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I’m only fifteen, and I’m still learning.
Any constructive criticism is appreciated
**Please, DONT steal my work. Use your own brain.
Also there may be spots that say " I "
Those are originally in italics.
This is about the second chapter, so it may be a little confusing. But bear with me
The car screeched around the corner, and Ayla froze at the crosswalk. Maybe they were drunk or high on something. Or maybe they were just running late, but whatever there excuse they didn’t see her. Her mind screamed at her to run, or just to do something, but here body couldn’t.
They weren’t stopping. They’re going to hit me, she realized. Ayla’s heart thudded in her chest, as the car sped closer, an incoming death.
Her whole body tingled, lightening shot through her. The Avalon raced toward her like an arrow. She squeezed her eyes shut, and braced herself. But the impact never came.
The scent of exhaust burned her nose, and caused Ayla to open her eyes. Startled to see the underside of a car, she jolted and sat up. Luckily the car drove forward as she did, saving her from a nasty bump on the head. That car… it was going to hit me… I should be dead. She thought over and over, seeing the image of the car racing towards her.
“Oh my gosh!” And a thudding of feet on the asphalt brought a person into her view. “Are you ok? Did you get hit? What happened? The young man was frantic.
Black fuzzed around her vision, and Ayla swayed.
“Somebody help! I think she was hit!” His voice sounded distant, then more rushing of feet.
She couldn’t concentrate. Everything lacked clarity, it felt like a dream. More bodies appeared in front of her. Concerned brown eyes stared into her silver ones. Their lips formed a question.
Ayla wanted to tell them that she was fine, just tired, But her head was heavy. And the world, it kept spinning. She was so dizzy.
She finally managed in a mumble “Just tired…,” before she let the blackness roll over her. A welcome sleep.
She was being cradled in someone’s arms. Panic and fear filled the atmosphere. Ayla felt small, and was wrapped in warm blankets. Voices cried out, but Ayla could not understand them. Crying rang in her ears. It took a moment before she realized it was her. Why am I crying? She was utterly confused, what’s going on? It was a dream, she realized. It had the feel, but still felt more vivid then her normal dreams. That could have been due to her extreme exhaustion, or perhaps it was a fever dream. .Usually her dreams didn’t make sense at all - things like riding the magic school bus to a desert house at the bottom of the ocean, and finding her fifth grade teacher as a zombie. This dream, though… it felt familiar in a way. Maybe it was based on a movie she’d seen.
Things around her were pure chaos. Things were exploding, and she was disturbed by the noises. The woman, who carried Ayla looked down at her burden, shushing her with friendly hazel eyes.

Kristy had to get Ayla out of the hospital before she broke something important. Plus, antiseptic smell was making her head hurt. Ayla laid restlessly twitching, and obviously not having a peaceful sleep. This was causing her to fly out of out of control. Due to Ayla’s dominant blood line, Kristy-also of strong blood- was struggling to keep her from braking hospital equipment-or people.
Then finally the nurse came bustling in, and Kristy stood up.
“I would like to take my daughter home now” She said, putting emphasize on the now.
The red headed nurse frowned, “I don’t think that would be wise. We’d like to wait until she wakes up to question her.”
“There is no concussion, no broken bones or bruises, not even a scratch to suggest she may have been hit by a car or anything else for that matter. Am I correct?”
“Well yes but-“
“Then I’d like to take her home,” Kristy interrupted, impatiently. Which was uncharacteristic for her, but the smell and effort of controlling Ayla along with her stress had drained any patience. She needed to get them both out of there before she herself fainted from Power Overexertion.
Sighing the nurse said she’d go fetch the doctor. As Kristy waited she drummed her fingers on the table, listened to the ticking of the clock and the sounds of Ayla moving on the bed.
She had small beads of sweat on her forehead when at long last the Doctor walked in. He tried as the nurse had-unsuccessfully- to convince Kristy to leave Ayla at the hospital. She promised she’d bring her back in at the smallest sign of a problem. The nurse wheeled a groggy Ayla out to the car, and together the two women hauled her in.
Ayla was still disoriented, so Kristy let her be. The drive home was long with the continuing battle over Ayla’s powers. She decided as soon as Ayla was well, she’d tell her what she was. Or at least what she needed to know
Sorry it cut off-
Or at least what she needed to know to find out for herself.
By: Cheyanne Robinson
**If your interested in more, go to:
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Sorry for any minor grammer errors
I do need to edit this
I liked it - your writing style held my attention, and it was definitely suspenseful. it’s nice that you’re getting into exciting stuff in the second chapter already, too (i rarely finish novels unless something big happens within the first few chapters!). sounds like a cool story

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Why wasn’t South Korea recognized in their work in Iraq?
I was looking through videos of the war in Iraq on youtube and saw the title, "Korean Army in Iraq." I watched it because I had no idea South Korea was in Iraq. It turned out that South Korea deployed 3000+ soldiers there to bring peace and rebuild iraq while U.S. soldiers were fighting..same with Britain.
While watching the video, I saw that South Korea taught Iraqi civilians and did:
Material & equipment support
Joint Checkpoint constructions
Rifle range constructions
Build barracks
Forest Ranger station construction
Military team training (taught civilians to defend themselves)
Vocational training centers
Computer classes
Taught appliance maintinence
Vehicle construction
Heavy Equipment operation
paved roads
public health clinics
town halls
schools
sewers
deep wells
public parks
Hospitals
dentists
surgeries
Planted grasses, plants, etc
Soccer
Created childrens day (like a field day with band playing, games, etc)
and many more.

