Today is indeed a good Friday and it's good Friday for us But 2,000 years ago when when Jesus was going through his suffering It wasn't a good Friday for him. It was a very difficult Friday for him Today we are reminded once again about the power and the grace of Jesus Christ last weekend I was in Missouri and Friday I flew in there and I read the way God arriving there I got hit with fever and it was getting kind of light, but on Saturday the fever accelerated to the point where even in the service being there my body would shake and shiver and Then I had to do the main service on Saturday night and I remember my head is hurting Hurting I took medicine and not and nothing just kicked in I mean I had prayer and everything and at that moment I remembered how physically Jesus felt on the cross How painful it was not emotionally only but physically it was and yet he still fulfilled the will of his father Physically in pain but fulfilling the will of his father and Not only that but on the cross he was able to lead somebody to salvation and while getting to the cross he healed somebody's ear and That brought me so much encouragement because I mean I cannot explain how much suffering I felt physically Two times in my life that I had that kind of fever and that was that that second time And so and I remember just this excruciating pain I said Jesus if you could fulfill the father's will being in physical pain. I'm not gonna tell nobody I'm in physical pain. I'm gonna pretend like I'm fine and I'm gonna go fulfill your will and I remember I get up to Preach and I felt just this grace to preach over 18 people testified of physical healing Over 20 people gave the lives to the Lord and people from 400 youth from eight different states showed up on that night And the service was about six hours long The Lord just moved and so and it was not me because my body wasn't doing well And when the service ended, you know, it's like when the grace lifts you and I remember I was like a just a rag I couldn't even get up. I was so tired physically. It's interesting when the services ended on Monday morning fever left It's as though the devil wanted to do everything he can to just simply stop me from doing God's will Why I'm sharing this is the death of Jesus Christ is also a reminder to us as Christians Never stop doing God's will just because you're in emotional or physical pain Don't do it because you don't know how God can still use you Jesus fulfilled the greatest plan of salvation while being in physical pain Sometimes we have physical sickness or physical pain and we right away think like it's now my excuse to uptown from the will of God And just watch Netflix Physical pain is not an indication that we should give up doing God's will It's just a reminder that in my savior did it I can do it as well Can somebody say amen church as we are approaching communion today now first of all a Little logistic I want you to take a communion cup right in front of you If you're on the first pew if you can help them to distribute from the sides There's cute cups from the sides if you are sitting on the last pew The the ushers will give it to you as well So I want you to take this communion cup. Please do not open it and do not give it to your children who are not gonna be taking communion This is not a Sunday snack. This is Friday a Sunday snack if you can help me raise my microphone just a little bit Please Ryan and so I want you to just take it right now. Don't do not open it But there was two strips the first strip Opens the top which this is where you will have the waffle the first strip and the second strip We'll open the second one where there's juice inside be very gentle We are not gonna open it right now, so I know some of you like I need to test it I need to test it if it's real you will have that in just a moment But please let patients have its perfect work right now, and I want you to just hold it That's it just hold it. I want you I want to remind you our first sin as humanity had to do with eating The Bible says when Eve ate There is the verse in Genesis it says their eyes were opened and they realized they were naked I want to read to you second time someone's eyes were open Like that it was in Luke chapter 24 Verse 30 and when he was at the table with them Jesus he took bread and gave thanks Broke it and began to give it to them then their eyes were opened and they recognized him and he disappeared from their side It's almost like Jesus with communion Was undoing what Eve did with the fruit See when you add when you when we ate the fruit through Adam our eyes were open and we realized we were naked But when Jesus broke the bread he gave thanks It's exactly what happens to the communion and he gave it to them the Bible says their eyes were open But they didn't see their nakedness. They saw his glory The Bible says and they recognized him and then he vanished Communion was given to undo the sin in the garden Through eating we fell into unrighteousness and through eating We recognize our righteousness in Jesus Christ through eating Sickness was unleashed and through eating healing is unleashed Through eating all the curses came on this earth and through eating God's blessing begins to come God wants you to eat yourself into good health.  He is your glory He is your righteousness and he is your blessing can somebody say amen in Corinthians in Corinthians in First Corinthians, I'm gonna read this verse and I will come to the communion in chapter 11 Verse 23 says the following for I received from the Lord if you can help me just raise a little bit more So I could don't have to strain my voice because I'm really excited for Sunday, and I don't want to Deliver I want to deliver my message with all of my vocal cords Amen for I received from the Lord what what I have passed on to you the Lord Jesus on the night He was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks He broke it and said this is my body which is for you Do this in remembrance of me in the same way after the supper He took the cup saying this cup is the new covenant in my blood do this What whenever you drink it in remembrance of me for whenever you eat of this bread and drink of this cup You proclaim the Lord's death Until he comes so then whoever eats of the bread and drinks of the cup in an Unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and the blood of the Lord Everyone ought to examine themselves before the eat of the bread and drink of the cup. I want to point out four things first one We during communion look backwards and pastor already mentioned Israel looked forward to the coming of Jesus. We look backwards to when he came He says remember this that means during communion We take a moment and we look back at what happened on the cross and we remember what he did on the cross It's very important to always celebrate communion and remember his death Not your mistakes Jesus gives you only one thing to remember not your hurt abuse Unfortunate situation or something you've done that you feel terrible about he says if you're gonna look back I want you to only see one thing. He didn't say remember your past. He says remember my blood Remember my death so in the communion. I look back number two during communion. I also look Forward he says remember this until the Lord comes Jesus actually said during communion one time is that we will continue to eat communion And we will have that until we get to heaven and then we'll have the first thing We're gonna have in heaven is a one heavenly communion I'm pretty sure it's not gonna be plastic cups and it's not gonna have little stickers, you know to rip It's gonna be real. It's gonna be genuine and this Jesus says in heaven We will have that so each time you take communion You're actually looking forward to a time where you and your Savior is going to feast together No longer we just remembering the past but now celebrating his goodness in his presence Yes, somebody say amen number three not only we look back and we look forward number three we look around What the Bible says here Which is many times is Misinterpreted it is it says that many people take communion in Unworthy manner now. I want you to notice it does not say people who take communion are unworthy people Many times every time I came to a communion when I was a younger boy and this verse was read It was always read like this if you are unworthy and you have done something unworthy, you know That means you shouldn't take the communion it doesn't say that it says here if you take communion in Unworthy manner it doesn't say if you are the unworthy person listen this listen to this is gonna set you free What is the unworthy manner? You always want the Bible to explain the Bible not some tradition The way to always have the Bible explain the Bible is this is the rule take ten verses Above the verse you're not understanding and those ten verses or twenty verses will explain the verse You're not understanding for example many people have confusion about what is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?  It was in reference to Pharisees crediting miracles of Jesus to the devil and Jesus Responding saying you blasphemy the Holy Spirit. So in the context blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is not what you say about the Holy Spirit It's crediting miracles to the devil That's simple Because what you Bible explains the Bible and so in here we see first Corinthians chapter 11 It says this now I'm gonna read verse 17 and I want you to listen very careful This is the part that I know we skip a lot because Paul deals with the issues in Corinth Church But this is where the issue of the unworthy manner came from In the following directives I have no praise for you for your meetings do more harm than good Corinthians we're not the only ones that struggle with meetings They had meetings and Paul says your meetings do more harm than good and this is why he says in the first place I hear that you come together as a church and there are divisions among you To some extent I believe it no doubt that there have been differences that you show that you show that you have God's approval so then when you come together it is not is it not The Lord's supper that you eat for when you are eating some of you go ahead with your own private Suppers as a result a person remains hungry and another gets drunk Don't you have homes to eat and drink in or you despise the church of God by Humiliating those who have nothing what shall I say to you? Shall I praise you certainly not in this matter now? Communion in the old days were not done like this People actually you know like when you have a get-together and everyone brings something to the table That's exactly how communion were done Everyone brought something to the table the problem is the poor Christians had nothing to bring Because they were very poor. So what happened is the rich Christians constantly every time they met together They bring all the food and the poor Christians would eat all the food And that was the communion. So what the rich Christians discovered to do is they would bring the food early Eat it. So when the communion kicks in there's no communion elements and the poor people don't have anything to eat Even during communion because they didn't bring anything because they don't have anything and the rich people felt like well Finally we ate our own food and Paul is saying he's a you humiliating people who have nothing and he says you're not thinking about others He says you are eating communion in unworthy manner So eating communion in unworthy manner deals with this. How is your relationship to your fellow Christians? Because we don't have a problem with bringing food today But are you mistreating? Are you humiliating? Is your heart judge you concerning how you relate to people who are in your faith? If that is the case remember, this is the body of Christ But this is representation of the body of Christ the real body of Christ is the person sitting next to you You can't be saying I celebrate this but I tolerate you Mm-hmm.  I Can't stand you Paul is saying You are taking this in unworthy manner Actually, I'm gonna shock you the first communion that happened the Jesus initiated someone got demon possessed When Judas took the cup and the bread the Bible says Satan entered him during communion Why because Judas publicly was saying this inwardly. He was a killer He hated Jesus He had this thing where he loved money and because of that during communion instead of receiving healing like the Bible It says in here the Bible says some of you through unworthy manner get sick and weak Why because what you do toward other believers opens the door to the power of the enemy or to the power of Christ?   He says hold on with the gift Figure things out with your heart and then bring the gift to me Thank you for watching this content. 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Russia warns, Moldova can be turned into a second Ukraine. The US and its allies are looking to use the former Soviet Republic of Moldova to contain Russia and turn it into a second Ukraine, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has warned. Absolutely irresponsible, absolutely short-sightedly, the West is eyeing Moldova for the role of a second Ukraine and, unfortunately, the current Moldovan leadership is actively involved in this, Galuzin told Russia 24 Broadcaster. The government in Chisinau walks the path of a pro-Western policy, takes part in the anti-Russian policy of the US and its satellites, follows the path of initiating that same escalation in relations with Russia and Kiev did in the years leading up to its current conflict with Moscow. He pointed out, according to the diplomat, the Russian side is not doing anything to stoke tensions with the people of Moldova, a small nation of 2.6 million people sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania. Those are not our methods, he insisted. In May, the EU launched a partnership mission in Moldova. Galuzin also said the EU's mission was anti-Russian in its very essence as it is designed to further strengthen Chisinau's pro-Western course and direct the country towards confrontation with Moscow. While pursuing closer ties with the West, the country's officials are ignoring the interests of a large portion of Moldova's population who want good relations with Russia and don't believe in stories about the perceived Russian threat. Galuzin added.


