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But, rather than reinvent the wheel I am going to link to some pages that provide an excellent summary of the law for all children and also more specifically, those within special needs settings and then I am going to tell you about our experiences.
edyourself.org - Fiona Nicholson
Education Otherwise
HE and SEN
HE and SEN - from Fiona Nicholson
Now, about our HE journey.
In England, home education registration is voluntary. Well, in theory!
I did not intend to register my home education plans with Bedford Borough (as is my right) but that intention was superseded by a paediatrician who took it upon herself to report me to the local authority pretty much as soon as we left her office (whilst at the same time refusing my requests for an auditory processing assessment, an educational psychology assessment and an occupational therapy assessment).
I had a phone call from Lindsay, the Elective Home Education Officer, within an hour of arriving home. Sigh.
The argument the paediatrician made was that Dominik was a child missing education.
Dominik was clearly not a child missing education. He had demonstrated an incredible amount of intelligence/knowledge during his appointment, discussing his science experiments and his desire to be a little 'Einstein or Tesla' when he grew up.
When I pursued a formal complaint against the paediatrician I was told that safeguarding legislation gave her the power to share my information because Dominik was a 'child missing education' and that this was permissible within the safeguarding guidelines. I went on to learn that home education is never (in and of itself) a self guarding issue which meant that her referral was completely unjustified and way outside the scope of her 'powers'.
However, this small detail of legality does not seem to matter to some of those in positions perceived authority.
At this point I decided to challenge the EHE Officer instead and I did make her life rather difficult. I asked to see her CRB clearance (as it was then, now DBS), I asked for her personal work experience with special needs children, I asked her if she would make a video of herself so that I could introduce her to Dominik without the need to meet in person first, I made it clear that she would not be able to visit us at home and I also stated that I understood the law and that I would not be bullied into complying with anything outside of it. Needless to say, she accepted my final offer of submitting a written summary of our learning journey on a yearly basis without the need to meet any of us. That is the maximum legal requirement for home educators at this time.
Suffice it to say, at the time, I was furious. I really did not want to have to report on my home education to anybody! Especially knowing that Dominik (who was the only one of statutory school age at that time), was never going to comply with a more school-based, traditional approach to home education. I was worried that an autonomous education would be hard to justify and document. I was terrified that I was going to fall prey to more overly judgemental busy-bodies who thought they knew best and assumed a lack of formal, written work meant a lack of learning.
Well, thankfully, I was wrong! Phew!
Lindsay has been nothing but supportive and non-judgemental and has (I think) thoroughly enjoyed reading about our exploits!
I am now going to give you a few samples from my reports for 2014. I should probably add, that I do submit more than is necessary but I like to have a record of what we have all done for myself (and for the kids should they ever ask)! My reports also include, photo's, videos and a list of resources.
If you would like to read more, please send me an email and I will send you a full copy.
Art & Design
"Dominik continues to explore his creative side in the kitchen with more baking and juicing. His favourite YouTube channels include 'Nerdy Nummies' and 'CupQuake' both of whom make gaming cakes and gifts. We have replicated several from Minecraft and Pokemon. We recently baked some cookies in the shapes of 'Soul Eater' characters, one of Dominik's favourite animes.
We have been making lots of pixel art with hama beads which have not only expanded his creativity and design skills, but have helped enormously with his fine motor skills and concentration. He is also still making plenty of pixel art in Minecraft."
Trips & Activities
Standalone Farm
Hitchin Pool
Milton Maize Maze
Fancy Dress Party
EuroGamer Expo
Nature Kids (Felicity Evans)"
Geography & History
"This year has seen Dominik expand his viewing to Animal Planet, The History Channel, MythBusters and several YouTube channels, including 'VSauce'.
His geography is improving due to his love of Minecraft! We founded an Unschoolers Internet Gaming Group and were joined by families by from all over the world. He now plays regularly with friends from Australia, Malaysia, Canada, Japan, Wales and the United states to name but a few."
Maths & Science
"Notable experiments:
Fire (exploring oxygen, tinder, burning times, fuel)
Lots of combustion with bicarbonate of soda.
Sea Monkeys
Ant Farms
We have spent time watching the Slooh web cam and have seen many an asteroid flyby. We watch videos from the International Space Station also.
We watch a lot of MythBusters and Ancient Aliens."
"He has played Scribblenauts on the PC and we still play hangman and Scrabble and various word games on the tablet and online regularly.
He has begun reading the Manga comic Soul Eater and we have started to read The Hobbit.
We play a game called MadLibs which is an excellent way of learning basic English Language skills."
"Dominik is constantly utilising music in his environment. It seems to 'power' and exemplify his mood. This year he has explored heavy metal, Japanese traditional music and Band Hero on the PS3."
Physical Education
"Dominik has taught himself to swim this year and we had an amazing day out at Hitchin Pool. We also went to Scratby for a short family holiday which further helped his learning. He was able to cope with the noise, smells and unpredictability of the environment better than ever before with only one major meltdown during our stay.
He still loves to bike ride and often rides to his Nan's alone for a visit. He recently went to her house to deliver flowers and card for her birthday. My mum was so proud and she said it made her birthday very special to see how far he has come and what a lovely young man he is becoming."
"Dominik is still an avid 'gamer' and has this year extended his gameplay to more 'retro' games. These are often more challenging. They are also an expansion of his curiosity as to where games have come from and where they are going.
We went to EuroGamer this year where we spent a considerable amount of time in the retro games arcade where Dominik was able to ask questions of the stall holders and experience how gaming happened in the early 1980's. It was a great learning experience on all levels."
Please do remember we are completely unstructured and autonomous and yet the learning flows easily (even with a PDA child).
It was productive and useful for all concerned and I sincerely hope that all those considering HE in Bedford will receive a warm welcome and lots of support and encouragement.
Thanks for reading! I do hope this was useful.
