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We have been looking at the kanji that contain a bushu ninnyoo (儿), "a person." The kanji we have looked at were: 先洗充統 (August 30, 2014) and 説税脱(September 10, 2014), some kanji that contain 見 in relation to the "eye" 現親視規覚 (April 12, 2014) and 元完院見光児 (August 20, 2014). The ancient writing for most of the kanji here suggested that the shape 儿 had come from the image of a person kneeling down with his hand in front, and it meant a "person." In this post, we are going to look at three kanji 売読続 that have a bushu ninnyoo but their origins were unrelated to the original meaning of a bushu ninnyoo. We will see that the shape ninnyoo in shinjitai was what replaced the bottom of a kanji 貝 used in kyujitai.
1. The Kanji 売 "to sell"
For the kanji 売, the ten style writing (in red) shown on the left consisted of three components: a footprint with an outline underneath, a fishing net in the middle and a cowry at the bottom. Let us look at these components one by one. [Top] The shape was the same as the ten style writing of the kanji 出. The history of the kanji 出 is shown on the right side: in the two oracle bone style writings, a right foot or a left foot had a receptacle-shaped line around the heel. This receptacle-like shape signified a deeper footprint impression made by the first step when one walked out. 出 meant "to go out." [Middle] The crisscross shape was a fishing net. [Bottom] It was a 貝 "cowry." The history of the kanji 貝 is shown on the right. A cowry is a type of mollusk that has a glossy dome-like shell. Beautiful and rare cowries from the southern sea were treasured in ancient times and were sometimes used for money. In the archaeological excavations, a number of ornamental bronze ware containers that kept those precious cowries were found. They were called 貯貝器 ("cowrie keeper" /choba'iki/.)
The kanji 買 — The bottom two elements in the kyujitai 賣 for 売 were also the same as the kanji 買. The history of the kanji 買 is shown on the right. The top was a fishing net and the bottom was a cowry. Together a netful cowries signified a lot of money with which you can purchase something, thus the kanji 買 means "to buy."
Now, back to the kanji 売 or its kyujitai 賣. With 士 "footprint; to go out" and 買 "a bagful of cowries" together, they meant goods, a person with goods, going out in exchange for money, that is, "to sell to make profit." In shinjitai, the net and a shell 貝 lost their shapes completely, and the bottom was replaced by 儿 a bushu ninnyoo with the remnant of a fishing net above.
The kun-reading /uru/ "to sell" is in 安売り("a sale" /yasuuri/), 押し売り ("aggressive selling or a person who does a pushy sale" /oshiuri/). The on-reading /ba'i/ is in 売店 ("concession; booth" /baiten/) and 販売員 ("sales person" /hanba'iin/).
2. The Kanji 読 "to read"
The next two kanji 読 and 続 both contain 賣 In kyujitai (讀 and 續 in blue) on the right side, which is the same shape as the kyujitai for 売. So, the transition from the kyujitai to shinjitai seems to be consistent among the three kanji. However, when our eyes move to the left to see its ten style, we notice that the right sides were different. What the right side of the ten style originally was is not known. It was used phonetically for /toku/ to mean "to read." Its left side 言 was a bushu gonben "word; language." Together they meant "to read a book." In shinjitai the right was changed to 売.
The kun-reading is /yo'mu/ "to read." The on-reading /do'ku/ is in 音読 ("reading aloud" /ondoku/), 難読な ("difficult to read" /nandokuna/). Another on-reading /to'o/ is in 句読点 ("punctuation" /kuto'oten/).
3. The kanji 続 "to continue"
In ten style of the kanji 続, the left side had silk cocoons strung together with their long filaments coming out, which signified "thread" or "continuity." This shape became a bush itohen (糸). The right side was used phonetically for /zoku/ to mean "to continue." Together they meant "to continue." What is common between the two kanji 読 "to read (book)" and 続 "continue"? Both have an activity that requires continuation. In shinjitai, the right side changed to 売 (糸).
In other words, both 売 (賣) and 買 contained the contained the original meaning of a cowry (money), whereas the shape 売 in the kanji 読 and 続 had little to do with a cowry and was probably used in the process of shape reduction in kanji.
The kun-reading is in 続く (つづく) ("(it) continues" /tsuzuku/) – an intransitive verb, and 続ける ("to continue" /tsuzukeru/) – a transitive verb. With a verb stem つづ /tsuzu/, it makes a verb "to continue doing something," such as しゃべり続ける ("to keep on chatting/talking" /shaberitsuzuke'ru/), 守り続ける ("to continue to protect" /mamoritsuzuke'ru/). The on-yomi /zo'ku/ is in 継続する ("to continue" /keezoku-suru/), 相続する ("to inherite" /soozoku-suru/). An adverb ぞくぞくと ("one after another" /zokuzokuto/) comes from this kanji.
"Why a ninnyoo?" We have just seen that the three kanji 売読続 that contain a ninnyoo in fact were not related to the original meaning "person." Then, how did the shape of a ninnyoo come to be used in those kanji? I could not find any plausible explanation in references. This is just my guess but it might have come from a fast informal writing style called grass style writing 草書 ("fast fluid writing style" /soosho/) in calligraphy. The samples on the left are in grass style 草書. In the grass style samples of the kanji 貝, 買 and the kyujitai 賣, the bottom was reduced to two strokes a ハ-shape. When 賣 was further reduced in shinjitai by losing 目, the ハ-shape might have stretched out to a ninnyoo shape. [October 3, 2014]


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Stem cell therapy has long captured the limelight as a way to the goal of regenerative medicine, that of repairing the body with its own natural systems. But a few scientists, working in a relatively obscure field, believe another path to regenerative medicine may be as likely to succeed. The less illustrious approach is promising, in their view, because it is the solution that nature itself has developed for repairing damaged limbs or organs in a wide variety of animals.
Many species, notably amphibians and certain fish, can regenerate a wide variety of their body parts. The salamander can regenerate its limbs, its tail, its upper and lower jaws, the lens and the retina of its eye, and its intestine. The zebra fish will regrow fins, scales, spinal cord and part of its heart.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will attend the Emmy Awards ceremony on Sunday (September 17) as part of his two-day visit to Los Angeles, it has been announced.
Bach will accompany Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles 2028 chairman Casey Wasserman and five-time Olympic gymnastics medallist Nastia Liukin to the Ceremony at the Microsoft Theater.
The venue is due to play host to weightlifting when Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Bach will visit the Emmy Awards Ceremony, which honours the best in United States primetime television programming chosen by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences after he lights the Olympic Cauldron Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during a National Football League (NFL) game earlier in the day.
Bach will light the cauldron during an NFL encounter between the Los Angeles Rams and the Washington Redskins alongside a montage of the Coliseum's great Olympic moments from the 1932 and 1984 Games.
The arena is due to undergo a renovation before hosting athletics and Opening and Closing Ceremonies in 2028.
It will be the first stadium to host the Olympic Games three times having also staged them in 1932 and 1984.
The trip will mark Bach's first official visit to Los Angeles since January 2016.
He has travelled to US this year, though, meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in June.
