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The Prevacid is working. My happy baby is back. Praise the Lord!
He will even fall asleep in the swing/bouncy seat/play mat again.
AND he is sleeping better at night! Oh such sweet relief!
Here's Luke trying solid foods for the first time. I had planned on waiting at least another month, but we have to give Luke a tiny bit of applesauce with his prevacid (it comes in a capsule form, which we have to break open to reveal the tiny little round granules I have to somehow get into his mouth.) Luke was not too keen on the applesauce at first – at least I only need to give him a tiny bit (about 1 tsp each day with his medicine):


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Title: When Planets Fall
Author: Abby J Reed
Series: Stars Fall Circle #1
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
"In this richly imagined start to a new sci-fi series, Reed brings optimism to the goal of solving entrenched violence in a galaxy far, far away . . . A propulsive, sharply crafted tale about a planetary war." -Kirkus Reviews
Breaker's home is cleaved by blood. The three tribes on the planet Scarlatti, whose only difference is their blood color, each want to exploit Breaker's valley for themselves. The feudal tension has already claimed red-blood Breaker's leg and his older brother. Now all this 18-year old wants is to maintain the tenuous peace in order to keep his little 'stroid of a brother alive. Malani, a red-blood raised blue, is a kidnapped POW and only wants to return to her adoptive home with her dangerous blue secrets. Luka, a red-blood stewing for trouble, wants to right wrongs done to his family and bath his home in justice.
All three intersect when Breaker discovers a wrecked starship and is given seven days by the green-bloods to fix and hand it over as a weapon. Breaker must decide if aiding his enemies is worth the home he knows and his family's life. War is coming. And war respects no boundaries. And war leaves no survivors.
Growing up, I loved any book that had an adventurous feel to it. I always picked up Nancy Drew of Redwall or A Wrinkle in Time over Jane Eyre. I loved being transported to a whole other world. I love experiencing something completely different than what I know. Why would I want to read more about this world that I already live in? That curiosity is what draws me to the sci-fi fantasy genre, especially in YA. It feels so real and immediate and I can totally imagine myself there. I love it!
When writing a book, what is your favorite part of the creative process(outline, plot, character names, editing, etc)?
My favorite part is the drafting and that first round of editing. I really love brainstorming and coming up with ideas. I love discovering where the ideas take me during the writing process. I also like having enough material to work with to start making it better. Twisting things here. Foreshadowing there.
What I absolutely hate is any type of line editing. My personal hell would be sticking me in a room with only line editing to accompany for all eternity. Gag.
When reading a book, what genre do you find most interesting/intriguing?
Totally depends on my mood. If I'm relaxing, I'm usually reading some sort of nonfiction book, whether science or memoir or travelogue or something historical. Getting completely out of my genre helps my brain relax and lets me explore other subjects (which then helps my writing!). Then I'm usually reading other books in my genre to help me stay on top of what's being published. And then I might have other books I'm interested in or want to explore because they are well written!
Lately, I've been on a 2017 debut binge as well as reading any books I can find on chronic pain—science and memoir and fiction.
Picking a book is like picking a tea. I never know what I'm in the mood for until I get a whiff on it. Then I drink as much as possible.
If you could co-author with any author, past or present, who would you choose?
Easy. Amie Kaufman. I love all her books and she regularly co-authors. The better question is—would she be willing to co-author with me? Ha.
Have you always wanted to write or did it come to you "later in life"?
Both. I went to college for writing, but I never thought I'd be a real author. My first job had to do with writing and I realized, hey! I really do enjoy this. Then when my Chronic Migraine spun way out of control and I had to quit my job. . . I could do nothing else but write! Win-win for me
Author Bio:
Abby J. Reed writes young adult science fiction and fantasy novels that ask what if. She has a degree in English Writing and is drawn to characters with physical limitations due to her own neurological disorder called Chronic Migraine. Her debut novel, WHEN PLANETS FALL, will be published in April 2017 by Soul Mate Publishing.
Abby lives in Colorado with her husband and two fluffy pups. If her hands aren't on the keyboard, they are stained purple and blue with paint.

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The federal judge who is considering a proposed nationwide settlement involving Remington's iconic Model 700 series rifle is making clear he has no intention of rubber-stamping the deal.
Under the settlement filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Missouri, last week, Remington would replace the triggers on millions of rifles that class-action plaintiffs claim are prone to firing without the trigger being pulled.
At least 24 deaths and hundreds of injuries have been linked to accidental firings of the rifles, an issue explored in the 2010 documentary "Remington Under Fire: A CNBC Investigation." But the company denies the guns are defective, and has stressed that the settlement should not be considered a recall.


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Monday, July 23, 2007
3 comments:
- Richard said...
Left London Paddington and could only get as far as Didcot.
It took me 6 hours to get home, and I was a lucky begger who managed to share a taxi with 5 other Swindon-bound people.
Dave from "Star Cars" is a goddamn modern-day hero.
We drove through rivers, we went through every conceivable shortcut possible.
London cabbies have 'the knowledge', well, Dave Star Cars has 'the knowledge' for the Berkshire/Wiltshire area.
My hat is doffed to you sir!
- 23 July 2007 at 16:12
- Simon said...
Friday was interesting day at work (central Reading).
From 10:30 - 14:00 we had several months of rain. At 15:00 we where told to go home. Within minutes I was at Reading station with several hundred stranded passengers.
The staff, abandoned by FGW, tried to be helpful. Go home if local, try London routes or go to Basingstoke and try a connection there. All other routes where flooded.
Anyway, 5 1/2 hours later I was rescued from BTM (Bristol).
The highlight of this journey was experienced South West trains. Clean and tidy trains, train and platform loud speakers that worked, train and station staff that where helpful and friendly. The funniest part was the continual appologies for the overcrowding on the 6 carriage Basingstoke to Salisbury train. I have no idea what the train manager would said if he had experienced a FGW friday evening train!
- 24 July 2007 at 00:57
- Economy Klaus said...
Having been advised to change at Reading, I decided to brave it and go to Didcot, hoping that I might be able to get picked up by car. What a joke! Spent the next three hours trapped at Didcot. Never want to go there again. And frankly, most of the taxi drivers we tried to deal with were deeeply unhelpful.
- 24 July 2007 at 07:35


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There are times in our lives when we recognise what is having an impact on our wellbeing such as relationship issues, a traumatic event, it may be that you have suffered a bereavement or have work issues. Any of these issues could be in present day or from our past and can leave many mixed emotions including feelings of anxiety, panic or depression. However, there are also times when we experience these feelings and emotions but cannot pinpoint any 'reason' which may leave you confused or feeling sad. Either way, these feelings and issues are affecting your life and counselling can help with clarity and self-awareness. I will work alongside you with warmth and empathy on a journey to discover understanding, goals, acceptance or changes you may want to implement into your life.
