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The goal of Radio Resource Management (RRM) mechanisms is to allocate the transmission resources to the users such that the transmission requests are satisfied while several constraints are fulfilled. These constraints refer to low complexity and power consumption and high spectral efficiency and can be met by multidimensional optimization. This paper proposes a Game Theory (GT) based suboptimal solution to this multidimensional optimization problem. The results obtained by computer simulations show that the proposed RRM algorithm brings significant improvement in what concerns the average delay and the throughput, compared to other RRM algorithms, at the expense of somewhat increased complexity.
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[4] Wang, X., and Giannakis, G. B., "Resource Allocation for Wireless Multiuser OFDM Networks", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 57, no. 7, pp. 4359-4372, 2011.
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One day I awoke to an uneventful Saturday. I was 21 and my best friend and I had big plans to hit the town mall. I always looked forward to days like these. I really didn't have a care in the world. Sure, at 5 I had to be back at my father's restaurant to waitress but I had the whole afternoon to be silly.
Emily (my best friend) and I took our lunch in the food court of the mall. The food court featured such delicacies as Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips (Emily worked there), Mc Donalds and Sabarros. It was right before Easter and I still believed I was a good Catholic so I got a fish sandwich, fries and a coke.
As I ate and drank my coke I noticed my mouth would not tighten around the straw like normal.
"That's funny," I said as I pulled the straw from my coke.
"What?" Emily asked.
"This is silly but my mouth won't tighten around my straw." I responded.
Emily being my best friend for almost a decade responded with a "that's weird, I wonder what could cause that?"
Being 21, you really don't think anything as silly as your mouth not fitting around your straw being an issue. We quickly dismissed it and focused on the collar necklaces at Claire's Boutique.
Later that night I looked in the mirror and realized I couldn't smile, at least not half of my face anyways. The left side of my face went up while the other did not. I worried a little but decided to wait till the next morning to loose my shit.
The next morning came and in addition to not being able to smile, my right eye lid wouldn't shut. I officially lost it. The entire right side of my face was paralyzed.
I lived about 30 minutes away from the family doctor. I cried on the phone to my mother the whole drive there. My mom was already at the doctors office when I pulled in. Normally our physician was a hot-a young Italian but he was unavailable for the day.
Like a freak, I was quickly moved into the "infectious waiting area" because my ailment was making me act like Snots from Christmas Vacation. I don't know why but it was making me sneeze a lot and the drainage was awful.
After a few minutes we were allowed through the door that led to the examining rooms only we didn't make to to a room. We were in some sort of make shift ER that was empty.
A young Indian woman stood before us with her left leg crossed over her right, arms folded, leaning against a gurney.
"Bell's Palsy." She said in a deep Indian accent.
"Excuse me?" My mom asked.
"Bell's Palsy. That is what she has."
That bitch knew what I had without even examining me. Turns out Bell's Palsy is a paralysis of one side of the face caused by stress. A nerve in the back of your neck is pinched thus halting all actions on that side.
I was given essentially horse tranquilizers and told to take them but also massage my face 3's a day so that nothing would get weak and stay paralyzed. If I did this, my face would go back to normal.
As embarrassing as it was, I still had to work at my father's restaurant with a 1/2 paralyzed face. I looked like the hunch back of Notre Dame.
One evening, 2 bar patrons sat at the bar. I asked what they would like to drink . After they gave me their drink list I smiled but then quickly realized it was a 1/2 smile so I bent my head down even further to disguise it.
Eventually I explained to them why only half of my face would smile.
"Naw, it doesn't look bad" hill billy 1 called out. "You look like that Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman."
'What? How do you get complete right face paralysis with Dr. Quinn, medicine woman?'
But as time went by I appreciated the comment because I felt ugly and horrible for several weeks. I continued to massage my face like a crazy person and eventually movement began to come back.
All told my mouth still shows a very slight droop. I don't think anyone would notice unless I pointed it out. To this day I am so scared it's going to come back and I will then again have to explain why I look like a zombie.


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According to Shaw Flooring, 2019 can't be captured in a single color. This year, they will promote a full palette infused with dusty softness.
Introducing Whisper.
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Wide Planks.
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Darker Stains.
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Property ID : SPL25.277
For Sale $75,000.00 - Bar/Lounge, Restaurant
- Charred is a well-established, quaint, Livingston County Bar/Grill
- Located off a major highway and intersection that averages 12,000-15,000 cars a day passing by
- Established in 2012 with renovations beginning; doors opened in June 2013
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- 2,000 sq feet of bar and restaurant space
- Ample off-street parking available
- Small outdoor patio for dining is available
- Hours of business Tuesday and Wednesday12-9, Thursday through Saturday 12-10, Sunday 12-8 closed Mondays.
ASSETS/FIXTURES/EQUIPMENT: (Included in the Asking Price)
- FF&E valued at $50,000
- Inventory at cost of $10,000
Amazing lease structure at $380.25 a month, with negotiable lease options
2017 2016 2015 2104
Sales: $302,663 $ 384,665 $464,101 $343,589
Cash Flow (SDE): $ 50,054 $ 58,987 $ 75,078 $ 82,225
The asking price is lowered to $75,000. Seller financing is available to a qualified buyer with one-half down.
This is an incredible owner-operator opportunity to own a turn-key bar and grill. Located 35 minutes south of Downtown Rochester NY. After 5 years, the owner is looking to get into another venture. This business offers catering that can be expanded. This is a must-see opportunity.


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Included in the price, this year you will find 1 umbrella and 2 sunbeds reserved for your vacation, at the "Bagno Marisa".
For our customers who do not want the beach, can take advantage of some Chalets or apartments, made available without the included services.
In Week End from June Baby Dance with entertainers and GYM water with Personal Trainer.
Sports activities: Beach Tennis tournaments in collaboration with Reef Beach from June to September.
Also during the month of August are also carried out tournaments Bowls.
Restaurant Bar in the second location located by the sea, with arranged beach with 350 umbrellas, 600 beach chairs, 2 beach tennis-beach volleyball, baby area and bocce courts.
hot showers, private cabanas service. Animation with baby dance, water aerobics. Evenings with group dances, 70/80/90 years, disco on the beach. live music and bar.
