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Jul. 10th, 2007 09:19 amThere's been an interesting murder case in western Canada recently. A 13 year old girl was just convicted of first degree murder for persuading her boyfriend to kill her parents and little brother last year when she was 12. She can only be sentenced to a maxiumum 10 years because she's under 14 and only 6 of them can be incarcerated. All agree that it was her *23 year old* boyfriend that did the actual stabbings and he's not even entered a plea yet. She persuaded him to kill them because they disapproved of her relationship with him. Duh. 12... 23... do the math. The parents should have had him arrested rather than strongly objecting. Anyway. The defence says that he did it on his own, under the influence of drugs. The prosecution maintained that it was at her urging, she helped him break in and left a window unlocked for him, also encouraged him while he was doing it. The jury believed the prosecution. I hope that child gets some major psychiatric help. And that boyfriend? needs to be in jail for the rest of his life.
A heritage building in Halifax is undergoing some renovations that will take a couple of years. The city surrounded it and has allowed the walls to be painted by local artists to brighten up the construction site and not have plain white walls that would only encourage graffiti anyway. I must have a look when i'm down in that area this weekend seeing the ships. It's a great idea.
Did anyone watch any of the Life Earth concert on the weekend? I saw a few bits and pieces. Mostly unimpressed but i did think Madonna did a stonking job. I missed most of the "name" acts but did catch hers. After the concert, apparently the floor of Wembley was covered in plastic cups. I hope they were recyclable! I'm of two minds about a concert like that. It seems an awfully huge waste of energy and resources even if they tried to make it "green". On the other hand, it does get the message out and might have a worthwhile fall-out effect if a few more people do their bit. I probably don't do as much as i could but i do recycle, compost, take the bus or a taxi rather than own a car (and would take the bus to work even if i did have a car), keep most of the lights out if i'm not using them. I should get those cfl light bulbs too. I have one and my desk lamp is that sort already. My kitchen light is fluorescent too. I try to give older clothes away or donate them and i take short showers and don't leave the water running when i brush my teeth. Every little bit helps.
A heritage building in Halifax is undergoing some renovations that will take a couple of years. The city surrounded it and has allowed the walls to be painted by local artists to brighten up the construction site and not have plain white walls that would only encourage graffiti anyway. I must have a look when i'm down in that area this weekend seeing the ships. It's a great idea.
Did anyone watch any of the Life Earth concert on the weekend? I saw a few bits and pieces. Mostly unimpressed but i did think Madonna did a stonking job. I missed most of the "name" acts but did catch hers. After the concert, apparently the floor of Wembley was covered in plastic cups. I hope they were recyclable! I'm of two minds about a concert like that. It seems an awfully huge waste of energy and resources even if they tried to make it "green". On the other hand, it does get the message out and might have a worthwhile fall-out effect if a few more people do their bit. I probably don't do as much as i could but i do recycle, compost, take the bus or a taxi rather than own a car (and would take the bus to work even if i did have a car), keep most of the lights out if i'm not using them. I should get those cfl light bulbs too. I have one and my desk lamp is that sort already. My kitchen light is fluorescent too. I try to give older clothes away or donate them and i take short showers and don't leave the water running when i brush my teeth. Every little bit helps.