Yeah I know we (U.S.) did all the struggling work and all that, same with Britain but I never heard of South Korea in Iraq. All the time we hear U.S. soldiers in Iraq but why not Korea?
I think if the U.S. did some fighting back then and did what South Korea did, the war would have ended by now. I thought the whole point of the war was to bring peace and restore Iraq. It seems though as if South Korea did that to some parts of Iraq. I would like to see us do something like that.

Also, I just learned that South Korea had a big part in Vietnam too. What amazes me was that during the vietnam war, their kill ratio was 25:1 where a average American soldier was 9:1. But Korea was not recognized in their work in vietnam too.
They also fought in the gulf wars and they are currently in Afghanistan.
So the overall question is:
Why wasn’t South Korea recognized in their work during wars?
Why are they so little recognized when they played a huge part?

PLEASE no racial comments.

its whatever news that sells…and apparently, media does not deem this interesting enough or predicts that it would not generate the same amount of viewer/readership that some accidental shooting or an operation planned from bad intel would garner.

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Tell us five things about yourself?

I will start.
1.I am a musician, I play guitar, sing, drums, and bass. but I am employed as a Heavy Equipment Operator.(very hard work sometimes).
2.Both of my parents were christian ministers. My dad, more of a fundamentalist. My mom was much more caring and open minded. Unfortunately they have both passed on.
3.I absolutely love chocolate and peanut butter and chocolate combos!
4.I love to hike and camp but I do not know how to swim. I will learn at some point because I have always wanted to experience that activity!
5.I have studied various religions throughout my life. Some in order to try out for my own and most just to understand what others believe! This has been one of the biggest points that has helped me to become tolerant of other peoples beliefs.

These are a few things about me. If you want to know more, feel free to email me.

This question is asked because of a request from a fellow r/s member who wanted to know more about me. I figured we could all learn more about each other!

Okay…

I just got married (for the first time) last week on Halloween.
I work in a seniors assisted living complex as a multi-service worker.
I have two cats and one dog (all strays) that have been with us for years.
I love old movies and vintage television shows.
My 5 C’s to personal happiness: Cigarettes, coffee, cannabis, chocolate & comedy.

(A solitary wiccan)

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About myself:

I am a 15 year old boy who weighs 60kg, stands about 170cm (just a guess) and has a small build with some tone but very little strength for my age.

Goals:

I want to;
1) Learn Muay Thai Kickboxing or MMA for; self defence, fitness, etc. (which ever one is better.)
2) Improve/gain; strength, tone, muscle mass, weight, fitness, etc.

The story:

I have just recently started Mixed Martial Arts on Tuesdays and Thursdays to see if I like it. These lessons consist of mainly cardio, core strength, body conditioning, and self weight exercises such as push-ups, squats, etc.

Options:

1) I can go to the local gym for $30 a month with unlimited access to all gym equipment from 3:30pm - 5:30pm (great for building muscle tone, strength etc.)

2) I have the choice of going to Boxing on the following days (depending on how I’m feeling): Monday, Wednesday, Thursday for $6 a lesson after a $50 yearly membership fee is paid. (great for fitness [mainly cardio and self weight exercises such as push ups etc.])

3) Mixed Martial Arts or Muay Thai Kickboxing on Tuesdays and Thursdays at this place (20 minute drive from where I live)

http://www.gladstonemartialarts.com.au

4) Workout at home with one of these workout plans

http://www.scoobysworkshop.com/

5) Do a small workout plan I have made up on Mondays, Wednesday and Friday to help build muscle strength, fitness, etc. (I have just chosen a few exercises from the above website, added exercises I know, and included equipment I own such as ‘The Perfect Push up,’ speed ball, heavy bag, skipping rope, etc.)

6) Do 2 of the above options (please list which ones)

Overall Question:

In your opinion, what do you think would be the best/most efficient/quickest way for me to achieve those goals by following those options?

(My opinion is to do both MMA on Tuesdays and Thursdays and my home workout plan on Monday, Wednesday and Friday)

–Thanks heaps in advance–

Please no stupid answers like ‘do what you think is right’ (I don’t know what’s right that’s why I’m asking.)

ROFL! ^^

Im a 15 year old girl and i love working out (love the feeling its refreshing and looking young and healthy is my aim ^^)

I currently do Mixed Martial Arts and let me tell you its awesome, you get alot of workout strength and stamina. But u need experience when u were younger cos its gonna take a lot of work, since your body isnt so used to it so i reccomend going to gyms and getting your body prepared for the strenuos work you”l be doing but on the plus side you know how to defend yourself.
However its more on working out and cool moves and techniques, nothing on original Martial Arts which i find is the con for it.

