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Friday, February 13, 2004
Capulin Again
I always stop at Capulin Volcano when we pass by. It was 2 O'clock in the morning and snowing hard as we passed by on the way to Denver. That was good news because the kids wanted to see some snow. In the morning John exclaimed, "Dad! look out side." He also asked, "Is real snow that sparkly?" Yes, it is, and this is real snow. That day we stayed with friends in Castle Rock and the kids got to sled and plunge around in the snow. I need to move! Houston just is too far from so many of the things I love. Anyway, after the wedding we retraced our steps back on 287 and this time we got to Capulin around noon. The four of us hike the rim and soaked in the panoramic view of this beautiful corner of New Mexico. At 8,200 feet it was a little windy and cold compared to the last time we were here but both John and Elizabeth challenge us to a snow ball fight (and lost!).
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I always stop at Capulin Volcano when we pass by. It was 2 O'clock in the morning and snowing hard as we passed by on the way to Denver. That was good news because the kids wanted to see some snow. In the morning John exclaimed, "Dad! look out side." He also asked, "Is real snow that sparkly?" Yes, it is, and this is real snow. That day we stayed with friends in Castle Rock and the kids got to sled and plunge around in the snow. I need to move! Houston just is too far from so many of the things I love. Anyway, after the wedding we retraced our steps back on 287 and this time we got to Capulin around noon. The four of us hike the rim and soaked in the panoramic view of this beautiful corner of New Mexico. At 8,200 feet it was a little windy and cold compared to the last time we were here but both John and Elizabeth challenge us to a snow ball fight (and lost!).
Norm and Alethea's Wedding
The wedding ceremony was great and the kids were not too bad. The theme in the wedding was evident in the two purple ropes twisted around a single central gold one. The two purple strands represented the couple and the central golden one represented the Lord, binding the two together. Norm has also done mission work in every place he has been, whether that was in Korea or in his neighborhood here. Norm, Mike, Eric, Steve, Todd, and I were the steady six in a co-op bible study when we all first arrived at NASA. Norm is now building a business . The kids were very excited that there was a square dance after the wedding. Even John had fun, though don't ask my eleven year old son to admit that!
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The wedding ceremony was great and the kids were not too bad. The theme in the wedding was evident in the two purple ropes twisted around a single central gold one. The two purple strands represented the couple and the central golden one represented the Lord, binding the two together. Norm has also done mission work in every place he has been, whether that was in Korea or in his neighborhood here. Norm, Mike, Eric, Steve, Todd, and I were the steady six in a co-op bible study when we all first arrived at NASA. Norm is now building a business . The kids were very excited that there was a square dance after the wedding. Even John had fun, though don't ask my eleven year old son to admit that!
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Mike Talks About Papua New Guinea
This weekend the kids and I started out on an adventure to Denver, Colorado. A friend of mine, Norman Reese was getting hitched. We headed out on Thursday and first picked up a co-friend of ours, Mike. Mike has been a missionary for a number of years in both Niger, Africa and now most recently, Papua New Guinea. At our first night stop he gave a talk about what it was like living in PNG. I especially enjoyed his story of crossing the river. The tribes men he was with were concerned that Mike might drop his bag in the water and so took the bags himself. He first started into the river and the water continued to rise up until he could just breath while on his tippy toes. Then to Mike's amazement the tribes man continued under water, all the while still holding the dry bag over his head! Every 20-40 seconds or so the man would jump up out of the water to get another breath and continue all the way to the other side of the river. Mike does survey for the Summer Institute of Linguistics. He has always followed the calling of Christ and gave up a NASA job and an American life to reach the many peoples around the world that do not yet have the new testament scriptures in their language.
The girls liked putting on some of the clothes and jewelry that Mike brought back from PNG. The second picture is of the river Ruaba where Mike crossed in the story.
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This weekend the kids and I started out on an adventure to Denver, Colorado. A friend of mine, Norman Reese was getting hitched. We headed out on Thursday and first picked up a co-friend of ours, Mike. Mike has been a missionary for a number of years in both Niger, Africa and now most recently, Papua New Guinea. At our first night stop he gave a talk about what it was like living in PNG. I especially enjoyed his story of crossing the river. The tribes men he was with were concerned that Mike might drop his bag in the water and so took the bags himself. He first started into the river and the water continued to rise up until he could just breath while on his tippy toes. Then to Mike's amazement the tribes man continued under water, all the while still holding the dry bag over his head! Every 20-40 seconds or so the man would jump up out of the water to get another breath and continue all the way to the other side of the river. Mike does survey for the Summer Institute of Linguistics. He has always followed the calling of Christ and gave up a NASA job and an American life to reach the many peoples around the world that do not yet have the new testament scriptures in their language.
The girls liked putting on some of the clothes and jewelry that Mike brought back from PNG. The second picture is of the river Ruaba where Mike crossed in the story.
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
NMR Analysis
Today, I realized that I was getting only half the picture from the NMR peaks displayed in NMRView. The residues could be identified by the chemical shifts in the IP_COSY data, but I did not realized that the connectivity of the sequence could also be found from correlated 3j and 4j coupling. Anyway now I am making much more progress assigning peaks for our tissue factor tail.
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Today, I realized that I was getting only half the picture from the NMR peaks displayed in NMRView. The residues could be identified by the chemical shifts in the IP_COSY data, but I did not realized that the connectivity of the sequence could also be found from correlated 3j and 4j coupling. Anyway now I am making much more progress assigning peaks for our tissue factor tail.
