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PHOENIX—Jodi Arias asked jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, arguing she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview after she was convicted of murder that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.
Standing confidently but with her voice at times breaking, she told the same eight men and four women who found her guilty of first-degree murder that she planned to use her time in prison to bring about positive changes, including donating her hair to be made into wigs for cancer victims, helping recycle trash and designing T-shirts that would raise money for victims of domestic abuse.
The jury has been sent to begin deliberating her fate, deciding whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or execution.
Arias admitted killing boyfriend Travis Alexander and said it was the "worst thing" she had ever done. But she stuck to her story that the brutal attack — which included stabbing Alexander about 30 times, shooting him in the head and nearly decapitating him — was her defence against abuse.
Her testimony came a day after her attorneys asked to be removed from the case because the five-month trial had become a witch hunt that prompted death threats against a key witness in the penalty phase of the trial. They also argued for a mistrial. The judge denied both requests.
Arias acknowledged the pain and suffering she caused Alexander's family, and said she hoped her conviction brought them peace.
"I loved Travis, and I looked up to him," Arias said. "At one point he was the world to me. This is the worst mistake of my life. It's the worst thing I've ever done."
She said she considered suicide, but didn't kill herself after Alexander's death because of her love for her own family. She displayed dozens of pictures from her childhood, including photos of her family and former boyfriends.
Arias said she regretted that details of her sex life with Alexander came out during the trial, and described a recorded phone sex call played in open court as "that awful tape."
"It's never been my intention to throw mud on Travis' name," she said.
After she finished speaking, the judge told jurors they can consider a handful of factors when deciding what sentence to recommend, including the fact that Arias has no previous criminal record. They also can weigh defence assertions that Arias is a good friend and a talented artist.
Arias was convicted earlier this month for the June 2008 killing of Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home. She initially claimed she knew nothing about the slaying. Then she blamed masked intruders before eventually arguing self-defence. Prosecutors contend she killed Alexander in a jealous rage because he wanted to end their relationship and go to Mexico with another woman.
Arias' attorneys also tried without success to withdraw from the case after Arias gave her post-conviction TV interview.
"Longevity runs in my family, and I don't want to spend the rest of my natural life in one place," Arias told Fox affiliate KSAZ from a holding cell inside the courthouse. "I believe death is the ultimate freedom, and I'd rather have my freedom as soon as I can get it."

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Artistic Mission
Mammalian Diving Reflex views innovative artistic interventions as a way to trigger generosity and equity across the universe. Founded by Artistic Director, Darren O'Donnell in 1993, Mammalian is a research-art atelier dedicated to investigating the social sphere, always on the lookout for contradictions to whip into aesthetically scintillating experiences. We are a culture production workshop that creates site and social-specific performances, theatre-based productions, gallery participatory gallery installations, videos, art objects and theoretical texts. Mammalian's body of work is interconnected, varied and vibrant, reflecting our unique and growing body of knowledge and expertise on the use and function of culture. We create work that recognizes the social responsibility of art, fostering a dialogue between audience members, between the audience and the material, and between the performers and the audience. In all it's forms, the company's work dismantles barriers between individuals of all ages, cultural, economic and social backgrounds; we collaborate with non-artists, and offer both participatory opportunities for the audience as well as the traditional option of simply watching the proceedings as they unfold. It is our mission to bring people together in new and unusual ways, in Toronto, Canada, our home-base, and around the world, to create work that is engaging, challenging, and gets people talking, thinking and feeling.
Company History
Mammalian Diving Reflex was founded in Toronto in 1993, and between 1993-2003 primarily produced the stage-based performances of Artistic Director, Darren O'Donnell. In 2003, the company began to diversify its approach and generate work in a multitude of forms, focusing on creating "social acupuncture": playful, provocative, site and social-specific participatory performances with non-actors of all ages and demographics, designed to bring people together in new and unusual ways. In 2006, Darren published his book, Social Acupuncture, which established a theoretical foundation for this new direction and solidified it as the company's primary creative methodology. Propelled by the company's subsequent touring hit, Haircuts by Children – a performance about trust, children's rights, generosity and vanity, where ten-year-olds offer free haircuts to the public – Mammalian began to work with a wide array of new collaborators, including international art festivals, art galleries, city administrations, seniors homes, community centres, schools and other socially-related institutions of civil society. In 2011, Mammalian launched Young Mammals, the company's youth training wing. The mandate of Young Mammals is to collaborate with Toronto's young people to create artistic work for youth and adults, with a long-term vision toward youth capacity building, diversification and strengthening the city's arts industries.
We are an efficiently tight team, supported by a myriad of additional artists, with a wide variety of expertise: urban planning, writing, directing, art history, education, photography, videography, industrial design, acting, playwrighting and qualitative and quantitative research. See the People page to learn more about us.
