Nightingale

My TM spent about 15 minutes with me, which was perfect. Any more, and I'd have had time to get nervous. The lecture consisted of "If you forget everything else I've told you, just remember to arch. oh, and breathe. Breathing is good too." I had enough info, but not too much.

once you get to level 6 AFF, you'll learn that instability is nothing to fear. All you have to do is arch, you're stable again. Your instructors will help you, and they won't pass you to a level you're not ready for. Relax, take a deep breath, and JUMP!

1. They only get paid for the months that they work. 2. Not only do they work in their classrooms, they work for hours at home planning and grading papers. As a science teacher, my mom works at least three hours a night, and some time on weekends grading papers. 3. Teachers don't get a "lunch hour". They get 30 minutes, if they're lucky. Also, many teachers have to serve "yard duty" during their break/lunch time. 4. Typically, teachers spend a week before school starts in meetings. The week before that is spent readying the classroom. After the end of school, there are more meetings, and more classroom cleanup. That's a month right there. 5. Teachers are required to take classes to keep their credentials current. They are not paid for this time, and are expected to pay for the classes out of their own pockets. Typically, this is done in the summer. 6. As for those "days off" you mention... most of the time, the teachers do not have the day off. They are in an inservice or a faculty meeting. 7. Faculty meetings, if not held on days off, are held after school hours. In conclusion, teachers do not only work "six hours a day for eight months." If you add in the planning and paper grading and meetings and classes, you're looking at fifty to sixty hour weeks.

:3:1 Three Jumps. First jump was an RW fourway with me, and three freeflyers. It was...um...interesting... yet mucho fun! Next was a coach jump with Stan, who taught me how to sitfly. On that jump, I held the sit for MAYBE 5 seconds out of the 45 second freefall. After that, I did a jump with Bethany, one of the freeflyers I'd done the RW jump with earlier. I wasn't going to jump anymore that day, but she said "come on! we'll work on your sit, and I'll film you!" OKAY! So, we get on a load, and do an exit where we were linked at the knees. The exit was tough, and we didn't really stay together, but we were right next to eachother in the sky, and I was sitflying! Although I ended up on my back a couple of times, I always flipped back into the sit. I was able to be in a sit for most of the jump, which was great. Sitflying is a LOT harder than bellyflying, IMO, but its WAY fun. Beer Owed: 1. First Freefly/Sitfly jump.

personally, I design for 800x600, because most people looking at a website do not have the computer skills to know that the resolution can be altered, and 800x600 is what is usually set as default. Personally, I design on my computer at home, set at a greater resolution, and then check the design on my work computer, and change whatever looks funky.

"Three men remain fugitives, and Herrera is serving a 72-month sentence in Panama for drug trafficking on an unrelated case. Prosecutors hope to extradite him to Chicago." The problem isn't our judicial system. Its that he's being held in a foreign country which may or may not agree to extradition.

Don't ask for their "opinion." Ask for the crime records from that area for say, the last 5 years. Its public record. they have to give it to you.

it may be cost effective, but is it GOOD? I have seen SO MANY kids from catholic grade schools go on to a public high school and fail math. They fail math because they don't have as good a math background. This is a well known problem amongst catholic schools (however, one they usually do not disclose to parents), and they are working to improve, some dioceses more than others. The kids do eventually catch up, however, because they have a better critical thinking background, and usually better language skills as well. However, I've seen even straight A students really struggle with math their freshman year, so I would encourage any parent of a child in Catholic school to get their child some tutoring between eighth grade and high school, just to be sure. Get a copy of your state standards, and make sure your child is learning the standards. Although Catholic schools are not required to follow standards, it is usually recommended by the accreditors (WASC in my part of the country) because most children will transition into public high schools, where they will be expected to be at the same place as the students there. Should they continue to a Catholic high school however, it won't be a problem. The Catholic high schools dialogue with the elementary schools to find out what the students are taught and what they still need to know, and work with each other. The public schools are not usually given this opportunity, and are not usually able to attend, even if invited. Don't get me wrong, Catholic school is a GREAT education. However, parents should be aware of this one common weakness, so they can compensate if need be.

simple. Call the local Police Department and ask them for crime statistics on that area. They will give them to you. When I was leasing apartments, we used to refer people to the PD when they asked us leasing agents if the area was "safe".

Nope. I like to see them here, at least, lists of who's going and whatnot.

ROFL. you know what I meant!

