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Friends of Beyond Series - Aram and the Mosque
For many years I have brought Christians to local Mosques for educational purposes. The best way to learn about Islam and how Muslims practice their faith is to learn from practicing Muslims. There are so many misconceptions and fear that many non-Muslims have about Muslims. We believe the best way to engage is to go to their community with our community with an intent to learn. We took a group to Colorado Muslim Society in January and here's a reflection from Aram. ~Suzann
One of the things that's always stood out to me about the great spiritual leaders is their laughter, and genuine joy for life (if you want a wonderful example of what I mean, get on YouTube and watch when Archbishop Desmond Tutu appeared on the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson – perhaps the best late-night interview of all time). An old mentor once told me that religious people who lack a sense of humor are either taking themselves way too seriously, or they're not taking God seriously enough.
There's a lot of things I could write about as I reflect on our visit to the Masjid Abu Bakr mosque in Denver, also home to the Colorado Muslim Society – the largest Muslim community in Colorado. How we were welcomed with genuine warmth and gladness. How we were graciously given 20 minutes with Imam Shafi and Dr. Mohamed Hamdy prior to evening prayers, preparing us for what we were about to experience. How, after prayers, we were then given a second, follow up audience with Imam Shafi and Dr. Hamdy, and, expecting maybe another 15 or 20 minutes (the Imam is a busy man, with thousands that he leads among other responsibilities, not to mention his family) he instead gave us two hours of time with him – for teaching, elaboration, Q&A, and discussion. How he intently addressed all our questions, including topics such as the division of the genders at prayers, Muslim evangelization, and sharia law. How he addressed – and clarified many – misconceptions about Islam and talked about how the media so often distorts the true essence of the religion. How he acknowledged (and apologized) that he was doing most of the talking when there were others in the room who were his elders. How, when he noticed the late hour, he had (unbeknownst to us) sent for take-out, and how one of the brothers brought in twenty boxed dinners of chicken kabab, pilaf, salad, and pita, and how we all broke bread without missing a beat in our discussion.
But what struck me most about our two-plus hours with Imam Shafi (and I'm focusing on him partly because I had already experienced an evening with Dr. Hamdy a few years ago), is how utterly relaxed and at-home I felt. Relaxed and at-home because of his joy.
All day long I had been thinking about what good and worthy questions we could ask, and this produced a sense of nervousness in me. But once in his presence, what I noticed was his smile. His belly laughs. His realness. And this put me at ease when I encountered his brilliance: this is a man who speaks four languages, and oversees a mosque of a few thousand people from FORTY nationalities (when was the last time you were in a church with more than three or four?). By the end of the night, I could see why God had led him here: He knows Islam. He knows the United States (politically, socially, culturally, spiritually). He knows the Bible (his words were filled with references to Old and New Testament Scriptures all night long – especially from the Gospels). He knows people (in those two short hours I experienced a genuinely warm connection with him which left me wanting more). And he knows joy (we laughed often through the two plus hours together).
Going into the evening I felt I was already aware of the major misconceptions about Islam. I wondered if I would hear anything that I didn't already know. On this night, I felt Imam Shafi took me to another level in my understanding (and misunderstanding) of Islam. Imam Shafi's take on Islam was one that I found intriguing and wanting to know more.
Now if I'm honest, I also find myself wondering if his interpretation/understanding of Islam is shared by many others within Islam. But then I thought, it's just like how in Christianity, I'm drawn towards certain theologians/teachers and their understanding and presentation of Christianity (for me, people like Richard Rohr, Ilia Delio, and Ron Rolheiser), and repulsed by others. And this is what struck me: that the concerns and questions I have about Islam are pretty much the same as my concerns and questions about Christianity - e.g. what is your hermeneutic? Are you self-aware? Are you open to learning from other traditions and faith groups? Are you promoting exclusivity or inclusivity? Does your anthropology begin with the image of God or original sin? (Islam might surprise you here). Do you bring people together, or does your religion inspire division? Do you emanate genuine joy, or do you take yourself too seriously? All I can say is, I for one am grateful we have Imam Shafi leading the largest and perhaps most influential Muslim congregation in Colorado. And how grateful I am for this night that Suzann put together for the fifteen of us who went.
Aram Haroutunian is the Director of Mission Integration and Chaplain at The Gardens at St Elizabeth, a senior living community in North Denver. Prior, he served as a pastor for over twenty years, in Vermont and in Colorado, and then served six years as a chaplain in hospice. Aram was raised in the Armenian Orthodox church and enjoys liturgy, meteorology, and gardening. He and his wife Ellen have two grown children, a retired greyhound, and two enthroned cats.


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Yesterday, George Washington's birthday, is also mine. It was Ted Kennedy's as well. And so in the last decade of his life, after we became friends, we would call each other.
As ever, he was always ready to laugh, including at himself. On one such day, we agreed that our birthday had been a great day for America -- if only because we had George Washington to fall back on. On another, Ted toasted me at a birthday dinner. Noting that we shared the day with our first president, he remarked that, "For a long time, I took that as a sign that the presidency really could work out for me." He paused, grinning, and concluded, "Well, Ric, I guess now it's up to you."
In some ways, it's a curious thing to become friends with a man whose life, by then, had been so integral to the national consciousness for almost 40 years. I experienced the great bulk of his life -- the many achievements, the seemingly endless tragedies, his impassioned political vision, his missteps and recovery -- only as millions of others did. Many knew him much better and longer than I. As to many of the most critical events in his life, and how he felt about them, I claim no special insight.