Hey Gems welcome back to my channel. So I've noticed that I've gained quite a few subscribers And if you've been subscribed to my channel since day one since I started this I think back in 2017 You know that kind of been all over the place in terms of the type of content that I post Well, I figured why not post this video to give my new subscribers some insight about myself and to I guess make some clarification to my day one subscribers about what to expect going forward. So Allow me to reintroduce myself Allow me to reintroduce myself my name. My name is Jaheela I'm gonna put it up somewhere on the screen so that you all can see how it's felt because People mispronounce my name all the time and call me all kind of weird stuff, but it's Jaheela Very simple Jaheela I don't even know how people messes that up. Most of my friends call me Jah And a lot of people call me Empress hence the name Jah Empress on my YouTube channel and most of my social media handles I am a mama of three beautiful Spirits three beautiful little boys who chose me as their portal to enter this physical Existence and I am truly grateful for each and every one of them because every last one of my pregnancies and Burt has strict people and things away from me that no longer serve me and has Driven me closer to walking in my divine purpose and each one of my boys Have taught me something about myself and is continuing to teach me things about myself So I am very grateful for them and there's no way I could be to me I am today without them some of you may or may not know that I recently Left an 11 year long relationship with the father of my children due to many reasons, but the main reason being Physical and sexual abuse as much as I share about my life on social media There's a whole lot more that I don't share in fact I probably share less than a fraction of my life on these platforms So I guess I'm kind of like the most transparent private person you will meet Because I am transparent when I do share about whatever it is I'm sharing but there's a lot that I don't share because I stand by the fact that not everything is for Social media, so there's a lot of things that I just prefer to keep private and what I do choose to share I share because I want to encourage inspire and support others So there's good intentions behind everything that I do choose to share so more about me I was born and raised on the beautiful island of Sincroy. However, I've lived in Israel for five years I've lived in Florida. I've even lived in Texas for a very short time and Yeah, I've lived in Florida for four years not counting the years I went to college So if you count that it'll probably be like seven years. I don't know. I don't think the years I went to college count. Anyways, I digress. I lived in Florida for four years not not counting the years I went to college. I lived in Texas for like six months I don't know if to count that and I lived in Israel for five years much when I was much younger I think from the age of eight to twelve or so and I've lived in Ghana. That's the last place. I've recently lived I lived in Ghana for nine months and Now I'm back home on Sincroy with my family and I'm so grateful. So I turned 30 this year it's been the best solar return thus far and Unlike a lot of other women who like dread turning 30 or don't like to say their age I am proud to say I'm 30. I was like I was looking forward to turning 30 and So far this chapter so far has been so great to me So I'm just looking forward to what I'm looking forward to what my 30s gonna bring me because all I'm seen is abundance so far I am a Gemini. I'm a Gemini Sun Moon and Mercury Okay, and if you're into astrology, and if you know your natal chart, you know exactly what that means Because I'm a Gemini Sun Moon and Mercury it kind of like for me. I'm kind of like a sign Okay, I know German eyes get a batter app, you know, like not a lot of people like Gemini's But I recently had a reading with an astrologist Big up to Diedra because she's like bomb. She was like you're kind of like a sign in Like you're your own sign because of how because of the day and time I was born I can't get into all of that.  Eventually. I'm just gonna limit my interactions with you and No offense to you you haven't learned how to communicate good yet fine But I personally I'm always working on my communication and it's very important to me to communicate effectively So if you can do that and you're not trying to do better I'm gonna eventually limit my interactions with you for my own mental sanity Anyways back to more details So I enjoy my own company. I am Definitely an introvert at its finest I'm an island girl to the core in the sense that I refuse to live anywhere ever again That does not have easy access to the beach. Okay, the beach is my happy place It's where I go to feel at ease is where I go to just if I'm Feeling overwhelmed or stressed I go to the beach to just Usa take some deep breaths enjoy some vitamin D and some vitamin C and just Recover, okay, so I refuse to ever live anywhere again that do not have easy access to the beach one and have a Good quality beaches because not every beach is created equal and I can say that because I've lived in Florida So a lot of people don't notice but I do have a master's degree in accounting But I don't use it because when I was working in my field, I was completely miserable that's another thing that I learned about myself through my first pregnancy and I don't regret going to college because I do think that was part of my journey and that has helped mold and shape me into Who I am today, but I don't see myself ever working in the accounting field Permanently ever ever again. What else can I say favorite color? Y'all want to know my favorite color? I don't exactly have a favorite color, but I do love earth tone colors, and then I love Feminine colors like blush pink and I love gold like I'm like I love gold As you can see like I'm always wearing gold real or not. I'm wearing gold. I do not own I Don't think I own any silver jewelry. No, I lie. I do own one silver jewelry, which is a ring and It's a ring that my best friend bought me for my birthday like years ago, and it's the only Silver ring I ever wear so Yeah, I love gold. I love crystals as you can see I am always wearing crystals. These are crystals my Sister made these jerry. This is this is a moon stone This is colorful tourmaline, and this is Labradorite and Amazonite I have lapis lazuli. I have citrine. I have crystals all in my hair y'all like I love crystals and this is a Maldivite stone genuine grade a Maldivite stone. Okay, and I Have crystals on my waist speeds. I am always adorning crystals because I just I have many reasons why I wear crystals but one of them is just for my own sanity and protection because I pick up on people energy very easily and I kind of take on that a lot so crystals is one of the things that kind of protects my energy protects my aura and I can be very sympathetic and empathetic with people especially in birth work So This is what kind of like keeps me grounded and keeps my energy and aura protected at all times Okay, do I have any more fun facts to share? What I like to do on my spare time. I love to do yoga on my spare time journal I Now I'm just like reading a lot to I guess nourish my craft as an herbalist as an healer I love to just play music like candles burn my incense and sage and just vibe Sometimes I am very chilled and laid back when it comes to What I do when I'm by myself in terms of like hanging out Club scene like I did that I lived that in college But that lifestyle just don't serve me anymore and I have no Desire to go to the club in heels and stand up in a dark cloud crowded sweaty smoky building Like I just is I don't want to do it anymore So I'm just at a season in my life where I pretty much in a nutshell I'm at a time in my life where I am Learning to love myself in the most purest most meaningful way possible So as we know like everybody's talking about soft girl season I think people misinterpret what it means to live in a And that's all Soft girl season is just continuous self-love and self-care in every aspect and self Which if we want to get technical having a glass of wine is not self-care It's actually a coping mechanism But we're not going to get into that right now self-care is taking care of your body eating healthy Exercising drinking your water getting sunshine Self-care is getting that massage regularly whether it's weekly or bi-weekly to release all the stress and tensions that your body holds Self-care is meditating journaling tapping into your highest self self-care is leaving that man who verbally Physically and emotionally abuses you self-care is knowing that you are worthy of everything that you desire self-care is Looking in the mirror and seeing god Looking in the mirror and seeing a goddess self-care is knowing That your vitality is everything at least for me With all of that being said I just want everybody to know that I am sharing my healing journey Because I want women to know that despite everything that you've been through or going through You can take back your power and manifest the life of your dreams if y'all listen to my intro That's exactly what it says and that is exactly why I chose that song like as you all Start to learn more and more about my story a lot of you might be like wow What she went through is insane. Just wait till I share my story about how I had to leave gana Anyways My point is I want everyone to to I want to inspire others But I also want to share my story because I want y'all to see me elevate And know that you all can do the same trust me. I cry I have my moments of feeling overwhelmed and discouraged But one thing I always do Is rise back up and get shit done every time One thing I've done in the past consistently is allow people outside of myself to crush my confidence and keep me reserved And I did that for way too long like quite frankly, I'd be selling myself short But that stops now. I am tapping all the way into my goddess energy and y'all might get sick of me But I don't care because I am literally done selling myself short Which brings me to another