N x


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If, despite that laundry list of barriers they face, you're being outcompeted by them, the migrants aren't the problem.
The other day I made the case that Austria and Poland — two countries that were the most dangerous to Jews 75 years ago — are now the safest. Because after the twin dangers of Communism and Nazism, those countries are on guard against Islamism.
Now the Czech Republic has cast its lot for freedom:
The top four parties in last week's election are either right wing, or a so-called Pirate Party. It's a total rejection of the open borders mania that has gripped Germany and France.
And you may know that Hungary has also been against open borders for years now, under the leadership of prime minister, Viktor Orban. Orban is pretty much the polar opposite of his fellow Hungarian, George Soros.
Meanwhile, Canada literally signed a contract with Soros' New York-based lobby group, for them to draft part of Canada's refugee policy.
And just last week Soros announced he's transferred $18 billion into that lobby group.
Canada has one of the highest rates of immigration in the world. We tried to have some standards — speak English or French; have some education. We even had a handbook that said: no female genital mutilation or other "barbaric cultural practices."
Trudeau has literally deleted those provisions; and he has moved from selecting refugees (albeit poorly) to letting scammers select themselves, basically taking everyone that Trump is throwing out. And all with Soros's approval — and that of the media.
And the federal Conservatives.
I've never seen a more timid opposition than I have with Andrew Scheer and Michelle Rempel on the open borders file.
They are afraid of their own shadow...
TONIGHT'S GUESTS: Professor Salim Mansur and I talk about the passage of Bill C-62, which forbids the wearing of face coverings, although in a limited extent. Does Mansur, a practising Muslim, thinks this bill goes far enough? Then Breitbart's Joel Pollak comments on former President George W. Bush's controversial speech which seemed to criticize Trump's policies (and some of his own former voters.)
FINALLY: Your messages to me!

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My consultation appointment is booked for an upcoming tattoo! She's pretty booked up so I'm meeting her on October 18th but this is a huge first step for me!
I'm not 100% set on my idea but I'm giving myelf until 2 weeks before the appointment to really make sure. I want a pink peony flower on the roundness of my shoulder (would be most visible from the front of me). I'm excited!! :D
When I decided that it was MY body to do with as I pleased and when I decided that I couldn't pick a spot for this tattoo that I wasn't even interested in, just to try to be more subtle because of my husband, I became more sure of it, more excited, more ME.


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(When eight-year old Zahid's father dies in the throes of the Sudanese civil war, Zahid must save his best friend, ten-year old Maleek, from the rebel Red Army who kidnaps children and trains them to fight and die for the army's cause.)
The day that my father died was also the day that I met my best friend Maleek. I wasn't there at the place where they killed him. I was too busy getting into trouble, even when my father specifically told me to stay inside. I didn't obey him. He wouldn't have known and so I sneaked out of the apartment we shared and ran down to the market to buy some sweets. That was where I met Maleek. He was two years older than me, ten, and he had skin so black I thought it hurt to touch him. We had been running around for most of the day, two dirty kids laughing and playing in the middle of the market, as happy as we could've been. There wasn't much to be happy about it those days. I didn't like the place my father and I had come to or the people here. I didn't remember being happy much after we arrived here.
My father, General Hamad Assain, divorced my mother when I was still a child. I remembered nothing of her, but I found a picture of a beautiful woman hidden in some of my mother's belongings. She had dark hair and very pale skin. Her eyes were a soft green and she smiled. I have her eyes, the same shade of summer leaves on the sparse trees that grew around the apartment complex where we used to live. Years later, I heard rumors that told me a different story. The rumors said that my father didn't really divorce my mother. My mother was said to have been having an affair with another man and when my father found out, he killed both her and the unborn baby brother or sister I could've had which was in her belly at the time. I didn't believe the stories told about my father. I didn't know my mother, but I was sure she was a good woman. My father was always so king and so nice to me. He couldn't have murdered my mother and the baby. He was a devout Muslim man who believed in doing good and in treating others with love and respect.
We lived in the small apartment complex, which was a series of white boxes stacked one on top of the other, for the first few years of my life. We moved shortly before my seventh birthday because my father had a job that took him from place to place, and this time, he was to be gone for a very, very long period of time so he took me with him. He explained this new place to me before we left. It was a place filled with new things and new people–people so dark that at night, the only part of them that could be seen was the white of their eyes. I didn't believe him. No person was ever that dark. But this was to be a world different from the one I knew while living in the tiny apartment complex. This was no longer Saudi Arabia, but Africa, and that was where we were going.
"Zahid," Maleek whispered as his invisible fingers shook me gently. "It's your turn to keep watch."
"Leave me alone," I mumbled quietly, pushing his hand away. "I just fallen asleep."
Maleek pressed the button on his watch, covering the soft light of the indiglo with his whole hand cupped around the face of the watch. "It's four-twenty and my turn to sleep," he insisted. "You slept for four hours."
I groaned and swatted behind me, not hitting Maleek, but wishing that it was as easy to ignore him as crushing a pesky mosquito and not having to deal with the persistent buzzing in my ear. "Fine, fine," I said as I forced myself to sit up. It was so dark that the only part of Maleek I saw was the white of his eyes. We stared at each other for a moment. "Go on then," I said to him. "Sleep, sleep, so it will quickly be my turn again."
"In time," Maleek said as he settled down beside me. He dug himself into the dry dirt and bent some tall grass to use as a pillow. He took off his watch and gave it to me. "Don't lose it," he warned me sternly. He did this every time he had to part with the watch. "My father gave it to me. If you lose it, I will kill you." The threat was an idle one. Maleek didn't have a father. He grew up on the streets of Umptin, a small poor city in Sudan. He found the watch one day while digging through the trash bins, searching for something to eat. The wrist band was the only part that was broken so Maleek found some string and tied two ends to the face, creating a new band.
