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It's not a glass, it's an alarm clock…6
August 3, 2011 by Kim
Once again, I managed to miss my alarm this morning.
It's not that I don't love my little clock, it's not that at all. It's one of those fancy alarm clocks that wakes you up with one of about 20 gentle sounds.
Usually I am awakened to the sound of steady rainfall, waves crashing, nighttime crickets or a fog horn….
Huh… Who would want to be awakened by a fog horn? Why???
What would make somebody choose that sound…. scrolling through all those peaceful sounds… Oh, that's nice…. that one's pretty…. Oh… a foghorn! Bad Ass!
*air guitar*
Yeah, not for me…
There's also a crowded freeway. I'm thinking the clock makers were crackheads.
Poor clock creating crackheads…
So anyway…. my alarm is set for 5AM… every morning. The alarm will begin to sound and I'll hit the ginormous snooze button and fall back asleep (most days)
10 minutes later the sound of rainfall will lull me from my dreams once again and I'll pull my body from the embrace of my bed… and get ready for my day.
I've missed the snooze button many a time…. Hit "off" instead… awoke 30 minutes later in a panic.
I'm not really sure what happened this morning. I don't even recall the alarm going off the first time. The display states that it was set… Where's my rainfall, Damnit!
This morning, my eyes sprang open at 5:40AM…. I usually leave the house at 5:50
This is absolutely no bueno.
at all.
I managed to put on a complete outfit…. draw some eyebrows…swipe some deodorant and brush my teeth….Hubs giggled as I gagged, attempting to hurriedly brush my tongue.
I made it out of the house 10 minutes later than usual…
All was good
I seriously questioned my usual wake up time for a minute…. I love me some sleep.
I got to work with plenty of time to spare…. feeling pretty good about my rushed accomplishment, I entered the conference room where my Branch's morning muster is held. I had pants, 2 eyebrows and a clean tongue.
What could go wrong?
One of my coworkers slowly looked back at me
"Mmmmmm mmmmmm, You feeling OK, girl…. You sick?"
She looked at me, concerned.
I hate that…
"No" I replied… "Got up late again"
She laughed at my pitiful excuse for pulling myself together and turned away.
As we exited our muster, 5 minutes later, I proclaimed to the world that THIS right here was as good as it was going to get today…
and that's that!


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3 bedroom detached house for salePlot 3 The Park, Bond Street, Rossington
Sold by Us
Property Description
Key features
- spacious high spec detached
- superb family home
- stylish dining kitchen
- bathroom & ensuite shower room
- ample parking & garage
- upvc double glazed
- gfch
- carpets & floor coverings
- long south facing garden
- rear garden turfed
Full description
Tenure: Freehold
A deceptively spacious new build 3 bedroom, 2 bath/shower room detached house, with larger than average brick garage, and 75ft long south facing rear gardens, offering superb family accommodation on this popular residential side road of Rossington.
The property is one of three properties only being built by the highly regarded local builders, Cherry Lane Homes Ltd, under 10 year warranty, to an extremely high specification. The larger than average 3 bedroom detached house extends to over 1000 internal square feet and just some of the many attractive features include: stylish dining kitchen (including built-in electric oven, gas hob, extractor, integral dishwasher, and fridge), both an ensuite shower room and downstairs cloakroom toilet supplementing the main family bathroom, upvc double glazed windows, energy efficient gas fired central heating system, burglar alarm, and coming complete with fitted carpets and floor coverings.
The accommodation briefly comprises of: entrance hall, cloakroom toilet, rear lounge with French doors opening out to rear patio and gardens, generous sized dining kitchen, first floor landing, master bedroom with ensuite shower room, two further bedrooms and family bathroom.
The property has a tarmaced side driveway in front of the garage, with additional tarmaced parking/turning area within the front gardens. The surprising long rear gardens extend to approximately 75 ft from the rear of the house, and are to be turfed, with a paved patio area.
Rossington is situated approximately 5 miles south east of Doncaster town centre, enjoying ease of access to the M18, opening up many other regional areas within comfortable commuting distance. Rossington itself has an excellent assortment of local shops and services.
Driving out from Doncaster town centre along Bennetthorpe, proceed straight on at the Racecourse roundabout onto the A638 Bawtry Road, driving through Bessacarr, and turning right at the Hare & Tortoise public house traffic lights onto the B6463 Sheep Bridge Lane. Follow the main road into Rossington, turning left at the first mini roundabout onto Stripe Road. Continue along the B6463, over the railway bridge flyover, taking the second road off on the right onto Bond Street. The small development site of only three properties is situated on the corner of Bond Street and Bishopgate Lane.
ACCOMMODATION Open recessed entrance porch with:
Attractive composite front entrance door opens into:
ENTRANCE HALL With doors off to lounge, dining kitchen and cloakroom toilet. Stairs rise to first floor with understairs storage cupboard.
LOUNGE 16' 7" x 11' 6" (5.05m x 3.51m) A generous size rear facing lounge with French doors opening out to rear patio and rear gardens.
CLOAKROOM TOILET Having contemporary style suite including low level flush w.c. and wash basin.
DINING KITCHEN 15' 3" x 11' 2" (4.65m x 3.4m) (Narrowing to 9'6)
A dual aspect dining kitchen with front and side facing windows. Choice from a stylish range of contemporary style kitchen units provided a commitment is given at an earlier enough stage. To include built-in electric oven, 4 ring gas hob with extractor hood over, integral dishwasher and fridge.
FIRST FLOOR LANDING With doors off to three bedrooms and family bathroom.
MASTER BEDROOM 13' 1" x 11' 2" (3.99m x 3.4m) (At widest points)
A generous size rear facing master bedroom with ensuite shower room to include shower enclosure with mains shower, wash basin and low level flush w.c. Polished Travertine tiled floor and tiled to shower enclosure and suite areas.
BEDROOM 2 12' 11" x 8' 8" (3.94m x 2.64m) (Excluding doorway recess)
A good sized front facing double bedroom.
BEDROOM 3 8' 10" x 7' 6" (2.69m x 2.29m) (Plus built in storage cupboard)
A front facing single bedroom with additional built-in wardrobe cupboard over bulk head area.
FAMILY BATHROOM Having white contemporary style suite including bath with additional mains shower over and safety glazed shower screen. Wall mounted wash basin and low level flush w.c. Polished Travertine tiled floor and co-ordinated tiling to bath and shower area. Part tiled to suite areas.
OUTSIDE The property has a tarmaced side driveway in front of the side attached garage, with additional tarmaced parking/turning area within the front gardens providing ample off road parking.
The surprisingly long rear gardens extend to approximately 75 ft from the rear of the house and enjoy a south, south-easterly facing rear aspect.
The rear gardens are to be turfed and to include a paved patio area immediately to the rear of the house.
DATED - 4th JULY 2016
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We made the decision to take this course based on research in birthing practices. I may take a blog post to write about the more detailed aspects of this later, but for now let me just say that I love doctors (there's quite a few in the family) and hospitals; and I'm not birthing our child under a shed, in a barn, or anywhere that medical professionals aren't ready and waiting with their expertise and pain medication, should it be necessary.
What I really wanted to write about was how the class has tackled nutrition during pregnancy. Again, we're only in the second week, but so far this has been my favorite part. Their approach to a pregnancy diet is a balance of good-for-you-type of foods with an emphasis on protein. (80 - 100 grams a day, to be exact, which is A. LOT. of protein.)
The biggest relief was that the focus is not on weight, which before having a more vested interest in the whole world of pregnancy, it seems was pretty much all I heard about.
You know, fun facts like: There's roughly 2,403,209 potentially life threatening pregnancy complications that can come from gaining too much weight, or too little weight, with the bonus that if you gain too much your baby will have every allergy known to man and will be a hermit; and if you don't gain enough, (s)he will have no immune system and also be a hermit.
*Deep breath.* Anyway...
*Deep breath.* Anyway...
It was extremely freeing for both my practitioner and Bradley instructor to say something along the lines of, "Look - some women gain way above average, some gain hardly anything. You really shouldn't focus on the scale as much as you should focus on what you're eating."
The truth? It's hard to undo years of being overly-conscious about my weight and instead, allow my body to tell me what it needs, listen & act accordingly.
Now, obviously, discernment does come into play, my body does not (unfortunately) need Milano cookies or (even more unfortunately) Java Chocolate Chunk three times a day; however, it could probably really use the peanut butter or cheese or spinach or yogurt or (insert healthiness here).
To finish this post, here's a few pictures of what Baby K has been craving lately. By the way, you'll notice a lot of organic, before you think we're snobs or independently wealthy, I'll just throw out there that we decided purchasing a few key organic things was worth sacrifices in the budget elsewhere. (More thoughts on this may also be part of that health-related blog post mentioned in the beginning.):
To finish this post, here's a few pictures of what Baby K has been craving lately. By the way, you'll notice a lot of organic, before you think we're snobs or independently wealthy, I'll just throw out there that we decided purchasing a few key organic things was worth sacrifices in the budget elsewhere. (More thoughts on this may also be part of that health-related blog post mentioned in the beginning.):
On a banana or an apple, but my most favorite is on a piece of whole wheat bread with turbinado sprinkled on top and a glass of milk.
Those are all boiled, and have turned into a frequent snack. Before you get totally sicked out you should know that it's totally wrong to judge a pregnant woman's cravings, and eggs are a freaking amazing source of protein.
Okay, Baby K has NOT been craving Kale. I only put it up here because my Bradley instructor is awesome and gave us all bags of this stuff from her garden. Kale is apparently the healthiest food you can have... ever. Now I just need to figure out a way to get it down.
Cheese just makes me so happy all the time.
My nighttime snack has been any and all kinds of cereal. I've attempted to keep it to the healthier options (i.e. not Reese's Puffs) with much success. Also, I didn't take a picture of it, but I've been putting back almost a gallon a week. I was never a huge milk person before being pregnant, and now I tend to drink glasses straight up and/or incorporate it into as many meals as possible.
VEGETABLES. The only way I've been able to eat them is cooked and thoroughly seasoned with salt, though; which isn't as good, but it's better than nothing. For some reason I've been going Leslie Knope on the thought of salad, recently.
Most common breakfast - fruit & yogurt smoothies.
That's all my recent pregnancy thoughts in a nutshell, I'm sure there will be more to follow. I'd love to hear your own thoughts on nutrition (pregnancy-related or nutrition in general). :)