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The Archer Public Library is located in Archer City, Texas. The Archer Public Library provides free services to all residents living within the Archer County boundaries.
The library holds over 25,615 materials including over 20,000 books, and 500 compact discs, cassette tapes and books on cassette. Over 1000 DVDs are also now available for check-out.
In total, over 4800 items were checked out of the library during fiscal year 2004-2005! In addition to these items, thousands of people entered the library to utilize print and electronic reference resources, access the Internet through the library's fiber-optic connection, enjoy state-of-the-art Wi-fi service, participate in computer and Internet training, view a library exhibit, or attend one of the library's many events.
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The mission of The Archer Public Library is to enrich, entertain, and inform the citizens of Archer County with access to its collections, technologies, facilities and services. The library is committed to encourage the positive and exciting activity of reading.


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The story follows a mother named Karen (Aubrey Plaza) who gives her son Andy (Gabriel Bateman) a toy doll, Chucky (Mark Hamill), though both aren't aware of its evil nature.
A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.
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Taking place in a glittering Nevada casino town, the teaser showcases the gritty world these immortals have inhabited amongst the tourists and degenerates. As the bodies pile up, suspicions of the local authorities draw in on them forcing a confrontation of family loyalty and a clash of new eras versus old.
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Roz Warren's dog has become her lifestyle guru.
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A boomer asks, Want to see a photo of my grandson?
Writer Roz Warren admits she's become a boasting grandparent.
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If you have an existing equity release plan that's one year old or more then award winning equity release specialist Age Partnership will compare the whole market to make sure that your current lifetime mortgage plan really is still the best for you.
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Does auto insurance cover bullet holes?
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- Bullet holes can occur anywhere and at any time
- Basic auto insurance does not cover damage from bullet holes
- It's important to file a police report before filing an insurance claim
If you have bullet holes in your car, you will want to schedule repairs as soon as possible. Depending on the severity of the bullet holes, you might have the following:
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Rather than dealing with all of the expenses on your own, you could potentially file a claim with your insurance company.
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There are all sorts of reasons as to why you might have bullet holes in your car. The important thing is to be able to identify how it happened or at least where you were when you noticed that there were bullet holes.
Some areas of the country have higher crime rates than others. If you are in an area where there have been multiple gang shootouts or a large number of riots, you might be more likely to experience bullet holes.
Insurance companies use your zip code to find the crime rates in your area.
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If you want insurance to cover damage from bullet holes, you need to have the right coverage on your policy. The basic auto insurance that the state requires you to have is not sufficient.
To understand why basic auto insurance won't cover bullet holes, you have to look at what the state requires. The state will only require you to have liability coverage for property damage and bodily injury.
These requirements are all directly related to car accidents. If you were to get involved in a car accident, The state-required insurance will take care of damage you caused to another's property and person.
Bullet holes aren't part of a standard auto accident.
Comprehensive coverage is what is needed in order to be protected against bullet holes. This type of coverage is something that you can add to your policy.
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Comprehensive coverage is what will help to protect you against all non-driving related incidents. It is essentially what will cover you for the things that you simply cannot anticipate, such as having your car shot at.
Filing a Police Report
The moment you notice that you have bullet holes, you need to file a police report as a crime has been committed.
This report will help the police to know that there has been some kind of crime. You may have seen your car being shot at, which will allow you to give descriptions of those who were doing the shooting.
If you came out of a restaurant or store and noticed that your car has been shot up, you will still want to provide the police with as much information as possible.
The police report is an important component when filing a claim with the insurance company. Insurance companies will ask for the police report as this will help to demonstrate that there has been a crime and that the bullet holes were as a result of a crime and not your own doing.
The insurance company will assign an adjuster to your case and then have you visit a collision center or body shop. Some insurance companies have their own places while others will require you to get quotes from multiple shops.
Once the total level of damage is assessed and there is a cost for repair, you will be able to pay the deductible and get the repairs done on your car.
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Mrs. Czyryca's Chemistry 535
Mount Saint Joseph High School
Polarity, or action and reaction, we meet in every part of nature; in darkness and light; in heat and cold; in the ebb and flow of waters; in male and female; in the inspiration and expiration of plants and animals; in the centrifugal and centripetal gravity; in electricity, galvanism and chemical affinity.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays,1840
KI(aq) + Pb(NO3)2(aq) → ? + ? AgNO3(aq) + KCl(aq)→ ? + ?


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American singer Miley Cyrus and actor Liam Hemsworth have been giving us major relationship goals since 2010. And 'The Last Song' couple are officially married now!
Yes, you heard it right; Miley Cyrus got married to Liam Hemsworth over the weekend and the two confirmed their wedding by sharing adorable pictures from the ceremony.
In the pictures, the American singer and actor couple can be seen hugging each other. Miley wore an off-white satin gown while Liam complemented her in a black suit. Their wedding took place on 23rd December as Miley captioned in one of the pictures.
They met nearly a decade ago on the sets of their film and that's how Miley has described in one of the pictures. "10 years later," she wrote. In another picture, she captioned it, "This is probably our one millionth kiss…"
Here are the pictures from Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth's dreamy wedding. Take a look.
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The speculations of their wedding started when Liam's friend Conrad Jack Carr shared a picture wherein Liam and Miley can be seen cutting a cake together with balloons reading 'Mr. and Mrs.' decorated in the background.
ALSO, READ| Are Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth married?
The on-again-off-again couple has seen some rough patches in their relationship but have always got back together. The couple first started dating when they starred opposite each other in Nicholas Sparks' 2010 drama film 'The Last Song'.
After Miley confirmed her wedding, author Nicholas Sparks took to his Twitter handle and shared his happiness. He wrote, "This makes me so happy. Congratulations @MileyCyrus and @LiamHemsworth #TheLastSong"
This makes me so happy. Congratulations @MileyCyrus and @LiamHemsworth. #TheLastSong https://t.co/LX8C4IVOGF
— Nicholas Sparks (@NicholasSparks) December 26, 2018
Before their on and off relationship, the couple announced their engagement in 2012. After that, Miley began wearing her engagement ring again in early 2016, and since then the couple has been together.


