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Maranacook Community Middle School students in Hope Lord's art classes created an "I Have a Dream" bulletin board in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They...
The focus of this lesson was to teach the students color mixing, craftsmanship with their paining skills, as well as the terms Tint and Shade. Students helped...
The Hour of Code has become a worldwide event involving over 15 millions schools during the first week in December. This year, MCMS was able to provide ALL...
Friday evening through Saturday morning for 15 hours Maranacook Students competed in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math competition at Thomas College. A team of 5;...
Maranacook Community Middle School Advisee Day Out 7th grade activities included groups helping out folks in the community with yard work and stacking wood. Ms. Bonnevie's Advisee...
Bike Club is a new activity offered to students to work on donated bikes that have been neglected. This club will meet daily, during Activity A, to...
On Friday, 10/5/18 our Chamber Choir sang at the American Choral Directors Association conference in Windham, ME. Our students were fantastic- thank you, Mr. Scarpone!
MCMS and MCHS student representatives, Shylah Woodford and Emily Lucas attended a statewide student leadership conference, run by GEAR UP, on October 13, 2018 and October 14,...
Members of the Student Health Advisory are promoting Suicide Prevention Awareness by handing out information, yellow ribbons and talking to peers about why they love to live!
Congratulations to the Maranacook Girls Tennis Team! Girls' Class C Regional Champions and winners of the good sportsmanship award. On to states on Saturday!
"A caring school community dedicated to excellence."
Great article in the Bangor Daily News highlighting the Dual Enrollment Partnership between Thomas College and Maranacook Community High School!
How one Maine school is cutting $30,000 or more from the cost of college
"Promoting student success in all areas, as we strive for academic excellence while maintaining fiscal responsibility."
We continued the review of program budgets at the February 6thRSU #38 School Board meeting.
Technology Director Diane MacGregor reported on requests for the instructional technology budget. The budget includes new network equipment, as follows: two Cisco 5500 Airnet Controllers, one for the Middle School and one for the High School; 5 UPS units – one for each elementary school, and one for the MS/HS; and 2 DHCP Servers that will improve network security for the entire district. The total cost for this network equipment is $12,100.00, but since this equipment qualifies for reimbursement through the federal E-Rate program (60% E-Rate reimbursement), the total budget increase for this equipment is $4,840.00.
Read the complete budget update-- Budget Update #2
For a complete listing of all budget documents, please visit our Budget pages.
With the federal shutdown impacting numerous Mainers, we want to remind families that applications for free and reduced-price meals may be submitted at any time throughout the school year, even during a federal shutdown. If federal employees impacted by the shutdown would like to apply for school meal benefits for their children, please complete the Free and Reduced Meals Application and return it to the school office. You may also obtain a copy by contacting your school's office.
This is a reminder for any families, if you believe you may qualify for this program, please complete the application or contact Food Services Director Jeff Bridges at 685-4923 ext. 1085.
Read about the exciting projects that will be funded by MEF!
Please read Superintendent Charette's letter to parents about transportation dated 11/19/2018.
Dear Maranacook families and friends!
It is with great pride that I introduce myself as your new Superintendent of Schools. I can not begin to express how excited, honored, and humbled I am by the opportunity to lead such an outstanding school system! In my career I have been a classroom teacher having had assignments in grades 4 thru 8, teaching all core subjects at some point! I then moved into administration having started as a teaching principal in a small elementary school and then progressed into opportunities as a building administrator at different elementary, middle and high schools. All total, I have worked in education for over 25 years and enjoyed every minute of it! My most recent position was as principal of Hall Dale Elementary in Hallowell. I have three children; my oldest son works in Portland, my daughter is currently attending St. Joseph's college to be a science teacher, and my youngest son having just graduated from Maranacook Community High School! We moved into central Maine only a year ago from Fort Kent, our past home for 17 years. I currently live in Manchester with my wife of 26 years (who is a high school math teacher) and our dog, Lukah. We love the Central Maine area and the strong sense of community that we have found! I am very excited for the 2018 - 2019 school year and look forward to getting to know the students, staff, and communities that make up RSU 38. Please feel free to reach out to discuss our schools at anytime.
Here is the Annual Report for this year: RSU 38 Annual Report 2018
Please visit our Budget Page for a complete listing of Budget Updates as well as Budget Documents.
Students, staff, citizens, and business and town leaders of RSU #38 will gather on March 16, and March 17, 2018, to create a common vision for the future of our schools. This cross-section of the community will gather at Maranacook Community High School for the Friday session that will begin at 4:30 p.m. (registration at 4:00) and end at 8:00 p.m. Dinner will be provided. The Saturday session will begin at 8:00 a.m. for breakfast, with the work session starting at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 3:30 p.m. We would like to invite any members of the RSU #38 community to participate in this exciting and important two-day event. Please call Donna Foster at 685-3336 ext. 2 to register.
Judy Enright, an experienced moderator and former public school administrator will lead the discussion using a process known as Future Search. Judy has worked extensively in Maine and throughout New England, most recently in Rhode Island, to lead communities as they have made major, positive changes in their schools using a similar visioning process. "I have seen amazing things happen as a result of a community coming together in this way to dream about what their schools could become," said James Morse, former Superintendent of Limestone Schools and Portland Public Schools.
RSU #38's Future Search will focus on this question, "How will RSU #38 continue to evolve to ensure that our students are prepared to meet the challenges and opportunities of a changing world?" The goal is to create a shared vision for the future of the RSU #38 schools that can be implemented during the next five to 10 years.
Updated information about Future Search will be posted on the RSU #38 website: http://www.maranacook.org. The direction set at our Future Search will become the basis of a strategic plan that will guide the work of our school system. Please consider attending this important event. This work is critically important.
Here is a summary of the work from our 2-day Future Search: RSU 38 Executive Summary
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It is the responsibility of RSU #38 to notify the citizens/parents of the district on an annual basis that educational services are available to students classified as homeless. If you need further information to determine the rights available to homeless students in our district, please contact Donna Foster at 685-3336 ext. 2, or your building principal.
Maranacook Education Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization. Its mission is to foster innovation and excellence in the communities of Fayette, Manchester, Mt. Vernon, Readfield, and Wayne by securing resources and funding initiatives that will benefit learners of all ages. Donors can contribute unrestricted funds to the Foundation or create their own donor directed funds to support specific projects. Please check our website to learn more or donate-- http://mef.maranacook.org!
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I just wanted to share with you my latest hobby. I started doing Zentangles a couple years ago but only created a couple pieces. I never really dove into it. That has changed recently.
At work, we are in our slow season (work in a call center) and the call volume is down. In between calls, I needed something to keep boredom at bay. Yes, I can read books and I have. But I wanted something more. Zentangles fit the bill. It is portable and I can take my pens, paper and Zentangle books with me. I also take my Prismacolor Premier colored pencils or my Shinhan Touch Duel Tip Alcohol markers. I don't have to take my coloring tools but makes it more fun. I am in the process of learning how to shade with the colored pencils which are wax based and my alcohol markers.
I am going through a course book that I got from Amazon called One Tangle A Day ... A 6 Week Course. In the video below, I share with you some of my progress. A couple of the pieces were done this past Spring. But most of them were done in the past week.