Mammalian Diving Reflex's work has been seen around the world in more than eighty cities, including: Adelaide, Anyang, Austin, Banff, Basel, Bath, Bern, Birmingham, Bochum, Bologna, Brisbane, Brighton, Bristol, Brussels, Cagliari, Calgary, Cambridge (US), Chicago, Cork, Copenhagen, Darwin, Derry, Dublin, Duisburg, Edinburgh, Edmonton, Enschede, Essen, Fargo, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Ghent, Gladbeck, Glasgow, Gloucester, Greencastle, Greensboro, Gwangju, Haifa, Hamburg, Hamilton, Heidelberg, Helsinki, Hemsbach, Hong Kong, Inverness, Kitchener-Waterloo, Kelowna, Kuopio, Lahore, Launceston, Leeds, London, Los Angeles, Ludwigshafen, Manchester, Mannheim, Melbourne, Milan, Minneapolis, Montreal, Moscow, Mumbai, Newcastle Upon Tyne, New York, Norwich, Nyon, Oldenburg, Oslo, Ottawa, Perth, Philadelphia, Portland, Prague, Reading, Riga, Regina, Reykjavík, San Diego, Sinaloa, Skagaströnd, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Terni, Tifariti, Tokyo, Toronto, Trondheim, Vancouver, Victoria, Weinheim, Whitehorse, Winchester, Windsor, Yellow Springs and Youngstown.
Awards and Accolades
Mammalian Diving Reflex has received numerous awards and support for its engaging collaborations with the community, children and youth. Most recently, Mammalian was named a finalist for the inaugural Ellen Stewart International Award, for an individual theatre artist or company whose work promotes social change and community participation with a particular focus on the engagement of young people. In 2016, Mammalian was also named to San Francisco's Yeruba Beuna Center's Top 100, an annual list of the creative minds the Center feels are making the provocations that will shape the future of culture. The company was the recipient of the inaugural Neighbourhood Arts Network TD Arts Diversity Award (2013), and the Toronto Community Foundation's Vital Toronto Award. In 2012, Mammalian (and particularly The Mammalian Protocol for Collaborating with Children) was awarded the Children's Rights Supporter Award from the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children, nominations for which were reviewed by a jury of young people. In 2010, Mammalian won Harbourfront Centre's Fresh Ground New Works Award to premiere Monster Makers, the company's first performance created for child audiences. After being shortlisted for three consecutive years, in 2009 Mammalian won the Toronto Arts Foundation's Arts for Youth Award. In 2007 and 2008, Mammalian was the recipient of the Growing Active Kids award from the Toronto Community Foundation. Mammalian also received an award from the Toronto Community Foundation's Simon Family Fund in 2008. Prior to Mammalian's 'social acupuncture' work, Artistic Director, Darren O'Donnell won the Pauline McGibbon Award for directing (2000). He has been nominated for a number of Dora Awards for his writing, directing, and acting, winning (with Naomi Campbell) for their design of White Mice. His play [boxhead], which continues to tour, was nominated for a Chalmers Award, and O'Donnell received a Gabriel Award for excellence in broadcasting for his CBC radio piece Like a Fox. Mammalian has presented their collaborative work with adults, children and youth in more than 50 cities nationally and internationally with great success, and the company is regularly recognized at home and abroad by participants, peers, colleagues, institutions, fans and the press for their innovative, engaging and entertaining performances.
The Mammalian Diving Reflex
We get our name from a reflex found in mammals, which increases the chances of survival when we're plunged into a cold watery environment by snapping the vocal cords shut over the trachea, locking air into the lungs and slowing the heart rate, thus consuming less oxygen. For us, this is a metaphor for surviving difficult times, not through a comprehensive rational plan, but by getting the mind out of the way and letting the body do its job. With our work, we're always trying to overwhelm with ideas and sensation so that the participant is left with only the reflexive responses of the body to guide them. We trust we'll get through this century in one piece, we just have to get out of the way and let our natural tendencies of generosity unlock and redistribute the world's abundance.
Policies and Publications
Fostering diversity in the arts is a leading artistic and organizational priority for Mammalian, as is improving working opportunities and conditions for arts workers of all genders and sexual orientations. Though fostering moments of social discomfort can be part of our Social Acupuncture practice, Mammalian is committed to protecting the well-being of its collaborators, colleagues and employees. Visit the Publications page ("Documents") to view these policies.
Mammalian regularly produces reports and writing about the company's work. For more information about Darren O'Donnell's books, reports and articles, visit the Publication page. To purchase a copy of Darren's newest book, forthcoming in fall 2016, contact Coach House books or order on our "Objects" page.
Presentation history
Murray Whyte for the Toronto Star: Mammalian Diving Reflex Turns 20 Thursday (2013)
Robert Everett-Green for The Globe and Mail: Darren O'Donnell Wants to Make You Uncomfortable – and Engaged (2013)
Darren O'Donnell interviewed by Sheila Heti for The Believer (2011)
Simon Borer: Bohemian or Mammal? Mammalian Diving Reflex Speaks Back to the Creative City (2010)
David Balzer, Canadian Notes & Queries: Visual Arts (2009)
Carl Wilson, Toronto Life: Performance Art that doesn't suck (2008)
Sarah Milanes, Color: Haircuts to Hangouts: The Mammalian Diving Reflex (2008)
Nato Thompson, Living as Form
Alan Filewod, Committing Theatre: Theatre Radicalism and Political Intervention in Canada
Anna Birch and Joanne Tompkins, eds., Performing site-specific theatre: Politics, Place, Practice
Christina Palassio & Alana Wilcox, The Edible City
Darren O'Donnell speaks at Creative Time Summit: Living as Form (2011) about Mammalian's work:


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1. <networking> A bang path or explicitly routed Internet address; a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines.
