#Gorin university

[punnysher]

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[frogshipping]

I decided I'm gonna talk about Viti and Goku's hypothetical/AU/Alt timeline/whatever children, because apparently that's what my brain wants to focus on rn

So like I mentioned before, they have a set of twins--one boy and one girl. They would be the couple's only children, but they're both incredibly loved.

In the AU or timeline where Viti has the twins, she finds out she's expecting approximately 6 months after her and Goku get married (which would be about year 6 going into 7 of the 10 timeskip between the end of the Buu saga and the End of Z arc). It's a shock, because Viti didn't realize they were capable of getting pregnant; since they're technically a god. She didn't know if her body would even allow her to conceive, yet alone carry to term. But she manages it, and Goku is thrilled to welcome his new children. He swears to be there for these babies, in the way he couldn't be for Gohan and Goten, and keeps his word.

I would prefer for the twins to be named after Goku + Goku's masters, since technically both Gohan and Goten are, and I want all the Son kids to match (Gohan for grandpa Gohan, the -ten in Goten's name means heaven but kinda refers to Muten Roshi as well.) Which would mean the twins would be named Gorin (in honor of Korin) and Gomi (in honor of Kami), which are fine in english but I don't think they work in Japanese. I tried to research and find some kanji to translate into the names that could theoretically make sense, but idrk any Japanese and idk if the translations would make sense. I don't want to just throw shit at the wall uneducated. Also gomi directly translated means trash (while fitting since Viti's og universe is in homestuck /j) I don't want either kid to be named trash.

So instead I will be going with fruits for names! The boy will be called Goji (after goji berries), and the girl will be Goumi (to stay close to one of my original ideas + its also a type of berry so she'll match her twin.) The only thing about the name Goumi is that I can't get a straight answer on how to pronounce it (I heard goo-me, go-me, and goy-me). In my mind it's pronounced go-me so that it's close to her dad's name, but you guys read it however you want.

Goji and Goumi are very close siblings but they're kinda opposite each other. Goumi takes after Goku in many aspects, from hairstyle, to her bravery, to being kinda a menace like Kid Goku was. She's loud like her mom, likes to write, and is obsessed with animals in the same way. Goumi wants to marry Bra/Bulla when they grow up (Bra is only about 3 years older than the twins in this AU). Though she's not really into mushy stuff. She's ambitious and absolutely loves to fight, just like a typical saiyan. She started begging to learn martial arts by the age of 3. She's very good at figuring out her opponent's moves, and is a careful strategist (despite not being super thoughtful outside of battle). Goumi is very much a daddy's girl. She wants to be a hero just like him, and get strong just the way he has, and for the same reasons.

Goji and Goumi being half-saiyans are born with their tails. In the particular AU/timeline that they are born, Goku had come back from being dead for 7 years with his tail. So since he has his, he and Viti decide the kids can keep theirs until they're old enough to choose if they want them permanently removed. The family stays indoors the night of the full moon to prevent any Ozaru accidents, until the kids are big enough to start martial arts training. Vegeta helps Goji, Goumi, and even Goku gain control of themselves when in their primal form. They learn to utilize the body of the great ape to their advantage. This probably helps Goku get closer to achieving super saiyan 4 before the events of GT (which tbh probably don't happen in this AU). Vegeta also teaches them how to strengthen their tails so they aren't such a liability. Goji and Goumi will twine their tails together to stay connected, even as adults, it's something they did even in the womb (Viti has a framed ultrasound photo of them doing that on her bedroom wall).

Meanwhile Goji is a little more laid back. He starts as a nervous little kid but comes out of his shell when he begins learning how to fight. Then he shows more of his Goku side, friendly with all that he meets and naïve. He's more polite that Goumi, who's quick to spout whatever's on her mind, vs Goji who thinks before speaking. He got some people pleasing tendencies from Viti, and their love of music. Goji is also a romantic like his mom. He looks slightly more like Viti as well, with his hair being more windswept, and his eyes the same shade of green as theirs (though there's no symbol in his eyes). He really likes to work with his hands and is more of a defender when fighting than offensive. Even though he is a more careful in regular situations, he's the sort that will act before thinking in a fight, especially if someone he cares about is in danger. Goji also wants to be like his dad, merciful and kind, and a friend to everyone he meets (even if they start as an enemy). He seeks to get stronger, but to compete with his sister moreso than for the love of it. But he also wants to live a normal life in the future, believing he can handle being both earth's protector as well as regular person.

Goumi was born a few minutes before Goji, and believes herself to be his protector as a result. She defends him in every day life, and in turn, Goji is there to defend his sister in battle. Goji is Goumi's #1 supporter when it comes to her pursuing Bra's affections. Goumi roots for Goji whenever he attempts to make friends. Goji helps Goumi get closer to her dream of becoming the first female super saiyan (which she eventually succeedes at as a tween.) Goumi is more selective about food like their mom, so Goji is there to eat what she won't. They do definitely have some sort of twin connection, and will each go to the other when they sense their presence is needed. The pair can fuse together, their form being called "Goujimi".

Goji and Goumi are the youngest of the DBZ kids to be born (Trunks is oldest, then Goten, Bra, Pan, and finally the twins.) Still despite the age differences, all the kids get along and eventually become the next group of Z Fighters when the OGs get too old for it anymore. Goumi likes to argue with Trunks for the right to be considered leader of the group. But because he's got more battle knowledge and experience he's the defacto leader, even if he doesn't really care to be.

I think that's just about everything I have on the twins. Sometime soon I'll post some concept art of them. Hope you enjoyed reading!

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from Inside Climate News:

Along a valley of the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, Emilio Mateo set out on a 10-mile hike up to the Queshque Glacier. Following the tracks of llamas and cattle, Mateo, a researcher at the Aspen Global Change Institute, and his research assistant were on their way to collect glacier samples. Armed with a hammer and chisel, and empty backpacks to carry back 35 pounds of bedrock samples, their goal was to get as close as possible to the glacier and reach a still-forming glacial lake that wasn’t there 15 years ago. 

Now, drawing on those samples and others from Bolivia and Colombia, a new study says tropical glaciers in the Andes are the smallest they’ve been in the past 11,700 years. 

“It’s a sad milestone to hit for these glaciers,” said Mateo. But the milestone helps researchers understand the unprecedented changes happening in the tropical Andean region, he explained.

Glacier retreat has accelerated over recent decades, a crisis both for nearby communities that rely on glacial meltwater and farther-flung places bedeviled by sea-level rise. But other glaciers, like those in North America, were smaller 6,000 to 10,000 years ago, in the early Holocene period, than they are now. 

After studying rare chemicals called beryllium-10 and carbon-14 in bedrock—like the ones in the samples Mateo collected—researchers found that these bedrock locations in the Andes had never been without glacier cover for at least 11,700 years. As such, these tropical glaciers are now smaller than they’ve ever been since the dawn of human civilization.