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After struggling on the charts for almost a decade, Worthing-born Daniel Stein aka DJ Fresh finally found mainstream success with last summer's chart-topping 'Louder'; a track that led the charge for combining drum 'n' bass with a pop melody and '90s club-classic vocal that felt both new and classic.
As such, Fresh's third album repeats the same trick a further 11 times over, manoeuvring between dubstep, rap, rock and D&B and giving it all the same high-sheen level of dancefloor-friendly gloss. The Rita Ora-assisted 'Hot Right Now' is an easier-on-the-ears version of its predecessor, while latest single 'The Feeling' once again benefits from a distinctive vocal, this time courtesy of RaVaughn.
The lineup of guest singers continues to be intriguing and well-considered throughout; opting for household names Dizzee Rascal on 'The Power' and Ms Dynamite for 'Gold Dust' - the latter on which her garage roots just manage to permeate through - while up-and-comers Ayah Marar and Fleur hold their own on their respective Balearic-inspired romps.
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Becoming McGuillicutty
That was the title of a story I wrote for NaNoWriMo a couple of years ago. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. The idea is for people that think they want to be writers to dedicate one month to writing a whole lot and try to produce a story of 50,000 words or more in 31 days. To achieve this you free yourself from the constraints of quality and go for quantity. It is actually a better idea than you might think. A lot of people that try to write get caught up in trying to make everything perfect as they go, with constant revisions, edits, and agonizing over crafting perfect prose. For NaNoWriMo you throw all that out the window and just write. It works because the best way to become a better writer is to write. If you can just get yourself putting words to paper on a consistent basis your writing skills will improve. So, since I fancied myself something of a writer I participated in the mad literary dash, and each year I reached my word count in the allotted time. However, only one of those times did I actually finish the story, and that story was Becoming McGuilicutty.McGuillicutty was a creation of mine, a reluctant half human / half leprechaun superhero that I wrote a short story about that a friend was going to publish in a comic project he was working on. Well, the project never saw fruition, but I liked the character so much that he became the basis for one of my NaNoWriMo novels. Of course, like most of my writing, I never finished that story. So when NaNoWriMo next came around I wrote a story about an aspiring writer that never finished his stories. Through the influence of a magical artifact many characters from his works came to life in the modern world and caused considerable problems for him. In the midst of this his favorite creation McGuillicutty appeared and became his ally and mentor.
Through the story it became clear that he had created the character of McGuillicutty to become the person that he wished he was, an escape from his boring mundane life. By the end of the story the writer has come into his own, not becoming McGuillicutty, but becoming the person he always wished he had been. This isn't exactly Shakespeare, but it was a fun little story I enjoyed writing. It is also notable because it is only the second one of my stories I ever finished. And finished is only applicable to the fact that I wrapped it up and reached a conclusion. It still remains an unedited mess that would need a lot of work to become a good tale.
Now that all the background is out of the way, the real point here is that maybe I'm becoming McGuillicutty a bit myself. I find myself asking the question WWMD? (What Would McGuillicutty Do). And while I will never drink as much whiskey or be quite as blunt as he, I find his confidence and intolerance of BS creeping more and more into my personality. I've become a lot more comfortable in my own skin. I seem to have reclaimed a bit of the fire in my belly, and it's a good feeling. There won't be any great life altering events coming from this, but a more subtle change in how I live my life. I look back over my life and realize that I've seen and done quite a bit. I've been locked up, beaten, stabbed, and broken. Each time I survived and came out swinging. It gives me a certain perspective on life, so many things are too minor to get worked up over, and life is too short to put up with negativity.
So raise I'll raise a glass of the craythur to life, here's to whatever it throws at me. I can take it.


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So annoyed was Donald Trump by a question about his supposed misogyny on Thursday evening that the property tycoon has spent almost 24 hours embroiled in an angry tirade against the woman who asked the question.
Speaking at the Fox News Republican primary debate in Cleveland, Ohio, host Megyn Kelly questioned whether it's presidential for Trump to call women he dislikes "fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals.
Responding to Kelly's teaser, the reality TV star quipped that he hadn't said that, only to "Rosie O'Donnell." Trump added: "Frankly, what I say, and oftentimes it's fun, it's kidding. We have a good time. What I say is what I say. And honestly Megyn, if you don't like it, I'm sorry. I've been very nice to you, although I could probably maybe not be, based on the way you have treated me. But I wouldn't do that."
After the debate, the the bewigged GOP frontrunner attacked Kelly for posing the question in a series of tweets, retweets and media appearances, even endorsing a line that called Kelly a "bimbo."
"@RubenMMoreno: @realDonaldTrump The biggest loser in the debate was @megynkelly. You can't out trump Donald Trump. You will lose!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 7, 2015
"@timjcam: @megynkelly @FrankLuntz @realDonaldTrump Fox viewers give low marks to bimbo @MegynKelly will consider other programs!"— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 7, 2015
"@FrankLuntz: I'm getting a lot of @MegynKelly hatemail tonight. 😆 #GOPDebate" She is totally overrated and angry. She really bombed tonite— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 7, 2015
Wow, @megynkelly really bombed tonight. People are going wild on twitter! Funny to watch.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 7, 2015
I really enjoyed the debate tonight even though the @FoxNews trio, especially @megynkelly, was not very good or professional!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 7, 2015
"@Reid2962: @realDonaldTrump @FoxNews I expected better from @megynkelly, wondering what is her hidden agenda.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 7, 2015
"@agcaddauan: @realDonaldTrump @DRUDGE_REPORT Megyn could have done a far better job*"— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 7, 2015
After the overnight strop, Trump appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday to continue his tirade. "I'm very surprised at Fox News that they would do that because, you know, I would say it's pretty unprofessional," he said. Trump then phoned in to "Fox & Friends" to say that he felt fine taking the stage with the other nine GOP candidates, until Kelly nailed him with "that really tough question."
At the start of the debate, Kelly's co-host Brett Baier asked which of the candidates would not support the eventual Republican nominee or run as a third-party spoiler. Trump was the only hand that shot up, followed by loud jeers from the crowd.
"Mr. Trump, to be clear, you're standing on a Republican primary debate stage, the place where the RNC will give the nominee the nod, and that experts say an independent run would almost certainly hand the race over to Democrats and likely another Clinton," noted Baier. "You can't say tonight that you can make that pledge?"
"If I'm the nominee, I will pledge I will not run as an independent," responded Trump. "But — and I am discussing it with everybody, but I'm, you know, talking about a lot of leverage."


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Flash Fiction Friday: Umbrella
by Andrew Wayne Adams
A hairless man wearing aviator sunglasses dives into a swimming pool full of submarine sandwiches. He swims from one end of the pool to the other, doing the breaststroke through meat and veggies. A piece of rotten cheese clings to his shaved head.
After thirty minutes he emerges from the pool and stretches out on a bear-skin rug. A large-breasted woman wearing a barbed-wire bikini brings him a drink. The drink has an umbrella in it.
"Darling," says the woman, and she rubs his tan.
He lifts his aviator sunglasses. He smiles at her. He lowers the sunglasses back over his eyes and sips his drink.
There is a palm tree nearby. The sunshine is like something out of a music video. The man has music videos playing on the inside of his sunglasses, a different video on each lens. One of the music videos is highly pornographic.
"Son," says the woman, and she begins to knit.
The man lifts his sunglasses. He didn't notice before, but the large-breasted woman in the barbed-wire bikini is his mother.
