“Report on the Linguistic Fieldwork of Ngai Hua of Luocheng County, Guangxi Province,” with Jerold Edmondson, YUYAN YANJIU (Language Research):  Proceedings of International Conference on Chinese Lingustics, 1998, Wuhan, China, 295-303.
“The Effect of Reduplication Structures on the Semantics and Tones in Kunming Hua,” YUYAN YANJIU (Language Research), Vol.2, 1999, Wuhan, China, 73-87.
“Meiguo Yingyu Yudiao Moshi Dui Hanyu Shengdiao Xueshi de Ganrao,” (The Interference of English Intonation on the Perception of Mandarin Tones by American Students,” SHIJIE HANYU JIAOXUE (Chinese Teaching in the World), Vol.1, 2000, Language and Culture University of China, Beijing, China, 89-93.
“Problems of Mandarin Tone Acquisition by American Students,” Yuyan Yanjiu (Language Research) Supplement: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy 2000, Wuhan, China, 232-237.
“Irregularities in English Spelling and Grammar in Comparison to Chinese,” YINGYU SHIJIE (The World of English), May 2000, Beijing, the Commercial Press, 41-44.
“Problems in Translation,” YINGYU SHIJIE (The World of English), February 2001,  Beijing, the Commercial Press, 92-95.
“Why Studying Chinese Is So Difficult:  a Linguistic Perspective,” Yuyan Yanjiu (Language Research) Supplement: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy 2001, Wuhan, China, 169-171.
“Sentence-final particles and interjections in Kunming Chinese and their sentencial functions,” YUYAN YANJIU (Language Research), Special Edition, November 2001,  Wuhan, China, 93-102.
“The Interference of English Intonation Revisited: the Theoretical Ground and Proposed Solutions to the Problems,” GAOJIAOYANJIU YU TANSUO  (Research and Exploration of Higher Education) Supplement: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy 2002,  Nanjing University Press, China, 124-131.
“Yangsan Hua of Luocheng  County, Guangxi Province,” with Jerold Edmondson et al, TREASURE, Journal of Yuen Ren Society of Chinese Dialects, 2002, Silver Spring, Maryland, 35-66.
“Zailun Meiguoyingyu Yudiaomuoshi dui Hanyu Shengdiao Xuexide Ganrao,” (The Interference of American English Intonation Patterns in Mandarin Tone Studies Revisited), Teaching and Research on Chinese as a Foreign Language, Vol. 1, Journal of Yunnan Normal University, March 2003, Kunming, China, 38-43.
“What Does It Take to Make a Small Program Work:  a Case Study of the Chinese Program Development at the University of Oklahoma,”  Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Chinese Language Pedagogy, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China, July 2004, 434-438.
“English Impact on Foreign Languge Textbook Writing: Anglicization in Chinese Textbooks Published in the U.S.,”  (CD ROM version) Proceedings of the 3rd Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, January 2005.

“Yinlin Mitu,” (Lost in Translation, Part I).  YINGYU SHIJIE　（The World of English）, No. 9. Commericial Press. Beijing, September, 2005, 115-117.

“Yinlin Mitu,” (Lost in Translation, Part II).  YINGYU SHIJIE　（The World of English）, No. 10. Commericial Press. Beijing, October, 2005, 111-113.

“Yinlin Mitu,” (Lost in Translation, Part III).  YINGYU SHIJIE　（The World of English）, No. 10. Commericial Press. Beijing, November, 2005, 123-125.

“Meiguo Hanyu Jiaoxue Yuyanjiu Zongshu (1999-2003),” (Report on the Teaching and Research of Chinese in the U.S. (1999-2003)), Jounral of Yunnan Normal University: Teaching and Research of Chinese as Foreign Language, Kunming, April, 2005, 64-69.
“Shenghuo zai Xianshi he Yuyande Dongyuyuan zhong ,” (Language Zoo, Part I).  YINGYU SHIJIE　（The World of English）, No. 9. Commericial Press. Beijing, September, 2006, 118-121.
“Shenghuo zai Xianshi he Yuyande Dongyuyuan zhong ,” (Language Zoo, Part II).  YINGYU SHIJIE　（The World of English）, No. 10. Commericial Press, Beijin., October, 2006, 120-123.
“Shenghuo zai Xianshi he Yuyande Dongyuyuan zhong ,” (Language Zoo, Part III).  YINGYU SHIJIE　（The World of English）, No. 11. Commericial Press. Beijing, November, 2006, 124-126.

“Xiaotan yingyu xincide ,” (On English New Words).  YINGYU SHIJIE　（The World of English）,. Commericial Press. Beijing, April, 2007, .
“A Variety of Cantonese or Hakka? A Preliminary Research on Min'an Shijiao Hua of Fogang County ,” YUYAN YANJIU (Language Research), Wuhan, China, 2008.

