QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"They do not want to move and I have to accept that. But if they want to live here, they have to have a way to get out of Dodge（身をかわす） when getting out is required."
DAVID WILLIAMS, a project engineer for the Alaska division of the Corps of Engineers and a member of an interagency（中間的機関） group that is helping endangered villages plan for the future, on Shaktoolik, Alaska, which decided against relocation to stay and fight the effects of climate change.
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
（１）Sharp Critic of Health Law Is Said to Be Pick to Oversee It
President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Tom Price to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, a transition official said.
The six-term Republican congressman from Georgia has been a leading opponent of the Affordable Care Act.
（２）A Promise to Revive Waterboarding（水責め） May Be Tough to Fulfill
Federal law, international pressure and resistance from the C.I.A. stand in the way of the extreme interrogation tactics that Mr. Trump has said he would reinstate（復帰させる）.
（３）‘Trump Effect’ Is Already Shaping World Events
The election is influencing markets, currencies and government policies as the world bets on how Mr. Trump will alter the rules.
（４）How Populist Bannon Found His Man in Trump
Stephen K. Bannon has long courted politicians who share his worldview. He may have finally identified the vessel（容器、船） for the revolution he had in mind.
（５）Recount Advances, but Odds Are Against Reversal
A push to challenge the vote in three states is advancing, raising last-ditch（溝） hopes of some Hillary Clinton backers.
（６）ブラジルのサッカーチームを乗せていたチャーター便がコロンビアで墜落！
Plane Carrying a Brazil Soccer Team Crashes in Colombia
A chartered plane crashed outside the city of Medellín, the authorities said, killing 76. Five of the people onboard were reported to have survived.
（７）韓国大統領が辞任を表明
President of South Korea Says She’s Willing to Resign
Opposition lawmakers rejected the offer by President Park Geun-hye, who is embroiled in a corruption scandal, and called it a ploy（駆け引き）. They said they would call for a vote to impeach her.
（８）China Takes a Chain Saw to a Center of Tibetan Buddhism
中国：チベット仏教センター（写真トップ）とこの町を破壊、住民を立ち退かせる！
A Buddhist nun（修道女） with a prayer wheel（車輪） in Larung Gar（四川省色達県の町）, a monastic camp where thousands of nuns and monks（修道士） live and study, in Sichuan Province, China. Atop（頂上に） a hill, a growling chain saw drowned out loudspeakers broadcasting a lama’s chants from a nearby temple. The chain saw, wielded（用いる） by workers demolishing a row of homes, signaled the imminent end of thousands of hand-built monastic dwellings here at Larung Gar, the world’s largest Buddhist institute（1980年設立の世界最大の仏教機関）. Since its founding in 1980, Larung Gar has grown into an extraordinary and surreal（超現実主義的な） sprawl（不規則に広がる） — countless red-painted dwellings surrounding temples, stupas（仏舎利） and large prayer wheels. The homes are spread over the walls of this remote Tibetan valley like strawberry jam slathered（こってり塗る） on a scone. Larung Gar has become one of the most influential institutions in the Tibetan world, the teachings of its senior monks praised, debated and proselytized（改宗させる） from here to the Himalayas. In recent years, disciples have popularized a “10 new virtues” movement based on Buddhist beliefs, spreading its message across the region.
Now Chinese officials are tightening control over the settlement, in what many Tibetans and their advocates call a severe blow to Tibetan religious practice.
Workers dismantling a dwelling in Larung Gar. Residents and rights groups say officials intend to reduce the settlement’s population to 5,000 by late next year through mass evictions（立ち退き）. On a recent afternoon, workers in hard hats were dismantling cells that monks and nuns had built along a ridge. As they tossed aside wooden beams and plastic sheeting, nuns looked for their belongings in the rubble（がれき）. Men who appeared to be plainclothes police officers looked on from a bench across the street. Hundreds of Buddhists had already been forced out of the area. A monk watching the destruction from a ledge（隆起した岩） told me he was staying in a home across the valley. Like others interviewed for this story, he spoke on the condition of anonymity（匿名性） to avoid reprisal from the authorities. ……
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2719, Original and Appellate（上訴の） Jurisdiction
Learn about the appellate and original jurisdiction on today's podcast.
Appellate jurisdiction refers to the power of a superior court to
a. appeal the presidential veto of an act of Congress.
b. review and revise a decision of a lower court.
c. replace members of a jury who appeal their selection for jury duty.
d. reject or revise laws passed by Congress.
Nicely done! Choice b is correct.