And that life was rich in triumph and pain and perseverance. F. Scott Fitzgerald said that "there are no second acts in American lives"; Ted Kennedy proved how wrong he was. By my reckoning, Ted had at least four acts that teemed with every kind of human experience.
There were the early years of his life before 1968, the year that the last of his three brothers was murdered. By then, he had already lost Joe and Jack and his sister Kathleen -- one to war; one to assassination; one to an airplane crash. He had watched as another sister, Rosemary, was incapacitated. He had endured the lonely childhood of the youngest in a large and busy family, frequently changing schools, often without the attention of his mother or father. He had been dismissed from Harvard, served in the Army, then come back to finish college and then law school.
In the face of criticism that he was trading on the family name, he gained election to the Senate at the age of 30. He nearly died in an airplane crash. He became a collegial and effective senator, and father to Ted Jr., Patrick and Kara. As his brother Robert reached for the presidency, he relied ever more on Ted's support. In 1968, a stage of life which held out such promise ended with Bobby's assassination.
The next 12 years were marked by that tragedy -- and others. Ted turned down the chance to run in Bobby's place. He threw himself into his role as senator, his disciplined work habits at odds with an increasingly roiled personal life which seemed driven by a need to escape.The tragedy at Chappaquiddick which took the life of a young woman marked him as a man, and as a public figure.
His son Ted Jr. lost a leg to a potentially lethal cancer, then was restored to a full life with his father's unstinting love and encouragement. His wife Joan was plagued by alcoholism. His career as a senator was filled with legislative achievement. In 1980, he finally reached for the presidency, challenging a fellow Democrat, Jimmy Carter. And lost.
The 12 years thereafter were even more accomplished and fraught. Ted and Joan divorced. Turning away from the presidency, he rededicated himself to his work as a senator -- among many achievements helping to pass the Americans With Disabilities Act. He took a dangerous trip to South Africa to support the anti-apartheid movement. He made ever more friends across the aisle. Yet, for many, his scathing attack on Robert Bork made him a polarizing symbol of partisan ferocity. His personal life was ever more troubled by excess.
His reputation suffered. Though the respect and affection of his colleagues remained constant, his standing among his constituents slipped.In 1991, he confronted the obvious: "I am painfully aware that the criticism directed at me in recent months involves far more than disagreements with my positions... I recognize my own shortcomings -- the faults in the conduct of my private life. I realize that I alone am responsible for them, and I am the one who must confront them."
He did that. And then he met and married Victoria Reggie, beginning what -- and this much I know from my own observation -- were by far the most peaceful and happy years in a long, tumultuous and uniquely accomplished life.
With a tough and determined campaign, he beat back his one serious electoral challenger, Mitt Romney, saving his political career. He sailed a lot. He savored his family, and his role as stepdad to Vicki's son and daughter. He became the one indispensable senator, standing on a decades -- long foundation of laws addressing immigration, cancer research, health insurance, apartheid, disability discrimination, AIDS, civil rights, mental health benefits, children's health insurance, and education. Concluding that he had "amassed a titanic record of legislation affecting the lives of virtually every man, woman and child in the country," Time magazine named Edward Kennedy one of the "10 Best Senators" in American history.
It was during that richly fulfilling final act that I got to know him. Though ours was not a long friendship, I spent time with him in his homes in Hyannisport and Washington DC, in his Senate office and among his peers, on Martha's Vineyard and, of course, sailing. He called me when my dad died. He gave my oldest son -- who learned a lot and shared it with me -- a summer job in his office. He advised me about my political novels, and we shared our observations about his world -- his consistently keen and perceptive, mine a good deal less so.
So, all in all, I could grasp the man he always had been, and also had become. When he died, I understood what those closest to him had lost. For all that he had endured, Ted was such a vivid and life-affirming presence that his absence was more deeply felt.
I met him in the best possible way -- through Vicki, with whom I served on a non-profit board. If a man's choice of a partner is a window on his qualities -- at least if made in his maturity -- then Vicki would have commended Ted Kennedy if his surname had been Smith.
Smart, capable, hard-working and passionate about the issues, Vicky cared about every aspect of Ted's life. Her quick wit and irreverence were an antidote to worry. Early in their relationship, Ted mentioned over dinner that his approval ratings in Massachusetts had fallen to 48%. "That's a relief," Vicki replied, "because I never go out with anyone whose approval is less than 47%."
As in the best of marriages, they made a real difference in each other's lives. By the time I met him, the hard living had long since ended, and a deep contentment had settled in. It helped that Vicki and he had a shared history -- the Reggies had been Kennedy allies for decades. So that Vicki understood in a deeper way the life that Ted had lived, the source and depth of his commitment to public life, and the issues to which he had dedicated his career.
More than most couples, they were partners in every aspect of life -- the personal, the political, the people they cared about and the things they enjoyed. At Hyannisport, she judiciously interspersed the pictures of his lost family members with bright ones of the new generation. This, it seemed, captured the renewal Ted had found.
The man I saw engaged in life wholeheartedly. He loved spending time with Ted, Patrick and Kara, and adored his grandkids. He was a passionate sailor -- when he was on the Cape, his hard working staff prayed for good sailing weather, some relief from his incessant demands for information. He loved music -- when he conducted the Boston Pops on one occasion, his exuberance filled the place. He painted -- well, as it happens -- a peaceful respite. The talk he sparked at the Kennedy dinner table was spirited and wide-ranging, his guests drawn from every kind of pursuit. Whether in conversation or reading, he was deeply curious, always wanting to know more.