His mother reaches over and peels the piece of cheese from his head.
He screams, jumps up from the bear-skin rug. He dives back into the pool full of submarine sandwiches and swims furiously to the other end, covering the entire distance of the pool in two seconds. He is still holding his drink with the umbrella in it.
His mother is waiting for him at the other end. She teleported there somehow. Perhaps knowing how to teleport is part of her maternal instinct. She stares down at him from poolside as he swims in place. He gazes up at her and wonders what to do.
An umbilical cord unravels from his mother's abdomen. It snakes through the air and lashes his chest like an alien tail. Then it coils itself around his neck and squeezes.
"No," the man gasps. His hands flail (the right hand still casually grips his drink). He tears open submarine sandwiches, looking for a weapon. In one sandwich he finds a long kitchen knife.
He swings the knife at the umbilical cord, severing it.
His first girlfriend steps out from behind his mother and approaches the edge of the pool. Her face has morphed into that of a cat.
"You stay away," the man shouts, wiggling the kitchen knife at her. The man is crying now. Every inch of him is greasy. He suddenly feels old.
His first girlfriend extends a booted foot. She plants the foot on his head. He hacks at the foot with his knife. She presses down. He struggles to stay afloat but is still unwilling to relinquish his drink. His first girlfriend meows.
She pushes him beneath the surface. Her foot holds him there. He can't breathe. The foot pushes him deeper. And deeper. He sinks through fathoms of meat and cheese.
Things become different. The sandwiches disappear, giving way to something dark and blue and cold. There are bubbles, tiny and everywhere.
It is raining fish.
The man removes the umbrella from his drink and holds it above him. Fish thud off the umbrella and he wonders when he'll reach the bottom.
Andrew Wayne Adams is an American writer/artist. He does strange things in public toilets at 2:00 a.m. He currently lives nowhere.
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Sharon is one of Beverly Katz's staff and works in the Hair and Fiber section. During the "Tooth Fairy" case she identified the type of toilet paper that the "Tooth Fairy" used to write to Hannibal Lecter. "It's toilet tissue for marine heads and motor homes. The texture matches brand name Wedeker manufactured in Minneapolis. It has nationwide distribution."
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'Have more respect' plea after King's Lynn bar thefts
The owners of a new bar in Lynn have urged customers not to steal from small, family-run businesses, saying it is like "taking from my front room".
The management at Nip and Growler Ale House on High Street, which opened in early September, has said a small number of people are still stealing glasses from them, despite measures put in place to prevent this.
Although they have put up signs in the bar asking customers not to take their unique glassware without paying for them, there are still some who are stealing.
Elise Rout, who runs the Nip and Growler Ale House with her business partner Clare Biggs, said in a post on the bar's Facebook page: "We've put signs up.
"We've asked you really nicely, and still there are a disrespectful few who steal and we will catch you.
"Simple rules – steal from our family business and you are not welcome."
Nip and Growler serve their ales in glasses bearing the bar's name and coat of arms, which have been etched on, and they sell them for £2 each.
Ms Rout said the glasses are not sold for profit, as they cost the business £2.06 each to buy in.
She said in six weeks they have sold more than 200 glasses, and a number have been bought as souvenirs of people's time in Lynn as well.
"A lot of tourists have been buying them and taking them back to Singapore, Canada, and all over the world," she added.
Ms Rout said they do not want to have to make changes because of the thefts.
She said: "Stealing from small places is very personal, it's like taking something from my front room.
"We don't want to have a deposit on the glasses, we don't want to go down that route as we're very open here and don't want to change that.
"We want to be able to trust people, and 95 per cent of our customers are absolutely spot on.
"We're just saying 'be a bit more respectful'. If you can afford the beer, you can afford the glass."


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Thermal Imaging Helps Firefighters Cool Last of Hotspots in Grand Mound
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Exactly a week after wind fueled the 500-acre Scatter Creek Fire in Grand Mound, firefighters are using thermal imaging technology to find and eliminate the last hotspots.
"If it all goes well tonight, most crews and the Statewide Incident (Management) Team will withdraw and hand back command to local DNR and West Thurston Fire," according to a Wednesday afternoon release from the West Thurston Regional Fire Authority.
The RFA thanked community members who showed support in the past week.
"Special thank you go to the countless citizens and businesses who have offered relief, well wishes and food (and coffee!) to firefighters through the last week. Your kindness and generosity has been overwhelming," according to a release.
The Scatter Creek Fire was first reported at about 1:30 p.m. Aug. 22 and grew to nearly 500 acres by the time fire crews had it under control.
The fire burned two primary residences, two outbuildings, two front loaders, three semi trailers, one historical cabin and a historical barn, two personal vehicles, one excavator, two commercial vehicles, one commercial building, a tub grinder and numerous utility poles.
About 345 acres burned in the Scatter Creek Wildlife Area. Unpredictable shifting winds drove the fire quickly, firefighters said last week.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife plans to evaluate actual and potential impacts of the fire to the wildlife area in order to identify which natural resources will recover on their own and which will need help, according to the West Thurston Fire release.
Area residents should no longer see smoke in the area. Anyone who sees smoke should call 911, according to West Thurston Fire.
While the Scatter Creek and Prather fires are out, fire danger is still high in the area, with high temperatures and low humidity forecast through next week. Area residents should work to build defensible space around their homes and cut tall grasses.
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While the options for Academic school uniforms are vastly diverse in composition, the usage of the REC room facility requires a specific type of accoutrements for it to be used to its fullest capacity. By using their newly acquired resources, a vast pool of skills between them, and various other unusual contributions, the Academy has developed an armor that is fully integrable with the technology of the REC room. With its use in the REC room's functioning and even practicality in field work, the Field Aptitude and Training suit—nicknamed F.A.T. suits—is considered to be pivotal to the training of the students.
The facts are simple: leather doesn't breathe, spandex isn't flattering, and Kevlar isn't the greatest to bend in. Those who practice superhuman feats often meet the problem of having only ordinary options for attire which can be hindering and costly in many cases. The FAT suits are considered to be very advanced because it uses the otherwise undeveloped "second skin" technology which is far from being reproduced by even major engineering labs. Each suit is personally tailored for each student through an extensive tailoring process allowing for almost certainly the greatest form of performance enhancement technology available. Before a student's uniform can be woven, he or she is instructed to do a number of stretches, flexes, bends, and transformations (if that applies) before a scanner that will calculate their capacity for maneuverability. In doing this, the suit may almost perfectly conform to the structure of the student's body regardless of their body's shape or functions.
Ultimately, the goal for the FAT suit is to achieve absolute naturalness. The Field Aptitude and Training armor uniform has a composition of three primary articles: the skin, the shell, and the Halo. Together these three parts are able to generate an artificial sensory and nervous system capable of recreating infinite possibilities of lifelike sensations.
True to its name, the 'skin' of the fat suit is based largely upon the integumentary system. It carries most of the same functions—though to a synthetic degree—of temperature regulation, water resistance and absorption, excretion of certain waste, and to cushion and protect. Each uniform comes with a wide scope of temperature control and temperature resistances to satisfy the needs of the individual regardless of their particular environmental needs that differ from the norm. The synthetic fibers are woven into a cell-like pattern making the suit porous and able to draw in or expel moisture as necessary to keep students at a dry and at a comfortable temperature. Finally the fabric is also incredibly tear and puncture resistant as it is made from a very strong and complex chemical compound. The skin, or under armor, is nearly sheet thin but composed of layers upon layers of cell patterned material, chemical compounds, and electrical circuits in an intricate weave.
