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The 8th Dubai International Film Festival will open with 'Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol! Paramount Pictures and the festival organization announced the fourth installment of the 'Mission: Impossible' film franchise would kick off this year's Dubai International Film Festival, which runs December 7 to 14, 2011. Tom Cruise, director Brad Bird and several other members of the film's cast are scheduled to walk the red carpet at the festival.
'Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol' features several action-packed scenes filmed in Dubai, including Tom scaling the Burj Khalifa. The international cast stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor and Léa Seydoux, which makes the Dubai International Film Festival an ideal event to showcase the film!
Encouraging a cultural exchange through cinema, the Dubai International Film Festival is under the patronage of UAE vice president and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
In 'Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,' the IMF team is strategically situated around Red Square to execute their mission, when an explosion suddenly rocks the Kremlin. The leader of the IMF team, 'Ethan Hunt' (Tom Cruise), is informed that the Russians believe the incident is "an undeclared act of war" and the U.S. President has initiated "Ghost Protocol." Blamed for the bombing in Moscow and disavowed by the President, the surviving members of the team, 'Ethan,' 'Brandt' (Jeremy Renner), 'Benji Dunn' (Simon Pegg) and 'Jane Carter' (Paula Patton) operate off the grid to uncover the truth.
'Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol' will be released in IMAX theaters on December 16th and premieres nationwide on December 21, 2011.
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I covered the world of men writing women back in June, and it's already time to revisit the pen. At the end of July, Variety posted a special collection of articles outlining the Top Ten Screenwriters to keep an eye out for. Unlike most lists, which select only a sliver of female talent (much like the industry as a whole), this ten plays the half and half game. The women who reign supreme: Emma Forrest, Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins, Mindy Kaling (pictured above with Brenda Withers), Liz Meriwether, and Michelle Morgan.
Six women in a list of twelve screenwriters? (There's a writing duo on each side.) Can't complain about the numbers. There are writers from Harvard and Dartmouth, some who started off as actresses, and one who even made the ginormous leap from reception desks to feature films. They each have a number of projects they're working on, which should bring a lot of female fare to Hollywood. But there's a "but." ... Can you tell?
While these scribes are working on a number of projects ranging from romance to spy capers, it's mostly and essentially all about romantic comedy. Name to name, they're working on romantic underdogs, sluts and "friends with benefits," and class-conscious romcom fare. Emma Forrest's Liars (A-E), which I posted about recently, is about her relationship with Colin Farrell -- and even Halpern and Haskins' Book Smart, which could be about anything when coming from two Harvard grads, is about girls looking for boyfriends at the prom. Meriwether, the pen behind the f**k-buddy script, says: "People want to put women in one box, and I'm interested in how women can be everything at once. She can be a slut who wants to fall in love, or she can party too much, but she's still very smart. I want to expand the vocabulary." That definitely sums up part of the problem. If discussions about women's possibilities, and bursting out of that box, are only tantamount to sexual women who fall in love and smart ladies who party too much, they're still solidly in the box.
On the one hand, I feel uncomfortable even calling these things out, because this success is excellent, and I don't want to diminish that. These women have captured a lot of buzz in Hollywood, and their talents are bringing them success. However, it's like an alcoholic being sober for a week -- a major accomplishment while only being one step forward in a continuing struggle. And it's one further punctuated by a little disappointment. When you're a woman who doesn't mind romcoms but demands a whole lot more from your cinema-going experience, finding out that every single "watch out for" woman is busy with romantic comedy is a bit of a let-down.
On the brighter side, there's some non-romance fare tucked into some of these profiles. Halpern and Hoskins also penned Lunch Lady, which Amy Poehler wants, Kaling is looking toward a dream project that sets Tina Fey as a sexy librarian who kicks butt like Indiana Jones, and Meriwether has that spy caper. One can cross their fingers that, at the very least, Kaling's dream becomes a reality. I'd love to see Fey as the next action icon.
But for now, it's all about the romcoms. One can only hope they're not as ugly as The Ugly Truth, that this success doesn't perpetuate the idea that romantic comedy is all a woman can do/is interested in, and that it's merely a springboard for more varied work. Speaking on the latter, could this be all that Hollywood is buying, and that some of the writers are using this as a springboard for variation (although not Forrest, who seems to be all about the breakup-rant scripts)? I would imagine that if this was the case, that would be mentioned.
Finally, there's such a stigma attached to romantic comedies and that's the biggest rub of all. Not so much that there is a stigma, because it's well-deserved, but that the moniker does two things. One, it sets up immediate disinterest in anyone disappointed with the majority of romantic comedies out there. Two, it makes it really easy to gloss over these scribes' accomplishments. Will the moviegoing world at large, both men and women, pay attention to these scribes when they're all featured as romcom writers? Especially when the men who share the list with these writers have a stable of much more varied fare?
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The Weld Food Bank has seen a 40 percent increase over last year in the number of requests for holiday turkeys across the county, and they've received just a tiny fraction of the number they need before Thanksgiving.
Stephanie Gausch, director of advocacy and communications, said the food bank provides food for organizations across the county, like Meals on Wheels, and those groups deliver the food. This year, agencies have requested 4,219 turkeys for the holidays, and they've collected 135 so far.
Residents can donate turkeys Monday through Friday at the Weld Food Bank, 1108 H St. in Greeley. They may also donate turkeys all week at the Greeley, Garden City and Windsor Wing Shack locations in exchange for six wings.
The food bank will hold a turkey drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 23 at Walmart and Sam's Club locations in Greeley. They'll also be accepting turkeys in Longmont at Walmart, 2285 Ken Pratt Blvd. They'll also be accepting turkey donations at the Weld Food Bank.
The Weld Food Bank is open from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. It's open from 8 a.m. to noon on Wednesday.


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Red Cross blood drives scheduled
MARTINSBURG - The American Red Cross has announced its next blood drives. To be eligible to donate, donors must be 17, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in reasonably good health. Donors can give every 56 days. All blood types are needed - especially O-, A- and B-negative.
1 to 7 p.m. Monday: St. James Catholic Church, Charles Town;
11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday: Calvary United Methodist Church;
2 to 7 p.m. Friday: Leetown United Methodist Church;
1 to 7 p.m. June 25: Paw Paw Fire Hall;
2 to 7 p.m. June 25: Shepherdstown Fire Hall;
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 29: City Hospital.
For more information, call 800-732-0382 or visit www.redcrossblood.org.
Healthy business forum to be held
FREDERICK, Md. - Small and medium-sized businesses in Frederick, Carroll and Washington counties are invited to attend a Healthy Business Forum from 8 to 11:30 a.m. June 29 at Hood College. Area chambers of commerce and local health departments are joining forces with Frederick Regional Health System and Meritus Health to offer this free educational event at Hood College (401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick).
