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I have just attended the Junior Leaders Course (or Cadet Promotions Course) during 07/12/07-11/12/07. The Junior Leaders Course is for first-year cadets who want to become junior leaders, attain rank and take on their second year of cadets. There was also the Senior Leaders Course and the CUO/WO Course. All the courses were held at Scotch College's "Boarding House".
The course was designed to provide cadets, skills knowledge and attitudes required to perform the role of a Junior Leader within the Australian Army Cadets. We learned about treating burns, actions on getting lost, setting up a hootchie, etc. We also had to give a "drill lesson", which was especially difficult because it was our first time.
At the end of the course, cadets are deemed either competent or incompetent. If deemed competent, cadets will receive the rank of "Corporal" next year and they also receive a certificate for completing the course. I received "competency".
I've had my new Dell XPS M1330 Notebook for almost a month now. It has been working excellently and Windows Vista seems to have many significant improvements. The clock is not running off time and the navigation is a bit easier now. The notebook is extremely fast and agile, being able to easily run many programs at a time. A lot of programs from Windows XP still work on Windows Vista, which was a big relief (although be forewarned, some programs cannot run on Windows Vista).
The laptop I have is one of the thinnest and lightest notebooks in its class. Click here to read more information on the Dell XPS M1330 notebook.
I'm currently going through the book Search Engine Optimization for Dummies (2nd ed. 2006) by Peter Kent. If you don't really know what SEO is, it is basically designing your website specifically for search engine indexing, searches and traffic.
I'm reading through the book and making changes as I go, so you can expect some changes at GeniusProphecy.com.
I've just created a guide on How to Solve a Rubik's Cube the Easy Way. The Rubik's Cube (or rubix, rubick's or rubics cube) is a mechanical square colour puzzle. It was invented by a Hungarian professor of architecture and a sculptor, Ernő Rubik. Since its invention in 1974 and worldwide release in 1980, the Rubik's Cube has baffled millions of people. Using my guide, you can solve a Rubik's Cube in a simple and clear-cut manner.
To access the Rubik's Cube guide, go to http://www.geniusprophecy.com/rubiks-cube.html.
Today, I received a new Dell XPS M1330 Notebook. It has been running very smoothly so far. The laptop runs on Windows Vista Home Premium, and has killer memory and hard disk space. It is one of the thinnest of all Dell laptops and has a sleek silver design.
For more information on Dell Notebooks, go to http://www.dell.com/.
The Scotch 2007 Cadet Tattoo took place on Friday. We had spent several weeks rehearsing the Tattoo every Thursday with Major Bain. We gathered near the Q-Store at 7:00PM that night. We received our rifles and started marching onto the Main Oval at about 8:30PM. There was a large crowd ready to watch us and the principal, Dr Gordon Donaldson AM, was there too. This was a very special tattoo as it is Dr Donaldson's last year this year before he retires after being principal of Scotch for 25 years. This year's reviewing officer was Lieutenant General Ian Teague. His speech was very though-provoking and impressive. The Tattoo ended at around 10:15PM. We were told that there was a possibility of someone fainting for standing with a rifle that long, but thankfully I don't think anyone fainted. We were dismissed shortly afterwards and celebrated our last Cadets session of the year.