"I hear you too loudly," I said, hushing him with the last two words. "It's safe, I promise." I tied the watch tightly on to my wrist, making sure that it wouldn't fal off, and then I turned to see Maleek staring at me. "What?" I asked. "Didn't you want to sleep?"
"Don't fall asleep, Zahid," Maleek warned me. "I have a bad feeling about tonight."
"Tonight, tonight," I said to him. "Night's almost over now. You always have bad feelings."
He nodded at me. "Yes, and you fell asleep twice."
My cheeks reddened, but Maleek couldn't see the color in the dark. I bit my lip and puffed out my chest. "A simple accident," I told him. "I didn't fall asleep after that. If I said I'm up, I'm up." He only stared at me and it made me more nervous. "Don't worry," I said as I pushed his head towards the ground. "I am the brave son of a General. In my country, everyone will be glad to know that we are protecting them, us Generals. My people are not cowards. My father never ran away. I will never run away. And you will not have to fear–"
"You speak too much," Maleek said as he closed his eyes. I instantly stopped in mid-sentence. I did speak too much when I get nervous. "Do not fall asleep, Zahid," Maleek repeated. "I have a very bad feeling about this."
"You can count on me," I told him. Then I stared into the darkness where I thought he lay until I was sure that he was asleep. "Nothing to do now," I whispered to myself. "It's good there's no lions around." I shuddered at the thought of the wild beasts that could at any moment, rip to pieces two weak young boys in the middle of nowhere and no one would've ever known we existed. I cast the thought out of my head and focused on the task at hand. I was going to keep us both safe, like my father would've done if he was still here.
Africa was much like Saudi Arabia in that sand and dirt was everywhere. It was much hotter in Sudan and since being here, I gained a darker skin color than what I've been used to all my life. My father and I moved to a small city which wasn't really a city at all. The roads were cracked and broken with deep gashes stretching far into the earth. Trash was piled up at every place imaginable and there was no room to step without having to step on some type of trash that was permanently stuck on the ground and could never be removed even if it was scrubbed by powerful machines. Vegetables were in short supply and most of them, wilted, nearing rotten by the time that it was carried home in plastic bags. Gangs of little kids shamelessly begged in the streets, picked pockets, and stole right from under noses and hands. I didn't know that each dirty and raggedly dressed child was an orphan, a lone survivor who banded together with other unlucky souls to survive in their unkind world. I didn't want to ever become like them. In fact, the city that we arrived in was a great big one with no unsupervised children running around, nice paved roads, restaurants to eat at, and beautiful homes and apartments. I thought we were going to stay there and I got very excited. Then my father took me to this dump of what was called a small city and I felt disappointed. I was unhappy to settle in such an unclean and unwell place.
"Why here?" I had asked my father.
He smiled at me. "This is where my job takes me to," he replied very kindly.
"You want us to live here?" I couldn't believe I had to stay in this awful place. "There's nothing here."
"A very important job is here," my father said. "As long as it is here, then we shall be here too." He patted me on the head and led me up a very blue staircase to a second story door. The white paint was chipped everywhere I looked and the door looked beaten in a few times with dents and a few splinters in the wood. Layers of yellow peeked out from behind the white paint.
"We live here now," I said to myself, feeling a sense of overwhelming hatred rising up for this place I had to live in. I didn't understand why we couldn't live somewhere else, somewhere cleaner. "But this is too much. No one can really live here."
My father opened the door with his key and turned the rattling loose knob. "Zahid, there is always hope in the midst of any bad thing." He smiled at me and suddenly, I had to pee.
I awoke to a tightening in my belly. I quickly glanced around to see if Maleek had seen me sleeping, but I heard the soft breathing and knew he had been asleep the whole time. "Lucky!" I whispered to myself as I started to climb to my feet. Maleek would've killed me if he knew! The rumbling in my stomach started to ache and I pushed my stomach inward to help soothe some of the pain. "Oh, no," I groaned. "I have to poop too." I hurried past Maleek and farther up front, trying to count my steps so I could find my way back. I went fifty steps, and then decided to walk a little bit more to keep the smell away from Maleek who was still sleeping.
In the middle of relieving myself, I heard laughter from somewhere behind me. I strained my ears to listen as much as I also strained to pass a big one. Was Maleek up and laughing at me? Did he smell the stink? I worried and tried to finish so I could go tell him how sorry I was for waking him up. I thought I was far away enough and without wind, there shouldn't have been any smell.
I was about done, ripping off tall grass in clumps to wipe myself when I heard a voice that didn't sound familiar. The voice stopped me cold and my hand almost fell into the pile of mess I just made.
"What have we here?" said the stranger. "A little piggy alone to be food for wolves." There was much laughter after that and coming from more than one person.
Wolves? There are no wolves in Sudan. There were no wolves in Saudi Arabia too although I've seen them in textbooks and on the internet. No internet in poor places like this one either. What was the voice talking about? It was not deep enough to be a man. It sounded like a boy, just like me and Maleek. I listened more, hurridly wiping and not caring whether I got all the mess off of my skin or not. I couldn't leave Maleek to himself.
"I am alone," Maleek said. So he was awake! "What want you and you?"
Why did he say he was alone? He knew I was here too. Maybe he thought I had run off and left him. I told him I wouldn't leave! I was about to shout and say something when Maleek's words brought me to a screeching halt.
"You carry guns." I didn't know if he said it as an observation or as a warning to me. A gun was a dangerous weapon. My father had told me so. He said guns took many lives. I've seen my father's gun, but I had never been allowed to touch it. Maleek continued on talking, almost too loudly. "I am alone and there is no one with me. I cannot run away. I will do what you want me to. You go away. You run away. I will stay here."
His words seem to speak to me as well as to the people around him. Run away, he had said. He wanted me to run away? I stayed low and crawled away from the stinking pile, away from Maleek. Before we rested, I saw a stretch of trees to the left, but that was behind of us. I didn't know how many people were there with him, but if I could somehow crawl around them and make it to the trees, I would be safe. But the thought of a lion hiding in that brush or a snake or any other wild animal made me worry. I didn't know what to do.