big part of my life my passion My purpose My business gem solistic. So I started gem solistic in 2019 gem actually has A double meaning one of the meaning be One of the meaning being gem as in a gemstone but spelt with a j because we are sacred and precious as gemstones so That's pretty much the meaning behind But one of the meanings behind that word in my business gem The second meaning is actually an acronym for my name Ja empress. I just took the j from ja and em from empress And it smells gem and I did that because my business is literally a reflection of me as I mentioned earlier I take my health very Very seriously and wound wellness is extremely important to me. Which is why gem solistic is more than just a skin Care product line. It's a lifestyle gem solistic lifestyle and wound wellness is about encouraging everyone to live a healthy natural and holistic lifestyle it covers mind Body and spirit because when healing from a holistic standpoint, you have to look at the whole Not just the physical so on the gem solistic. I have natural handmade non-toxic Skin care and hair care products that you can actually trust. I have a hundred percent organic Herbal tea blends to help you heal. I sell candles palo santo sage And will soon be adding some incense and some other holistic tools Which can all be used to enhance your spiritual growth. I also offer my holistic services as a certified doula a certified wound wellness specialist a certified yoga instructor And herbalist. I'm also currently working on another project that I will be hopefully launching in September either September or October That will pretty much be a guide to help people transition into living that healthy natural holistic lifestyle because A lot of complaints that I get is that some people just say I don't know where to start So I am working on something to help you Get started and I am so excited about it. I can't wait I can't wait to launch it But anyways truth is I haven't been promoting my business the way I should Okay, I have not and you all some of you probably don't even know that I have a business because I barely Bring it up on youtube. Like I don't push my business the way I should but That stops now too. One thing I know for sure And y'all could say I'm being cocky or whatever But one thing I know for sure is that my products are top tier my products are the best And my herbal teas Are the best and they work because I know what I put into it And I know what I use to create my products and teas So I know they can't be compared to nothing else in the market They can't be compared to nothing you can go on amazon or warmmark and buy So i'm about to start speaking life into myself and my business and If you're just sick of me by all means you can unsubscribe or unfollow Because let's be clear what I do what I offer what I create cannot be replicated by anyone anytime anywhere Okay, and no offense to any of the other skincare formulators out there But When I say this when I say this I mean this like My shit is different like my stuff cannot be compared to nothing else My energy is different. My magic is intentional What I put into my creation and offerings is on a whole other level And that's because this is more than just a business to me.  I am a walking Reflection of my business. I live what I preach Okay, and anybody that know me can attest to that. I literally live what I preach So that's why what I do is different It's like I'm not even trying to be mean or you know bash anybody But what I do is different.  Okay anyways So here's what you can expect on this channel going forward I'm always going to share any aspect of my personal journey that I am called to share You know, I don't know what direction that's going to go in but I am always going to share Something pertaining to my personal life in some capacity But I'll also be sharing informational videos About pregnancy about birth about labor about wound wellness about feminine care Because that is part of the reflection of my business like wound wellness Healthy living healthy lifestyle holistic living So I'll be sharing both another thing that I will be offering or sharing on this channel soon are yoga classes, so I'll be sharing yoga flows that you can Do right in the comfort of your home following along with me And because I'm getting a lot of questions about yoga lately and although I would like to start teaching again locally I haven't gotten there in that space yet You know, I need to make connections and put myself out there to start doing that And I will eventually when that time comes but for now I am going to start recording Yoga classes and posting it posting them on my channel so that you can do it Right in the comfort of your home Until I get back out there and start teaching In person So if any of what I just said sounds like something you'll be interested in Go ahead and subscribe if you haven't already Hit that bell so that you're notified every time I upload a video And if you are if you're already a subscriber and what I just said doesn't resonate with you You're not feeling it by all means you can unsubscribe unsubscribe as well But if you want me if you want to help grow my channel I think I'm less than 300 subscribers away from 1k So if you want to help me reach that goal go ahead and subscribe Share the video with people who may also be interested in what I share And tell them to subscribe as well You can also follow me on Instagram Tiktok Facebook What else am I on I'm on snapchat, but I don't use it So yeah, instagram tiktok and facebook I'm gonna have all the links down below in the description box So um, you all can follow me on all of my social media platforms So that's about it for this long ass video, you know Um journey with me as I heal inspire Grow and glow because the title of this chapter in my life is be the energy you want to attract Be the energy you want to attract and for me That's the goddess energy All 2023 and beyond that kind of ride Goddess energy all 2023 and beyond, okay One more thing I forgot to mention if you're not already Subscribe to my website Email list my website newsletter one you get 10 off your first order when you subscribe And two I am always sending out like exclusive offers and links to private videos Like my email subscribers have perks that everybody else do not get So I highly recommend that you subscribe to my email list In fact, just recently I shared a private link to my behind the scenes labor and birth video That is not public on youtube So even if you're subscribed to me you wouldn't see that video because it's private. It's unlisted So I highly recommend that you click the link in the description box to my website And sign up subscribe to my email list so that you can enjoy those perks as well, okay To all of my melanated women protect your womb by any means necessary and to everybody watching Protect your peace by any means necessary I wish you all love Light and prosperity Y'all will see me in my next video Peace


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From the dark, bloody history of Ireland's revolt for freedom, there were many Benedict Arnold. Many a man who took the king's shilling, one of these we tell of today. The scene of his crime is Dublin and the time is tense week of rebellion in Ireland's not-so-distant past, when the underground Republican army fought for its life against the occupation police known as the Black and Tan. This is the story of the Informer. Clinging in wet from the feet, making golden ports of coal a shop window the gloom, a hulking brood of a man walks warily down an ancient Dublin street, past strollers, past soldiers, past idlers, past the singer and his tear-bringing song, past the leaded pains of Dublin shops, past the pause suddenly riveted before a poster on a brick wall. Twenty pounds, twenty pounds reward, wanted for murder. Frankie McPhilip, they want him, why he did dirty, twenty pounds for Frankie. He cares down the poster, but the words tear at his brain. Twenty pounds for murder, my friend, Frankie McPhilip got saved. Twenty pounds from the crown, why he did dirty. Down Dublin's ancient street in the fog, strolls the towering darkness of a man. And after him, dogging his heels relentlessly, blown by the wind, follows the torn, tattered scrap of paper that was a poster on a brick wall, wraps itself around its ankles, he stops near the window of a travel agency and speaks to a girl who has walked out of the gloom. Gifford! Ah, Gifford, I can tell by the look of you, it's no use.  Ten pounds to America, information within. Ten pounds to America, twenty pounds and the world is ours. What are you saying that for? Saying what for? Twenty pounds? What are you driving at? Ah, Gifford, what's the matter with you? Twenty pounds might as well be a million.  Hey, Gifford, too good for me, eh, well let me tell you something. You're no better than any other man.  Ah, Katie, I didn't mean that. Go along with you and your fine principles. I can't afford it. Katie! Back into the gloom fades the bedraggled hungry woman, and slowly, carefully from behind Gippo, into the little island of light, comes the face on the poster. Gippo man! I'm lucky to be finding you here. Man, what is it? What are you staring at? Nothing, Frankie, but you came up to me so suddenly. I guess I'm getting jumpy. I don't know if there's a price on my head, twenty pounds. Six months is a long time, my boy, to be on the run. So I said to myself, I'll sneak into town and see my mother, and I'll duck right out again, and here I am. Did you deliver my message? Now what did my mother say? Oh, she blessed the things she would have liked.  Well, I was that hungry, me sir, that I spent it. Ah, you big lover. Stop with her way of giving it to you.  The Lord knows why. Let's come over here. What are you gawking at? Is there something queer about me? No, Frankie, you see, I've been caught marshals. Man, what for? Ah, you remember the ten to kill Queen Karen? We do lots for it, and I got the short match. I couldn't kill him, Frankie. He swore he deserved it if I let him go. And you believed him. What could come of that galliculate? Oh, he nearly applied me when I went back to the port. Now, the British think I'm with the Irish, and the Irish think I'm with the British.  