2. <file system> pathname.
3. <operating system> The list of directories the kernel (under Unix) or the command interpreter (under MS-DOS) searches for executables. It is stored as part of the environment in both operating systems.
Other, similar constructs abound under Unix; the C preprocessor, for example, uses such a search path to locate "#include" files.
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Alan Hansen is one of the most successful British soccer players of all time. In a Matter of Opinion he looks back at fourteen victorious years at Anfield,. Hansen focuses on the highlights and the inspirational characters - Paisley, Fagen, Dalglish, Rush - who were so instrumental in building the club's international success and on the disappointments, and the darker day's at Heysel and Hillsborough, reflecting on the impact both incidents had on his life and on the future for spectators of the game.
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Logistics service provider Wim Bosman Belgium is one of the leading companies that received the Lean and Green Award. On January 30, 2013 the award was given to companies that are pioneers in the field of sustainable logistics. Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters presented the award during the new year reception of the Flanders Institute for Logistics (VIL).
The VIL is an independent institute that helps Flemish companies to realize innovative logistics projects. The Lean and Green programme of the VIL wants to deliver a specific and pragmatic contribution to the sustainability of the supply chain. Wim Bosman Belgium is one of the frontrunners in this programme. The programme was started in the Netherlands in 2007 under the supervision of Connekt. Wim Bosman the Netherlands already won the Lean and Green Award and Star. When the Flemish Institute and Connekt signed a licensing agreement for the roll out of the programme in Belgium, Wim Bosman decided to do everything possible to achieve the Award.
Improving business processes and sustainability go hand in hand. "Within Wim Bosman sustainable logistics has been a focus for many years. An environmental efficientfleet, reduction of empty miles and the continuous training of our drivers have been implemented already", says Managing Director Rudi Debras. "Sustainable logistics moves beyond our business. Especially in cooperation with external partners in different lines of business, many advantages can be made in the entire supply chain. Eventually, together we must come to fully integrated sustainable solutions. Beyond different lines of businesses, beyond the clustering of flows of goods. That is the challenge we face".
The programme supports fifteen 'frontrunners'. These are logistics service providers and cross-dockers that agreed to improve the energy efficiency of their transport and logistics activities and to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 20% in a period of five years. In addition, all winners have formulated SMART (Specific Measurable Acceptable Realistic and Time specific) goals and described the measurements they will take in their company to achieve these objectives.
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Traditionally the most common and most popular way to create an attendant console for a given platform was to use a standard like CTI or SIP. The program would emulate a CTI route point, or SIP endpoint and answer an incoming call much like a phone on the system. This approach has several advantages. Almost every modern phone system today can talk either SIP or CTI, so you immediately have compatibility on almost any phone system. Since you are essentially becoming a phone or phone server at this point, the features you develop would likely work universally from system to system. To start the developer would develop some sort of user interface that an operator/receptionist could understand. From there it was up to the developer to create the basic functions, answer, hang-up, hold, resume, transfer, etc. From here you could expand your feature set to combine a myriad of SIP functions to create things like call parking, some sort of queue, etc. This approach does have a few drawbacks too. Since you are in possession of the call, you have the ability to drop or lose it if your software misbehaves and you don't have a proper fallback mechanism in the phone system. You are also responsible for music on hold, and dealing with whatever queue related functions you have created. In Microsoft Lync you are left with another, rather large disadvantage to using this approach. To say Lync is just a phone system is like comparing your car to a chair. Yes you can sit in/on both with a similar result. It's fairly obvious that your car has many features your chair does not. Lync is no different, while it does the telephony end of a typical phone system, it brings many more collaboration features with it, and on almost any device you would be using.
As a developer Lync comes with 4 major SDKs at your disposal, giving
you complete control on the front end client and the back end server.
This is a HUGE difference compared to what developers typically see on
other UC platforms. So it begs the question, "Does the traditional UC development model fit Lync?"
I believe the answer is no. Does a receptionist do the same job on a
Lync system as she would on a traditional pbx? The answer may largely
be yes, but would said operator not benefit from being able to
seamlessly use instant messaging, audio conferencing, call park (orbit),
native response group (queue) monitoring, recording, transfer to
voicemail, calendar visibility, and a whole host of other Lync specific
call control and look up functions? I whole heartedly believe the
answer to this question is YES, and that answer of yes fundamentally
requires a different approach be taken to the attendant console in
regards to Microsoft Lync.
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Maesbury Plumbers has invested in heavily in the development of skills, systems and technologies that enable us to efficiently and reliably provide a complete range of services to our corporate clients. Our approach is based on providing our clients with access expert knowledge and advice with a focus on delivering reliable long term solutions and outcomes.
With significant experience in asset management industry, we have the capability of delivering planned and reactive maintenance services, developing short and long term maintenance programs best suited to the clients objectives and have a track record of optimizing costs associated with developing best practice maintenance outcomes.