“Everywhere else, in the Himalayas and Alaska, the glaciers aren’t to that point yet. They are still receding, but they are not as small as they once were at the beginning of the Holocene,” said Mateo.

In North America, glaciers were indeed smaller than they are today for a fairly large part of human history, according to a 2023 study. So the findings from these Andean samples were shocking.

“This is not a result that we expected to find. We thought that this was decades away,” said Drew Gorin, lead author of the study and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

By: Leor Sapri

Published: Dec 15, 2023

The core question in lawsuits over state-level age restrictions on “gender-affirming care” or former patients suing their providers for fraud or malpractice is whether sex-trait modification is an evidence-based and ethical medical practice. Recognizing the limits of their own knowledge on such matters, judges have turned to expert witnesses to help them understand the key issues at play. But since both sides in these legal contests appoint expert witnesses to back their claims (typically medical doctors and mental-health professionals), judges must determine which are more credible.

A recent exchange between Moti Gorin, an associate professor of philosophy and bioethicist at Colorado State University, and Alejandra Caraballo, a transgender activist and cyberlaw instructor at Harvard Law School, provides crucial insight into how these questions bear on the outcome of lawsuits over gender medicine. In a paper titled “The Anti-Transgender Medical Expert Industry,” published earlier this year in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Caraballo argues that judges should disregard the opinions of medical professionals who testify on behalf of states seeking to restrict “gender-affirming care.” In a newly published letter to the editor in the same journal, Gorin shows the fatal flaws in Caraballo’s arguments. (The journal also gave Caraballo the chance to respond to Gorin.)

Caraballo devotes considerable space to maligning experts and organizations skeptical or critical of “gender-affirming care” as being driven by “anti-transgender” animus. As Gorin points out, these are

serious allegations, directed at named entities and individuals, and presented not on a social media platform or in the opening statement of an attorney engaged in courtroom advocacy but in the pages of a peer-reviewed, academic journal. One should therefore expect strong evidence in support of such allegations, in keeping with the usual norms of academic publishing. Those norms require, inter alia, that easily-verifiable factual claims be true, that accurate and otherwise adequate citations be provided, that the author avoid unnecessarily inflammatory language, and so on.

Caraballo provides zero evidence for these accusations. For example, Caraballo describes Stephen Levine, a professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine with five decades of clinical experience treating gender dysphoric patients, as “one of the most prolific anti-transgender medical expert [sic] in the country” and claims that he “has not published peer-reviewed research in the relevant field.” As Gorin observes, however, “It is easy to confirm that this claim is plainly false.” Levine, who chaired the HBIGDA’s (now WPATH) Fifth Standards of Care and served on the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-IV Subcommittee on Gender Identity Disorders, has many peer-reviewed publications in the field, including landmark papers like “The Myth of ‘Reliable Research’” that touch directly on the evidence base for pediatric gender medicine.

Gorin provides other examples of blatant falsehoods in Caraballo’s paper, raising the question of how the Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics could allow such defamatory statements to be made in its pages without even minimal corroboration. As Gorin later explained on X, academic publishing relies on a certain degree of trust. Editors and reviewers assume that scholars will not, for instance, blatantly mischaracterize sources they cite, as Caraballo appears to have done. Recently, a prominent physician argued that the scandal of pediatric “gender-affirming care” was made possible due to a “broken chain of trust” within the medical and scientific establishment, with activist clinicians and researchers exploiting the chains of trust built up over generations by their professional forebearers. That physician is Stephen Levine.

No less embarrassing for Caraballo than the many factual errors in the original article is Caraballo’s apparent misunderstanding of the rules of evidence in adjudication. Here, Gorin takes Caraballo to task on the author's own turf and shows a superior grasp of the issues.

First, some context. Courts are generally a bad forum in which to settle scientific debates. Among other problems, judges are not subject-area experts and have little time to master the nuances of scientific controversies; they must inevitably decide between competing claims of subject-area experts. By definition, such contests require non-experts to substitute their own judgment for that of at least one expert—a scenario that can easily undermine the judge’s credibility in the eyes of scientific critics.

In the 1923 case Frye v. United States, the D.C. Court of Appeals opined that it was hard to determine when a “scientific principle or discovery crosses the line between the experimental and demonstrable stages,” and that, in order to do so, judges should consider whether a scientific principle or discovery has “gained general acceptance in the particular field in which it belongs.”

In 1975, Congress adopted the Federal Rules of Evidence. Rule 702 states, “If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise.” In the 1993 case Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Supreme Court held that Rule 702 supersedes the Frye test of “general acceptance." The Court laid out four criteria to guide judges in their assessment of the reliability of expert testimony:

1. The expert’s scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue; 2. The testimony is based on sufficient facts or data; 3. The testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods; and 4. The expert has reliably applied the principles and methods to the facts of the case.

It’s easy to see how these doctrinal issues bear directly on the current debate over “gender-affirming care.” When advocates of gender-affirming care maintain that these controversial procedures are evidence-based, they cite the consensus of professional medical associations. Critics point out that this consensus is manufactured and enforced through suppression of contrary viewpoints. They point out that consensus-based medicine is not necessarily evidence-based medicine.

Caraballo’s position is that expert testimony from the likes of Levine and the psychologist James Cantor—author of the definitive, peer-reviewed fact-check of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ policy statement on “gender-affirming care”—should be discounted on the grounds that Levine and Cantor do not directly provide “gender-affirming” medical treatments to minors and that they operate outside the consensus of U.S. medical associations.

Regarding the first claim, if clinicians do not approve minors for puberty suppression, cross-sex hormones, or surgeries, that might be because they don’t believe that these interventions are evidence-based and ethical. Moreover, as Cantor has explained in expert witness testimony, the expertise of clinicians is different from that of scientists. The clinician’s expertise “regards applying general principles to the care of an individual patient and the unique features of that case.” The scientist’s expertise “is the reverse, accumulating information about many individual cases and identifying the generalizable principles that may be applied to all cases.” Accordingly, Cantor writes, “In legal matters, the most familiar situation pertains to whether a given clinician correctly employed relevant clinical standards. Often, it is other clinicians who practice in that field who will be best equipped to speak to that question. When it is the clinical standards that are themselves in question, however, it is the experts in the assessment of scientific studies who are the relevant experts.” For good reason, Caraballo’s criterion—that a doctor must practice a type of intervention in order to qualify as an expert in the evidence base for that intervention—is neither mentioned nor implied in the Daubert standards.

Not just that, but clinicians who practice “gender-affirming care” are likely to find themselves in intellectual, professional, and financial conflicts of interest, which may produce confirmation bias and impair their ability to dispassionately assess the evidence for the care they provide.

In short, Caraballo’s characterization of who counts as an expert is a classic example of the No True Scotsman fallacy. Caraballo conveniently defines as “experts” only those who practice, and by implication agree with, “gender-affirming care” for kids. It would be as if we agreed to define only clinicians who practice lobotomy as “experts” on whether lobotomy is an evidence-based practice.