The second skin covers the entire body from neck to toes, covering everything except the hands completely on most humanoid bodies. The uniform by default is navy with a few gray accents. All pieces of the uniform, however, are able to take on any color within the gray or blue spectrums of color. Whenever students are broken up into teams, the colors automatically invert so that one team is colored silver with blue accents. Similarly, whenever students are outside of school grounds, the uniform automatically changes to the darkest colors of the two spectrums to allow for stealthier attire. As a final application of the active chemical changes within the FAT suit, the colored accents of the second skin can illuminate. Applications vary but the primary intent was for students to be able to bring attention to their selves when lost or distressed. All of the functions of the second skin can be triggered by the halo.
Accompanying the 'skin' of the Field Aptitude and Training suit is the 'shell'. The shell is basically a vest for most of the organisms that would wear the FAT suit. The vest is made of the same fiber as the 'skin', however, it is a bit thicker. This part is typically optional for students to wear except in certain tests. In addition to providing extra protection to the abdomen (remember that though the fabric is thin, it is very strong) it is capable of monitoring the student's vitals. This becomes extremely important because it measures everything from stress levels to heart rate, to precipitation, and even commonly exploited areas such as blind spots. Upon the vest, on the left side is also a small round and shallow space reserved for the Academy communicators. As a safeguard, the FAT suit is in constant rapport with its owner's communicator to check the condition of their armor as well as their status of physical health. This function is always within process, even when they are outside the REC room. Should the communicator pick up on any one of a few labeled statuses, a message is immediately distributed to the REC room control deck where the information is then directed to the necessary official capable of taking further action. Oftentimes is someone is logged in at the REC room's control, they will receive the message, otherwise the report is forwarded to the Dean and staff associated with that type of instance.
The final piece of the FAT suits is also its most important part, the Halo. While the second skin is responsible for pain, the sense of touch, temperature, and similarly related feelings, the Halo is responsible for everything else. Taste, smell, sight, sound. The halo interprets all of the systems of its host body and based on information calculated on REC computers, interprets each as the student normally would. This is not just limited to their basic capabilities but also encompasses even the simulated use of their powers. For safety reasons, Halos have also been designed to suppress the powers of students so that their actions while executed in practice do not harm other students. A secondary importance behind the halo is that it controls the rest of the suit allowing for temperature regulation, color change, stealth mode, and the release of the suit's illumination. Because the suit was designed to be zipper less as well lacking other inhibiting or delicate forms of fastening, the Halo is necessary to carefully put on and remove the suit without damaging it or harming oneself. Halos too are designed specifically for each student, however, as a back-up measure the halos were made to be capable of directing a student's brain wave to their own uniform. Should something happen to one's halo, they are still capable of borrowing someone else's to allow FAT suit removal.
The FAT suit has slight variations based on gender and build, to fit the body appropriately for school and not embarrass students too much. Naturally, certain areas of the suit are formed to be worn appropriately by students and not reveal anything distracting or embarrassing. A feature of the fat suit, while using the REC suit, is that for most simulations, the suit itself fails to be apparent as the REC is designed to simulate articles of clothing typical to the student's own wardrobe and mimic the movements and restrictions of those articles accordingly.
Each FAT suit is worth a small fortune or a rare luxury car. Students are typically only offered one suit if it can be helped. Misuse and tampering with the FAT suits is strictly prohibited and punishable by the Dean of students or the strictest measures from the code of conduct in his absence. Machine wash, while certainly possible, is discouraged. To extend the lifetime of the artifact, the Academy's own cleaning practices are preferred and thus REC suits are laundered for the studemts.


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The Outsider: I just made you say under where?
|By Will Jones - The Outsider | February 1, 2018
Now, this is one of those questions, a debate even, that I'm thinking will split the county. You know, like whether we should have a public swimming pool built, or are Cody Hodgson's eyes really as bugged out as those depicted in his portrait on Haliburton's arena wall?
And, more importantly, it is a topic that has split my lovely wife and I, something that nearly never happens, so she instructs me to inform you. So buckle up, get ready to question, argue and upset your nearest and dearest as your battle it out for the right to be, well, right (and on my side)!
My question, or rather my statement is, I believe that, after a hard day's work out-of-doors in the cold, a fella should be allowed to come home, peel off his outer layers and wander freely throughout his home in his long underwear with no fear of harassment from his lovely wife, nor worry of upsetting any unsuspecting visitor.
Make of that what you will. However, I believe this to be a perfectly reasonable assumption. After all, it is to own the house in which he is now flaunting his underwear that the fella is working outside in the frigid Canadian winter. And, I mean, doesn't his hard-earned wage pay for the warmth and light that he enjoys of an evening, in his red waffle onesie or matching grey T-shirt and leggings combo?
And, surely, the privacy of this house offers some sort of buffer against the culturally enforced evils of what polite society would call the done thing, the 'acceptable,' the way one should present one's self ...
Now, I'm sure that half of you are agreeing heartily with me, and that's a good thing, but for those of you who
are still wrong, oops sorry, opposing my argument, I should stress that this fella's long underwear is neither threadbare, nor otherwise worn. I'm not some raggedy assed, holey kneed vagabond, no way!
And, just in case there are ugly images floating around in your head, I should add that there are no buttonless flaps, nor bulging bits of body that opt for more out than in my thermal attire. I guess what I'm saying is that I don't look half bad in my long johns and vest, and there is little more than an ankle exposed – kind of like one of those mustacheod Victorian gentlemen in his bathing suit – but my lovely wife is still aghast at my parading around our home "only half dressed."
Heaven knows why. I don't get it and I'm hoping that some of you don't either. While winter lasts and this Canadian phenomenon of dressing in ever-increasing layers of clothing persists, I'm going to stand my ground. And, if you don't already do it, then join me, in annoying my wife, no your wife, no, I kid, never do that, but feel free to wander around your home for an evening in your long johns without fear of a row, and in the knowledge that if I come to visit I shall not be offended in the least.
WILL JONES - is The Outsider


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Day 1
April 17- We (my mom and I) arrived safe in Santa Monica and all went smooth. My doctors, nurses and team are so nice. I met with a new nurse named Timo today and she talked about side effects, but that is not to worry about yet. I should be feeling fine these first 2 weeks. We also checked into a beautiful condo and we will be very comfortable here.
Day 2
April 18 - Radiation went well and I met with Dr. Wollman who I will be checking in with every Tuesday (he's a cool guy). I had a slight metallic taste in my mouth but all is still well.
I got out on a 4 mile run this evening...
Day 3
April 19 - All is moving along just fine. I miss home and routine and had some frustrations today, but physically I feel fine. I had friends and family check in on me. I so grateful for the love and support. I also explored the bike path and ran 5 miles today and saw a little more.
Day 4
April 20 - Today was better than yesterday in that I feel like I'm getting used to the routine. Radiation went smooth (it's easy so far) but I am going to ask for different music to listen to. I also made it in a run/walk to Venice today. I like this project because it has me looking at things different. When you look for good, think good, be good... Things are good. Today was good. I also saw a good sunset.