Muay Thai is good though for guys especially with your build, and it requires alot of stamina, but when your good at it (and i think you will be) the power is explosive and you also know how to defend yourself.

Work out and train atleast 5 days a week (dont go less than that) if you want to keep in shape, look good, feel healthy and be very skilled at MMA.
I think your opinion is quite wise! Go for it =)

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I have recently graduated from college. I took a Heavy Equipment/ truck and coach Technician program that lasted 2 years. I have to admit I didnt really have a huge background in this, other than changing oil and greasing machinery.

I got a job that lasted about 30 days, guy said I wasnt exprienced enough. Which I thought was obsurd considering I thought an apprenticeship was going to be to learn the trade, but I guess not. I did take longer to do things than the experienced fully qualified mechanics, and didnt know how to do certain things, but isnt an apprentice supposed to learn? Thats what I thought, until he fired me.

Can anyone please help me with how I can become a better mechanic. Other than the obvious of tinkering with stuff. Does anyone have any pointers or advice? Help, i seriously do want to be a good mechanic some day, not just one that gets by.
I realize the question "how can I become a better mechanic" is pretty general, and maybe a dumb question. But I need advice, help. I dont want to have to go back to school for something else, this is what I want to do.

What the guy was saying was that when you were in school to be a technician on heavy machinery (ie 16 wheelers) you should’ve learned enough to work on cars because they work the same way for the most part. While you may not have taken longer than the experienced mechanics maybe your work was sub-par or maybe he just didn’t like you.

You should always take a failure as a learning experience and not let it get to you. My advice…would be to be an army reservist as a fleet mechanic and get the practical mechanical expertise you are looking for (hopefully without going to Iraq). Or buy a cheap beat up not running modern car, rip everything out then put it back together and make it run.

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Two containers have been provided, one for rubbish and the other for butts.

Two containers have been provided, for visitors to throw their butts into.

Gary has rigid larger screws to wall for a stronger grip.

Issues with front door

Handles keep falling off the front door. On 19th December the door fell off its hinges and had to call external contractors and had to come out to repair door.
Family members and residents are having difficult to exist through the front.
Residents are finding door to heavy to open. Staff member to diarise ongoing problems regarding front door.

Intruders are coming into facility to use our toilets. Gary has removed toilet sign outside to avoid intruders coming in facility.

One staff member car had its petrol swiped during the night. Night staff is parking their cars at the back to avoid vandalising.

Gary has been monitoring equipment to ensure the call systems are functioning on a weekly basic. One episode was not recorded due to power cuts.

Over budget due to set up requirements.

List of external contractors to be updated. New contractor for water recycle supply. Water supplied now on recycle mode and contractors added list.
Staff member will be able to turn on water recyle by obtaining key from garage. Gary to explain instruction for staff use.

I would like the wording to be better, thanks any way.

Caps are so you can see my comments, i’m not yelling.

Two containers have been provided, one for rubbish and the other for butts. THIS ONE IS FINE

Two containers have been provided, for visitors to throw their butts into. CAN"T END WITH WORD INTO; TRY "TWO CONTAINERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR VISITOR’S BUTTS"

Gary has rigid larger screws to wall for a stronger grip. NOT CLEAR

Issues with front door

Handles keep falling off the front door. On 19th December the door fell off its hinges and had to call external contractors (and had) to come out to repair door. REMOVE "AND HAD" AFTER WORD "CONTRACTORS"

Family members and residents are having DIFFICULTY EXITING through the front.

Residents are finding door to heavy to open. Staff member to diarise ongoing problems regarding front door. TRY : DOOR IS TOO HEAVY FOR RESIDENTS TO OPEN. NOT SURE WHAT THE SECOND SENTENCE IS SAYING

Intruders are coming into facility to use our toilets. Gary has removed toilet sign outside to avoid intruders coming in facility. TRy "GARY HAS REMOVED THE OUTSIDE TOILET SIGN TO PREVENT INTRUDERS FROM COMING INTO THE FACILITY TO USE THE INSIDE TOILETS."

One staff member car had its petrol swiped during the night. Night staff ARE parking their cars at the back to avoid VANDALISM

Gary has been monitoring equipment to ensure the call systems are functioning on a weekly basic. One episode was not recorded due to power cuts. GARY HAS BEEN MONITORING EQUIPMENT ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO ENSURE CALL SYSTEMS ARE WORKING.

Over budget due to set up requirements. NOT A SENTENCE>> TRY "WE ARE OVER BUDGET…."

List of external contractors NEEDS to be updated.

New contractor for water recycle supply. NOT A SENTENCE
Water supplied now on recycle mode and contractors added list. NOT CLEAR

Staff member will be able to turn on water recyle by obtaining key from garage. NOT CLEAR

Gary to explain instruction for staff use. GARY WILL EXPLAIN TO THE STAFF HOW TO USE (what??)

Hope this helps, where i said not clear, I don’t understand enough of what you are trying to say to offer a better choice of words.

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