"The Games have given Los Angeles so much joy and inspiration over the years, and IOC President Thomas Bach is always a welcome and honoured guest," said Garcetti.
"But this visit is special: President Bach will arrive to a city beginning a new Olympic celebration, because for the first time in a generation we are bringing the Games back to Los Angeles.
"This city is in love with the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and we cannot wait to share our celebration and gratitude with President Bach."
Los Angeles is due to be officially confirmed as the host of the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics at the IOC Session here on Wednesday (September 13), with Paris getting the 2024 event.
The IOC Evaluation Commission report, released today, confirmed Los Angeles had met all the requirements to stage the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics.
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Walk 30 Minutes Every Day
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ANATOMY OF DECEIT, by Jerry Blaskovich, M.D.
Copyright© 1997 by Jerry Blaskovich. Electronic edition by Studia Croatica, by permission of the author
Chapter 10: Physicians, Leaders by Default.
In most countries, an overwhelming majority of legislators and politicians come from the legal profession; former Yugoslavia was no exception. Because Communist Party membership was usually compulsory for politicians in Yugoslavia, the anti-Communist sentiment that pervaded newly independent Croatia resulted in the ouster of a great number of the old guard. Although unprepared for the nuances of politics and governance, physicians filled the political vacuum by replacing the ousted lawyers in the new government. The appearance of physicians in government isn't unusual, but the large percentages that filled Croatia's government offices is unique.
As a group, physicians were viewed with suspicion by the Communist system. Aside from having work habits considered abnormal for a socialistic society, their traits of ethics and humanism weren't part of the Communist lexicon. Physicians were still able to flourish because the practice of medicine was less dependent on politics than professions such as economics, law, or journalism. Without political interference, physicians were able to preserve their own free thoughts and individuality.
When it came time to replace the old regime, the Croatian public readily accepted their physicians as leaders. The public perceived them as intellectuals who possessed the qualities of credibility, dedication, and integrity. Most importantly, many physicians weren't tainted with past Communist Party affiliation. These virtues far surpassed their main liabilities: naiveté and ignorance about the machinations of power and the importance of public relations.
The innocents had been healing the physical needs of society and were now nurturing the new democracy while rapidly adjusting to their new roles. Ministries in the new Croatia, particularly the Foreign Office, resembled medical conventions. The number of physicians holding local political positions was equally impressive. Croatian physicians, perhaps to a greater extent than other professionals, were driven by altruism and a strong sense of patriotism, and put off satisfying careers to help manage the new democracy. Given their professional experiences, the physicians-turned-leaders approached the new nation as they would have an infant with an unpromising prenatal history whose congenital abnormalities were amenable to corrective surgery and rehabilitation.
None of the physicians suggested that they planned to remain in government. The majority of the physicians planned to return to practicing medicine when a cadre of qualified leaders had matured to the point where they could effectively run the government. Most of the physicians participating at the federal level were professors at the medical school. All were specialists in their respective fields of medicine.
For example, the position of Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Croatia was filled admirably by Branimir Jaksic. Prior to the conflict he had been a professor at the medical school and the coordinator of the International Multicentric Research Project on the Clinical Therapy of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and the European Organization for the Research and Therapy of Cancer.
Ambassador for Human Rights and Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Kostovic had been the dean of Zagreb's medical school and a professor of neuro-anatomy. He had received postdoctoral training at John Hopkins University and had researched neuro-anatomy and neuropathology at Harvard, Yale, and several prestigious institutions in Europe.
Kostovic, who is also the leading investigator of Serbian atrocities, has become the victim of a bitter irony. His daughter was almost killed during a Serbian missile attack on Zagreb in May, 1995, while walking to the children's hospital, which the Serbs had targeted. Cluster bomb projectiles penetrated her chest and abdominal cavities, severely damaging vital organs. Although she survived a number of major surgeries, 18 pieces of shrapnel remain in the tissues and muscles of her back.
Zdenko Skrabalo, who played a key role in the formation of the new Croatian state, was a professor at Zagreb's Medical School and head of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Institute before being named Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister. He briefly served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He's presently representative to UNESCO and Ambassador to Switzerland. Skrabalo was one of the few Croatian officials to recognize the importance of the media. Addressing the World Congress of Croatian Physicians in 1995, he said, "Croatia has overcome a number of major obstacles since declaring independence. But it has not been able to overcome the most important one--getting the message to the media."
Andrija Hebrang led the exodus of physicians into government. Stumbling to get its sea legs, the newly christened Croatia has been characterized by an extremely high turnover rate in the ministries. Minister of Health Hebrang, probably the most respected and charismatic individual in the government is one of those rare exceptions who have remained in office since the day Croatia was formed.
Unlike its counterpart in the United States, the health ministry in Croatia isn't merely a symbolic office.
Aside from being responsible for the entire country's health needs, it cares for the social welfare of the citizenry.
Hebrang's talents haven't been limited to his work in the ministry. Even before Croatia declared independence, he was an insider intimately involved in the political aspects of running the government. To better understand why many Croats, such as Hebrang, welcomed the overthrow of communism, I should mention his family history. The history, an example of how the Communists treated enemies of the state, isn't unique.
His father, Andrija Sr., was one of the founders of the Communist Party in Croatia. While serving as Party Secretary, he'd helped organize the most effective fighting unit of the Partisans during World War II.
Despite his power, status, and idealized commitment to communism, he was executed by order of Tito; his sin had been Croatian nationalism. Thereafter the Hebrangs were treated as second class citizens. To punish them further, the authorities imprisoned Andrija Jr.'s mother for many years and forbid her from seeing her son.
Since the family name was considered anathema by the regime, the children were forced to assume pseudonyms. School stipends were closed to them. Family members were harassed frequently and followed sporadically, and when they were suspected of having contact with personages of influence, these measures intensified.
Despite the inordinate amount of pressure placed upon the family, they prospered intellectually. Against all odds, Andrija was accepted into the medical school. He eventually specialized in the field of radiology and became a professor of medicine.
In the months before the Serbian-led Belgrade government attacked Croatia, Hebrang's life was in jeopardy. Although Yugoslavia was less rigid and dogmatic than other Soviet Bloc countries like East Germany, its secret police (UDBA or SUP) were 100% Stalinist and probably the most effective and sophisticated in the Eastern bloc. But by the late 1980s, many in the secret police ranks had either lost faith, were jaded, or didn't care any longer. Had SUP preserved its original zeal, it would've crushed any opposition.
A few committed Stalinists in SUP still relished the special cases assigned to them. As the Hebrang name was an abomination to the Communist Party, surveillance of them was stepped up. SUP sensed that Hebrang was up to something. But despite vigorous surveillance, Hebrang and his medical colleagues, Mate Granic, Ivica Kostovic, and Zdenko Skrabalo, the Big Four, were able to set up an ironclad cell and become the nucleus of the physicians' movement. Anticipating the imminent breakup of Yugoslavia, the Big Four's first priority was to draw up contingency plans to maintain the health needs of Croatia's population. Their calculation of 10,000 dead and 20,000 wounded Croats was remarkably close to the mark.
The Big Four's next step was to select trustworthy individuals to form new cells to implement their plans. This task was formidable because some of their friends and colleagues were members of SUP. At the time, SUP had approximately 22,000 members and countless informers in Croatia.