Day 5
April 21 - all is still going well and I still feel good. My 5th treatment was this morning and then we drove to Pasadena for my grandmother's funeral/memorial service... Whew, what a way to end my week. My greatest take away is that family is soooo important and as we spent time together today I know I am blessed to have a good one. I am also reminded that life is short and is to be appreciated and celebrated. My grandmother used to tell me to always use the good silver, don't wait for a special occasion, life is the special occasion.
Day 6
April 24 - it's a Monday again. My mom and I drove back to LA today for week #2 of radiation. I had a great weekend home and am so grateful for my home, Eric, Lucky and friends this weekend, but now it's time for week #2. I had a successful day. Radiation is still easy. The hardest is being away from home, but this evening we got out again and I still enjoy finding/seeing new things. Tonight I went three miles round trip and some of it with my mom and some running along the waterfront bike path (slow).
Day 7
April 25 - Today was good but on very little sleep after crazy winds and stuff crashing around last night. Radiation went well again. ...Moving right along. I get a weird metallic taste after radiation, but that's the only notable effect so far. I have a slight headache but I think that's the environment. Good thing was a sandwich shop reccomendation from my doctor and I also nailed a presentation for work today. I walked a little this evening to and from the YMCA which is the oldest YMCA I have ever seen. It's like walking into a time warp... but the people are very nice. Friends and family keep checking in on me and I am so grateful for the love and support.
Day 8
April 26 - Today also went smooth. Radiation is still easy on me. I haven't been sleeping very well which has its own problems. I feel only slightly down, but that may be due to interrupted and less sleep. I still get a metallic taste in my mouth, but I buy myself candy at the gift shop as a treat after radiation and it helps. I like the banana Laffy Taffy. I also figured out why they call it Laffy Taffy... and the jokes are laughable but not really funny. Today I also had another productive and remote work day which makes me feel good. My aunt and her boyfriend came to visit this evening. I love my aunt. We all went to dinner at Santa Monica Seafood and I ordered an ahi poke bowl which is one of my favorite foods.
Day 9
April 27 - Radiation went well. There was a German Shepard service dog named Greta there today too. Greta got in trouble for licking my face... I think she knew I am a sucker. I got outside and went to the pier and back for lunch time. It was a nice day out. My mom and I went to 3rd Street Promenade after work today and went to a salad restaurant for dinner.
Day 10
April 28 - Today was day 10 and 1/3 or the way done with treatment. I had a busy and full day and also made it to a class at the YMCA that I like. The class was a fit class with weights and light cardio and fun music. I enjoyed it. It's also nice to come home. I missed home. I came home to sooooo many roses too.
Day 11
May 1 - I can't believe it's already May. Today is Monday. Last night (Sunday) I got super sick. I threw up a couple times and had major stomach pain and diarrhea. It was terrible, but the worst passed by midnight. Regardless, today was difficult. I had a successful work day but barely pulled through what I needed and then I went to bed at 5:15.
Day 12
May 2 - I slept 12 hours last night! I have the beginning of a cold now too. It's mild discomfort but I got over the counter medicine and will be watching it. At radiation today they said they would still continue to radiate even with a cold. I don't want the double discomfort and will fight this. Radiation is going well still... it's just this cold thing that is a new challenge. Tonight we walked to 3rd Street Promenade. It was fun to get out. On our walk over it was old furniture to be given away night... there was even a stove older than mine.
Day 13
May 3 - Today I am definitely sick. Dark green boogers came out of my nose. I feel horrible. Good things today were the fact that got to have lunch with Monica and her family today (Monica was in town for a doctor appointment for her knee. She'll be having surgery in July and I am grateful I am not having knee surgery). I also took an afternoon nap and woke up for a movie on demand and then went back to bed. I got some work done but not much due to feeling sooooooooo crappy. The rest is a luxury although I wish I didn't need to be sick to make myself rest.
Day 14
May 4 - Thursday and I'm almost half way done with radiation. I feel a little better than yesterday but still battling being sick. My eyes hurt, my head hurts and I'm fighting a good fight but don't need a cold on top of this. Eric sent me a wonderful email today. He said, "I know that you are not happy with having to go through radiation and the situation you need to endure. Please think of the following. Love, Eric"
"Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7
Thank you Eric!
Day 15
May 5 - Friday, half way done and also my mom's birthday. I woke up feeling the worst I have yet. I got very little sleep. I have been sick and uncomfortable and no aspirin or over the counter medicine has been helping. After radiation today I went sent to see my ENT doctor (who wasn't in but a saw someone else very nice in his office named Dr. Price) in Brentwood. After a check up and a CT scan of my head I was given steroids and antibiotics. I didn't want steroids, but I don't want this pain either. It took me until 3 pm to get home from LA and to the pharmacy. The steroids worked pretty fast as far as relief goes and I was able to make it to my moms birthday dinner at the Yacht Club (although I did have to leave a little early). We had fun at the Yacht Club. I'm half way done with radiation!
Day 16
May 8 (Monday) - Today radiation was at 3:20. I worked in the am and my mom and I drove to LA at 1. We had lunch in the hospital which has a great salad bar and the peanut butter cookie wasn't bad either. My laptop is still in the shop so I had to bring my desktop down again and I forgot my keyboard so I had to go the Apple Store. I was/ am frustrated. So many costs right now... as I hear and am afraid about health care policies and am trying to work so that I don't use all my leave banks and be a burden, I feel frustrated to work so hard yet have fear that it's not always about how hard you work. Stuff happens. Anyhow, I am fortunate to have coverage for my continued costs and love and support from friends and family and help and support and love and a job that wants me healthy and not stressed and supports my healing, and love and support and great friends, great family... repeat this...
Day 17
May 9 - Radiation went well again and on Tuesdays I see my doctor. I still have a headache but it's better than last week. Today was my last day of steroids. I was told to try Tylenol instead of Bayer for pain now. I hope the pain never returns like last week. My mom and I went to El Cholo for dinner which was nicer than I thought it would be. I'm glad we went. Thanks Mom.
Day 18
May 10 - radiation. Is still going fine. I made it to the YMCA for lunch to the light weights class I like. My mom went to lunch with a friend of hers although she is now super sick. We rented the movie Hidden Figures which was excellent. Edible treats came from the office too. This was very nice of them.
Day 19
May 11 - I'm tired. I slept from 2:00-3:00 and then 3:30-4:30 and then watched the movie La La Land with my mom and went back to bed at 8 pm - 6:30 am. Whoa! My head hurts and I have some nausea. My only adventure was going to the hospital and to rent our movie. The rest of my day I worked some and got floored by fatigue. I liked the movie Hidden Figures better than La La Land. My mom went to visit her mom's grave at Forest Lawn and put new flowers out. She also went and bought new shoes for her tango lessons somewhere in Studio City. I also opened a present from Eric's mom. Thank you Lizzie!
Day 20
May 12 - I'm 2/3 done with radiation and I got to go home today. Those are good things! I also got to take Lucky on a slow walk up Franklin Trail today (to the first gate) and that was super huge treat.
Day 21
May 15 - Monday. I'm back in LA. Radiation went fine. I feel much better after plenty of sleep and just having been home for the weekend. I had a nice weekend and also watched lots of good TV. My mom and I had lunch at Huckleberry today and it was delicious. My mom bought me the cookbook which will not get me any thinner but some of those recipes will bring great happiness. The light tonight was also cool.
