Studio Art, Friday, Period Four, Week Five

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"Good afternoon, everyone," Steve said. "We're going to keep today short, since I'm sure some of you still need to finish cleaning your rooms before your friends and loved ones arrive. I'd like everyone to select at least one of the pieces they worked on in previous weeks and a few of the photos you brought in today to display for the weekend." He gestured to tables set up along one wall, each of which had the name of one of the students on a little placard. "You can set them up on that table. This way, your people can see what you've been doing here Then, turn in the rest of your photos, and you can go. I'll be holding office hours in this room over the weekend, but there's going to be a sign on my office door, so don't think you can misdirect someone by sending them that way. Are there any questions?"

Humorous History: Friday, Period 1, Class 5

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"Before we get started this week," Jim said when everyone who was going to show up had shown up, "I'd just like to remind everyone that families will be here sooner than you think and that you only have a few hours to tell me what crazy things about the island I should keep from mentioning to your parents in case they ask. I'm more than happy to plead complete ignorance."

"And with that out of the way, let's talk about a place called Sark. It's a two-square mile island in the English Channel with about six hundred people living on it. They also have a windmill without any sails on it. And they kept a feudalist system until last year. And that's most of what's notable about Sark except for the story of the greatest invasion in world history."

"One night in August 1990 a man named André Gardes - who was, I swear, an 'unemployed French nuclear physicist' - came to Sark with a semi-automatic gun and signs saying that he was going to take over the island the next day at noon. The next morning he sat on a bench, patiently waiting for twelve o'clock, when a volunteer constable came by, saw him loading a new clip into his gun, told him - and this is supposedly a direct quote - 'That's a nice gun you've got there,' and arrested him."

"And that's the story of the invasion of Sark. A deranged but extremely punctual man who wanted to take over an island of 600 people with a single gun got stopped by a constable who just happened to be in the right place at the right time. And in this case, that means 'in the park before noon.'"

"There are a few obvious questions. What exactly was Gardes thinking? How does a guy go from nuclear science to this? And if you were going to take a shot at taking over a small island with a bad plan that had no chance of success, how would you do it? The crazier the plan, the better. Just remember, you have to take it over by yourself."

Library [10/02]

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Jono understood that, as today was the day where people had family and friends and who only knew what else arriving on the island, he was probably going to have to make certain that the library looked presentable. More or less presentable.

Like a library.

Jono had no idea what a 'presentable library' was supposed to look like, and so he was going to just make sure that the books were more or less shelved in the right places, and then he'd cross his fingers.

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Engineering Math, Period 2, 2 Oct '09

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Today the classroom was half in shadow, blue and green fluorescent ceiling tubes spilling a tinted light over Mohinder as he started to speak. "The electromagnetic light spectrum has permeated our science and our lives completely. From the visible region that illuminates our sense of sight up to transmissions of waves of broadcast radio and television or to the shorter heating infra-red or penetrating X-rays."

"Holograms are a static capture of light reflected one from a physical object." He started describing and showing examples.

"The simplest way to create a hologram is with a laser." Mohinder adjusted the machine by his side and a beam of red light flicked on, reflected of a pair of mirrors to hit a light plate. "Together with lenses and mirrors, and of course an object to record." He went into more detail before finishing. "Safety equipment is on the side. You'll need it before creating your own images."

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