Ted was ever attentive to family, not least those who his brothers left behind. His office knew to reach him immediately if a family member called. When his nephew John died in yet another plane crash, he held the sprawling Kennedy clan together.
One incident in particular drove home how deeply he felt his inherited responsibilities. On a summer weekend in Hyannisport, we were going to a Tony Bennett concert. When I went outside I saw an elderly woman in a wheelchair, obviously incapacitated, attended by a nurse. To my astonishment, I found out that she was Ted's sister Rosemary.
For whatever reason, I had thought her dead. Of course I knew of the emotional difficulties which had led Joe Kennedy to have her lobotomized in her youth, the ravages of that decision. Despite this, I learned, Rosemary loved music, and responded to it with great happiness. So Ted had arranged for her to see Tony Bennett.
The joy she felt that night was written on her face. Later on, I learned that Ted used music to share time with Rosemary in a way that always reached her. On one occasion, he showed her a video of him conducting the Boston Pops. When he saw her delight, they sat through it over and over.
We shared one family experience in common -- becoming step-dads. Ted was great at it. He had a keen sense of how to support both Curran and Caroline. He never tried to replace their dad, and let them come to him. His reward, and theirs, was a deep immersion in their lives.
He went to their games, parent-teacher conferences -- anything important. He was a constant booster, proud of their achievements. Without making a show of it, in critical ways he filled the role of dad. Perhaps, I thought then, he remembered being a lonely kid who sometimes fell through the cracks. Whatever the reason, Ted helped make sure they never felt a void.
Discovering that sailing made Curran seasick, Ted re-engaged with his stepson's favorite sports, baseball and football. After becoming ill, he insisted on flying to Connecticut to watch Caroline play college soccer. If Curran or Caroline had a difficult time, or some vexing challenge, they would often come to Ted - sometimes for advice on how to break the bad news to the family disciplinarian. For Vicki, grateful for Teds' engagement, the division of labor worked out fine.
Ted's empathy for others informed his private and public lives. Accompanied by Vicki or Ted Jr. -- who himself had transcended disability -- Ted routinely visited wounded veterans at Walter Reed. He called every family of Massachusetts service members who had lost their lives in war, and tried to go their services at Arlington. After 9/11, he reached out to all the families in the state whose loved ones had died in the attacks. Returning from a cancer treatment during his final illness, he and Vicki stopped at the homes of two soldiers who had died in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Ted was deeply responsive to humanitarian requests -- as one example, helping to rescue Jews from the former Soviet Union. Alan Dershowitz told me about one such case -- a Jewish infant trapped in Moscow with a grave medical condition which required treatment in America. Ted used his contacts to arrange a medical exit visa and came with Alan to the airport to meet the baby and her family. 18 years later, Alan bought her -- by then a Brandeis student -- to meet her rescuer. When they hugged, tears came to Ted's eyes.
I know of many such acts, large and small, almost all of them unpublicized. Between his memorial service, his funeral, and the opening of the Kennedy Institute for The Senate, Nancy and I spent hours in line with other people -- most often ordinary citizens -- who admired him. What struck me is how many had a personal story of some kindness or service he had done them, often unasked. A reporter at his funeral, free to move about, discovered that such stories were legion.
His staff was devoted to him, and Ted to them. He was a great encourager, and mentor -- the opening of the Institute drew hundreds of successful men and women whose talents he had nurtured and whose careers he had advanced. For Ted Kennedy, loyalty was a two-way street.
My point in all this is not to enlarge Ted beyond his due, or to elide his well-known failings in the years before I knew him. It is simply this: the facts of his public life, whether difficult or uplifting, did not fully capture the man.
As to his life as a senator, what struck me was how hard he worked, how committed he was, and how tirelessly he labored to achieve whatever good he envisioned. Every time I saw him he was deeply engaged in some legislative pursuit, typically to help improve the lives of people without the advantages he had always enjoyed. He viewed his career as dedicated to civil rights in the broadest sense -- racial equity, to be sure, but also access to healthcare and education, as well as workers rights, women's rights, and gay rights. His quest was to "make America America" -- the country it should be.
A lifetime spent on the water caused him to view sailing as a template for achieving this. For once, a sporting metaphor made perfect sense. From childhood, he learned that winds could shift abruptly, currents change, waters turn choppy, and sunshine give way to winds and rain. To win a race, one had to plan for -- and adapt to -- the vicissitudes of fortune. Above all, you had to be patient, but always with an eye on the finish line.
So he was in Congress. Here his appreciation of all sorts of people helped -- a senator can't sail alone. He understood his colleagues and their imperatives. He shared credit, and found compromises which still advanced his goals. His word was good, and everyone knew it. He wasn't there for show, but to advance the greater good as he saw it. He was that rare breed we miss so badly now -- a man of the Senate in the best sense.
Toward the end of his life, he was still reaching for the future. One incident stays with me. For several summers, he and Vicki celebrated their anniversary by sailing over to Martha's Vineyard, and the four of us would have dinner. On the last such occasion, in 2007, I incautiously remarked that Barack Obama -- then a presidential aspirant -- seemed to be inspiring young people in somewhat the same way as had Jack and Bobby.
A shadow crossed Ted's face. At once I understood that I had stepped in it -- for him, no one compared to the brothers he had lost, and for whom he would always grieve. Though I quickly shifted the subject, I later confessed to Vicki how terrible I felt. It was a bad moment, enough so that I never forgot it.