As for Caraballo’s second point, about “anti-transgender” experts being outside the consensus in the field, Gorin points out that, under Daubert, this should not disqualify the opinions of these experts. To recall, the court in Daubert explicitlyrejected the “general acceptance” standard in Frye as a prerequisite for determining the reliability of testimony. “It is easy to see why ‘general acceptance’ is too strict a requirement,” writes Gorin. “It would exclude from the start expert testimony that, despite being inconsistent with generally-held opinion or consensus, proves to be consistent with the truth.” Commitment to science means above all commitment to the scientific method. As the Court put it in Daubert, “The focus . . . must be solely on principles and methodology, not on the conclusions they generate.”

Caraballo’s typo-riddled response to Gorin’s criticism complains that he is “hyper fixat[ed] on minor errors rather than the broader argument.” (In fact, Gorin’s examples of Caraballo’s factual errors go to the heart of Caraballo’s thesis that the experts in question are driven by animus rather than good-faith disagreement with the prevailing consensus.) Caraballo then resorts to more mudslinging and name-calling, for instance characterizing Levine as a “conversion therapist” because he uses exploratory therapy for his pediatric patients rather than automatically “affirming” their self-diagnosed “gender identity” as permanent and eligible for hormonal treatments. To support the accusation, Caraballo cites a paper by a transgender bioethicist who opposes “gatekeeping” for drugs and surgeries on the grounds that teenagers should have the right to turn their bodies into “gendered art pieces.”

Caraballo then continues to impugn the motives of “anti-transgender” expert witnesses by claiming that they are paid for their work—an unremarkable observation and one that conveniently ignores the fact that experts on the other side are also paid. For example, Jack Turban is paid up to $400 per hour to testify against state age-restriction laws. (It was money well spent: Turban revealed that he does not understand the basics of evidence-based medicine.)

Speaking of ulterior motives: in a footnote, Caraballo discloses that “these witnesses provided a report that impacted my ability to access care when I visit family in Florida. I can no longer obtain refills there legally due to restrictions placed on adult care. Additionally, my care in Massachusetts has been severely affected by the large influx of trans people fleeing states such as Florida. While this may be an elective academic indulgence for Gorin, this affects my healthcare directly.”

Caraballo ends by wondering, “Why should gender affirming care be considered differently where non-practitioners of a field testify on the relevant standards, they themselves do not practice?”

The answer is simple: those who provide irreversible, sterilizing, and often disfiguring “treatments” to kids on the belief that these young people were “born in the wrong body” are ideologues who need to be reined in by their more professional colleagues. For Caraballo, apparently, only blood-letters should testify on the merits of blood-letting.

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When activists get desperate, their lies get more egregious.

Caraballo needs to return his law degree. He's dangerously unqualified.

[yoshiunity]

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Trying something new. Honestly, something I should have done a long time ago. For now on, I'm posting art on my website and Ko-Fi page AT LEAST two days ahead of other social media. I'll post an update like this for anyone interested.

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Most of the artwork in this update is already on here, but that's a one-time slip-up. Honestly, I'm only doing this to bring more attention to my website and Ko-Fi. I mean, it's simple business. I've worked hard on my website. Also, WIX is getting ready to raise the price.

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[kyodesyo]

Sect-specific rules on the letters engraved on tombstones: Thorough explanation from Tendai sect to Zen sect

There are many people who are worried about graves and memorial services. It is natural that there are times when you do not know about the characters on the tombstones that vary depending on the sect and the correct manners of visiting the grave. The form of memorial service with feelings for the deceased is based on the teachings of each sect.

As a monk, I provide life counseling "free of charge" on the official line.

So far, we have received many people's concerns.

The details of the self-introduction and consultation flow, including why it is free, are described in the following article.

Please take a look.

1. Basic knowledge of tombstone characters by sect

・Understand the difference between a single grave and a joint grave (gashibo)

Before choosing a letter to engrave on a tombstone, there is something to understand first. It is a choice between a single grave or a joint grave.

If Kaimyo and a common name are engraved, the grave will be a separate grave. In other words, it will be a grave dedicated to that person, and other family members cannot enter later. On the other hand, if you choose a co-enshrined tomb, engrave characters selected from the scriptures, words that express the teachings of the sect, or characters such as Sanskrit characters (bonji) and "○○ family ancestors".

This choice is very important, and it is difficult to change it later. You need to think about your family structure and future, and make a careful decision. In many cases, the current situation is that a joint grave that the whole family can enter together is often chosen.

・The meaning of the Olympic Tower (Gorinto) and how to engrave the characters

The Gorin Pagoda is a pagoda built next to the tombstone and is considered a symbol of the main image. Different characters are engraved on this tower depending on the sect.

Basically, Sanskrit characters representing "sky, wind, fire, water, and earth" are engraved on the Olympic Tower from above. These represent the five elements of Buddhism and are considered to be a component of the universe. However, there is a custom in the Jodo Shinshu sect that does not build a five-round pagoda.

The characters engraved on the Olympic pagoda are said to be enshrined as Buddhas who have become Buddhas for more than 50 years. Since the characters engraved vary depending on the sect, it is important to consult with the head of the Bodaiji Temple.

2. Characteristic characters and meanings of each sect

・Esoteric characters of the Tendai sect and the Shingon sect

The Tendai sect and the Shingon sect are Esoteric sects and attach importance to Sanskrit characters. It is common for both sects to engrave a combination of Sanskrit characters and precepts.

In the Tendai sect, Sanskrit characters representing the afterlife are sometimes engraved. In the case of a joint tomb, Sanskrit characters and "○○ family ancestors" are combined. On the Olympic Tower, Sanskrit characters representing "sky, wind, fire, water, and earth" are engraved in order from the top.

In the Shingon sect, Sanskrit characters representing Dainichi Nyorai (Dainichi Nyorai) are engraved on the tombstone. This represents faith in Dainichi Nyorai, the principal image of the Shingon sect. It is customary to engrave the date of construction, the name of the builder, and the name of the deceased on the side or back of the tombstone.

・Nenbutsu characters of the Jodo sect and the Jodo Shinshu sect

In the Jodo sect, Sanskrit characters representing Amida Nyorai (Amida Nyorai) are engraved on the top of the front of the tombstone. In this sect, it is common to include a nenbutsu complaint called "Namu Amidabutsu".

The Jodo Shinshu sect has a unique way of thinking. All deceased people use the character "Shaku" from the teaching that they will become Buddha. For men, it is "Shaku ○○" and for women, it is "Shakuni (Shakuni) ○○".

In addition, the word "Kueitsho" is sometimes engraved. This is a word that means "Let's all meet in the Pure Land together". The Jodo Shinshu sect often engraves the famous name "Nanmu Amida Buddha", and it is characterized by the fact that the Olympic pagoda is not built.