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Photo Friday: Hennie and Jan
Hennie • May 15, 2015
This week's Photo Friday features photos taken by Tripsite's own Hennie and her husband Jan from their latest trip to Holland on our 5 Day Tulip Tour! Looking out over the waters at the windmills near Zaanse Schans, an outdoor museum and shopping center. Zaanse Schans Tulips are in full bloom everywhere you look! A beautiful traditional Dutch windmill. Jan posing for a picture with a friendly highland cow in Kennemer Dunes National Park. The shopping center at Zaanse Schans. Waiting for a Read More
Photo Friday: Maureen Lin
May 8, 2015 • 2
For some people "the love of biking" may not be the main reason they choose to go on a bike tour. Some people find enjoyment in exploring foreign lands and cultures, searching for the most delectable ethnic food, or crossing one more thing off their bucket list. Read More
Travel Tips with Robert Zang
Apr 28, 2015 • 1
I recently had the opportunity to connect with a longtime friend of Tripsite, Robert Zang. When I say, "longtime" and "friend", I don't use the words lightly. Robert has been on 10 trips with us over the years, and has become much more than just a client. Here at Tripsite, it is not unusual for us to know clients by name and travel history and we pride ourselves in that. Now, when I say connect, I mean we exchanged hand-written letters back and forth. Read More
Monthly Photo Contest: April
Apr 28, 2015
We are excited to announce Beth Dennard as our Monthly Photo Contest winner for April! Beth recently went on our Tulip Tour- 4 Day Netherlands Bike + Barge Tour and had a wonderful time biking and experiencing the tulips in full bloom! If you have already or are going to be traveling with us in 2015, feel free to submitt your travel photos to email@example.com for a chance to win €250 in trip credit! Read More
Coming Soon: Magnifique II
Apr 23, 2015
We are delighted to announce the launch of a new premium barge, the MAGNIFIQUE II. The new vessel will be a sister ship of the MAGNIFIQUE and will be launched in the Spring of 2016 to accommodate bike and barge tour travelers sailing the waters of Holland and Belgium. Read More
More Than Travel: The Final Days
Apr 17, 2015 • 1
A fun group photo. I arrived in Frankfurt from Thessaloniki, Greece, and was in immediate culture shock. Stepping out of the train station after a short ride from the airport, I entered a cityscape of skyscrapers! When traveling, it is always hard for me to transition from quaint villages to a large city. Read More
More Than Travel: Greece
Apr 7, 2015
I arrived in Greece last Wednesday, crossing the border from Bulgaria, leaving lingering winter to enter emerging spring. It is now Monday, our last cycling day. It was also the first day of rain. Helios, Greek God of the Sun, has been pleased with us! We are a group of five. Four Canadians, consisting of a married couple and two men, all friends, our attentive Bulgarian driver and support, and me. Four cycling comrades. Bill and Norma. Read More
More Than Travel: Eyes Wide Open
Mar 31, 2015
I arrived in the rain to Bulgaria's capital of Sofia and to be honest, drab was my first impression but not just because of the dreary overcast. The skyline I saw as we skirted the city was of a Soviet influenced gray and I thought of stereotypical communist austerity and uniformity. Once downtown, walking the damp streets in a light drizzle, I was surprised by the splashes of color and vibrancy. Read More
More Than Travel
Mar 26, 2015 • 2
"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living." - Mary Ritter Beard Mary's Blog When I was just a kid, I heard about my cousin's studies in Spain. I was only 7 or so and knew that I too wanted to travel. The next best thing is pretending, no? So I had this area over our back hill that I called Spain. We would all travel to Spain over many years. Read More
Q&A With Author Steve Garufi
Mar 25, 2015
We recently had the opportunity to connect with Steve Garufi, bicyclist and author of "Under a Triumphant Sky, a Bike Across America Story." Steve is an avid bicyclist and traveler who has biked across the United States twice! Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. How did you get into biking? A: I'm a single, 43-year-old American living in the Rocky Mountain region of Colorado. I work as a mental health therapist. Read More


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Kindred Spirits
Kindred Spirits is a research project by Susana Cámara Leret executed at the Mistral rehabilitation clinic in The Hague. The project uses the associative power of smell as a research and speculative storytelling medium, to explore emotional recollections of addiction patients.
The research led to the design of a storytelling smell-memory kit, The Molecules That Matter, implemented in the clinic's patient intake conversations. Sensory experiences were used to discuss the impact of the physical space on the well-being of patients and staff.
This led to the co-creation of Kindred Spirits: probes allowing patients and staff to talk about underlying behaviours and motivations surrounding treatment. In an interplay between the mundane and the fantastic, the project balances real needs with imagined desires, building on sensory experiences to encourage the contemplation of future alternatives, promoting long-term behavioural change in the context of addiction therapy.
Nominated for the Dutch Design Awards 2016 – category design research
In collaboration with: Mistral Kliniek (Den Haag) / Brider-PARC, CRISP G-Motiv project (Delft University of Technology + Design Academy Eindhoven), International Flavours & Fragrances


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Our primary mission as Commissioners is helping Scout units succeed. Commissioners coach and consult with adult leaders of Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, Venturing Crews, and Exploring Posts. Commissioners help maintain the standards of The Boy Scouts of America.
National Retention Mission Statement: The retention mission of the Commissioner Corps is best achieved by providing an adequate number of trained Unit Commissioners who visit their assigned units and help the units provide the best possible program.
Unit Commissioners will focus on the following four primary areas:
- Supporting unit growth in the Journey to Excellence (JTE) criteria. JTE measures performance characteristics that unlock the door to a successful and sustainable unit. We should analyze the unit's program and identify JTE areas where help is needed to move the unit to a higher level of JTE success and sustainability. This is best accomplished using the detailed unit assessment, which is part of Commissioner Tools, to help units establish a unit service plan.
- Linking district committee resources to the unit. We will support the district committee's as they deliver a "catalog of services" to support the specific JTE elements needed for a particular unit's health and success. 75 percent of our units will achieve Bronze, Silver or Gold.
