...Mesa Police DR #20081610844 On 6-9-08 at 2227 hours, the Mesa Police Department was called to a death investigation at 11428 E. Queenborough Avenue in Mesa, AZ. The reporting party stated they had found the owner of the home deceased in the master bathroom of the home and it was unknown how long he had been there. Officers responded and found the victim, later identified as Travis Alexander, deceased lying naked in the shower. It was unknown how long Travis had been deceased, but his body was well into the decomposition process. Officers also found large amounts of blood throughout the master bathroom floors, walls, and sink area. The initial injury detected by officers, was a large laceration to Travis' throat, which appeared to be from ear to ear. The friends of the victim told officers, that Travis was scheduled to go on a trip to Cancun, Mexico on Tuesday the 10th of June. Marie Fall said she was going to Mexico with Travis, but she had not been able to get a hold of him over the phone since the week of June 1st. While in the house, they contacted Travis' roommate, Zachary Billings and asked if he had seen Travis. Zachary told them he thought Travis had gone to Mexico and hadn't seen him in several days. They checked Travis' bedroom door and found it locked. They were able to find a key to the bedroom door and opened it only to discover what happened to be blood on the carpet leading into the master bathroom. They also discovered large amounts of dried...
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...Analysis of the Homicide Trial of Jodi Arias By Robert Davis Professor Lauren Burke CCJS 100 6382 University of Maryland University College March 8, 2013 Robert Davis Professor Burke CCJS 100 March 8, 2013 Analysis of the Homicide Trial of Jodi Arias The criminal justice system ensures the safety and protection of society from criminal offenders. The process of the criminal justice system begins when a criminal offense is reported to law enforcement officials. If required, an investigation begins, leading to a warrant and arrest. Following the arrest, bail is set and a preliminary hearing is scheduled. If the defendant is indicted, a trial date is set. Providing the defendant does not waive the right to a jury trial, a jury is selected and the trial begins. If the defendant is found guilty, a sentence is imposed, usually within a few days of the jury’s verdict. If the defendant wishes, he or she can then appeal the guilty verdict and sentencing, thus beginning the trial process again. Police officers, detectives, prosecutors, and defense attorneys make great efforts to ensure justice is served swiftly and fairly, thus creating a strong and effective criminal justice system. Description of the Crime Jodi Arias was arrested in July 2008 for the brutal murder of her boyfriend, Travis Alexander. Travis was stabbed twenty-seven times; his throat was cut, and he was shot in the head in his Mesa, Arizona home. Jodi and Travis met at a Prepaid Legal conference and...
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...Case Summary and Psychological Analysis: Jodi Arias On June 9th, 2008, the body of Travis Alexander was found in his Arizona home, in a pool of blood in his shower. He was found by a group of friends after they had tried to contact him for several days with no response. Travis’s girlfriend, Jodi Arias was arrested for the murder a month later and put on trial. Travis’s body was found with a gunshot wound to the head, over two dozen stab wounds, and a deeply slit neck. Arias claimed that she had no involvement in the murder in the early stages on the investigation. After her DNA was found in a sample of Travis’s blood, she switched her story saying that intruders broke in and attacked and murdered Travis but let her go. Later on in the trial,...
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...by Offenbach, L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) and Près das remparts de Sèville (Seguidilla) from Carmen by Bizet, All I ask of You from The Phantom of the Opera and Con Te Partirò– Time to Say Goodbye by Sartori. In this essay, the general performance of the concert will be discussed. After that, the piece L’amour est un oiseau rebelle from Carmen by Bizet will be the main focus of this essay. The performance of the performers was good in general. A large range of opera and types of opera vocals has been introduced. However, the instrumentation is simple that only a piano accompaniment. Some effects like accord cannot be perfectly expressed. The song L’amour est un oiseau rebelle is from the opera Carmen. It is a French aria in a simple duple meter with minor key first. Tempo of this song is moderately slow, but in a lively way. A variety of rhythm has been heavily utilized, including triplets, rests and doted rhythms. The song can mainly be divided into two parts. The first part starts with a minor key. The melody of the first part is according to a descending chromatic scale, which is easy to familiar with and more legato when singing. The key of the second part has been changed to...