I don't know whether Ted did. But when we were talking on the phone very early in 2008, he told me that he'd been thinking about Obama -- including how much he seemed to inspire John Kennedy's daughter Caroline and her kids. That was how he wanted the next generation to feel, he said, and so he had decided to back Barack Obama for president.
Perhaps that conversation was a kindness to me; perhaps Ted had forgotten all about my careless remark. But when he endorsed Senator Obama three days later, with Caroline at his side, it marked a pivotal turning point in Obama's drive for the Democratic nomination. His last illness struck shortly thereafter. That August, by then gravely sick, Ted spoke at the Democratic convention in support of his friend, the party's nominee, and lived to attend the inaugural of our first black president.
But one memory sticks with me above all. On September 10, 2001, I flew back to Washington to get Ted's advice on a novel about gun violence and the political power of the gun lobby. He gave me two hours of thoughtful and fascinating advice, supplemented by research carried out by his staff. At the end he said, "Everyone knows how I feel about guns. Maybe you ought to talk to John Edwards, who has to deal with the problem in a southern state."
I'd actually thought of that, I told him, but didn't know Senator Edwards or his staff. "Don't worry," Ted assured me, "I'll take care of it."
The next morning I was dictating my notes of Ted's advice in my hotel room, with CNN on in the background. Abruptly I looked up -- within minutes one hijacked plane hit the Twin Towers, then another. Like everyone else, I was stunned and sickened. As I struggled to absorb the implications of terrorism at home and on this scale, it gradually dawned on me that my research trip was over. Amidst a national tragedy and, quite possibly, a national emergency, official Washington would have no time for me.
That was Tuesday. But I was stuck there -- the airports were closed. Then, Thursday morning, my hotel phone rang.
"This is John Edwards," my caller said. "Ted Kennedy told me to call you, and I always try to do what Ted tells me to do."
Would that Ted Kennedy were here to tell them now.


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As a distraught St Michael family mourn the loss
of their love one, who was snatched from them in a
vehicular accident on his way to work at a St James
location early yesterday morning, they await answers
to the circumstances which claimed his life, just months
after they had buried their mother.
This afternoon, at their Brittons Hill, St Michael
home, sisters Joyce Blackman and Margaret Mcintosh
told Barbados TODAY they were saddened that
their older brother 62-year-old George Anthony
Blackman, a gardener of 7th Avenue, Harts Gap, Christ
Church, had died on the spot at Eagle Hall when two
buses collided at the intersection, coming to rest
in the area just in front of the popular R.A. Mapp's
Bar& Grocery –– and just weeks after celebrated his
birthday with his twin sister Dorothy.
The accident, just after 5:20 a.m. and involving the
minibus driven by 37-yearold,
Kelvin Hall, of Airley
Tenantry Road, Hinds Hill, St Michael, and a Transport
Board vehicle driven by 42-year-old Tyrone King, put
the lives of 32 others at risk.
According to police reports, the deceased who was
at the time, sitting at the back of the public service
vehicle, was thrown from that vehicle.
Blackman, who collapsed when she arrived at the
scene with Blackman's twin sister and his niece, before
they could identify his crumpled and disfigured body
that lay between the back of B55, in which he was
travelling, and a corner of the galvanized fence of R.A.
Mapp's, said: "We really ain't know too much about it,
only what we hear.
"We don't know what happened because we were
not there. People have different versions of what went
on but we don't know because we wasn't there,"
she said.
Blackman recalled that she was at work at Hopefield
Stables, Christ Church, when she received the tragic
news –– which she believed would remain fresh in her
memory for a long time to come.
"Some person told me that my brother was one
of the people that was in the accident. So I called my
sister, his twin, and she told me she would call me
back. When she called me back she told me it was him
that get killed and that we have to go and identify the
body," said Blackman.
And while they await the answers yet to come, the
siblings say their sibling was a very quiet person who
was always willing to lend a helping hand to others,
whether he knew you or not.
"It is unfortunate that . . . he died on his way to
work. We now bury my mother; we ain't get over
my mother death yet. It is not even two good months
yet we buried my mother. She died in November,"
Mcintosh, the last of five children lamented.
As for Blackman's twin Dorothy who was too
distraught to speak, the sisters said they did not
know how she would cope, because, the two always
maintained a close relationship and shared many
precious moments.
"I don't think it going to be good for her because
that is a bond . . . The two of them came together,"
Mcintosh said.
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RANKED one of the top teams in the Japanese B2 League all season long, Kadeem Coleby leads his Akita Northern Happinets into the championship series.
The Happinets will face the Fukuoka Rizing In a best of three series beginning May 19.
Coleby finished with 14 points and two blocked shots as Akita closed out the semi-finals with a 99-65 win over Kumamoto in game two to close out the series.
Akita and Fukuoka split a two-game series in late March in the only previous matchup between the two teams this season.
Coleby finished with eight points and four rebounds in a 91-73 win and 21 points and nine rebounds in an 81-71 loss in game two.
Coleby continues to perform at an All-Star level for his first place team that has a 53-6 record. He has posted averages of 11.9 points, 6.9 rebounds per game on 58 per cent shooting from the field and 1.6 blocks per game.
Fukuoka Rizing advanced to the finals with a two-game sweep over Toyotsu FE.
In 2017 during the Bahrain Premier League, Coleby was a member of Al Muharraq and was an integral part of the team's run to the Cup final and league runners-up after a loss in championship series to Al Manama.
After the season, Coleby signed with Al Manama for the 37th GCC Clubs Basketball Championship Tournament.