- Contact assigned units at least six times per year; completing at least two detailed assessments each year for each assigned unit; and logging these contacts in Commissioner Tools. Our core task remains contacting units to accomplish our primary mission. Imputing monthly contacts in Commissioner Tools feeds critical information to the district committee to help link resources to the unit. Six recorded contacts per unit is the minimum required. Commissioners set the example and should attempt to contact each assigned unit at least one time per month, by telephone, email, text, or in-person. Each District Commissioner will also directly contact each unit Key 3 in his or her district at least once each month by emailing the District Commissioner Minute. The District Commissioner Minute will provide the unit Key 3 a brief discussion or description of a topic that is relevant and timely.
- Supporting on-time charter renewal. Unit commissioners are responsible to ensure each assigned unit renews its charter on-time. The commissioner's primary focus is the retention of the unit and the youth membership it serves.
Assistant Council Commissioners, District Commissioners, and Assistant District Commissioners will implement the following best practices to fulfill the National Retention Mission Statement and in support of our Unit Commissioners:
- Every Unit must be assigned a Unit Commissioner. The District Commissioners will ensure that every unit in their districts has been assigned a Unit Commissioner and that the assignment is entered in Commissioner Tools, thus the unit Key 3 will have accurate contact information for the assigned Unit Commissioner.
- Tiger Cub Mentor. Each District Commissioner will recruit and train one Assistant District Commissioner with recent Tiger Cub experience to serve as the district Tiger Cub Mentor, who will be available to coach and consult all Tiger Cub den leaders in the district. The District Commissioner will ensure that the contact information for each Tiger Cub Mentor Assistant District Commissioner is communicated to the Assistant Council Commissioner for Cub Program.
- New Member Coordinator. The District Commissioner will encourage all of the units in their district to recruit at least one 'New Member Coordinator'. The duties of the New Member Coordinator are to: 1) coordinate new unit recruitment; 2) share the benefits of Scouting with new Scouts and families; 3) assist new families in getting into the new program and making them feel welcome; 4) build relationships with new Scout families.
- Unit Commissioner Training and Continuing Education Plan. Continued education is essential to the competency and effectiveness of our Commissioners. The District Commissioner will provide monthly continuing education to their Unit Commissioners. They will also encourage the Unit Commissioners to attend the Commissioner College no less than once every two years and that each Commissioner has the necessary basic and other training for the position to which he or she is assigned.
- Commissioner Evaluation and Assignment Program. The units we serve deserve the best Unit Commissioner. District Commissioners will ensure that every Commissioner is assessed annually and counseled semiannually on areas for improvement.
- Webelos to Scout Transition. All youth in the Heart of America Council (HOAC) should have the opportunity to benefit from Scouting. The transition from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts is when we lose a large percentage of our Webelos Scouts. Our Unit Commissioners will work closely with Cub Scout Packs and Boy Troops to see that Webelos scouts have ever opportunity to join a Boy Scout Troop. Our Commissioners will work with the unit leaders to ensure that they have all the resources and contact information necessary to accomplish this task. Webelos leaders and the Unit Key 3 should be given the link to the Councils 'Recruiting Guide – Webelos-to-Scout Transition' which is located at: https://www.scouting.org/filestore/membership/pdf/Webelos_to_Scout.pdf
- Commissioner Annual Service Plan. We must have a plan to succeed in our mission to help units succeed. We will continue to develop our use of the Commissioner Annual Service Plan to support units, improve units' JTE scores and help units succeed. The Commissioner Annual Service Plan also provides all Commissioners a ready reference of important events, activities and news. Updated plans for the next three months will be distributed to the District Commissioners in the last week of each month. The District Commissioners will provide an electronic copy of the plan to each Commissioner in the District and the plan will be reviewed at each District Commissioner meeting.
- Unit Contacts and Commissioner Tools. District Commissioners will ensure that every unit receives at least six visits from the assigned Unit Commissioner annually and at least two of these will be detailed unit assessments and that each of these contacts will be recorded using Commissioner Tools.
- Charter Renewal (Recharter). We will analyze the recharter process and develop new methods to ensure on-time recharter for at least 95% of our units, recognizing that the loss of even one unit is too many.
- Roundtable. The monthly district roundtable is an opportunity for unit leaders to learn and share ideas. It is an opportunity to connect and collaborate with other unit leaders and to develop friendships and mutual support among unit leaders. The Assistant Council Commissioners for Roundtable Service will identify best practices; develop a plan for Roundtable improvement to be implemented as necessary during the year. The district Roundtable Commissioners will take attendance and report this information to the District Commissioner who will share this with the Unit Commissioners. The Unit Commissioners will contact those units who do not have leaders in attendance at the Monthly Roundtable meetings and encourage them to attend.
- Service Excellence. We will develop a program to recognize excellence in service by Commissioners. All Unit Commissioners will also be encouraged to complete the requirements for the Commissioner 'Arrowhead Honor', the Commissioner 'Key' and the Commissioner 'Award of Excellence in Unit Service'.
- Council Commissioner Meetings. Council Commissioner Meetings will be more productive with increased time for collaboration, training and problem solving. Commissioners are requested to wear a proper field uniform at all meetings to demonstrate their commitment to Scouting. Topics of meetings are subject to change at the request of the group and direction of the Council Commissioner.


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Credit reports inform you about your credit health, including your past and current credit card accounts, installment accounts such as automobile loans, outstanding loan balances, mortgages, payment history (late payments and defaults), and the identify of those who have requested your credit report.
You should review your credit reports often to be sure that they are accurate, that negative information more than 7 years old is deleted (except for Chapter 7 bankruptcy), and that you are not a victim of identity theft.
Requestiong a Free Annual Credit Report
There are three credit reporting agencies: Equifax (www.equifax.com), Experian (www.experian.com) and TransUnion (www.transunion.com).
You may request a free annual for each credit reporting agency from www.annualcreditreport.com or 1-877-322-8228. If you request a free credit report from one credit reporting agency every four months, you will obtain all three credit reports free in a year's time. Continue to do this each year to keep track of your credit report.