Never, you'll mind me, Buckle. We'll be together again. Wait and see like the old days. It's your help I need now. I've looked you up first thing to find out of the tent and still watching me mother's house. It's a regard. Not since Christmas. Good. I'm on. If I get a chance, I'll see Gallagher and I'll put a word in for you. Up the rebels, me boyos! Up the rebels! 10 pounds to America. He wants to see you, sir. Let him come in. Yes, sir. Go in, you. Yes? Well, I... It was like this. I... Well, speak up. Well, I... What do you want to say? Well, I've come for... I've come to claim the reward. The 20 pounds for Frankie McPhilip. Mary, the bread is that fresh. I can't cut it. Look at the crumbs it makes. Mother. Mary. My boy, my boy. Oh, Frankie. Praise be to God you've come back to. Save your praises for this fog that's upon his mother. It's the best friend I have this night and me dodging down dark streets to get here. Ah, I was so homesick to see you. I'd have walked down the middle of a connoisseur just to get a glimpse of the two of you. I'm a shammish, I'm sure you must be starving. Frankie, you shouldn't have come. It's not safe.  I've been with the fog and I'm up with the fog and nobody will be the wiser. You're sure nobody's seen. That's my old pal, Gippo Nolan. You see, I had to find out if the pans had a guard in the house. Now you have a nice cup of tea. He can do all your talking after work. No. Open up, we've got you, McPhilip. Go on, Frankie. Don't stop, Ron. No. No! They call sir about McPhilip. He was just killed trying to escape, sir. Thank you. There, the 20-pound reward. You'd better count it. Show him out the back way. Thanks. Come on, out you go. I've got to have a plan now. I've got to have a plan. Ah, Chibble, I'm your brain. You can't think without me. You're lost. You're lost, big fine friend. No, no, the devil takes it. Oh, I need a drink. Yes, a double whiskey. Gifford. What do you want to be sneaking up behind a man like that for? I'm sorry, I blew up on you. Like that out in the street, I mean. Ah, Gifford, you know how I love you. I got it. I did it for you. You did what? Never mind. There's your change. Gifford, where did you get that money? Look at it. And not an hour ago you hadn't a penny to warm your pocket.  What are you saying that for? Or did you rob a church or what? Ah, that's it. You mean that you robbed a church? Yes. No, no, no, he wasn't a church. He was a sailor of an American ship. I went to him at the back of Cassidy's pub on Jerome Street. But if he say a word, he'll get me into trouble. Who, me? What do you take me for? An informer? What do you talk about informing for? Gifford. Oh, who's an informer? Gifford. Oh, don't be saying things like that. What's the matter here? Ah, he did it. It's all right, Barney. Let him alone. He didn't mean any harm. Oh, come on, Gifford. Let's get out of here. Look out for the blind man, Gifford. Here, we'll get a cab. Ah, wait, wait. Bad luck to put him past. Here, you. Thank you. Thank you. And may God bless you. Gifford. Oh, he knew me. Gifford. You gave him a pound note. That's the difference.  And I'll be there as soon as I can. Ah, but, Gifford, where are you going? I just remembered something. They'll be wondering whether I'm not there already. Who? Where? Ah, thank you. It's Mother and Sister. I've got to go to the wake. Are they all up there? Thanks, lad. What could he about the poor boy, Frankie? It is easy seen that it was the work of an informer. He's sure. It is the work of an informer. Thank you, my son, my friend. I'm sorry for your trouble, Mrs. McPherson. What are you shouting for? Don't you know there's a wake going on? Let him alone, Bartley. Sure he was a friend of my dead son. Well, the same. You should show more respect for the dead. I'm sorry.  You dropped some coins, Gifford. Let him alone. Sure I was only trying to give them back to you, Mr. Norland. I swear by all that's holy, I warned him not to keep away from the house. Heavens, Gifford. There's no one suspect you. Ah, you've been very good to me, Mrs. McPhilip. I'm sorry for your trouble. There, there. Maybe a few coins will help you. Why, Gifford? Thanks. But we thought to it. I, I, I came into a little something, Mary, a little something. You know, I wasn't something then. I'll be going down with you, Gifford. Man alive, what are you hurrying for? Who's hurrying?  It's a free country and a man can ask questions without all this gossip around, especially from an old pal. Are you working now? No.  Sure you can't blame me and Bartley for taking an interest in you for all time, Gifford. Say it as how you were one of us at one time. You don't seem to be in the need of money tonight, Gifford.  I'll teach you to dug me. What, Bartley? What's wrong, boys? What are you up to? He suspects me. Suspect you of what? I didn't say anything, Bartley.  You did both of you. I know you're Bartley Mulholland and Tommy Connors. Your gully goes right in, man, and I'll just...  Are you mad? Don't you know there are people listening? Well, then, don't be accusing me. Come on, then. Let's be getting out of here. No, Commandant Gallagher wants to see you. Well, I'm not going. You're not scared of the Commandant, are you? Scared? I'm not scared of the finest man that was ever well. Good. Come on, then, Gifford. This way. Fine whiskey. Nothing like the King's whiskey, Dan. Danny, there isn't anything I wouldn't do for you. Anything. It's nice to be friendly, Gallagher. I go through five years. Who informed on Frankie McPhillip? Wait, wait, wait. I'll tell you, Danny. It was that rat, Mulligan. Mulligan? Mulligan, the tailor. Yes, it was the grudge. Yes, he had a grudge against Frankie. It was a... Oh, it's a long, long story. There's another little drink in the bottom of the bottle. Take it.  Come on, now, Gifford. What grudge are you talking about? The grudge? Oh, the grudge. Yeah, the sister. Mulligan's sister and Frankie, you know. So Mulligan got so... He informed on him. I see. Yeah, I saw him going to the time court this tonight. What time? Time? Oh, eight o'clock. Half past six. Well, are you taking me back, Danny, goodbye? If your statement checks, you'll get back. I'll be a court of inquiry tonight at half past one at the ammunition dump. Oh, Bartley, take him up. Hey, before I body me, boy, you'll find me a cakey mat. All right, sure I'm out, boys. In a moment, we will continue with the second part of Academy Award. Have you ever come across a bed of fresh green mint on a summer's day? 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RKO are also producers of Batman's Territory starring Randolph Scott with Lawrence Tierney as Jesse James. And now the House of Squib presents part two of Academy Award, starring Victor McLaughlin, Margot Graham, Wallace Ford, and J. M. Carrigan in The Informer. Mary, darling, I had to see you. Oh, Mary, I love you. I love you, dear. Oh, when is this trouble going to end? Just killing and more killing. It's hard on you women, I know. You're braver than we are. But it's Ireland, Mary. Dan, why did you come? Mary, we have to find The Informer that gave Frankie away. Tell me, did Frankie think he was followed when he came home tonight? Nobody saw him. Only his friend, Giffle Nolan. He said he had to see him first to find out whether or not he was a guard on our house. Where did he see him? That's... Oh, let me see. In the street before the travel agency. I see you. Did he mention a man named Mulligan? No, I'm sure not. Call of times in the neighborhood. Thanks. Goodbye, Mary. Oh, there's a court of inquiry at one o'clock. I'll be back for you. Slip out the back way and meet me. I will, dad. Take care of yourself. Oh, you have a lovely voice. A sweet voice. Even the birds are still.  Ain't me up to gettin' to Katie yet? Ah, no, there you go. There you go. Talkin' about Katie and we havin' a fine little jamboree. No, don't worry about your little Judy. She'll be always on the streets. Never fear. Yes, what did you do? Hey, let's go. Let's go. You have big stiff. Your throat can be dazzled. That's what you have. Your throat is a fiddler's dog.    That's all you have. You're drunk. And your last penny is spent. And I know for the youth for you, Mr. Gippo Nolan. It's so factual.  I got a roll of bills one right here, see? Oh, be the holy. Where did you get it, Gippo? There's enough there to choke a horse. And me jokin' about it a few minutes ago.  And it descended the kings. Here's my hand on it, Gippo. The hand of a man that's loyal and true.  I'm going to find Katie. What do you want? Where's Katie? What do you suppose he wants, old Harrodon? He wants a drink. You'll get no drink here, you foreshort climber. Why don't you go back to the gutter where you belong?   Oh! I suppose you think we have no money. Sure, Gippo. Oh, good boy. I want to go back home away from Alde. And where's your home? Near London. And how much will he cost to get there? Oh, just a minute. Here, take it all. Gippo! Gippo!  And let's have a drink. Drink for everybody! Five or seven and four is eleven. Eleven pounds. Come on. It's almost time. We've got to go. It's almost time. We've got to get him to the inquiry. Now, gentlemen, I want you to drink to the healthy King Gippo, as brave as a lion and as strong as a bull. I go through fire and water for him, and he do Gippo for me.  