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The NFL is almost two months into its 2015 season, and are about to enter Week 8. The Miami Dolphins have looked like a brand new team since firing Joe Philbin, but did so against two of the worst teams in the NFL.
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I have copied this entire blogpost from the Amnesty International site. I apologise for breaking copyright but this personal testimony needs to be read as it is – I don't want to summarise of change any of this medical professional's story.
This blog was written before its author and 19 other health workers were sentenced to prison by Bahrain's National Safety Court of First Instance on 29 September.
I am a health worker at Salmaniya hospital, the main hospital in Bahrain. I'm married and have one child.
Before the Bahrain revolution I was living my life as any other working mother, focusing on my job and taking care of my small family.
But every person has a turning point in their life, an event that feels like a storm hitting their soul, and mine was 17 February 2011.
On that day we started to hear at 3 am that protesters at Pearl Roundabout were being attacked by the police. Soon, the injured and the dead began to arrive at the hospital.
I saw a 60-year-old man with part of his head blown away. I was shocked and horrified and began to wonder what this man could have done that led to these injuries.
That day changed my life. I felt bad seeing my own people treated like animals.
Soon afterwards people began to be arrested and every night I would hug my son worrying whether it was my turn next.
In April, my fears came true and I was taken from my house by more than 30 masked men with guns in front of my son, whom I had to leave alone.
I was physically and emotionally abused, blindfolded and handcuffed. They beat me – with their hands and legs, with a hose, and gave me electric shocks.
They threatened to rape me. They threatened to kill me so that I would confess to false accusations. I was sexually harassed and humiliated.
I felt lonely, scared and ashamed. It felt like a nightmare that was happening over and over again. All the time I was worried about who was feeding my son and taking care of him.
After 22 days in prison they called me and they told me I was going to be released on bail.
When I saw my son we stood for a couple of minutes before he ran into my arms. I hugged him and cried.
The first weeks after my release were like a horror film. I felt that someone could come stab me in the back at any time. As soon as the sun set every day I started to cry and couldn't sleep until the morning as I was scared I could be arrested again.
Then the horror of the military courts started. For the first few hearings we were in shock and couldn't believe that the government was still insisting on going ahead with this drama and accusing us of totally unbelievable charges.
At the final hearing on 29 September they will sentence us. I believe that they know we are innocent but they will sentence us anyway. It is a political act so that others will get the message.
If I had the choice again, I would still do my duty at the hospital to save injured people regardless of their backgrounds.
I will always love my country and its people; they make me proud that I am from Bahrain.I am waiting patiently, I am a believer. I believe that truth always wins and will always be seen, no matter how long it takes. The only thing that makes me weak is not watching my son grow in front of me and the fear that he might forget me if I got imprisoned for many years.
May God help us medics and all Bahraini people.


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It's been a while! Not only since I posted last but since I last baked a muffin. My interest has been reignited by a recent trip to Canada. The muffins there are fabulous and not anything like the "cake" versions I've found in the UK. Canadian muffins were huge. Often they were a meal in themselves with delicious fruit and vegetable ingredients. So after more research than was perhaps necessary on holiday I'm now back home ready to bring you more muffin experiments.
The post holiday resolutions are now slowly slipping to the wayside. The mango I bought at the height has slowly over-ripened to the point that I don't really fancy eating it after all. To ease myself back in gently I used the book Scrumptious Muffins by Marc Grossman to make these mango muffins. I love that they use fresh mango and mango chutney. They are delicious, light and not too sweet.
Mango Muffin
- 400g Plain flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 50g caster sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 175g butter, softened
- 250ml whole milk
- 275g fresh mango, diced
- 70g mango chutney
Mix together the flour, baking powder, caster sugar and salt. Add the butter and mix with a fork before adding the milk slowly. Mix together the mango cubes and the chutney then add to the batter. Divide the mixture amongst 12 greased muffin moulds. Bake in the oven for around 25 minutes at 200C (fan 180C) until firm and golden. Leave in the mould for 5 minutes before placing the muffins on a wire rack to cool.