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Check your credit reports to be sure the information is accurate. If you see an error, request that the reporting agency correct your report by mail or email.
Do you recognize every credit account in the report? If not, you may be a victim of identity theft. The Federal Trade Commission recommends (1) put a fraud alert on all three credit reports , (2) close that account, (3) file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, and (4) file a report with your local police. In addition, (5) call the fraud department of all of your creditors, and (6) freeze any new application for credit or loans.
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When we meet Auggie, he's a pretty wistful little guy. He says:
If I found a magic lamp and I would have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing. (1.Ordinary.2)
Hmm. When someone's big wish is simply to be ordinary, it's a strong tipoff that he is anything but. In Auggie's case, he has a serious facial difference—and he wishes all the time that he didn't.
Auggie thinks about going to school now that he's stronger and more medically stable. Holding him back is the feeling that "What I wanted was to go to school, but only if I could be like every other kid going to school. Have lots of friends and hang out after school and stuff like that" (1.Why I Didn't Go To School.3). But he knows this won't actually happen, and as the story unfolds, we witness a number of painful moments when Auggie wishes the opposite were true.
From the very beginning of Auggie's life, we see how the Pullman family relies on humor to help them through painful situations. Rather than remember only how terrifying and sad it must have been to not know if your baby would live through the night, Auggie's mom tells the story of Auggie's birth in a way that makes him and Via crack up every time. As Auggie explains:
It's not funny in the way a joke is funny, but when Mom tells it, Via and I just start cracking up. (1.How I Came To Life.1)
Mom's story doesn't leave out the absolute silence in the room when everyone sees Auggie's face, or the shattered video camera, or the doctor who passes out from shock—it doesn't sugarcoat the moment. But from all that pain, she manages to extract the parts that let people laugh. This is how the Pullmans roll.
But Mom doesn't have a monopoly on humor, and Auggie says his dad, Nate, is always cracking people up too. He makes Auggie laugh, joking about Mr. Tushman's name, while Auggie is trying to stay anti-school, and when he does, the mood in the car completely shifts: "I started laughing, not even because I thought he was being that funny but because I wasn't in the mood to stay mad anymore."
Since the Pullmans use humor as a tool to navigate the trickier parts of the lives, this book is speckled with plenty of funny moments too.
The narrators in Wonder are all very open. They may not want everyone in the world to know everything they are feeling, but they certainly want us to know. They want to explain their actions, and to understand why they do the things they do; they want to be heard and understood, to figure out why they are or are not liked, and how this relates to the bigger questions of who they are and what life is all about. So they pour their hearts out.
Jack's section has some great examples of this confessional tone. When he realizes why Auggie no longer talks to him, he says:
It's just that I knew Julian and everybody thought I was so weird for hanging out with August all the time, and I felt stupid. And I don't know why I said that stuff. I just was going along. I was stupid. I am stupid. Oh God. (4.In Science.9)
He realizes how hurtful his words must have been to Auggie, and he doesn't give himself any breaks. Jack rakes himself over the coals reexamining his behavior and attitude toward Auggie. And when Auggie and Summer are the only kids who will speak to him after Julian destroys his social life, Jack recognizes, "Okay, I'm a total hypocrite. I know" (4.Why I Didn't Sit With August the First Day of School.1), which is an acknowledgment that Auggie is showing him a kindness that he opted not to show Auggie on the first day of school.
Over and over in this book we get the good with the bad as our different narrators clue us into their thought processes and insecurities.
Since Wonder is all about ten-year-old August Pullman's struggle for acceptance in middle school, it definitely fits into the young adult lit category. From trying to be popular to just trying to fit in, and from the lunch room to the playground, all the kids—not just Auggie—are trying to figure out who they are and how they want the world to know them.
The coming of age aspect of the book centers on Auggie transitioning from the sheltered culture of homeschooling that he's always known to mainstream, private school fifth grade. He has to stop hiding his face from the world in order to navigate complicated social terrain he's never experienced before, and figure out how to handle both friends and foes with courage, kindness, humor, and dignity.
Are you wondering what the title of this book is all about? Worry not—Shmoop is here to help.
Wonder works on a couple of levels. And while the significance of the title is deepened greatly as the story unfolds, right away it tips us off to a couple of key facets to this book. We know immediately that we are going to be in unusual territory because one thing that wonder indicates is something remarkable. We also know before cracking the cover that we may experience awe as we read—that is, we may find ourselves in a state of wonder. And lastly, we get tipped off to the fact that we just might encounter an exceptional human being, since they are often called wonders.
And, of course, all of this comes true as we read. Want to think on this some more? Here's a link to a very thorough dictionary definition for your consideration.
Auggie's mom whispers in his ear, "You really are a wonder Auggie. You are a wonder," and when she does, she's marveling at how beautifully August has adapted to middle school despite having had a year full of struggle and suffering. He has learned to fight his own battles. He has earned friendship and admiration from people who at first couldn't even handle the idea of accidentally brushing against him. And most importantly, he has accomplished everything simply being himself.
The Pullman family lives in a town house in present day Upper Manhattan in New York City. Auggie's middle school, Beecher Prep, is within walking distance from home. Via's school, on the other hand, is "a bit of a schlep […]. The A train down to Eighty-Sixth, then the crosstown bus all the way to the East Side. Takes an hour that way but it's just a fifteen minute drive" (1.The Deal.23). This is a familiar lament for just about any kid who's grown-up in a city.
By and large, families that send their kids to Beecher Prep (which is a private middle school) are educated and upper-class, though not uniformly. As Jack explains, "My parents are not rich. I say this because people sometimes think that everyone who goes to private school is rich, but that isn't true with us." His neighborhood is "all the way on the 'other' side of Broadway. That's 'code' for the section of North River Heights where people don't want to park their cars" (4. Private School.1). Yup—definitely not a rich kid.
Also at Beecher Prep are families like Julian's family, "who everyone knows is rich," who spend Christmas in Paris so often their kids are sick of it and who buy their kids $800 sleds from Hammacher Schlemmer. It is private school, after all.