Money scattered like snuff out of way. And who may I ask as the impertinence to tell me and Gippo to shut up? Come on, Gippo. Comedian Gadigar is waiting. Time for the inquiry. Peter Mulligan, do you recognize the authority of this court? I do. Heaven knows. You have assisted? Yes. But she is married and lives in America. She's lying! Lying! Just a minute, Gippo. You'll have your turn. It's not for me to condemn you, Gippo. Maybe you're not responsible. Why, bless you. What do you mean? What are you driving at? Sit down! The rest of your testimony has been proven correct, Mulligan. Now, do you bear any man a grudge? I bear no one a grudge. On me also. No grievance against Frankie McPhilip? The Lord have mercy on me. What for? Where were you at half past six tonight? Well, I was walking to my home, and I passed Kerrigan going the other way. Kerrigan, did you meet Mulligan at half past six tonight? Or you did too? That's all. You'll be taken home, Mulligan, in the car that brought you. I'm sorry this had to happen. Show him out, Kerrigan. Sit down. Mary, will you stand, please? Thank you. Will you repeat what Frankie told you when he came home tonight? He said he met Gippo in the street. Said he had to make sure there was no guards at our home. Is that true, Gippo? If not, why did you shout at the wake that you'd warned him to stay away from the house? Why did you lie about Mulligan? Were you drunk? Or what? Well, I... I take it a little drop. It may be true. And what did you do after leaving Frankie? Well, suppose I don't tell you. And what are you going to do? Do it yourself. Well, I... I'm all mixed up. Where did you get all the money you spent? I can't make nothing up, Danny. I'm drunk. I'm drunk. I spent two pounds in the fish and chips. He broke a pound in Ryan's. He gave a blind man a pound. Two pounds went for drinks. Five pounds to some woman. Four pounds to another woman called Aunt Betty. And you sent five pounds to Keetie Madden. And that makes just 20 pounds! Ah, me... me head is sore, Danny. I'm drunk. I'll tell you. Where did you get the 20 pounds? Now tell us. I can't remember nothing. Who was the informer? I... I... Well, I didn't know what I was doing. I didn't know what I was doing, Danny. Take him away. With this fog? Come on, lads. He mustn't get away. What if you don't find him? I'd die if I lost you two. I'm not thinking about myself. It's all the others. The movement. It's Ireland. That poor soul knows so blasted much. Boy, there's only something we could do.  Come on, Dad. She wants to see you. Insist on seeing you. Who? Who? Who? He won't talk to a soul of us. I'm Katie Matten. I'm Gifo Nolan's girl.  I'd come to beg of young Minnie. He didn't know what he was doing. Ah, you can't hurt him if you know how it was. I shamed him for his poverty and blamed him for mine and put him the idea into his head. Leave him go, come on, Dad. I can't, Katie. You know what he did. There's a dead boy lying down the street. They're asking something that's not within me power. He'll never harm you again. Do you think the tans will let him alone now? They'll drag everything he knows out of him. His own fear will drive him to them and make him a weapon to destroy us all. All I ask is mercy. I'll take him away, please. Where is Gifo now? He's in my room. On the other side of the church. Come on, Bartley. Tell the others. Wouldn't you be giving him a chance? One chance! I'm sorry, Katie. I can't. Gifo! He's in humor. How can he walk with all those bullets in him? He won't get away. He's going into the church. We've got to surround it now. Dad, nice to see you. Gifo. It was I that informed on your son, Mrs. McPhilip. Forgive me. Gifo, I forgive you. You didn't know what you were doing. You didn't know what you were doing. Frankie! Frankie!  Disease strikes at millions of helpless victims. But medical science is constantly finding new ways to track down and wipe out this most feared of all public enemies. 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STINK TECH AWAY, CIVIL ENGAGEMENT LIVES HERE. Oi, you're really in store for this one. Don't abuse me. This is Stink Tech. It's at 4 p.m. on a given Friday. Cynthia Thies with us. She's an international prosecutor, but at the moment she's the executive director of a nonprofit, I think, operating in Kona called Project Expedite Justice. Welcome to the show, Cynthia. I can hardly wait for our discussion. Thank you, Jay. Okay, so let's start with your experience at the Hague. The Hague criminal, what is it? Hague International Criminal Court. That's right. The International Criminal Court located in the Hague. Very exotic. They make movies about things like that. That's right. And you were sitting there in Kona one day and somehow you connected with them and you became a prosecutor for the International Criminal Court in the Hague, which is in Holland, somewhere. Yes. In the Netherlands. That's right. It's about 50 minutes outside of Amsterdam. That's a good city. Yes. It is a good city. So how did you do that? So my story is that I'm a regular line prosecutor. I was a deputy prosecutor in Kona-Hoye with the County of Hoye and I was hitting my 10-year mark. And I knew I really loved international travel and I loved prosecution. But I started to question the whole theory about, well, for prosecuting one murderer, for one victim, how productive would this be over the course of my life? And one of my oldest friends told me, you need to look at the tribunals. And so on my own free time, this was not part of my repertoire in law school. You didn't study criminal things in law school. I didn't study international criminal law because I went to school before the Rwandan genocide happened. So that really became the big push and the explosion. How did it woke you up to international issues? Is that it? Well, it woke the law up. It didn't wake me up. I was still in law school and finishing and actually in civil practice at that time with Carol. Yeah, yeah. Carol Manly. Hi, Carol. Hi, Carol. Exactly. So, but the body of law really began to develop in 1994 after the Rwandan genocide happened and after they set up that tribunal. So I started to just look online at the international criminal court and the various international tribunals that were out there, such as Cambodia, the court for the former Yugoslavia. And I came across the ICC, the International Criminal Court. And what really struck me about that particular court was that it really, truly was international. We work in a prosecutor's office with lawyers from, it was like 60 countries at the time I started in 2007. But we have to know how you got there. How I got there is I did in the— Yeah, so you're sitting in Kona. Yes. And you studied this on the net. You looked at— I read transcripts between my hearing. I read transcripts. Oh, you really got involved, you know. Yes.  Well, when you're sitting in a court and waiting for your case— That's when you do it. Yeah. I was reading transcripts and sort of teaching myself about how the court operated and what pleading there really meant. Okay. And it really made it very accessible. And then there came a moment when you filed an application from right here in Hawaii to the Hague. That's right. That's right. I applied online. Yeah. No prompting. There's no implementation of a network. And I just applied. It's straight online. And of course, like many things that happen in our lives, you forget about it, and then someone calls you. And it reminds you. Exactly.  You do a written exam on basics in French. In English, I—you say— No. You do your written exam in English. Okay. You take a very preliminary French test just to say hello. Okay.  And that's what they use to fly people out, where you plead in person, you meet the prosecutor. And that's actually, I think, what made my position possible. Well, if your interview with them is anything like your interview with me, I can see exactly how that happened. That's very kind of you. But in all seriousness, the prosecutor asked me one thing, which I have—that stayed with me my whole life. And he said, you're from Hawaii. It's a beautiful place. And Luis Moreno Acampo is a larger-than-life figure. He said, why on earth do you want to move here? It's raining, rain is pelting, horrible weather. And I really wanted to do the work. The focus of the work at the court are mass atrocities defined as crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. So the subject matter is very rich. In the states, they give you a case as a prosecutor consisting of one individual. At the court, you work on a country, and that's your case. So it was very different going from the disorganized crime, as I call it, that one-season cona, to a militia leader, to a head of state, to a former vice president. It's really a very different equation. Oh, sure. I can just see. If I knew you then, I would call you and say, Cynthia, what did you do today? I prosecuted war crimes and war criminals in bulk. Yes. Okay. I can't say I've ever done anything like that. But you do, Ed. How was it, though? What kind of experience did you have over there? That's very rich. I have to say that I've never worked harder in my life. It's very complicated in a way that, you know, in the U.S. as a prosecutor, there's minimal oversight. You try your case as you see fit. And in the international sphere, there's a diplomacy aspect, because we need cooperation from states to conduct investigations. And we need—so there's a diplomatic element that really doesn't exist. Investigations. Do you go into the country where this crime took place and personally investigate Cynthia? Yes. Do you have a bodyguard? No. There's a security unit that exists. And of course, there's a standard witness protection regime that is in place. And oftentimes, Jay, it's not simply possible to go and visit the scene for those same reasons. You might choose to operate in a country that's within the region, let's say. And so your witnesses aren't exposed and the investigation can be done safely. Now, the interesting question that has come up in many of my cases is, where does the trial occur? The court is seated in the Hague, so that's the— It's a very old building, right? Brand new, actually. Brand new? Yes, they have got a new building. OK. With a new budget. Maybe it has a budget. Yes. So the question is always, do we have the trial in the Hague, or do we have it in situ in the country? And so that was always a very interesting issue. You mean it could be one or the other? That's right. And how do you protect people? How do you protect your transcripts? How do you protect your equipment? And all of these logistical things that we simply have the luxury of not thinking about here in Hawaii. So let me go back a little bit. The investigation is everything. And just a few days ago, we had Thay Un-Bek, who is a professor at UH Law School, specializes in human rights and more specifically in enforced disappearance. And he talked about—and he works for the UN, he works for