Day 22
May 16 - Tuesday and all is well. Radiation went fine and they are all very nice at the hospital. My mom and I went to 3rd Street Promenade after dinner which I made and she wasn't a huge fan of. I made steamed broccoli and quinoa with amino acids and teriyaki sauce. My mom added butter to her broccoli. 3rd Street Promenade was a nice walk along ocean and I bought 2 dresses on super sale at Banana Republic. I went to bed at 9 and slept another 9 hours plus I laid in bed with eyes closed for an hour before getting up.
Day 23
May 17 - I slept a lot again last night. Radiation is still going well. My face was puffy again today but I see the ENT tomorrow. Tonight my mom and I walked to frozen yogurt and the grocery store. I rented the movie Sing so we are watching that too.
Day 24
May 18 - Today I woke up with so much swelling in my face. It was horrendous but got much better as the day went on. Yesterday I was swollen, but today was twice as bad. I also woke up with a headache but Tylenol worked great. I saw my ENT today and he said just to sleep upright and it's probably just the radiation accumulation which makes sense. He didn't think I needed steroids.. so here I go with some noticeable side effects but I'm glad I don't have nausea and my headaches aren't so bad this week. My dad came to visit today which was cool. He flew into the Santa Monica airport and we had lunch. I worked while he and my mom went on a walk which made me happy they got to do that. We dropped my dad off at the airport on my way to the ENT. I also got a pedicure this evening... I met Sara Goes and it was very nice. We went to a place up the street from the condo. Today was a good day.
Day 25
It is Friday, May 19. I have finished 25 days of treatments. I only have one more week of radiation and I get to go home today.
Day 26
Monday, May 22 and my last week. Radiation went well again. Driving to LA I got a little motion sickness but that was short and I only took one anti-nausea pill and 2 Tylenol all day. Radiation is only about 5-8 minutes so there is not much that is bad while in there. My treatment started a little late because the computer needed to be rebooted after a glitch or something. Waiting for 10 extra minutes was no problem. Radiation today was at 2:40 and then we went to a late lunch at Cerveteca in Venice. We had been wanting to go for a few weeks and it was fantastic.
Day 27
Tuesday, May 23. Radiation went well as usual but I saw Dr. Wollman after. We scheduled my follow up MRI and Dr. appointments for August 7. I won't know how everything went and what kind of progress was made with the radiation until this check up. I have to wait almost 3 months yo see what radiation did to me. My mom had a lunch date today. This evening we walked to 3rd Street Promenade and also got a frozen yogurt. We came back in time for the Dancing With the Stars season finale, but I took a blue bath using a bath bomb I bought at the beginning of treatments and had been saving for a needed treat. It was a great treat.
Day 28
Wednesday, May 24. This morning I didn't feel so good. Mid week last week I also felt worse so I think it's radiation accumulation. Medicine helped and although I am a little emotional, tired and achy still, it wasn't so bad. I got outside this evening too which was nice.
Day 29
Thursday, May 26. One more day of radiation. I have finished 29 days today. I felt better today than yesterday and that is a good thing too. Today my mom and I had lunch at Santa Monica Seafood to celebrate and then got cookies to give the staff tomorrow from Cookie Good.
Friday, May 26th and my last day of radiation. I am all done. We brought the staff cookies from Cookie Good and everyone was so incredibly nice to me. They asked if I wanted to keep the radiation mask and that seemed weird to me. I said, "no way." I also said, "I want to keep the good memories only." Anyhoo... I'm done, I'm done, I'm done. Thank you Mom for being there and Thank you Dad for sending her and thank you for renting the perfect place for us to spend 6 weeks. Thank you everyone for your love and support. I'm done.


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Hi All,
I have two tables lets say Tab1 with 1million records and Tab2 with 100million records.
Option 1) sel columns from tab1 inner join tab2
Option 2) sel columns from tab2 inner join tab1
Is option one better than option two? does it make a difference?
Hi ,
Just check the Explain plan of both the Queries.. Will get to know the differences..check the timings and final spool size in the Explain.. I think both would be same as its a inner Join... but its good to check..
Nishant Bhardwaj
No it doesn't make a difference how you do INNER JOIN, it would be same.


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Periodontology At A Glance
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Title: Periodontology At A Glance
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Publish Date: 2010
Title: Periodontology At A Glance
Author: Valerie Clerehugh
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Publish Date: 2010
Periodontology at a Glance adds another dentistry title to this popular series. It provides readers with an easy-to-use tool to assimilate the key information about periodontics by illustrating each topic with a double-page spread that encapsulates essential knowledge. Clear diagrams and clinical pictures are accompanied by succinct text, providing a highly visual format to facilitate ease of learning. Suggestions for further reading are provided selectively where appropriate, and the authors present a useful distillation of the salient research literature.
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Est. Mortgage: $/month
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- Residential Single Family
- Listing Agent Name Tish DiRuocco
- Construction Existing
- Bathroom 4
- Bedrooms 4
Waterbury School District, priced to sell, this home has been completely renovated with freshly painted interior and exterior. The kitchen/dining area is spacious with large light filled windows and seasonal mountain views. Step out onto the deck in the summer or cozy up to the fireplace in the winter featuring a new woodstove and liner. The wall of windows in the walk-out basement fills the room with light even on a cloudy day. Great potential for an income producing apartment, mother-in-law suite or an Air B&B. This lovely home is situated on a corner lot with 2.8 acres of prime land. All it needs is you!
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Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings She has taken on a similar meme to Jills Waiting on Wednesday over at Breaking the Spine. Since Jill hasn't posted in a while I'm going to join in on this meme. To participate all you have to do is spotlight upcoming publications you're eagerly anticipating. Keep reading to see what I have chosen for this week.
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# of Pages: 176
# of Pages: 176
One of the major features of politics in the past few years has been a renewed attention to race as a driving factor in both politics and everyday life. How, after decades of civil rights activism, do people from black and minority ethnic communities continue to be marginalized? In White Privilege, Kalwant Bhopal draws on social science research and political and economic analysis to show how people from black and minority backgrounds are continually positioned as outsiders in public discourse and interpersonal interaction. Neoliberal policies only increase that tendency, as their effects exacerbate long-standing patterns of minority disadvantage. Bhopal's book is rooted in dispassionate analysis, but its message is unmistakable—the structural advantages of whiteness are widespread, and dismantling them will require both honesty about their power and determination to change them.
Okay so this book is extremely important. I know that the conversation about privilege has been frequent and I'm interested in figuring out how this book will handle the topic. It's a short book so I expect to get through it quickly. I'm not sure how I found it, but I'm excited for it.
What are you waiting for this Wednesday?


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If you want to get your hands on some pretties from Dark Metal Lacquer, you can check out her Etsy page where she has a lovely range of gorgeous polishes starting from £5 a bottle. Also, do make sure you like Dark Metal Lacquer's Facebook Page for updates.
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When not writing space opera with sexy pilots and what-not, I am a management consultant. It's about as scintillating as it sounds....
One of my favourite management gurus is the late, great Steve Covey. I've argued many times that his seven habits could be applied to any field and I thought I'd put my money where my mouth is and apply if to writing.
