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	<description>The Daily Doings of Steph</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Kansas Rambling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on my annual trip to Kansas to attend the Southwestern College Science Advisory Committee meetings. The meetings are usually held on the second weekend in November - on the tail end of Fall in Kansas. The bright colors are starting to fade and the land is starkly beautiful.
Each year, I drive from Winfield east [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Grand Tree has Fallen</title>
		<link>http://slatrat.com/index.php/2012/07/14/another-grand-tree-has-fallen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 3rd, Peter&#8217;s stepbrother Bruce died after a long bout with melanoma. Bruce was an amazing man - one of those once in a lifetime people. Smart, funny, caring, great brother, fabulous husband, tremendous son. The list could go on forever.
To lose such a fantastic human being so young is just heart wrenching. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Daily Downpour</title>
		<link>http://slatrat.com/index.php/2012/07/13/florida-daily-downpour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 01:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steph</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a very intense ten days. Peter&#8217;s adored stepbrother Bruce died on July 3rd in Chicago after a long bout with melanoma. The Chicago memorial service was on Monday. Peter then flew to Boston on Tuesday for Bruce&#8217;s burial. I flew down to Florida to be with Peter&#8217;s Mom and Stepdad. And then Peter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Great Tree has Fallen in our Midst</title>
		<link>http://slatrat.com/index.php/2012/06/17/a-great-tree-has-fallen-in-our-midst/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steph</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 5th my Uncle, Tom Arthur, died after a long bout with pancreatic cancer.  I adored Uncle Tom. He was one of the most important male figures and role models in my life. He was always there – well, at least as far back as I can remember. He always provided support, encouragement, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venus Transit of the Sun and Our Little Home Observatory</title>
		<link>http://slatrat.com/index.php/2012/06/05/venus-transit-of-the-sun-and-our-little-home-observatory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steph</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been excited for quite some time about Venus&#8217; Transit of the Sun and today was the Big Day!
This morning, the weather looked quite iffy: cloudy. Two weeks ago, our view of the partial solar eclipse was completely obscured by cloud cover. And this is Anchorage after all. But miraculously, by noon the clouds had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New England Wedding (and Geocaching!)</title>
		<link>http://slatrat.com/index.php/2012/05/30/a-new-england-wedding-and-geocaching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 02:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steph</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Erin, one Alix&#8217;s best friends and one of our all time favorites was married on Sunday in Northampton, MA. Peter and I made the trip back East to represent. Alix was the very unfortunate victim of hideous scheduling - her national veterinary neurology boards were scheduled for the very same day (Sunday, May 27th) at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Day with Mom, Peter, and Da Poochies</title>
		<link>http://slatrat.com/index.php/2012/05/13/mothers-day-with-mom-peter-and-da-poochies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steph</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We celebrated Mother&#8217;s Day yesterday - a day early. Mom had this vision (hallucination?) of hiking the Winner Creek Trail in Girdwood and then doing dinner at our favorite Girdwoodian eatery, &#8220;Jack Sprat&#8221;. As we turned off the Seward Highway onto the Alyeska Highway, we noticed there was still snow on the ground. As we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ice is Out! And The Winner is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://slatrat.com/index.php/2012/05/06/the-ice-is-out-and-the-winner-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 01:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steph</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Da Ski Boy. Peter is so excited! This is the first time he&#8217;s ever won!!!!
I admit, I&#8217;m very surprised that the ice went out this early. There was a part of me that was sure that it wouldn&#8217;t go out until sometime in June. But it went out today, May 6th. Which is right around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ice Classic Entry Deadline Extended One Day to Midnight April 30th</title>
		<link>http://slatrat.com/index.php/2012/04/29/ice-classic-entry-deadline-extended-one-day-to-midnight-april-30th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steph</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure what I was thinking when I set the entry deadline at midnight on April 29th. It should end on April 30th - the end of the month! So, by fiat I&#8217;ve extended the deadline by one day. Click here to enter now!
The final sure sign that winter is gone and we&#8217;re fully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lagoon Ice Update - April 24th</title>
		<link>http://slatrat.com/index.php/2012/04/24/lagoon-ice-update-april-24th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the National Weather Service, &#8220;The tripod on the Tanana River at Nenana fell at 7:39 pm on Monday April 23rd as the ice shifted. This is the fourth earliest time the ice has gone out at Nenana since the event began 96 years ago.&#8221;
The earliest the Lagoon Ice has gone out is April 26th. [...]]]></description>
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