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Alcohol Brief Intervention Training
Working with phobias and OCD (Carmarthenshire Counselling Service)
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Europe looks set to limit bank bonuses
LUXURY-CAR dealers in London and posh estate agents in Paris must be spluttering. It looks increasingly likely that demands by the European Parliament for a limit on bankers' bonuses will become law. The parliament wants bonuses to be no higher than their salaries (or double their salaries, if three-quarters of a bank's shareholders agree).
That limit may yet be watered down in negotiations between the parliament and the EU Council, which consists of European governments. But the principle of a specified cap seems to have been accepted, despite opposition from Britain. Other European governments are keener to ensure new capital rules get passed--the bonus proposals have been appended to the directive implementing the Basel 3 rules--than to stand up in public to defend bankers' pay. "The British government understands they are walking a fine line between appeasing the masses and chasing business out of town," says a senior investment-bank executive. "Unfortunately they have to toe the line" if the statute passes.
The logic of capping bonuses looks appealing. Lavish payouts may create an asymmetric bet for bankers. If they take a big gamble that pays off, they get a huge bonus. If it goes horribly wrong, they face only limited downside. Sony Kapoor, a former banker who now runs Re-Define, a think-tank, says the cap will "help tackle the culture of excessive risk-taking and the bending of rules that has now become endemic to banking".
In fact, there is surprisingly little evidence to show that big cash bonuses lead to increased risk-taking or that capping the ratio of bonus to basic pay would reduce it. Rather, a cap on variable pay risks driving up fixed salaries as European banks seek to compete for talent with foreign and non-bank rivals.
A higher fixed-cost base would weaken the link between pay and performance. It would also limit banks' ability to cut costs in a downturn. Pay has come down sharply since the financial crisis, partly because higher capital ratios have reduced the profitability of banks. CEBR, a consultancy, reckons that the total bonus pool paid out to London-based bankers in the current pay round will fall to about £1.6 billion ($2.5 billion), down from a peak of £11.6 billion in 2008. That sort of flexibility is useful if you want banks to preserve capital in a crisis.
Bankers also argue that a lot has been done to pay structures to align the interests of employees and shareholders. The deferred portion of bonuses is much bigger than it was; this money can be "clawed back" if the bank subsequently does badly. Some firms are rewarding employees with subordinated debt in their own institutions, meaning they will take a hit if the bank goes bust. Unsurprisingly, the politicians in Brussels are paying little attention.
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Erin Minich, director education collaboration services for AVI-SPL, will provide guidance in her conference session "Campus Collaboration Playbook: Solutions for Every Budget and Application." Her talk is part of the EduComm Expo that runs September 30 and October 1 at Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center.
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Old newspapers, fresh PDFs
Some may say that "there is no older thing than a newspaper the day after". That ould be true for the usual readers, those who just read newspapers to be informed. But for infographics artists, designers and all teh art department, newspapers are mre than news. In my department we like to take a look to foreigner papers although they're old, and in other department's I've been was usual for anyone coming from abroad to bring some issues of the national newspapers, just to have an eye over graphics and design.
These old things that are old newspapers are now on the internet. As just a few are going to pay to have a look to old newsapers, many webs release them and their PDFs on teh web, free to download, complete, not just front pages. And some of them don't need neither a registration. Click, and to the desktop. Here you are some useful links to take a look to the print editions. If you know any, please comment or send an e-mail to include it on the list
Público (Spain)
Público Papel
I couldn't forget the paper I work for, Each day, at midnight, the previous edition is released in PDF, the edition of the day ihave just fornt page and last page available.
Eleftheros Typos (Greece)
Pdf Viewer
From the day of the redesign. At noon, the edition of the day is released. Great opportunity to take a look to the pages of teh chosen as Best designed national newspaper of Europe.
Free Press (Spain)
20 minutos
If they're free on teh streeets, why not on the web?
Publico (Portugal)
Ediçao impressa
San Francisco Examiner (EEUU)
SF Paper
El Mercurio (Chile)
El Mercurio PDF
La Tercera (Chile)
Papel Digital
De Morgen (Belgium)
El Comercio (Perú)
Edición impresa
Tabasco Hoy (México)
Edición impresa digital
JUst meanwhile the emergency, but who knows... Sometimes these things come to stay...
Diario de Pontevedra (Spain)
Not updated, but in the month
Thanks to all those who have helped me sending links in the spanish edition of this web, and for all those who will send more!!
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Leeds United head coach Steve Evans wants to make the Championship "sit up" for the first time this season by shading a "massive" game at Ipswich Town tonight.
Leeds United head coach Steve Evans wants to make the Championship "sit up" for the first time this season by shading a "massive" game at Ipswich Town tonight.
Evans admitted that United had entered a "big, big week" and said the retention of a nine-point gap to the play-offs was the "absolute minimum" target for his players.
Ipswich hold sixth place in the division and have maintained a substantial lead over Evans's squad by producing a run of five wins from seven league games.
United's trip to Portman Road is the first of two away games in the space of five days, the second another crucial fixture away at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon, and Evans made no secret of the importance of both fixtures.
Leeds have clung onto an outside chance of reaching the top six during Evans' three-month reign as head coach but an unbeaten run of seven league matches has failed to carry them closer to a play-off spot.
Evans, whose side travelled south yesterday morning and trained at Shaun Derry's Cambridge United ahead of this evening's clash, said: "Our results have been good but they could easily have been better. The gap's still there and I'm not hiding from the fact that this is a massive game for us in a big, big week.
"As an absolute minimum – an absolute minimum – we have to come out of this week no further back than nine points. We'll have three homes games in a row after that and our form is picking up at home. I'd back us to take a good number of points of those.
"I've said before that if we get on a roll then the teams above us will start looking at us and taking notice. This is about as tough as it gets, Tuesday night away to an Ipswich side who are in form, but a result would make the division sit up. We've not really made anyone do that yet."
Evans will take a late decision on the fitness of striker Chris Wood, who has missed the past two games with a hamstring strain, but his side will return to near-full strength following Saturday's FA Cup win over Rotherham United.
United's boss made four changes for that fixture, resting Stuart Dallas and Lewis Cook, but a 2-0 victory extended the club's undefeated sequence in all competitions to eight games.
Ipswich, whose manager Mick McCarthy made a total of seven changes in the FA Cup's third round, drew 2-2 with League Two side Portsmouth on Saturday.
Evans said: "I obviously had an eye on this week because I had to prioritise the league games but I was never going to make eight or nine changes against Rotherham. That wasn't going to happen.
"It's my job to win matches and last thing I wanted was for us to lose 3-0 to Rotherham and the crowd to go home feeling disillusioned. We got another good result, we're going along nicely and we've come into this week in good shape.
"Six points would be outstanding, four would be great and three I'd settle for. I'd like us to close in but the main thing, the first priority, is to make sure we don't fall further behind."