Underpinning our approach to asset management are our skills and expertise which cover the following areas:
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150cc Quad Bike - Raider
Engine:150cc. CVT engine
Gear box:Automatic, F-.N-.R
Starter: Electric and kick starter
Starter battery: 12v,6.5Ah
Driven: By Chain
Chain tension and protector included
Brake: Front double drum brake
rear single disc brake
Height to Handle Bars - 108cm
Seat Height - 77cm
Width - 100cm
Length - 170cm
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Ok, ok, I fell off the wagon. I should never have made that "Not Yo Momma's Banana Pudding". It sent my head reeling! I said I made it for the family, but I think I ate half of it myself. The next day wasn't much better. I had some gummy worms, a small cupcake, some oreos. Do you see how this works? Like any addiction, once you give in, you spiral down the rabbit hole again. I've been spending the past two days clawing my way back to the surface.
It makes me so upset because I was beginning to lose weight again. I had lost 17 lbs and you know how you can feel yourself moving off that plateau? Well, I was ready to dive off the edge. Arghhh! Why do I do this to myself. I think sometimes my weight is a protection. I can blame it for almost anything and then I don't have to be responsible. It keeps people at a distance so that I don't have to interact as much and I can feel content in my own ideas and thoughts. It's really pretty selfish when you think about it. It's not considering the feelings of others. It's pulling yourself totally inward and keeping yourself separate. In some ways I suppose this creates an air of superiority–I know who I am and they don't. But, I think it's an even greater source of frustration. Let's face it. People DO care what you look like. They care if your teeth are brushed. They care if you wear deoderant. They care if you have your hair styled nicely. People care even if you don't.
I plan to spend the summer trying to get my physical life back into control. I think I've got this sugar thing licked, but that's only a small part of what I need to work on. Hey, I tackled sugar and won. Here's to my next conquest! More info to follow. 🙂


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OneDrive "Runs like a Dog" on Windows OS Rivals
Microsoft is being accused of perverting their OneDrive web app so it performs far more slowly on Linux, ChromeOS, and other Windows rivals. The supposed evidence is that users see an increase of performance once they change their browser's user-agent string to IE or Edge. Uh, I think that just means OneDrive's code for Firefox, Chrome, and other non-MS browsers is terribleآ—although that in itself is worthy of complaint, I guess.
Plenty of Linux users are up in arms about the performance of the OneDrive web app. They say that when accessing Microsoft's cloudy storage system in a browser on a non-Windows system آ– such as on Linux or ChromeOS آ– the service grinds to a barely usable crawl. But when they use a Windows machine on the same internet connection, speedy access resumes. Crucially, when they change their browser's user-agent string آ– a snippet of text the browser sends to websites describing itself آ– to Internet Explorer or Edge, magically their OneDrive access speeds up to normal on their non-Windows PCs.


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Once a DRO is in place it prevents the individual's creditors from recovering their money without the court's permission. The court fee is £90 and the individual is usually discharged from their debts after 12 months.
Similar to bankruptcy, throughout the term of the DRO, the individual will be required to accept certain restrictions which prevent them from:-
- Borrowing more than £500 without advising the lender about the DRO.
- Act as a director of a company.
- Create, manage or promote a company without the court's permission.
- Manage a business without telling those you do business with about the DRO.
Once the DRO restrictions have been removed, usually after 12 months, the debts are written off. However, the DRO will be noted on an individual's credit history and as a result the individual may find it difficult to obtain credit in the future.
It all sounds reasonable enough. So why is the procedure requiring a review? Although a 'success' in terms of the number of individuals using the procedure, the current circumstances applicable for a DRO are still limited. The individual must:-
- Have less than £15,000 of debt.
- Have less than £50 a month spare income.
- Own less than £300 worth of assets and not own their home.
- Have lived or worked in England and Wales within the last 3 years.
- Have not applied for a DRO within the last 6 years.
Some experts have said that these restrictions mean that many people are unable to access this type of formal procedure because they have too much debt or own too many assets. As a result the alternative, not counting bankruptcy, is a less formal debt management plan and these can be costly.
The review of DRO's is welcomed by the Citizen Advice bureau and Jo Swinson, the business minister who commented "Helping people to break out of the cycle of problem debt is a key objective for the government. We want to ensure that debt relief orders are continuing to meet this objective".
The government will shortly be launching the review, consulting debt advice charities, creditors and previous users of DRO's. With more than 130,000 DRO's entered into since they were introduced in 2009 it is anticipated that any future revising of the DRO's will further enable individuals to access an insolvency procedure that is right for them.


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For over 18 years, Arvato has been combining regional and centralised approaches to storage in order to provide Beckman Coulter with customised distribution solutions from a single source
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Beckman Coulter is one of the world's leading manufacturers of systems and consumables in the field of clinical diagnostics and life sciences. With the help of automated and simplified processes, Beckman Coulter's products play a key role in increasing laboratory productivity. More than 200,000 systems are currently in use in over 130 countries.
In the interest of the best possible use of laboratory resources, a variety of diagnostic products need to be available at all times, without keeping large inventories on site.