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Montag, November 28, 2005
Samstag, November 26, 2005
Donnerstag, November 24, 2005
Happy Thanksgiving! I have so many things to be thankful for, I don't know where to start. But one of the things I'm reminded of every day is beauty. It can present itself in so many forms. Even an ordinary alley, such as the one above, has an appeal. I'm thankful for the opportunity to spend time here in Linz surrounded by so many new and exciting things and learning more than I realize. But most of all I'm thankful for the people in my life who are making it not only possible, but pleasurable. What are you thankful for?
Dienstag, November 22, 2005
Here is a photo to give you an idea about the size of Linz. This is looking north across the Danube (you can see a bit of water on the right) from the top floor of my building. The blue building towards the right of the picture is the bank next to my school, so now you have a rough idea of how far away the university is from my home. If I could fly it wouldn't be far, but I have to go a ways to get to a bridge. Now that you've had your geography lesson for the day... isn't the snow on the hills lovely?
Montag, November 21, 2005
Sonntag, November 20, 2005
This was amazing packing snow! Just look at the pile collected on my foot. Both feet were collecting snow like crazy. Every few feet I'd have to stop and try to scrape it all off, just to continue the process a few minutes later. I now know what it feels like to be six feet and also a bit of what those poor Chinese women who had their feet wrapped felt like. I almost broke my ankles 100 times and my neck 3 or 4! I think these shoes will be put in hibernation until the snow passes.
Today is the first day of the Advent Market held in the Hauptplatz. I walked around for a bit smelling all the wonderful aromas and looking at the interesting little booths. The snow was falling quite hard as you can see. I still can't believe that 2 days ago it was relatively nice and dry and then suddenly everything is white!
Samstag, November 19, 2005
Es schneit! Ready or not, here comes winter. My roommate called me silly as I was hanging out the window taking pictures of the snow flakes. The wind was blowing quite hard and sending papers off her desk not to mention cooling our room quite rapidly! Oh well. It only snows for the first time once a year. After that we sat down and had a German/English lesson for almost an hour. Who would have guessed one could have that much fun with a handful of dictionaries?!
I live in a building with 9 floors, but since I live on the 1st I've never taken the time to go up past 2nd, where one of my friends lives. However, today I decided to venture up and see what Linz looks like from up high. I was greeted with a beautiful view of the city that can't really be shown in a photo. I like this one because it shows the snow falling in the valley as well as the blue sky above the clouds.
Ah, the beauty of a first snow! While it probably looks more like a heavy frost, it really was snow. I saw it on top of cars and felt it dripping off roofs onto my head as I walked to church. Have you ever noticed how it smells after the first snow? I opened the door and was greeted with such fresh, clean-smelling crisp air. It's like all the impurity were washed right out of the air. Really puts a spring in your step!
Freitag, November 18, 2005
Donnerstag, November 17, 2005
Sunday afternoon I was perusing the paper and stumbled across a photo from 1905. I just had to share what Linz looked like 100 years ago. You can see the sign reading Haltestelle. This is where the tram stops today and is still known as the Taubenmarkt stop. Below is a picture taken looking the same direction on Landstrasse. In some ways many things have changed and in others it's very much the same. I bet the people above never imagined there would be a McDonald's on that corner!
Mittwoch, November 16, 2005
If you have been faithfully following my blog, you probably remember a photo of my room taken just after I arrived in Linz. Today is two months from that post, so I thought I'd give you an update. Still the same room, but with a few more things in it including my wonderful roommate who joined me for the photo below. I can't believe it has been two months already! Seems like just yesterday I was on my way to the airport with my stomach in my throat, and yet in other ways it seems like I've always been here. So much has happened I don't know where to begin. I've attended many concerts, seen and played many organs, met many wonderful people and this week started an intense German course. I'm the only American, so no worries about me speaking English in class! Linz feels like home. There are trials, but that happens wherever one is, and having a better grasp of the language will certainly make things easier. I'm being exposed to a whole new world of music and trying to absorb it all is a bit overwhelming, but I have a fabulous teacher who is very understanding. If the next two months are as good as the last then I can't wait to get started! Bring on the German, bring on the music, bring on the cold weather! I'm living in Austria!!!!
Nothing like self-portraits, eh? Isn't my roomie cute? We've worked out a system where I speak German to her and she speaks English to me. We both get practice that way! And she takes like 5 minute showers! Who can complain about someone who is that efficient?
Nothing like self-portraits, eh? Isn't my roomie cute? We've worked out a system where I speak German to her and she speaks English to me. We both get practice that way! And she takes like 5 minute showers! Who can complain about someone who is that efficient?
Samstag, November 12, 2005
Landstrasse on a Saturday night! This is the main center for shopping in Linz and, as you can see, many people come out either to buy or just window shop. It's very pretty with all the lights in the shops and restaurants. Notice the angel heralding the coming of Christmas. I can't wait to see all the decorations!
Freitag, November 11, 2005
Donnerstag, November 10, 2005
It's concert time in Linz! I love the nights when something is being held in the Brucknerhaus. All the lights are on and reflecting on the river and from streets and alleys everywhere people are walking towards the hall. Some are dressed in traditional Austrian attire, which they usually only bring out for special occasions. You hear the click of heels on cobblestone and can sense the excitement in the air. There's a feeling of unity as people from different countries, backgrounds and beliefs come together to enjoy a language all can understand: music.
Dienstag, November 08, 2005
Montag, November 07, 2005
Sonntag, November 06, 2005
I thought I would take the opportunity to post this photo before fall has completely past. I don't remember fall colors lasting so long! October was a beautiful month with the trees changing and sunny, mild days. I'm told that it's the nicest they've had in about 20 years, so I'm fairly sure Linz was putting its best foot forward for me. Well, it worked.
Samstag, November 05, 2005
Freitag, November 04, 2005
Looking across the river to the Schlossmuseum. Linz is a beautiful city and they really play it up at night. They use lights and the river to make it truly spectacular. I went for a long walk down one side of the river, across a bridge, back up the other side of the river and crossed a second bridge to return to my starting point. Taking pictures was just an excuse to get out and enjoy yet another extraordinary evening along the Danube.
Mittwoch, November 02, 2005
I arrived in Leipzig at 7am on the day I was to meet the Netherlands crew for our organ tour, which left me several hours to sight-see before they arrived. For future reference tourists don't show up until around 10am, so the best time for photography and just overall pleasant perusing is before then. These buildings are across from Nikolaikirche, which doesn't open until 10am and is then crowded with visitors but is still an interesting place to see. It's probably around 8am in this photo and the sun is rising and casting shadows on a portion of the buildings. I want an apartment in the roof of the yellow building. (What is it with me and windows?)
Dienstag, November 01, 2005
Happy November 1st! As you can see from the trees, fall is just about over and winter is knocking at the door. One thing I've noticed in the short time I've been here is that Europeans love holidays. Today is All Saint's Day and some of the people from my building took the time for a friendly game of football (soccer) in the back yard. My roommate is the one in the festive red jacket. She loves to play football and went with me Sunday night to play with the church group. We had lots of fun. I took this picture from my window, so now you know what I see every day. If you look closely you can see my bike in the foreground. The Danube is just beyond those buildings.