One of the first acts of the new government was to revamp the secret police into a more open intelligence gathering agency. SUP, the greatest nemesis of the Croatian people, had been a law unto itself. The power it wielded and the fear it evoked had kept the old regime in place. The new order was forced to make compromises with SUP to prevent bloodshed. For other valid political reasons, the new government had to keep some of the ruthless old guard in place. A few were even given positions in the highest levels of the government.
The ex-SUP members, regardless of how well they performed, were viewed with suspicion by their new colleagues. Ironically, former suspects, such as Hebrang, found themselves working alongside their former oppressors. But the new government appointed individuals from outside the system to fill the most sensitive positions. For example, Goran Dodig, a psychiatrist, was appointed the top official of Military Counter-Intelligence and Assistant Minister of Defense.
In former Yugoslavia, by design, only 17 of 500 military surgeons were Croatian. Weapons of modern warfare, with their awesome projectiles, inflict wounds that are difficult to repair for even the most sophisticated surgeon. Treatment requires a special expertise other physicians lack. So Hebrang immediately assembled a team of the few experts available in Croatia to write a practical handbook for treating war trauma.
Miraculously, the book was delivered in 24 hours. Soon after its circulation morbidity rates fell dramatically.
Immediately preceding the conflict, the Serb-led JNA confiscated most of the supplies and equipment from the military hospitals in Croatia. In contrast to other countries, military hospitals in Croatia weren't limited to military personnel; civilians were admitted as well. Because Croatia lacked even the most fundamental supplies, such as dressings and gauze, the country was ill-equipped to treat the enormous number of casualties, let alone patients with mundane diseases.
Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, gave no hint that the front lines were only 30 miles away. But its hospital wards, filled with civilians without limbs, with gaping visceral wounds, and blinded from shrapnel, painted a different picture--a picture of a medical infrastructure that had been stretched to the breaking point.
Hebrang, as Minister of Health, was confronted with an enormous number of problems that demanded immediate solutions. An escalating war, a shortage of weapons with which to defend themselves, an economy and infrastructure in shambles, no cadre of experienced personnel, and nationwide psychological stress caused by a system in transition from dictatorship to democracy, made Hebrang's job all the more difficult.
From the onset of active fighting, the Serbs targeted medical complexes. So basements, bunkers, and warrens created from destroyed buildings became new medical centers, forcing patients and medical personnel underground. The destruction of ten major hospitals in a country the size of Maryland proved devastating.
Osijek's General Hospital, the largest hospital closest to the battle line, was blasted by rockets and heavy artillery, but continued to function inside the remaining 20% of its structure. All medical and surgical care was conducted in a maze of tunnels beneath the hospital.
Meanwhile the director of Osijek's Hospital, radiologist Kresimir Glavina, after having served valorously during the trying days of Osijek's bombardment, was elected to serve as a representative in Croatia's Parliament. Another war hero, Juraj Njavro, who was chief surgeon during the siege of Vukovar, became Minister of Health. After the fall of Vukovar, the Serbs imprisoned Njavro. His experiences and exploits were duly recorded in his book, Glava Dolje: Ruke Na Ledja ("Head Down: Hands on the Back in Front").
The Serbian ethnic cleansing program in Croatia resulted in hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and severely strained Croatia's remaining medical facilities. But the enormous influx of refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina, many suffering from major trauma, further overtaxed the already fragile health care system.
The Health Ministry was responsible for operating the refugee camps. By December, 1992, 663,493 refugees and displaced persons from Bosnia-Herzegovina had found safety in Croatia. Despite adverse conditions, Croatian medical personnel were able to keep the rates of refugee mortality and infection morbidity at almost the same level as the general population. Fortunately there were few epidemics. The statistics reflect good hygienic conditions, nourishment, and selfless medical management. But caring for the refugees placed an enormous strain on the teetering Croatian economy. Croatian citizens bore 70% of the cost of operating the camps; the international community donated the rest.
Slobodan Lang serves as Administrator for the Red Cross and special advisor to the chief of the Croatian Office for Displaced Persons and Refugees. A human rights activist since his student days, Lang is also vice-president of the Croatian Helsinki Watch Committee. Lang is no mere armchair human rights dilettante. At great peril to his life, Lang has run many Serbian blockades to deliver humanitarian aid in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. He's also an assistant professor at the medical school.
Many physicians in Croatia have become critical of Hebrang. But much of the criticism is self-serving, arising soon after Hebrang abolished the "envelope system." Croatian patients, like patients in many communist countries, bypassed the bureaucratic boondoggle by offering tokens of appreciation to medical personnel.
Originally the tokens were commodities, like hams or chickens. As the country became more prosperous, money became the token of choice.
After communism imposed its will in Yugoslavia, the practice became more common. By the mid-1980s the corruption was rampant. The process of seeing specialists after being referred or admitted to hospitals for elective procedures was snail-paced. Producing an envelope had the same magical effect as the words "Open sesame."
Although illegal, the envelope system became the accepted norm. The system's tacit approval was the way the Yugoslav government controlled the medical profession. If a physician was perceived by commissars as deviating from the ideological party line, the government would invoke the law against him. Instead of receiving a political trial, which would come under the scrutiny of international human rights groups, the physician would be tried in civil court. Before the breakup of Yugoslavia, Human Rights groups had cited Yugoslavia as having one of the worst records of abuses.
Because the envelope system provided physicians with a large share of their incomes, Hebrang's ban seemed draconian. Yet even his most vocal detractors admit the envelope system had corrupted and compromised the ethics of the profession.
Economics proved to be the main problem for the Health Ministry. Unbelievable as it may seem, the medical system in Croatia had been operating without a budget for years, with absolutely no form of accountability. "Cost containment" was an expression unknown in the Croatian medical vocabulary. To make the system function effectively, revolutionary changes were necessary. The expectations of the medical personnel and patients had to be altered.
The delivery of health care in Croatia was a true miracle. Although the Health Ministry had 70% less money in its budget during the war than it had in 1990, Croatia's morbidity and mortality rates remained almost constant through 1994. The statistics were much better than those from all other formerly communist countries.
The Croatian statistics seem more impressive when taking into account the fact that none of those other countries was at war, or taking care of refugees and displaced persons. The credit belongs to the cost containment programs instituted by the Health Ministry and the cooperation of most of Croatia's physicians.
Several other individuals from the health field participated in Croatia's government. Josip Juras and Ivan Majdak are veterinarians. Juras became Minister of Labor, Social Welfare and Family; previously he was chairman of the Executive Council of the city of Sibenik. Majdak, besides being a veterinarian, is also a medical doctor. He became Minister without Portfolio as Advisor for Economic and Regional Development Questions for the President's Office.
Ivica Kracun, head of the Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Chemistry and Biochemistry, at the Zagreb School of Medicine, also serves as Deputy Minister of Science. Drago Stambuk, an internist, unable to tolerate the system in Yugoslavia, chose exile in England over ten years ago. He became renowned in the clinical aspects of HIV positive patients. By avocation a writer and poet, he is well regarded in literary circles in London. Long before the onset of hostilities in former Yugoslavia he took up the gauntlet to combat the misinformation that was so prevalent in the British media regarding Croatian affairs. His commentaries had a strong influence on Margaret Thatcher. Once Croatia was independent he abandoned his brilliant medical career to serve Croatia's diplomatic needs. After a stint in London, he was appointed ambassador to India.
