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It was an stressful day for the McMaster family. Mr. McMaster woke up late for work and to a dead car battery. Mrs. McMaster spillt coffee all over her brand new white blouse. Tommy McMaster dropped the science project that he spent all weekend making. Alice McMaster left her dance bag on the school bus, and Grandpa McMaster couldn't find the remote. 

After the long stressful day, Mrs. McMaster knows exactly what will make her family feel better. She conjurers up delicious dinner of everyone's favorite comfort food. Mash potatoes, mac&cheese, grilled cheese, and turkey dance onto the dining table. The family sits together sharing laughs about their days. It is then they all realize, there is no truer magic than the bond between family.

Writing Challenge #4 "Totally 90s Skates"

<title> Totally 90s Skates </title>

<metaname = "Home for all your skating needs. Inexpensive skates and gear". "All the great brands Airwalk and Roces" = />

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Roller blades making a come back! Totally 90s Skates.......

Writing Challenge 1

Brothers Soar! Wright Brothers Take to the Skies!

By: Katy Coleman

Kill Devil Hill, (December, 17, 1903), Wilbur and Orville Wright, two bicycle repair shop owners have successfully completed their dreams of creating a powered and controlled flight machine, thus making aviation possible. 

They suffered many delays earlier this week caused by broken propeller shafts. This first flight, made by Orville at 10:35 am, of 120 feet in 12 seconds, at a speed of only 6.8 miles per hour during freezing headwind gusting about 27 miles per hour. 

Keep Calm and Fiddle On

Join Shepherd University Program Board as they rock the day away at Shepfest 2013, featuring show-stopping, high-energy, take-no-prisoners country singer Natalie Stovall. Shepfest is a free concert and carnival all-in-one. Shepfest will also host inflatable novelties such as there will laser tag, mechanical bull, obstacle course and tons a free food! 

Natalie started playing the violin at the age of four and professionally performing since 10 years old. Natalie blends her country roots background with a strong rock sensibility to create fiddle shredding shows for a wide variety of audiences. By the end of high school she had already performed everywhere from the Grand Ole Opry to the Oprah Winfrey Show. In 2012, Natalie was named Entertainer of the Year by Campus Activities Magazine in the Reader’s Choice Awards. She was the female artist named in the category in 20 years.

Program Board is looking for volunteers during the event. If you'd be interested in helping and a free t-shirt go to the Volgistics page, there you can sign up to volunteer.

Shepfest is this Saturday, Sept. 7, 4pm-8pm on the Intramurals Field. It is going to be AMAZING!!  

The Future

It’s intriguing and also scary to think what the future holds for so many reasons. One of those being what technology will have in store for us. There have been many movies and TV shows that place their own spin on it. Some theories are flying cars, homes on the moon; microchips placed in our head so we can communicate without phones, computers that are smarter than us…etc. Even though I think it would be amazing to go to space and even live on the moon, that is probably a few more decades away, but I think computers eventually will take over. Most likely we won’t know they have taken over at first. We've come so far just in the last decade. I feel if we keep going at this rate we will have more technology than we know what to do with. The technology, such as Suri and the billion apps that are being created is even surpassing our basic knowledge. There won’t be any need for the arts, because there is no need for creativity, which will probably be the first downfall the future generations will see. I won’t be surprised for the day computers take over. There is a new show in NBC called Revolution, where power has shut off completely. I almost want there something similar to happen, because then we could almost start over, which could be a good thing. I’m just going to live in the present for now and whatever happens, happens. 

Internet vs Babies

I completely understand with the argue to provide more educational entertainment for kids and shows that have that “nostalgic” feel for young kids, especially with all the bad TV out there and the certain celebrity roles models that kids and teens are confronted with. I know there are many arguments at who should be in charge of regulating what children have access to through the media, but I do not think it’s a good idea to have the Reading Rainbow move to the online programming. I base merely on the fact that if we can barely control what they see on TV how in the world are we supposed to control what see online? There are tons and tons of spam out there, which no parental controls can really block. Also can we talk about the millions of creepers and weirdos on the internet; I don’t what my child anywhere near that. I’d be curious of how the program would work. Many children that view PBS shows are children in daycares, and most daycares don’t have regular internet access, but then again we are talking about today when babies can work an IPhone. I just don’t thinks it’s a good idea. We have enough kid’s shows that do the job. It is just up to the parents/guardians to help monitor what they watch. I personally watched Barney, and those were great years. If you have a thing against purple dinosaurs, then I’d recommend some Disney movies or Disney Junior. If you don’t like that then we got some problems. As for the Internet I can’t begin to guess where it’s going from here. I bet my bottom dollar that there will be more advertising and spam. Plus eventually we’ll have a lot of died people on Facebook. I aspect more cat videos and more copyright laws, as for that I have no idea. 

Tablets, Tablets, Tablets, OH MY!

There has recently been the explosion of tablets to hit the market. It seems like every company is now putting their own spin on the little computer you can hold in your hand. But let’s be honest, are they really worth it? I do not own any tablet, but my father owns a Kindle Fire and I have friends who have ipads. I think new technology is grand, but after a while it starts to lose its appeal. I played with an ipad for and 20 minutes one day and I was bored with it. I guess the main positive is that tablets are convenient; it’s like a laptop, but without the bulkiness that comes along with it. It’s nice if all you’re mainly doing is surfing the web, but not so much when you need to do actual work. Typing on those things is a nightmare and they don’t have that much storage space. I hear many pros about it them being good for car rides, but what if you’re like me and get car sick? I guess we’ll have to wait for the tablet that prevents car sickness. I personally don’t understand the craze and excitement about the min ipad. You are basically many tons of money for a larger phone that doesn't make calls. I think if you really want something that is has all the function of a laptop but the wonder of a tablet you should definitely go with Microsoft Surface. It’s easy to carry and sleek, but still big enough that you can see what you are working on, and comes the a keyboard that doubles as a case. Personally tablets are not a big thing for me, but I know a lot of people who love them. I’ll just be waiting to get excited for the next new piece of technology that will be out next year.