The prior season, the former Wichita State Shocker was a key member in Al Manama's title run – their fourth consecutive and 20th overall. He finished with 23 points in the season finale. In 2015, the 6'9", 250-pound forward played with Al Fateh Al Hasa of the Saudi Arabian Premier League.
He contributed to his team making it to the final after they ended the regular season as the second best team. He prepped himself for his professional debut with Geneva in Eurobasket Summer League in Las Vegas, which is considered the top summer league for players seeking to make the pro leap to Europe.
After a collegiate career which included stops at Odessa Junior College and Louisiana Lafayette, Coleby found a home in his senior season at Wichita State.
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Another topic that has been surprisingly well-covered in English-translated manga is the medical field. I was somewhat surprised by how many series I could come up with that deal with doctors or forensics in some capacity. They cover various other topics, and are of varying quality, but here's three that cover three different branches of medicine with a flair for the soapy and dramatic, and for two out of three, accuracy as well.
The Embalmer - Mitsukazu Mihara (4 volumes in English)As the Japanese cremate their dead, there is very little call for embalming in that country. The main character of this series, Shinjyurou, follows in his father's footsteps as one of the country's only embalmers. The stories are mostly unconnected one-shots, with some aspect of Shinjyurou's life manifesting alongside the story of the client he is preparing. As a comic originally aimed at adult women, the stories are soapier than you might expect. The client stories are usually a bit dramatic and sentimental, and one of Shinjyurou's recurring problems is that he's somewhat addicted to sex, as he finds it a life-affirming balance to his daily work. Later volumes take a look at how Shinjyurou came to follow in his father's footsteps, and detail his time in mortuary school in the US. To date, this is the only manga I've ever read with a story set in Pittsburgh, PA. Mihara does include some insight into the science behind Shinjyurou's profession, but of the three series I've featured, it's downplayed the most here. Mihara has a unique, very bold and somewhat masculine style, with a lot more detail than you'd usually see in comics aimed at adult women in Japan. It suits her other work more, but it adds quite the pulpy, dramatic flair to this series. The Embalmer was translated in its entirety at the time by Tokyopop, but the author put the series on hiatus and returned to it later, so there are three more volumes available in Japan. As a Tokyopop series, it is out of print in English, but the used volumes are cheap and easy to find.
Black Jack - Osamu Tezuka (17 volumes)The most popular series by the God of Manga, Black Jack follows the exploits of unlicensed surgeon Dr. Black Jack, a horribly scarred man that will treat any impossible ailment for an equally impossible sum of money. There's no overarching plot here, and each volume contains about a dozen one-shot chapters that each deal with a different disease, injury, and patient. There is a lot of detail included in each of the stories, and this is because Tezuka himself went through medical school and knows a great deal about the field. This could be mundane in other hands, but remember that Black Jack specializes in diseases and injuries that other doctors can't cure. Expect to see things like gangrenous limbs, petrification, brain transplants, oddly-placed tumors, cancers that are miraculously cured, diseases that swell the body to several times the normal size, and other odd ailments. Sometimes it's the situation that's extreme, like when he delivers a baby on a rock in the middle of a raging river, or when he operates on himself with wild dingoes bearing down on him. There is also occasionally a chapter about Black Jack, where we find out his hobbies include buying islands with his vast fortune and loosing his enemies on them to be hunted down Most Dangerous Game style. The best part is that all of this is absolutely straight-faced, and no matter what ridiculous thing is going on, all the characters treat it deadly seriously. Black Jack gets entangled with everyone from poor families that are refused treatment elsewhere to wealthy mobsters, spoiled politicians to rogue governments. Every chapter is its own exciting little story, and each volume of the series tops the last. You can read any volume of Black Jack in any order, there's so little continuity in the series that the stories aren't even chronologically arranged by the date they appeared in Japan.
Anesthesiologist Hana - Hakua Nakao and Kappei Matsumoto (3 volumes in English)One of the things that we rarely see in English are the dozens of manga series aimed at adults that are dramas relating to any given profession. If it's a job, there is a manga series about it, and unfortunately they are usually of middling quality. I'm not sure how or why, but Jmanga launched with this series about a young anesthesiologist, and the bizarre subject matter practically begged a read for me. Other than the interesting details it gives to this profession, which is admittedly overlooked, it's rather unremarkable. Aimed at adult men, one of the things that Hana has to deal with routinely is sexual harassment so embarrassing that I want to reach through the page and slap her. But she endures, and she deals with her long hours and thankless job with people she mostly hates. It reads a bit like the television show ER, with drama balanced between patients and Hana's life. The art is about as utilitarian as the story, and delivers what it has to, but is otherwise unremarkable. Unfortunately, I could only get through one volume of this series since I couldn't sympathize with Hana, and the hospital setting makes for dry reading and a frustrating situation for the main character that isn't dealt with well. But it is interesting as a curiosity, and it isn't every day you run across a series about anesthesiology. JManga has three volumes available digitally, if you are so inclined. UPDATE: As I was posting this article today, I found out that JManga will be closing their doors. They stopped selling points last night, and will stop selling their manga series to those with points as of March 26th. So if you want to read this series, and you happen to have some points in your JManga account, now is the time. To everyone else, I apologize. I was so excited about getting to cover two current series this week, too.


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All birds are living dinosaurs, but the dagger-clawed cassowary especially looks the part. Here's everything you need to know about the majestic—and terrifying—avians.Coyote Peterson has the opportunity to get face to face with a modern day Dinosaur, the Cassowary!