Croats at large should also be proud of another achievement. At a time when Serbs controlled over 25% of Croatian territory, the Croats were taking care of refugees whose numbers equaled over 25% of the indigenous population. The Croats accomplished this feat with an economic output that was less than 50% of pre-war production.
By relating these stories about physicians now in government, I don't mean to detract from the exemplary work of the physicians who continued to practice their art under unimaginably adverse conditions. I simply mean to illustrate how individuals from that most honored of professions unhesitatingly changed roles to assist Croatia during its birth as an independent nation.
Although a few physicians serving in the government have proved to be inept administrators, all have been sincere in their patriotism. A surgeon with golden hands, Franjo Golem, put his medical career on hold when he was named the first Foreign Minister of Croatia. But his forte wasn't diplomacy, and so he was removed from his post. To honor his loyalty to the cause, Franjo Tudjman ignored objections from the cabinet and appointed Golem the first Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia to the United States. Golem's performance in Washington D.C. was viewed by many as less than satisfactory.
Mate Granic, an internist, professor at the medical school, and deputy director of the Vuk Vrhovac Institute who had done post-graduate studies for several years at prestigious institutions including Harvard, exceeded all expectations when he blossomed into a world caliber diplomat as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice Prime Minister of Croatia.
Bosnian Foreign Minister Irfan Ljubijankic was also a physician. Ljubijankic was elected to parliament in 1990, and the Bosnian government hierarchy soon realized that his inherent political talents surpassed his formidable medical skills. So Ljubijankic was appointed President of the Bihac district. In April, 1992, Bihac became a major target for Serbian bombardment. While the Serbian attacks intensified, and Bihac's civilian
population suffered huge numbers of casualties, Ljubijankic divided his energies between the healing art of surgery at Bihac's hospital and service in the political realm. He reluctantly agreed to serve as Bosnia's Foreign Minister, in October, 1993. Unfortunately, he didn't live to see the seeds of his peace negotiations bear fruit because he was killed when his helicopter was shot down by Serbian artillery in May, 1995.
By a remarkable coincidence, individuals from the medical professions seem to be the main actors in the tragedy being played out in other parts of former Yugoslavia. Although contrary to naturalization laws, the United States government allowed a naturalized American citizen, Milan Panich, to serve as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia. Panich is the owner and founder of ICN Pharmaceuticals, one of America's largest drug firms.
Milan Babic, the Serbian rebel leader in Croatia, is a dentist. The Bosnian-Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, is a psychiatrist who did post-graduate training in the United States. Another psychiatrist, academician, and professor, Jovan Raskovic, was president of the Serbian Democratic Party. British peace negotiator Lord David Owen is also a physician. Given their performances in the conflict, it seems to me that Doctors Owen and Karadzic either kept their fingers crossed or were absent when they were supposed to take the Hippocratic Oath.
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In 2005 it was Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's unprecedented sale of 25,000 plus self-released albums sold out of an apartment in New York that had the world ranting and raving. In 2004 it was Arcade Fire's Funeral that had people talking. In 2002, The Polyphonic Spree took the stage with their countless numbered choir in creepy white or pastel colored cult-like robes. Those years have come to pass, but the bands remain prominent in the minds of music fans. So who will be the act to stun music fans in 2006? Let me introduce you to that band—the group everyone will (or should) be talking about in the years to come: Anathallo (MySpace). Yet this Mount Pleasant, Michigan group already has numerous releases under their belt, dating back as early as 2001. So why haven't you, or I, heard of them before?
In line with the Spree, Anathallo takes advantage of multiple vocalists, though they all play instruments as well—ranging from flugel horn to Velcro strips. Flugel horn is a rarity in all but classical and jazz music, which makes its appearance here all the more wonderful. Its near classical use in "By Number" fits so well that it knocked me off-guard in such an abrupt manner that I was left breathless, especially once Matt Joynt's so clean and crisp they're fit for radio vocals kicked in. "Hanasakajijii: Two: Floating World" has a breakdown that could be a talented high school jazz band warm-up, with a growling trombone, obscure squealing sounds, and a mishmash of random beats, vocals and rambunctious noises. The backing guitar half-way through "Hoodwink" could be straight from instrumental geniuses Explosions in the Sky but for the backing orchestra and vocals. And there will likely be countless Sufjan references as well.
It is impossible not to be continually astonished by Anathallo's post rock sound. Each time I place Floating World into my CD player I hear something new, take in a previously unnoticed aspect of each tune, and step back at the surprising sound—despite having listened to the album more than a dozen times. Take the near a cappella harmonies in the middle of "Dokkoise House" and the following use of stomp boxes in the second half as an example.
In an album so refreshingly and holistically unique it hurts, it's no wonder they call themselves a "marching band gone haywire." That said, hearsay labels Anathallo as a must-see live band. But for Floating World, the release is a music lover's dream wrought with music theory, a work of art in and of itself, an absolute must-have that is likely to enter many top 5s, 10s and 20s for 2006.
This review was originally posted June 7, 2006 on the old version of FensePost.
Artist Friendship [CD, 2006]
1. Ame
2. Genessaret (Going Out Over 30,000 Fathoms of Water)
3. Hoodwink
4. By Number
5. Dokkoise House (With Face Covered)
6. Hanasakajijii (Four: A Great Wind, More Ash)
7. Hanasakajijii (One: The Angry Neighbor)
8. Inn (Howling)
9. Hanasakajijii (Two: Floating World)
10. The Bruised Reed
11. Yuki! Yuki! Yuki!
12. Hanasakajijii (Three: The Man Who Made Dead Trees Bloom)
13. Cuckoo Spitting Blood
14. Kasa No Hone (The Umbrella's Bones)


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- Address:
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- New Westminster
- Subdivision:
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Queen's Park is one of the New West's most desirable neighbourhoods. No other area has such a huge concentration of impressive historical homes built around the neighbourhood's namesake: the famously splendid Queen's Park. Couple that with the excellent access to sports facilities and its central location within the city proper, and it's easy to see why properties here frequently elicit bidding wars.
3,040 residents live in authentic heritage homes or replicas in the Victorian style as well as apartments and condominiums. There are more children and young adults under the age of 24 in Queen's Park than the city at large, but less adults ages 25-34. The median household income in significantly higher than New West's on average at $72,164. (2006)
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New Westminster is the oldest incorporated city in BC and has a rich history as the first capital of the province. Its well-preserved collection of heritage homes, particularly in the beautiful and lofty Queen's Park neighbourhood, reflect the city's many eras of rapid progress from the stately Victorian period to the post-war growth of the suburbs and onto today's new period of civic revitalization.
New Westminster is located on the right bank of the Fraser River in the center of the Greater Vancouver region about 19km from the city of Vancouver. The neighbourhood of Queen's park rests in the center of the town with Moody Park and Uptown to the West, Glenbrooke North to the north and the up-and-coming Quayside district just to the south.