Given their general family backgrounds and their collective hometown—one of the most cosmopolitan and diverse cities in the world—do you find it surprising that these kids aren't a little hipper and more tolerant of differences? Does the need for conformity at this age, perhaps, override their ability to be more accommodating?
Doctors have come from distant cities
Just to see me
Stand over my bed
Disbelieving what they're seeing
The say I must be one of the wonders
Of god's own creation
And as far as they can see they can offer
No explanation
Natalie Merchant—"Wonder"
At some point in time, some doctor explained to Auggie's parents that "the odds of someone getting the same combination of syndromes that came together to make Auggie's face were like one in four million" (5.The Universe.3). In other words, it makes no sense that anyone should suffer such a random genetic fluke—there's "no explanation."
Except that there actually is a great deal of explanation, and from a great many doctors at that. Check it out:
Sometimes these mutations occur during pregnancy. Sometimes they're inherited from one parent carrying the dominant gene. Sometimes they're caused by the interaction of many genes, possibly in combination with environmental factors. (2.Genetics 101.4)
Okay, so there's genetic counseling and Punnett Squares that offer explanation a-plenty for how—but not for why. Why remains a bit of a loose thread:
This only explains the part of August that's explainable. There's that other part of his genetic makeup that's not inherited but just incredibly bad luck. (2.The Punnett Square.4)
Thought we could just shrug and walk away from the mystery of Auggie's condition? Not so fast. There's that little mention of God in the epigraph—and because of this, we think Palacio is suggesting that God created Auggie. And, according to Judeo-Christian tradition, this means Auggie is just fine the way he is.
Wonder is a page-turner, a literary piece of cake so sweet that you might want to brush your teeth when you finish it. It's super accessible, immediately relatable, and tremendously uplifting. The hardest thing about reading it might actually be maintaining any emotional distance from the story—it's probably pointless to even try. So dig in.
Reading Wonder is a little like getting to read excerpts from six different diaries. And though Auggie's story gets expanded by each different narrator, the narrators always start out by talking about something important to him or her. It's so effective: simultaneous plot and character development.
The first thing Auggie talks about, is—surprise, surprise—how his appearance impacts his life. Check it out:
And I feel ordinary. Inside. But I know ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go. (1.Ordinary.1)
Auggie doesn't mince words. He tells us, often with wry awareness, what's what. "My name is August, by the way. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse." Right out of the gates, Auggie lays all his cards on the table.
Via, on the other hand, is more complicated. She makes a big point of saying, "I'm used to the way this universe works. I've never minded it because it's all I've ever known. I've always understood that August is special and has special needs" (2.A Tour of the Galaxy.2). Via definitely loves her brother, and she does understand, but at the same time, the impact of his condition on her life has not been minor.
While swearing up and down how she totally gets it, Via is also quietly pointing out the unfairness of having had her healthy kid needs totally eclipsed by Auggie's medical needs. She explains:
I've gotten used to figuring things out on my own: how to put toys together, how to organize my life so I don't miss friends' birthday parties, how to stay on top of my schoolwork so I never fall behind in class.
There's nothing confusing about this passage: Via's had to take care of Via, as her parents have been maxed out taking care of Auggie.
Another way to think about the writing style in Wonder is like this: it's a story told by and about kids. Which is pretty much a guarantee that the tone is going to be pretty simple—the point in writing for kids is to have them enjoy reading, not despise it. And a great way to turn kids away from a book is to make it too complicated to really get into.
Plus, since Wonder is always in the first person, we get direct access to the thoughts and feelings of several of the characters—and the thing about thoughts is that they're unmediated, which makes them come across as pretty conversational. We don't know about you, but Shmoop doesn't think in fancy or formal language as a general rule—we're more like We're gonna eat that orange than We believe we shall commence consumption of that spherical reddish-yellow fruit—and neither do any of the kids in Wonder. Thank goodness.
Our boy Auggie has an ongoing relationship with things that hide his face, starting with his astronaut helmet and—in the book—ending with his Bleeding Scream mask. And while we can quickly recognize that his fondness for things that hide his face is directly connected to the ways in which he looks different from other kids, masks play such an important role in this book that we're going to take a moment to look at each one separately.
The astronaut helmet represents Auggie's desire to hide from the world, and it gives him a little, er, space from all the gawkers out there. It is the first thing Auggie uses to control when people can see him, which is pretty fitting since that's exactly what astronauts use their helmets for too: control. Astronauts wear their helmets to make little safe spaces for themselves amongst the endless and inhospitable expanse of outer space, and in his own way, Auggie does the same.
The thing is, though, while it's true that people didn't stare at Auggie when he wore his helmet, they also didn't talk to him. This means that the helmet serves as both a refuge and a self-imposed isolation—the astronaut helmet cuts Auggie off from the world as effectively as being in outer space. So while there are understandable benefits to slipping on the helmet, we also see that Auggie uses it as a way to avoid having to engage with the world around him.
Fortunately Auggie's dad misses his son's face so much that he secretly throws away the helmet, bringing his young astronaut reluctantly back to earth. And in doing so, we understand that the helmet was a tool for a kid, and that now Auggie's growing up.
Auggie's relationship with masks is symbolic of his struggle to accept his appearance. He says:
I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks. (1.Costumes.1)
All Auggie wants is a fighting chance to reveal who he is on the inside before anyone gets a look at him. So many people judge him based on his appearance without bothering to get to know him at all—and Halloween offers him a chance to hope for a little bit more.
Halloween is the one day each year that Auggie gets the gift of anonymity, when hiding his face behind a mask is a totally normal thing to do; it's the day Auggie gets a little break from his usual reality. As he cruises the halls in his Bleeding Scream costume on Halloween, Auggie notes:
Everything was different now. I was different. Where I usually walked with my head down, trying to avoid being seen, today I walked with my head up, looking around. I wanted to be seen. (1.The Bleeding Scream.1)
The key detail, of course, is that it is in his mask that Auggie wants to be seen. It is only while hidden that he dares to stand tall and risk being noticed. And while this might strike us as readers as really sad, for Auggie the day is pretty uplifting, particularly when a kid wearing the same mask high-fives him. That simple gesture, a rare celebration of sameness, feels fantastic for Auggie—but with his typical perceptiveness, Auggie later observes:
I have no idea who he was, and he had no idea who I was, and I wondered for a second if he would have ever done that if he'd known it was me under the mask. (1.The Bleeding Scream.1)
In other words, we as readers aren't the only ones who recognize this victory as a small one—Auggie does too. A mask may hide his features, but it doesn't keep him from himself.