If equipment fails, being able to obtain a replacement part quickly is essential for the patients of hospitals and laboratories. Beckman Coulter chose Arvato healthcare to ensure the reliable and efficient supply of materials to hospitals and laboratories.
To implement a customised distribution solution to ensure the rapid and efficient supply of goods and increase customer satisfaction.
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In addition, a distribution centre for replacement parts, located near the Brussels airport, allows for the time-sensitive delivery of replacement parts as well as the consolidation of inventory. Arvato also offers customised solutions to ensure that service engineers receive needed parts by 9 a.m. the following day, at their homes, at the customer site or in agreed-upon locations such as car trunks, gas stations, locked boxes etc.
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Going green can go beyond just helping the environment. It can provide a new wardrobe while maintaining a replenished wallet. No need to chuck those old clothes because fashion is always recycling itself. It's difficult to stay innovative in the fashion industry and as designers struggle to find new ideas, there's a piqued interest in changing and improving upon what once was. Next to recycling newspapers and tin cans, the fashion savvy are vintage shopping and looking to old trends like new.
The revival of the 80s in particular has been easy to spot over the last few years. The geometric and paint splattered prints on jumpers, the shocking neon coloured T- shirts and the aggressive shoulder pads put on blazers have all made their comeback. Leather jackets popularized by Michael Jackson and the film The Lost Boys are extremely stylish to strut around in. They were studded and left undone to create a messier look back then and the same trend seems appealing now. High top Converse sneakers, headwraps and bold jewellery have all filtered into the hip hop community again and trendy stores like American Apparel are carrying body suits, tights and workout attire to wear outside of the gym. Even Tom Selleck's popular mustache has reappeared as an increasing amount of young men are sporting the Magnum P.I. facial hair with pride.
I admit to being a big fan of this recycling fashion idea. I'm lucky to have quite the stylish mother and even luckier that she's held onto some key designer pieces from the 80s. Today, shopping second hand is encouraged and vintage boutiques are gaining popularity among the young, but I've stumbled upon a real goldmine– my mother's closet. I adore mixing her vintage clothing with my own updated wardrobe to create a look all on my own. I'm not just being environmentally friendly by reusing the clothing, but this doesn't put a dent in my piggy bank and I can rest assured that no one will be wearing the same outfit at an event or a night out.
I've taken new ownership of the amazing long sleeve dresses from Paris, the crisp blazers and a couple pairs of high-waisted pleated pants that my mother rocked back in the day. The accessories and handbags are simply icing on the cake. It's these high quality and unique garments that get me the most compliments in and around the city. Fortunately not everything needs to be recycled when it comes to the 80s. I'm positive most are not missing the unflattering MC Hammer pants, the mismatched fluorescent socks or the perm for that matter. All those faux pas can stay back in the 80s where they belong.
As the world of fashion borrows elements from decades past, there's still much to be considered. When looking at the bigger picture, a fashionista must ask oneself if we're still making moves on the fashion front. I'm all for vintage goods, but I often wonder if we're still setting trends and not just recycling or tweaking them all.


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I took an acting for film class a few years back and I had to do this one scene in which my character was very serious and spooky and a little bit frightening. And at the end of my monologue, I smiled. My coach was surprised, but excited, that I had made that choice, and he asked me why I had done it.
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What book have you read where the characters did unexpected things?
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
U is for Upside-Down
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Wow. Nothing comes to mind. But in my own novel the main character does something unusual at the end, something humanly impossible.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Same with me - only it is my characters who do it to me. They suddenly do something unexpected, but I always find there has been a good reason. (My plots happen while the books are being written - and I do smile when I get complimented on how meticulously plotted they are!)Delete
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Makes 1 loaf
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60 ml ( 2 fl oz / ¼ cup ) olive oil
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After having my two children, I decided to train in Pre and Post Natal. I've also had the pleasure of attending some of Jo's workshops. Jo is the teacher I aspire to be like, her way of teaching makes sense to me and I always get so much from a day with Jo. That's why I've also gone on to mentoring with Jo too – just invaluable!
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The FBI and Louisiana State Police say authorities in Louisiana have responded to at least 106 threats of violence in or near schools since the mass shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14. And there have been 62 arrests.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
It's Time (again)
Do you remember the whole "It's Time" thing? Let's bring it back eh?
It's Time.
It's time for Combet, It's time for Shorten
It's time for Kevin, yes it's time.
It's time for Christmas beer strikes, it's time for Easter petrol strikes
It's time for award wages, yes it's time.
It's time for Garretts carbon tax, it's time to sign Kyoto
It's time to invest in windfarms, yes it's time.
It's time for Medicare gold, it's time for compulsory unionism
It's time for Gillard's cronies, yes it's time.
It's time for high unemployment, it's time to raise interest rates
It's time for a recession, yes it's time.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Live Earth Stars Come Clean On "Carbon Neutral Hypocrisy"
Lily Sobhani, Live Earth's Global Head of Events reports;
"Live Earth Australia will kick off 24 hours of music spanning all 7 continents to focus the world against global warming," Wall said. "Over 100 headlining artists ranging from Madonna to The Police to Wolfmother, all of whom are donating their time to perform at the concerts, will inspire an audience of over 2 billion people. Live Earth is designed to trigger a mass movement to combat our climate crisis. The climate crisis touches everyone, everywhere. Live Earth is about motivating people in every corner of the planet to 'Answer the Call' and make meaningful and lasting changes in their lives to combat global warming."
