European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Your a body language by Jim Klahn associated press unlike the blindfolded lady weigh ing the evidence on her courtroom participants have to consider More than what they what they especially when they see a judge doing also makes an impression on jurors and others in says anthropologist David a judge who turns his frowns and purses his lips when a defendant is testifying then faces the prosecutor lifts his eyebrows and uses his hands to help conversation May appear to favor the prosecutor Over the said if a judges opinion is people will try to follow his said a University of Washington communications if his opinion is Clear the same things Givens was commissioned by the Washington state administrator for the courts to study the Impact of judicial mannerisms on the in the course of his Givens told about videotaping a judge whose style was forbidding and the judge held himself stiffly appearing and and his tone of voice accented a holier Chanthou said Givens in an article written for the the judges journal the said admitted to liking his work less and less and Felt people just dont like Givens showed the judge the and discussed the judges month Bench the judge began add ing speaking nodded his head at appropriate Points while used conversational speech instead of Sermon language and relaxed his results were immediate defendants were More Coop showed better attitudes on were easier to wrote equally court work once again became Esther education officer for the court administration says Givens study was to be used in training programs for she says judges asked for the study so that they can pick up any kinds of ways in which they can improve their or of any body language there not aware videotaping has also uncovered positive aspects of judges she they judges realize they Are doing a Good Givens said while some judges had formed habits that needed the judges impressed him with their Diligence and efforts at by and my hat is off to he i could never be the study of nonverbal or Kines is becoming of greater interest in the scientific its application to courtrooms is relatively Anthony King county Superior court judge in says judges consciously try to maintain a feeling of impartiality but were not always aware of our body since he has been working with he he has become More aware of his i think one thing i tend to do is Over concentrate on which results in my Back turned somewhat to the witness its a bit worse because in left says by turning his the judge cuts off the person talking to who is trying to make Eye Contact with Wartnik says he also has had to learn to hold his reactions in Check when confronted with shocking Testi and maintain a level approach to those in judicial bodies in other including California and Are also using kinetics in training Materi als for Gordon a faculty member of the nation Al judicial College in says kinetics is also getting More attention at the which serves judges from across the United were just now starting to get the raw materials to look he noting that Only recently were video tapes allowed into Many courtrooms remain of limits to he says there was More to kinetics in the court room than the judge understanding How his non verbal communications affects also import says was a judges perception of a person before him especially the he says a judge should be aware of his feelings when confronted by someone he perhaps Doest understand an White judge presiding Over the trial of a Young Black Man who is strutting and wearing in for but Zimmerman cautioned that critics of and judges sitting in judgment of could go too far in dampening what Are natural we each have our own styles and we should recognize he a judge should know and understand his habitual and be sure his actions do not elicit unintended Givens said training and will Power were needed for judges to keep a show of impartiality in Bias leaks easily in nonverbal behaviour because Evo Lution has programmed our feelings to he said in the judges he said a judge might even be As Long As the unkindness applies equally to in some indications of Bias May appear said but perceptive jurors and others still pick up on he said in a Small number of he judges reacted visibly to nearly everything said in and the personal opinions of these judges were always some by watching May be Able to gear their handling of a Case to signals Given unwittingly by the said John a Seattle trial agrees that some changes could be made by attorneys and says study of kinetics in the courtroom is a Good but he says it is a minor Point in the whole of the trial you cannot isolate just the body Lan Guage of the whole Milieu of the with More and More videotaping being done in court said it was conceivable that a Case for retrial could be made if a judges Bias appeared to affect a trials he said traditionally nonverbal things dont stand up in whereas words evidence those things stand Decibel damage by Rob Wood associated press sirens trucks rumble and Rock music these and other loud sounds of modern Day life Are hurting people both physically and that the opinion of Walter director of the speech and hearing Institute at the University