Human Rights, specifically a work group about enforced disappearance, and they investigate. He goes to Europe and they investigate these cases. And you were saying before the show that the quality of the investigation is so important, you've got to follow certain protocols. What are those protocols? What's a good investigation? What's a bad one? Well, I'll give you a really simple concept. So in the U.S., we talk a lot, at least in criminal cases, about chain of custody and about the authenticity, basically, of our evidence. You would agree, correct? Yeah. So that's something that a documenter that works in the field wouldn't necessarily know. If you're investigating a crime, sure, they'll take down a statement. We like it organized in a certain manner. We also like to put—make sure that the witnesses' psychosocial care is attended to before we speak to them, that they are fit for purpose, as we say. And then we extract the information. We also follow a very strict regime of chain of custody for anything that we might gather. That's a very simple example of a form, essentially, that is common in our legal systems, but perhaps not so common to an average person who is trying to document human rights in a very remote area that might not have paper, that might not have pens, let alone a computer or other luxuries, I would say. But there are similarities, too. This sounds like—with changes in protocols and best practices and all that, it sounds like a prosecution that might take place anywhere. Yes. You have evidence. Yes. You have a defendant. Does the defendant in the criminal court—the International Criminal Court—have the right to remain silent? Yes. Does he have the right to get warnings before he speaks to you? Yes. Does his issues come up the way they do in the U.S.? Yes. It's called an Article 52 warning, actually, 55-2. And it is very similar to what we would define as Miranda rights here. You have the right to counsel, the right to remain silent, the right to be informed of what you're accused of before you elect to make a statement. So you go into the courtroom, whether the courtroom is in some country in Africa or— Yes. So far, they've never held a trial outside of the Hague, but my point is that the request is oftentimes made. And the question arises as to whether or not it makes the court more accessible to the populations that have suffered. They want to see justice. They want to see it delivered. And sometimes—or the argument has been made—that having it regionally would improve access. Improve risk, also. Yes, exactly. That's why we're always like, no, no, no, we must have the security of the building. What about publicity? What about, you know, the image of the court and the court's proceedings and results to the people in the country in Africa? Do they hear about it? Yes. An outreach program that's attached to the graphé or the registrar, as we would think about them, the court clerk's office here in Hawaii, that is responsible for conducting outreach in those particular communities. And I can say also that the prosecutor's office also has their own media branch, separate, of course, from our legal work, where the prosecutor, Madame Ben-Suda, goes out and speaks to the population— Ah, good. —or representatives. Good. What's the percentage of cases—well, give us some numbers. How many cases does the International Criminal Court, you know, handle in a given year? And what's the percentage of convictions? Well, that's a pretty interesting question. I can say over the lifetime of the court that it was established in July of 2002. Since then, I think approximately 35 indictments, if I'm not mistaken, have been issued. Obviously, indictments— But that does not meet—yes. Which is quite different from ours here. It's more of a speaking indictment, sort of similar to a pre-trial brief, longer in nature than what we are used to, I think, in most U.S. jurisdictions. But at any rate, the indictment's issue, the question becomes, how do you use your diplomacy efforts to apprehend the suspect? Sure. You've got extradition issues, no? Exactly. Don't you need his or her body? Don't you need to have him in custody? Exactly. So, in one of my first cases involving a suspect, his name was Jean-Pierre Bimba. He was committed crimes in the Central African Republic, but was located in Brussels. And lucky for us, the Belgian authorities are extremely cooperative and organized and he was apprehendable. The same does not hold true for perhaps heads of state that have fly here and there destination hosts, if you can call them, you know, choose not. He'll protect them, yeah. Exactly. So, it really is dependent, unlike I think our system here, it really is dependent on cooperation. There's simply no international police force, if you want to call it that. Interpol, no? Well, that's one extraneous arm, or external arm, if you want to call it that. But the court itself does not have a police force. The court works for the United Nations? It's separate. Separate. Not controlled or funded by the United Nations? No. It's funded by the state's parties, i.e. the countries who support the court and ratified it in their home jurisdictions and signed the multilateral treaty, which is called the Rome Statute, because it was negotiated in Rome. OK, I hope you guys are making notes of this, because there's going to be an exam for any Rome Statute. So, you learned stuff you would never have learned in Kona. You learned about things like Ai Weiwei and human flow. You learned about the dark side of our planet. What kinds of cases did you handle were on your desk during the seven years you were there? My first case, as I mentioned, involved a gentleman by the name of Jean Pierre Bimba, and it involved crimes where he helped a president of the Central African Republic who was being overthrown. So the president calls upon Mr. Bimba for assistance, and he had his own militia, and they went to the Central African Republic, and allegedly, and I say that allegedly, quelled the population. What that means in layman's terms is, essentially, how do you quell a population?   That's your instruction. Your instruction, your order, your failure to punish, depending on if you're looking at command responsibility. But I must say that I worked on the pre-child part of the case and constructing it, sort of centralizing the topic as rape as a weapon of war, if you will. It did go to trial, and I believe several months ago that the conviction, in the case in chief, was overturned. Oh, no! It was overturned. Why, an appellate court somewhere. Yes. So there's an appellate court in the International Criminal Court. There is. That's right. And that's—it's also in the Hague. Yes. However, there was a case that followed that afterwards, and it was called an Article 70 case, or what we commonly refer to in the U.S. as an obstruction of justice. That can mean you tamper— We have that in the U.S. Yeah, a bit of witness tampering. I can cite you examples, but not here, not now. I'm sure you can. So, Mr. Bimba's Article 70, his tampering case, remains solid. It is pending appeal. Everything is appealed. Everything. Oh, this happens regularly in cases in the Hague. Yes. Every issue is possibly appealed, is appealed. It's very paper-dense, as I would say. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And the defense is well-funded, usually, by governments and the like. Well, they are funded by either—just like it is here. We have an office that provides for representation. Sometimes you have inadequate resources, so that is an option that's available. They are always provided with the defense, or they can bring in their own—at their own expense, of course, just like it is here. So it goes to the appellate court on somewhat evidentiary issue, or what happened in the case you were talking about? What was the point of reversal? The point of reversal was actually that they found the weight of the evidence as assessed by the trial bench. We plead to three judges. Wow, the weight of the evidence. Yeah, that they disagreed with that. That's a very simple way of putting it, but that's basically what it would sound to you. Wow, that sounds very European to me. The weight of the evidence, it doesn't usually happen in the U.S. No. You allow the trier effect to have his day— That's right. —her day. That's right. And we leave it to the trier effect in the U.S. to assess the credibility of the witness, the manner in which they speak, the delivery, if you will, of the information. Now, had he been convicted? Well, he was convicted. Oh, thank you. But they were reversed. Had the conviction stuck? Okay. Now, he had been apprehended, right, by the European authorities? By the Belgian authorities. By the Belgian authorities. And he appealed there? Presumably he was in jail rather than on a bail bond arrest. That's right. He was in Schreveningen. That's our jail. Schreveningen. Schreveningen, Schreveningen, which is what, the Hague's jail? It's actually—you're right. I love this. You have a jail. It's a Dutch jail. A Dutch jail. That rents space to the tribunals, be it the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, be it the International Criminal Court, and their house there for their pre-trial detention. Had his conviction stuck, this guy, this first case you talked about, what would have happened? And he had been awarded a term of imprisonment. Of 18 years, I believe. 