Businesses and nonprofits will learn how health reform will impact their organizations and how workplace wellness programs can improve profitability and productivity. Discussions will include factual information about health reform, evidence-based strategies to promote wellness in the workplace and best practices from local employers that have implemented wellness programs.
Space is limited to 60 participants. Each participating company may register up to two attendees. Human resources personnel, business owners, executives and managers are encouraged to attend. Registration is available online at www.surveymonkey.com/s/worksitewellnessregistration2
Free Alzheimer's training available
MARTINSBURG - The local Home Instead Senior Care office is offering a unique approach to help families in the entire Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, as well as an area south of the panhandle, manage the challenges of Alzheimer's and other dementias, diseases that eventually rob seniors of their memories and independence. Free training for families caring for these older adults is now available through online e-learning modules, available at HelpForAlzheimersFami lies.com.
The Alzheimer's or Other Dementias CARE: Changing Aging through Research and EducationSM Training Program offers a personal approach to help families care for seniors with Alzheimer's disease at home, where 60 to 70 percent live, according to the Alzheimer's Association.
"Until there is a cure, we offer an interim solution," said Aaron Blight, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office in Martinsburg, serving five county jurisdictions of Morgan, Berkeley, Jefferson, Mineral and Hampshire counties, including the municipalities of Martinsburg, Hedgesville, Charles Town, Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown, Ranson, Berkeley Springs, Paw Paw, Romney, Capon Bridge and Keyser.
The foundation of the Alzheimer's CARE Training Program is an approach called "Capturing Life's Journey" that involves gathering stories and experiences about the senior to help caregivers provide comfort while honoring the individual's past. Because people with Alzheimer's disease have difficulty with short-term memory, the Capturing Life's Journey approach taps into long-term memory.
The program for family caregivers consists of four classes: Alzheimer's Disease or Other Dementias Overview; Capturing Life's Journey; Techniques to Manage Behaviors; and Activities to Encourage Engagement. Also available is a free guide for those who are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias. Called Helping Families Cope, the guide includes advice to help families keep their loved ones engaged and manage behaviors.
For more information about free family caregiver training or to obtain a free copy of the Helping Families Cope booklet, contact the local Home Instead Senior Care office at 304-263-4472 or visit Help forAlzheimersFamilies.com.
Free clinics for women available
KEARNEYSVILLE - Free clinics for pap smears and breast exams, for women 25 or older not wanting birth control, will be held at 8 a.m. Tuesday and June 26 at the Jefferson County Health Department, 1948 Wiltshire Road, Suite 1.
For more information or to make an appointment, call 304-728-8416.
clinics announced
KEARNEYSVILLE - Beginning with the 2012/2013 school year, all West Virginia students entering seventh grade will be required to have had one dose of Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis) and one dose of the meningococcal vaccines before the start of the school year. Students entering 12th grade must also have had at least one dose of the Tdap vaccine and a booster dose of the meningococcal vaccine. If the first dose of the meningococcal vaccine was received after age 16, then the booster dose is not needed.
Next immunization clinics are Thursday, July 19 and Aug. 16. All clinics are from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Jefferson County Health Department 1948 Wiltshire Road, Suite 1, Kearneysville.
For more information, call 304-728-8416.
Free skin cancer screenings Saturday
MARTINSBURG - Skin cancer is the most common cancer, accounting for nearly half of all cancers in the United States.
West Virginia University Hospitals-East and local dermatologist Dr. Erik Hurst will be offering free skin cancer screenings from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Dorothy McCormack Center, on the City Hospital campus.
Preregistration for this program is required, and the screening is limited to the first 75 callers.
For more information or to register, call Jesi at 304-264-1232.
Church to host health fair Saturday
MARTINSBURG - New Beginning Apostolic Church, 126 W. Martin St., will hold a community health fair seminar from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Event will feature a blood glucose check, blood pressure check, nutrition education, lecture on hypertension and diabetes, exercise and weight training program and more. Event is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 304-261-8891 or 304-262-9930.
CPR and AED training offered
BERKELEY SPRINGS - War Memorial Hospital will offer the American Heart Association's Heartsaver First Aid with CPR & AED training course from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 26 in Education Room B at the hospital. This course is designed for laypersons, especially those in a workplace setting. Participants will learn general principles of first aid, what to do in a medical emergency, how to handle emergency injuries and environmental injuries as well as learn skills in CPR and how to operate an automated external defibrillator (AED). After successful completion of the class, individuals will be issued a participation card from the American Heart Association.
A $65 fee is charged for the course. Class size is limited so advance registration is required.
For more information or to register, call Deb Unger at 304-258-6525 or Paul Cooper at 304-258-6577.
workshops to be held
MARTINSBURG - Given that 60-70 percent of people with Alzheimer's live at home, and that 80 percent of the care they receive there is by family caregivers, Home Instead Senior Care has developed a program to help family caregivers engage their loved one with Alzheimer's and manage difficult behaviors associated with the disease.
Area families are invited to attend free Alzheimer's CARE training workshops that will be offered in various counties across the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
Hampshire County: June 27, 1 to 5 p.m., at the South Branch Inn located on U.S. 50 in Romney.
Eastern Hampshire County: June 29, 4 to 8 p.m., at the Capon Bridge Community Center located on U.S. 50 in Capon Bridge.
Berkeley and Jefferson counties: June 30, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Home Instead Senior Care offices located at 803 W. King St.
During the workshop, program experts will teach caregivers how to manage behaviors, encourage engagement and care for themselves while caring for their loved one.
Anxiety issues to be discussed June 28
MARTINSBURG - Brook Lane Health Services, in partnership with The Martinsburg VA Medical Center, will host the seminar "Anxiety Issues in the Veteran Population" from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 28 at the Holiday Inn, 301 Foxcroft Ave. Cost is $79 and includes continental breakfast and six continuing education hours for physicians, nurses, psychologists, counselors and social workers.
For more information or to register, call Debbie Staley, manager of Continuing Education, at 301-733-0331, ext. 189, or visit www.brooklane.org.
Life coaching workshop on tap
SHEPHERDSTOWN -Are you living your life by design or by default? Would you like to create a vision for your life and experience more joy and greater freedom? And would it be OK with you if life got a whole lot easier, more fun and more fulfilling? Anne Conlan, master certified coach and life mastery consultant, will offer a free workshop from 7 to 9 p.m. June 29 at the Harmony Healing Arts Center that will help guide you through a step-by-step process for getting clear about what you would love to create in your life and show you how to make your dreams a reality.
For the past 15 years, Conlan has been leading people to phenomenal success by helping them create a life of passion, purpose and prosperity. She is a skilled and sought after coach, speaker and trainer.