New West shares Vancouver's mild temperate rainforest climate with 111cm of annual rainfall and 2,000 hours of sunshine. Summer highs peak at 22°C and winter lows dip to 6°C.
Queen's Park residents have slightly more education on average than New West as a whole, and are more likely to work in social science, education, and government.
24% of all New West residents work in the sales and service sector with the largest employer being the Royal Columbian Hospital. Douglas College is the next largest employer.
At points throughout its history Queen's Park had its own shopping district, but even though the neighbourhood's commercial area is gone, most amenities are within walking distance. Its central location means both of the city's main commercial areas, the Downtown Quayside area and the Uptown Moody Park area are both nearby.
The Royal City Centre shopping mall in Uptown is full of great shops and services like groceries and dentists. The Quay's brand new River Market has been the talk of the town since opening, offering a "Curious Floor" filled with local artisanal vendors and artists.
Although most shops have gone, the Queen's Park Meat Market has been the town's favourite butcher since 1915.
Queen's Park Treats Concession is a fun fair-weather spot to get food while strolling through the park. Outside the neighbourhood, visit bordering Uptown or Columbia Street for funky diners, pubs, and any ethnic food you're craving.
Two brand new restaurants in neighbouring Quayside are drawing a lot of attention as well. The upscale Wild Rice serves modern, organic Chinese food and Re-Up BBQ was scooped up out of its recent Vancouver food truck fame and plunked right into New West's good graces. Both aptly reside on the "Hungry Floor" of the Quay's innovative new River Market.
Queen's Park residents are more likely to have jobs in New West than their counterparts in other areas of the city, and many walk or bike to work, most likely because of the irresistible temptation of the park's green spaces and the neighbourhood's central location.
It's about a twenty minute walk to public transportation stations from most spots in the neighbourhood, and then about a twenty minute train ride from any one of the five SkyTrain terminals in the city to Vancouver proper. Many professionals commuting to Vancouver drive to the train station and take the train into the city.
The neighbourhood's primary school is Herbert Spencer Elementary, which was built in 1911 and provides the community with a dual track English and Early French Immersion School. The school has many active programmes such as an active track and field program and a well-developed music department.
Glenbrooke Middle School is a triple track English and French Immersion school with more than 560 students. Its Early French Immersion and Late French Immersion programmes are magnets for students from all across New West.
New Westminster Secondary School in the neighbouring Moody Park area is one of the largest in all of BC. It offers students access to the lauded International Baccalaureate Programme and well supported arts and sports programmes.
Queen's Park also houses the Urban Academy, which is a destination school for students from New West as well as surrounding cities. Its arts-infused approach to learning helps each student develop a deeper relationship with academic subjects.
Nearly colleges and universities include New Westminster's own Douglas College, The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and Simon Fraser University in the neighbouring city of Burnaby.
Queen's Park neighbourhood is fortunate to contain the city's cultural center, the park itself. Multiple stages and other venues host numerous plays, outdoor movie showings, festivals and other community events.
The park's Bernie Legge Theatre hosts the oldest community theatre in BC, the Vagabond Players. There are also several other highly-rated performing arts venues, galleries and craft vendors to be found throughout the city, including the nearby Massey Theatre which hosts the Royal City Musical Theatre as well as many national and international performers.
The park inside the Queen's Park neighbourhood is New West's pride and joy. Its forest setting hosts an eclectic mix of playgrounds and sporting venues. The spraypark and petting zoo are a unique draw for families. Active adults can play soccer, lacrosse and softball on the park's artificial turf. There are also tennis courts, an off-leash dog area, an arena and both indoor and outdoor gyms.
The park has entered a period of expansion so it can serve New West residents even better.
Residents of other neighbourhoods in the city travel to this neighbourhood to take advantage of the great outdoors at the center of town. The Millennium Trail winds its way through and around Queen's Park, but runners, bikers and walkers can also exercise on the Quay's new riverside boardwalk.
For those that want to get further away from town, Burnaby Lake is only 7km away in Burnaby. Take a picnic and hike or kayak in the beautiful wildlife sanctuary.
New Westminster's housing market has always represented an excellent value, when compared to other Metro Vancouver cities, but the market's growing stronger as New West's recent civic investments are beginning to yield returns.
To give you an idea of how unique the Queen's Park neighbourhood is, New Westminster votes the area the best place to trick-or-treat every Halloween. Queen's Park welcomes over 400 costumed kids each year. This quirky statistic is a great indicator of the area's social cohesion and status as one of the city's special favourites.
The neighbourhood's high median household income, its stone's throw access to a park that's known as a regional destination and the care its taken to preserve its rich and interesting architectural history make Queen's Park one of the most sought-after property markets in the area.
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With a stay at Powder Springs, you'll be centrally located in Revelstoke, steps from K3 Cat Skiing and Snowboarding and minutes from Revelstoke Museum and Archives. This inn is within close proximity of Grizzly Plaza and Revelstoke Aquatic Centre. Enjoy the recreation opportunities such as a nightclub or make use of other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access. The complimentary ski shuttle makes getting to the slopes a breeze. Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, a computer station, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Event facilities at this inn consist of conference space and a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite. Make yourself at home in one of the 55 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones with free local calls, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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Book Review, Brás de Oliva Domingos, Daytripper, death, Fabio Moon, family, Gabriel Ba, graphic novel, Jammer, mortality, mothers, Prometheus
When was the day that the person you were died and a new person began? That's the question Daytripper asks of its reader and damn if it it doesn't hold back.
Now my regular reader may object, "Didn't you already review this book? And why didn't you come to MeeMa's birthday party?" But I would like to remind my steady reader that MeeMa's apartment smells like cat-piss and death and this is the woman who called me butt sniffer at my last birthday party, so she can jump in a lake. As for your first question you're right I did write about my latest reading of the book, however my review left me unsatisfied. There's a reason I read this book at least once every year: I'm going to die, but in a way I've died already several times in my life.
You see before Neville Longbottom reminded us that people die every day, Daytripper was doing just that through the life of Brás de Oliva Domingos. Brás is the son of an internationally acclaimed novelist who writes obituaries for a living while trying to find something in his life worth working towards. Often the dialogue is centered on either the importance of family, friends, or living life, but beneath all of these concerns is the larger question of whether Brás life is living a dream. This may sound esoteric or, lord forbid, pompously intellectual and everything a regular comic book reader would detest. Normally I would agree were it not for the introduction that establishes the ethos of the book immediately:
This Introduction sets the reader up for everything they'll hope to expect in Daytripper, namely a blending of the supernatural so often found in superhero comics, while a careful balance of reality so often found in depressing unreadable novels by Samuel Becket (You heard me existentialists, come and get me). I think this balance is found in the breathtaking artwork, but also with the general questions put forth by the author. There's a point in Chapter six when a plane crashes into the city and Brás has to write the obituaries for the victims all the while his best friend in the world Jorge is missing. After a week of work he receives a phone call:
I was on the next flight you know. I was already inside the plane when they took us out, and we heard the news. I flipped out, man! It could've been me on that plane. And for What? No job is worth dying for. So I wondered what is right? I thought I had a great life, great job, fun with the chicks…but nothing in my life is extraordinary. Nothing in my life really matters. Life is too short man. I've been wasting time. I can't go back to that life. I'm never coming back.