18 years. Oh, that's the way it came out, yeah. Where would he have been imprisoned? Well, that's a really interesting question, because it's generally outsourced. So what happens, a lot of times, is people will negotiate for—I wish to serve my sentence in ex-country—near the country club. Yeah. Whoever has the best conditions. So there are particular destinations that people will pick. As a prosecution—or as a member of the prosecution team, we don't participate in that. But it is a very interesting question that I'm oftentimes asked. I would also like to add that the court does not adhere to a death penalty. We have a maximum cap, despite the horrific nature of the crimes, of 30 years. Well, in 30 years, you usually figure somebody gets straight somehow. But you've had—you've seen cases that are really horrendous, horrific war crimes, kinds of mass murder cases. War crimes against humanity, they're basically the same. And that's where they would go. They would go to that court, yeah. Yes. They would go under certain circumstances. The jurisdiction of the court is largely temporal, it's personal, and it's largely dictated by the countries who ratified the Rome Statute, ratified it in their home jurisdiction. So a common question that I'm asked is, well, what about Syria? And the simple fact is that the court does not have jurisdiction over Syria. Because— Because the UN secured—because it's not a state party, they did not sign the treaty. And the only door that's available to them is the UN Security Council. And if you reflect on the composition— It's fairly political, isn't it? Exactly. Yeah. And divided interests, I might add. Yeah. A lot of— So you're going to get some people who push for a referral and others that don't. Historically, the UN Security Council referred the case of Sudan's president, Al-Bashir, and referred the case—you might remember Qaddafi from Libya. How could I forget? Exactly. Exactly. So they referred those two cases—unfortunately, Mr. Qaddafi— Maqé. Exactly. He got a different sort of punishment, if you will, before the court really was seized of jurisdiction. So you think the court's going to get more powerful in the years to come? Will it have greater resonance and respect around the world, or is it always under attack on sovereignty, jurisdiction, and credibility? I'd like to think that the court will survive. It's a new marker. It's only been in existence since 2002. The second thing is that the court—this is the first time in humanity, which is the whole reason I'm so engaged in this topic—that courts have really—that there's a home for multiple states. So when an issue does arise, the court could react. So over time, we might find that the court gathers more cases, more interests, by the world community. That's right. They've recently been seized of the Rohingya issue through jurisdiction in Bangladesh. Because the Rohingya minority population would flee to Bangladesh. So the court will be starting—I believe that investigation is— So if I'm a complaining party and I feel that there have been crimes against humanity, crimes that fall within the purview of the Hague International Criminal Court, and these crimes took place in the United States—that's my position on things—and involved the United States government hypothetically. And I came to the Hague and I said, I want to file a complaint. I want this to be heard in the Hague International Criminal Court. What would happen? For crimes that occurred within the U.S. territory? Yes. Nothing. Congress—well, I should say that there is what was commonly referred to as the Anti-Hague Act. Anti-Hague? Yes. Where we—the staff members of the International Criminal Court are not allowed to conduct investigations on U.S. soil and are not allowed to participate, which, I don't know, trickles down to there are not being very many Americans that work at the court, because we're not a state party. We don't pay the rent, so to speak.  It's something biblical about seven years. And I hope—truly hope—that you will either come back and talk to us some more about it, or that you will write it up in some way, if you haven't already, so we can all, you know, have that experience through your eyes. Can you do that, Cynthia? Sure, of course. All right. We can take a break. When we come back, we're going to talk about life in the project Expedited Justice in Kona, Hawaii. Same person. We'll be right back. Aloha. I'm Wendy Lowe, and I'm coming to you every other Tuesday at 2 o'clock live from Think Tech, Hawaii, and on our show, we talk about taking your health back. And what does that mean? It means mind, body, and soul. Anything you can do that makes your body healthier and happier is what we're going to be talking about, whether it's spiritual health, mental health, fascia health, beautiful smile health, whatever it means, let's take healthy back. Aloha. Aloha. I want to invite all of you to talk story with John Wahee every other Monday here at Think Tech, Hawaii. And we have special guests like Professor Colin Moore from the University of Hawaii who joins us from time to time to talk about the political happenings in this state. Please join us every other Monday. Aloha. Ah, we are having a smoking good time here today. We are. John Lowe with Cynthia Tai, a lawyer, a prosecutor, a European prosecutor, if you will, for the Hague International Criminal Court, and now back home to Kona yet again.  Everybody has this level of awareness and you do because of your experiences. So you create, and you are the executive director, a project expedited justice. Yes. And we're going to try to find the parallels between chapter one and the Hague and chapter two back in Kona. That's fair. So I will tell you, I reflected a lot about my experience at the International Criminal Court and really how could we do things better? So that more, we could have more contemporary evidence collection by civil society members in each of these areas. Many times they collect things and we just can't use them. So really, my effort is to make the cases stronger, to provide more evidence on our issues. So it's an investigatory organization? It's investigatory, but also what we try to do is we file legal briefs. We do, I'll give you an example. Amicus briefs like that? No. So what we do is we do what we call jurisdictional mapping. So if I'm a particular country, what treaties did I sign? What courts could I possibly go to if a crime were to occur on this territory? So we looked to national, of course, national courts. What do they have available? You're doing this out of Kona. Yes. I get that right? That'll be on the exam too. This is a short exam. Kona, but with consultants just about everywhere, I will say. All right. Yeah. I can't convince everybody to come to Kona. So it's a global effort. It's very much a global effort. And I'm very much the outlier, I have to say, living in Hawaii, but we do run the organization from Kona. Yeah. Well, we do have the internet. Yes. We do have the internet. And it's called Project Expedite Justice. That's right. That's right. So people can look and they can see that. Yes. And they can see what you're doing and what you're covering. Right. So we take very much a victim-centered approach where we do no harm. We're very careful about our victims. And we really try to serve the populations that don't have a voice. So we take a look at the national avenues that might be available. We take a look at the regional mechanisms, which we don't think about so much in the U.S. But the U.S. has not had a statute to bow out either. That's right. They're within your ambit and that's the way it is. So for example, in Africa, we have the AU courts. There's a child court. There's a court for human rights in Benjul, the Gambia.  So you know, are you going to file it or are you going to just advise or are you going to investigate it and write it up somehow? What we do is we are very driven by capacity-building. So we're trying to leave the population with a better sense of knowledge. And we assist them with the investigation and we write the brief. So we are training side-by-side along with our investigators on the ground, who don't many times are often deprived of the opportunity to go to school or to have, you know, a law background or to have these luxuries that we oftentimes take for granted here. So this would be in a court in another country. Would it be also in the Hague court? It could be, yes. So we could trigger what we call an Article 15 submission to the International Criminal Court. Just a complaint. It's a request for them to open investigation. Okay. Yeah. And we, what we are in essence saying is we meet your jurisdictional limits. We've got a crime against humanity here. It occurred someplace where there is jurisdiction. And we map it. We might map that out. You're not the only one, are you? What I mean is there are other Project Expedite Justice organizations elsewhere in the world, are there? There they are. But I have to say that it's a very novel and innovative approach. What I think what distinguishes Project Expedite Justice or PEJ is the fact that all of our consultants have worked at a tribunal. So we're all very… Consultants, you make that sound like they're all over the world, are they? They are. Okay. Not Justin Bono. No, no, no. I am the only representative in Kona. So we are looking at different, we approach it as a trial lawyer would. How would this be scrutinized by the defense? How is this going to be looked through from the lens of the law in essence? So interesting because you were prosecuted before, clearly defined as a prosecutor. Both in your first life in Kona and then in the Hague. And now you're actually dealing with the same issues, except that you're not a prosecutor, you're a facilitator of some of them. I'm a facilitator and I also am a, I don't know, a filer, a brief filer, if you will. We have submitted an expert brief. We've submitted communications in the regional bodies that I just spoke about. So how is it going? I mean, are you able to get the information you need through, you know, your resources and collaborators sufficient to go to a court, even in a country where the courts may not be completely above board, and get them to recognize that complaint, get them to act on it? Well, oftentimes, Jay, in these countries, the national efforts might be considered futile and that's actually the legal standard that's applied. So for example, it's just simply not productive to file a complaint, because they might discriminate against all women, for example. And if— Not going to help anybody. Exactly. So that's kind of your jurisdictional hurdle. You plead that. You say that, you know, if I were to file in this national jurisdiction, it would be futile. So then where do you go when that happens? Regional, international. You might also consider, which I think is actually the next set, if you will, or the next set of waves, corporate malfeasance. So you might look at who's funding