For more information or to register, call Anne at 304-876-8659.
'Conquering Pain' class is Aug. 15
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Institute for Natural Resources will present the seminar "Conquering Pain" from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Best Western, 431 Dual Highway. Registration will be held from 7:45 to 8:15 a.m. Topics include neck and shoulder pain, back pain, gender and pain, hyperexcitable nerves, the role of insomnia in chronic pain, carpal tunnel syndrome and more. Cost is $84 in advance or $99 at the door, if space remains.
For more information or to register, call 800-937-6878 or visit www.INRseminars.com.
Zumba party every Tuesday and Thursday
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION - Zumba parties are held at 7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at the Jefferson County Parks and Recreation facility. Cost is $5 per class or $25 for six classes. No contracts, no memberships.
For more information, call 304-728-3207.
- For Your Health, as well as a listing of local support groups, is available at www.journal-news.net. Click on "Living," then "Health & Fitness."


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A Series of Monologues
By Elizabeth Board
Cast (in order of appearance):
Girl – teenage female who has an attachment to pornography
Tragic Looking Girl – desolate teenage female who has given up on life
Androgyne – teenage female who is too high to comprehend reality
Female – cocaine addicted teenage female
Lady – jaded teenage female
Young Woman – mildly insane teenage female
Teenage Girl – hostile female self injurer
Shrink – non-speaking middle-aged useless twit
Skinny Girl – teenage female with an eating disorder
Hollow Girl – self destructive but tragically in love teenage female
Dope Fiend – non-speaking teenage male drug addict
The stage is set with platforms for each of the different settings of the play. They are scattered across the stage and the actors are already in place sitting quite still in the darkness. The lights come up on a GIRL situated at a desk facing a computer screen that we can't see.
Play begins.
GIRL is clearly doing something she'd prefer no one else sees as shown by she's body language as she is jumpy and careful in her movements. She clicks around for awhile and then leans back watching something on the screen. The sounds of pornography fill the stage though they are low and muted so we can hear her voice…
GIRL: I watch her eyes drip tears. 'How many drugs did they have you fucked up on, baby?' I whisper to myself as she's torn apart and penetrated. 'What did they pump you full of to create that glaze?' These girls perform but they have no idea of how they move, where they are, what they're feeling. Tears are dripping down their cheeks but they don't feel them.
She takes a deep breath. Clearly aroused.
Pornographic images meant to arouse flash before me, but the only feeling they cause is sympathy, empathy. I've been that whore spread out before you with an empty mind, incapable of thought. Nothing connects and the cells have stopped communicating.
She moves closer to the screen, intent on speaking with the lighted shapes that reside there.
Why did they put you in a coma little girl, was it all so they could fuck you? How many lines have you blown since to erase that day? Why do your eyes look like the ocean; hollow and dark with no bottom in sight? Did they drown you with alcohol and strip you naked? Fuck you raw and forget your name?
She is becoming desperate.
Look at me, baby. Baby, look at me. Tell me with your eyes what was in the needles that pricked you. That cock in your mouth won't fill the void in your chest.
Her fervor has ceased.
You know, the one that is just inside of your ribcage, beating,
The lights fade out on him as he continues to stare at his companions on the computer screen.
The lights come up on the next platform which contains a very sad and TRAGIC LOOKING GIRL lounging in a bathtub. Prescription pill bottles line the edge and a razorblade sits calmly on top of some towels. She is running her fingers through her hair and murmuring to herself.
TRAGIC LOOKING GIRL: I'm becoming one last quiet left over promise. The last little whisper that you can't break.
I can carve myself to pieces, I can rot my nose to shards but still, you won't leave me. There are words I can't say because to you their meaning would be life wrecking and that is one thing I'd never do to you.
She leans back in the bathtub; clearly she is under the influence of something – or multiple somethings.
Leave me strung up, strung out but in a perpetual state of discomfort. It hurts like hell, baby. I'm not nearly as incoherent as you think. Always leading me on, always leashing me and dragging me along behind you like a freak show parade.
She stops to pop some pills from one of the bottles beside her. It is unclear if these are antidepressants or something to make her actually high.
It really is a shame that you don't believe me when I say "I love you, I can't forget you". Come back to me, again and again.
She is becoming desperate and incoherent.
Crawl over time and space and wrap your arms around me in eager bliss. Curl me into your chest and pin my hands behind my tender back to protect me from those careful, slipping, slicing, treacherous fingers of mine.
She reaches for the razorblade and studies it in full view of the audience.
You're breathing maggots but they spell those three words. Each time you lie, I write another simple line of reddened poetry.
It's all for you. It will always be, all for you.
She begins to drag the blade across her wrist and we see the first beats of pain on her face before the lights go black.
Lights rise on our next stand out citizen of society: a ANDROGYNE is seated on the floor of what is clearly a bedroom (probably her bedroom) as shown by the set pieces. She has a metal Nirvana CD case in front of her and has a couple unknown pills resting on it.
ANDROGYNE: My body pines away beneath the ever changing skyline. Your hands twine softly across the cool flesh in mid decay.
She covers the pills with a bill and reaches behind her for some type of heavy object (bottle of make-up, text book, paperweight, etc.) and begins to rub it across the bill in turn crushing the pills.
You hear my words as they softly ooze from my mouth, but you don't take their meaning to heart. You never let them hit on your soft blurry brain. You'll never confess volumes to me in the wee hours of the day as we're spread out in pieces across the lawn.
She lifts the bill, shakes it and then examines the newly created powder with a credit card.
Take my breathy confessions to mean something.
She covers the powder again and gives it a quick crush.
Hold onto them like the last final charm of a long lost loved ones bracelet. Separation beads like sweat on each of our brows and each time we come close I beg for some sort of physicality to our words. I've been shredded indefinitely and you and your sewing kit will take to piecing me back together.
Again she repeats the uncovering process and begins to cut the powder into lines with the credit card.
I beg to feel your hands prying my skin apart and stitching it back together with thread made of your own veins. I want your blood to pump through me and nurture me, so I can poison someone other than myself.
She takes a straw from her pocket and leans over the case – inhaling one of the lines.
Infatuation cannot be the right word for what we have. Each word falls with dissonance and I can hear the shock in your breath. My hands make their way brushing across your flesh and tracing individual scars.
She takes another.
This is so careless of me, so uncalculated, so sloppy. I promise I'm not like this, I promise I'm not this destroyed. I can fight and fuck along with the best of them but for now I just need you to hold me.
I need gentle hands on a rigid body.
She leans back and seems to be contemplating.