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"Eric Meyer." Say that name, and you'll immediately grab my attention, and possibly engage me in a conversation, even if you're a complete stranger. I was browsing through the tech section of a bookstore last year when I heard a stranger announce to her companion the title of a book she had been thumbing through, "It's called Eric Meyer on CSS. I think I've heard of this guy."
I stepped a little closer, pardoned myself, and offered my unsolicited advice.
"Don't even hesitate if you're thinking about buying that book."
I qualified my statement, making sure she had at least been introduced to the basics of CSS. "It's good, and Eric Meyer is good. You'll be more enlightened after working through just one chapter of that book."
We talked a little more about the book, and my knowledge of Eric Meyer. She thanked me, and then tucked it confidently under her arm to head for the cashier.
If you knew just how pivotal Eric Meyer has been in turning around my understanding of CSS, and in how I use it to push the limits of Web design, you'd also know why I have no qualms recommending his books to complete strangers.
You see, I ignored CSS for years.
While I was working at HotWired, my colleagues thought I would love CSS, and took every opportunity they could to encourage me to dive into the world of style-sheet-driven Web design. Although I am first and foremost a designer, my colleagues knew I have a fairly strong technical mind that can wrap itself around confined logical concepts. However, I'm no good at tolerating inconsistency and unpredictability when it comes to code and its behavior.
When I finally gave in to pressure and started dabbling with CSS, I immediately hit a brick wall. With 4.0 versions of Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer, I faced nothing but frustration every time I tried using CSS beyond color and basic type treatment. I wanted to see consistent margins, type size, and positioning across common browsers and platforms. In 1998, support for even these basic features was horrendous, causing big headaches for any designer who tried to produce the same look in multiple browsers.
Thus, I wrote off CSS as a failed pipedream that certainly wasn't for me. I wanted to continue reproducing beautiful, usable design, and I wasn't about to trust CSS and its buggy browser support as the means to implement and control my design.
During those trials with CSS, one of my good fortunes was coming across one of the only books at the time dedicated entirely to Cascading Style Sheets. Luckily for me, it was written by Eric Meyer.
Eric's book sat unused on my shelf for a few years while I avoided CSS. Eventually, circumstances began to change. I started seeing news of much-improved browser support for CSS. Small sites were using CSS more abundantly, and it looked like they were producing fairly consistent results. The changes piqued my interest enough to turn my head toward CSS and make me crave more information.
Almost everywhere I looked, I saw Eric Meyer's name the author of the book I owned attached to helpful resources. Articles on CSS, CSS test suites, a CSS mailing list, and his CSS master grid that I started using religiously to check possible properties and value combinations.
His book I had purchased several years prior no longer resided on the bookshelf, but on a corner of my desk where I could easily reach it, and make use of it as a constant reference. "How does positioning work again?" "What's that CSS equivalent of tracking called?" "In what order do those font values need to be?" I couldn't get enough of Eric Meyer's writings. Each new Meyer article I discovered helped me fit another piece into the puzzle.
Fast-forward to a year or so later. Eric's first book was still on the corner of my desk, becoming increasingly worn around the edges. I was neck-deep into the 2002 all-CSS Wired News redesign when Eric Meyer on CSS his first invaluable project-based look at CSS was released. The first night I had the new book in my hands, I dove straight into the chapter on Multicolumn Layout. I was instantly hooked. The epiphanies I had while going through that book made me wish it had been written (and that I had read it) long before I began creating Wired's complex style sheets.
So you can imagine my excitement when I learned that Eric and New Riders were publishing this sequel to Eric Meyer on CSS. We get to have more of what was already a great thing! More practical examples that hit home for every Web designer and developer. More real-world projects that mimic challenges we face every day. More of Eric's in-depth revelations and insights into basic and advanced uses of CSS. More wisdom bequeathed from the master. More Eric Meyer on CSS.
Eric's knowledge and mastery of CSS enables him to write authoritatively on the subject. Yet he writes with this personal, familiar tone that's easy to read and understand. This combination in a teacher makes for the best of both worlds whether you're trying to learn something new or expand on your own accumulated knowledge. In addition to walking you through the concepts behind the "how" of what he's doing, Eric effortlessly explains the "why." I advocate that understanding the why's of CSS are just as important as the how's. With the project-based approach of this book and its predecessor, Eric strikes just the right balance between the two.
Following along with Eric's example files, or reading through notes and warnings in the sidebars, light bulbs constantly flick on: "Ah, that's how I solve this!" or "Oh, that's why my background disappeared under the float? I get it now."
Facing a pesky problem with the layout on a client project? Trying to figure out how to make your gallery pages more flexible? No idea why those background images aren't lining up? Spend a little time with this book, and Eric will walk you through a similar situation that will open your eyes to the possibilities. You'll wonder where you would have been without Eric Meyer's guidance to make sense of it all.
As with the first version of Eric Meyer on CSS, the organization of this follow-up book makes it easy to dive into any chapter to begin expanding your understanding of CSS in a way that's immediately relevant to you. The real-world challenges that Eric presents and solves in this book will spawn more ideas, providing the confidence you'll need to tackle other related challenges head on.
I've turned 180 degrees from total rejection of CSS to eager adoption of any new method or technique I can dream up or get my hands on. Eric Meyer has certainly played and continues to play a significant role in this turnaround, and in my appreciation of the power and flexibility of CSS. He can do the same thing for you.
If you're a Web designer or developer who has at least dabbled with a little CSS and are past the casual introduction, from my perspective, the real question is not whether this book or the original Eric Meyer on CSS should be in your possession. But rather, with which project will you start once you have the book all to yourself?
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With spring here we have made the most of it by getting into the sunshine. We decided to this year add a herb garden to our vegetable patch so i labeled the pots and Tara matched the packet of herbs to their pots. Great for letter and word recognition.
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Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Armstrong's online and blended programs are included below. For questions that may not be addressed with the FAQs, please send them to email@example.com.
- What is the difference between an online and blended program?
Armstrong offers both online and blended programs. Students enrolled in online programs typically do not come to campus unless a program has a specific requirement that may be related to licensing or accreditation. Students enrolled in blended programs are required to come to campus for a percentage of the courses but the amount of time on campus is dependent upon each courses within the program.
Armstrong's definitions for online and blended programs provide more details about these educational formats.
Online programs include all fully online courses. A "fully online" course typically has 100% of all instructional delivery of class sessions provided via the internet or through the use of one or more technologies. In some courses, depending upon the program, a course may have 96% to 100% instructional delivery online with some limited, required face-to-face instructional delivery or engagement but this would be for a required orientation, exam, etc. relating to licensing or accreditation requirements. Armstrong clearly identifies which courses require any type of face-to-face engagement.
Blended programs include partially online courses but may also include some fully online courses. "Partially online courses" have 51% to 95% of instructional delivery of class sessions provided via the internet or through the use of one or more technologies. Therefore, students are required to campus or an approved site for some face-to-face instructional. Armstrong also offers fully online certificate programs. A full listing of Armstrong's online and blended programs is available online (put link here to marketing site).