3. Unique expressions of the Nichiren sect and the Zen sect

・Characters representing the belief in the Hokke Sutra of the Nichiren sect

In the Nichiren sect, characters are taken from the fundamental sutra "Hokekyo" and engraved with "Myoho". This officially comes from the name of the sutra "Myoho Rengekyo".

The characters of "Myoho Renge Sutra" are also engraved vertically on the Olympic Tower. From the top, it is the order of "Myo", "Law", "Lotus", "Flower" and "Sutra". The title "Nanmu Myoho Renge Sutra" is sometimes engraved, and this is a word that expresses the core of the faith of the Nichiren sect.

The tombstones of the Nichiren sect are characterized by adding "Myoho" before the precepts, such as "Myoho ○○ Shinji" and "Myoho ○○ Shinjo". This word "Myoho" contains a deep meaning of the essential truth of all beings.

・The meaning of Ichienso (Ichienso) of the Zen sect

In the Zen system, it is characterized by engraving the one-circle phase "○", which is a characteristic of teaching. This circle is said to represent the state of complete harmony, truth and absoluteness.

The one-phase symbolizes the state of Zen enlightenment and expresses a complete state with no beginning or end. This circle is not just a figure, but a visual representation of the state of mind reached through Zen practice.

"Sky, wind, fire, water, and earth" are engraved on the Zen-dof-line pagodas as usual, but the tombstones often combine the one circle phase and "○○ family ancestors". This circle phase is said to have the effect of arousing the heart of silence and harmony to the viewer.

4. The correct manners and preparation for visiting the grave

・The appropriate time and frequency of visiting the grave

There is no fixed time for visiting the grave, but in general, it is held during Obon, spring and autumn, the anniversary of the death of the deceased, and the memorial service. In some regions, it is customary to visit on New Year's Day.

The important thing is to report at the milestone of your life. When there are major events such as marriage, employment, admission or further education, it is meaningful to visit the grave to report to the deceased. In addition, when there are worries and hesitations, they may visit to calm down.

We recommend that you go out with your whole family as much as possible. For children who will protect their graves in the next generation, visiting the grave should be a good habit. By visiting regularly, you can cultivate gratitude to your ancestors.

・What to bring and how to dress for visiting the grave

There are basic belongings for visiting the grave. Rosary beads, incense sticks, candles, matches, fresh flowers, offerings, and cleaning tools. In many cemeteries, you can borrow hand tubs, ladles, and cleaning tools.

Let's try to dress properly. This is because you may meet the abbot of the Bodhi Temple and the management office of the cemetery. If you bring an apron when cleaning, you don't have to get your clothes dirty.

It would be a good idea to bring the deceased's favorite food for offerings. If there is a shop in the cemetery, most things are available, but it is important to bring food and flowers that the deceased particularly liked.

5. Correct procedures and precautions for visiting the grave

・Basic flow of visiting the grave

There is a correct procedure for visiting the grave. First of all, let's start by cleaning the grave. Remove the garbage, fallen leaves, weeds, etc. in and around the cemetery, and carefully wash the tombstone.

Next, I will make an offering. Flowers and offerings are offered in front of the grave, and fresh flowers are decorated on a flower stand with plenty of water. Fill the water bowl with water, and if the offering is food, place it on half paper.

When burning incense sticks, light a candle and then transfer the fire to the incense sticks. It is manners to put out the fire with your hands instead of extinguishing it with your breath. Finally, join hands and worship with your body lower than the tombstone. Hold the rosary, put your hands together, and pray quietly one by one.

・Gratitude for consideration and management of surroundings

The cemetery is a sacred place where ancestors and Buddhas sleep peacefully. It is important to act without forgetting to be pious.

Make sure that plants and weeds are not growing from your home's grave to the surrounding grave, and take care of them if necessary. It is also important to be careful not to make noise in the cemetery or enter other cemeteries.

After praying, we will also pray to the surrounding graves. I would like to greet the cemetery management office that manages the grave on a daily basis. By expressing gratitude in words, you can build a better relationship.

Lastly

The manners related to graves and memorial services are not just formal. It is an important way to express the deep teachings contained in each sect and feelings for the deceased.

Even the single letter engraved on the tombstone reflects the faith of the sect and the view of life and death. The Sanskrit characters of the Tendai sect and the Shingon sect contain the profound teachings of esoteric Buddhism, the absolute trust in Amida Nyorai in the nenbutsu of the Jodo sect and the Jodo Shinshu sect, the belief in the Hokke Sutra in the Myoho of the Nichiren sect, and the longing for the realm of enlightenment in the Zen sect.

In modern society, there are many people who have fewer opportunities to visit graves. It is also true that there are various issues, such as if there is a grave far away or the problem of eternal memorial service for those who have no relatives. However, the important thing is not the form, but the heart that cares about the deceased.

Even if you can't visit the grave frequently, it is more important than anything to think of the deceased and have gratitude in your daily life. The grave is a place to confirm the bond with the deceased, and it is also a place where we think about the meaning of life.

There are certainly differences in manners due to sectarian differences, but what is underlying is love and respect for the deceased, and the desire for peace of mind. It is important to know the right manners, but what is more important than that is to pray with a sincere heart.

Through visiting the grave, we can realize the weight of life inherited from our ancestors and think deeply about the meaning of living in the present. It may be the responsibility of those of us who live in modern times to pass on this important habit and heart to the next generation.

I hope that you will pray for the peaceful sleep of the deceased and that the right memorial service in accordance with the teachings of each sect so that those who remain can have peace of mind. I hope that visiting the grave will be a time that will be a spiritual support for everyone.

[hannah-and-the-wizzards]

Prologue

The sun was high in the sky, dazzling and relentless over the endless expanse of the desert. Thin shimmers of air danced over the hot sand dunes and deceived the senses of the travelers. But even in this almost indomitable wasteland, one could feel the traces of magic - an ancient, mystical force that ran through the desert and attracted magical creatures from all corners of the world.

A colorful caravan moved forward slowly but determinedly. They were wizards and magicians from the farthest lands who had set out to reach the legendary goal: a magical city that only appeared for a short time as a mirage in the middle of the desert. This city, called Gorin, was the meeting place of the most powerful and wisest magicians, and ancient secrets and hidden powers were guarded within its walls.

In the midst of this illustrious company was Hanna, a young woman with a determined look and a heart full of hope. Hanna was not a sorceress, at least not a real one. However, she had posed as one, hoping to find the answers she had been seeking for years in Gorin. Her sister Justin had disappeared without a trace long ago, and Hanna was convinced that the city of magicians was the key to her whereabouts.

With every step through the hot sand, Hanna felt the weight of her secret. She was surrounded by powerful beings who could shape the universe with their magic, while she herself was armed only with courage and cunning. But her goal was clear, and her determination unbroken. The hope of finding her sister again drove her on, through the burning heat of the day and the icy cold of the night.