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PNG 550 Reactive Transport Processes in the Subsurface
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College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University
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Name: Han Wen
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Course Overview
This course targets graduate students from various disciplines that work with chemical and physical processes in natural subsurface. This includes, for example, petroleum and natural gas engineering, geosciences, environmental engineering, agricultural engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, and applied mathematics. The course teaches fundamental concepts that are important in understanding subsurface reactive transport processes, as well as their quantitative representation and application. Covered topics include, for example, (bio)geochemical thermodynamics and kinetics, contaminant transport, and reactive transport coupling. Depending on the students' interests, the course will discuss the applications of the principles in understanding and quantifying chemical weathering processes, environmental (bio)remediation, geological carbon sequestration, and reservoir souring.
Prerequisites and concurrent courses:
Some chemistry and hydrogeology background would help however are not required. No experiences on numerical methods are required. This course teaches how to use a reactive transport code CrunchFlow, instead of solving for reactive transport equations.
Students who do not meet these prerequisites may be dis-enrolled during the first 10-day free add-drop period after being informed in writing by the instructor (see Senate policy 34-60, Prerequisites and Concurent Courses). If you have not completed the listed prerequisites, then promptly consult with the instructor if you have not done so already. Students who re-enroll after being dis-enrolled according to this policy are in violation of Item 15 on the Student Code of Conduct.
Course Objectives
The learning outcomes for the students are to:
- understand the reaction thermodynamics and kinetic of important geochemical reactions, including mineral dissolution and precipitation, aqueous complexation, surface complexation, and ion exchange;
- understand concepts of advective and dispersive/diffusive transport;
- understand the concept of spatial heterogeneity and how they affect reactive transport processes;
- acquire skills to model coupled flow, transport, and reactions using the reactive transport code CrunchFlow;
- develop the ability to communicate and collaborate within interdisciplinary teams.
The course will be taught through a combination of online lectures that discuss general principles and reactive transport equations, video demos, discussion forums, homework assignment, and a final project that requires the use of CrunchFlow. Students decide the content of the final project. Ideally the student will be able to integrate the project as part of their research.
On average, most students spend eight to ten hours per week working on course assignments. Your workload may be more or less depending on your study habits.
I have worked hard to make this the most effective and convenient educational experience possible. The Internet may still be a novel learning environment for you, but in one sense it is no different from a traditional college class: how much and how well you learn is ultimately up to you. You will succeed if you are diligent about keeping up with the class schedule and if you take advantage of opportunities to communicate with me as well as with your fellow students.
Specific learning objectives for each lesson and project are detailed within each lesson. The class schedule is published in the Calendar in Canvas (the course management system used for this course).
Required Course Materials
Required textbook: None
Online lesson content (not required, all are on reserve in EMS library):
- Geochemistry, groundwater, and pollution, by C. A. J. Appelo and D. Postma, 2nd edition, 2005.
- Reactive transport in porous media, edited by P. C. Lichtner, C. I. Steefel, and E. H. Oelkers, 1996.
- Principles and applications of aquatic chemistry. By F. M. M. Morel and J. G. Hering, 1993.
- Aqueous environmental geochemistry, by D. Langmuir, 1997.
- Contaminant hydrogeology, by C. W. Fetter, 2nd edition, 1999 / 2008
- The geochemistry of natural waters: surface and groundwater environments. 3rd edition. By J. I. Drever. 1997.
- Applied contaminant transport modeling. 2nd ed. Chunmiao Zheng. 2002.
- Additional reading materials posted in Canvas
All other materials needed for this course are presented online through our course website and in Canvas. In order to access the online materials, you need to have an active Penn State Access Account user ID and password (used to access the online course resources). If you have any questions about obtaining or activating your Penn State Access Account, please contact the World Campus Helpdesk.
Reserve materials
This course uses library Electronic Reserves (E-Reserves). More information about how to access this content is available in the course orientation.
This course will rely on a variety of methods to assess and evaluate student learning, including:
- Homework: There will be approximately 9 homework assignments, one of which is optional. Students are required to submit homework via Canvas.
- Exams: There will be one final exam in the final week.
- Project: Each student will work on a research project that uses CrunchFlow. Ideally, this would be a topic that would be relevant to your thesis. An abstract of the project (3 pages, single space) will be due in the mid of the semester. An abstract template will be handed out in early February. Students are welcome to discuss ideas with the instructor before the abstract is due.
- Presentation: At the end of the semester, each student will give a 15 minutes presentation to classmates and will submit a project report.
It is important that your work is submitted in the proper format to the appropriate Canvas assignment drop-box or Discussion Forum and by the designated due date. I strongly advise that you not wait until the last minute to complete these assignments—give yourself time to ask questions, think things over, and chat with others. You'll learn more, do better...and be happier!
Due dates for all assignments are posted on the course calendar in Canvas.
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|Final exam
I will use the Canvas gradebook to keep track of your grades. You can see your grades in the gradebook, too, by clicking "Grades" in Canvas. Overall course grades will be determined as follows. Percentages refer to the proportion of all possible points earned.
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|93 - 100 %
|90 - 92.9 %
|87 - 89.9 %
|83 - 86.9 %
|80 - 82.9%
|77 - 79.9 %
|70 - 76.9 %
|60 - 69.9 %
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PNG 550 Course SchedulePrintable Schedule
Below you will find a summary of the primary learning activities for this course and the associated time frames. This course is 16 weeks in length. Each lesson is 1 week long. See our Calendar in Canvas for specific lesson time frames and assignment due dates.
NOTE:See the Canvas Calendar tab for a full semester calendar of events.
|Lesson 0: Orientation
|Check "Lessons Roadmap" section of the first page of the lesson.
|To do list for lesson 0
|Lesson 1: Aqueous complexation
|Check "Lessons Roadmap" section of the first page of the lesson.
|Assigned: Homework #1 in lesson 1
|Lesson 2: Mineral dissolution and precipitation
|Check "Lessons Roadmap" section of the first page of the lesson.
|Due: Homework #1 due on Monday
Assigned: Homework #2 in lesson 2
|Lesson 3: Surface complexation
|Check "Lessons Roadmap" section of the first page of the lesson.
|Due: Homework #2 due on Monday
Assigned: Homework #3 in lesson 3
|Project abstract template will be handed out this week.
|Lesson 4: Ion exchange
|Check "Lessons Roadmap" section of the first page of the lesson.
|Due: Homework #3 due on Monday
Assigned: Homework #4 in lesson 4
|Discussion Session - Time and location TBA
|Lesson 5: Flow and transport in 1D homogeneous porous media
|Check "Lessons Roadmap" section of the first page of the lesson.
|Due: Homework #4 due on Monday
Assigned: Homework #5 in lesson 5
|Lesson 6: Flow and transport in 1D heterogeneous porous media (Phreeqc, optional)
|Check "Lessons Roadmap" section of the first page of the lesson.
|Due: Homework #5 due on Monday
Assigned: Homework #6 in lesson 6
|Project abstract due on Friday
|Lesson 7: Flow and transport in 2D heterogeneous porous media
|Check "Lessons Roadmap" section of the first page of the lesson.
|Due: Homework #6 due on Monday
Assigned: Homework #7 in lesson 7
|Discussion Session - Time and location TBA
|Lesson 8: Reactive transport coupling: chemical weathering
|Check "Lessons Roadmap" section of the first page of the lesson.
|Due: Homework #7 due on Monday
Assigned: Homework #8 in lesson 8
|Lesson 9: Reactive transport coupling: Marcellus Shale waters leakage
|Check "Lessons Roadmap" section of the first page of the lesson.
|Due: Homework #8 due on Monday
Assigned: Homework #9 in lesson 9
|Work on Final Project
|Homework #9 due on March 27
|Discussion Session - Time and Location TBA
|Final Project Presentation
|Project Presentation
Final project report due on Friday, April 29th
Course Policies
Late Policy
I do not accept any "late work." In exceptional circumstances, you should contact me. The earlier you contact me to request a late submission, the better. Requests will be considered on a case by case basis. Generally, late assignments will be assessed a penalty of at least 10% and will not be accepted more than one week after the original due date.
Technical Requirements
For this course, we recommend the minimum technical requirements outlined on the Dutton Institute Technical Requirements page, including the requirements listed for same-time, synchronous communications. If you need technical assistance at any point during the course, please contact the HelpDesk (for World Campus students) or the IT Service Desk (for students at all other campus locations).
Internet Connection
Access to a reliable Internet connection is required for this course. A problem with your Internet access may not be used as an excuse for late, missing, or incomplete coursework. If you experience problems with your Internet connection while working on this course, it is your responsibility to find an alternative Internet access point, such as a public library or Wi-Fi ® hotspot.
Mixed Content
This site is considered a secure web site which means that your connection is encrypted. We do however link to content that isn't necessarily encrypted. This is called mixed content. By default, mixed content is blocked in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome. This may result in a blank page or a message saying that only secure content is displayed. Follow the directions on our Technical Requirements page to view the mixed content.
This course must be viewed using one of the following browsers: Firefox (any version), Safari (versions 5.1 or 6.0), Chrome (0.3 or later), or Internet Explorer with the MathPlayer PlugIn. If you use any other browser, there will be pages containing equations that do not render properly. If you need technical assistance at any point during the course, please contact the HelpDesk (for World Campus students) or the IT Service Desk (for students at all other campus locations).
Penn State E-mail Accounts
All official communications from the Penn State World Campus are sent to students' Penn State e-mail accounts. Be sure to check your Penn State account regularly, or forward your Penn State e-mail to your preferred e-mail account, so you don't miss any important information.
Academic Integrity
This course follows the guidelines for academic integrity of Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Penn State defines academic integrity as "the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner." Academic integrity includes "a commitment not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation, or deception." In particular, the University defines plagiarism as "the fabrication of information and citations; submitting others' work from professional journals, books, articles, and papers; submission of other students' papers, lab results or project reports and representing the work as one's own." Penalties for violations of academic integrity may include course failure. To learn more, see Penn State's Plagiarism Tutorial for Students.
Course Copyright
All course materials students receive or to which students have online access are protected by copyright laws. Students may use course materials and make copies for their own use as needed, but unauthorized distribution and/or uploading of materials without the instructor's express permission is strictly prohibited. University Policy AD 40, the University Policy Recording of Classroom Activities and Note Taking Services addresses this issue. Students who engage in the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials may be held in violation of the University's Code of Conduct, and/or liable under Federal and State laws.
For example, uploading completed labs, homework, or other assignments to any study site constitutes a violation of this policy.
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Penn State welcomes students with disabilities into the University's educational programs. Every Penn State campus has an office for students with disabilities. The Student Disability Resources (SDR) website provides contact information for every Penn State campus: Contacts for Student Disability Resources at all Penn State Campuses. For further information, please visit the Student Disability Resources (SDR) website.
In order to receive consideration for reasonable accommodations, you must contact the appropriate disability services office at the campus where you are officially enrolled. You will participate in an intake interview and provide documentation, see Applying for Services from Student Disability Resources. If the documentation supports your request for reasonable accommodations, your campus's disability services office will provide you with an accommodation letter. Please share this letter with your instructors and discuss the accommodations with them as early in your courses as possible. You must follow this process for every semester that you request accommodations.
This course will be conducted entirely online. There will be no set class meeting times, but you will be required to complete weekly assignments with specific due dates. Many of the assignments are open for multiple days, so it is your responsibility to complete the work early if you plan to travel or participate in national holidays, religious observances or University approved activities.
If you need to request an exception due to a personal or medical emergency, contact the instructor directly as soon as you are able. Such requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Counseling and Psychological Services
Many students at Penn State face personal challenges or have psychological needs that may interfere with their academic progress, social development, or emotional wellbeing. The university offers a variety of confidential services to help you through difficult times, including individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, consultations, online chats, and mental health screenings. These services are provided by staff who welcome all students and embrace a philosophy respectful of clients' cultural and religious backgrounds, and sensitive to differences in race, ability, gender identity and sexual orientation. Services include the following:
Counseling and Psychological Services at University Park (CAPS): 814-863-0395
Counseling Services at Commonwealth Campuses
Penn State Crisis Line (24 hours/7 days/week): 877-229-6400
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Reporting Bias-Motivated Incidents
Penn State takes great pride to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for students, faculty, and staff. Acts of intolerance, discrimination, or harassment due to age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religious belief, sexual orientation, or veteran status are not tolerated (Policy AD29 Statement on Intolerance) and can be reported through Educational Equity via Report Bias.
Military Personnel
Veterans and currently serving military personnel and/or spouses with unique circumstances (e.g., upcoming deployments, drill/duty requirements, disabilities, VA appointments, etc.) are welcome and encouraged to communicate these, in advance if possible, to the instructor in the case that special arrangements need to be made.
Inclement Weather
In case of weather-related delays at the University, this online course will proceed as planned. Your instructor will inform you if there are any extenuating circumstances regarding content or activity due dates in the course due to weather delays. If you are affected by a weather-related emergency, please contact your instructor at the earliest possible time to make special arrangements.
Connect Online with Caution
Penn State is committed to educational access for all. Our students come from all walks of life and have diverse life experiences. As with any other online community, the lack of physical interaction in an online classroom can create a false sense of anonymity and security. While one can make new friends online, digital relationships can also be misleading. Good judgment and decision making are critical when choosing to disclose personal information to others whom you do not know.
Deferred Grades
If you are prevented from completing this course within the prescribed amount of time, it is possible to have the grade deferred with the concurrence of the instructor. To seek a deferred grade, you must submit a written request (by e-mail or U.S. post) to your instructor describing the reason(s) for the request. It is up to your instructor to determine whether or not you will be permitted to receive a deferred grade. If, for any reason, the course work for the deferred grade is not complete by the assigned time, a grade of "F" will be automatically entered on your transcript.
This course will be conducted entirely online. There will be no set class meeting times, but you will be required to complete weekly assignments with specific due dates. Many of the assignments are open for multiple days, so it is your responsibility to complete the work early if you plan to travel or participate in national holidays, religious observances or University approved activities.
If you need to request an exception due to a personal or medical emergency, contact the instructor directly as soon as you are able. Such requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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Penn State is "committed to creating an educational environment which is free from intolerance directed toward individuals or groups and strives to create and maintain an environment that fosters respect for others" as stated in Policy AD29 Statement on Intolerance. All members of this class are expected to contribute to a respectful, welcoming and inclusive environment and to interact with civility.
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Penn State's policies require me, as a faculty member, to share information about incidents of sex-based discrimination and harassment (discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and retaliation) with Penn State's Title IX coordinator or deputy coordinators, regardless of whether the incidents are stated to me in person or shared by students as part of their coursework. For more information regarding the University's policies and procedures for responding to reports of sexual or gender-based harassment or misconduct, please visit Penn State's Office of Sexual Misconduct Prevention & Response website.
Additionally, I am required to make a report on any reasonable suspicion of child abuse in accordance with the Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law.
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Stampin' UP! has a new set called Build a Blossom with a matching punch in their 2011 Occasions Mini catalog. There are several petal sizes and shapes as well as leaves. A really FUN set! I stamped these petals on daffodil patterned paper and punched them out. The background petals are just cardstock punched out and edged in Daffodil Delight ink. I entered this into the Pals Paper Arts Challenge: Fashion Inspiration---Spring/Easter, A2 size.
- Stamps: SU! Build a Blossom, Curly Cute
- Ink: Daffodil Delight, Versafine Vintage Sepia
- Paper: misc DSP, Whisper White, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight
- Other: Nestie label die, Celery taffeta ribbon, Designer button, DMC thread, Build a Blossom punch