these—who's making the bombs? Who's making the missiles? Oh. Yeah, it gets very— Why am I thinking of Yemen? Never mind. Exactly. So that's a different—a very creative and innovative way of looking at the business of war. Okay. XYZ Company. Uh-huh. It's an Italian company, and they make bombs, really awful, destructive bombs that are used in Yemen, and they're selling just as much—well, at least a substantial number of bombs to Yemen, as we are selling munitions to Yemen, I mean to Saudi Arabia, and to be used in Yemen. I'm sorry, not to Yemen, but to be used in Yemen. So we know that XYZ Company, Italian Company, has a bank account in Lower Manhattan. Uh-huh. Could you do anything about that? You could probably cut under the Office of Foreign Asset Control. You might be able to say, if you're able to define that it's within U.S. policy interests to sanction a particular company, and more importantly, a company is individuals, so you'd have to name the responsible individuals. You could file a complaint. So you're really not limited. You could go to any jurisdiction in the world. No, and—well, you'd have to have some jurisdiction. In your example—and actually it's a true story—there is an Italian manufacturer that has been—a complaint was lodged against them for corporate malfeasance, essentially, very similar to the facts that you mentioned. So it does happen. And that complaint was filed in the Italian Judicial System. The Italian Judicial System. Okay. Exactly. So you could pick your venue, but you could—you have lots of choices. That's right. Oftentimes, I refer to it as a deck of cards. And I think about, if these are my deck of cards, how would I play my cards? So could I go to a national jurisdiction? Could I go to a regional mechanism? Could I go to an international—the international criminal court? Or should I be looking at the financiers? And I think that's really the contemporary issue that is the next set, if you will, of how we look at the intersection between finance and human rights. This is fabulous, that you can actually get traction on the—actually do something about it. I mean, horrendous things happen in the world these days. They do. In a funny way, it seems like more horrendous things than ever before on a scale. And Query, once you decide that this A, B, C, XYZ manufacturer is doing something that is a crime against nature, however you—crime against humanity—yeah. And you find a court that you think would be appropriate, say, in Italy. Right. What do you do then? You've got to get somebody to lodge that complaint or activate the Italian government. That's right. So we operate largely on a system of partnerships. We never do anything in isolation, just PEJ on its own. We are always seeking the cooperation of a local partner. We're never going to be licensed in Italy or every other venue that might be attractive to us from a jurisdictional standpoint. So we would look for an Italian partner in your factual situation with Yemen. And the partner would be somebody who feels the same way about these human rights issues as we do. Right. So the partner would be licensed to practice in Rome or where the complaint would be lodged in Italy and would act as the focal point, if you will, or the lawyer proper to bring that case. And it's very, very common in international cases. We bring a U.S. element if somebody wanted to lodge something here. We also bring our training and our common law experience. But we are always looking for a partner in it to increase the odds, I would say, to find the best jurisdiction, the best home, to have the best success for a particular fact pattern. How do you find somebody of a like mentality who would take this and who would run with it and who would pursue it through the Italian courts? How do you find that person? It's actually not as hard as one would think. There are federations, if you will, the FIDH is a French-based organization. But with partners all over the world. So you can—it's actually a very small niche area in which we operate, where the partners are really—are known to us. They know us. We know them. And we may enter into a partnership or a MOU to bring forward a particular case. For example, there might be a situation where I say, I will manage all of the witnesses and bring forward all of the witness statements. And you, Italian lawyer, please plead the Italian law. And we'll— And we'll help you. And we'll come together. Exactly. And we'll provide the support. We'll consult with you, all that. Yes. You know, we're out of time, Cynthia, but I got to—I'm going to give you my reaction to things, you know? We talk about these outrageous things happening around the world. We make movies about them. We do a lot of media about them. Well, not enough, in my opinion, but we do some media about them. We try to make the world aware that there are incredibly bad things happening for lots of reasons, involving really bad actors doing terrible things to people. But we actually don't take a lot of action.  And for this, I admire you greatly. Thank you, Jay. For me, there's just no other choice. Great. Cynthia Tai, thank you so much. Loha.


The two best things I've got from my TEFL course, Alumni Experience. Though I have been an English teacher for a period of seven years in two different countries including my home country, yet I spent hours trying to decide the most appropriate topic for my summative essay, I finally decide to choose the best thing I've learned from my TEFL TESOL course. Why? Because I genuinely learned a lot during the course of my study, and I will like to share my views but I will discuss only two major points in this essay. 1. Lesson planning. Lesson planning is a vital component in the teaching of English, because a good lesson plan ought to give direction, and outline clear learning objectives for the days or a term's lesson. It is a tool to keep abreast of my students' learning progress, and it also helps in keeping track of all the activities done in class. Previously I only make use of a small note to write down what I intend to teach in every phase of the class, but sometimes I exhaust the content, and resort to revision or light activities to wrap up the day's class. Since there is no definite format to writing a good lesson plan, however I have learned to strive to write a proper but flexible lesson plan to make my class more interesting and engaging in such a way, that my class is dynamic and unpredictable by my students. After studying thoroughly about lesson planning in this course, I came up with an infamous formula, Predictability leads to boredom, boredom leads to lack of motivation while lack of motivation leads to losing interest in the learning of English. If the latter happens, teachers are always blamed for students losing interest in learning English, so in order to be called a good teacher, I should make sure that my future lesson plans are kept simple, structured, flexible, and open to adaptation. Finally a good lesson plan should include but not limited to the following, my aims and target as a teacher, my students objectives, teaching aids to be used, language point, timing, procedures, evaluation of lessons, anticipated problems with proactive measures in place. 2. ESA Methodology As far as I am concerned, this is by far the best approach to be applied in the teaching of English. I only had a shallow knowledge of ESA, but I have been exposed to the in-toto of the simple but effective ESA methodology after studying extensively about it in this course. The elements, engage, study, and activate, are necessary for successful language learning in classrooms. These elements need to be present in most lessons or teaching sequences. I need to always engage my students especially at the beginning of the class. For example if a certain class focus is on grammar there should be room for study and activation. If the focus is on reading there may be a lot of activation of language knowledge in the processing of the text, but at some stage the students will also study the construction of that text, where the use of some language within it. I will briefly discuss what I understand about the three elements. Engage arousal of students' interest and involvement, physically and emotionally in the lessons. This warmer stage should include various activities and games. For example music, discussions, stimulating pictures, dramatic stories, etc. Though not important the language used in the engage stage, should be connected with the language used later in the lesson. Study, just as the name implies, the study is the stage where I make my students to literally study the language, how such language is constructed and used. The study should start with elicitation which can be achieved through the following study styles, for example explanations, groups, whole class, pairs, and individual. The main focus here is the construction of the language. Activate, I term this stage free for all, this is where my students should be encouraged to use the language as freely and communicatively as possible, with no restrictions or rules, the focus is not on language construction but on fluency of the language. Most common activities used in this stage are group writing, role plays, debate, discussions, story and poem writing, etc. In as much as these three elements should be present in most lessons, teaching process does not have to follow a straight line, there are different ways and I can use several at different times to reinvent my classes, this way my students won't get bored, but there is a golden rule which is lessons should start with engage and end with activation. There are other formats which are straight line ESA, boomerang ESA, and patch ESA, each should be applied appropriately based on class and students level. Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course today. This is the summary of one of the multitudes of things I learned so far in this course, I can say my time and energy invested was not a waste as it is worth it. I will continue to study more on my own to add to the skills I already acquired in this course, and I will constantly apply them throughout my time teaching English as a foreign language.