So began Hanna's journey into a world full of magic and mystery, a journey that would not only lead her to the legendary city of Gorin, but also deep into the heart of the secrets that the desert hid. And as the caravan moved on and the sun slowly sank behind the dunes, Hanna knew that this was just the beginning of an adventure that could change everything.

[californiaprelawland]

Miranda v. Arizona 

By Catherine Kavalauskas, University of California Davis Class of 2026

January 18, 2024

Miranda v. Arizona is a landmark Supreme Court case that is considered to have effected radical change in American criminal law. The case revolves around the Fifth Amendment which was once understood to only protect Americans from “types of compulsions to confess,” (2) (for example, persuaded false confessions, compliant false confessions, etc.) however, the Miranda v. Arizona case expanded the rights of the Fifth Amendment through the implementation of the Miranda warning.  

Miranda v. Arizona consists of four different cases. The similarity of each case remains on the premise that each defendant confessed guilt after being subjected to interrogations without being informed of their Fifth Amendment rights (before or during the interrogation). The Fifth Amendment right of The Constitution protects citizens against self-incrimination, allowing individuals to refuse to answer questions during a criminal trial. Moreover, the Fifth Amendment protects individuals from self-incriminating themselves. 

Miranda v. Arizona was sparked by an incident on March 13, 1963. Ernesto Miranda was arrested and brought to the local police station where he was interrogated for being in connection with a kidnapping and a sexual assault. Miranda was forced into a two-hour-long interrogation that resulted in the police obtaining a written confession from Miranda. Despite the objection of Miranda’s defense attorney, the police admitted the written confession as evidence in the trial. In summary, because of his written confession, the jury found Miranda guilty of the crime. 

Miranda appealed his charges and took his case to the Supreme Court of Arizona. The Court held that the state did not violate Miranda’s constitutional rights because he “did not specifically request counsel” (3). Unsatisfied with this ruling, Miranda appealed his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.  

Miranda’s Supreme Court Case became a landmark decision of The United States. The Court ruled that law enforcement in the U.S. must verbally state an individual’s constitutional rights before interrogating them or else their statements cannot be used against them in court. In other words, under the Fifth Amendment, statements that are given in custody during an interrogation can rightfully be used as evidence during the trial, only if the defendant was verbally and knowingly administered their rights before the interrogation – the right to remain silent, right to an attorney.  

Moreover, the Miranda v. Arizona Supreme Court case led to the establishment of the Miranda Warning in the United States. The law requires that after an individual has been arrested, a police officer must administer the individual their Miranda rights, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney” (4).  

In summary, the Miranda v. Arizona case has led to profound and essential effects within the legal system. Miranda rights are important as they protect individuals from self-incrimination during interrogations. Moreover, the Miranda v. Arizona decision ensures that people who are accused of a crime are aware of their constitutional rights and have equal access to counsel, even if they are financially disadvantaged and cannot afford it. 

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1) Wikipedia. “Seal of the United States Supreme Court”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Supreme_Court.svg. 11 Jan 2024. 

2) Wikipedia. “Miranda v. Arizona”.  7 Jan 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_v._Arizona . 17 Jan 2024.  

3) Oyez. “Miranda v. Arizona”. https://www.oyez.org/cases/1965/759 . 17 Jan 2024.  

4) EG Eisen Gorin. “Miranda Right Violations”. https://www.egattorneys.com/miranda-rights-violations-california#:~:text=By%20law%2C%20after%20you%27ve,the%20right%20to%20an%20attorney . 17 Jan 2024. 

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Ghostbusters (2016, Paul Feig)

28/11/2023

Ghostbusters is a 2016 film directed by Paul Feig.

The film marks the reboot of the series of the same name, with a new team of female Ghostbusters, played by Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.

Abby Yates and Erin Gilbert are two theoretical physics scholar who together wrote a book in which they argue that paranormal phenomena, such as ghosts, really exist. Abby, Erin and Jillian witness the first physical manifestation of a ghost they have ever seen, filming it and posting the video on YouTube, which leads to Erin's immediate dismissal and her loss of all credibility as a scientist by the entire community university.

Abby, Erin and Jillian manage to capture the ghost with their proton packs and film the operation, but their footage is once again mocked by the Internet public. Patty decides to join the team, making herself useful as she knows New York city very well and provides the group with a vehicle, a repurposed Cadillac hearse borrowed from her uncle.

When Rowan plants one of the devices in a venue where a heavy metal concert is being held, the Ghostbusters are called in and capture the ghost in front of the audience.

During the credits, Patty listens to a recording of an encounter with a ghost and asks the other three Ghostbusters if they have ever heard of Zuul.

~ Abigail "Abby" Yates, played by Melissa McCarthy, is a scholar of the paranormal world, willing to do anything to prove her theories.

~ Erin Gilbert, played by Kristen Wiig, Abby's best friend, was nominated to become a professor at Columbia University, a job she lost after it was revealed she co-authored a book about ghosts with Yates.

~ Jillian Holtzmann, played by Kate McKinnon, is a nuclear engineer, rebellious and courageous.

~ Patricia "Patty" Tolan, played by Leslie Jones, is a New York subway employee.

~ Kevin Beckman, played by Chris Hemsworth, is the secretary of the Ghostbusters, a muscular and charming but extremely dumb and childish boy, who can't even answer the phone.

~ Rowan North, played by Neil Casey, the film's main antagonist, is a mad scientist who becomes a ghost and attempts to unleash an army of ghosts to destroy the city.

~ Bradley, played by Andy García, is the Mayor of New York.

The protagonists of the first two Ghostbusters films participate in the film in some cameos:

- Bill Murray, Dr. Martin Heiss, a debunker who doesn't belive in the paranormal;

- Dan Aykroyd, a taxi driver;

- Ernie Hudson, Bill Jenkins, Patty Tolan's uncle;

- Sigourney Weaver, Rebecca Gorin, Jillian Holtzmann's professor and mentor;

- Annie Potts, the receptionist at the Mercado Hotel.

Ozzy Osbourne, Al Roker, Pat Kiernan, Cheryl Wills, Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly also participate in the film, playing themselves.

[zandragorin]

H/D Fan Fair 2021 - Art Claim

An Issue of Touch

Summary: Harry Potter has been enlisted by Professor Longbottom to gather some rare species of water plants for his client's potions project. Seems easy enough but there's a catch, because, isn't there always? Said plant is poisonous and potentially lethal to human touch whilst underwater. What's a herbology assistant to do? Seek the help of a pretty (annoying) merman, of course.

Click the image for better resolution.

View An Issue of Touch on Ao3 for written dialogue.

This was originally meant to be a full on comics with loads of panels-- I already managed to make a draft of the story, but due to unforseen cicrcumstances, I wasn't able to complete everything as intended. SO I spurned out two panels instead, which I still hope gave the prompter a little glimpse of the world I envisioned their prompt taking place in.

