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Somewhere in the middle of Fall in the year of 2004, I had a misunderstanding that still reverberates via the
halls of the Riverdale Elementary School The participants in this scenario had been Mr Freeman our reigning
principal at the time, a kindergarten teacher named Miss Reynolds and myself the teaching assistant To
correctly communicate there should be a simultaneous sharing of facts It starts with a message that is
channeled in some way, could be the telephone, email, a letter, a text message, face to face conversation, Morse
code, even smoke signals…anything that can convey meaning to the other participant The individual giving a
message is the sender The other participant is the recipient of the encoded message, and would be the
receiver The receiver takes details and decodes it, hopefully giving the sender a response in return
For that reason, creating a complete cycle of communication On this specific autumn morning there was a
miscommunication Data was certainly exchanged back and forth between the participants, but somehow
every party failed to obtain widespread meaning, thus; the breakdown of communication giving me fodder for this
story Just before I go on I would like to name this tale, even though it is at the end of my introduction I would like to
call it, The Day I Virtually Gave My Principal A Heart Attack.

It all started innocently sufficient My husband has a friend he has recognized since childhood who occurs to be a
detective I thought it would be a nice concept to have a representative from the Riverdale Police Department come to
my school to talk about being a police officer for Community Helpers Month I knew all I would have to do is ask
our family friend and he would oblige Just before I could ask a police officer to go to us, I made a verbal request of my
principal asking permission to have an officer come to our school We communicated perfectly, he gave me
feedback by giving me the O.K The vital arrangements had been made, the date was set We would only have
to wait two weeks, but the miscommunication began nearly instantly

Every thing a teacher does throughout the day is logged down in a lesson plan book The date the officer was attending our kindergarten to meet the kids was put in its correct place along with the rest of our scheduling.
It is policy that the teachers at my school hand in a tough copy of our plans, and send the plans via email as well
Every thing from our end was completed efficiently We employed 3 mediums to channel our message The pc
making use of email to transmit our message electronically The lesson plans which had been a hand written document
symbolizing our message with written words Lastly, we made a phone call creating symbolic interaction by making use of verbal language so our principal would realize our intentions as to why having an officer go to us for Community Helpers day would benefit the kids.

With all this communication how could there have been a miscommunication On the day of the intended go to
from the police department I made a phone call to our principal Mr Freeman inviting him into our classroom for
the police officers demonstration This was a noisy classroom, twenty four kindergartners eating breakfast A
cacophony of twenty four small people today speaking all at once, and as loudly as they pleased Forty eight busy small
hands spooning food into their mouths, opening up packages of donuts and bagels Forty eight small feet
tapping, shuffling and walking around a room with such superb acoustics, that sound just bounced off walls and
became bigger As I dialed the phone I was opening up a container of milk pouring it into a half dozen diminutive
bowls I could see that two of our extra spirited boys decided that they could fist fight in our cubby room As I
shouted for the two boys to get off every other and sit down, I got by means of to Mr Freeman Rather swiftly I informed
him of the days events and hung up After that, I went onward to the tasks that would fill my early morning work schedule.

It was about 11:00 am when the police arrived, and arrive they did I was expecting 1 friendly police officer, but
that is not what showed up My husband’s friend wanted to do some thing unique for the kids, so what does
he do He sends us the canine unit Standing in the foyer I see six police officers in full dress uniform,
accompanied with 3 enormous German Shepherds Instantly the teachers and I went to work organizing
the space that would be required to accommodate the officers and their dogs Rather rapidly we assembled all
3 kindergartens (a small over sixty youngsters) into my classroom which was thankfully quite big The youngsters
sat and listened with rapt attention crossed legged, and elbow to elbow to see and hear every thing that the
officers had to say The demonstration was going far better than I had anticipated, given the shock that I had just
experienced I was proud of how swiftly the teachers worked together to move the kids into my room, how proud I was that the youngsters had been on their greatest behavior The police officers commented that this was the most effective
school that they had ever paid a go to to How pleased they had been with the questions and responses they had been
obtaining from such excellent small girls and boys I was finally beginning to relax