Brás: Jorge wait a minute let's talk this through.
Jorge: Card is running out of credits. I gotta go. Take care Brás. Do something with your life. Something that matters. (148-9).
The next shot is of Brás in a car off to Rio to find his friend only to be stopped by a pair of crashing eighteen wheelers that result in one of the many deaths described at the end of each chapter.
Speaking of which the narrative rhythms of Daytripper will probably bug some readers since, as I've mentioned before, Brás dies at the end of each chapter. The first time I read the book I will admit it was a little confusing, but to be fair so was Prometheus and now that's one of my favorite films of all time. Daytripper regularly challenges its reader to decide for themselves if Brás is really dying, or else he's writing obituaries for the man he was before this new event came in and changed his life. These death's include being shot at a bar, drowning in the ocean during a festival, being hit by a food truck, having a heart attack in his father's study, being electrocuted by a telephone wire, being struck by the eighteen wheelers, being stabbed to death by Jorge, and finally dying in surgery while on a book tour (the last two deaths are implied but I'll get to that later). Now looking at each of these deaths there doesn't immediately appear to be to be any significance to the deaths. It's only when looking at the context that meaning becomes clear. Looking at them again it's important to note that: the first is when the bartenders nephew robs the bar needing money and Brás was just talking about family, he drowns while looking for a girl he met and fell in love with in town, he gets hit by the truck when running back to meet a girl he saw in a market realizing that she's the one, he gets electrocuted when he's only a few years old and chasing after a kite following a visit to his grandparents, he suffers the heart attack on the same day his father dies and his son is born, he's struck by the car when he decides to drive to Rio to find Jorge, when he finds Jorge he discovers his friend has gone completely insane, and his final death isn't even seen since it's presented through the reaction of his wife and son.
Each of the deaths may at first appear kitsch or gimmicky given Brás's profession, but if the reader writes them off as a weak narrative strategy by the artists they're only missing the opportunity Daytripper offers.
There are moments in our life where the person we were, for lack of a better phrase, dies and we become someone new. It may be our first kiss, it may be the day our children are born, it may be the day we meet the person who we'll marry, it may be the day we get divorced and have to start over, it may be the day your father or mother dies, it may be the day you lose your virginity, or it may even be the day you die or at least recognize that you're going to.
These moments are what gives life its wonderful and fucking annoying as hell quality that it does. We'll never know who we will be or what choices we will face because life changes so suddenly, almost abstractly, and we have to find a way to create meaning from the deaths of these people we thought we knew or else pretended to know.
I know I'm sounding like a fucking poetry slam right now dear reader but it's only because this book isn't soft. It's fucking hard and pushes you to ask these questions. My previous review of this book was incredibly emotional and dealt with my question of my own masculinity and mortality, and it's most likely because so much has happened to me over the course of the last year. I've been married, moved out of my parents house, lived with my in-laws for several months, moved into a new house, figured out the rhythms of married life, and am about to graduate with my masters in English in which case I now begin to look for a job…so if you don't hear from me for a while it's because I probably died alone and poor in a ditch somewhere, at least that's what engineers and business majors tell me.
I've hit the point in my life where I read Jorge's advice and I ask the question: What have I really done?
It's the question Brás keeps returning to over and over no matter how old he is. On the one hand it may just be that he's trying to live up the image of his old man, the internationally acclaimed author, and to be fair…those are some pretty big shoes to fill, but I think beyond the writing is something else, some desperate search for meaning between the odd moments of his life.
The next to last chapter of the book is a dream, that's the only way to describe it. It begins on a boat with a goddess and ends with Brás on a beach in front of his typewriter writing:
My name is Brás de Oliva Domingos
I can't really tell how old I am, only that I'm too young to wonder if I asked the right questions in the past, and too old to wish the future will bring me all the answers.
In my dreams, I am the writer of my own story although I never write about myself, this obituary being the first and last exception.
All the places my dreams take me, no matter if I've never been there or never will be…help me understand where I come from…and where I want to go.
So what my own dreams show me is what my life can be once I open my eyes.
My dreams tell me who I am.
My name is Brás de Oliva Domingos. This is the story of my life. Take a deep breath, open your eyes and close the book. (222-4).
When I first read Daytripper, the book was about how to be a writer, but as I've grown I've begun to realize that the book is more about family. What you inherit from them, and what you leave behind. When Brás's son talks to him at the end of the book there's a simple line:
That's not strange at all. That's family. We carry our family around inside of us. It's who we are. (239).
Now once my reader puts down the wine bottle and groans that they have their mother inside them and their kids are screwed they should really hold onto that sentence for a moment and let it sink in. In our life we carry our dreams close to our heart and we feel that they are what makes our life what it is, and I won't lie that dream is what certainly pushes us into the paths in life we most desire, whether we follow a straight path is all up to the individual experience. Family however is what tends to make us for inherit something from the ones that came before.
I spoke in the last review of the book about fathers, but I'd like to end this one on mothers. There's a story Brás's mother tells the children about the day he was born: I apologise for the poor quality:
Just about every mother, at least every good one in my experience, has a narrative surrounding the birth or some moment in the life of their child. It's an aspect of motherhood that gives it its charm and definitive quality in many ways. As such my own mother story is the story of how I got my nickname, or really name at this point since more people know me as Jammer than then do my actual first name.
They way she told it was after she married Dad she became an unofficial member of the rugby team Dad played with at A&M. Now the thing about the team was that everybody got a nickname at some point. Dad's was Andy Capp because he used to always wear a cap like the cartoon character you probably don't recognize. Along with him there was Pisser, Whale Bait, Hands, Hollywood, Little John, etc., and Mom of course was Sniglet…to this day nobody remembers why she was Sniglet, but fuck it her name's Sniglet move on, gah! Well one night they were out drinking, Mom was drinking club soda or at least I hope lest many of my sparkling personality traits become obvious to the reader, and I began to kick. As of this writing I'm 6" 3 but even back then I was large baby and since during the gestation process the babies head is pointed down towards the vagina and the feet are pointed towards the ribs, and if you factor in the fact that Mom was a small woman, my kicks were pretty damn hard. What happened next set the stage for everything. One of the rugby guys saw Sniglet hopping at each kick, he stumbled over, pointed to my stomach and slurred out, "Hey's he's jamming her, jamher jammer!" And so, as the saying goes, the name was made.
My name is now more a part of me than the name Josh and, while I can thank that drunk rugby player for his contribution, it's my mother gift of the story that it exists at all. Our families give us our power and identity and we strive to achieve it.
It's easy to dismiss Daytripper as yet another book on the market of a self-analyzing neurotic writer worried about whether he's attained his dreams, but if the reader does that they've missed the point of the book. We work towards our dreams every day. Whether we attain them in the end is immaterial, but as we work towards them we become more and more complex as individuals because of the people we meet, or because of the people we come from. Our families are in our bones, for good and for bad, and they don't leave us as we move forward, and our friends, if they're the right ones, become just as much a part of us as our families. Daytripper is about the death of the people we were as we develop into the people we become, and Moon and Bá show their reader that, even if it is a death of some kind it's not to be mourned because those people don't leave. We just carry them with us as we move forward.
