Oh my: Southwestern Virginia Biodiversity.

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Think we’ve reached rock bottom in politics? Two words: Bigfoot erotica.

By Petula Dvorak|Jul. 30th, 2018

Denver Riggleman, Republican House candidate, during his gubernatorial campaign in 2017. (Erica Yoon/AP)

Bigfoot? He’s always been hot in Virginia.

Long before the full-frontal of that tall drink of hairy became social-media famous and part of the midterm election fray, Virginians have been hunting Sasquatch.

“Virginia is a serious hotspot,” said Daniel Benoit, who runs the East Coast Bigfoot Researchers Organization in the Shenandoah Valley.

If none of this sounds normal to you, that’s okay. This is the new normal in American politics, and let me catch you up.

A contentious race to fill an empty House seat in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District went nuclear over the weekend when the Democratic candidate, Leslie Cockburn, decided to out her opponent’s odd interest in something called “Bigfoot erotica.”

Republican Denver Riggleman was already under fire for being too cozy with folks from last year’s deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville. Given the surge of fringe candidates in Virginia and

Blog Links

I've now finished linking all of your blogs to to this page over the last few days.  Make sure I found the preferred landing page and send me any changes.  A few folks are still working on some privacy settings, and at least one person's blog may have to remain private for work reasons.   

I chose to wait until the middle of the course because in past years I shared everything early, and all blogs looked a lot alike.  I am very happy with the diverse approaches you've taken, and I see 4 different platforms and 10 different templates.  Feel free to comment on each others posts.  And after learning from others, also know you can update any of your own assignments and blog posts any time.  Of course, if you go by a name other than what appears in Canvas (e.g., James vs. Jim), please tell me to fix that too.

Assignment 11 - 1:1 Calls with Instructor

The phone call link has been inserted into Assignment 11.  Available times are between July 8 and July 20.
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Pick one, and contact me if you need to reschedule.   I can also be available during the holiday week (just ask), but did not want to make anyone feel obliged.

A cool way to see some remote areas

If you're like me, you've wished for a way to bike along the railroads along rivers.

Canvas restored, but....

not everyone has been restored to the course.  I'm going through one-by-one.  Don't sweat tonight's "deadlines". 

If we also discover missing projects/assignments that weren't already on your blogs/wikis, we'll figure that out together.

Canvas is Down - June 15, 3pm

I'm letting you know that I am aware of the Canvas problems.  It is a university-wide problem and it has affected all of you (and me).

I cannot access my own course (or roster, or list of assignments, etc), so I'm building an alternative platform for the interim, and perhaps we'll stick with that.

Hang in there.

Jim

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Augmented Reality - Watersheds and More

Last summer our H-B Woodlawn and Yorktown high school interns Ben, Bryan, Alex and Eddy built an augmented reality sandbox with one of long-time favorite teachers Carey Pollock and some great folks from NoVa Labs (retired engineers Nick Carter and Sharon Dempsey).  The NoVa Labs folks built their own the following semester.

Carey aimed even higher, developing a plan with a detailed budget that could be replicated by teachers confidently.  She also applied for funding from the Falls Church Education Fund, which always seems receptive to integrated science and technology learning projects. 

Carey's students finished this week.