"You go away," Maleek said, even louder this time. "You run away. I cannot go awya. What want you and you?"
"He makes no sense," said one of the boys to the others. "Is he damaged?"
I heard a loud thump and Maleek groaned, a fall in the tall grasses where we were sleeping. "Go away!" Maleek screamed. He was definitely talking to me. I saw falshlights in the distance, but I jumped up and ran in the opposite direction, running and running as fast as I could. I heard someone order the others to look around and see if there was someone else there. I should've ran away when Maleek first told me to. I looked behind to see multiple beams of light behind me. Luckily, they did not reach my small form. I have been lucky twice tonight.
I didn't know where to go or what to do except to run. It was foolish to run in a straight line so I turned left. I had no idea where left went, but it was better than all the people coming up behind me. Maybe they thought I kept straight or maybe they thought I went right. As I ran, the fear carried my tiny legs deep into the early dawn. My chest heaved and my stomach hurt. I didn't have to poop more, but the lack of food made me nauseous and a little dizzy. I wanted to stop, to rest, but there was nowhere to be safe. As light streamed across the sky, I saw I was on an open plain and behind me, no one was coming up over the horizon. I slowed down enough to catch my breath, wheezing as my lungs tried to draw air past the confines of my chest. My leg muscles spasm and ached, paralyzing themselves in hurtful charley horses that made me wince in pain. I fell down and repeatedly massaged my calf muscles to stop them from locking up on me.
"Maleek," I whispered as tears threatened to squeeze out of my eyes. Where was my best friend now? Had he survived? What happened to him? I pushed the though out of my head. What was I going to do without him?
I needed water and that was the first thing that Maleek and I had always looked for. We always tried to stay near water although sometimes, the animals stayed by water too. With Maleek, there were two sets of eyes to watch the land around us. If we saw a lion, we always walked really fast in the other direction. If it was a leopard or a cheetah, the same rules applied. In fact, we tried to stay away from all the big animals, harmful or not, We ate berries and whatever else we could find. We ate dirt at times to fill up our groaning bellies.We were so hungry at times that we took handfuls of brown grass and ate it like the animals did. Grass was better than nothing.
I was eating grass now, chewing on long dried stems, trying to work the saliva in my mouth so I didn't feel so thirsty. If i didn't find water soon, I'd be dehydrated even more so than I now and I might die out here. I shuddered at that thought. I didn't want to die out here where the wild animals would fight each other to tear off pieces of meat from my carcass. What would happen if I died? How would I ever know what happened to Maleek? And what if he was looking for me right now? I turned around, but no one was following me so I took my time, trying to see if there was anything in the distance ahead or anywhere.


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(HealthDay News) — Asymptomatic individuals with endomysial antibodies (EmA) benefit from a gluten-free diet (GFD), according to a study published in the September issue of Gastroenterology.
Kalle Kurppa, MD, PhD, from the University of Tampere in Finland, and colleagues randomized 40 individuals who were at risk for celiac disease based on screens for EmA to a GFD or gluten-containing diet for one year. After the one-year evaluation, the group on the gluten-containing diet started a GFD, while subjects in the GFD group remained on this diet.
The researchers found that the mean mucosal villous height:crypt depth values increased (P<0.001), levels of celiac-associated antibodies decreased (P<0.003), and gastrointestinal symptoms improved to a greater extent after one year on the GFD vs. gluten-containing diets (P=0.003). There was also reduced indigestion (P=0.006), reflux (P=0.05), and anxiety (P=0.025), and better self-reported health (P=0.017) in the GFD group vs. the gluten-containing diet group. The gluten-containing diet group experienced more improvement in social function scores compared with the GFD group (P=0.031). Laboratory test results, bone mineral density, and body composition did not differ between groups. When patients in the gluten-containing diet group were placed on GFDs, most measured parameters improved.
"GFDs benefit asymptomatic EmA-positive patients," the authors write. "The results support active screening of patients at risk for celiac disease."


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Sarah Cash made two go-ahead free throws with five seconds remaining, and the Youngstown State women's basketball team rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat Detroit 72-70 on Saturday afternoon at Calihan Hall.
Cash scored 18 of her game and career-high 24 points in the second half as YSU improved to 11-2 overall and 2-0 in Horizon League play. Detroit dropped its Horizon League opener and fell to 4-8 for the season.
Youngstown State trailed 39-27 at halftime and 44-29 a minute into the third period. The Penguins closed the third on a 7-2 spurt, and they outscored the Titans 24-13 in the fourth.
Indiya Benjamin scored 17 points and made five of YSU's eight 3-pointers, and Janae Jackson scored a career-best 14 points with seven rebounds. Cash added nine rebounds, two blocks, an assist and a steal to her 24 points.
Brianne Cohen scored 19 points to lead Detroit.
Youngstown State started the fourth period on a 12-2 run to go up 60-59 with 4:39 left. The Penguins led until Brianne Cohen made two free throws with 36.7 seconds remaining to give the Titans a 68-67 edge. Benjamin answered with a 3 to put YSU up 70-68, and Brittney Jackson tied the game on a runner with 8.4 seconds left. YSU called timeout to advance the ball, and Cash was fouled after a sideline out-of-bounds feed from Nikki Arbanas. The sophomore forward made both attempts, and Rosanna Reynolds' desperation attempt from near midcourt missed at the horn.
Youngstown State led 4-0 and 7-3 before Detroit went on a 7-2 run to go up 10-9 on Haleigh Ristovski's second 3-pointer in the first five minutes. Janae Jackson's third field goal of the period came on YSU's next possession as the Penguins regained an 11-10 lead, and an Arbanas jumper gave YSU a 13-12 advantage with 3:26 left. That was the Penguins' final lead until the fourth.