Daytripper can be found on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and wherever graphic novels are sold.
**Writer's Note**
I told you the last two deaths would come back but I just plain forgot about them. The next to last chapter is a dream, a reflection on the summation of Brás's life, while the final chapter is the actual end. Brás is diagnosed with multiple brain tumors and the closing shot is him standing on the beach at night looking out over the ocean. I know he dies, intellectually I know it, but in that moment is a sublime sensation of the life.
Life is a fucking weird-ass abstract term that we'll never truly appreciate till we're dead, about to be. It's the mark of a great work that can make me feel even a hint at that wonder with just a few lines and color.
**Writer's Second Note**
I've included a link below to a review of the graphic novel done by NPR. Enjoy.


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Constance Yu Appointed Associate Chair for Administration & Finance of the Department
Constance Yu has been chosen as the new Associate Chair for Administration and Finance, effective February 4, 2019. As the lead administrator for the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences (Ob, Gyn & RS), Connie will report directly to the Department Chair. She will be responsible for strategizing, developing, planning, and implementing effective administrative structures and financial arrangements to support the Department's operations and strategic priorities as well as the Department's short- and long-term strategies for growth and innovation. Connie will also represent our Department on campus and school committees.
Connie comes to us from the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine where she has served as Associate Chair of Administration and Finance for the past four years. There she directed activities for all mission areas including research, patient care, education and community engagement. Additionally, she provided oversight and expertise on issues relating to finance, academic and staff human resources, clinical operations, facilities and space management, and other professional and educational revenue activities.
Prior to joining the UCSF community, Connie served as the Director of Research Support Services for the Department of Family Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University for eight years where she provided administrative and financial oversight for the Family Medicine Research Division supporting 100+ faculty, residents, research staff, and medical students. She managed all pre- and post-award grants and contracts activities and developed and implemented an annual strategic plan for the division's growth and expansion of internal research programs and funding sources.
Connie graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and received her Master of Health Administration from the University of Washington, Seattle. Her professional experience also includes positions at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington Medical Center.


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LING6026 Discourse Analysis
Module Overview
This option provides an overview of the main contemporary currents in the diverse field of discourse analysis.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- a selection of contemporary theoretical approaches to discourse analysis;
- contextual and pragmatic factors contributing to discourse coherence;
- the contribution of grammar, lexis and phonology to discourse structure;
- psycholinguistic processes in discourse;
- structure of a range of spoken, written and computer-mediated language genres.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- identify and use academic and professional resources, printed and electronic;
- select and analyse texts from a variety of genres, and present your analysis confidently and effectively to others with your own critical interpretation;
- link academic theory and professional practice;
- use information technology appropriately to support research and professional activity.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- compare and evaluate differing theoretical and analytic approaches to discourse;
- analyse a range of text types, using appropriate linguistic and sociolinguistic tools;
- apply computational tools to the analysis of texts;
- relate a theoretical understanding of various discourse genres to practical proposals for language teaching.
This option provides an overview of the main contemporary currents in the diverse field of discourse analysis. Topics to be covered include the role of grammar, vocabulary and information structure in discourse; the psychology of discourse processing and discourse comprehension; distinctive characteristics of spoken and written discourse; genre analysis; and critical discourse analysis. Applications in language education will be discussed, and you will gain extensive experience of the practical analysis of a variety of text types.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods include • Online tutor led discussion forums • Interactive tasks in topic learning objects • Presentations and lectures via podcasts/audio/video files • Synchronous chat/small group discussions • text analysis exercises Learning activities include • Reading key texts • Accessing online resources • Participating in online forums • Private study, research and reflection • undertaking a small scale text analysis project.
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Resources & Reading list
Jaworski, A and Coupland, N (eds.) (1999). The Discourse Reader.
Schiffrin, D, Tannen, D and Hamilton, H E (eds.) (2001). The Handbook of Discourse Analysis.
Johnstone, B (2008). Discourse Analysis.
McCarthy, M (1991). Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers.
Nunan, D (1993). Introducing Discourse Analysis.
Cook, G (1989). Discourse.
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|Text analysis (2000 words)
|Written assignment (2500 words)
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Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External


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This is the first in a series of monthly newsletters from Paul Hastings that will discuss major employment law issues facing employers due to the economic downturn. We will include articles from all facets of employment law, from reductions in force to executive compensation. We will discuss both domestic and international employment law issues.
Table of Contents
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New photos reveal US soldier was arrested for kissing ISIS flag
Photos have been released showing a U.S. Army soldier kissing and posing next to an ISIS flag.
34-year-old Ikaika Erik Kang was arrested Saturday and charged with providing material support to ISIS, and the U.S. Attorney's office has released photos of Kang following a bail hearing Thursday in Honolulu.
The FBI believes that Kang was a "lone actor," and spoke to undercover FBI agents who claimed to be connected to ISIS.
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An attorney representing Kang said in an email that "it would appear that Sgt. Kang, a decorated veteran of two deployments to the Middle East, may have some service-related mental health issues which the government was aware of, but neglected to treat."
In May of 2017, a U.S. Air Force veteran was sentenced to 35 years behind bars for attempting to join ISIS.


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Rainbow Snippet time! If you're new to Rainbow Snippets, it's a Facebook group where authors of LGBTQ fiction post a six-sentence snippet of a WIP, a published story, or a recommendation, every weekend. You can see all the snippets here.
This week…something from Returning Home, which — all being well — will be out next week.
Caleb laughed, and pushed his hands between Jacob's thighs. "Oh, absolutely not with Ben. I don't know if you've noticed, but he's not my type."
A small smile played on Jacob's lips. Propping himself up to mirror Caleb's position, he brought his mouth close to Caleb's and whispered, "So, is that why you've brought me here, Mr. Fletcher? To act out your teenage fantasies?"
Caleb swallowed hard and licked his lips. "Christ, I wish you would. I really wish you would."


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Two people injured after fight near Cherry Beach
Published Sunday, August 9, 2020 10:59AM EDT
A logo at the Toronto Police Services headquarters, in Toronto, on Friday, August 9, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
TORONTO -- Two people were injured and two others were arrested after a fight between a large group of people broke out north of Toronto's Cherry Beach on Sunday morning.
Toronto police say they were called to the corner of Unwin Avenue and Cherry Street after 10 a.m. Sunday for a report of an assault in progress.
Const. Caroline de Kloet said there were a large group of people gathered at the scene and some of them were engaged in a physical fight.
Two people were located with unknown injuries and two others were taken into custody at the scene.


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Panel Meetings:
All advisory panel meetings are held at the Tennessee Arts Commission (unless notified otherwise) at 401 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Nashville TN 37243.