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The Southern Cassowary is endangered in its native range of Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia and is regarded as one of the most prehistoric species of bird on the planet.
The first thing to note is the sheer size of a cassowary. These monster birds are roughly six feet tall — though some females can be as tall as 6'6″. They weigh in around 130 pounds. Not that that slows them down at all.THis Reminds us of another 6-foot, fast-running, high-jumping animal The Velociraptor.
Just one look at their scaly feet or prominent helmet like casque will have you convinced you've traveled back in time…or that you've landed right in the middle of a Jurassic Park movie set! There is real concern that cassowaries could go the way of their dinosaur relatives: they are endangered in Australia, with perhaps no more then 1500 individuals left in the wild.


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Gadsden and Etowah County attorney, Dani Bone, appeared on NBC 13 with Birmingham Injury Lawyers Hollis Wright about criminal procedure on 05/20/2018.
Gadsden Criminal Defense Lawyer Dani Bone
1. What is the difference between criminal law and civil law? And what determines whether an act is criminal?
Civil law is matter between individuals, such as Mr. Doe vs. Mr. Jones suing each other for things such as negligence or contract disputes. Criminal law involves the State on behalf of the people against an individual for breaking specific codified criminal laws. The state is represented by the district attorney also called the prosecutor. The various criminal acts and statutes are found in the Alabama Code Title 13A. That section list all the acts determined to be criminal by the State of Alabama. These laws were drafted with public safety and morals in mind.
2. In general what are the steps one may go through in the criminal process in Etowah County, Alabama:
The general sequence of events in the criminal law process is as follows:
The Arrest by Gadsden City police or Etowah County—
The police arrest an individual when they have probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed. The arrest may be made on the police officer's initiative at the time of the alleged crime, or after a warrant has been issued and the subject of the arrest surrenders to the police. Technically an "arrest" occurs when a person has been taken into police custody and is no longer free to leave or move about.
Booking & Bail in Etowah County Jail-
After an arrest, the individual is processed into police custody ("booking"), and a determination of his or her eligibility for release from custody in exchange for the posting of a set amount of money ("bail") is determined. In order to post a bond an individual can deposit the exact amount of bond in cash, which is refunded when the case is over; or can use a bail bondsman, which usually charges 10% to 15% of the amount of the bond, which is not refundable; or can post a house for the value of the bond.
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The Arraignment in Alabama —
This is a hearing in which you learn of the charges against you. It provides an opportunity for the prosecutor and your defense attorney to discuss a possible negotiated plea, if that is your desire.
Grand jury hearing in Alabama—
If you have been charged with a felony, your case may be sent to a grand jury that will decide if you should be indicted. You may wish to testify in this hearing, although this is usually not advisable.
Preliminary Hearing in Alabama -
Usually held soon after the arraignment, a preliminary hearing is where the judge determines whether there is enough evidence to force the defendant to stand trial. In making this determination, the judge uses the "probable cause" legal standard, deciding whether the government has produced enough evidence to convince a reasonable jury that the defendant committed the crime(s) charged.
Plea bargaining in Alabama—
Many times this occurs during the preliminary hearing but can happen at other times as well. Plea bargain are basically what they sound like, your attorney attempts to negotiate reduced charges, separate less severe charges, or reduced fines, jail time, etc. in exchange for you to pleading guilty. While these are difficult decisions to make, in some cases it can be a better alternative than risking a trial and the possibility of a harsher sentence. The vast majority of cases are resolved through a plea bargain.
Pre-trial motions in Alabama —
Pre-trial motions are used to learn more about the government's evidence against you and uncover potential weaknesses in its case. They can also use these to suppress evidence or to seek a dismissal of the charge.
Trial- In a criminal trial, a jury examines the evidence to decide whether, "beyond a reasonable doubt," the defendant committed the crime in question. A trial is the government's opportunity to argue its case, in the hope of obtaining a "guilty" verdict and a conviction of the defendant. A trial also represents the defense's chance to refute the government's evidence, and to offer its own in some cases. After both sides have presented their arguments, the jury considers as a group whether to find the defendant guilty or not guilty of the crime(s) charged.
3. At what point in this process should a person contact an attorney in Alabama?
As soon as possible, preferably prior to giving any statement to the police. Since every statement made can be used against you, you should make sure to secure all of your rights by securing a criminal lawyer as soon as possible. Furthermore, the criminal attorney will want to begin working on your defense early while evidence, whether physical or in the form of witnesses are fresh and available. Delaying the hiring of an attorney can potentially create problems for you and the attorney in the future.
4. What separates misdemeanors from felonies in Alabama and what types of sentences could be levied after either a plea bargain or guilty verdict?
For each crime listed in the Alabama Criminal Statutes a determination is made whether that crime is a misdemeanor or felony. Basically the difference between the two is the length of the particular jail time. Misdemeanor's are crimes that are limited to jail terms of 0 days up to 1 year, whereby felonies are crimes which can carry jail terms starting from 1 year and a day up until life or if the case is seriousness the death penalty. Both misdemeanors and felonies are broken down into three classes, A, B, C. A class "A" felony or misdemeanor are the most serious and carry the more severe punishments. Examples of felonies are: Murder Rape Possession of a controlled substance
There are many types of sentences or punishments which can be levied dependant on the type of crime an individual is convicted of. Factors may come into play such as past convictions, severity of the crime etc. Finally some crimes have statutory punishments in which a judge must follow without the ability to use his/her discretion. An example would be mandatory jail time for second time DUI convictions within 5 years of the first conviction.