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Life is in the Waiting
47 minutes 'til takeoff.
46 minutes 'til takeoff.
{stomach growls}
45 minutes 'til takeoff.
Okay, I've got enough time to run to BlueCoast, get a burrito, and get back to the gate, in time to wait.
I'm one of those people that has to be early, like real early for things like this. If I'm less than 30 minutes early, I'm late. I like the waiting. And I spend a lot of life in waiting. In wondering. In preparing.
Waiting, wondering, preparing for what life's gonna be like when my flight arrives where I'm going. This is when I reflect best on life. When I have time to catch up on reading or writing or people watching. But sometimes it ends up that the flight never takes off. Sometimes it's delayed. And sometimes it departs early, whether I'm on it or not. What I've learned is that life is just as much in the waiting as in the arrival.
Waiting makes us keep working, brushing up on our skills, trying to become better and better. It makes us find new hobbies and find new friends.
Football players wait 8 months, to play for 4. In hopes of eventually playing on the first Sunday night in February just once during their maybe decade-long career. Most of their careers are spent in the waiting. Waiting can't equal doing nothing, or they will never see that Sunday night in February. They'll never see that big shiny ring that usually only exists in their dreams.
UnEmployees wait perhaps a year, searching for a job that won't lay them off the next time around. They spend a lot of time thinking about what working is really all about. Is it the income or is it passion? Only the waiting will tell.
Boys and girls, men and women wait a few decades, to live in harmony for hopefully many more. They spend years upon years early on in life experiencing love and heartache. They are forced to learn the hard way. Trial and error. Waiting. Wondering. Preparing. For the real thing. So that when it comes along, they'll know. And they won't be forced to wait anymore.
But, if it weren't for the waiting, none of us would ever arrive. Waiting creates us. Because most of life is spent in the waiting.
December 6, 2009 4:14 pm
Personally, I'm not a fan of waiting, because I'm such an impatient person. I'm as close to on time as I can be, but I live in a world of people who refuse to be anywhere on time…
I wish I could adopt an attitude like yours about waiting, though. I don't know if I'd call it "healthy", but its cool that you're ok with it.
December 7, 2009 2:30 am
So true. I have to remind myself when I feel impatient about the waiting for love thing that the waiting is just as important to it all as the actual point where you get what you've been waiting for all along. The waiting shapes us.
December 9, 2009 5:46 pm
I have to be early. It's not that I enjoy the waiting it's that I can't stand being late.
It's not the destination, it's the journey theory? A pretty good one.
December 10, 2009 1:12 am
I really like this post, definitely puts "waiting" into perspective. It's a hard place to be… waiting for something, but looking back, I guess we're ALWAYS waiting on something. And it's during these times that we come to find who we really are and what we're made of.
Thoughtful post, I love it.