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      Other Publications
“English as Foreign Language: Elementary School English Level 1,” Cassette tape 1, Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, Hong Kong, 1981.
“English as Foreign Language: Elementary School English Level 2,” Cassette tape 2, Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, Hong Kong, 1981.
“English as Foreign Language: Elementary School English Level 3,” Cassette tape 3, Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, Hong Kong, 1981.
“English as Foreign Language: Elementary School English Level 4,” Cassette tape 4, Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, Hong Kong,1981.
“English as Foreign Language: Elementary School English Level 5,” Cassette tape 5, Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, Hong Kong, 1981.
“English as Foreign Language: Elementary School English Level 6,” Cassette tape 6,  Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, Hong Kong,1981.
“English as Foreign Language: Junior High School English Level 1A,” Cassette tape 7,  Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, Hong Kong, 1982.
“English as Foreign Language: Junior High School English Level 1B,” Cassette tape 8,  Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, Hong Kong,1982.
“English as Foreign Language: Junior High School English Level 2A,” Cassette tape 9,  Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, Hong Kong,1982.
“English as Foreign Language: Junior High School English Level 2B,” Cassette tape 10,  Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, Hong Kong,1982.
“English as Foreign Language: Senior High School English Level 1,” Cassette tape 11,  Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, 1982.
“English as Foreign Language: Senior High School English Level 2A,” Cassette tape 12,  Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, Hong Kong, 1982.
“English as Foreign Language: Senior High School English Level 2B,” Cassette tape 13,  Pacific Audio-Video Company & Guangdong Provincial Broadcast Station, Hong Kong, 1982.

       Abstracts, Book Chapter & Translation Published
“Language Contact and Sound Change in Kunming Chinese,” The 27th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Language and Linguistics, Sevres, France, Oct. 1994.
“Rusheng Tone and Tone Sandhi in Kunming Chinese,” The 30th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Language and Linguistics, Beijing, China, Oct. 1997.
“The Interjections in Kunming Chinese,” The 34th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Language and Linguistics, Kunming, China, Oct. 2001.
"Tuguai Hua of Guangxi Province," The 35th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Language and Linguistics, Tempe, Arizona, 2002.
"The Origin of the Yue Language and the Changes of Modern Guangzhou Cantonese," the 37th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Language and Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden, 2004.
The Impact of American English Intonation Patterns on Mandarin Tone Acquisition by American Students," chapter in "Research on Teaching Chinese Phonetics as a Foreign Language," ed., Sun Dejin, Chinese Phonetics and Chinese Phonetics Teaching as a Foreign Language, the Commercial Press, Beijing, 2006.
Recent Changes in Contemporary Chinese Literary Trends," Zhang Yiwu, Beijing University. Translated from Chinese, World Literature Today, July-August, University Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2007.
“A Variety of Cantonese or Hakka? A Preliminary Research on Min'an Shijiao Hua of Fogang County,” the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL) and the 19th Annual North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, (NACCL) Columbia University, New York, May 2007.

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      Guide Book & Book Review
“Beginning Chinese (CHIN1115),” Co-author.  Independent Study Department, the University of Oklahoma, 1989.
“Beginning Chinese  Continued (CHIN1225),” Independent Study Department, the University of Oklahoma, 1994.
“Intermediate Chinese (CHIN2113),” Independent Study Department, the University of Oklahoma, 1997.
“Intermediate Chinese Continued (CHIN2223),” Independent Study Department, the University of Oklahoma, 1999.
“Beginning Chinese (CHIN1115),” Revised edition.  Independent Study Department, the University of Oklahoma, 2001.
“Beginning Chinese Continued (CHIN1225),” Revised edition.  Independent Study Department, the University of Oklahoma, 2002.
““Fundemantals of Modern Chinese Characters,” John Jing-hua Yin, Yale University Press, 2006 (book review).

