My Regional Frankfurt Germany 2019 Adventure

The CineStar movie theater had a separate listing for movies showing in English.  I was able to watch the Mule (English version, no subtitles) in Germany.  They also had the brilliant idea to put their movie popcorn in a box to carry instead of a bag.  Loved the popcorn, the box, and the movie.  Nice architecture of the building too!

Movie Popcorn!

Alot of German buildings are definitely not "cookie-cutter."  They have their own unique flavor. Mountainside.

More and more Architecture the farther I got away from the Frankfurt City Limits.

Windmill energy was also a part of the recycling efforts in the villages in the Frankfurt Germany region.  The villages get more snow.  The snow accumulation pictured is from before I arrived in Germany.  It did NOT snow while I was there.

Germany's electrical outlets are very distinguished.  Thank God that the USB ports are built-in for charging cellular phones.  For any other potential electrical devices that were not already provided in the hotel room, you are probably out of luck.  Thank God I have natural, locked hair. I stayed on the move.

Look close at the sign.  I saw Frankenstein. LOL I passed through on the "long distance" train ride to Kaiserslautern to see a German friend in one of the villages.  The villages do not have homeowner associations either.  Everyone mines their own business.

Elevators had negative numbered floors.

Affordable regional buses are also available.  I took the FlixBus on my return back to Frankfurt City.

Public transportation is definitely built into this city.  Plenty of pedestrians.  Foot traffic drives success of businesses.  This is something that certain cities don't understand.  You need sidewalks.  All cities should force foot traffic for shopping and exercise.  I didn't see any traffic jams in Germany.

Nothing wrong with a little window shopping in Frankfurt City. (Did you smile?)

I watched the Superbowl through the middle of the night because of the time zone.  Frankfurt Germany is six hours ahead.  So I started watching the SuperBowl at 11pm with German commentators.  I didn't understand what they were saying, but singing is singing, and football is football.

Old and new buildings co-exist in Frankfurt City.

Mixed used buildings with residential living and commercial businesses are also popular in Frankfurt City.  As far as people being helpful with directions and assistance,  I found the Germans (in passing) to definitely be more rude and not even wanting to be bothered with the English speaking. Hotel staff was wonderful.  Most tourist attractions are going to be bilingual and friendly.

Common areas/courtyards allow more art showcases. Homelessness was very visible from inside the Frankfurt airport to the Frankfurt city street corners.  Sleeping bags and beggars.  No one was rude.  No one ran them off.  Mine your own business.  Help or don't help. Human beings gave respect to each other.  As far as public water closets or toilets go, they are only in restaurants.  I even had to pay a Euro to use the "water closet" in the train stations in the villages.  Yeah, I was in shock, but with so much homelessness, I suppose they don't need everybody taking a wash in the public water closets.

My hotel room was modern.  The comforter/sheets were "all in one." This was a cool concept.  It has to save on laundry time.  It was the thickness of a sleeping bag, but no zipping.  You just cover up with it.

Yeah, the see-through shower was a cool design.  It is still just a shower for the independent traveller. LOL

I enjoyed the sauna at the hotel too!  My locs loved that dry heat!

As far as hair goes, Germans were NOT wearing any wigs nor rainbow colored hair.  Both my Japanese hotel room and my German hotel room had electric water kettles.  Drinking Tea is built into both Japanese and German cultures.  They also have heads full of hair.  I bought me a electric tea kettle upon my return to the United States.  Notice the electrical outlet. These countries got their own thing going on.  The American dollar is weaker than the Euro currency at this time.  Most businesses are also closed on Sundays in Germany except the restaurants.

The grass is not necessarily greener abroad, but it certainly gives you a better world perspective.

Tokyo Japan 2019 Adventure

Japan was 14 hours ahead.  I flew over the dateline.

My hotel room was designed for the independent traveller.  Practical  and compact.

The bidet button is for cleaning feminine parts.  The spray button is for posterior.  These specialized toilets were also in the airport.  

The Aqua Park was amazing!  I saw day and night dolphin performances.

My native Japanese friend captured this entertainer riding the dolphin.

The Aqua Park had a few rides available for a separate fee.

My Sorority colors. 

I called these fish "nosy." LOL

I captured a lot of video of jellyfish, stingrays, eels, turtle, etc.  There were a lot of different fish, penguins, otters, reptiles, etc.  I also watched fur seal and sea lion performances.

Shinagawa was a great location to enjoy fine food, fine shopping, movies, AquaPark and more. It is a short train ride from the airport.  I also saw quite a few clothes hanging on clotheslines.  The residential areas definitely do not have Homeowners Associations.  The commercial areas had no visible trash cans around and the STREETS were clean!  As much as the Japanese focus on being clean; many people wore masks EVERYWHERE.  I believe the flu was bad, and people just wanted to take precautions.  Although, my friend said some women wear masks because they didn't apply their cosmetic makeup that day or just go incognito.  Who knows?  I enjoyed Tokyo.