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Lebanon interior minister signs law for May election: statement
Lebanon interior minister signs law for May election: statement
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon's Interior Minister Nohad Mashnouk signed on Friday a decree to hold a long-overdue parliamentary election on May 6 next year, a statement from his office said.
Parliament has extended its own mandate three times since current lawmakers were elected in 2009 for what was meant to be a four-year term. The statement also said Lebanese citizens abroad would be able to cast their vote on April 22 and 28.
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Hafiz Saeed international terrorist and mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks was released from house arrest by a Pakistani court in Lahore today 10 months after the Punjab government placed him under house arrest under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. Saeed has been declared a global terrorist by the United Nations and the US for his role in the Mumbai attack. He has a $10 million US bounty on his head.
This will boost Hafiz Saeed's attempts to move into mainstream politics and belies Pakistan govt's claims about terrorism and terrorists without any discrimination between 'good' and 'bad' variety.
For decades, Pakistan has carefully nurtured groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba — which is perceived as an asset because it targets Indian soldiers and assets in Kashmir and elsewhere— even as Pakistan actively targets groups such as the Pakistani Taliban that directly threaten the country and aims to topple the Pakistani state.
India has reacted sharply to this development and slammed the Pakistan govt. The Ministry of External Affairs said this move confirms Pakistan's lack of seriousness and termed it as an "attempt by Pakistani system to mainstream proscribed terrorists". The US has also expressed its displeasure over the development.
The principal opposition party in India, Congress attacked the Indian govt. stating that it was the failure on the diplomatic front for India and took a dig at Narendra Modi government. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi urged the govt to pursue the case against Saeed.
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Landon Steele begins his first season as Head Women's Basketball Coach at Lamar Community College after serving as the Head Coach for Northwest Kansas Technical College (NWKTC) for the last two years.
While at NWKTC, Coach Steele compiled an overall record of 29-31, leaving the school as the winningest coach in its short athletic history. In his first year at NWKTC, the Mavericks posted a record of 8-21, setting a school record for wins in a single season. With a full recruiting class in 2015-2016, the Mavericks were able to post a new school record of 21-9.
Prior to NWKTC, Steele was the Head Coach for the girls' basketball program at Wallace County High School (WCHS) in Sharon Springs, Kansas. In his six years at WCHS he amassed an overall record of 88-42 including two state tournament appearances and a state championship in 2012. In addition to winning the state championship in 2012, he was also named the KBCA 1A Division II Coach of the Year and served as an assistant coach in the KBCA all-star game.


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Edna Ann MainsMay 14, 1933 ~ August 28, 2017 (age 84)
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Of Cobden, passed away peacefully on August 28, 2017 in her 85th year. Edna Mains, nee Hanna, beloved wife of John Mains and dear mother of Jeff Mains (Debra Beauregard). Edna will be fondly remembered by friends and family for her sense of humour and sharp wit. She is survived by a brother Percy (Georgina) Hanna, brothers-in-law John Boyd (Gloria Mick), and Henry (Carol) Mains, sisters-in-law Anne (the late John) Tubman, Reba (Glen) Featherstone, and many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her parents Robert and Margaret Hanna, siblings Lois (George) Routledge, Douglas (Christine) Hanna, Robert (Grace) Hanna, John (Shirley) Hanna, Edith (Jack) Brez, Ina (Murray) MacMillan, Gordie (Elsie) Hanna, Nancy Boyd, and brother-in-law Melvin Mains. Friends may call at the Cobden Agricultural Hall at 43 Astrolabe Road, Cobden, this Saturday September 2, 2017 from 11am until 1pm. Service will be in the Cobden Agricultural Hall at 2pm followed by a reception. Private interment at a later date. If you wish to make a memorial donation, for your consideration you may choose the Cobden Civitan Medical Bank, P.O. Box 148, Cobden, ON, K0J 1K0, or the Renfrew Victoria Hospital Foundation (rvhfoundation.com). The family are grateful to the staff at Caressant Care Nursing Home Cobden for their excellent care and compassion. Arrangements entrusted to the Fraser-Morris and Heubner Funeral Home Cobden.


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The Man in the Iron Mask was an unknown prisoner. He was put in jail all throughout Eruope including the famous Bastille! He was prisoned back in the mid 1700's when King Louie the XIV was king. Even today people still don't know who the real Man in the Iron Mask was. Historians can only take wild guesses because he didn't even leave one clue behind to let us know who he was and what he was hiding.
Well actually, we do know some things about this Man in the Iron Mask… we do know that he was prisoned for a long 34 years with a Iron Mask stuck on his face! I know I couldn't do that! At this time back then, prisoners were only held for short periods of time or sentenced to some cruel way of dying. Like being executed! That's why people today think that he was a relative or close to King Louis XIV.
The idea that The Man in the Iron Mask was a relative of King Louis XIV's was formed when a man named Voltaire wrote a book saying that the prisoner was the king's brother. Then a man named Alexandre Dumas wrote a book about it in the 18th century saying saying that The Man in the Iron Mask was King Louis XIV's brother, they even made it into a movie in the 20th century!