Examples of types of punishments include but are not limited to the following: Capital Punishment, Incarceration, Probation and Fines
5. When an individual is approached by a police officer, is he/she required to answer questions posed by the officer in Alabama? What if the police officer asks for consent to search my car or my house in Alabama?
Biographical information such as your name, address and phone number and any information about your identity should be given, but you are not required to answer anything else. You should always be aware that anything you say can be used against you. You should not submit to questioning without the presence of an attorney.
Unless the officer has a warrant, you should politely decline. Never consent to a search unless there is a warrant. The Constitution protects from unreasonable searches and seizures, therefore unless the office has enough cause to secure a warrant for his search then you have no duty to consent.
6. You often hear the term Miranda warning in Alabama or "being read ones rights," what is that and when must it be given and what is its purpose?
Once a person is in custody of police, which is determined by whether he/she is currently deprived of his or her freedom to leave, the police must recite the Miranda warning if they wish to continue questioning the individual and use the his/her answers as evidence at trial. The Miranda informs the individual that they have the right to consult an attorney and anything they say can be used against them. However if a person is not in custody a Miranda warning is not required and anything the person says can be used in against the person. However even if the police do not give the Miranda warnings, the person can still be charged, except the police/prosecutor will not be able to use anything the person said as evidence at trial.
7. Alabama has just enacted new DUI laws beginning September 1, 2011. Briefly what is a DUI and how can someone be charged with one?
The crime of drunk driving is generally defined in two ways: (1) having a blood alcohol content above the limit set by law, or (2) driving under the influence of alcohol. To find a person guilty under the first definition, a jury must be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the person's blood alcohol content (BAC) exceeded a certain amount. In most states the legal limit is .08 (or 8 percent). Therefore, if it is proven that the person's BAC at the time of the incident was .08 or greater, he or she can be convicted of drunk driving, regardless of how much alcohol was actually consumed.
In contrast, the second definition does not refer to any particular BAC; it focuses on the driving behavior of the person. If the person's driving is impaired by the consumption of alcohol, he or she can be found guilty of drunk driving. Instead of presenting evidence of the BAC to a jury, the prosecution seeking a conviction under this definition generally presents testimony about the person's driving and consumption of alcohol. A police officer will often describe the impaired driving that lead him to pull the person over and the person's ability (or lack thereof) to perform field sobriety tests, such as walking a straight line. Evidence is also usually presented concerning the person's consumption of alcohol. If the jury then concludes that the prosecution has met its burden of proof, it will convict the person of drunk driving. A susceptible person may exhibit impaired driving after one drink and therefore be convicted of drunk driving.
DUIs are serious business. Being convicted of DUI can seriously affect your life and your future. A DUI conviction can result in jail time as well as the loss of driving privileges. You will be assessed heavy fines and court costs as well as increased cost or loss of your automobile insurance. Finally a DUI conviction can negatively affect your employment, via being denied certain jobs or losing your current employment.
8. Must I be driving in order to be charged with a DUI in Alabama?
No, in Alabama you can be charged with a DUI even if not actually driving the car at the time of arrest. You can be charged with DUI even if not seen driving through the use of circumstantial evidence to prove that the person had actual physical control of the vehicle. Actual physical control is the power and ability to operate, move, park, or direct whatever use or non-use is to be made of the motor vehicle at the moment. Examples of actual physical control would be having possession of the vehicles ignition key, sitting in the driver's seat and having the capability to start the engine and drive. In other words, if you are intoxicated sitting in your car, even if it is not in motion you could be charged with a DUI.
9. Am I required to perform the roadside sobriety test or the roadside handheld breathalyzer in Alabama?
No. You can decline both of these tests. However you can still be arrested if the officer believes he has probable cause to still charge you with DUI. This is usually done by noting your speech, motor skills, etc. Note that once you are in custody you will be asked to take the breath test at the police station. In Alabama, when a person applies for an Alabama driver's license they automatically are agreeing to the Alabama implied consent law. Which means that if you are stopped on suspicion of DUI you agree to submit to a blood, breath or urine test to prove your intoxication level. Failure to submit to this test for a first time offender will result in an immediate 90-day license suspension with no chance of obtaining driving privileges during that 90-day period. If it is determined that the refusal is a second or subsequent refusal within the past five years, there is a 1-year license suspension with no chance of obtaining driving privileges during that 1-year period.
10. Briefly what are penalties for your first DUI and subsequent DUIs in Alabama?
Cost and penalties associated with DUI can be quite severe. It could take a long time to go through every potential penalty, cost, fine or repercussions related to a DUI conviction be it your first or subsequent. That is why you need to seek immediate help from a competent DUI attorney. However briefly the penalties for your first and subsequent DUIs are as follows:
1st DUI – imprisonment not more than one year, or fine of not less than $600 nor more than $2,100, or by both fine and imprisonment. In addition the driving privileges are suspended for after conviction for a period of 90 days.
2nd DUI – a second conviction within 5 years of the first will result in a fine of not less than $1,100 nor more than $5,100 and by imprisonment for not more than one year. There is a mandatory jail time of not less than five days or community service for not less than 30 days and revocation of driving privileges for a period of one year.
3rd DUI – on a third conviction, a fine not less than $2,100 nor more than $10,100 and by imprisonment for not less than 60 days nor more than one year, to include a minimum of 60 days in jail. The driving privileges are revoked for a period of three years.