- Are Armstrong's online and blended programs accredited?
All of Armstrong's online and blended programs have been approved by the University System of Georgia and approved by the Southern Association for Colleges & Schools-SACS.
- Is Armstrong State University authorized to offer online programs across the United States?
Armstrong is authorized to offer online programs in many states. Authorization is currently pending in additional states as Armstrong continues to research and respond to the requirements for each state. For information regarding state authorization, please contact Marsha Miller in the Center for Teaching & Learning by email at email@example.com or 912.344.3354.
- Is the quality of an online and blended program the same as an on-campus program?
The courses taught through Armstrong's online and blended programs are the same high quality courses taught on Armstrong's on-campus programs. The primary difference is the delivery format of the courses. Armstrong's courses are developed and taught by world-class faculty who are committed to academic excellence, rigor, and scholarship of teaching and learning. When students graduate from one of Armstrong's online and blended programs, there is nothing on the transcript identifying a program as being online or blended. Graduates from online and blended programs receive the same diploma as on-campus students and they are invited to participate in Armstrong's commencement.
- How do I know if online or blended learning is for me?
We encourage all potential students to complete the student readiness assessment that measures how prepared you are for online and blended learning. The assessment will identify your strengths as well as areas that you may need to develop so you can successfully enroll and complete a degree or certificate program.
- Is someone available to talk to when I have questions?
Online students will be assigned an academic advisor who will be available to answer questions via phone, email, or Wimba conversations. They will provide answers when possible, but they will also know how to direct you to key contacts on campus who can address concerns about technology, financial aid, and more.
- What are the minimal technical requirements for students enrolling in Armstrong's online and blended programs?
The technical requirements for Armstrong's online and blended programs are provided below.
- Operating System: A Windows operating system is recommended. Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7; Mac OS X 10.5 or higher
- Processor: 1 GHz recommended
- Memory: 512 MB of RAM recommended
- Disk Space: 1 GB free disk space is required for software installation
- Internet: Students must have regular access to the internet to connect to courses offered through Armstrong's online and blended programs
- Internet Browsers: Firefox 3.6, Internet Explorer 7or 8, or Safari 5 recommended
- Compatibility Check: If you have already downloaded and installed the recommended internet browser, use this link to run a compatibility check.
- Modem: Cable or DSL recommended
- Plug-ins: The following plug-ins are required for online and blended programs: Adobe Reader, Java, QuickTime Player, RealOne Player, and Windows Media Player. Note: These plug-ins are available free of charge from the sites
- Software: Microsoft Office 2007 or later is required
- Anti-Virus Software: Anti-virus software strongly recommended
- Sound Card, Microphone, and Speakers: A working sound card, speakers, and microphone required
- Monitor: A minimum 800 x 600 resolution required; 1024 x 768 resolution recommended
- Disk Drive: A CD-Rom drive required
- Printer: Access to graphics-capable printer
It is recommended that all students configure their computer prior to beginning their courses. check the configurations of your computer here.
- What if I've never worked with Desire2Learn as a Learning Management System (LMS) or Blackboard Collaborate for webcasting?
There are a number of excellent tutorials available online for both Desire2Learn and Blackboard Collaborate. The Office of Online & Blended Learning provides links to some of the best of these tutorials at the following link.
- How does online work in terms of "coming to class" for online and blended programs?
Students enrolled in online and blended programs can access their courses through Armstrong's Learning Management System (LMS), Desire2Learn. The LMS, which is accessible through the internet, provides students with 24/7 access to course content, discussion boards, webcasting, gradebook, and more. Online programs typically do not require students to come to campus so student-to-student and faculty-student engagement occurs through the LMS also known as an eClassroom.
Students enrolled in blended programs are actively engaged in both the eClassroom and on campus. Assignments for online and blended programs are submitted through the LMS. In some online programs, students may have exams in which a proctor is required. This information will be in your course syllabus so you can work with Armstrong's Office of Testing Services to secure a proctor near you.
- Once accepted into an online or blended program, what can I do to make sure I am ready as a new student?
Armstrong offers a "live" Online Student Orientation and an Online First Year Experience for students enrolled in online and blended programs. Students are encouraged to attend the Online Student Orientation and to attend the various events offered monthly through the Online First Year Experience. The Online Orientation, hosted through Collaborate, personally introduces students enrolled in online and blended programs to key student support specialists across campus, including the Lane Library, Writing Center, Offices of Disability Services, Financial Aid, Career Services, and Student Affairs. The Online First Year Experience, hosted through Collaborate and live steaming, provides monthly online events focusing on different topics related to student success.
- Is there financial aid assistance available?
Yes. For more information on the types of aid available and how to apply for them, please visit Financial Aid for Online Students.
- How much will the HOPE or Zell Miller Scholarship pay?
HOPE Scholarship may be applied towards the standard tuition charges using the Georgia Student Finance Commission's (GSFC) determined factor rate. Your HOPE Award Amount is prorated based on the number of credit hours you are enrolled and the factor rate. To review the HOPE Award Amounts, review GSFC's Award Amount Chart (PDF). HOPE will not cover any student fees, book allowances, nor will HOPE pay for any institutional charges such as lab fees or full e-tuition.
Zell Miller Scholarship may be applied towards the standard tuition charges using the Georgia Student Finance Commission's (GSFC) determined factor rate. Your Zell Award Amount is prorated based on the number of credit hours you are enrolled and the factor rate. To review the Zell Award AmountsGSFC's Award Amount Chart (PDF). Zell will not cover any student fees, book allowances, nor will Zell pay for any institutional charges such as lab fees or full e-tuition.
For more information, please visit the HOPE & Zell Miller Scholarship page.
- Is there federal funding for online and blended programs?
Yes, federal and state funding is available for qualified students. You may review potential federal student aid programs at www.studentaid.ed.gov. If you are interested in Federal Financial Aid, such as Pell Grant and Stafford Loans, you must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) each year you plan to attend Armstrong. The FAFSA will allow the Office of Financial Aid to evaluate financial aid eligibility. If you would like to consider potential state funding, please visit www.gacollege411.org.
- What is verification of attendance?
Federal regulations require that you must ATTEND the classes for which aid is awarded. Verification of attendance is the process of having your professor indicate whether or not you have been in attendance. If you are NOT verified in attendance by faculty, your aid may be reduced or cancelled. You should be aware that your registration for classes that begin in the later part of the term also may result in a delay of your financial aid disbursement as attendance cannot be verified until the classes begin. Verification of attendance usually takes place in the first two weeks of the class period and disbursement of aid happens in the third week.
- How will I be engaged if I am not coming to campus?