Anyway, I still had loads of fun making these and playing with the colors, and I may have gotten a bit teary-eyed with all the lovely and nice and encouraging comments during the fest... and maybe a bit starstruck by the comments of some of my fave artists in the fandom, so thank you, thank you, endlessly.🥰

And thank you @hd-fan-fair mods for all the hard work! You are amazing.💕

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

Researchers at Tel Aviv University found a way to use nanotechnology to infuse color into transparent calcite nanoparticles, turning the previously invisible and transparent particles into easily detectable, sparkling gold particles.

These visible particles can serve as a basis for innovative medical approaches to diagnosing and delivering light-activated drug therapies for cancer patients.

The new technology also opens promising prospects for biomedical applications including photothermal therapy, photoacoustic tomography, bioimaging, and targeted drug delivery.

The research and development were conducted by an international team of scientists coordinated by Roman Noskov and Prof. Pavel Ginzburg of TAU’s Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering; Prof. Dmitry Gorin of the Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology; and Evgeny Shirshin of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. The findings were recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Advanced Materials.

While traditional methods of optical engineering often use toxic compounds and chemicals, this new method employs gold nanoseeds and porous vaterite (calcium carbonate) spherulites, which are currently considered to be promising drug-delivery vehicles.

The infusion of the gold nanoseeds creates a new material whose resonance properties can be widely tuned by changing the quantity of gold inside the vaterite.

Ginzburg said he believes that the collaboration will lead to live subject (in vivo) demonstrations, which, in turn, “will pave the way for a new biomedical technology.”

[frankterranella]

Remembering a jazz great

Beegie Adair playing at various NYC venues, including Carnegie Hall.

The jazz world lost a master pianist yesterday. Bobbe Gorin (BG) "Beegie" Adair died at home after a short illness. During her long career, she was a much sought-after studio musician. But especially in the last 25 years, Beegie came to be known by the jazz public, appearing with her own jazz band. She was 84.

What, you’ve never heard of Beegie Adair? Well I must say that I also was among the uninitiated until about six years ago. Working as a studio musician is anonymous work, even when, as in Beegie’s case, you’re playing on records recorded by the likes of Dolly Parton, Henry Mancini, Joe Williams, Mama Cass Elliott and Peggy Lee. So Beegie was never as famous as jazz pianists like Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, and Erroll Garner. But she had a 65-year career, and appeared on well over 100 albums.

Beegie Adair was an unlikely jazz musician, being a woman born in Kentucky in 1937. Adair grew up in Cave City, Kentucky, where she began taking piano lessons at age five. She continued to study piano throughout college, earning a B.S. in music education at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. During and after college, she played in jazz bands, and spent three years teaching music to children before moving to Nashville, where she became a session musician.

Much later in her career, she began to play with her own trio consisting of bassist Roger Spencer and drummer Chris Brown. The group appeared all over the world. I saw them at Carnegie Hall and at Birdland in New York City. Together they recorded 35 studio albums over the last 25 years and sold millions of records. You can check out her discography at https://www.allmusic.com/artist/beegie-adair-mn0000149265/discography.

I think the talent of Beegie Adair was in knowing how to take a tune from the American Songbook and arrange it in an interesting jazz manner that was nonetheless true to the song. The only way you can really appreciate her genius is to listen to her work. There are many albums of hers available on Spotify and YouTube. I discovered her on Pandora, where I was listening to the Peter Nero station. Her playing style is very distinctive -- not as flashy as Nero or as flowery as Liberace. Beegie’s arrangements are kinetic. She bops. And you never lose the melody, which is a common complaint I have about other jazz piano versions of these great songs.

And now she’s left us. I will miss seeing her perform live, but fortunately she has left us a legacy of music that we can listen to for years to come. I like to think she’s jamming with her jazz idols in heaven now. Duke Ellington and Count Basie: Make room for the Queen “B.”

[rmnds1]

As a teenager unintentionally just by intuition draws a DICK on his desk at school we tried to close this art gestalt through a compilation of sexual sketches. Collection of love installations, an orgy of meanings, a simple and sensible dialogue reminds us that love is different, that love is the beginning of all good things in the universe. CLAN: Anton Shavkero, Alex Gorin, Iliya Korolev, Ivan Rys, Zinnur Mustafin, Yuriy Adam Sound: Daruma Audio Behance: https://ift.tt/2UO1GAQ Instagram: https://ift.tt/31QFU0z Telegram sticker pack: https://ift.tt/2tY6cBK Chanters of song – anglers and peasants alike, rehearse their canticles at the dusk of day. A shamisen is entwined with a snake, a prince was born, who became you I love, as has never been in nature – As they love the statue, As they love highly spiritual love porn. Scenes from the human and animal spousal life, as I undress, I wish to show you something You are not blind, do shine a lantern Upon my lips, my teeth, my chest, and my arm. We shall lie on the ground, upon the waters, In the wind, in the sun. And we shall roll over – Hither and thither As a wave fleeing the shore, As a flower closing its blinkers, As a sheep deserting the wolf, only to later return. I overturn the concept of “savage” And I give you power over my mind, As much as you wish to grab. Tame the wild, taming the wild, tame the wild. I have no more words, can't even breathe.

[yoshiunity]

One of my entries for a, maybe canceled(?), Rival Schools zine! Loved all the sports-themed students of Gorin High/University. All of them have enough main character energy to star in their own spin-off sports title. Capcom could have made it happen if they wanted to.

Shoma(baseball), Natsu(Volleyball), Roberto(Soccer), Momo(Tennis) and Nagare(Swimming).

[kyodesyo]

Grave visit manners and annual events: The correct memorial service method to remember the deceased

There are many people who are worried about graves and memorial services. It is natural that there are times when you do not know about the characters on the tombstones that vary depending on the sect and the correct manners of visiting the grave. The form of memorial service with feelings for the deceased is based on the teachings of each sect.

As a monk, I provide life counseling "free of charge" on the official line.

So far, we have received many people's concerns.

The details of the self-introduction and consultation flow, including why it is free, are described in the following article.

Please take a look.

1. Basic knowledge of tombstone characters by sect

・Understand the difference between a single grave and a joint grave (gashibo)

Before choosing a letter to engrave on a tombstone, there is something to understand first. It is a choice between a single grave or a joint grave.

If Kaimyo and a common name are engraved, the grave will be a separate grave. In other words, it will be a grave dedicated to that person, and other family members cannot enter later. On the other hand, if you choose a co-enshrined tomb, engrave characters selected from the scriptures, words that express the teachings of the sect, or characters such as Sanskrit characters (bonji) and "○○ family ancestors".

This choice is very important, and it is difficult to change it later. You need to think about your family structure and future, and make a careful decision. In many cases, the current situation is that a joint grave that the whole family can enter together is often chosen.

・The meaning of the Olympic Tower (Gorinto) and how to engrave the characters

The Gorin Pagoda is a pagoda built next to the tombstone and is considered a symbol of the main image. Different characters are engraved on this tower depending on the sect.