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I'm Finding it Harder to be a Gentleman, White Stripes ~ "You think I care about me and only me. When every girl needs help climbing up a tree."
jallman, you are such a little boy. lol.
Originally Posted by Truth Detector
You ALWAYS show respect for the office regardless of your personal feelings.
Originally Posted by Kali
Respect is something that should be earned not freely given.
Originally Posted by Bodi
I disagree. Respect for the Office of President of the United States should ALWAYS be given.
It's not about respect for those individuals only... it is about respect for the Executive Office regardless of who is President.
If you want to dislike Bush, that is fine, if you want him imprisoned, then that is fine too.
What you don't do, is disrespect the Executive Office EVER by throwing a shoe at the President, nor by thinking that this action is justifiable or good.
Just support the Presidents removal and be done with it.
By doing what you are doing, or saying... it devalues the ENTIRE OFFICE.
So when Obama comes in, being President does not mean as much, nor is it as important or powerful of an institution, simply because you have double standards. You disrespect the Office sometimes, and not others based off of your emotions instead of differentiating.
Are you saying that my respectful and logical approach is childish, or something?If you wish to blindly respect folks simply based on a job? Knock yourself out but I will remain an adult that makes peeps earn their right to my respect
Again, it is NOT about blindly respecting "folks", it is about having respect for the Exective Office of the United States of America.
That is all... I guess that does seem a bit immature, now that I think about it.
If you read again, and listen to what I have to say...
I think Bush is a moron and a ****ty President.
That doesn't mean that I support anybody throwing a shoe at my President.
The one that I didn't vote for either time, BTW.
All I have been talking about is respecting the Office of the President of the United States of America, and I have sound reasoning for doeing so, even when a President is bad.


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This 3127 sq. ft. waterfront luxurious property, located in the desirable Las Olas Isles area, w/ 3 bedrooms & 3 1/2 bathrooms.Marble floors & custom, deep tray ceilings add to the elegance of this canal front townhome!The large gourmet kitchen is conveniently located on the main entry level & includes built in appliances, wine cooler, solid wood cabinets & granite countertops.Private elevator up to the 2nd floor w/ master en-suite w/ walk-in closets, bright lighting, large mirrors & a whirlpool tub. French doors off the master suite will lead you out to your private terrace overlooking the canal & private dock!. The third floor private rooftop terrace includes a lounging area & summer kitchen.Great for entertaining guests! Beaches, shopping, dining & more! Boat and furnishings negotiable.
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Grand Scheme recently released their new Winter 14 collection to selected retailers across the UK. Including some key stand out styles such as the 3M reflective courier jacket, tech bonded fleece outer wear, cut and sew woven's and long sleeve shirts, custom cut and sew chinos and joggers. Alongside their extensive winter head wear collection.


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Note: NaPoWriMo Poetry Challenge officially ended April 30th but I was ill for almost 2 weeks and was not feeling creative. I saved the prompts and will be posting my poems simply because I like to finish what I start.
(If you still read them, I'm most appreciative!)
The prompt: "Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem based on things you remember. Try to focus on specific details, and don't worry about whether the memories are of important events, or are connected to each other. You could start by adopting Brainard's uniform habit of starting every line with "I remember," and then you could either cut out all the instances of "I remember," or leave them all in, or leave just a few in. At any rate, hopefully you'll wind up with a poem that is heavy on concrete detail, and which uses that detail as its connective tissue. "
Wood Oven Bread
I remember the smell of the wood-oven,
the wafts of smoke emanating from the chimney in the back.
The piles of "Cassi" wood stacked to the side of the building;
waiting their turn to be tossed into the fiery furnace.
I remember the smell and sights of a local "Bread Shop".
I remember early Saturday and Sunday morning treks;
trying to beat the long queue patiently waiting for the baked goodness.
The yell of the sales person; "Wha yuh want wid ya bread?"
Me shouting: "One five dollah bread, butter and cheese!"
I remember the feeling of heaven biting into the hot bread.
I remember melted butter seeping through brown paper
and the crumbs spilling with every bite of the golden crust.
There is nothing like the smell and taste of wood oven bread
and Antiguan bakeries are known for this treasure.
I remember and imagine I'm savouring that golden goodness.
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03-Feb-2018 16:59
Edward Royzman, a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, asks me to list four qualities on a piece of paper: physical attractiveness, income, kindness, and fidelity.
Then he gives me 200 virtual "date points" that I'm to distribute among the four traits.
"(Sure, but I mean, who would want an ugly, broke jerk sticking faithfully by their side?
)Royzman said that among his students (not in a clinical condition), men tend to spend much more on physical attractiveness, and women spend more on social attractiveness traits like kindness and intelligence.
Maybe you think fidelity is something people can cultivate over time?
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"'Possible presence of large animals within airport
perimeter,'" warns the Canada Flight Supplement, as quoted on the Polar Pilots website. Polar bears, perhaps, or caribou? Muskoxen, maybe.
YIO Pond Inlet Airport lies at 72 degrees North latitude, near the magnetic pole. It is located on Baffin Island in northern Nunavut. Baffin is the largest island in Canada's Arctic archapelago, and the fifth largest in the world. In area, it outranks Sumatra in Indonesia. It is more than double the size of Japan's largest island of Honshu.
Also located at 72 degrees North is YSY Sachs Harbour (David Nasogaluak Jr. Saaryuaq) Airport on Banks Island. Here, pilots are expected in some circumstances to provide their own pumps for fuel.
In 2010, Banks Island was the site of an interesting marine archeological find. A few months after the the publication of a book by Vancouver author Brian Payton about the voyage of the HMS Investigator, The Ice Passage (Doubleday 2009), Parks Canada archeologists launched a search for the wrecked ship. They found it in shallow waters close to the island.
The Royal Navy ship Investigator was one of several ships that sailed out in search of the Franklin expedition, which had vanished earlier while seeking the mythical Northwest Passage, a navigable sea trade route to the Orient through the Arctic.
YRB Resolute Airport (Qausuittuq) is located at Resolute Bay, 74 degrees North latitude, on the south side of Cornwallis Island, north of the Barrow Strait. Although Cornwallis is relatively small compared to other Arctic Islands, it still covers about a quarter of the area covered by either Cuba or Iceland, which are of similar size.
Considering the size of the northern islands as well as the vast tracts of mainland, it is clear that air travel is essential to Arctic life. Thus many Canadian airports are located in the Far North.


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Saturday, June 24, 9-11am – Launch from Second Street Beach, Perth Amboy, NJ.
Perth Amboy Kayak Tour
Join the NY/NJ Baykeeper on a unique trip through the waters of Raritan River and Bay!
Saturday, June 24, 2017, 9:00 – 11:00AM
Meet at the Second Street Beach in Perth Amboy, NJ.
$30 includes single kayak rental (fits one person), paddle, personal floatation device, and a guided tour.
$60 includes tandem kayak rental (fits 2 people), paddle, personal flotation device, and a guided tour.
Have your own kayak? $25/person includes a guided tour.
Participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. All must be able to sit up straight and paddle for 2+ hours, be able to swim, and be in good physical condition.
Kayak trips are not ADA accessible. All cancellations are subject to a $5 cancellation fee.