While we can see Auggie enjoying the anonymity his Halloween costume offers him, there's a downside to people interacting with him in ways they ordinarily do not. Unaware that Auggie is around, Jack says some pretty mean things about his friend that he'd never have said to his face (we don't think), which almost completely destroys their friendship. It also gives us another layer of meaning to masks: while hiding physical appearances, they allow people's true colors to be seen.
Via describes her family as a universe in which August is the sun, with everyone else revolving around him. While the metaphor aptly describes the mechanics of their family (they do all generally fret over August), it also suggests Via's larger sense of powerlessness—the universe is fixed, the system is unchangeable. Just look at the epigraph for her section of the book:
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.
But there's something else that's important to think about with Via's universe metaphor. While it's easy to assume that everyone orbiting around Auggie is just a bad thing, the comparison of him to the sun also suggests that he's the main source of light in their lives—or at least in Via's life, since this is her metaphor we're hanging out with. And since the sun illuminates the world, we can also see Via acknowledging that her understanding of the world around her is illuminated by having Auggie as her brother. In short, this symbol—like family—is complicated.
But wait. Check out this other thing that Via says too:
But this year there seems to be a shift in the cosmos. The galaxy is changing. Planets are falling out of alignment. (2.A Tour of the Galaxy.5)
So while it all might feel larger than life for Via, she can also sense that it's going to be a big year for the Pullman family. Things may have been following one course for quite a while now, but she's off to high school and Auggie's ending his time as a home schooled kid, and that means it's time to reorient. So long as the Pullman's stick together, we think they'll find their way just fine.
In Star Wars, a Jedi apprentice (Padawan) wears a small braid. Auggie spent many Star Wars-obsessed years growing his own Padawan braid, and he and his best childhood friend Christopher each had a braid complete with beads they had chosen together. Alas, the braid has to go after the first day of school because it turns out to be a lightning rod for unwanted attention from Julian.
It takes Auggie a while to be able to articulate the idea, but he realizes it is time to rework his image now that he is in middle school—and part of that process involves not being a one-note Star Wars kid. The Padawan braid represents Auggie's younger childhood interests and fantasies. His friend Christopher has moved away, their friendship has drifted into the past. Auggie's concerns are now much more to do with the real world than with his Jedi training, and whacking off the braid signals a concrete, intentional separation from those years.
In Star Wars, Padawan's cut off their braids when they become official Jedi Knights, so we can also see Auggie's decision to cut off his braid as symbolic of him coming into his own. He is ready to find his place in the world. And middle school is where this next leg of his journey begins.
Wonder is narrated in the first person throughout… but that doesn't mean it's the same person guiding us from start to finish. Instead—and pretty uniquely—each part of this book features a different narrator. Like a movie that is filmed with a whole bunch of cameras, R.J. Palacio gives us different angles from six different narrators over the course of eight parts:
Part 1: August
Part 2: Via
Part 3: Summer
Part 4: Jack
Part 5: Justin
Part 6: August
Part 7: Miranda
Part 8: August
In the FAQ section of her web page, R.J. Palacio admits that she didn't expect to craft a novel with multiple narrators when she began—Wonder is, of course, Auggie's story first and foremost—but as she wrote, she says:
I started getting very curious about Via and what she was going through in her life, and I wanted to get behind the motivation behind Summer's bravely sitting down with Auggie at lunchtime, or Jack's betrayal, and I knew that to do that, to really explore Auggie's complete story, I would have to leave his head for a while. Auggie's a smart kid, and he notices a lot of things, but he doesn't ever really know the full extent of the impact he has on people.
So each narrator fills in details about facets of Auggie's life: Via reveals a great deal about the Pullman family culture and home life, Summer and Jack give us details about life at school. Justin has only just met August, so his observations and interactions are all in the present, but Miranda has known Auggie since he was a baby, so her narrative gives us lots of info about the past. If it sounds a little dizzying, worry not: Palacio makes changing perspectives like this look easy.
Because of all his medical issues, ten-year-old August Pullman has always been home schooled. Now that he's more medically stable, his parents want him to start school. He likes the idea of school and learning cool stuff, but he totally dreads being the kid everyone stares at.
Auggie has been loved, nurtured, and protected, but now that he is older and stronger (both physically and emotionally), his parents recognize that it is time for him to face the world. Not only does he need to learn fractions and stuff, he also needs to know how to deal with the good, the bad, and the ugly. And we're talking about more than faces, here.
So Auggie starts fifth grade, the first year of middle school at Beecher Prep. Not one to overlook the magnitude of Auggie's transition, school principal Mr. Tushman has recruited three kids to be welcome buddies for August. Jack Will, Charlotte, and Julian give Auggie the school tour.
Jack and Charlotte are nice enough, but Julian can't handle Auggie's uh, non-traditional appearance. Rather than try to get past his discomfort, he keeps his distance with rudeness and mockery, which soon turns into habitual bullying.
Kids at school get used to Auggie's face, but that doesn't mean they accept him—a "game" called the Plague makes Auggie untouchable. But despite being almost universally avoided at school, Auggie makes a couple good friends. Summer Dawson saves him from utter solitude in the lunchroom by sitting with him on the first day of school (and every day since), and they have become good friends. Cool beans.
And as Jack learns to see the Auggie beneath the face, he realizes what a good friend Auggie is. These two joke around together all the time; they're really good friends.
At least, that's what Auggie thinks.
A series of unexpected snafus on the morning of Halloween results in Auggie wearing an alternate costume, which makes him doubly incognito. Since people don't know who it is under his mask, nobody knows to avoid touching him. Or that he can hear them talking about him.