Detroit scored the final five points of the first period, and the Titans scored eight straight points during a five-minute YSU scoring drought to stretch their lead to 32-20 with 3:59 left before halftime. Detroit's advantage reached 14 in the final minute before Cash scored with less than five seconds remaining to make the score 39-27 at the half.
Benjamin sat most of the final 7:30 of the half with two fouls, and Smolinski joined her for the final 6:40 with the same situation.
A 3 by Reynolds gave the Titans their largest lead of the game at the 9:04 mark of the third period, but YSU scored the next five points to keep the game from getting away. Detroit still possessed a sizable 55-41 advantage with 2:11 left in the third before YSU started to seize momentum. Benjamin hit back-to-back 3s to spark a 7-0 run and get the Penguins within 55-48 with 38 seconds remaining. The Titans scored off a block and fast break to get the lead to nine before the end of the period.
YSU scored the first six points of the fourth, and a bucket by Cash with 4:39 left capped the 12-2 run that gave the Penguins a 60-59 lead. It was their first lead since there was 3:00 left in the first. An Arbanas 3 pushed the lead to 63-59, and YSU held the upper hand until Cohen's two free throws with 36.7 seconds left.
Cash finished the game 11-of-17 from the field, and she made nine of her final 10 attempts. She helped the Penguins shoot 69 percent in the fourth period and 46.8 percent for the game.
Youngstown State will play its first Horizon League home game of the season on Thursday against Milwaukee. The game will be part of a doubleheader with the Penguins men's team, and it will tip at 5:15 p.m.


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"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly event hosted by
Jill at Breaking the Spine
that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!
From Richelle Mead, the #1 internationally bestselling author of Vampire Academy and Bloodlines, comes a breathtaking new fantasy steeped in Chinese folklore.
For as long as Fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village, where rocky terrain and frequent avalanches prevent residents from self-sustaining. Fei and her people are at the mercy of a zipline that carries food up the treacherous cliffs from Beiguo, a mysterious faraway kingdom.
When villagers begin to lose their sight, deliveries from the zipline shrink and many go hungry. Fei's home, the people she loves, and her entire existence is plunged into crisis, under threat of darkness and starvation.
But soon Fei is awoken in the night by a searing noise, and sound becomes her weapon.
Richelle Mead takes readers on a triumphant journey from the peak of Fei's jagged mountain village to the valley of Beiugo, where a startling truth and an unlikely romance will change her life forever...
Release Date for Soundless is
November 10, 2015
Let me know what books are you waiting on this week!


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R700 Folding System
Innovative typologies concepts
Development in folding doors that allows to use compatible accessories and fittings for 16 mm channel.
Air and water tightness: Double contact, by means of EPDM fittings.
Application of glass: By means of contra-glass.
Glass Thickness:
In fixed cloths: glasses from 3 to 20 mm.
On flaps: glasses from 6 to 31 mm.
Basic system dimensions:
Frame width: 70 mm.
• Armed frames: at 45 °.
Width of blade: 51 mm.
• Arming leaves: at 45 °.
Leaf coplanar to the frame to the outside, superimposed to the interior.
Other typologies in C16
• Folding windows into the inside of 1 and 2 sheets.
• Folding doors inward, with 1 and 2 leaves.
• 1-ply swinging windows, or combined with another simple folding sheet.
• Sliding parallel windows / doors.
• Flag windows.
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Excellent, that looks good. I was approached (via Reddit, of all places) to take part in a project involving data from the GAIA telescope. I heard a bit about the recent data release whilst I was in Trieste towards the end of last year, but, being predominantly a simulations guy, I've never really worked on telescope data before, so I thought it might be a nice way to cut my teeth on "real" data. I'm currently in the process of downloading the whole GAIA catalogue, using a simple little python script which basically crawls their 'direct download' page downloading all the data it finds.
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Maltodextrin and Gum Arabic-Based Microencapsulation Methods for Anthocyanin Preservation in Juçara Palm (Euterpe edulis Martius) Fruit Pulp
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The juçara fruits (Euterpe edulis Martius), native to the Atlantic Forest, are rich in anthocyanins. To preserve the anthocyanins in juçara fruit pulp, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of microencapsulation by spray drying and freeze drying with maltodextrin (dextrose equivalent 16.5 to 19.5) and gum arabic in different proportions. The obtained microparticles were characterized by quantifying the total polyphenol and anthocyanin contents, by performing differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry, and infrared spectroscopy and by using scanning electron microscopy to analyze the morphology of the particles. The total amount of polyphenols in the fruit pulp was 750 ± 16.7 mg GAE/100 g of the freeze-dried sample. The total anthocyanins in the fruit pulp was 181.25 ± 5.36 (mg/100 g). The microparticles were formed by employing maltodextrin and gum arabic in a 1:1 proportion as the polymeric matrix; the mixtures of pulp and polymeric matrix were prepared in proportions of 2:3 and 2:1, preserving up to 83.69% of the anthocyanin content. Lyophilization of the 2:1 mixture resulted in an anthocyanin content of 116.89 ± 4.43 (mg/100 g), whereas lyophilization of the 2:3 mixture resulted in 151.68 ± 1.39 (mg/100 g) anthocyanin content, which did not differ from the value obtained by spray drying the 2:3 mixture (150.76 ± 5.79 (mg/100 g)). Thermal analyses showed that the microparticles obtained by freeze drying at a ratio of 2:3 presented greater resistance to degradation with increasing temperature. The incorporation of the pulp in the polymeric matrix was demonstrated by IR analyses. Microparticles obtained by freeze drying showed the formation of various-sized flakes, whereas those obtained by spray drying were spherical in shape. Microencapsulation is a possible alternative for improving the stability of the anthocyanins in this fruit.