Armstrong provides innovative opportunities for students to become engaged in the eClassroom and through co-curricular activities hosted both online and on campus. While online courses are typically asynchronous (not real-time), faculty teaching online courses often offer synchronous (real-time) sessions for students to connect through Collaborate (a webcasting application). Collaborate enables students to use features such as Talk, Video, Chat, Sceenshare, etc. Armstrong eClassrooms also have an eCafe where students are able to connect synchronously through Collaborate to engage in real-time discussions or attend "live" events with guest speakers, panel presentations, student organizations, etc. Blended programs engage students in both the eClassroom and the traditional classroom on campus. Armstrong also provides students with opportunities to connect through Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
- Is online learning really anytime, anywhere?
Armstrong recognizes that students have many responsibilities to balance in their busy lives. Armstrong also recognizes that online students may be living "anywhere" in the United States or in the world which is why the majority of online courses are designed as asynchronous. The concept of "anytime" means that students have the opportunity to study and complete weekly course work when it best fits into their schedules. However, students are required to submit assignments, complete readings, and take quizzes or exams by the respective due dates listed in the course syllabus. Therefore, time management is very important for keeping up with course work and for working on group assignments.
- What kind of technology do students need for online and blended programs?
We try to make our courses as easy as possible to access technically while still maintaining a quality online experience. (View the basic technical requirements.) You should also review any additional requirements that your program area may have.
- How does graduation work if you are in an online or blended program?
All students who are graduating are invited to attend Armstrong's graduation ceremony hosted in the May and in December. Information pertaining to cap and gown will be sent out by email and available through an online link. Celebratory events are held throughout the day and a special reception is held for online students since this may be the first time they have come to campus.
Note: upon completion of degree requirements, your degree, along with academic honors, will be posted on your academic transcript. Diplomas for all graduates are mailed approximately 4-6 weeks after commencement.
- How can I become involved as a "Pirate" in Armstrong's alumni association when I graduate?
You become an official "Pirate" as soon as you are accepted and enroll in one of Armstrong's programs. As a student, you will be invited to attend events both online and on campus. Many of these events will provide opportunities for you to connect with classmates and Armstrong alumni. When you graduate from Armstrong, the alumni association will reach out to welcome you as a lifetime Pirate and provide you with information on the many benefits available to alumni. With alumni living around the United States and the world, you will also have the opportunity to connect with fellow Pirates through annual events.


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Stephen King: Twilight is "Tweenager Porn"
As Stephen King's 56th novel, Doctor Sleep, reaches a King-hungry audience, the master storyteller talks to The Guardian about, among other things, the work of some of his peers.
So that's some of what he didn't much care for. But what does he like?
Stephen King, the prolific and best-selling patriarch of the horror novel, has used a rare interview to express disdain for modern pretenders to his title, dismissing the Twilight franchise as "tweenager porn" and calling The Hunger Games dull and derivative.
More predictably, King, who is about to release his 56th novel, is less than impressed by Fifty Shades of Grey, although he does have praise for JK Rowling's "fabulous" non-Harry Potter debut, The Casual Vacancy and compared her style to that of the late Tom Sharpe.
In an interview in the Guardian's Weekend magazine, the 65-year-old author said he had read Twilight, among other modern titles, out of professional interest, and had been underwhelmed. "They're really not about vampires and werewolves. They're about how the love of a girl can turn a bad boy good."
"I read Twilight and didn't feel any urge to go on with her. I read The Hunger Games and didn't feel an urge to go on. It's not unlike The Running Man, which is about a game where people are actually killed and people are watching: a satire on reality TV.
So that's some of what he didn't much care for. But what does he like?
King declared himself a fan of the "amazingly good" Donna Tartt, but criticised her workrate. "She's dense, she's allusive. She's a gorgeous storyteller," he said. "But three books in 30 years? That makes me want to go to that person and grab her by the shoulders and look into her face and say: 'Do you realise how little time you have in the scheme of things?' "Scribner published Doctor Sleep on Tuesday. The long-awaited sequel to The Shining has largely drawn glowing reviews. In her New York Times review of the book, Margaret Atwood began:
"Doctor Sleep" is Stephen King's latest novel, and it's a very good specimen of the quintessential King blend. According to Vladimir Nabokov, Salvador Dalí was "really Norman Rockwell's twin brother kidnapped by gypsies in babyhood." But actually there were triplets: the third one is Stephen King.
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How TAC created a place to remember as a grim reminder of year's road toll, via Grey Melbourne
Each empty place remembers a life lost on Victorian roads.
Tribute tweets and instagram shots were directed to #aplacetoremember.
As the road toll rises chairs were added to the table.
Over the time of the installation 6 chairs joined the table.
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this is a really lovely idea
Saw it on Saturday night. Impossible to ignore.
Looked great. Very powerful. Sad.
There was a large crowd gathering and parents were explaining it to their children.
Well done Grey.
A much more hard hitting approach here.. Love it!
Walked past this on Saturday night, was quite impressive.
I was showing some friends around Yesterday.
Saw the table from the Sky Deck. Went down to ground level to get a closer look.
The words and the high chair made me cry.
Great idea.
I like it - it's great!
Such a powerful thing to see.
A timely reminder to us all to stay safe.
All those chairs. All different. The families broken apart. Heartbreaking.
Old chairs. Baby chairs. Walking sticks.
I was there too and I have been looking for somewhere to write about it.
Gave me goosebumps.
Oh to use your powers for good. It must feel unbelievable.
Well done team. Great piece of work that will hopefully get public to change behaviour.
Great stuff.
This is not Knox's first outing with chairs.
Some readers might recall a series of chair sculptures out the back of 474 St Kilda Rd.
The newspaper did a story on it. There were a few formations. Years ago.
This one's much better though. Looks great. Certainly kicks you in the guts. I saw it on my way to our Christmas party. Well done all involved.
Very nice
Very nice. Simple. Moving.
Catching up on my Aussie gossip and I see this!
Very compelling and equally as sad.
The # is worth looking at. The photos and the comments, too real.
The dark side of me wishes it saw it in the flesh.
Top idea. I hope it reminds people to drive safely.
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Shape Up or Slip Out! is the fifth game in Al Lowe's Leisure Suit Larry series. All the events from the previous games are forgotten. Larry is once again single, and again his goal is to capture the interest of various ladies. By sheer coincidence, Larry finds himself on a TV Game Show called "Stallions". He wins a weekend at the Spa Resort, La Costa Lotta. Naturally, there are some beautiful women in the spa who are just dreaming about such a wonderful, handsome man as Larry! Uh... or is it really so? It is the player's goal to find out!
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text: Hey, science fiction artists! Stop anthropomorphizing space stations and outposts! Just because a space station is run by artificial intelligences doesn't mean it has to look human — where are all the giant space lions these days? Actually, just kidding — this humanoid floaty station looks cool and impassive, and totally makes us want to pick up the new Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, whose cover it adorns. It's an illustration by artist Fredrik Fahlstad for the cover story, "The Roberts," and it's that rare cover that actually makes us curious about the accompanying story, especially with the head-wires the bits floating off the many-handed edifice, and what looks like a bullet-train below. [Mondolithic Studios]


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In January 2008, national league tables for 5 A* to C grades at GCSE revealed Greenwich had the lowest pass rate in the country. Plans for a new building for St Paul's Academy are at least 3 years behind and a new John Roan school will be 5 storeys tall with a playground on the roof.