I am going to interject some thing here…I had no clue as to what my school’s parking lot looked like at this
moment, simply because I was inside a building I did not know, or recognize that there had been numerous police cars, such as
3 canine unit vehicles all lined up in a neat row proper outside my school I did not know, or understand that there
had been officers milling about enjoying an straightforward morning of autumnal sunshine and mild weather I did not know,
or recognize that Mr Freeman was not on campus when the officers arrived After a busy morning of bus duty, and meetings he was finally acquiring breakfast.

Back to the classroom The question and answer component of the demonstration was just about over when a female
officer informed me that the youngsters would have an chance to pet 1 of the dogs So we lined up the children,
who had been still listening, still on their greatest behavior…the dog was brought over to the front of the room nearest to
the door, and then the police officer explained the rules Rule number 1, NEVER LOOK THE DOG DIRECTLY
IN THE EYES HE WILL TAKE THAT AS A SIGN OF AGGRESSION What What What did that woman just say to
me At that moment ice cold fear washed over me, why where these folks here Massive dogs, massive dogs with large
teeth, massive aggressive dogs with large aggressive teeth Tiny kids, tiny youngsters who WILL look the dog directly
in the eyes simply because, YOU JUST TOLD THEM NOT TO Don’t these men and women know that you never tell a child not to
do some thing Nine times out of ten they will do the factor you just told them not to do, just to see your reaction!

At this especially moment out of my peripheral vision I detected motion I was already freaked out about large dogs who
could turn vicious from a small eye contact, when I turned towards the door where the movement was coming
from It is solid oak door with a nice framed piece of glass open to a view of the foyer Standing directly in my path of vision and utilizing rather explicit hand jesters, mouthing out some thing I could not hear .

There is nothing far more jaw-dropping than gazing at the heavens on a cloudless night How can 1 not be awed Awed, yes, but how lots of can in fact say they know what they are looking at – which ones are planets, stars or galaxies and perhaps the names of a few of them Possibly not too a number of.

Even though taking an astronomy class at a local college or picking up a book or two at the library can present a great knowledge base a lot can be learned via the World wide web The Internet abounds with cosmic websites where 1 can explore the universe in-depth Lots of web sites offer sky atlases, a few of them interactive, to aid stargazers identify objects and plan what to look at Some supply a view most non-astronomers, folks who do not have high-powered telescopes, could never get from their backyards The most beneficial of these web sites have been rounded up here.

For the ultimate roadmap of the heavens, go to Astronomy.com, published by decades-old Astronomy magazine, and enter its StarDome This totally free, virtual planetarium can show observers what is in the sky on any day and at any time They will need only plug in some information, such as day and time, where they are located and what they want to view, regardless of whether it is planets in our personal solar system, nebulae, open clusters or galaxies They can even chose the most beneficial viewing format, facing north, south, east or west, and full-sky (dome or flat) or horizontal (from 45 degrees to 120 degrees) By becoming a paid Astronomy subscriber, they get access to even extra features, like a three-D view of our solar system Also worth noting are Astronomy.com’s totally free weekly e-mail newsletter and podcast, both which contain astronomy news and tidbits on upcoming sky events

Sky and Telescope, the other large astronomy magazine, also has a web site with some cool, interactive tools, such as an astronomical almanac and the Interactive Sky Chart, a customizable mapmaker Sky Chart demands registration, which is totally free When registering, users can sign up for an e-mail newsletter that delivers news on sky events.

Just as Google Earth has given earthlings a comprehensive satellite-driven view of their planet, Google Sky provides them a comprehensive telescope information-driven view of what lies beyond their planet Launched in 2007, it enables users to pinpoint planets, stars, galaxies and other objects in the observable universe by way of a search bar or a series of thumbnails of the extra common objects, like our sun, the planets and some of the most observed galaxies, as well as the constellations, which are should-knows for any serious stargazer And, as with Google Earth, Google Sky has the handy zoom in/out feature.