of Texas health science Center in our society is driving itself nuts with Carlin said in a recent he said noise pollution is not Only a cause for the loss of hearing but triggers other physical stress in mar a Lack of productivity by workers and All in All makes our life Carlin said a walk through downtown or any other metropolitan proves his there is the Roar of traffic and jackhammers pounding away on construction Sites and brakes screaming at Busy intersections and horns take All of that noise and let it Bounce off one build ing to another building and Down to the pavement where you Are Carlin there is no wonder you Are exhausted after a Day of no wonder you feel As if you cant finish the Day on the you Are beaten you Are your mental and physical health a person is not even Safe from noise pollution in his own Carlin especially when the Kitchen is in full turn on the the the electric can and you can be in then the wife comes in to talk and you cant hear and she thinks you Are not paying attention or giving her the cold he can cause marital stress Carlin there is enough Builtin stress in a marriage without noise if you Are watching the sunday football the physician and the dishwasher goes you turn up the and then the blender begins to and you turn up the and then you have moved beyond the Safe Decibel decibels Are used to measure sound pressure and Levels of 85 to 90 can cause hearing damage As Well As other health youths who walk around with earphones listening to loud music Are they dont believe it and they dont think about but they Are damaging their the doctor research has he that the loss of hearing occurs when tiny ear hair cells Are destroyed by excessive noise Over a Long period of like brain these hair cells do not grow and the damage is Perma another condition called a constant ringing in the also can be caused by prolonged exposure to loud Carlin said once this there is no Way to Correct that ringing is there Day and night and Carlin said he once went to a disco with two both and i was going to Tell them i had to leave because the noise was they left first because the Decibel count was so High they Felt pain in major organs of their body although they could not the Decibel count in a typical disco is a Jet air plane has a Decibel of Only and sound was used for centuries As a method of place a Bell Over a persons head and ring it and eventually the person would go is there any escape from noise Carlin suggests that every person exposed to noise use 4 this cuts Down on the extent of noise but you still can hear the honk of a Horn if you Are driving or conversations in a crowded it simply eases the level of noise pressure and makes you a healthier per the scientist said he uses earplugs when mowing the Lawn or using a Chain Carlin said Many individuals Are too vain to admit to a loss of hearing and too vain to Wear a hearing but can you guess How Many promotions have been denied or How Many sales lost because a person just  hear the words said and was considered he adults should know but it is the children i worry with the loud the other noise poll the future Doest look Good for them unless their values Are turned and just go buy a pair of a the old Raffles founded in is just outside new Raffles pity Singapore looks to by Arthur Richards United press International the name associated by generations of Singapore visitors with one of the worlds most famous will Grace a million International tourism and business construction has begun on Raffles called the largest Ever single commercial property undertaking in Southeast the project will fundamentally alter the character of Singapore by the time it is completed in the Raffles name has been associated with Singapore since sir Thomas Stamford Raffles chose a swampy fish Ermens Island named singapura As a major British out Post in included in Raffles City will be a hotel which is expected to be the worlds surpassing Atlanta peach tree in planners contemplate a 30story hotel Tower with about 800 rooms and a office Tower that will House a convention Center with accommodations for the old Raffles founded in stands just outside Raffles City limits and does not expect to be affected by the visitors clamor for one of its 127 the project will occupy a Large Section of land in the heart of the the old slums of bras Basar Road and Stamford Road already have been demolished to make a Fly Raffles City will link the tourism Belt of hotels and shopping complexes along Orchard Road with Singa pores business it will be close to government Singapore cultural the waterfront and at least two a coastal Highway to be completed this year will put the Complex within easy reach of the new International Airport at the million residents of Singapore have witnessed an astonishing transformation of their City state since Independence in even by their standards the Raffles City project is a project of such massive scope would arouse storms of protest in european or american capitals because of the dislocation it would but singaporeans seem proud of the they Call it a Mininew York in the heart of Page 14 the stars and stripes february Raffles City will include a the worlds by the stars and stripes Page 15