Promoted by Geoff Brighty on behalf of Greenwich Conservatives, both of 74 Westmount Rd, London, SE9 1JE.


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Authors: Florentin Smarandache
"Outer-Art" is a movement set up as a protest against, or to ridicule, the random modern art which states that everything is… art! It was initiated by Florentin Smarandache, in 1990s, who ironically called for an upside-down artwork: to do art in a way it is not supposed to be done, i.e. to make art as ugly, as silly, as wrong as possible, and generally as impossible as possible!
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Short Message Service (SMS) has turned 25 years old with its silver jubilee as the first text message was sent on December 3, 1992.
The popular text message feature was widely applauded due to its large-scale use. The first message was compiled and sent by Sema Group software architect Neil Papworth who typed 'Merry Christmas' and sent it to Vodafone director Richard Jarvis. It was sent from a computer to Orbitel 901 handset.
Even the software architect wasn't sure whether the feature will become a hit. Finnish company Nokia was the first one to launch mobile phones with SMS feature.
According to Tech Times, it took a decade to become widely used with easy send and receive options. In 1995, there were only 0.4 text messages sent per month, however, the number skyrocketed to 12.5 billion in 2006.
Despite the thriving internet world, 781 billion text messages were sent per month in June, 2017. These figures are only taken from the United States and global stats are expected to be much larger.
Tech critics now predict that SMS feature will soon become second priority with the emergence of WhatsApp, Apple s iMessage, Google Hangouts, Facebook Messenger, Viber and other social media or instant-messaging apps that run over internet.
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After years of violence and disruption from the lefts hate groups, Black Lives Matter, ANTIFA, and Anarchists, the press is surprised that the KKK, the White Nationalist, the Alt Right, the militias come out to exploit the division that the Democrats have sown. None of these groups represent me or most Americans. Funny thing, they all have leftist origins, not Republican, not Conservative, not Libertarian. It is always the left who thinks they have the right to deceive to divide and sow hatred and division, never the conservative, never the patriot. It is always the leftist who thinks they have the right to silence and intimidate their opposition.It is always the leftist who engages in political murders. For the press to demonize Trump for saying we must be Americans first, love and respect one another and stop this hate filled rhetoric and violence that divides us, is less than honorable. Trump is not a racist, not a bigot. To smear him because the White Supremacists have decided to use their faux support of him to further divide and disrupt our nation further is unconscionable. The press continues to spin everything Trump does and says, so negatively, inciting and encouraging more division, more violence from the radical groups in our nation. The press has a lot to answer for. During the Obama years they were silent as he used every bureaucracy as a political weapon against conservatives and his political/ideological opposition. During the Obama years, the press allowed Obama and the Dems to lie about every police shooting of a black man, incited the mob and put targets on our law enforcement's back. During the Obama years and now, the Democrats and leftist activist groups have demonized Republics and incited the mob, resulting in our Congressman being shot. During the Obama years, the press ignored the fact that Obama funded leftist activist groups with tax payer and OFA money. The press needs to remember they are Americans First, before ideology and party, just like our Democrat leaders do. Their desired ends do not justify any means. Creating chaos to force more statism on the land of the free is not permissible. Hate groups creating chaos thru division and incitement, to force their vision on the land of the free is not permissible.
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Graphics pioneer Ken Perlin is well-known for his work on procedural generation of textures. Recently he rewrote his classic Noise algorithm to reduce the complexity of generating pseudorandom gradients in higher dimensions by transforming a problem on N-cells to one on N-simplices. I couldn't find on his NYU home page a write-up by his own hand; apparently the only implementation exists in his Java applet. There is a well-known exegesis by Stefan Gustavson that completely rewrites the algorithm; I've also found a write-up by Perlin himself in a collection of course notes. The latter shows an extremely terse implementation in Java (Appendix B) that purports to correspond directly with hardware operations implemented in a specialized pipelined processor. I'll show an unraveled re-implementation of that Java algorithm that exactly corresponds to Prof. Perlin's, in the sense that the outputs are the same, but with the magic hopefully explained clearly. I will assume, however, that you are familiar with the original algorithm; if not, read Gustavson's analysis for a clear introduction to its workings.
The key to Perlin's Noise is that it interpolates pseudo-random gradients attached to lattice points. In the original algorithm, those gradients are computed by successive lookups using a permutation table. The new algorithm is geared towards an 8.8 fixed-point format; instead of tables it uses bit-slicing operations to compute two pseudo-random 3-bit hashes from the lattice points:
let patterns = [| 0o25; 0o70; 0o62; 0o54; 0o15; 0o23; 0o07; 0o52 |] let btst n b = (n lsr b) land 1 let bmix i j k b = patterns.((btst i b lsl 2) lor (btst j b lsl 1) lor (btst k b)) let shuffle (i, j, k) = bmix i j k 0 + bmix j k i 1 + bmix k i j 2 + bmix i j k 3 + bmix j k i 4 + bmix k i j 5 + bmix i j k 6 + bmix j k i 7
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patterns in octal to stress the fact that the result is a 6-bit number.
btst simlpy extracts the b-th bit from n.
bmix takes a 3-bit slice from the b-th bits of i, j and k, in that order, and uses it to index on
shuffle adds up
bmixes of eight circular rotations of (i, j, k) for each bit 0, 1 … 7. The procedure seems rather ad-hoc, but in fact produces rather well-distributed 3-bit fields among all the (28)3 = 16 Mi combinations of (i, j, k):
|P[Lower 3 bits = N]
|P[Upper 3 bits = N]
These 3-bit hashes are used to compute a magnitude for vector (x, y, z) by selecting each coordinate with probability 3/4, applying a random sign to each with probability 1/2 and adding the resulting values:
let magnitude h (x, y, z) = let p, q, r = match h land 7 with | 0 -> z , x , y | 1 -> x , y , 0. | 2 -> y , z , 0. | 3 -> z , x , 0. | 4 -> z , x , y | 5 -> x , 0., z | 6 -> y , 0., x | 7 -> z , 0., y | _ -> assert false in match (h lsr 3) land 7 with | 0 -> -. p -. q +. r | 1 -> +. p -. q -. r | 2 -> -. p +. q -. r | 3 -> +. p +. q +. r | 4 -> +. p +. q -. r | 5 -> -. p +. q +. r | 6 -> +. p -. q +. r | 7 -> -. p -. q -. r | _ -> assert false
This amounts to finding the dot product of the vector (x, y, z) with a random gradient on the unit cell. Generating all combinations and extracting the gradient vectors we get the following diagram:
Each dot shows the frequency with which that vector is selected; the diagonal vectors (±1, ±1, ±1) occur half as frequently as the mid-edge vectors (±1, ±1, 0) —and rotations—, to account for their greater magnitude and thus weight. All this is done without multiplying! If you study Perlin's paper and code, you will notice that he uses bit operations to select each of the x, y and z coordinates and to add or subtract them, to avoid using tables; however, the code doesn't quite correspond to the explanation given in the text. I've unrolled the conditionals into two jump tables in a way that duplicates the effect of the code; thus the first jump table is not equivalent to the one given in the text.