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...Inside the Little Mermaid by:Brandie Tittsworth Jm0300776 When I young, I liked to pretended I was Ariel from The Little Mermaid. I hopelessly dreamt of finding my prince charming. I sang and danced to the songs, and loved the thought of the castle in the ocean, or a secret cave with items from shipwrecks. Watching the same story later in life with my own children I can without a doubt say that Ariel could be a role model for not only me but my daughter also in the way she stays true to who she is. Her character is one of open-mindedness, strength and abundant love. Throughout her story, Ariel is faced with opposition and obstacles that force her to define and think about who she is. King Tritan and the rest of the water creatures try to push and mold Ariel into what they feel is "customary." The story of The Little Mermaid is one of Ariel defying the idea of what is right, what is normal, and what is supposed to be. A significant way of social interpellating an individual is by ostracizing the union or marriage between people with noticeable differences. Society praises when the usual path is chosen, whether it is a marriage between woman and man, or the relationship between two people of the same race. The central motif or theme of The Little Mermaid, which appears in many children's stories, is that of two people of different backgrounds overcoming obstacles and falling in love. Ariel, a mermaid, and...
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...Ariel is from the movie The Little Mermaid, she is a day dreamer and rebels against her father. In the film she is only 16 and wishes she was human, she collects many items from sunken ships and places them in her secret grotto. Due to her father’s rule she is banned from seeing humans, but against this rule she saves a human prince named Eric and falls in love. She dreams of being with him and sees a sea witch and trades her voice for legs. In the end she marries Eric and her father lifts the rule. This stereotypes teenagers to be daydreamers and rebellious against older family members, it also stereotypes that girl teens non-stop daydream about finding true love and happily ever after. Most Teenagers just want some independence and to figure...
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...We define conflict as a disagreement through which the parties involved perceive a threat to their needs, interests or concerns. Every individual is unique and that very uniqueness will lead to conflicts in our relationship. You are in the middle of a conflict and resolution seems imminent, however, each time you approach the summit, the process stalls or goes into reverse. Why is this so? There are several factors that can delay or hinder the resolution process. The first one is Negative body language. A 'closed' posture (arms strapped across the chest), shaking one's leg, shaking one's head, tapping the floor with one's foot, sighing and grunting are all negative and do not help the process. Some men will apologise prematurely to get the woman 'to shut up' because 'I can't take the whole heap a argument'. This ploy may also be due to impatience. Some women will feign agreement while harbouring resentment and when the man thinks the hatchet is buried, the next conflict reveals that it was not buried deep enough. There may be times when there is a need to walk away from the conflict to prevent its escalation and to gather one's thoughts, but the decision to walk away must be thought out carefully as it could become a hindrance. On the flip side, persons may remain at the scene, but stew in silence. Besides that, Constant interruptions also can hinder conflicts resolution. If persons are serious about resolving conflicts, then there must be a concerted effort to allow the other...
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...Grandfather Car Scam At an adolescence age of eighteen, my grandfather was looking for my first vehicle. My grandfather spent most of his life as a carpenter and an at home mechanic. This made me realize how hard he works for his money. As he continued to search for the perfect car he can across a Nineteen seventy two Nissan Datsun two forty Z. It was flat black with red trimming and flat red alloy wheels and a chrome dual exhaust. The interior was black leather with flat red trimming. It also had a racing steering wheel that was red and black as well. It was a very beautiful car. So my grandfather went to look at it and the owner started it up and this car sound pretty and very powerful like a lions roar when he stepped on the petal. He really liked this car so he knows it would be right for me. So he bought it with cash and drove it home. As soon as he got home and got out the car. The car began to make a funny noise and began to leak green fluid. Grandfather got had a disgusted look on his face a look of disappointment. Grandfather called the seller of the car about the leak and of course he said he didn’t know about it. So the seller said bring it back so he can look at it and on the way back to the sell the car stops in traffic right around the corner from the seller. Then he called him and asked him to come help push it. He came but he came with a rope and a hook to pull the car. Then my grandfather said so you were prepared for this. Then asked is it possible to...