KeywordsEuterpe edulis Anthocyanin preservation Microencapsulation Spray dryer Lyophilization
dextrose equivalent
differential scanning calorimetry
electrospray ionization
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multiple reactions monitoring
polymeric matrix
retention time
spray dried
scanning electron microscopy
thermogravimetric analysis
We thank de Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Espírito Santo (FAPES) for a fellowship (RAM and PMMC), and we appreciate the financial support from (TO # 665/2016, N° 80633161) and SEAG. Thanks also to the Laboratório de Saneamento (UFES) and to Tommasi Analítica LTDA for the collaboration on the chromatographic analyses and to CNPq (445987/2014-6, 401409/2014-7, 310680/2016-6-PQ) and Universidade Vila Velha for the financial support.
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Conflict of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Human and Animal Studies
This article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects.
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Is vaping just as bad as smoking? Is everything that the mainstream media has been feeding us about the bad effects of vaping true? Does the vaping industry raise serious health concerns?These are just some of the questions that one might ask when hearing about the long-debated issue if vaping is just as bad as smoking a cigarette.
While there are some medical professionals that claim there are health risks associated with vaping, there was no study proven that someone indeed has contracted any form of disease from it. Since the start of the vaping fad in the mid-2000s, there wasn't any enough data on how much our body is affected by vaping in the long-term.
One notable study though that suggests a potential health risk for vaping is a study showing that formaldehyde, a carcinogen and one of the byproducts of burning propylene glycol, may be produced and inhaled while vaping on high temperatures. It is important to know though, that on moderate vaping temperatures, which is most-likely how hot you will vape, no traces of the said chemical compound was found. Seriously, will anybody vape to the point of getting dry hits 100% of the time?
Smoking on the other hand, makes you look younger when you die. Why? An alarming number of smokers die at a very young age. Even with WHO saying that smoking is "the single most preventable cause of death in the world", people just couldn't get enough of it and continue to their ways.
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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 128.5733 East, latitude 2.3178 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tobelo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20009nr6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009nr6. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/06/17 / 2017-06-20 14:47:46 / June 20, 2017 @ 2:47 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth's surface. The temblor was detected at 23:47:46 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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Absolutely - it's great to be recognised and to be given the opportunity to be part of the team that will drive innovation. I believe the solutions we currently provide for consumers and corporate customers fit really well with the changing nature of the NHS and health landscape in the UK however, there is a huge opportunity now to both develop new propositions, and to transform the way we offer them to customers by harnessing technology.
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Matthew 28
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Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, andhis clothing white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. 5 But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he[a] lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you." 8 So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 And behold, Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."
I guess it's fitting that I get to this chapter the week after Easter. I don't have a church here in the country I live in. There ARE some English speaking churches, but their doctrine is so stale, and at times so far from what I believe is the heart of the religion (i.e. more prosperity, less social justice). Anyway, this is also the crux of Christianity, isn't it? Did or didn't he come back to life? Did or didn't he save all of us from our sins (and if he did, what, then, do we have to do to "earn" that from him)?
If this chapter is true, which I choose to believe it was, then goddamn, right? Oh, is that blasphemy? Anyway, holy cow! Wait… more blasphemy? Let's try this: alleluia!
11 While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. 12 And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers 13 and said, "Tell people, 'His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.' 14 And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." 15 So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.
Perhaps this is the reason that nobody but the bible can corroborate the story? Or can they?
16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him theyworshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[b] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
I just read a blog by a girl who said she and a couple of their friends were walking around in Queens, and they got lost. They were cold, and they weren't sure which direction to go in to get to the subway. They could have hailed a cab, she wrote, but it would have been expensive. Suddenly, a man wearing all white and carrying a bible walked around the corner and ended up leading them to the subway station.
She believes he was an angel. This angel is proof to her in the miraculous existence of a loving God.
I just gotta ask these questions:
- You were lost in a city where 2 million people live.
- You saw cabs and could have hailed one, but didn't want to pay for a cab.
- Your angel lead you to the subway station – in essence, lead you out and away from this dark place you didn't want to be in.
Do I have that right?
I have a few more questions:
- Since you didn't want to spend money on a cab, this somehow warranted you some divine intervention?
- The angel couldn't have been doing better things? Like helping out some of the sex trafficking victims down on the Track? Providing a mother with some food for her kids? Helping someone who was sick suddenly be well? This angel, who suddenly was given the authority to intervene in the lives of some humans – when billions of people on a daily basis need some divine intervention – choses to help you find the subway station?
- This place was so dangerous that you pretty little white people didn't deserve to have to be there – and you were cold, too, so another huge reason to need an angel to bring you out of it — but the 2 million people who do live in this terrible place (as she makes it seem) don't deserve some miracle to bring them out of their suffering, too?
I guess I'm confused.
I see what I would describe as a miraculous existence in a God who loves us not by trivial things such as being lead to a subway station, but when good people help other people. When justice is brought on behalf of widows, children, and orphans. When people sacrifice comfortable, safe, pleasant lives to help those who would never have those options.
I only see Jesus, or his philosophies, when people choose to "suffer" on behalf of those who are suffering.
Real suffering. Not being lost in a city, unable to find a subway station but unwilling to pay for a cab.
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I already know why. This article says it exactly.
I remember this article going viral a while back, but I didn't read it – because based on the title, I knew exactly what the writer was going to say, and I already agreed with him. Then I read it yesterday.
Here are a couple of my favorite parts:
I've heard it, and I've heard it over, and over, and over again.
Hell, in the past (and to some degree in the present) I participated in it. I propagated it. I smugly took part in it. I'll admit that.
And I did so under the blanketing term "Christian." I did so believing that my actions were somehow justified because of my beliefs at the time. I did so, actually believing that such appointments were done out of… love.
"Oh, but you're not gay? You're clean, and well dressed, and you have a job? You look the way I think you should look? You act the way I think you should act? You believe the things I think you should believe? Then I'm definitely a Christian. To you, today, I'm a Christian. You've earned it."
Then yesterday, a friend of mine posted this article, which is by the same author and is a follow up to the first article. It broke my heart, but it gave me hope.