An additional astronomical gem on the Net is SLOOH, the only live observatory in cyberspace SLOOH is hooked up to a few telescopes, with two in the Canary Islands, 1 that is wide-field and the second that is high-magnification, two in Australia and 1 in Chile Acquiring some telescope time has a price ($14.95 for 100 minutes or $49.95 for a year of unlimited telescope time), but it is so worth it Once a member, select from a list of heavenly objects and reserve a time slot for observing every 1 Referred to as a Mission, viewing times range from five to 10 minutes Not positive what to view Join an additional SLOOH member’s mission Just go to the site’s Mission Schedule page for a lineup of what other members have reserved time to look at.

This finest of list ends with the Hubble Website, operated by the Space Telescope Science Institute Maybe, though, it would have been much better to start with it simply because this is where to come to get inspiration to discover about the universe, its billions of stars, galaxies and quasars and its black holes and other dark matter Deployed in 1990, the $1.5 billion, Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope is performing precisely what it set out to do It is growing our understanding of the universe and how it works by putting us as near as we can get to the objects within it Hubble has taken scores of pictures of nearby and deep sky objects and regions, and a lot of of them can be viewed in the site’s Image Gallery Be prepared to linger in this breathtaking gallery for an hour or two It is 1 astounding image after an additional The Hubble Web site, even so, provides far more than pictures There are other features, like a weekly podcast and a virtual craft that blasts off on an interactive journey to a black hole .

Just weeks after a wildfire consumed additional than forty buildings in Alton, N.H., an additional out of control blaze is raging in Horry County, S.C The Myrtle Beach fire has already destroyed as a large number of as 70 houses according to a report from CBC News The Associated Press reports that the wildfires have spread to local Carolina peat bays Peat is densely compacted organic material that was frequently utilized as fuel in pre-industrial times It can sustain a wildfire for days or even weeks and can be very tough to extinguish Even with out peat to fuel the Alton, N.H., fire, 11 fire corporations had to be referred to as to put the fire out in the face of steady spring winds The Myrtle Beach fire is also being fanned by steady winds and is spreading 1 AP report says additional than 2500 individuals have been evacuated from their homes by local officials.

Wildfire Too Close to House

Whilst it is almost inconceivable that a wildfire in New Hampshire where I live could spread as far, the April 12^th Alton, N.H wildfire was just 15 miles away from my personal home on a heavily forested mountainside in Strafford, N.H When you hear about dozens of homes being burned to the ground that close, you can’t support but look at the possibility of the worst happening South Carolina wildfires of this magnitude are also fairly rare, but the local conditions and geography are, thus far, sustaining the spread of the wildfire via populated areas around North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Weather Forecast for Myrtle Beach, S.C., Wildfire

Even though Myrtle Beach does not experience anything like the wildfire risk of California, it is also a well-known resort destination well-known for its beaches and warm, sunny weather True to form, the weather.com forecast for Myrtle Beach shows no chance of any rain at all by means of the weekend Winds throughout Thursday are predicted to stay above 10 miles per hour until well after dark when they really should drop to five or six miles per hour.

Horry County Wildfire Map

The wildfire covered a lot more than 5,000 acres just before noon on Thursday and was expected to spread further throughout the day according to statements made by South Carolina governor Mark Sanford to the Myrtle Beach Sun News, a local newspaper that also quoted fire officials as saying that it would be days prior to the fire was fully extinguished A map of the Myrtle Beach wildfire and surrounding areas can be discovered here and pictures of the Myrtle Beach Fire can be viewed here, also courtesy of the Sun News.

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cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/23/myrtle-beach-fire042309.html

thesunnews.com/news/

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