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Malorie Blackman


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Gender: Female
Status: Married
Age: 101
Sign: Capricorn

State: London and South East
Country: UK
Signup Date: 1/2/2007

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Monday, May 04, 2009 
Hosted By:
Young Readers

When:
30 May 2009

Where:
Library Theate - Birmingham Central Library
Chamberlain Square
Birmingham
B3 3HQ

Description:
Best-selling author Malorie Blackman introduces Double Cross, the eagerly awaited fourth book in her Noughts and Crosses sequence. Find out more about how she writes her novels and get the chance to ask questions about her varied career. A unique opportunity for all her fans! Tickets £2.50 or £10 for a family ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children) 0121 303 2323 or www.birminghamboxoffice.com

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Monday, May 04, 2009 
Hi Everyone,

I'm at the Brighton Festival on Saturday, 9th May from 3pm talking about my books and my writing.

This will take place at The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove.

Hope to see you there.

Peace,
Malorie
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 

Hi Everyone,

I'm at the Cambridge Wordfest on Saturday, 25th April at 4pm in the Babbage Lecture Theatre talking about my books and my writing.  Hope to see you there.

Peace.
Malorie

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Saturday, April 04, 2009 
Hi Everyone,
I shall be at the Oxford Literary Festival on Sunday, 5th April 2009 at 4pm talking about my books, my writing, answering questions and signing any books you want signed.  Hope to see you there!
Peace,
Malorie
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Monday, February 23, 2009 
Hi,
The book trailer for Double Cross is now available for viewing!  Check out www.play.com/bookvideoawards if you want to see it.  And don't forget to vote!
Peace,
Malorie

 
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 

What on earth is going on?  When did it become acceptable to use devices like the 'mosquito' against young people?  Yes, there is a problem with a minority of young people making trouble, but when did that mean that ALL young people have to be demonised and punished?    The mosquito is indiscriminate.  It blasts the ears of babies, toddlers, children and anyone under the age of 25 with continuous, unpleasant noise.  Some politicians and shopkeepers say the mosquito stops vandalism, the painting of graffiti on their premises, loitering, etc as it encourages children and young adults to 'move on'.   Move on to where?  If some money was spent on youth centres and better facilities for young people then maybe such a device wouldn't be needed in the first place.  What mood am I in regarding this issue?  Appalled and more than a little angry.

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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 
Black children left out of Irish schools By SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press Writer
(4th September 2007)



DUBLIN, Ireland - Almost all the children who could not find elementary school places in a Dublin suburb this year were black, the government said Monday, highlighting Ireland's problems integrating its increasingly diverse population.



The children will attend a new, all-black school, a prospect that educators called disheartening.

About 90 children could not find school places in the north Dublin suburb of Balbriggan , a town of more than 10,000 people with two elementary schools. Local educators called a meeting over the weekend for parents struggling to find places and said they were shocked to see only black children.

"That overwhelmed me. I'm not quite sure what to make of it. I just find it extremely concerning," said Gerard Kelly, principal of a school with a mixture of black and white students in the nearby town of Swords.

The parents at Saturday's meeting in a Balbriggan hotel said they had tried to get their children into local schools but were told that all places had to be reserved by February.

Almost all of the children are Irish-born and thus Irish citizens, under a law that existed until 2004.

Some parents questioned why white families who had moved this year into the town had managed to overcome the registration deadlines to get their children into schools.

Some also complained that Ireland's school system was discriminating against them on the basis of religion. About 98 percent of schools are run by the Roman Catholic Church, and the law permits them to discriminate on the basis of whether a prospective student has a certificate confirming they were baptized into the faith. Some of the African applicants were Muslim, members of evangelical Protestant denominations or of no religious creed.

Education Minister Mary Hanafin said the problems reflected bad planning amid rapid population growth, not racist attitudes at existing schools. She vowed to get the new school, which will take students aged 4-12, integrated with white students as soon as possible.

"I would not like to see a situation developing where it is an all-black school, so it's something to keep an eye on for next year's enrollments," Hanafin said.

Kelly said some parents, both locals and immigrants, "felt forced or coerced to have their child baptised to get a place in their local Catholic school."