I've been thinking since my eyes reopened and as always, it's about you. The way you see me is not the way I am. I can run my nails along your back and leave beautiful marks, claiming you as mine till we meet again. I'm just as feisty as any girl, but my personality is always cold.
She takes the last line and begins to clean up her supplies.
I want to claw at the walls with you inside me and rip your shoulders with my teeth. I want violence and love and passion and everything I've never gotten all at once. All I really want is for you to lean over me and whisper "I love you."
She sighs and gazes calmly at the straw then glances up to the audience as if the next line is in reference to that piece of drug paraphernalia.
This is how much of a fucking cliché I've become.
Lights fade to black and come up on a young FEMALE who has been seated in the audience the whole time. She begins to speak.
FEMALE: I doubt I've used the stalls at the cinema for their intended purpose since I turned sixteen. My friends would file into the theatre and I would excuse myself to the cold tiled restrooms.
She is self assured and convincing.
Locking myself in amongst lover's graffiti I would unwind that small bag being hit with the smell of every noxious chemical cut in that simple white powder. A burning nasal anticipation hits with that scent. That caustic, burning, chemical dump scent.
This is clearly her fantasizing.
When that momentary ecstasy of anticipation subsides it is time to put the tools of the trade in line. A razorblade, a surface of some type and a straw or rolled bill. My preferred surface has always been a mirror or compact of some sort though anything flat will do and credit cards are useful in a crunch. I have one compact in particular that has been sacrificed to my drug of choice. I can see myself through the dusty film, the remnants of past lines scattered across the reflective surface. The razorblade I use is old; dulled on my flesh and covered in rusted fingerprints. I keep it cradled in my compact and it's always ready; a sort of "coke kit" if you will. I keep a one dollar bill always rolled via some type of cocaine origami I learned on the internet.
She is teaching – passing on knowledge.
Cocaine is my profession and I'm damn good at my job. I dump one of the small rocks out onto the mirror and use the end of some lipstick to crush it hastily. The razorblade aids me as I scrape the last remnants off the lipstick and then lick it clean. I turn to the crushed powder with surgical precision and begin to break it into fine grains. I've seen people rush through this. More of the blow ends up on the floor than in their nose and they often leave it so poorly broken up that their line is more of a row of small rocks. Rocks won't get absorbed. You won't get high. I take my time. I don't have money to burn and I need to make this g last as long as possible.
She pauses – tragic.
I am not proud of my life and what you mistake for pride is more so a cry for help. Dependency is not something that anyone should ever be proud of. I am still in part the silly little girl who was enthralled by the sordid world of drug addiction. I still sometimes find myself romanticizing the events of my life. They, though, can only be romantic in the eyes of that naive girl who knew nothing about addiction. You can never have the horrors of addiction and dependence truly explained to you. It is something that is impossible to truly understand until you have felt it. This is one of a slew of reasons that quitting is so hard.
The next portion is said with resentment.
People who have never acknowledged or felt the pangs of addiction do not understand the terror at the thought of 'just stopping'. 'Just stopping' is unfathomable because contemplating it means facing the rush of what ifs and scenarios where the only possible solution is your drug of choice.
She is attempting to make it real and plausible to someone who has never felt "the pangs of addition".
I count to 70 and can only think of a gram. I roll ones almost instinctively. And it finally crosses my mind that there will never be a day in the rest of my life that I don't think about it at least once. I'm learning though –however slow – that it is not the drugs fault that my life has fallen to shambles. I chose to bump that first line and in turn I chose this life. A lifestyle of sex for drugs and fuck rock n' roll 'cause it gives my sleep deprived self a headache. There's nothing romantic about licking crumbs of cocaine off of the bathroom floor.
She laughs, unaffected. Takes another drag of her cigarette and then puts it out as the lights fade.
The lights come back up on the next platform which contains a very angry looking LADY. She is seated at a table flicking the pages of a magazine. She is bored. Indifferent. Haughty. She has a bottle of Jack Daniel's and nurses it during her scene.
LADY: I want to run away from here.
She is matter of fact. Cold.
Trailing dust in a 1967 Ford Mustang and blowing smoke from rich red lips. I want to stay in motel rooms all over the country; shooting morphine and talking about life. I want your hands on my shoulders as we lay on bad 80's coverlets staring at stucco ceilings and speaking in opiate induced confusion.
She props her feet up on the table and takes a gulp of the whiskey.
I want to feel connected and in love; if only for the moment.
Her eyes grow distant.
I want to watch the sun come up while sipping cheap red wine and sit wrapped in a blanket, buried in your arms and suspended in a balcony overlooking an abandoned pool. I want to toss and turn in cocaine-sleep knowing that if I give up on closed eyes and fractured dreams you'll be there to talk to.
I want to wear frilly dresses in every color and rob convenience stores with pearls around my neck. I want red lips, white nails and Marilyn Monroe hair in pale pink. My eyes will always be blackened with kohl and sleep deprivation.
I want to remember the days when everything was okay and your kiss meant "I love you," without ever saying it. I want to turn you into an addict; scarffing down pills and powders with just as much voracity as me.
I want your warmth next to me. I want to be willing to sleep nights again. Your embrace was the best rest I've ever had.
Gulp. Grimace.
If we ran away I'd sit cutting out paper dolls and tracing their outlines on old news paper clippings about dead stars. We'd draw tracks on every single one with ballpoint pens. We'd have hollow music playing in the background and cut lines on old mirrors with cigarettes dangling precariously from lips smeared with kisses. Each night would be the start of our days as we'd hunt the streets in search of that next big score. Crack dens, laden with deceit and failed dreams, are already our biggest hang-outs. It's like being a kid in a candy store when you have a wallet full of twenties and pills of every prowess spread in front of you. You know so little but I'll teach you what color will make it all okay. A vodka bottle would be permanently attached to my finger tips in all these late night runs. From child to drug chugging thug and back again; I'd flow.
She has reached the end of the magazine and tosses it aside, takes another gulp and then begins to pace back and forth.
I plan on wearing your oversized sweaters; being lost in the wool would feel fabulous. We can speed down the highways passing signs that say things like '16 miles til…' and 'Exit for…ahead'.
She is getting drawn into this fantasy. She is getting visibly drunk.
I can be the most beautiful accessory bedded down next to you in the leather seats. I'll smoke trashy cigarettes and talk about sex and drugs with a dirty mouth and foul fantasies. We'll pass out at rest stops when we run out of blow and listen to Elliot Smith as we fade into sleep.
Bottle to mouth.
You'll wrap your arms tight around me and lean your lips close to my ear, "don't go down, stay with me, baby, stay," is all you'd say and then kiss my forehead in that way that you always do. I'd wear fur coats and forget that we'd have had sex, repeatedly.
She gives an accusing look to the whiskey bottle.