Originally the concerts were to be rendered "Carbon Neutral" in order to offset the massive amount of rare and rapidly depleting resources that an event such as this needs to operate. Tickets were to be printed on recycled paper and public transport was to be included in the ticket price.
After careful consideration of the genuine environmental impact of these concerts, some of the artists have imposed strict environmental guidelines on the organisers. The following changes will be made to enable the concerts to be completely "Gaia friendly".
- The recycled paper tickets will now be scrapped in favour of free entry. A spokesperson was heard to say that "charging people to hear music was a capitalist activity that was not in harmony with the spirit of the event".
- The concert will now be held during daylight hours only due to the vast amount of power that the lighting system would need.
- No PA system will be used as, again, it just draws too much power. Promoters are asking that "patrons please be quiet during the show and they should probably try to crowd towards the front a bit".
- No electric intruments will be tolerated nor will instruments be allowed that are made of rare substances such as wooden guitars and drums. Instruments that use strings will also not be allowed as they are generally made of steel or nylon which both generate huge amounts of greenhouse gases in their manufacture.
- Artists will not be permitted to use planes to or non-hybrid cars to transport themselves and their crews to the gig. A fleet of push bikes was to be utilised for all transport needs but it was found that some of them had oil on the chains and paint on the frames, both of which are just plain evil.
- All food products that contain meat will be banned due to their methane impact. "Not-Dogs" have come on board as the official caterers.
- All recordings of the event will be given away free to anyone who wants them as we should never try to profit from the Earths environmental problems.
A spokesperson for the performers says that they all welcome and fully support the changes in order to prove that they are genuine in their desire to change the climate for the better.
"Look, we were going to do the whole 'carbon offset' thing but in reality we all know it's bullshit. The amount of trees that would have to be planted to offset massive power use such as this was just unrealistic and we all know that when the tree dies, the carbon is released again anyway. What we are doing here is groundbreaking. We are sweeping aside all the 'so-called' environmentalists and saying enough is enough. No more hypocrisy for us. We are stars and should be examples to the rest of the public so that they can continue to adore us with a clear conscience."
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
There is no political bias at the ABC right?
Now we have Mike Bailey, the king of all TV weather readers, having a crack.
Nope, no political bias here folks, move along... nothing to see.
It's also nice to see "the party of the workers" fielding genuine candidates too, eh?
Friday, May 18, 2007
A Tribute to Communism
Monday, May 14, 2007
From a concerned reader
I think my wife is cheating on me. I am a travelling musician and note strange things when I come home. Her mobile phone rings and she steps outside or says "call me later..." When I ask her who called she gets evasive. Sometimes she goes out with friends but comes home late, getting dropped off around the corner and walking the rest of the way home. I once picked up the extension phone while she was talking and she got very angry.
A friend of mine plays guitar in a band. He told me my wife and some guy shows up sometimes at their gig. He wanted to borrow my amp. That's when I got the idea to find out for myself. I said: "Sure you can use my amp but I want to hide behind it and see if she comes into the club and who with." He agreed.
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The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg
published in 2009
4 Awards
1986 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Picture Books
1986 Caldecott Medal
1985 New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books
1985 Parents' Choice Award for Picture Books
Appropriate age:
Young Kid (age 5-7)
Reading level:
Grade 2
One couldn't select a more delightful and exciting premise for a children's book than the tale of a young boy lying awake on Christmas Eve only to have Santa Claus sweep by and take him on a trip with other children to the North Pole. And one couldn't ask for a more talented artist and writer to tell the story than Chris Van Allsburg. Allsburg, a sculptor who entered the genre nonchalantly when he created a children's book as a diversion from his sculpting, won the 1986 Caldecott Medal for this book, one of several award winners he's produced. The Polar Express rings with vitality and wonder. 25th Anniversary Edition Includes To commemorate this special anniversary, a lavish gift edition has been created. The set includes a silver foil border, a CD audio recording read by Liam Neeson, a note from Chris Van Allsburg, and a silvery keepsake "All Aboard" ornament. Amazon Exclusive: A Letter from Chris Van Allsburg Dear Amazon Readers, Over the past twenty-five years, many people have shared stories with me about the effect that reading The Polar Express has had on their families and on their celebration of Christmas. One of the most poignant was told to me five or six years ago at a book signing in the Midwest, on a snowy December evening. As I inscribed a book to a woman in her sixties, she told me that it was the second copy she had owned, and wanted to know if she could she tell me what had happened to the first. "Of course, " I answered. A dozen years earlier the woman, who had no children of her own, befriended a neighbor, a boy of about seven, named Eddie. He would often cross his driveway to visit her. She had a collection of picture books, which she read to him, but around the holidays, the only story he ever wanted to hear, over and over, was The Polar Express. One year she offered to give him the book, but Eddie declined because he wanted to hear her read it aloud to him, which she continued to do every year until the boy and his family moved away. Years later the woman learned from a mutual acquaintance that Eddie had grown up and become a soldier. He was stationed in Iraq. Since Christmas was approaching, the woman decided to send him a gift box. She