Synopsis
A MERMAID’S LIFE is an endless parade of dinners and dances and travel to far-away places with other members of the pod. The pod is a collection of mermaids and mermen – young and old – from the same barrier reef, island chain, or long-forgotten undersea castle or empire. Atlantis is an example of an undersea empire that is the home to hundreds of pods of mermaids and their families.Kelly’s pod includes her friends and family members. Her family includes her sister Layla – also a mermaid. Her mother and dad are only half mermaid and merman. They are half-human also. The mermaid gene is dominant, so Kelly and Layla look and swim like all the other mermaids in the pod. They have a human upper body with head and arms like most humans. Their lower bodies look like a fish’s body – it is green with shiny scales and a fine tail, like a dolphin or a whale. The most interesting thing about the tail is that it is a magic tail. The magic is in the tail. Just as the magic is in the carriage return, the magic is in the tail.The other interesting thing about mermaids is that they can sing magical songs that can be heard by other mermaids and mermen across great distances. The magical songs can also be heard by sailors as they sail the seven seas. The sailors listen carefully for the magical songs – also called siren songs – of the mermaids. The sailors must also be very careful not to steer their ships into the rocks where the mermaids and their families sing and play on nice, sunny days.
About the Author
Frank McIntire, Facilitator and SDVOSB (CVE) for strategic planning, consulting services and cyber security, supporting small- and medium-sized business growth since 2000; and government strategic planning, budget execution, and cost avoidance since 1993. Francis E. McIntire (SDVOSB); DBA Francis E. McIntire Enterprises. DUNS: 088316844. McIntire is a 1974 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, a management consultant, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, and an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Master of Science degree from Vanderbilt University and leads Project Management and CONOPS development include: the Psychology in the DoD Symposium (1985-1988); Battle of Britain Airshow (1989-1990); launch of the Air Force Quality Institute (1992-1995); the Quality Air Force Symposium (1993-1995); the Inspector General visit (1994-1995); the Peacekeeper Missile Action Workout (1995-1996); the Total Army Quality launch (1996-1998); the online Operational Test Program Management system (1999-2002); the Resource Allocation Management Plan (2001-2003); the Fort Carson Project Management Plan (2004); the Oracle National Security Strategic Plan and Conference (2005-2006); Oracle RDBMS, RAC, and ERP Federal Financial implementations (2005-2007); Veterans Affairs requirements for the Integrated Financial Accounting System at the Austin Automation Center (2007-2008); the Amtrak data center (2007-2008); the HHS ITO data center implementation (2007-2010); the ECP management plan for enterprise IT systems and IT infrastructure projects (2009-present). Other projects along the way using MS Project and Sciforma Project Scheduler for planning, tracking, and reporting. Project Management Expert (1999) and Advanced Project Management Expert (2001) from the Goldratt Institute on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and Project Management Institute (PMI) standards. Implementing engineering change management for global agencies collaborating with NGA; system upgrades and implementations for network, storage, and database; and to support imagery deployment and exploitation for DoD units worldwide. These include all DoD branches, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), conformance with all DISA Security Technical Information Guides (STIGs), Department of State, and the broad US Intelligence Community.
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