You'd remind me, kiss my cheek, but never correct me. Let me believe what I want; let me fantasize that you'd have said you loved me. Someday our road will come to a sharp end and we'll be numb and sore and in love all at once, lying in our own chalked out lines waiting for the body bags.
She laughs and her laughter shows that there is a personality somewhere in there. Fade to black.
The lights come up on a YOUNG WOMAN seated cross legged in the middle of the platform. She is speaking to a photograph.
YOUNG WOMAN: I need sweet memories of the nights I've erased and careful caresses to replace the love that seeps from betwixt your thighs. I can't trace the lineage of our time together because sadly and solely I've rotted the cells that held those memories. My remembrance of you, just like that of some long dead relative, is wiped away and wiped clean. The sins that brought us together will simply tear us apart as they turn themselves into headlines in some sort of mockery of a scandal. Our cool lips lock and embrace, wrapping themselves in majesty and it's not about settling: it never has been. My debt to you has been paid off in full as the gashes on my thighs can attest to that and every time I bed down with another I'll be thinking of you; they'll be reminded of you. Because after all, my love,
Her eyes are only on the picture.
Every single one of them is about you.
The lights fade to black and then come back up on a TEENAGE GIRL in a chair. She is getting shrunk (get it?).
TEENAGE GIRL: It's been years.
That was supposed to arouse shock in her listener; a middle aged woman with the "shrink hair cut" and a pad of paper.
It's been so many long years of undeniable pain sketched out on innocent pliable flesh. It has never been about attention, it will never be about attention. It was about effecting the uneffectable. Changing what I have no control over. Controlling aspects of my life that are out of reach but that I am still painfully aware of. It seems like forever that I've had these delirious fantasies of control.
Putting it in terms a person of the psychotherapeutic profession can understand.
Magical thinking, obsessive delusions.
My pain and fear are rendered in splendid red, hidden from the world because their explanation is so obscure. A simple and (sarcasm) poetic, (mocking) "it's about seeing the emotional pain - making it tangible," would not do because it would be a damn lie. Just like all the others I've perpetrated. It was never about pain. It was about anger, anger at others for hurting me, anger at myself for being too weak to stop them. It's not an addiction; it's not some silly excuse for a problem. It's the embodiment of everything, every last unsubstantiated thought, unexplainable urge, regret. They're reminders,
Like post it notes, of the best and the worst.
Momentarily saddened.
The times where I was able to grasp control for even just a moment.
Fade to black and come back up on a SKINNY GIRL stepping off of a scale.
SKINNY GIRL: I am wasting away. My ribs that were once only shadows and sketches beneath my skin are becoming visible testaments to the rot that is inside of me.
She walks to the downstage edge of her platform.
My skeleton is becoming one with my façade as the flesh melts away revealing everything that is inside. As I grow in my emaciation the hollow shell inside me comes to the surface. My face is gaunt in it's build and the pain creates gouges on my flesh. I don't think I'm fat;
I'm not nearly that delusional. It has never been about losing weight – it is about control though.
She is done. She sulks off to weigh herself again. Fade to black.
Lights go dark and then come back up on a HOLLOW GIRL who sits hugging herself on the end of a mattress as a very skinny, very strung out and very greasy boy lies asleep.
HOLLOW GIRL: The taste of his cigarettes still clings to the back of my throat and reminds me constantly of what it's like to be wrapped in his arms.
She rests a hand on him in an almost mothering way.
He leans in and kisses me with enough love to cover my entire body. I am his – curled close to him and mumbling opiate musings. We talk incessantly as we run our hands over each other: over and over. I trace your veins and you tell me stories of and each and every track.
Her hand runs down along his arm as she speaks of track marks.
There's never a tone of worry in your voice even as you speak of Death and how quickly he is coming for you. And as you turn my face to you and kiss my forehead – fingertips pressed to my chest – I realize that I'm in love.
She pauses. Overwhelmed.
I look into his eyes and am just consumed with passion. I am romancing his decay and turning myself into an object – an antidepressant created for only him to consume. He is every single one of my fantasies but there is no way to escape this impending tragedy that will come. At any moment the hawks of the law can swoop down to claim him and carry him away to their cages – without me.
She plays gently with strands of his hair.
He brushes his fingers through my hair as if to calm my ever growing anxiety. I feel the pain behind his kisses and understand just how sad he truly is. His entire face glows when he sees me and the amount with which he loves me teaches me to love myself. He disappears to binge on drug and drink and my heart fades into a shadow of its former self.
She grips him tighter.
It is his fear that I won't hold him and keep him and claim him as mine that drives him to disappear. He has become everything to me and I've put all my chips in one place. I will let myself drown with him if he doesn't want me to be his savior.
She kisses his forehead and then curls up next to him. She drifts into sleep. Fade to black.
Scene is over, play is over. Please leave my goddamn theatre.


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Holy Spirit as the third person - mikethelionheart - 24-02-2010
Can anyone help me here with a discussion I have been following between protestants and Jehovah's Witness.
My Koine Greek is non-existent.
He claims that in the original Greek the Holy Spirit is not referred to as He or in any way referred to as a person.
Here's an example of one of the things he says.
"Are lay Trinitarians misled by Trinitarian scholars who seem to mistranslate Greek pronouns into the wrong English pronouns, as is seen in texts like John 14:16, 17, and 26 where they translate the Greek "pneuma hagion" [?holy spirit?] by the English pronouns ?he, him and whom??
Does this seem rather misleading, wrong and smacks of theological bias?
Why do some texts refer to the "Holy Spirit" as "he"?"
He then goes on to say;
"Clearly ?he? is a ?pronoun?, whereas, the Greek clearly has ?ekeinos? [?that one?] at John 16:13, which is not the pronoun ?he? as you make out, but more correctly, a demonstrative pronoun! Why have I raised this point with you? It is to show that ?subtle? difference and here is how and why!
A pronoun will refer to a person i.e. ?he? or ?whom? in English, whereas, the demonstrative English pronoun will specifically point out i.e. identify the pronoun [person], such as, ?that xxxx?, so that, we have in English ?that one? and here we see that the demonstrative ?that? is pointing to or referring to that which comes under the term ?one?! But it is not as simple as that, as you may now begin to appreciate?!
What you have done and you are not on your own here, which really shows your limitations with how Greek works, due to theological bias and possible ignorance, is to turn things upside down, in that, you have called a demonstrative pronoun ?that one? a ?pronoun? ?he?, when clearly the rules of Greek grammar clearly say otherwise?! "
Surely he is not correct. Unfortunately it would take me years to learn Koine Greek. Any one on here with a decent knowledge.