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Coaldale Pool slated to open June 25, 2018
Due to a long winter, which has delayed regular maintenance, and a change in regulations which is requiring a major upgrade, the pool will not open until June 25, 2018.
The community pool has undergone extensive change over the last few years, the perfect place to escape the summer heat. In addition to public and family swimming, private bookings and children's swimming lessons, the pool offers fitness classes and adult lessons.
A private gazebo area featuring a private patio and BBQ can be booked for special events. The private gazebo area is available during public swim times for only $85 per hour and includes 15 swim passes. The pool is also available for rentals in June on Saturday & Sundays from 7 to 9 p.m. In July & August it is available for rent Saturdays & Sundays from 9 to 11:45 a.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
Check out our Family Swim Rules.
For more information, please contact the pool office at 403-345-1346 between June 1 and August 27.
Spray Park and Wading Pool
For the 2018 season, the Spray Park will open Saturday, May 26 at 11 a.m.
The Wading Pool at the Tot Lot will open later, please check back for opening date.
The community's Spray Park is 3,822 square feet and includes an enclosed wading pool with fountains and deck jets. Surrounded by playgrounds, picnic tables, tall trees and plenty of green space, the park is the perfect gathering place for families and children.
Thanks to the generous contributions of local user groups, organizations and granting agencies — the Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of Coaldale, the Coaldale Wellness Association, and the Community Facility Enhancement Program — the facility is free to use! The Town looks after the facility's maintenance, utilities and general upkeep.
The final day of operation for the Wading Pool for the 2018 Season is Sunday, August 26. The Spray Park will remain open as long as weather permits, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Location: 2211 – 16th Street


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Hello readers. I feel much better now thankfully. I was able to start walking again and though tired, I felt very good.
I was able to see the first episode of the current season of Downton Abbey, and what an episode they put together. However, I am here for the first season. For those who haven't checked it out, I can completely understand. For many people, when things do not have a futuristic or contemporary setting they are put off almost immediately. On top of that, you have the fact that the show is a drama and the cast is British. So to say this show is out of most people's comfort zones would be a vast exaggeration. But to the outgoing viewer, to people with open minds, we have been rewarded exponentially with wonderful acting, a compelling story and a surprisingly accurate backdrop. The show boils down to showing the daily lives of aristocrats and their servants in the early 20th century but there really is too much to give a narrow overview. The star, or highlight I should say, is Maggie Smith. If I could, I would hand her every single award for acting available. She is PHENOMENAL! I cannot emphasize that enough. Just check out a couple of episodes. I bet you will be hooked. The only real downside is the genre of the show, which at times can bare down a bit heavy. Still, A- for Downton Abbey.
The Guild is a tricky show. With the backdrop of online gaming and awkward geeks, nerds, shut-ins, and just oddballs you would think that this would be a no brainer for me. The issue is with the pacing. Please, do not get me wrong. I fully understand the cringe worthy dialogue and uncomfortable pauses. They make perfect sense. They just rub me the wrong way at times. I will admit that the seasons get better as they progress. This is by far the best season of the three. Still, I am really disappointed. I actually wanted to talk more about the show. The writing, the cameos, the jokes within jokes… Regardless of how charming a show is, when there is a lack of connection with its audience, there is not much left to do. And for me, there was a disjointed attempt at a connection in more than one episode and they were so bad that they became off-putting. The Guild season three gets a B. I wish I could give it higher but until it feels a bit more polished in pacing and assertive in its acting chops, it will be just good. Of course, this is not the last season. I will be watching further as I would like to be proven wrong.
I intended to write a few book reviews as well, but I feel as though these are maybe getting too long for people to enjoy. Though I partially do this for my own purposes, they are viewable for the entertainment of others. I want to try to keep each post under 600 words unless I get feedback suggesting other wise. So either I will shorten each review or change my entries for one item only. I am not sure. Maybe next week I will come up with a finalized decision. Until then, take care.


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I have been wearing Carhartt for a number of years now. Normally I have to go a size up because of the leg size I have and these are great and comfortable. I am a big guy too.(not overweight, but big structure). I ordered two pairs and about to order two more. [$] sold.
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Back in 2001 President Bush looked into Vladimir Putin's eyes and later claimed he had looked into his soul. I always found the remark to be ridiculous, and recent events prove why: Putin has none.
Russia is looking for a resurgence. In 2007 Russia planted its flag on the North Pole. In 2008 Russia invaded Georgia. In 2013 the Sochi Olympics showcased to the world that Russia is very much a key actor and plays host to the world. And throughout the last decade Putin has used Russia's vast hydrocarbon wealth to manipulate markets and make entire countries dependent on Russia's cheap export, lest the rates for Russia's gas significantly rise.
Ukraine sits on Russia's border and its orbit is torn between the allure of EU accession to the west and Russia's tug to the east. Ukraine fared poorly under the Soviet Union; google the key words famine, USSR, and Ukraine and you find that seven million Ukrainians died in 1932-1933 under Moscow's rule. For that reason alone Ukraine looks west to the EU as a symbol of democracy and bastion of human rights. Indeed, Ukraine moved closer to the EU in recent years by, inter alia, creating a free trade agreement. President Yankovich dashed hopes for further EU integration recently by looking back east to Russia, setting off today's crisis.
The crisis is deepening because Yankovich is not the only Ukrainian looking east. Look back to 2012 when Ukraine's parliament held an unexpected vote. The New York Times describes the vote this way:
The Ukrainian Parliament, acting unexpectedly, approved a bill on Tuesday reaffirming Ukrainian as the country's sole national language, but allowing local and regional governments to grant official status to Russian and other languages spoken by at least 10 percent of their residents.
The question of granting Russian official status as a second state language had reopened an emotionally charged debate in Ukraine, a former Soviet republic where millions of people speak Russian as their native tongue.
Many people are far less comfortable speaking Ukrainian, especially in the eastern part of the country, the base of support for President Viktor F. Yanukovich, a native Russian speaker.
The vote helped expose the cinder lying and deep rifts we see today. Indeed, Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, Crimea, the autonomous republic where Russian troops effectively took command in a few short days, and Donetsk, all speak Russian. I got word today from my Ukrainian friends living in those cities that many Ukrainians are taking their family pictures alongside Russian soldiers.
Russia is therefore in a perfect position to take back what they see as already theirs. Russian-speaking Ukrainians welcome the intervention because they clearly want to gravitate back into Russia's orbit. Yanukovich fled the country for Russia and happened to drain the country's coffers (70 billion), leaving the country politically and economically weak and in disarray.
Meanwhile Russia wins the battle in terms of power politics. The quick move into Crimea avoids a protracted battle because troops are already welcomed. The EU, which incidentally imports half of Russia's gas, is more or less impotent without the United States, and the United States is hesitant because we are coming out of two of the longest wars in the nation's history. If that were not enough, the inevitable diplomatic and economic sanctions the West conspires to place on Russia are tempered by Europe's need for Russia's gas. And while the United States did fight proxy wars against the USSR during the Cold War, starting a hot war now in Ukraine's east would be brazen at best and, at the worst, initiate a new world war.
A referendum is the best way forward, as a vote in eastern Ukraine that allows self determination and secession from Ukraine's west could bring a quick peace. War cannot be an answer if we value world peace. Putin knows this. And that is why he has already won his bid for Russian expansion.
It is a cruel irony that 100 years after the First World War we are on the verge of starting a third. Whatever lessons international diplomacy has learned over the last one hundred years will be sorely tested in the coming months. The price of avoiding a Third World War could very well be offering up Crimea to Russia. Then again, such an offer conjures up memories of that Second World War, where even a policy of appeasement was not enough.
Hope for peace.