4th DUI – On the fourth or subsequent convictions, you are charged with a felony and punished by a fine of not less than $4,100 nor more than $10,100 and by imprisonment of not less than one year and one day nor more than 10 years. Mandatory sentence of 10 days, whereby the remainder of the sentence may be suspended or probated if person meets certain conditions. Driving privileges are revoked for a period of five years.
Again this is a brief breakdown there are many other repercussions and unforeseen issues. However recently there have been enhancements to the above.
11. Governor Bentley just enacted two new tough DUI laws, what are they in Alabama?
On June 9, 2011 Governor Robert Bently signed into law Act 11-613 the "ignition interlock" bill which goes into effect September 1, 2012 and Act 11-621, and the "double minimum punishment" bill which goes into effect September 1, 2011. Both of these bills increase the punishment and severity of DUI convictions if you meet certain conditions.
The "double minimum punishment" bill allows for the following:
• This bill provides that UPON CONVICTION for DUI, any offender with a blood-alcohol content of 0.15 or greater will be sentenced to double what he or she would have received had his or her BAC been less than 0.15. This same sentence enhancement is currently used when someone is convicted of DUI while a child under the age of 14 is present in the vehicle at the time of the offense (subsection (n) of the current DUI statute).
• This bill also provides that the offender's license shall be suspended for "at least one year". This only comes into play for a first offense. Currently, a first offense only mandates a 90 day DL suspension; however, should the offenders BAC be 0.15 or greater, the DL suspension shall be for one year.
• The effect on a first offender will be that the DL suspension will be for one year instead of the current 90 days and the minimum fine goes from $600 to $1200. For a second offense, the minimum mandatory jail time goes from five days to 10 days and the minimum fine goes from $1100 to $2200. For a third offense, the minimum mandatory jail time goes from 60 days to 120 days and the minimum fine goes from $2100 to $4200. For a fourth or subsequent offense, the minimum jail time goes from 10 days to 20 days and the minimum fine goes from $4100 to $8200.
The "ignition interlock" bill allows for the following:
• This law goes in to effect September 1, 2011, however, as stated in section 3 of the bill, the substantive provisions do not go into effect until September 1, 2012.
• An ignition interlock is a device installed on the car of the DUI offender's choosing that the offender is required to blow into prior to cranking his or her vehicle. If the person has a BAC of 0.02 or higher, the vehicle will not start. The device will also require a "rolling restart" which means that it must be blown into every few minutes to keep the vehicle cranked. This keeps the offender from driving to a bar, leaving the car running while he drinks and allowing him to enter a cranked vehicle to drive home. The portion of the device to be blown into is a long tube, so blowing into it will require no more effort than using a straw.
• How this will work: When someone is convicted of DUI, his or her driver's license will be suspended as it is under current law. When the offender applies for DL reinstatement, they will get a special DL that indicates they can only operate a vehicle equipped with an interlock device. The offender will have to show proof of installation of an interlock device prior to getting their DL reinstated.
• The ignition interlock is NOT mandatory for a first offender UNLESS the offender had a BAC of 0.15 or higher, refused to submit to a chemical test, had a child in the vehicle under the age of 14 or if someone other than the defendant was injured at the time of the offense. The offender will then be required to have an interlock installed on their vehicle for two years. For a second offense, the offender will be required to have an interlock device for two years after the one-year DL revocation is served. For a third offense, after the defendant has served a three-year DL revocation, the offender will be required to have an interlock installed for three years. For a fourth or subsequent offense, the offender will be required to have an interlock device for five years following the five-year DL revocation.
• The device is leased from and interlock provider and costs the offender approximately $2-$3 per day and the offender must have their device serviced every 30 days.
• If the offender is found to have incurred any violations with the interlock, the provider will report those violations to the court and the time the offender is required to have the interlock is extended six months. Such violations include blowing into the device with a BAC at or above .02 four or more times in a 30 day period, attempts to tamper with or circumvent the device and failure to get service within a 30 day period.
12. How soon after my DUI arrest should I contact an attorney in Alabama?
Immediately. For one, if you've been arrested for Alabama DUI, the law allows only 10 days for your lawyer to make a request with the Alabama Department of Public Safety for a hearing to save your Alabama Driver's License. DUIs are not to be taken lightly due to the severe consequences especially in light of the new laws recently passed that can arise from a conviction. You need to find a qualified DUI attorney as soon as possible who can make sure your rights are protected.
• You should contact counsel immediately if you have a criminal issue that arises. Failure to take a criminal case seriously could have a permanent impact on your employability, credit, etc.
• Out of state DUIs can be used for sentence enhancements in Alabama.
• Alabama generally has no provision for hardship driver permits if your driver's license is suspended due to DUI.
• You only have 10 days after being arrested for a DUI to make a request with the Alabama Department of Public Saftey to prevent suspension of your driver's license until your DUI case has been completed.
• On June 9, 2011 Governor Robert Bently signed into law Act 11-613 the "ignition interlock" bill which goes into effect September 1, 2012 and Act 11-621, and the "double minimum punishment" bill which goes into effect September 1, 2011. Both of these bills can greatly increase the fines, costs and punishments for those convicted of a DUI.


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This year, the asteroid Chiron is finally changing signs for the first time since 2010/2011. He'll be spending his summer vacation stirring up a whole lot of aggravation in Aries, before slipping back into Pisces until next year.
Chiron in Aries
17 April — 27 September 2018
18 February 2019 — 19 June 2026
In January, I did a one-day workshop on the year ahead for The Oxford Astrology Group. This video is an extract from the day, briefly discussing Chiron.