I would also point out that the Holy Spirit was believed in as a person right at the start of Christianity in the 1st century so those early Christians would have been Greek speakers and would have understood the nuances perfectly, and yet they still believed in Him as a person. However, if what this guy says is true it will make arguing for the Trinity with JWs very difficult.
- Simon - 25-02-2010
Dear Mike,
I am no expert in New Testamanet Greek either but can offer you the following on John 15:26 ""But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of truth." In the Greek the word rendered 'whom' is masculine, the word rendered 'which' is neuter and the word rendered 'he' is masculine. Thus "But when the Comforter is come, whom [masculine] I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which [neuter] proceedeth from the Father, he [masculine] shall testify..."
If the Holy Spirit was an impersonal force and not a person then I would expect only neuter language and no masculine terminology. Given the mystery (something beyond human understanding) of the Godhead and that even terms such as Father and Son though masculine do not actually indicate maleness according to human concepts (for God is spirit) then it does not surprise me to find both masculine and neuter terminology used about the Holy Ghost.
A valuable resource is St Basil the Great's "On the Holy Spirit" (available I believe in a number of editions).
- Antony-Paul - 25-02-2010
Dear Mike,
Like you, I am not a Greek scholar, and so I cannot offer a linguistic assessment of your question. I accept that careful examination of the writings is necessary to ensure we understand what they are trying to convey to us. But I can't help feeling that getting technical about the Greek is missing the point. Vast numbers of believers have lived over the past two millennia without benefit of semantics, yet we can be sure they are with God as a result of simple uncomplicated belief. Maybe your JW friend is trying to catch you out by making it complex!
Trying to view this with simplicity (and hopefully not ingenuously) I can't help feeling that this issue demonstrates the poverty of human language. As Father Simon says, the Holy Spirit is referred to as masculine, as is also the Father. Yet they are spirits, and incorporeal, and hence are without gender which is only pertinent to physical beings that can reproduce.
As humans we can only understand things in our own terms. To us a person is either male or female. Neuter is indicative of something not alive. However, spirits do not conform to this pattern. Because they have no gender we cannot regard them as either male or female, yet because they are alive we find it hard to think of them as neuter. Perhaps we simply should not do so. Maybe (from this point of view at least) we could do with a different term for the Father and the Holy Ghost instead of 'He', since technically neither of them are masculine.
I fancy this dilemma was well known to the early Christians, who had to come to terms with the human maleness of Jesus (the Son of) God which was in stark contrast to the hidden spirit nature of the Jahweh of the Jews. Yet, as Father Simon also points out, Jesus referred to the Spirit as 'He' and also to 'Father/My Father/Your Father' - in His wisdom using terms that were as close as humans could cope with.
This aspect of the nature of God is yet another deep mystery that we shall probably never understand properly, even when we are in His presence for eternity. A parallel mystery is time. We exist in time, and our entire life is regulated by it and we relate every action to it. Consequently we cannot grasp the concept of eternity, which implies time without end, either past or future. It actually makes sense to think of God as existing outside of time - pure constant existence. Once we are with God, we are also stripped of our slavery to time, and live with Him constantly.
Gender and time are concepts of creation established by God to allow us to understand the world in which we live, and how we live our lives. Trying to understand the Kingdom of God and His nature in our terms is just asking for a hiding to nothing. This is a classic problem for Biblical fundamentalists, the Bible having been compiled by men who had a different view from ours, and a different perspective about the purpose of their writings.
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The six teams are
Japan (7891 points),
Canada (6943 points)
Russia (6807 points)
USA (6399 points)
Italy (5412 points)
France (5214 points)
My Predictions :
Gold Canada
Silver Russia
Bronze USA
4th Japan
5th Italy
6th France
The six teams are
Japan (7891 points),
Canada (6943 points)
Russia (6807 points)
USA (6399 points)
Italy (5412 points)
France (5214 points)
My Predictions :
Gold Canada
Silver Russia
Bronze USA
4th Japan
5th Italy
6th France
Predictions are tough until we see who is competing.
Gold: Canada. Chan will be heavily favored to for the men, Virtue and Moir will probably get first in dance and no worse than second, Duhamel and Radford are headed in the right direction.
Silver Japan: Japan's got a pairs team! They also have two strong men and two strong ladies (in fact, they have a choice of strong men and ladies).
Bronze: Russia
Fourth: USA. We got diddly, but we might stay ahead of Italy and France.
Are points cumulative or only for placements in this event? I think it will be for placements at the Olympics. Not sure about this one.
"To determine the final result of the ISU World Team Trophy the following rule will be used:
- For each category points will be awarded assigning 12 points to the first placed Single Skater/Pair Skating, Ice Dance couple and decreasing in descending order by one point, i.e. 12, 11, 10, 9, etc. The last placed participant in the Single categories (if all Skaters have completed the event) will receive 1 point and similarly the last places in the Pair Skating and Ice Dance categories will receive 7 points.
- The team having earned the highest number of aggregate points is the winner; the team having earned the second highest number of aggregate points is ranked second and so on.
- When forming the final result, in case of a tie between teams, the tie breaking procedure will be used taking into consideration the 2 best places of the concerned teams in different categories. The highest total points from the 2 best places will prevail and the respective placements recorded accordingly.
-If ties persist, the 3 best places in different categories will be considered and the highest total points from the 3 best places will prevail and the respective placements recorded accordingly."
(Whether the ISU already has spelled out the same rules for Sochi is a separate question -- for which I don't have an answer.)
Sorry, Mathman, I was in the middle of writing out my reply when you posted yours. Didn't mean to be redundant.
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Last time the results were USA, Canada, Japan, France, Russia, China. Russia's ladies are now better, and everything else seems about the same, so they should do better. I don't see Canada winning this. Since the WTT is two ladies, two men, one dance team and one pair - countries whose strength (and depth) is in singles have the edge. Namely, Japan, especially now that they have a good pair.
If P/B go, I think Team France might do better than expected. If Nathalie needs time off to let her injury heal, not so much. Their FB update from this morning seems to suggest that they are in, FWIW.
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NEW YORK -- Verrazano will attempt to break a longstanding Kentucky Derby jinx -- win the race without having run as a 2-year-old.
It's been done before, but only once in 138 previous runnings, and that occurred in 1882 when Apollo won the Run for the Roses.
Since 1937, 57 3-year-olds have tried and failed to win the Derby without having raced at 2. Three finished second -- Coaltown in 1948, Strodes Creek in 1994 and Bodemeister last year -- and four others finished third. The rest? Off the board.
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In the Wood, Verrazano defeated Normandy Invasion by three-quarters of a length, with Vyjack a neck farther back in third place. Normandy Invasion moved into the top 10 at No. 6, and Vyjack dropped to No. 8 after his first loss in five career starts.