More than 25,000 Africans have settled in Ireland since the mid-1990s. Most arrived as asylum seekers, and many took advantage of Ireland's law — unique in Europe — of granting citizenship to parents of any Irish-born child. Voters toughened that law in a 2004 referendum.
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Friday, August 03, 2007 

A couple of people have asked me about Jude's laws (you'll need to read Knife Edge and Checkmate to have a scooby what I'm talking about!).  So here they are in full.

Remember, the man is a psycho!!

 

Jude's Rules:

1/    Never ever allow yourself to feel.  Feelings kill.

2/    Never trust a Cross.  Ever.

3/    Watch your back.

4/    Caring equals vunerablity.  Never show either.

5/    Never get so close to anyone or anything that you can't walk away at a moments notice if you have to.   When you have to.

6/    Do unto others as they would do unto you – only do it first.

7/    Revenge is sweet like chocolate.

8/    There are no such things as friends.  Just acquaintances who haven't let you down yet.

9/    The only person you can ever rely on is yourself.

10/  Keep your blood hot and your heart cold.

11/  Hate can feed the places where food would do no good.

12/  The key to a girl's heart is through her vanity.

13/  Staying focused requires more than keen eyesight.

14/   Stay organised, stay one step ahead, stay alive

15/   If Heaven is full of Crosses, I'd rather live in Hell.

16/   Payback may be slow in coming but it always arrives.

17/  The only good Cross is a dead Cross.

 

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007 

Category: News and Politics

Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'

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Hank Plante
Reporting

(CBS 5) BERKELEY A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting.

Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS 5 that military leaders had considered, and then subsquently rejected, building the so-called "Gay Bomb."

Edward Hammond, of Berkeley's Sunshine Project, had used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain a copy of the proposal from the Air Force's Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio.

As part of a military effort to develop non-lethal weapons, the proposal suggested, "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior."

The documents show the Air Force lab asked for $7.5 million to develop such a chemical weapon.

"The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soldiers to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistably attractive to one another," Hammond said after reviewing the documents.

"The notion was that a chemical that would probably be pleasant in the human body in low quantities could be identified, and by virtue of either breathing or having their skin exposed to this chemical, the notion was that soliders would become gay," explained Hammond.

The Pentagon told CBS 5 that the proposal was made by the Air Force in 1994.

"The Department of Defense is committed to identifying, researching and developing non-lethal weapons that will support our men and women in uniform," said a DOD spokesperson, who indicated that the "gay bomb" idea was quickly dismissed.

However, Hammond said the government records he obtained suggest the military gave the plan much stronger consideration than it has acknowledged.

"The truth of the matter is it would have never come to my attention if it was dismissed at the time it was proposed," he said. "In fact, the Pentagon has used it repeatedly and subsequently in an effort to promote non-lethal weapons, and in fact they submitted it to the highest scientific review body in the country for them to consider."

Military officials insisted Friday to CBS 5 that they are not currently working on any such idea and that the past plan was abandoned.

Gay community leaders in California said Friday that they found the notion of a "gay bomb" both offensive and almost laughable at the same time.

"Throughout history we have had so many brave men and women who are gay and lesbian serving the military with distinction," said Geoff Kors of Equality California. "So, it's just offensive that they think by turning people gay that the other military would be incapable of doing their job. And its absurd because there's so much medical data that shows that sexual orientation is immutable and cannot be changed."

(© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved)

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 

My daughter is allergic to peanuts.  When I first found out, I was advised to write to or phone the major supermarkets to ask them for a list of all their nut-free products.  I was informed that if I asked to be put on their mailing lists, I would receive regular nut-free product updates.  Sounds simple, right?  Wrong!

I had to phone Tescos three times before they bothered to send me anything.  And they sent out their list once and once only.  Needless to say, I don't shop there!

I phoned Marks and Spencers.  They sent their list and that was the last I heard of them.  I do shop at M&S but I'm very disappointed that I've never heard word one from them since they sent out their initial list. 

But hugs, kisses and flowers for Sainsbury's!  Not only did they send me a complete product list of all their nut-free products when I phoned them, but they have regularly sent me updates ever since, including around  Easter and Christmas when it's really important for me to know just what is safe for my daughter to eat.  So thank you, Sainsbury's. 

 

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