These habits are to promote effectiveness. They're useful for beginners to begin to think about what might lie ahead when learning to write, and useful for the more established in honing writing practices and continuing our growth.
1. Be proactive.
It's easy to sit back and hope good things will happen, but it's a bit of a shot in the dark. Frankly, as a writer, if the impetus does not come from within, you will produce nothing. So be proactive in choosing what you might want to write, in how you want to be published, in what you want to achieve. Once you have a clear idea of what you want and an internal willingness to follow through, things become easier.
2. Begin with the end in mind.
This is an interesting one (really, sit up and pay attention.) On a book level, it suggests knowing where the journey goes before setting out and, for the pantsters, that can be a challenge. It might only be a vague idea in the back of your mind. It might be you only know that end after a rough draft, or some planning, and then need to hone with the end in mind. But I've found - and I am an absolute pantster - some idea of where I'm going is useful. Even if it's just knowing the good guy will win, or the aliens will be revealed as the heroes. That's enough to shape what I'm writing.
But, also, it's worth thinking of this habit in the wider context. What do you hope to achieve as a writer? To have a book out for friends to read? To become the next Iain Banks? To produce well thought out literary masterpieces for a niche market? To make a living by self-publishing?
Without knowing what you want, it's easy to take the wrong path and waste energy.
For instance, I know I'd like to be traditionally published, and that I'd like to make some of my living from writing. That meant getting an agent. Which meant learning how to query. It means accepting editorial advice and letting go of the control of some of my baby. It means coming up with more than one book. If I'd decided I wanted to self-publish the trilogy I started writing for, I'd have learned different skills - formatting, and promotion, and pricing. As it is, with the firm idea of what I wanted, I put my energies into what might achieve it.
3. Put first things first.
Don't send the query without haven written the book. Don't do the edit without finishing the book. Don't promote without having written.
It's easy to get lost in our dream of being a writer, sitting in coffee shops dreaming up the next chapter whilst eating cake (an endeavour I heartedly applaud, however). But to be effective we need to write. We need to be organised. We need to build on what we have, use the skills we have and finish each stage.
4. Think win-win.
I'm incredibly lucky with my peer support from writers. We cheerlead each other, give each other hints when an agent might want our stuff, we read and crit each others, we respond to questions. And yet we're all playing in a very small world with limited opportunities. But, I believe that no one I've met would write the same book as me. No one would come up with the same ideas as me (aliens invading Belfast doesn't pop up everywhere). We can all win, and to do that we don't need to compete. We just need to accept it's okay to have more than one writer of sff out there. That, in fact, it's good - the more diverse the market, the more readers will be swayed to the dark side of genre fiction, the more books are needed, and the cycle goes on.
Also within win-win, Covey introduces the paradigm of a new option, not about winning, or losing, but about personal freedom: the right to walk away. The right to say I don't want what's on the table and say no without losing. The right to realise the deal we've been offered isn't good, or we don't want to follow a certain path anymore. Once we understand we have that right, all doors open to us. Because it's our choice to play a game or not.
5. Seek first to understand and then be understood.
Listen for a while. Take advice. Read blogs of experienced writers. Join forums. Unless you gain an understanding of writing, from the basics up of grammar and storytelling, to the business end, how can you ever succeed? Writing is the arena that I've most noticed people coming into it (as I did, blasting myself on a poor, unsuspecting forum and bulldozing everything in my path - sorry guys) and assuming they can hit the ground running and succeed. And yet, it's the area where it's most difficult to do that. It takes hard, hard work. It takes years. So, while you're learning, listen and understand the arena. Then, when you're ready, people might listen back.
6. Synergize
Going it alone is hard. Writing is hard. Writing a novel is hellish. If you can share that journey with others, it will be easier. If you can give your energy to them when they need it, and accept theirs when your own is depleted, it will carry you further. (In a day or two, when I have time, I'll follow this blog up with some lessons from the geese about how synergy takes us further.)
For a couple of years I had a formal writing group. Apart from making three great friends, their input shaped my writing then and now. Their ideas enhanced my own. My knowledge enhanced theirs (although handing over powerpoints on Handy's organisational culture perhaps went a little far.) Without their knowledge I'd have a totalitarian fairground state (rare, those) and a protagonist with the least believeable PTSD in the written universe. I wouldn't have had the key jigsaw piece to form the plot of one of my books.
So find your cake partners, virtual and otherwise, and share your energy, knowing the road is long enough that you'll need something to get you to the end, and so will others.
7. Sharpen the saw
Possibly the most important of all. Learn. Learn some more. Hone your skills and keep honing them. Question, practice, read, seek feedback. Keep getting better. And never believe you can't - in self improvement we find what might lift us to being good enough to get to that end we set for ourselves, whatever that might be.


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Daily painting #146. Pen, ink and watercolor on A5 watercolor card SOLD
Our boys are playing their cricket tournament (which is the reason I am in Johannesburg) at one of Johannesburg's top schools, St Johns College. The school's campus is so incredibly beautiful....you would never know it's in the middle of a city! Our boys didn't get much cricket played today...the weather was so strange. We had sun, rain , thunder, lightening and cold temperatures all in one day. The game was finally called off because of the lightening in the area and it was deemed unsafe for the boys to play. Satellite lightening detectors let off a warning siren if lightening is detected within a 20km radius and then boys are required to come off of sports fields and stay under cover....so our boys never made it back onto the field. The real sign though that summer is nearing its end was the carpet of oak leaves that lined the schools pathways and roads...a crisp, crunching carpet of fallen brown leaves! Summer will soon be on its way....
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(Above) Jonathan with introductory ski-mountaineers on Cairngorm.
Below: Self- arrest, a use full and important skill, but it's better not to fall in the first place!
Sunday, new week, new people and our interesting life continues. This week at Team Ascent we have introductory ski touring and an introductory winter climbing course. The snow was well frozen this morning although it became quite soft by the end of the day. Climbs are getting done and ski touring conditions are excellent with continued outstandingly amazing snow cover. On Cairngorm Mountain the snow cover is amazing and there are no crows to contend with from Monday to Friday- it's superb.
Maxine and Ross on the summit of Cairngorm.
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Cairngorm Days
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Last night I dreamt Hawk, Ankh, and I were in a school cafeteria (though none of us went to school together). They were fighting about something completely unrelated when Hawk got really angry cause Ankh called his fried chicken strips chicken wings instead of chicken tenders.
—that's besides the point, she says
But he is not satisfied. He pelts her with the chicken strips as hard as he can, knocking the purple glasses off her face.
—Get it right! he shouts
I stare at the chicken scattered on the floor.
—goddamnit guys, I sigh —I really wanted to eat those
Hawk dumps the remaining fries on Ankh's head and leaves the basket overturned, then leaves.
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It'll come with 11 games pre-installed and other 50 games in the 512mb m2 card that will come with.
igi boy, 02 Aug 2008does this fone really have sims2..? Yes, it'll come with The Sims 2 and other 60 games :), 3 at least three of them will accept motion control.
hey there
phone looks awesome
just wondering how much you reckon this phone will sell for out-right?
its successor
well this phone SE F305 is built for playing games only and this phone has a "Motion-based games" see it for yourself when you buy this phone F305... the games are really cool
ramr, 29 Jul 2008I think this is a pretty decent gaming phone. It does not look cheap at all, especially the bl... moreJust like to ask nokia users, if nokia can install 1.00 MB and above applications and games because I know that S40 couldn't. How about S60?