Revolutionary is third, with Goldencents fourth courtesy of his Santa Anita Derby win on April 6.
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PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- The Erie Otters gained a key piece of their offense in time for Saturday night's game at Plymouth.
Rookie winger Andre Burakovsky, who was reassigned to the Otters by the NHL's Washington Capitals earlier in the day, made his OHL debut in a 2-1 win against the Whalers in front of 2,085 fans at Compuware Arena. But his offensive mates took care of the Otters' scoring at just the right time.
Dane Fox and Connor Brown scored less than 5 minutes apart midway through the third period to erase a 1-0 deficit and overcome a strong outing from Whalers goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic, who stopped 35-of-37 shots in a losing effort.
Plymouth (0-2-0-0) took a 1-0 lead on the power play on Connor Chatham's goal with 6 minutes left in the opening period. Meanwhile, Nedeljkovic stymied the Otters (1-0-1-0) from the outset. After making nine saves in the first, Nedeljkovic stopped all 20 shots he faced in the second to preserve the one-goal lead. Nedeljkovic began the third with three more saves.
But the Otters finally broke through when Fox's first goal of the season tied the score at the 6:05 mark of the period. Newly converted forward Patrick Murphy assisted on the goal.
Then after drawing a tripping penalty against Whalers winger Matt Mistele, Connor McDavid found Brown in front for the go-ahead goal on the power play with 9:07 left.
Rookie forward Dylan Strome, the No. 2 pick in the 2013 OHL Priority Selection, also assisted on the goal for his first career point.
Oscar Dansk (29 saves on 30 saves) and the Otters held on for the victory that split the opening two games of the season. The Otters, who scratched winger Stephen Harper before the game, continue a season-opening, five-game road trip Wednesday at Saginaw.


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January 10, 2013, 03:53 PM
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Nikon prostaff 3-9x40. Great value in my opinion
January 10, 2013, 04:04 PM
Depending on how much your budget can support, I'd look into the Nikon Buckmaster's or Monarch. The BDC reticule is also great to have. The Monarch is about $100 more, give or take, and it has a bit clearer glass. The Vortex Viper is also a good scope, and very clear. I'm not sure how it compares to the Nikons, since I didn't get to try it next to them, but I was impressed, given the price point of about $400.
If you want cheaper, then the ProStaff is also a good scope. One came on my Savage, and I still haven't had a reason to switch it out... Glass is clear and holds zero.
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If you are on an extremely tight budget the Prostaff is a good choice. It is the botton rung on the ladder of acceptable. For only a few $$$ more the Nikon Buckmaster, Burris FF-II, and Vortex Diamondback are well worth the extra $50 if you can afford it. In the same price range the Redfield Revolution or Leupold VX-1 are even better and would be my choice.
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Two weeks ago, I wrote about the collision that hospitalized Dr. Ed Farrar (see Yet another collision). Since then, I've received a letter I'd like to share. First, C.S. wrote in to say:
Following my column on Dr. Farrar, I had hoped to move on to a lighter subject for this column. But no sooner had the last column run, than several more stories hit the news. One of those stories involved a cyclist who was killed in Kansas City in June. As some of you may no doubt recall, Sheriff's Lt. David Dillon was out on a ride one morning when he was struck from behind by a driver who was distracted by his radio and a cell phone call. The driver admitted that he did not see Dillon until he struck him.
Last week, District Attorney Charles Branson announced that criminal charges will not be filed against the 21 year old driver, Kyle Van Meter. Noting that "it is a difficult time for the family," Branson suggested that the Kansas Highway patrol issue citations for unsafe overtaking/passing, following too closely, and failure to wear a seat belt.
Failure to wear a seat belt? A driver who was simultaneously talking on the phone and adjusting his radio hit a cyclist he admits he never saw, and the D.A. suggests citing him for failure to wear a seat belt? Is this the best we can do? Branson did see a silver lining in the tragedy-- "If any good can come from the tragedy we can only hope people will slow down and pay attention to their driving." While that's good advice, how can he reasonably expect that people will slow down and pay attention when killing a cyclist results in nothing more than a few citations for minor traffic offenses?
In July, I wrote about another miscarriage of justice involving a drunk driver who blew through a flashing train crossing and killed 19 year-old Autumn Grohowski. In that case, the D.A. did file criminal charges, although he declined to charge the driver with homicide by vehicle, explaining that "there's blame on both sides." In response to that column, I received a letter from a prosecutor, explaining his perspective on charging decisions. It's longer than most of the letters I run, but worth sharing:
In Autumn's case, the D.A. declined to charge the driver with the most serious charge because the facts of the case would have made a conviction difficult to obtain. Still, the D.A. did file lesser criminal charges—he tried to bring the driver who ran her down to justice, even if it wasn't the justice that Autumn deserved.
But what is the rationale for not filing any criminal charges against a driver who is admittedly distracted to the point of not seeing a cyclist until the moment of impact? It's not as if Kansas doesn't have adequate laws on the books, after all. Both vehicular homicide and reckless driving are available charges, and applicable in the David Dillon case. For example, in Kansas,
The facts of David Dillon's death certainly seem to fit the definition of Vehicular Homicide, and yet the D.A. instead suggests citations for a few minor traffic offenses. Despite D.A. Branson's optimism, it's hard to see how a seat belt violation sends the message that people should slow down and pay attention.
Which brings us back to Dr. Farrar. At the beginning of this column, C.S. reported on the Rally for Ed; he finished by asking a question:
This question was reminiscent of a question sent to me by P.K. of the Lebanon Valley Bicycle Club following the miscarriage of justice in the Autumn Grohowski case:
I sent a few of my own suggestions to C.S., but I'd really like to open the question to Legally Speaking's readers: What do you think can be done about cyclist safety?
(Research and drafting provided by Rick Bernardi, J.D.)
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If Burma wants to successfully transition to democracy, the country's quasi-civilian government should take steps to improve rule of law, one of the world's major legal organizations has said.
After decades of brutal military rule, Burma has embarked on a program of reforms under President Thein Sein, but many of its legal institutions are still unable to protect basic rights, the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) said on Wednesday, following a fact-finding trip to the country in August that included meetings with judges, lawyers, activists and senior politicians.
While acknowledging the country's rapid transformation under Thein Sein, who has released hundreds of political prisoners, negotiated ceasefires with a number of ethnic rebels and started opening to the global economy, the London-based IBAHRI noted several areas for improvement in legal practice.
"As a delegation we went with a completely open mind and were very impressed by the commitment to reform that we found," Sadakat Kadri, part of the four-person delegation which included Philippe Kirsch OC QC, a Canadian judge and former president of the International Criminal Court, along with representatives from Australia, Thailand and the United Kingdom.