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...Jacob Tatum English 1302 – XW4 April 19, 2014 Professor Lee Exploring the Consumer Society: The Urge to Splurge I grew up in a middle-class neighborhood in McKinney, Tx. The high school I went to, McKinney High School, had students in attendance whose parents were on government assistance, students whose parents were in the top 10% of the top 1% financially and everywhere in between. Consider this, if you took a group of randomly selected students from my high school and your goal was to estimate their household income based upon the value of their possessions (phone, clothes, jewelry, shoes, etc...) you'd most likely get it all wrong. This is because it doesn't matter where you come from, how much money you have, or what you look like; you're a customer, you're a consumer. We live in a society today and I went to a high school where people are judged based upon their possessions and what they can acquire. It doesn't matter how you acquired it, as long as you've got it. I think that judging people based off of what they own is a huge mistake. I think it's unfortunate we are constantly purchasing things because of a brand or a logo, but at the same time I don't practice what I'm preaching. It's interesting to me that as I begin to think about it, I don't think any of the nice things I own are bringing me happiness right now, they have only provided some form of instant gratification. If someone asked me what I have to be happy about, I'd provide the cliché answer along the...
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...Lifesourcing – Blog (www.shomprakash.com) This is Friday Shomprakash Sinha Roy About the author : Shomprakash Sinha Roy is a Senior Technical Consultant and Social Media Professional for Dell International Services. He moonlights as a blogger on a few websites. Notable among them, are his contributions at The Youth Express, and Lifesourcing (www.shomprakash.com). For Roy, writing has been a necessity driven by experiences; more than anything else. Having struggled for survival for three straight years, he finally has a job that pays so that he can keep writing and stay alive at the same time. He dreams of the times of Hemingway and Bill Shakespeare, and idolizes Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Arundhati Roy and Rabindranath Tagore. The story “This is Friday” was presented via the blog Lifesourcing, and was accepted as a truly contemporary work of romance by thousands of readers. It was also promoted via different social media channels and as made its way to readers across India, the Middle East and the United States of America. It’s about one night that begins as a drunken journey across the protagonist’s favourite shopping mall to his favourite lounge in town. It explores a rhythmic side to the city of Bangalore, where the protagonist dwells upon his desires and deep-rooted values of friendship and “trust”. It also turned out to be the author’s first successful attempt to use the present continuous narrative form. His debut novel “The Pink Smoke” is being published by Grapevine...
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...Every Year Every year that I'm with you Has been better than before; It's hard for me to even think How I could love you more. Every year you've graced my life Has been full of happiness; I love your caring face, your voice, Your tender, sweet caress. Every year when this day comes, I'm filled with love and pleasure; Happy Anniversary, Love, My joy, my delight, my treasure. Just gonna stand there And watch me burn But that's alright Because I like The way it hurts Just gonna stand there And hear me cry But that's alright Because I love The way you lie I love the way you lie I love the way you lie I can't tell you what it really is I can only tell you what it feels like And right now there's a steel knife In my windpipe I can't breathe But I still fight While I can fight As long as the wrong feels right It's like I'm in flight High of a love Drunk from the hate It's like I'm huffing paint And I love it the more that I suffer I sufficate And right before im about to drown She resuscitates me She fucking hates me And I love it Wait Where you going I'm leaving you No you ain't Come back We're running right back Here we go again It's so insane Cause when it's going good It's going great I'm Superman With the wind in his bag She's Lois Lane But when it's bad It's awful I feel so ashamed I snap Who's that dude I don't even know his name I laid hands on her I'll never stoop so low again I guess I don't know my own strength ...