I started crying and couldn't stop for the longest time. I don't know why I was crying exactly, just so many emotions came over me. I didn't know what to do or how to respond. I finally stopped and went and read your article once more only this time I tried to read it through my son's eyes and the whole thing was so different than it was a couple hours before. By the time I finished I felt as big as an ant and I realized just how much hatred I have in my heart toward others.
You see, Mr. Pearce, you are right. It's not about what other people do. It's about whether or not we are loving them. Nothing else matters at all. And it took all of this for that to finally sink in.
Now, I posted both of these articles on my Facebook yesterday, and I actually made the original article viewable by all of my friends (I have some pretty strict privacy settings, because I don't like doing a lot of debating on my wall with people who I know I won't be able to see in person in over a year or more). But I have a lot of very conservative (both politically and religiously) friends from back home, and I really wanted them to see this article, because I actually used to think a lot like them. It took some pretty emotional encounters, just like it did for the woman in the second article, for me to start to see this issue from a different perspective. And looking back on that time, I still feel so sad that I used to think that my hatred and disgust for gay people was just my way of showing them God's love. What a laugh! What a bunch of bull shit! Love gets very specific responses from people you are showing love to – the responses I got actually shined a mirror on my own heart. I saw heartbreak in the eyes of both friends and strangers; my heart was finally broken, too.
Anyway, I posted these articles because, although they aren't the most well written articles on the subject, I think they both cover something important and something that is severely wrong with the modern American church: love is absolutely conditional. Which is about as far from what Jesus preached about as you can possibly get, I think.
If Jesus DOESN'T conjure up a feeling of love, then Jesus isn't anything at all.
So if you follow Jesus, you should hope that the image you are sharing is one of love. If it isn't, you have failed, and nobody will be interested in becoming a Christian. It seems simple, but somehow, it's gotten totally warped. It's been broken and crudely taped together and then repackaged as something completely different. Something heinous. Something blasphemous.
These articles articulate that pretty well. I hope you read them.
Anyway, since it was there for anyone to read, I got a response from a woman who I greatly admire. She is very godly and has always been someone whom I respect. However, the argument she had was a little disappointing. For one thing, I can only assume she didn't even read the article, since her problems with it are pretty baseless if you have read it.
I question if this is a bit …one sided…why is it OK to lump all "christians" into one category? and how is the "lack of acceptance(tolerance)" described different than what the writer is doing to "christians" in this blog ? the writer wants to come off as tolerant of all…yet he is not tolerant of those who don't believe like he does.(or maybe doesn't LOOK like him…or act like him…or dress like him…or take care of their children like he does…etc)Its like saying "If you don't accept the same things that I think are acceptab le, then YOU need to change" and when you do …then i'll accept you because you've earned it. I know that there many people in the church today who are wonderful, loving , accepting people . not saying the "gist" of the blog is wrong…just saying that you can't preach acceptance and not be accepting of those you don't agree with
My short was response was as follows:
First, the article doesn't lump all Christians into one category. The title does sound like that, but once you read the article, you find that it isn't the case. Second, the theme of the article is that people of all religions are guilty of saying that they are doing something because of religious beliefs, but if their actions aren't loving, then they are lying to themselves and only hurting people/giving people a negative view of their religion. It isn't about tolerance or intolerance of beliefs, but the hypocrisy of people who say, "I'm a follower of Jesus! (or whoever)" but then they only show Jesus' love to people who look or act like they do. The reason I love Jesus is because he loved EVERYONE, the outcasts and "sinners" of his day. So why are today's Christians so selective about who they love?
I wanted to go on, but a comment on a FB status just isn't enough room. Like I said, some of her arguments don't make any sense if you've read the article. And then, of course, is the old fall-back apologetics argument I've heard my whole life from Christians.
"How can people say they are being 'tolerant' if they aren't tolerant of me being intolerant?"
Now, I'm not even going to try to unravel that mindfuck right now, but bare with me. This article has NOTHING to do with telling people to be more tolerant. The author doesn't say anything at all about what people should or shouldn't believe. He simply says that IF you say you believe in Jesus (actually, he broadens it to any of the major religions, which are all based on a foundation of love and doing good to people from all walks of life), and IF you say you want to follow his example (which was loving everyone, without exception – except, you could probably argue, those people who wear religion on their sleeves but miss the point entirely), THEN you MUST love people, even when they don't meet any of your expectations. If they are gay. If they are deadbeats. If they are homeless. If they are addicts. If they have stolen from you. If they have cheated on you. If they have a weird look about them, or if they pray to some other god, or no god, or they say they believe the same things that you do but they don't act like it (that last one is where I fall short), THEN YOU HAVE TO LOVE THEM ANYWAY.
And, as the author says, if you're not willing to do that, where do you get off saying you are a Christian at all?
That's not about tolerance. That's not about telling Christians they can't believe this or that interpretation of the bible. That's not about telling Christians anything; it's only reminding them of exactly what it is they are proclaiming to believe in the first place. That's simply calling a spade a spade.
But, just like the woman who wrote to the author in the second article, sometimes you can't see a spade very well. Sometimes there is a plank in your eye that obscures your vision.


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Last night I had the honor of shooting Natalia & Zach's engagement photos. It was a blast one of Zach's friends flew in a Classic Piper Cub into a private air stip. Not only did I get to take some fun pictures but I also got to see one of my favorite air craft up close.
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As a supervisor, if you spot a harassment problem or someone brings it to your attention, and you deal with it immediately, your costs will be negligible. You shouldn't have any out-of-pocket expenses, although it will take some time away from the operational side of your business.
If you ignore a situation and an employee goes to a human rights commission or tribunal, you could be looking at a lot of time and money. You'll certainly end up spending company dollars if, in response to the complaint, you go overboard by firing an employee and it's later determined this wasn't warranted. It's a bit like Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It doesn't have to be "just right," but it needs to be close.