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    Presentations
       Conference Papers
“The Phonological Developments of Kunming Chinese in the Past Five Decades (1939-1989),” The 3rd International Conference on Chinese Linguistics, Fuzhou, China, 1991.
“Language Contact and Sound Change in Kunming Chinese,” The 27th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Paris, France, 1994.
“Fronted or Nasalization: an Acoustic Analysis of Two Rhymes in Kunming Chinese,” The 4th International Conference on Chinese Linguistics, Fuzhou, China, 1996.
“Yangsan Hua of Luocheng  County, Guangxi Province,” with Jerold Edmendson et al.  Conference on Fresh Fieldwork of Chinese Dialect: Annual Conference of Yuen Ren Society for the Promotion of Chinese Dialect Fieldwork, the University of Washington, Seattle, March 1997.
“Rusheng Tone and Tone Sandhi in Kunming Chinese,” The 30th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Beijing, China, 1997. 
“Ngai Hua of Luocheng County, Guangxi Province,” with Jerold Edmondson.   Conference on Fresh Fieldwork of Chinese Dialect: Annual Conference of Yuen Ren Society for the Promotion of Chinese Dialect Fieldwork, the University of Washington, Seattle, February 1998.
“The Interference of English Intonation on the Perception of Mandarin Tones by American Students,” The 31st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Lund, Sweden, October 1998.
“The Effect of Reduplication Structures on the Semantics and Tones in Kunming Hua,” The Annual Conference of Yuen Ren Society on Promotion of Chinese Dialect Field Work, New Brunswick, NJ,  March, 1999.
“Problems of Mandarin Chinese Tone Perception of American Students,” The 1st  International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy, Wuhan, China, June 2000.
“China: the People, the Language, and the Society,” KGE Lecture Series, Norman: the University of Oklahoma, March 2001.
“Tone and Intonation: a Phonetic Analysis of Pitch Utilization in the Chinese and English Language Systems,”  The Conference on Chinese Language Instruction,  Princeton University, April 2001. 
“Why Studying Chinese Is So Difficult:  a Linguistic Perspective,” The 2nd International Conference on Chinese Teaching Pedagogy, Yichang, China, June 2001.
“The Interference of English Intonation Revisited: the Theoretical Ground and Proposed Solutions to the Problems,” The 3rd International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy.  Nanjing University, China, June 2002.
“Tuguai Hua of Rongshui County, Guangxi Province,” With Jerry Edmondson.  Annual Meeting of Yuen Ren Society for the Promotion of Chinese Dialect Fieldwork in conjunction with the 35th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics,  State University of Arizona,  Tempe, November 2002.
 “Experience and Problems in Using Intergraded Chinese,” Conference on Chinese Instructional Materials, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, July 2003.
“From a Small, Endangered Program to a Stable, Degree Program: a Case Study of the Chinese Program Development at the University of Oklahoma,” 2003 Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA) Annual Conference in conjunction with the Annual Conference of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Philadelphia, November 2003.
“The Origin of the Yue Language & the Changes of Modern Guangzhou Cantonese,” the 37th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Language & Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden, October 2004.
“English Impact on Foreign Language Textbook Writing: Anglicization in the Chinese Textbooks Published in the U.S.,” the 3rd Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, January 2005.

“A Review of the Chinese Language Program at the University of Oklahoma,” the 2005 Annual Meeting of Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers' Association, East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma, March 2005.

“The Chinese Major Program Development at the University of Oklahoma,” the 2005 Conference: Meeting the Challenges of Classroom Implementation, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Montery, Californina, May2005.
“The Experience of Chinese Major Program Development at the University of Oklahoma,” the World Chinese Conference, Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Beijing, July 2005.
“The Chinese Language Program at the University of Oklahoma: its History, Current Status, and Future ,” the Confucius Institute Establishment Symposium: The Chinese Language Education and the US-China Relations, the University of Oklahoma (Norman campus), Norman, Oklahoma, August 2006.

“A Variety of Cantonese or Hakka? A Preliminary Research on Min'an Shijiao Hua of Fogang County ,” the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL) and the 19th Annual North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, (NACCL) Columbia University, New York, May 2007.
 

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       Lectures Given
"The U.S. Immigration Regulations: a Foreigner's Perspective," Department of Sociology, the University of Oklahoma, 1997.
"China's Cultural Revolution: a Personal Account," Department of History, the University of Oklahoma, 1998, 1999.
"China: the History, the People, and the Education System," "Morning with Professors" program, Department of Continuing Education, the University of Oklahoma, 1998.
 “Contemporary Development of Linguistic Theories in the U.S.,” Department of Chinese of Central China University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, May 1998.
"What Linguists are Doing: an Introduction to Linguistic Teaching and Study,"  "Morning with Professors" program, Department of Continuing Education, the University of Oklahoma, 1999.
“Research in Kunming Chinese” and “Current Linguistic Theories in the U.S.,” Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China, June 2000.
"How to Do Linguistic Research and Write Research Paper," Graduate Students of College of Humanities, Central China University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 2000.
“Pitch in Intonation Language and Tonal Language,” Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, Dallas, August 2000.
“Interference of American English Intonation Patterns on Mandarin Tone Acquisition,” Faculty Colloquia, Department of MLLL, OU, November 2001.
“Issues of China,” Chinese Cultural Evening for OU residents, February 2003.
“The Historical Development of the Chinese Language and Literacy,”  Chinese Cultrual Symposium, Society of Chinese Student and Scholar, the University of Oklahoma, Norman, February 2003.
“China in Transition,” Great Decisions 2003 Series, Norman Public Library, April 2003.
“Lecture series on Chinese linguistics and Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language in the U.S. ,” College of Chinese Literature and Language , Beijing Normal University, July 2007.
“Lectures on Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language in the U.S. and Linguistic Theory Developments ,” Beijing Language University, July 2007.
“Are All Chinese Dialects Really Chinese? ,” “First Wednesdays China Faculty Lunch Talk Series,” Instutitue for US-China Issues, the University of Oklhoma, September 2007.
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