The key to the efficiency of this algorithm is not just in the use of bit operations for generating pseudo-random gradients but in the subdivision strategy used to combine them in ℝN. In the original algorithm, each of the 2N vertices in the N-cell are associated with a gradient which is cubically interpolated between pairs of hyperplanes. This not only generates visual artifacts since the interpolation scheme is not C²-continuous, it requires O(2N) work. The new algorithm mitigates the first problem by using a quartic interpolant, and solves the second by decomposing the N-cell into N! simplices:
let simplices = [| [| (0,0,0); (1,0,0); (1,1,0); (1,1,1) |]; [| (0,0,0); (1,0,0); (1,0,1); (1,1,1) |]; [| (0,0,0); (0,1,0); (1,1,0); (1,1,1) |]; [| (0,0,0); (0,1,0); (0,1,1); (1,1,1) |]; [| (0,0,0); (0,0,1); (1,0,1); (1,1,1) |]; [| (0,0,0); (0,0,1); (0,1,1); (1,1,1) |] |]
This requires interpolating among N + 1 vertices taken in pairs, for O(N²) work total. The simplex in which a point (u, v, w) in the unit cell lies is determined by the permutation index of coordinates (u, v, w):
let permindex (u, v, w) = if u >= w then if u >= v then if v >= w then 0 else 1 else 2 else if v >= w then 3 else if u >= v then 4 else 5
Perlin's code uses a different method to directly travel along the simplex edges by incrementing each coordinate according to the permutation index; I've opted for using a table to simplify the code and eliminate the need for global variables. Each point (x, y, z) is decomposed into a sum of a lattice vector (i, j, k) and a point in the unit cell (u, v, w). To account for the different volumes in the simplicial decomposition of the unit N-cell, the vectors are
let int x = if x < 0. then pred (truncate x) else truncate x let skew (x, y, z) = let s = (x +. y +. z) /. 3. in let i = int (x +. s) and j = int (y +. s) and k = int (z +. s) in (i, j, k)
let unskew (x, y, z) (i, j, k) = let s = float (i + j + k) /. 6. in let u = x -. float i +. s and v = y -. float j +. s and w = z -. float k +. s in (u, v, w)
along the main diagonal of the N-cell. This amounts to a change of basis between a cubic and a tetrahedral grid and back. In general, the skewing factor is (√(N+1) - 1)/N and the unskewing factor is (N + 1 - √(N+1))/(N(N+1)). A couple of simple functions will simplify the main routine:
let norm2 (x, y, z) = x *. x +. y *. y +. z *. z let addi3 (i, j, k) (i', j', k') = (i + i', j + j', k + k')
Now given a point p,
noise finds the lattice vector l and the unit-cell coordinates x corresponding to it. It then selects the simplex s corresponding to x. Then, for each of its vertices v it finds the simplicial coordinates y of x relative to v. It computes in t a radial basis for y such that only the gradients attached to the simplex's vertices contribute to the final result. If it does, it computes the hash h corresponding to v, uses it to find the pseudo-random gradient applied to y and accumulates the corresponding contribution for this vertex:
let noise p = let l = skew p in let x = unskew p l in let s = simplices.(permindex x) in let f = ref 0. in for i = 0 to 3 do let v = s.(i) in let y = unskew x v in let t = 0.6 -. norm2 y in if t > 0. then let h = shuffle (addi3 l v) in let t = t *. t in f := !f +. 8. *. t *. t *. magnitude h y done; !f
That's it.
noise returns a floating-point number in the interval [-1, 1]; in order to use it in pixmaps it is frequently more useful to
rescale it to an unsigned byte:
let clampb n = (n lor ((255-n) asr (Sys.word_size-2))) land lnot (n asr (Sys.word_size-2)) land 255 let rescale f = clampb (int (0.5 +. ldexp (f +. 1.) 7))
clampb is a nice little branchless routine to constrain an integer to the range [0, 255]. Note that in OCaml, integers are
Sys.word_size - 1 bits long; in Java, for instance, the code would be:
public static int clampb(int n) { return (n | ((255-n) >>> 31)) & ~(n >>> 31) & 255; }
(teasing that code apart is a nice exercise in bit twiddling.) This implementation produces the same result, pixel for pixel, as Perlin's code. This is a slice in the interval (-2, -2, 0)–(2, 2, 0) as a GIF file computed with this code:
and this is the same slice as a PNG file computed in Java with the class given by Perlin in his Appendix B:
There are two avenues open for further explorations of this algorithm. The first is to generalize it to an arbitrary number of dimensions; Gustavson's paper is a good starting point for that. The other is to go further with Perlin's original intention of building a hardware generator and eliminate the use of floating-point operations. This is mostly mechanical, except for the calculation of t in the inner loop, which requires at least a 0.24 fixed-point format.


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The meeting on October 11 was an important one. The by-law changes were passed and are now posted on the website. The 2017 slate of officers was voted in unanimously and they are:
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Anthony Berger from PennDOT explained a lot about the procedures PennDOT uses to get input from the public and how PennDOT is gradually changing to be more inclusive of all road users. Geoff Knight, Harrisburg City Planner, spoke about a lot of exciting improvement that Harrisburg is working to implement, including adding multiple bike lanes and bike routes. One big project Harrisburg would like to see completed as soon as possible is the reconstruction of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Bridge on the south end of City Island so it could be used for bikers, pedestrians and mass transit. This bridge would provide and important connection between Lemoyne and Harrisburg. This picture above represents one conceptual vision for this bridge.
And Mark Riordan won the 50/50 raffle which benefits the HBC Janet Pontius safety fund.
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Lightning team:
George has completed the new seat support system and Chris has been creating and installing side deck gussets with loads resolved in-line this time. Scott has just about finished scraping and sanding the varnish dribbles from the inside bottom.
Jim has refreshed the stain and begun the varnishing inside one of the skiffs and it is really looking amazing now. Scuff it up before the next few coats and it should be done next week.
The second skiff should be right behind it.
Oars have been ordered and will be here in 4 to 6 weeks.
Shepherd team:
the scraping of the bottom prior to repainting is about 30% complete.
Other tasks for this week:
Scrapper II and Wings need a winter covers and we have the covers. Scrounge up some ridge poles, sawhorse brackets and some 2x4's and we can get this done.
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I did not get to go this year, I was in Nebraska visiting my grandbaby Layla and daughter Jen while her husband was deployed.