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...Student Book Tapescript Unit 1: The Weekend 2. Let’s Listen (Page 2) 1. A: So, how was your weekend, Don? B: Well, I wanted to go dancing with my girlfriend but she was too tired to go out. A: So what did you do? B: We just stayed home and watched TV. 2. A: I had a great weekend. B: What happened? A: I met this really terrific girl and I think she likes me. B: Really? A: Yeah, we’re going out next weekend. B: All right! 3. A: What did you do last weekend? B: Umm, I spent most of the time at the gym. A: How come? B: Well, I plan to enter a bodybuilding competition next month. A: Gee, I didn’t know you were a bodybuilder. B: Yeah. Want to see my muscles? 4. A: So, what was your weekend like? B: Not very good. My brother came over. A: Yeah? B: Well, he’s got three young boys. I spent all weekend playing computer games with my nephews. Now I’m exhausted. A: I’ll bet! 5. A: Did you have a nice weekend? B: Mmm. Not too bad. A: Did you do anything special? B: Well, I saw a really good movie. A: Who with? B: Oh, I don’t think you know him. It’s this really good-looking guy I just met. 6. A: Did you have a nice weekend, Teresa? B: It was okay. A: So what did you do? B: Well, I met some friends on Saturday and we rented a video. A: How about Sunday? Did you see the World Series on TV? B: The what? A: The baseball game. B: Oh. No, I was too tired. I slept most of the day. A: You’re kidding! You missed a really great game. 3. Let’s Listen (Page...
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...This first image was found at www.golfwrx.com website, the sign has misspelled word and the sign needed re-wording. There were words missing in this sentence. This sign should have put a period instead of a comma. My sign would have gone like this: When using the copy machine please do not put any items on it to avoid breakage. Thank you for your cooperation This sign can misinterpreted and the copy machine can still be broken, by the sentence saying heavy item, what about the smaller or lighter items that can jam the copy machine. The person who wrote this sign should have checked it first, this poor judgment of management. The second image was found at www.coriromashkina.blogspot.com website, the sign has misspelled word and the phrase should be rewritten. My version would have gone like this: The Town of Crestwood, in this town we speak English but if you don’t speak English your still welcome in this Town. This was a big mistake by the mayor’s office he should have not permitted it to be written in the first place and put up for all to see. This sign is very racist towards minorities. Personally I would have not have put something like that up, it is very rude. The third image was found at www.huffingtonpost.com, this is an advertising sign for food that is sold at an eatery. There are misspelled words. My version would have gone like this: We sell chicken eat more for your buck, chick-fil-a, instead of cows it should be chickens since that was they mostly sell. ...
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...This is my birth story: Fifteen with twins. It was the night of my year 10 formal. I went with my boyfriend, Cameron, of 3 years. We had a really good and fun night and decided to sleep together later that night. Around Christmas/New Year time I started to feel quite sick. I had missed a period but didn't think much of it since it was still quite new to me and the have odd times. On the 5 Jan my older sister, Kate, took me to the doctors because of how sick I was. They looked at me and did some tests and then told me the news- I was pregnant. At first I was in shocked. I didn't know what to do. But then Kate hugged me and said it will all be ok. When I got home I was brave enough to tell my parents. They were both watching TV on the lounge. I walked in and just told them straight out. They were so surprised ( I was a straight A student that was in dance groups, choir, musicals, social justice group and tennis) they never thought I would get pregnant. The first thing my mum did was hug me. My dad just kept saying you should have been more careful. After that we just talked about and I was keeping the baby. The next day I asked Cameron over. I sat him down sand told him. He didn't take it well and left. I was so upset but I had Kate and my parents to help me through it. A few days later I was scheduled to go out with my two besties, Hanna and Maddie. When I told them they were surprised and supportive. Then it was school time. When I returned to school to start a new year I...
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...Why do we need to speak English? Is it really important for us to learn and speak English? The answer is definitely “YES” as English is a universal language. Speak well in English is the ticket for the employment. Studies also show that people who have advanced knowledge in English mostly will obtain better jobs. They even will get higher pay and also do well in their social life. Job interview is the first step for you to get a job. For jobs that offer high salaries, there sure will have higher competition. So, even you are qualified for that job but you do not do well in the interview, it will also forbid you from the success. Speak well in English will definitely increase your confidence during the interview and you can also express yourself well from the others who have the same qualification with you but cannot speak well in English. Therefore to make yourself marketable or superior to the other people in your work place, it is important for us to speak well in English. Nowadays, English is prominent in education. Good oral communication can help you to acquire knowledge more effectively especially when you want to ask question, express opinion and ideas, summarize information, and provide feedback. Besides that, all the information that we obtain from the books, internet and news are mostly in English. Even universities in our country use English to teach most of the subjects. Our thesis presentation at the university is mostly done in English; therefore we need to...
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