The airplane food was served every two hours as a full meal or a snack. I needed a fitness room by the time I got off the plane.  They had some Italian face and body products inside the toilets making them smell great. My ANA flight was the best plane trip ever!!  I loved my movie selection too!

I caught this penguin in mid-air! That's all folks!

Did Presiding Judge oversee constitutional rights stolen?

The presiding judge admitted that Mr. Blocker's alleged rape charge could carry a LIFE sentence which makes case 2007RCCR 00181 a CAPITAL FELONY case.  

Also, according to Code section 17-7-95 - a capital felony - a nolo contendere is unlawful.

Mr. Blocker was detained in jail for a whole year waiting for a FAIR TRIAL by Jury.  His day finally came.  The Jury was charged and his trial went into day three.

Public Defender Hugh Hadden confirms three days of trial. "I think what we must have done is pick the jury on Monday which would have been February 14th."  Where are those "trial transcripts" anyway?  NO ONE seems to KNOW!  BECAUSE the trial began January 14, 2008.  Does anyone care anything about facts, law, and constitutional rights?

So, on the third day of trial, Mr. Blocker who admits to being medicated as noted in his sentencing transcript, was tricked into signing what he understood as a plea deal for burglary by MULTIPLE Public Defenders PRESENT besides Hugh Hadden.

So all of these licensed attorneys including the judge watched a man facing a CAPITAL Felony have his CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS to a FAIR TRIAL by JURY STOLEN.  These practicing attorneys INTERFERED with the Due process of LAW (Fifth Amendment) in the middle of a FAIR TRIAL by JURY in a Capital Felony case?

This INJUSTICE needs to be corrected as soon as possible AND those responsible should be formally corrected.

#exonerateMichael

The Hugh Hadden Finesse: Ethical or not?

As the movie "If Beale Street Could Talk" stated, many false imprisoned have taken guilty pleas for crimes that they did not commit because the system wears them down.

Michael Blocker missed his bond hearing because the PAID Private attorney failed to show.

Michael Blocker had been shackled and medicated as if he was a "monster."

Michael Blocker had been sitting a whole year in jail hoping that the trial by jury would set him free.

Meanwhile Michael Blocker's Public Defender Hugh Hadden knew that the State was going for Life Without Parole per Ashley Wright's email (pictured).

Even in the guilty plea hearing where Michael Blocker
1) was under the impression that he had signed for burglary only.
2) stated that he was medicated from the drugs that the jail had been giving him.
3) was tired, sleepy, and exhausted from his entrapment.

Michael Blocker needed ETHICAL counsel.

The COURT: Do you understand that if you plead guilty to the offenses of burglary, rape and kidnapping that under the code section 17-10-7, I think is what you're pleading under, that burglary carries one to twenty years, the kidnapping carries one to twenty and the rape carries ten to twenty to life.  Do you understand?

HOW CAN ANYONE understand when the judge himself is injecting "I THINK you are pleading under code section 17-10-7" especially when the defendant is already been drugged and drowsy?

Why does the court explain the rape sentencing as "10 to 20 to life?" Why not just state from 10 to Life? Was the judge trying to downplay the State's true intentions to sentence Michael Blocker to Life without Parole?

Furthermore, Public Defender Hugh Hadden  KNOWINGLY allowed his "handicap" and "drugged" client Michael Blocker plea into a "ONE WAY TICKET" to prison.

Future clients should watch out for that Hugh Hadden Finesse . . . a NOLO CONTENDRE plea for LWOP is just Unethical.

The State was losing the Trial by Jury so they "Baited with Burglary"only on day three to obtain a signature from a drowsy defendant for a guilty plea only to add the additional charges to the paperwork.

Michael Blocker could have signed a Guilty plea a year prior, but he waited a year for his trial by jury only to have the State drug him and STEAL his CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS from him.

#EXONERATEMICHAEL

Public Defender Hugh Hadden Admissions (10-cv-2368)

Hugh Hadden states "I had no difficulty dealing with Mr. Blocker.  I found him, frankly to be an intelligent young man, very easy-going, and quite pleasant to work with." (HT 16)

Hugh Hadden had been duly sworn during his testimony. (HT 7)

In 2010, Mr. Hadden admitted to handling over a hundred or probably several hundred felony trials. (HT 8)

Mr. Hadden firmly states that DNA evidence placed him (Mr. Blocker) at the scene, but Mr. Hadden implies that he personally has some doubt that Mr. Blocker raped the victim.  So he vaguely mentions that "Mr. Blocker gave two statements to the police that were inculpatory" in order to make him feel better about his implication.

Why? (Because there exists Exculpatory evidence!)

1) There was another person (co-defendant) at the scene. (HT 24)

2) No DNA Expert ever testified  (1:16cv00034)

3) No Rape DNA was ever found. (1:16cv00034)

Mr. Hugh Hadden admits that Mr. Blocker's case drew a good bit of media attention just because of the particular area of town where it occurred.  (HT 14)

Mr. Hadden admits that for lack of a better term, (Mr. Blocker's case) was a high-profile sort of case. (HT 15)

--------- end of Hadden's admissions ------

Let's be clear:

1) Mr. Blocker had a "burglary" background. (The same as many sheriff deputies who "legally steal" on behalf of debt collectors.)