Cost of living in california is rediculous. Food is more expensive. Gas is more expensive. Rents are incredibly high. I was not living beyond my means. I had no real furniture to speak of. Shelves were boards and bricks. My coffee table was a giant wooden spool. I never went out to eat unless someone else was paying the bill. Ditto for fun stuff. Food was mostly ramen or mac and cheese. Having a roommate wasn't practical. My friends were mostly still at grad schools out of state, or not ready to move out yet, and if I'd moved in with my boyfriend, we'd have both been fired (eventually, we did anyway, but then had to spend the rest of the year sneaking around, which put a lot of stress on the relationship). 2003: Average rent in Los Angeles County: $1346 Average Rent in Tuscon, AZ: $614 (for comparison) In December, monthly rents ranged from $774 in San Bernardino to $998 in Anaheim to $2,436 in Santa Monica, according to a RealFacts study. During 2002, the monthly rent at large complexes in Los Angeles rose by 5.4% to $1,274

hey, I can only jump ONE day this weekend, and I wanted to make sure I was jumping rather than sitting around because of rotten weather, so I'll be there today. and I did find an apartment! Moving date is February 14th (if we can get enough help, its valentines day), or Feb 15th, if we can't get people to help on the 14th... FREE STEAK DINNER TO VOLUNTEERS! (hint, hint)

I left a teaching position in a catholic school, mostly because of money. Most of the catholic school teachers are either married or nuns. They are not dependant on the single income. However, as these teachers retire, catholic schools are finding it very difficult to replace them. A new teacher will coome, stay a year til they have their credential, and then move on to a higher paying job in a public school, not because they don't want to stay, but because they can't afford to stay. As a catholic school teacher, I was making $23,000 a year. That's a take home pay of something like $1400 a month. Rent on my apartment is $910 a month (and it isn't luxury by far...its small, but in a safe area. Living by myself, safe neighborhoods are a must). Add in gasoline to commute to and from work, because I couldn't even afford to live in the same county (Orange county rent is rediculous!!!) and supplies for my classroom (if you need a pen or paper at an office, you go to the supply closet and get some. Teachers have to PAY out of pocket for almost everything they use in their classrooms!) I couldn't even afford to eat. I had to borrow money from my parents just so I'd have food. My boyfriend at the time was also teaching, and he had to tend bar most evenings to make his rent. He made more money as a part time BARTENDER than as a full time teacher! That's just fucking sad.

The weather looks so rotten today that I may show up on Sunday instead. I can only jump one day this weekend, so I want to be sure I can actually jump! LOL.

hey, if you're gonna toss in a jump ticket too... come on over!

Who? Me? I'm not real. Why would you think I'm real? Michele and Rosa and Lewmonst and Cajones and Clownburner all think I'm real. Maybe they're all crazy! Yes! That must be it! I'm not real and they're absolutely NUTS. Yep. Sounds reasonable to me.

because I was paying to rent gear, and it takes me two hours to pack. If I pay a packer, I can do five jumps If I pack for myself, I can do two. Now that I have my own stuff (or at least, it will be totally mine when I give GroundZero the check next week), I pack for myself more often because I don't have to worry about the rental fees.

the question is: was he punished for putting himself up for the award, or was he punished for plastering the school with fliers?

if the ACLU sues, it would be on the behalf of the kid, which will probably be the right thing to do, as awards like that don't belong in schools to begin with.

It also depends... did he get in trouble for applying for the award, or for papering the school with fliers? I'd have gotten suspended in high school if I'd put fliers up everywhere without admin approval, that was the rule.

I've used it. I've also given out the number to the LA Zoo, and the Mental Health Hotline, depending on whether the person bothering me was being a neanderthal or just certifiably insane. sometimes, you just want to get out of a situation without offending the person. Sometimes its easier. Sometimes its actually SAFER. And that way, they're not harassing some poor person whose phone number you wrote down instead of your own.

hehe... simple... they can't stay with you because: you're busy your place is a mess right now your significant other would object make something up! and then give them the address of the local days inn. Living half an hour from Disneyland, I get this a lot. Friends can stay for a week, once a year. GOOD friends, more often. As long as they're good houseguests and don't impose on me financially. A lot of times its "well, you're letting us crash at your place, so we'll cover your food, and disneyland ticket." and I'm FINE with that. If someone just wants to stay and be a leech, then, well, BYE!

First off, the school shouldn't have awards based on race. Second, personally, I hate the term "African-American" when referring to every person in the US with black skin. Its simply inaccurate. My friend Jermaine is from Belize, in South America. He has FITS when called an "African American" because: 1. he isn't African, and 2. he isn't American. He's a citizen of Belize here on a green card. He refuses to answer any of the "racial" questions because the answers there simply don't apply. He's obviously not white, isn't Asian, isn't from the Pacific Islands, isn't Hispanic/Latino, and isn't African/American. I've even heard on this website the term "African American British Guy" WTF is an African American British Guy??? he's either African, American, or British, not all three! For some reason, we seem to feel compelled to differentiate people by skin color, which is external, rather than culture, which is more internal. If you're using the term "African-American" to mean someone who is originally from Africa, or has roots there, and is now an American citizen, fine. that's accurate. If you are using it simply because someone has black skin, you may be wrong. There are people with black skin in many places other than Africa. Separating people by race simply doesn't make any sense, because the lines are too blurred. Acknowledge culture, ignore race.

or this guy: www.pixyland.org