"There are many people on all sides of the political spectrum within the country who are genuinely trying to improve the country for the better, but we're also aware of the many obstacles that exist," said Kadri. "Our report contains a number of critical observations. We want to highlight those areas which are of concern with a view to improving the country as a whole."
The delegation released a report on Tuesday about challenges and opportunities for improving Burma's rule of law.
"The 2008 Constitution formally guarantees a number of important rights, but national institutions frequently lack the capacity to put them into effect," the IBAHRI said in a statement accompanying the report.
"The success of future reforms will therefore require the creation of transparent bodies and processes that practically safeguard fundamental rights for all the people of Myanmar … by providing them with an effective remedy for violations."
Among its recommendations, the delegation called on the government to work toward international human rights standards by signing, ratifying and implementing international treaties such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention Against Torture and the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court.
It also urged the government to include more people under the country's citizenship law, which has received much attention in recent months due to ethnic violence against Rohingya Muslims in western Burma who are currently not considered citizens.
In civil unrest between Rohingyas and local Buddhists in Arakan State since June this year, more than 100,000 people, mostly Rohingya Muslims, have been pushed out of their homes and into cramped refugee camps, where their movement is restricted and they lack basic provisions.
Amendments to the 1982 Citizenship Law should "maximize categories of citizenship and minimize statelessness, while ensuring that no one in Myanmar is denied their fundamental rights by reason of their status as a non-citizen," the Institute said in the statement, adding that international organizations and foreign governments should support reform programs that help all people in Burma, not just those protected under the citizenship law.
The delegation suggested strengthening the independence and powers of existing institutions, such as Burma's National Human Rights Commission, which Thein Sein established with a presidential mandate in September last year.
The commission lacks a statutory mandate and provisions to guarantee independence from the executive, said the report, which also urged the creation of a new legal body that can amend outdated laws and work toward consistent legal reform in line with international standards.
Responding to IBAHRI's report, Thein Nyunt, a senior lawyer in Burma and a member of Parliament from the New Democracy Party, agreed that changes to the legal system were crucial for successful political and economic reform.
"It's very important to have a good justice system in our country," he told The Irrawaddy on Wednesday, saying it was especially important to appoint unbiased, accountable judges. "In our reform efforts, we've struggled with problems like corruption and judges who are biased when they make sentences in court."
He said judges often took bribes on the job, especially those appointed within the past 20 years, during the former military regime.
"We came across lots of people who complained about judicial corruption [during our trip to Burma]," said Kadri. "Lawyers within the courts and even politicians complained about it, even people close to the government. Everyone except the judges we met."
The IBA is an organization of legal practitioners that influences development of international law reform. Its membership includes more than 45,000 legal practitioners and 200 bar associations around the world.
During their week-long fact-finding trip, the delegation met judges, lawyers, activists, NGO representatives and senior politicians, including the country's most vocal democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi, who has consistently highlighted the need for legal reform since joining the country's legislature in April after nearly 15 years under house arrest for her activism.
"Once we can say that we have been able to re-establish rule of law, then we can say that the process of democratization has succeeded," the Nobel Peace laureate said in a speech at Yale University during a landmark visit to the United States in September, as quoted by the Associated Press.
"Until that point I do not think that we can say that the process of democratization has succeeded."
With reporting by Lawi Weng.
Courthouse will be converted into Hotel/Brothel run by sons and daughters or wives of the generals. Burmese generals and ex-Generals Confiscated lands from the poor farmers for their wives, daughters and sons. This courthouse will be center for elite brothel.
There certainly is a moral in this.
The judicial system is corrupt from top to bottom. You bribe your way into positions of magistrate/judge – connections also required – then you take so much in turn using your position as a money spinner. A trickle down mechanism is often built into the outfit on top of the need for plaintiffs to grease their way from desk to desk, from real estate/land registration to civil and criminal cases.
Corruption is hardly confined to the judiciary. It is in fact deeply ingrained in all public sector establishments. Arbitrary military rule by decree has only reinforced it as most govt ministers and commanders are even more corrupt aided by the authoritarian system that demanded unquestioning acceptance of all top down diktats. When even basic goods and services are hard to come by in the normal way that other societies take for granted, and become a privilege, what do you expect?
It seems rather strange to trust the same outfit that built the whole rotten socioeconomic order to reform it. Pigs might fly.
Corruption is no longer seen as evil since it has been way of life in Burma for fifty years. Bribery or money-laundering is seen as blessing. Corruption is deeply rooted in the life of Myanmars. It will take time to get rid off. Even the generals enjoy this evil way of life. However, I am not part of them even a second. Truth will make us free. We need to be truthful even in the time of suffering.
Such a Prosperous Country, Once the Top Asian Rice Bowl Export Country was going down to the Poorest Country since Ne Win Era. And the Main Reason was, there was no apply of Law. Ne Win & Most of the High Military Personnels were above the Law. Many of the Intellectuals were deprived from Higher Positions, and Only the Military Personnels who know nothing related to the Positions were Assigned . People were suffered under this New Class or The Priviledge HMPs. And one of the Saddest Moment was when the Revolutionary Govt.took over Rangoon St Paul's High school which was one of the Best school was going down to Zero. No Discipline, no good attendance. Even, all of the teachers who devoted their life were not given any pensions or Compensations. There was no Principles or Law. Can we trust the Quasi-Civilian Govt.? Action speaks louder than Word.


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LEONI TWP., MI – After about seven months, Leoni Township officials have decided to rejoin a group created to guide the operation of the township's wastewater treatment plant.
The board unanimously voted at its Tuesday, April 8, meeting to appoint township clerk Michele Manke and trustee Judy Southworth to rejoin the Leoni Regional Utility Authority. Southworth also sits on the township planning commission.
Township officials withdrew from the group in July due to several disagreements among members including lawsuits among two of the other townships served by the plant. One of those cases was dismissed, and officials from all townships involved continue to work out the differences.
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REDEFINE MACRO Exfoliator™ Cooling Gels
Based on exclusive RFp3 technology, each ampule instantly soothes and calms macro-exfoliated skin, speeds the reduction of visible redness and enhances skin's resiliency. For added cooling relief, store in the refrigerator. 8 ampules.
Item Number AACGC08 Retail $43.00
Ingredients and Usage
Ingredients:Water, Butylene Glycol, Cupric (II) Nitrate, Tetrapeptide-16, Tranexamic Acid, Carbomer, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, Honey Extract
Usage:Use immediately following your weekly macro-exfoliation treatment. Open the ampule by pulling firmly on sealed edge of tip. Apply entire onto macro-exfoliated areas, including neck and chest. If skin feels dry, follow with facial moisturizer.
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