  

2) There was DNA evidence supporting Mr. Blocker being at the scene because of a potential exchange of "stolen goods" IN ORDER to NOT LEAVE ANY FINGERPRINTS. (No fingerprints were found.)

3) Everyone who interacts with Mr. Blocker concludes the same thing . . .

• Intelligent
• Easy-going
• Pleasant

4) There is NO EVIDENCE of ANY VIOLENCE IN THIS CASE (2007-RCCR-0181)

5) If Mr. Blocker did enter a guilty plea knowingly, it was based on the admission of BURGLARY only.  He NEVER admitted to The rape nor Kidnapping charges.   He NEVER signed any paperwork with RAPE nor Kidnapping Charges on it.  

6) There does exist guilty plea paperwork reflecting all three charges with Mr. Blocker's signature; however, THERE IS NO PROOF THAT ALL THREE CHARGES were listed on the paperwork at the time that Mr. Blocker signed the paperwork. (HT 150, HT 151, HT 152, HT 154)


FURTHERMORE,  Isn't it UNLAWFUL to have a NOLO  CONTENDERE Plea for this type of case (2007-RCCR-181) where recividism was also stacked on?  (Hugh Hadden and Ashley Wright signed off -pictured above.) (HT 155)

Hugh Hadden, you failed Mr. Blocker in 2008 case (2007RCCR00181)

and 

you failed Mr. Blocker in 2010 case (10-cv-2368)

That is TWO STRIKES  . . .

I'm preparing documentation for the Georgia Supreme Court . . . I really don't want to see you get a STRIKE THREE for Daniel J. Craig's  2007 grand jury indictment that needs to be dismissed. (Motion to DISMISS is already filed)

Plus, I have a copy of Supreme Court of Georgia Remittitur, Case No. S11H1214 (2011)  (Surely, the Supreme Court would be upset to know about all the negligence and prosecutorial misconduct in these cases.)

That "Rape Culture" Redefined

A Painting outside of the Country Bumpkin store, Waycross, Georgia

Other women have shared their stories with me since sharing my own personal survivor story.  Those stories inspired this article.

Rape Redefined: The Eye Doctor Experience

We give permission for medical professionals to exam us.  We trust them to talk us through their actions.  When that does not happen, the rape feeling is triggered.

For example:  During my own eye exam, the eye doctor opened up my eyes and took both of my contact lenses out in thirty seconds or less in the middle of the exam.  I was mortified.  I usually take out my own contact lenses.  My eyes are very personal to me.  I would have preferred for him to tell me that it was time to remove my contact lenses, and then let me remove them myself.  However, maybe he wanted to save a few minutes and catch me off guard and remove them himself.  You play those tricks with kids and getting them to eat their veggies or to take their medicine.  You don't play those tricks with adults.  This situation may sound trivial to some people, but I was traumatized by this eye doctor removing my contact lenses without telling me that he was going to invade my person and strip me of something personal.

After a heated followup over his actions, I decided to switch to another doctor in his practice.  I am quite certain the notes say "DO NOT REMOVE HER CONTACT LENSES FROM HER EYES WITHOUT PERMISSION." Period.

  

Rape Redefined: Co-worker experiences

Other women have shared with me how co-workers have reached into their cleavage unexpectedly or even being victimized by the Trump's "Grab them by the pu$$y" move.  This is a rape culture.  This is not a touch on the arm.  This is an invasion of a woman's intimacy without permission.  Some women may have unfortunately come from an abusive environment, and they may have gotten used to this type of abuse like the "slave days."  However, for those women who come from a more conservative and sanctified background, these aggressive acts of flirting can be very traumatic with or without "skin to skin" contact.

So where do we go from here?  Education and Respect one another at all times. Set and Respect Boundaries.  People (men/women/other) all have rights to their own personal, private space.

Identification of my rapist: Mark Lee Murray III

Mark Lee Murray III 

(Photo credit: Facebook)

Mark Lee Murray, III

Asheville Times, December 17, 1990, the cover story of the arrest announcement.

I have tried to move forward with my life, but at every turn, I get a road block.  Apparently, this is God's way to let me know that I need to finish dealing with the past in order to move forward in my future.

I thank God for my friend "Curtiss" who accompanied me to the hospital.  I thank God for my Clemson University friends who encouraged me to speak out otherwise I would not have a case number to reference (90-12-11574).   

Acquaintance Rape Case: 90-12-11574

I was denied victim compensation in 1991. (File No.: 91-11-006-0)

I will be pursuing a trial by jury. It's time that someone start fighting for that young lady inside of me that is still traumatized by the chain of abuse and rape endured in 1990.  My anniversary of this tragic set of circumstances is during this time of the year.

Ebony Magazine "Super Single Sister" feature.

Thank you to all who have poured out so many kind words and support since revealing my rape story. I no longer want to suffer in silence. It is time for my rebirth.

World Championship of Performing Arts Modeling Competition