included candy, cookies, socks, and her old copy of The Polar Express. She wasn't sure what a nineteen-year-old battle-weary soldier would do with the book in an army barracks in the Middle East, but she wanted him to have it. A month later, after the holidays had passed, she received a letter from Eddie. He told her he was very happy to have heard from her and to get the box of gifts. He had opened it in his barracks, just before curfew, with some of his fellow GIs already in their bunks. A soldier in the next bunk spotted the book. He knew it well from his own childhood and asked Eddie to read it. "Out loud?" he asked. "Yeah, " his buddy told him. Eddie, quietly and a little self-consciously, read The Polar Express. When he'd finished and closed the book, a moment of silence passed. Then from behind him a voice called out, "Read it again, " and another joined in, "Yeah, read it again, " and a third added, "This time, louder." So Eddie did. He wrote to the woman that he'd stood up and read it to his comrades just the way he remembered she had read it to him. All aboard, Chris Van Allsburg Recipes and Activities to Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Polar Express (Click on Images for the Recipe or Activity [PDF]) Snacks for Santa Candy Cane Sugar Cookies Polar Chocolate Nougat Caramel Squares Christmas Snowball Cookies Hot Chocolate Fun and Games A Polar Express Word Search A Polar Express Crossword A Polar Express Maze A Polar Express Drawing Sheet
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~The big, beautiful blooms on our Rose bushes.
~A sweet spirited afternoon with Mister Mister before he had to leave for work out-of-town at the last-minute. Always so bitter/sweet when he has to go but it always causes us to savor those last moments together all the more.
~The older Lovey gets the more he misses his Daddy those times that he is away. One morning after Mister Mister had left, while Lovey was "scheduling" his return on my phones calendar, though tears were shed, humor was still present when he asked me if he could have a tissue to wipe his eyeballs. Cute.
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~Lovey falls asleep holding my hand. In that moment there is no where in the world I would rather be. ♥
~The plumbing nightmare at our house has finally came to an end. The culprit of the flood, a broken faucet upstairs has been fixed. All flood damage cleaned & replaced. Almost completely back to normal after a long week of torn up floors, VERY loud industrial fans and people in and out of our house all day every day. I never realized how much I appreciate the peace and quiet of our home until it was abruptly interrupted. Needless to say I am very happy for its return. Silence truly is golden!
~A new chest of drawers in our mater bedroom. Extra space to store items that were bursting out of
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Thank You Lord,
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Not surprisingly, the third film in the Star Wars franchise also opened today in 1983. Return of the Jedi was saddled with having to wrap up the storyline created by Star Wars and Empire, but while it's usually regarded as the weakest of the three, that still places it in very good company. Happy 35th anniversary, ROTJ!
Nor is that the only Fox science fiction that launched on this time. Emboldened by the success of Lucas's little flick, the studio tasked a young director named Ridley Scott to fashion something very different. The result was Alien, which not only launched a franchise of its own (with far more mixed results), but which today stands one of the greatest masterpieces the genre has ever produced (and, in terms of pure filmmaking, superior to Star Wars). It opened today in 1979.
If blockbusters aren't your thing, then you can look to Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman to help you out. Midnight Cowboy, to date the only X-rated film ever to win Best Picture, took full advantage of Hollywood's reinvigorated creativity during the late 1960s, and produced a painful, but achingly sympathetic portrayal of society's outcasts and the dignity they often fight for in vain. It opened today in 1969.
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I'm guest hosting #AdjunctChat again this week (3/18)! Join in on Tuesday at 4pmET.
End-of-term student evaluations are a common way to ask students for feedback at the course level. The format has changed, at many colleges and universities, from paper and pencil questionnaires to online forms.
As an online adjunct instructor at two universities, I've had trouble accessing evaluation results in the past. It can take a long time for the completed forms to be tabulated and distributed to the instructor, and there is often a low response rate. But recently, and quite coincidentally, I received notification from each of my institutions letting me know about new systems that allow me to log in and retrieve all of my past evaluations.
Having access to the information is just the start. Now to figure out how the feedback can be put to practical use. From course revision to future job applications, there are many possibilities. For this week's #AdjunctChat, we'll use the following questions to guide the discussion:
- What role do student evaluations play in your adjunct teaching?
- When, how do you receive formal feedback from your students?
- Do you have any specific examples of how these evaluations have been a benefit to you?
- Do you conduct your own course evaluations?
- What are your suggestions for improving the process for adjunct instructors?
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What would you like to cover during this chat? Please add your ideas and questions to the comments area below, and plan to join us on Tuesday, March 18th at 4pmET! All are welcome.
UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who participated in this conversation! If you missed the session, the AdjunctChat site will post a transcript and a Storify version is linked below.
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I'm wondering what is presented to staff and students as the purpose of the evaluations if you were not able to access the feedback. Who and what was the information gathered used for if you were denied access? Also, in your experience is it an expectation that when applying for positions and promotion that you include student feedback? It has become so in many Australian universities.