I hear they had a great time. Debby was supposed to take pictures for me and send them but as you can see I am still waiting. (Hint Hint)
Anyway, we do have a great time, we always hit the street fair, go shopping, hit one of our favorite stores, "The Alley" and sometimes we hit up a movie. We get to lay by the pool, relax and read.
Always a great adventure with my sisters and sister-in-law Connie. Looking forward to next year.
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Rob has a job on the side.
Since Zoey was a Senior in High School, Rob has picked up the cheerleaders chairs at the school and taken them to all the games and then back to the school to store them. He did it for all 4 years of Tristen cheering. He did it for the year after Tristen graduated. He did it for Danica's freshman year when she was cheering. Danica plays volleyball this year and is not cheering but they asked Rob to be the chair man again this year and he said he would. So if you want to find Rob and Debby on a friday night, they will be loading up chairs for all the football games and then returning them to the High School.
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Tristen, she will probably kill me for putting this on here. We love you Trissy!!!
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Dan dropped by on his way back to his apartment from watching his friends daughter play ball.
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Robbin was taking pictures of Danica and Kirby without them knowing.
We had a great time at the Farrer's, always something fun going on at their house.
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- n. A subject of the kingdom of Nabataea.
- n. The Aramaic dialect of the Nabataeans.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to the Nabatæans: as, Nabatæan kings; Nabatæan inscriptions.
- n. One of the Arab people dwelling in ancient times on the east and southeast of Palestine, often identified with the people mentioned in the Old Testament under the name of Nebaioth (Isa. lx. 7), and in the first book of Maccabees (v. 25) as Nabathites.
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Some history: Roughly 2,500 years ago, Nabataean nomads decided to settle down in what's now known as Petra, most likely when they found the place was easy to defend, thanks to a labyrinth of steep canyon walls, and was blessed with lots of water.
Perhaps taking a tip from the old-time Nabataean taxes, Jordan today charges 50 dinars about US$70 for a day in Petra for visitors who spent at least a night in the country.
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Since 1993 a team from Brown University, led by Martha Sharp Joukowsky, has carried out a dig at Petra's Great Temple, and it has found some rare and beautiful specimens of Nabataean architecture.
The capital of the ancient Nabataean people, Petra was ornately carved into the pink sandstone cliffside 2,000 years ago.
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Perched atop the façade is an eagle, a Nabataean and Greek male deity symbol.
Relief sculptures from Petra's first-century A.D. heyday as a thriving merchant capital include depictions of Medusa, left, a bust of Pisces, middle, and the Nabataean god Dushara carved in the style of Dionysus.
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College men's hockey: Pioneers rally to finish sweep of Bulldogs
DENVER—After combining to score five goals in their first three meetings this season, Minnesota Duluth and Denver launched what this series considers an offensive explosion.
In the final regular-season meeting between last year's national championship combatants, the fourth-ranked Pioneers prevailed 4-3 over the ninth-ranked Bulldogs to finish off a season sweep Saturday night, Feb. 3.
Junior wing Dylan Gambrell scored the game-winning goal with 10:51 remaining in regulation as the league-leading Pioneers extended their unbeaten streak to seven games (5-0-2).
The Bulldogs, who have lost three straight and four of their last five, fell into a tie for fourth with North Dakota in the NCHC standings after Western Michigan took sole possession of third via a 3-2 win at Miami. North Dakota was idle this weekend. The Bulldogs are off next weekend before returning to NCHC play Feb. 16-17 against Miami at Amsoil Arena.
The Pioneers (16-6-6 overall, 10-4-4 NCHC), who lead second-place St. Cloud State by three points in the standings, scored twice in the second period to force a 3-3 tie going into the third.
Denver freshman wing Ryan Barrow tied the game at 2-2 seven seconds short of the second's five-minute mark with a shot to the far post after a Bulldogs turnover at their defensive blue line. Junior wing Jarid Lukosevicius, whose second-period hat trick turned the tide Denver's way in the NCAA title game last April, tied the game again with under three minutes to go in the second, finishing an onslaught on the doorstep of UMD sophomore goalie Hunter Shepard.
Sophomore wing Riley Tufte gave the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead just over nine minutes into the second on a breakaway down the left boards that was sprung by freshman defenseman Louie Roehl. Tufte sniped his short just inside the near post for his team-leading 13th goal of the season.
The Bulldogs (14-13-3, 8-10) built a 2-1 lead in the first period thanks to goals from freshmen Scott Perunovich and Kobe Roth.
Perunovich, a defenseman from Hibbing, tied the game just past the midway point of the first by putting a move on a defenseman before sniping a shot top shelf, popping the water bottle of Pioneers senior goaltender Tanner Jaillet. It was Perunovich's seventh goal of the season and team-leading 25th point in 28 games.
Roth gave the Bulldogs — who came into the night 0-3 against Denver having lost 1-0, 2-1 and 1-0 this season — their first lead of the season against Denver by deflecting a shot by freshman defenseman Mikey Anderson through the five-hole of Jaillet.
Prior to Saturday, Jaillet had not given up a goal at Magness Arena since the calendar flipped to 2018.
Denver junior wing Logan O'Connor scored shorthanded in the opening five minutes to put the Bulldogs down 1-0. O'Connor held the puck on a two-on-one breakaway and tucked the puck into the top left corner to beat Shepard stick side.
O'Connor's short-handed goal came during a penalty-filled opening five minutes that saw three infractions — two on Denver, one on UMD — resulting in just 1:08 of even-strength time in the opening 7:08 of the game.
Minn. Duluth 2-1-0—3
Denver 1-2-1—4
First period — 1. DU, Logan O'Connor 2, 4:22 (sh); 2. UMD, Scott Perunovich 7 (Billy Exell, Jade Miller), 10:26; 3. UMD, Kobe Roth 4 (Mikey Anderson, Miller), 18:04. Penalties — Nick Wolff, UMD (boarding), 0:26; Ian Mitchell, DU (interference), 2:36; Blake Hillman, DU (boarding), 5:08; Miller, UMD (high sticking), 11:03.
Second period — 4. DU, Ryan Barrow 2 (Jake Durflinger), 4:53; 5. UMD, Riley Tufte 13 (Louie Roehl), 9:10; 6. DU, Jarid Lukosevicius 13 (Dylan Gambrell, Michael Davies), 17:40. Penalties — Wolff, UMD (slashing), 9:47; Kohen Olischenfski, DU (interference), 10:30.
Third period — 7. DU, Dylan Gambrell 11 (Troy Terry, Adam Plant), 9:09. Penalties — Wolff, UMD (slashing), 18:36.
Shots on goal — UMD 10-11-14—35; DU 14-17-13—44. Goalies — Hunter Shepard, UMD (44 shots-40 saves); Tanner Jaillet, DU (35-32). Power plays — UMD 0-of-3; DU 0-of-4. Referees — Ryan Hersey, Tom Sterns. Linesmen — John Grandt, Jon Shaw. Att. — 6,200.


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