NO OPERATION...NO PLASTIC SURGERY....NO BLACK OR NO WHITE...
WE STILL BE HAVE OUR healthy KING OF POP WITH NO SURGERY...RIGHT???
SUGAR STILL MOURNFULLY ABOUT MY PASSED AWAY MJ....
Dr. Death' plans to plastinate King of Pop
Published: 29 Jun 09 12:50 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090629-20267.html
Controversial Body Worlds creator Gunther von Hagens plans to preserve the late Michael Jackson’s body in a dancing pose for display using his plastination process, a spokesperson told The Local on Monday.
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Shortly after the legendary pop entertainer was pronounced dead in Los Angeles, von Hagens released a statement revealing his personal assistant had been contacted by an anonymous member of Jackson’s management team about plastination some six months ago.
“During the phone conversation we were told about Michael Jackson’s interest to become plastinated after his death,” the statement said, adding Body Worlds did not confirm the King of Pop’s interest because the caller wished to remain anonymous and the body donation form is available online.
The validity of the call “is soon to be seen,” the statement added.
On Monday, Institute for Plastination press spokesperson Christiane Casott told The Local the organisation is still awaiting confirmation the King of Pop wanted to become plastic.
Von Hagens promised the late 50-year-old’s family that his body would be preserved through plastination for “a didactic eternity,” and would be conducted free of charge.
“The pose would be a dancing one, to be determined by the family in detail,” he added.
The provocative 64-year-old, known as “Dr. Death” in Germany, is infamous for transforming the bodies of people and animals into exhibition pieces for his Body Worlds exhibitions. He recently caused a stir this May in Berlin where his show, “The Cycle of Life" featured dissected corpses having sex.
Click here for a photo gallery of the Body Worlds exhibition.
Kristen Allen (kristen.allen@thelocal.de)
UN says Germany needs to tackle racism
Published: 2 Jul 09 08:01 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090702-20329.html
Germany needs more ethnic minorities in its political system, the police and its courts, and has to do more to tackle racism in daily life, a UN special rapporteur said on Wednesday.
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People with a migrant background "are under-represented in important institutions, including the political system, the police and the courts," Muigai said.
Last November, the Greens became the first major party to elect a Turkish-German as leader, Cem Ozdemir, but ethnic minorities are generally a rarity in German politics, making up fewer than 15 national MPs.
Muigai, who was paying a routine visit to Germany, also said that due to the historical experience of Germany with Nazism, there is a "tendency to equate racism with extremist politics."
"I think that this great country needs to turn its attention to the problems of daily racism and discrimination, that is the racism and discrimination to be found in daily life in schools, public places, in housing, in employment etcetera," he said.
He added however that he was "encouraged by the open recognition by authorities that Germany is nowadays a country of migrants and that migrants make a positive contribution to society."
Kenyan-born Muigai, special rapporteur since August, also said that far-right groups in Germany "demand constant vigilance" and should be banned "within the constitutional legal mechanism provided by German law."
There are regular calls for a ban on Germany's biggest far-right party, the NPD, which has no seats in the Bundestag national parliament but has representatives in two of Germany's powerful regional assemblies.
The previous centre-left government had sought to ban it, but the case was thrown out in 2003 by the Constitutional Court.
Germany also needs to do more to speed up the processing of asylum-seekers, Muigai said.
Muigai said that his full report, due to be presented at the Human Rights Council in 2010, will also focus on the plight of Muslims in Germany following the increase in security measures aimed at tackling Islamic extremism.
"The Muslim community does have very special concerns, particularly in the aftermath of 9/11 and in the manner in which the security apparatus have responded to ... the challenge of the fight against terrorism," he said.
A government study published in June found that Germany had between 3.8 and 4.3 million Muslims - between 4.6 and 5.2 percent of the population – much higher than the previous estimates of 3.1-3.4 million.
AFP (news@thelocal.de)
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