- Applicants are notified of the date and approximate time of their application review. It is strongly encouraged, but not mandatory, for a representative of the organization to be present at the time of review. For your convenience, a telephone dial-in attendance option for Advisory Panel Meetings is available. If you choose the dial-in option:
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STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Udhampur on Wednesday in the second leg, of the 'Ageing with Dignity Campaign', held a painting and slogan writing competition on the title, 'Sensitizing Program on Fostering Intergenerational Bonding', for the students of all Government Schools falling in winter zone of Udhampur District at Higher Secandary School Sewna in Block Narsoo . Programme was as an endeavor to strengthen the integration between generations and to facilitate interaction between the students and youth about the various hardships being faced by the elderly people and ways & methods in mitigating them, under the Chairmanship of Mohan Lal Manhas Chairman, District Legal Services Authority (Pr. District & Sessions Judge) Udhampur and under the overall supervision of Mrs Sandeep Kour , Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Udhampur . The painting and slogan writing competition Programme was attended by a number of Senior Citizens of the adjoining areas of the school and the grandparents of the student, of the school. Prizes were also distributed among students .POONCH: As part of the campaign on "Ageing with Dignity on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day", the District Legal Services Authority organised an awareness camp under the supervision of Chairman DLSA Madan Lal (Principal District & Sessions Judge). Secretary DLSA, Javed Rana Hakla, CJM Poonch, Som Lal, BDO Mandi, Subash Chander, Cultural Officer Sub-Office Rajouri Dr. Alamdhar Shah, District Social Welfare Officer besides locals, senior citizens and students from Mandi and adjoining areas were present on the occasion. The Sub-Office of Cultural Academy Rajouri presented cultural programme. SAMBA: District Legal Service Authority, Samba today organised a sensitization program on "Safety and Security of Senior Citizen" as part of 'World Elder Abuse Awareness Day ' for creating awareness with regard to "Ageing with Dignity Campaign". The event was aimed at to sensitize the Police personals of the district regarding the special psycho social needs of senior citizens besides elder abuse. On the occasion, Secretary DLSA, Swati Gupta, sensitized the target group regarding the challenges being faced by senior citizens through a power point presentation. Additional Munsiff Samba, Jyoti Bhagat, was also present on the occasion.
KISHTWAR: District Legal Services Authority Kishtwar in collaboration with District Administration today conducted district level consultative meet on "Ageing with Dignity" being held in connection with "World Elder Abuse Awareness Day". The consultative meet was organized as per the schedule issued by Secretary District Legal Services Authority Kishtwar Munish K. Manhas (Munsif/JMIC Kishtwar) under the guidance of Incharge Chairman, District Legal Services Authority Kishtwar. The meet was presided over by Additional District Development Commissioner Kishtwar Mohd Hanief Malik. Other officers and officials present on the occasion were Dr. Mohd Yaqoob Mir, Deputy CMO Kishtwar, S. D. Atri, Medical Superintendent Kishtwar, Horticulture Development Officer, Tehsil Social Welfare Officers Kishtwar & Marwah ICDS Officials of Kishtwar, officials of Mahila Shakti Kendra Kishtwar, J&K Bank Manager besides PLVs of DLSA Kishtwar were also present.
Deepika reaches NCB office to record statement in drugs case
Cops deployed outside Deepika Padukone's residence
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NCB summons Deepika, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan in drugs case
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Brompton Urban Challenge Minneapolis
How many stops?
Gaah – that's not even possible in the time limit! Ah, I see, that's the point.
The Brompton Urban Challenge has gone out to cities all over the world this summer including NYC, Toronto, Budapest, Milan and London. For those who aren't familiar with them, Bromptons are high-quality, folding bikes hand crafted in Britain that are great for city living and traveling.
Owners tend to feel very attached to their Bromptons and a whole counter culture has emerged over the years. Since the builders are Brits, they take great pride in their workmanship but also have a sense of humor about the somewhat clownish aspect of their compact bikes, sponsoring races that require wearing business clothes and competions for the fastest fold. The Stevlio event in Italy pits riders against one of the most challenging climbs in the Alps all as a fundraiser for Soccorso Clowns – that visit sick children in hospital.
Now, I tend to create my own scavenger hunts for things like public art so I was excited when travel schedules aligned. Two members of our Brompton gang from LA were going to be in Minneapolis for the local event! It was ON!
What a fun day. Chasing around town in teams scoring points at sites with extra credit available for mini-challenges. Competitors can ride any style of bike they choose but each team is required to have at least one Brompton rider. If you read my previous post on flying with my Brompton you know that I left my folding bike in Austin for the summer. Luckily, Francie was bringing her Brompton on the flight from Los Angeles.
Race Day
Looking at the map – and the 48 possible stops – you can see that it would take some thoughtful strategies to maximize points in the time allotted. We chose a route not so much for points but for areas that we wanted to visit, rolling towards Minnehaha Falls along a route skirting Lake Calhoun and Lake Harriet.
As non-residents we were at a disadvantage but I knew many of the trails and hidden gems on the map including the location of the Elf door to leave a note for Mr Little Guy, and where LBJ's footprints were cast in concrete. (I did not happen to know his shoe size so we just had to make a guess on that…)
At some point we became too hungry to continue and took a break on the patio at Longfellow Grill alongside the Mississippi River. The sacrifice was worth it though!
Alas, our team did not win with our score of 19 points but we did have a great day exploring the city.
Enjoy some of our photos. Click anywhere on the gallery below to view it as a slideshow with full captions. You can also check out #BUCMPLS on instagram to see photos from all the teams.
If you happen to be near Paris, the last challenge of the summer is taking place on September 13th!


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Open for Walk-up Tours Until 3pm; Save 10% in Battleship Store
DATE: Friday, November 27, 2015 (Black Friday)
TIME: 10:00am – 3:00pm
PLACE: Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial, 62 Battleship Place, Camden Waterfront, NJ 08103
DETAILS: Tour the World's Greatest Battleship today on Black "Dragon" Friday. The Battleship is open for walk-up tours from 9:30am to 3pm on Friday, Nov. 27. Guests can climb inside the legendary 16-inch gun turrets, check out a tomahawk missile launch in the Combat
Engagement Center, learn how the crew lived aboard this floating city and much more!
Plus, get 10% off any item in the Battleshop landside store all day long. Unique gifts such as pens made from teak wood from the deck of the Battleship, customized Navy dog tags, Battleship hats and wool caps, models, toys, hoodies, sweatshirts and more!
Also, kids who tour the Battleship can try to find Captain Quack, our newest officer! Images of this rubber duck collectible are located along the Fire Power tour route. Write down the locations on a game card, drop it off at the Battleshop landside store
and win a prize. You will also enter to win your family free tickets to watch the 6pm New Year's Eve Fireworks show from the Battleship!
PHOTO OPP: Guests touring our nation's most decorated Battleship on Black "Dragon" Friday!
Berthed on the Camden Waterfront across the Delaware River from Center City Philadelphia, the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial is a non-profit historic ship museum that offers tours Saturdays and Sundays, as well as Black "Dragon" Friday, Nov. 28, through December. Consult the Battleship's website for a schedule. The Battleship also offers overnight for youth groups and families, special group and student tours and event rentals with a full catering menu. For more information on the ship's many programs, visit www.battleshipnewjersey.org.