SJp, 04 Aug 2008Does it mean that if it doesn't have 3G it is useless? can u afford one? then buy N95! if u ca... moreYeah, buy one and if your that generous enough, buy us too!
looks nice but what video resolution can it capture? SE used to have this pathetic qcif (176x144) hope this one has better qvga at least as some newer models like g502..
any ideas????
Does it mean that if it doesn't have 3G it is useless? can u afford one? then buy N95! if u can afford one!
F305 is not the next PSP. It's more of old school... a game&watch type of thing. I love old school. =)
I think this is a pretty decent gaming phone. It does not look cheap at all, especially the black one. I have an N82 black right now and I'm thinking of having this as my 2nd phone as I am into mobile gaming. Nevermind the 10MB internal memory. Nevermind the 2mp cam. Nevermind if does not have wi-fi or hsdpa. This is a simple gaming phone with dedicated gaming keys. I actually find it cool and better-looking than N81 (lighter too). It's classy. I am astounded by its looks and features. I actually find it better playing java games in SE handsets than Nokia. I can compare because I have tried both brands when it comes to mobile gaming, although, Nokia provides wider game formats because it supports both Java and Symbian. But for simple gaming, this phone rocks big time.
I don't get it, why do sony Ericsson produce such classy designed phones but the functions can hardly be compared to nokia's. They really should include WLAN in at least a couple coz the functions of these phones are getting dull...The only good thingy about Sony Ericsson is the battery actually lasts what is stated on the specs whereas the nokia's bat really suck..
tia, 27 Jul 2008does these phones work goodi didn't say that i have this phone, so i don't know it's performance. i hope this phone will come out to the market soon.
dan_musica, 24 Jul 2008don't say if this phone with no hsdpa is useless. 3 from f305 mean fun and gaming phone with a... moredoes these phones work good
kaka, 23 Jul 2008wow no 3g no hsdpa ??? what a useless phone??don't say if this phone with no hsdpa is useless. 3 from f305 mean fun and gaming phone with affordable price in slider. the java apps should be run well. that's why the screen is 176*220.
Geoffrey, 22 Jul 2008no card slot??? if it is no then my answer 4 this fone is also noIt has a card slot. The internal memory is a bit low, though.


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This year the Anglican Church Basel hosts the annual choir festival where choirs from the churches of the Archdeaconry of Switzerland gather together to sing a wide variety of choral music.
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Two weeks and counting until Jill's due date. She is finally looking as if she is pregnant. It is hard for me to Judge as Kate and Star have both presented us with 7-8 puppies each time. It appears Jill's litter is smaller. How much smaller - hard to tell. Guess we will find out when she goes for her pre-whelp X-ray on March 8th. I would be tickled with 4-5 puppies and PLEASE - all healthy with no problems. I don't know if I could take another bad experience. I am still heartbroken over the loss of 5 puppies from our last litter, Guess the old adage is true - whelping is not for the feint of heart!
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It was a blustery and chilly winter day in January, but Josh and Janelle were willing to brave the cold if I was. The weather was overcast and windy, but I'd say we made it work!
We did stop for coffee and tea at the Hub on the Iowa State University campus to warm up just a little before spending more time in the cold!
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Sorbus was a service-only company and the many clients Andy visited on a daily basis were looking for solutions to their business using the IBM PC and he started selling and supporting software and hardware solutions as a side business. In August of 1986, 18 months after joining Sorbus, Andy decided the future was in IT services to PC-based computers and started his own IT company. He submitted his resignation and went home to tell his wife the wonderful news – she of course thought he was nuts, but eventually supported his decision and is now an active part of the AllThingsIT team.
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Bending Over Backwards to Affect Disc Pain in the Low Back
A popular form of treatment for people with disc pain in the low back is the lumbar extension exercise. The basic principle is to bend the spine backwards to try and ease low back pain. Some people get nearly immediate relief. However, the treatment is not a magic bullet for people with disc pain. Sometimes, the pain doesn't go away. The pain may even become worse. This study may shed some light on why some patients get relief and others don't.
One theory behind this treatment is that bending the spine backwards squeezes the disc material forward, away from pain-sensitive soft tissues like the nerves and ligaments. A second theory has to do with pain from pressure on the back part of the disc. The disc is made up of a central nucleus pulposus, surrounded by rings of ligament-like material known as the annulus. The outer rings of the annulus are richly supplied with pain sensors, so injury or pressure on this part of the disc can hurt. If pain comes from the annulus on the back part of the disc, it makes sense that getting pressure off these sore tissues would feel better.
To measure disc pressure in various positions of the spine, a team of researchers tested the discs of 19 cadaver spines. To make the tests more life-like, the discs were altered to behave as though they were degenerated. Backward bending works differently when the discs are degenerated because the spine tends to pivot on the joints along the back of the spine. This shifts the forces onto the bony ring of the vertebra and can take pressure off the back part of the disc.
A key discovery is that backward bending didn't always take pressure off annular rings near the back of the disc. In fact, when the spines were bent back two degrees, only seven out of nine spines showed less pressure. Discs that registered lower pressures in a neutral position tended to have less pressure on the annular rings near the back of the disc when the spine was bent backward.
These differences might explain why some people get better with extension exercises and others don't. "The results," say the authors, "caution against making predictive rules based on anatomic or pathologic assumptions." In other words, patients are unique, and their symptoms may react differently to lumbar extension exercises.
Michael A. Adams, PhD, et. al. Effects of Backward Bending on Lumbar Intervertebral Discs: Relevance to Physical Therapy Treatments for Low Back Pain. In Spine. February 15, 2000. Vol. 25. No. 4. Pp. 431-437.
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Well, after getting home from CSSSA, I felt it would be as good a time as any to set up a blog. I'll try to post pretty frequently with artwork and such, both from my own projects and school (Long live K9 Studios!).
I've got to say, it's almost unreal that three weeks ago today, I left CSSSA. After about a week of recovery, it came down to summer work crunch time (reading "1984," selected passages of the Old Testament, an essay on Doublespeak in political language, and flashcards on the first 200 years of U.S. history). And of course, getting back into shape for cross country after six weeks of minimal/no exercise. The first week of school is over now though, so it's time to get back into an artistic groove.
-JL Bravo
Friday, August 29, 2008
Today this blog, tomorrow the world!
Posted by Juan In a Million at 7:21 PM
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- Cristina Sam Amin said...
Yes! My infulence worked, and you updated!
And hey, if you had taken the long way to everywhere like I did at CSSSA, it would have contributed to that staying in shape thing, haha :P
Yeesh, you're taking the same APs I was taking last year, but the summer homework they gave you sounds so much...smarter than mine was. Good luck with that.
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- sophie said...
hey bravo! post some artz
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Those looking for a used 4x4 in Adelaide should understand the basic mechanics of the car they're planning on buying. The torque is a twisting force produced by the engine and is the force that powers your car or truck. The gears and differential split the torque evenly, dividing it between the four wheels so that each one possesses a share of the momentum. In simplest terms, traction is the maximum amount of force the tire can apply against the ground. The more weight there is on the tire, the more traction it has. When the car turns, weight shifts to the outside wheels; when it accelerates, weight shifts to the rear wheels.
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