Ever wish you could turn the clock back and un-know something? Sitting anonymously in his last-minute costume, Auggie hears Jack say, "'I've thought about this a lot, […] and I really think… if I looked like him, seriously, I think that I'd kill myself'" (1.The Bleeding Scream.9). Jack goes on to tell Julian that his entire relationship with August has been entirely engineered by Mr. Tushman: Jack is allegedly an unwilling victim of an unwanted friendship. August is devastated.
Jack is bewildered and upset when Auggie dumps him. The boys eventually make up after Jack realizes what happened on Halloween, and punches Julian in the mouth for calling August a freak.
So Julian starts a war, turning nearly all of the fifth grade boys against Jack—for being friends with August.
Okay, it's not really like Fight Club. But there is a fight. And Auggie does want to keep it quiet. So it's Fight Club-ish.
The Beecher Prep fifth graders are enjoying an outdoor movie night at their Nature Retreat. When Jack needs to find the restroom, Auggie accompanies him. A huge line for the bathroom sends the boys in search of relief in the trees.
Unfortunately they bump into a group of older kids looking for trouble, and as soon as they get a look at Auggie, they start flipping out. "No freakin' way, man! No freakin' way! […] What is that?" (8.Alien.5-7). In full bully mode, the kids block Jack and August from leaving as they argue about whether Auggie is more Gollum, orc, or Alien.
It gets worse—one of the kids throws a firecracker at Jack and Auggie; Eddie shoves Jack hard; there is more verbal abuse. Talk about ugly. Luckily three boys from Beecher prep who had also been out in the woods have doubled back to see what the ruckus is. Amos, Miles, and Henry come to the aid of their classmates, calmly trying to defuse the situation—but when Eddie yanks Auggie to the ground by the hood of his hoodie, Amos explodes into action, ramming into Eddie.
In the wake of the fight, Auggie's hurt, frightened, and upset, but he gets that something really big just happened: boys who shunned him all year long have just defended him. They stood up for him and they helped him to safety, suddenly treating him as one of their own. They even high-five him, Shmoopsters.
It's awesome, and it's not just a passing moment. Auggie returns to the fairgrounds flanked on all sides by the boys in his class who have decided to look out for him.
Did you hear about the middle school kid who was able to keep that awkward thing that happened quiet? Of course you didn't—it's probably never happened. Why not? Well, gossip, for starters. And, teachers. You know they have some kind of spooky sixth sense about these things.
So in the end everyone hears about what happened to Auggie in the woods at camp. Everyone hears that Amos, Henry, and Miles protected Auggie. The fight in the woods is a major tipping point, but kids' attitudes toward Auggie had already begun to thaw in the months leading up to camp.
Auggie has simply been himself—a really nice person—all year long. He is patient and long-suffering in the face of rejection, understanding about how hard it must be for others to tolerate his appearance. He cracks jokes at his own expense all the time, and he always gives people the benefit of the doubt and a second chance. His nemesis, Julian, has been pretty much the opposite of that. And kids finally start to get the picture.
Although it probably should have happened a lot sooner, it takes the injustice of senseless violence toward August for it to finally click with everyone that he is just a kid like any other; a kid who doesn't deserve to be tortured for the way he looks.
Earlier in the story, as August joins the audience in a standing ovation for his sister's performance in the school play, he muses, "For a second, I imagined how cool it would be to be Via and Justin right then, having all these people standing up and cheering for them" (6.The Ending.8).
He never imagines that he will end up being the kid on stage for whom everyone is standing and cheering. But on graduation day at Beecher Prep, he is that kid, bowing his head to accept the Henry Ward Beecher medal as the cheering, clapping crowd rises to its feet.
Auggie's made the high honor roll, but the medal he gets isn't for academics—August's award is for the less-quantifiable qualities of character, courage, and greatness, all of which he possesses in spades.


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Danya Kukafka is an American writer and a graduate of New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Her first novel, Girl in Snow, was recently a Radio 2 Book Club choice.
1. Who were your literary influences as you were growing up?
The most influential book for me as a child was Harry Potter and the Philsopher's Stone — then, of course, the rest of the series following.
I read these books at such a crucial age, and they taught me the direct power of world-building. J.K. Rowling was the first writer to show me that it's possible to completely fall into a universe of someone else's creation.
2. Your new novel is Girl in Snow. How did it take shape and what was it like 'living' with your characters during that period?
Girl in Snow began with just one character, and ended with three.
Cameron's character came to me first, as I was thinking about the question: can you have a main character who truly does not know if he's done something terrible? Can you ask a reader to love him anyway? The whole story unfolded from there, and I actually wrote a full draft just from Cameron's perspective.
Jade came much later, when I realized something was missing, and Russ came after I thought the book was "finished." Living with these characters was such a joy. I miss them often.
3. Girl in Snow is unusual as it is a murder mystery but solving the murder is almost incidental. Was it a conscious decision to play with some of the elements of the regular crime/thriller genre?
Yes, this was a very deliberate choice. By framing it within the context of a murder mystery, it helped me structure the story, but as I got further into the book, I found that I was much more interested in the characters on the periphery of the story than I was in the murder mystery itself.
Also, I wanted to give readers something new to chew on, and I wanted to talk about the trope of the "beautiful dead girl." By focusing the story away from Lucinda, I was aiming to give her some privacy, and also to talk about how often these dead girls in media become spaces on which people, particularly men, project themselves.
4. Is there anything you can share about your latest 'work in progress'?
I'm working on another novel! I couldn't tell you what it's about — mostly because I still don't quite know myself — but I know it will be similarly dark, and will also deal with young lives in a small community.
5. Do you have a message for your readers in Suffolk Libraries?
Libraries were a haven for me as a child, and some of my best memories growing up took place at my local library. I'm so grateful to every reader of Girl In Snow, and to the wonderful librarians who make it all possible.
6. What is on your 'to read' list at the moment?
I'm very excited to pick up a copy of The Recovering, Leslie Jamison's newest.
7. Can you tell us one thing that your readers may not know about you?
I really love pickles! I've started making them myself, and have found incredible joy in it. Watch out for a forthcoming pickle empire.