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Who: Taylor Judith Hartley, daughter to LorelNicolette, is 7-weeks-old. She was born on Valentine's Day. She was 8 lbs. 8 oz. and 19 inches long.
How long does she sleep at night? Taylor sleeps anywhere between 3-4 hours at night. What has made this routine especially smooth is being able to bring her to bed with me.
Before she was born, I was concerned with how that would work. We had been having some difficulty getting Logan to sleep in his own room, and I was not comfortable co-sleeping with both of them in the same bed. Getting Logan a big boy bed sort of solved the problem. What has also helped is having my husband sleep in their room when Logan needs the extra security. My husband gets more sleep that way, too.
What makes her smile? She smiles a lot at her brother and me. She also smiles and cuddles anytime she is close to the food source. ;-)
How did you choose her name? We had decided early on that we would use a family name for this baby. We didn't find out the gender so we planned on naming a girl after my mother (Judith), and a boy after my husband's father (Joseph).
I started toying with other girl names in the latter part of my pregnancy. Judith as a first name simply wasn't as appealing to me as it had been. Taylor, Adrienne, and Audrina were a few of my favorites.
Labor happened quickly, and to our surprise we were blessed with a girl. As I sat in the birthing pool processing everything, my husband looked over at me and casually asked, "How about Taylor Judith?" Without hesitating, I agreed.
Any siblings? Taylor has a big brother named Logan. He is turning three in June.
How well do they get along? He was a little skeptical of her at first, but all he wants to do now is help. He loves to keep her company on her activity floor mat. If she starts crying he tries his best to console her. Sometimes that includes methods that Taylor is not down with. She is not a fan of pacifiers, but Logan seems to think that all babies should have one based on his experience at home-care. I couldn't help but laugh in the beginning when all his pacifier attempts were denied by Taylor.
What is her latest milestone? Lately, she has been experimenting with different facial expressions. She also has been gaining more control of her neck and back with each passing day.
What is her fussiest time of day? Taylor is definitely fussier in the evening. When all other measures have been exhausted, it usually means she wants to comfort nurse.
What will she do for a career? She seems to be a lot like her brother. If that is the case then she will be an independent, strong willed individual. With those characteristics she will be able to do whatever she sets her mind to.
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Land of the Dead
George A. Romero may have created the zombie genre as we know it, with his breakthrough 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead and his heralded 1979 follow up, Dawn of the Dead, but his fourth movie in the series, 2005's Land of the Dead, suggests that Romero would be best advised to give it up and leave it to others to carry on his mantle. Following the impact of Romero's dark, gory and satirical Dawn of the Dead, zombie movies spread like a plague via the prolific, low budget machinery of Italian horror cinema, but it wasn't until 2004 that they came anywhere close to a mainstream breakthrough. That year, Zack Snyder's energetic and superior Dawn of the Dead remake and the fun crossover hit romantic comedy from England, Shaun of the Dead, brought the armies of the flesh-eating undead into American multiplexes, deservedly expanding their appeal from a clique of morbid gore cultists to a wider audience by adding solid production values, rich characters, and sophisticated wit to the grindhouse formula. But Romero's return to his career franchise in 2005 in stark comparison to the films he inspired is a monumental letdown. In a world already overrun by brain-dead, flesh-hungry monsters, a super-rich fascist, Kaufman (Dennis Hopper), has created an oasis for the upperclass: a luxurious city island protected from zombie assault by bordering rivers and a perimeter padding of wild underclass ghettoes. Kaufman's oasis is threatened when the previously feebleminded undead begin to develop rudimentary smarts and communication skills and advance on his superficially isolated kingdom, but this shallow regurgitation of post-apocalyptic class-warfare tropes is merely a subplot to the mind-numbingly dull and pointless key narrative about slum-dwelling bandits-for-hire (Simon Baker and John Leguizamo chief among them) battling for control of a hi-tech zombie-slaying rig. Where Romero's earlier hits succeeded by focusing on desperate, ordinary characters under siege, Land of the Dead scatters its focus across a handful of aimless and/or shallow subplots populated with wooden, hardened characters who elicit little in the way of empathy, and who display a baffling lack of sense for supposed veterans of the war on the undead. Land of the Dead's characters are so lifeless that the movie's only remotely intriguing character is the growling leader of the barely cognizant zombies, and zombies aren't exactly beacons of charisma. Gore fans may also be disappointed by the sparse and lackluster splatter, with nary a memorable dismemberment to be counted. Also with Robert Joy and Italian horror progeny Asia Argento (think Moira Kelly, but slutty). Universal's Land of the Dead: Unrated Director's Cut offers a fine anamorphic transfer (2.35:1) with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. The feature is accompanied by a commentary with Romero, producer Peter Grunwald, and editor Michael Doherty. Featurettes includes "Undead Again: The Making of Land of the Dead," "A Day with the Living Dead," "Bringing the Dead to Life," "The Remaining Bits," When Shaun Met George," "Scenes of Carnage," " Zombie Effects: From Green Screen to Finished Scene," "Bringing the Storyboards to Life," and "Scream Tests: Zombie Casting Call." Trailer, keep-case.
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