Downplayed wars consumption of life and limb in wars. Moving from the margins to the center of the american war story in this talk, kinder will look , at the history of american war through the eyes of five disabled veterans. What emerges is a portrait of a nation struggling and often failing to mitigate the human cost of military conflict. We welcome dr. Kinder from Oklahoma State university where he is associate professor of history and american studies. Paying withhor of their bodies, which came out two years ago. And he is currently completing a zooson the history of thi in world war ii. Please welcome Professor John kinder. [applause] professor kinder thank you. Let me just arrange this real quick. First off, i want to thank the new york academy of medicine for inviting me to speak with you this evening. This is a real pleasure and i look forward to the day im able to come back here, hopefully soon as a researcher. To use this amazing collection. I want to point out from the start
Kinder will look at the way hollywood has shied away from graphic war wounds sorry, look at the way that the hollywood has shied away from graphic war wounds and how a military propaganda can downplay the wars relentless consumption of life and limb and how they deserved to be removed from the margins to the center of the american war story. In this talk, he will explore the history of american war through the bodies of five disabled veterans. What emerges is a portrait of a nations struggling and often failing to mitigate the human cost of military conflict. We welcome dr. Kinder from Oklahoma State university where hes an associate professor of history and american studies. Hes the author of paying with their bodies, american war and the problem of the disabled veteran. Which came out two years ago from the university of chicago press. Hes currently completing a book on the history of zoos during world war ii. Please welcome john kinder. [ applause ] thank you. Let me just arrange th
A few reminders please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, during the meanwhile meeting please take conversations outside and also each person commissioner has 3 minutes. 3 minutes. To comment on each item and on about general Public Comment and when you make Public Comment please comment to the commission in order to allowing allow equal time neither the commission more staff will comment during general Public Comment but the staff may answer questions when did Public Comment is done on item 2 the president s report. Briefly i know well hear more about this from staff i want to congratulate all with outlands a huge success and give me the normal kinds of challenges traffic, etc. He think everybody did an extraordinary job. Monument to make Public Comment under the president s report. Not yet. Okay. You would be the first to comment. I think under general Public Comment seeing none, Public Comment is closed were on item 3 which is the general manager report. Good morning
Albert tan. Good morning and welcome im the president of the chinese Newcomers Center on behalf of the center im here to show our support our city mayor, mayor ed lee and supervisor julie to continue to supports and funding of this program this program is virtually to the newly immigrants to provide a job while their locking to generate more revenue for the city to keep chinatown clean and more tourists doing theyre shopping and diane so we both have an vantage on this we sincere since this proposal is running successfully as the mayor and julie and we have to keep both in the office okay. Thank you very much laughter clapping . Great, thank you al better again, we cannot thank mayor ed lee and supervisor christensen for working together on those programs so we will okay. This is our prototype next week well be giving out the free trash can for the merchant to everybody is on board to keep chinatown clcl. This is a meeting of the rec and park commissioner president buell commissioner V
Minutes. 3 minutes. To comment on each item and on about general Public Comment and when you make Public Comment please comment to the commission in order to allowing allow equal time neither the commission more staff will comment during general Public Comment but the staff may answer questions when did Public Comment is done on item 2 the president s report. Briefly i know well hear more about this from staff i want to congratulate all with outlands a huge success and give me the normal kinds of challenges traffic, etc. He think everybody did an extraordinary job. Monument to make Public Comment under the president s report. Not yet. Okay. You would be the first to comment. I think under general Public Comment seeing none, Public Comment is closed were on item 3 which is the general manager report. Good morning commissioners former vacationed are just about over my kids are back in school what a great summer for rec and park a quick overview in summary we provided for 80 different tha