Basically, Sanskrit characters representing "sky, wind, fire, water, and earth" are engraved on the Olympic Tower from above. These represent the five elements of Buddhism and are considered to be a component of the universe. However, there is a custom in the Jodo Shinshu sect that does not build a five-round pagoda.

The characters engraved on the Olympic pagoda are said to be enshrined as Buddhas who have become Buddhas for more than 50 years. Since the characters engraved vary depending on the sect, it is important to consult with the head of the Bodaiji Temple.

2. Characteristic characters and meanings of each sect

・Esoteric characters of the Tendai sect and the Shingon sect

The Tendai sect and the Shingon sect are Esoteric sects and attach importance to Sanskrit characters. It is common for both sects to engrave a combination of Sanskrit characters and precepts.

In the Tendai sect, Sanskrit characters representing the afterlife are sometimes engraved. In the case of a joint tomb, Sanskrit characters and "○○ family ancestors" are combined. On the Olympic Tower, Sanskrit characters representing "sky, wind, fire, water, and earth" are engraved in order from the top.

In the Shingon sect, Sanskrit characters representing Dainichi Nyorai (Dainichi Nyorai) are engraved on the tombstone. This represents faith in Dainichi Nyorai, the principal image of the Shingon sect. It is customary to engrave the date of construction, the name of the builder, and the name of the deceased on the side or back of the tombstone.

・Nenbutsu characters of the Jodo sect and the Jodo Shinshu sect

In the Jodo sect, Sanskrit characters representing Amida Nyorai (Amida Nyorai) are engraved on the top of the front of the tombstone. In this sect, it is common to include a nenbutsu complaint called "Namu Amidabutsu".

The Jodo Shinshu sect has a unique way of thinking. All deceased people use the character "Shaku" from the teaching that they will become Buddha. For men, it is "Shaku ○○" and for women, it is "Shakuni (Shakuni) ○○".

In addition, the word "Kueitsho" is sometimes engraved. This is a word that means "Let's all meet in the Pure Land together". The Jodo Shinshu sect often engraves the famous name "Nanmu Amida Buddha", and it is characterized by the fact that the Olympic pagoda is not built.

3. Unique expressions of the Nichiren sect and the Zen sect

・Characters representing the belief in the Hokke Sutra of the Nichiren sect

In the Nichiren sect, characters are taken from the fundamental sutra "Hokekyo" and engraved with "Myoho". This officially comes from the name of the sutra "Myoho Rengekyo".

The characters of "Myoho Renge Sutra" are also engraved vertically on the Olympic Tower. From the top, it is the order of "Myo", "Law", "Lotus", "Flower" and "Sutra". The title "Nanmu Myoho Renge Sutra" is sometimes engraved, and this is a word that expresses the core of the faith of the Nichiren sect.

The tombstones of the Nichiren sect are characterized by adding "Myoho" before the precepts, such as "Myoho ○○ Shinji" and "Myoho ○○ Shinjo". This word "Myoho" contains a deep meaning of the essential truth of all beings.

・The meaning of Ichienso (Ichienso) of the Zen sect

In the Zen system, it is characterized by engraving the one-circle phase "○", which is a characteristic of teaching. This circle is said to represent the state of complete harmony, truth and absoluteness.

The one-phase symbolizes the state of Zen enlightenment and expresses a complete state with no beginning or end. This circle is not just a figure, but a visual representation of the state of mind reached through Zen practice.

"Sky, wind, fire, water, and earth" are engraved on the Zen-dof-line pagodas as usual, but the tombstones often combine the one circle phase and "○○ family ancestors". This circle phase is said to have the effect of arousing the heart of silence and harmony to the viewer.

4. The correct manners and preparation for visiting the grave

・The appropriate time and frequency of visiting the grave

There is no fixed time for visiting the grave, but in general, it is held during Obon, spring and autumn, the anniversary of the death of the deceased, and the memorial service. In some regions, it is customary to visit on New Year's Day.

The important thing is to report at the milestone of your life. When there are major events such as marriage, employment, admission or further education, it is meaningful to visit the grave to report to the deceased. In addition, when there are worries and hesitations, they may visit to calm down.

We recommend that you go out with your whole family as much as possible. For children who will protect their graves in the next generation, visiting the grave should be a good habit. By visiting regularly, you can cultivate gratitude to your ancestors.

・What to bring and how to dress for visiting the grave

There are basic belongings for visiting the grave. Rosary beads, incense sticks, candles, matches, fresh flowers, offerings, and cleaning tools. In many cemeteries, you can borrow hand tubs, ladles, and cleaning tools.

Let's try to dress properly. This is because you may meet the abbot of the Bodhi Temple and the management office of the cemetery. If you bring an apron when cleaning, you don't have to get your clothes dirty.

It would be a good idea to bring the deceased's favorite food for offerings. If there is a shop in the cemetery, most things are available, but it is important to bring food and flowers that the deceased particularly liked.

5. Correct procedures and precautions for visiting the grave

・Basic flow of visiting the grave

There is a correct procedure for visiting the grave. First of all, let's start by cleaning the grave. Remove the garbage, fallen leaves, weeds, etc. in and around the cemetery, and carefully wash the tombstone.

Next, I will make an offering. Flowers and offerings are offered in front of the grave, and fresh flowers are decorated on a flower stand with plenty of water. Fill the water bowl with water, and if the offering is food, place it on half paper.

When burning incense sticks, light a candle and then transfer the fire to the incense sticks. It is manners to put out the fire with your hands instead of extinguishing it with your breath. Finally, join hands and worship with your body lower than the tombstone. Hold the rosary, put your hands together, and pray quietly one by one.

・Gratitude for consideration and management of surroundings

The cemetery is a sacred place where ancestors and Buddhas sleep peacefully. It is important to act without forgetting to be pious.

Make sure that plants and weeds are not growing from your home's grave to the surrounding grave, and take care of them if necessary. It is also important to be careful not to make noise in the cemetery or enter other cemeteries.

After praying, we will also pray to the surrounding graves. I would like to greet the cemetery management office that manages the grave on a daily basis. By expressing gratitude in words, you can build a better relationship.

Lastly

The manners related to graves and memorial services are not just formal. It is an important way to express the deep teachings contained in each sect and feelings for the deceased.

Even the single letter engraved on the tombstone reflects the faith of the sect and the view of life and death. The Sanskrit characters of the Tendai sect and the Shingon sect contain the profound teachings of esoteric Buddhism, the absolute trust in Amida Nyorai in the nenbutsu of the Jodo sect and the Jodo Shinshu sect, the belief in the Hokke Sutra in the Myoho of the Nichiren sect, and the longing for the realm of enlightenment in the Zen sect.

In modern society, there are many people who have fewer opportunities to visit graves. It is also true that there are various issues, such as if there is a grave far away or the problem of eternal memorial service for those who have no relatives. However, the important thing is not the form, but the heart that cares about the deceased.

