As you might imagine, the nasty little detail asploded across the Twitterverse.
The crazy accusations forced none other than the Cap'N himself to address the topic in his weekly YouTube message. You can hear his explanations for yourself here ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqMFV-QbxSE&list=PLnYFbIC2Jog7kiQUuG8KHJq4qd3GkKzI6
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100848870?__source=xfinity|mod&par=xfinity
So there you have it, the Cap'N's explanation. Are you buying it?
GONE MISSING: At 9 a.m. sharp, we tried to find the NASA Digital Learning Network special broadcast regarding the unveiling of Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex.
It was a go no. First, I was told my software was out of date, which I knew wasn't correct - I have the latest WIndows Media Player and QuickTime. We double checked all that, and I poked around the Intertubes and saw there were two different start times for the broadcast publicized - 9 a.m. or 10 a.m. So, got the live DLN feed, but it was hardly live - stock footage, no Atlantis in sigh. Boo! :(
No idea if/where/when it ever aired. But let's not let that get us down! :) Hail Atlantis!!!
By logging into the media portal of Kennedy Space Center last night, I suddenly regained access to all sorts of fabulous photos. Yay for us! :) I was emailed high resolution beauty shots of all of Atlantis' good sides (not that she has a bad side) overnight.
Like this ...
I love it!!!
And this, the entrance to the Atlantis exhibit ...
And this ...
Makes me want to buy a ticket down to KSC, pronto!
The last (and only previous) time we saw Atlantis, it looked like this ...
So, to freshen the memories, we spent about an hour yesterday doing some online drills on the topics.
I found these three teaching games for them to play: First up was a FunEnglishGames.com challenge designed to help players learn how to add letters to the beginning or end of a word to modify its meaning. http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames/prefixsuffix.html
They also played a dynamic, loud-ish Scholastic.com game called Short Circuit, where they had to match prefixes and suffixes and their meanings:
The Sadlier-Oxford game Crystal Castle made them play attention to spelling while they were adding prefixes and suffixes. http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/crstcast/crstcastle.htm
GAME ON: This afternoon we headed out to Lowe's to pick up some very not exciting or compelling items. Afterward, we stopped by a nearby St. Vincent De Paul thrift store. One of the fabulous finds we scored there was a never-been-opened board game, Robot Explorers.
It was less than $2, so we took a chance on it. I figured it couldn't be too old, as it said our solar system has 8 planets (sorry, Pluto).
In the game, you have to collect specimens from each planet. The sun ins in the center of the board, and the planets are in orbit around it. You have to land on a space with a shuttle so you can switch orbits to go collect the various specimens.
CJ and Annabelle found it HYSTERICAL that they had to collect a gas specimen from Uranus, by the way.
Annabelle's was the day's big winner.
After we played, I looked the game up on Amazon. Wow, the reviews were mostly scathing! I was surprised. We thought it was fun..
EXTRA INNINGS: Last night, the Mariners had a fireworks show after the game. They also had some fireworks during the game, actually winning (for a change) in extra innings.
We didn't go to the game, but we did go to the top of the hill to see if we could see the fireworks. They were nowhere near as big as we hoped/expected them to be. Most of them (at least from our angle!) looked like they barely cleared the top of the stadium height-wise.
It was a beautiful night, though, and the kids had fun playing in the park until nearly 11 p.m.!
I wish I'd had a tripod for my camera.
To the left of the frame you can see the Great Wheel, and you can also see the roof of CenturyLink field lit up like a rainbow for Pride Week. The fireworks are to the right of the rainbow. It looked like they were igniting them from two different launch pads.
In the game, you have to collect specimens from each planet. The sun ins in the center of the board, and the planets are in orbit around it. You have to land on a space with a shuttle so you can switch orbits to go collect the various specimens.
CJ and Annabelle found it HYSTERICAL that they had to collect a gas specimen from Uranus, by the way.
After we played, I looked the game up on Amazon. Wow, the reviews were mostly scathing! I was surprised. We thought it was fun..
EXTRA INNINGS: Last night, the Mariners had a fireworks show after the game. They also had some fireworks during the game, actually winning (for a change) in extra innings.
We didn't go to the game, but we did go to the top of the hill to see if we could see the fireworks. They were nowhere near as big as we hoped/expected them to be. Most of them (at least from our angle!) looked like they barely cleared the top of the stadium height-wise.
It was a beautiful night, though, and the kids had fun playing in the park until nearly 11 p.m.!
I wish I'd had a tripod for my camera.
To the left of the frame you can see the Great Wheel, and you can also see the roof of CenturyLink field lit up like a rainbow for Pride Week. The fireworks are to the right of the rainbow. It looked like they were igniting them from two different launch pads.
Learn Latin and you'll never have trouble with SUFfixes and PREfixes.
ReplyDeleteWhat a scammer the "Captain" has been.