If management represents your business without a lawyer, you won't have the legal costs, but the company could rack up tens, and in some cases hundreds, of hours of time defending and explaining harassment allegations. If it is resolved without going to a tribunal (most get dealt with before going to a tribunal), you or your business will need to agree to a settlement that might include a financial award and harassment training for some or all of your employees. If the case is settled in your favour, you won't have to pay anything. If you do not settle, and your case goes to a tribunal, not only will you have to spend hours and hours preparing for and being present at the hearing, but you will have to endure months and months of waiting for the case to be resolved.
1) Your time is money - something very precious. When asked what people really want, it's usually "time." When we're spending time on any part of a harassment complaint, that is taking time away from the job we've been paid to do. That's costly.
2) Better to go back than ignore going forward - as we so often do. When an incident has caught us off-guard and we don't do anything right away, we often decide to let sleeping dogs lie and we carry on. If it's serious, it shouldn't matter how much time has passed.
3) Look for settlements - not at all costs, but at some cost. This will likely be out of the hands of most supervisors and managers, but when you're part of the process, even when it's part of a formal process (such as a commission) look for ways to settle. You'll have already established your backing away point before hand, so see what you can do to settle this to a mutual benefit.
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Sophomore Jeremy McNichols and junior Chanceller James have earned starting jobs at two of the premier positions on the Boise State football team, coach Bryan Harsin announced Sunday.
McNichols, a tailback, and James, a nickel, top the depth chart for the Broncos' season opener Friday against Washington at Albertsons Stadium (8:15 p.m., ESPN).
McNichols will share time with senior Stanford transfer Kelsey Young and junior Devan Demas, Harsin said.
James also will share time, with senior Mercy Maston.
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McNichols (5-foot-9, 205 pounds) and James (6-2, 216) became important playmakers for the Broncos during the second half of last season.
"(James) made plays," defensive coordinator Marcel Yates said of what set James apart. "He's a smart kid. He loves the game. He watches film. ... He looks good out there, also."
Other notes from the Broncos' first depth chart of the season:
• Sophomore Archie Lewis won a starting job at right tackle. That pushed Steven Baggett from tackle to guard, Mario Yakoo from right guard to left guard and forced returning starter Travis Averill out of the lineup. Harsin wouldn't commit to a starting center even though senior two-year starter Marcus Henry says he is "100 percent" after missing some time at the beginning of fall camp. The reason: sophomore Mason Hampton played so well in camp that Harsin wants to give him a chance to win the job this week in practice. "Competition is always good," Henry said. "It's always good to have a chip on your shoulder."
• True freshman Tyler Horton is a backup cornerback and will play this season. Wide receiver Akilian Butler, quarterback Brett Rypien and cornerback Darreon Jackson also have a chance to play this season, Harsin said.
• The backup wide receivers include sophomores D.J. Dean and Austin Cottrell, senior Terrell Johnson, redshirt freshman A.J. Richardson and Butler. Junior Rick Smith, the Arizona State transfer, wasn't listed.
The Broncos listed their other three scholarship quarterbacks as co-backups behind Ryan Finley: sophomore Tommy Stuart, redshirt freshman Alex Ogle and Rypien.
The Broncos will enter the season with the idea that Rypien will play, Harsin said. If he doesn't play for a while, then coaches will discuss whether to redshirt him.
"As we go through this week, if he's prepared to play, he's prepared to play and we're going to play him," Harsin said. "Right now those decisions are too difficult to make. You're playing to be successful and try to win the game. ... We'll do what's best for him and for this football team."
Offensive coordinator Eliah Drinkwitz must juggle evaluating the backups and making sure one of them is ready to play.
"That's the benefit of having these two weeks," Drinkwitz said. "We were able to split the reps up. We have to make sure they are prepared and answering questions in the meetings and doing the extra film study they need to do."
Henry and senior safety Darian Thompson were voted captains by their teammates.
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If I can say one thing to start off with this review, I would say amazing. Myself being a creative book creator and enthusiast and also a video game coder, this book incorporates everything that I love! From video game ideas coming to life and a devious high school teacher that has become a true evil enemy, in this book we embark on a journey to learn magic, ride brain clouds, take down villains, escape realms apart from earth and more amazing adventures. I love the general idea and the thrill of the adventure that the kids go on and one of the amazing things about the entire book itself is that you never know what is going to come from behind the corner.
I let a couple of my friends read a little bit of the book and we all loved it. We have a little group of friends at my school which love coding and creating video games and in this book there are some protagonists that do that! That being said although the book was awesome and I loved almost everything about it, I believe there are still a few downfalls on which one of them I believe is at the beginning I think it drags on for a bit too long and you are just turning pages hoping them to have some action on them and that's what I found myself doing. But I almost felt as if that was good at some stages as it led us with a backstory of the characters and really gave me a feeling that they were the characters that actually wrote the book. At one instance in the first couple of pages Minnow exclaims that she will write a book on what has happened in their lives and says on the front cover there will be a picture of Skye with her wings out on which there is. So from this I really get the feeling that they are the characters writing the book.
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To end off this book review, I think it is an amazing book and I believe it will become a well-known and famous book in the future. If you could keep me updated with when you are publishing a lot of them and selling them to the public I am going to get my school to get it into our library so that it can be shared around more and more and hopefully lots and lots of people can read it! As an added bonus I noticed that you listed us in the thankyou page and for me, that really means a lot and I cant appreciate what you have done more. This was such a wonderful opportunity to read and give my opinion on your book and I will share its name around my school as much as possible.
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[A note from Diane: Thank YOU so much, Hugo! I'm really thrilled that you liked the book so much. And, I did take on your point about the beginning of the book lagging a bit, so I've moved the chapters about Skye's coma to further into the story (a bit after Chapter Zero). I'll get a new copy of the book to you, and you can see how you INFLUENCED the makeup of the story. Good luck with your coding. I hope it goes really well for you!]


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