Even if you can't visit the grave frequently, it is more important than anything to think of the deceased and have gratitude in your daily life. The grave is a place to confirm the bond with the deceased, and it is also a place where we think about the meaning of life.

There are certainly differences in manners due to sectarian differences, but what is underlying is love and respect for the deceased, and the desire for peace of mind. It is important to know the right manners, but what is more important than that is to pray with a sincere heart.

Through visiting the grave, we can realize the weight of life inherited from our ancestors and think deeply about the meaning of living in the present. It may be the responsibility of those of us who live in modern times to pass on this important habit and heart to the next generation.

I hope that you will pray for the peaceful sleep of the deceased and that the right memorial service in accordance with the teachings of each sect so that those who remain can have peace of mind. I hope that visiting the grave will be a time that will be a spiritual support for everyone.

[hangorin]

【記者会見プレリリース】

Press Conference

Press Release

「過酷な真夏の開催は危険！」

２０２０東京五輪開催中止を求める国際共同声明を発表

〜反五輪団体が７月に東京に結集！

“It’s dangerous to host the Games in the middle of harsh summer”

Announcing the international joint statement calling for the cancelation of Tokyo 2020: Anti-Olympic Games advocacy groups gather in Tokyo in July!

　東京五輪開催を1年後に控え、過去の五輪開催都市および開催予定都市の反五輪団体６団体が東京に結集し、「過酷な真夏の五輪開催」に反対する国際共同声明を発表します。

With the Tokyo Olympics being one year away, six anti-Olympic groups from past and future host cities of Olympic Games will gather in Tokyo to issue an international joint statement opposing “hosting the Olympics in the middle of a dangerously hot summer.”

　

　来年の東京五輪は、３０度を超える猛暑・炎天下の下で開催が予測され、アスリートのみならず、観客やボランティア、とくに子どもたちを熱中症などの危険にさらす可能性があるとして、世界中から懸念の声があがっています。

Next year's Tokyo Olympics are expected to be held under conditions of extreme heat where temperatures are forecasted to exceed 30 degrees centigrade. Concerns have been raised about the potential of putting not only athletes, but also spectators, volunteers, and especially children at risk for heatstroke.

 　また今回の東京五輪は、交通機関の利用制限や過剰すぎる警察警備体制、競技場への熱帯雨林を違法に伐採した木材の使用や野宿者の排除、原子力災害被災者の切り捨てなど、様々な都市機能麻痺や人権侵害などを引き起こしているだけでなく、五輪招致をめぐる買収疑惑までもが浮上、「搾取オリンピック」と称されるほど問題を抱えています。

In addition, the Tokyo Olympics is host to a multitude of urban infrastructure problems and violation of human rights and environmental code including: restrictions on the use of public transportation; deployment of a large-scale police security system; use of wood illegally logged from the rainforest to build the stadium; displacement of homeless people; abandonment of the victims of Fukushima’s nuclear power plant disaster. In fact, there are so many problems that the Games is now being called the “Exploitation Olympics”.In addition, the Tokyo Olympics is host to a multitude of urban infrastructure problems and violation of human rights and environmental code including: restrictions on the use of public transportation; deployment of a large-scale police security system; use of wood illegally logged from the rainforest to build the stadium; displacement of homeless people; abandonment of the victims of Fukushima’s nuclear power plant disaster. In fact, there are so many problems that the Games is now being called the “Exploitation Olympics”.

 　そこで、東京五輪の抱える問題を実態調査するため、米国のスポーツ・ジャーナリスト　ジュールズ・ボイコフ　Jules Boykoff　氏（、『祝賀資本主義とオリンピック』著書）が緊急来日を決定。これにあわせ、ブラジル・リオ（2016年夏開催）、韓国・平昌（2018年冬開催）、仏国パリ(2024年夏開催予定)、米国ロサンゼルス(2028年夏開催予定)など、五輪開催地域の反五輪団体が東京に結集し、東京五輪の中止を求める共同声明を発表する運びとなりました。ぜひご取材ください。

To investigate the problems of the Tokyo Olympics, a renowned U.S. sports journalist and scholar, Jules Boykoff (The author of Celebratory Capitalism and the Olympics) will make an emergency visit to Japan. For this occasion, anti-Olympics groups from past and future host cities, such as Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (summer 2016), Pyeongchang, Korea (winter 2018), Paris, France (summer 2024), and Los Angeles (summer 2028) are also scheduled to gather in Tokyo and issue a joint statement calling for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics. We hope we can welcome you at this press release event.

 日時：２０１９年７月２３日（火）　11：00～　外国人記者クラブ　

場所：日本外国特派員協会（東京都 千代田区 丸の内 3-2-3　丸の内二重橋ビル5階）

Dates/Time: July 23, 2019 (Tuesday), From 11:00am

Location: Foreign Correspondent Club (Marunouchi Nijubashi Building 5F, 3-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo)

 ※ジャーナリストのみ参加可能です。下記の日本外国特派員協会HPよりご確認ください。　

FCCJ - Press Conference: "NoOlympics2020" by Boykoff, Orchier and Ichimura http://www.fccj.or.jp/events-calendar/press-events/icalevent.detail/2019/07/23/5261/-.html

 出席者： Participants:

 ジュールズ・ボイコフ：Jules Boykoff　（元プロサッカー選手。オリンピック出場経験者。パシフィック大学政治学教授。著書に『Ｃｅｌｅｂｒａｔｉｏｎ　Ｃａｐｉｔａｌｉｓｍ　ａｎｄ　the Olympic Games（祝賀資本主義とオリンピック）』『Pawer Games（邦題「オリンピック秘史」早川書房）』）

Jules, Boykoff (Former professional soccer player and olympian, professor at the Pacific University, U.S. He is the author of Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games)

 アン・オーシエー：Anne Orchier（アメリカ・ロサンゼルス在住。反オリンピック団体「NolympicsLA」メンバー。ロサンゼルス居住者ユニオン、スクール・オブ・エコーズ）

Anne Orchier (Resident of Los Angeles, U.S., member of the “Los Angeles Tenants Union” and “School of Echoes”, and the organizing member of  “NOlympics LA”.

 いちむらみさこ：Misako Ichimura（反五輪の会 NO OLYMPICS 2020　メンバー）

Misako Ichimura（Member of “Han gorin no kai NoOlympics2020”）

 ※会見時、デイブ・ザイリン氏　Dave Zirin（スポーツ・ジャーナリスト）、パリ・ＬＡ・韓国の反五輪団体関係者も来場します。ぜひ取材をお願いします。

Dave Zirin (Sports journalist), as well as members of anti-olympics groups from Paris, Los Angeles and South Korea, will also be present at the presser.

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反五輪の会 NO OLYMPICS 2020　　Hangorinnokai No OLYMPICS 2020

首藤久美子（sudo kumiko反五輪の会）  hangorin2020　＠　gmail.com