FYI
Dear Colleagues,

Please pass along this important scholarship opportunity for blackundergraduate women in science.

Thanks.

********************************************
FAMU located in Florida has received a grant to give out scholarships toyoung African American women who enter their college for computer science. See the website below.

Dr. Jason Black is the Principal Investigator of a recently awarded$552,000 NSF Grant entitled African-American Women in Computer Science.*

The grant provides scholarships from $4000 to $10,000 per year forfemale African American students.

We need your help to get the word out about this great opportunity tobuild back up the enrollment of women in the CIS Department. Pass thisinformation along to high school or community college students, theirparents, and to guidance counselors you may know. The full text of thepress release can be found at site below: The AAWCS program begins operation on July 1 and will run until June 30,2012.

For more information about the program and applications for theprogram can be requested by contacting Dr. Black at

jblack@cis.famu.edu or (850) 412-7354,
(850) 412-7354, or click on the link below.

http://www.famu.edu/?a=headlines&p=display&news=602*

http://www.famu.edu/?a=headlines&p=display&news=602

Landscaping Idea For The Backyard

House Gazing

1 Of My Favorite Hobbies

*** I have provided the price and layout details and reset the pictures to match the interior. Also, please keep in mind that the price will change if you want most of your house 18" tile instead of just the normal wet areas. Berber carpet, and stainless steal will also increase price but use to be considered standard when we purchased our home. However, because of the housing problems these things are extra. So what you see in the picture is what you will get and is considered standard, except the pools of course. Single story homes take up much more land and therefore will cost more. All houses have 3 very different elevation plans that don't change the price.

** This area has a has its own parks (93 acres), Elementary, Jr. High , high schools, Brand new indoor water park, library, tons of walking trails (3 miles), and fields all within walking distance. 3 golf courses with 10-15 minutes with the main entrance about a 1/4 mile off the main roads for privacy.

Pulte is building a new community in Rio Rancho called Loma Colorado. A friend of mine was in town so we decided to go check them out.

______________________________
Cadiz

Starting from $329,990
2,672 Square Feet
3 Bedrooms / 2 Baths / 1 Half Baths
3 Car Garage Attached
1 Story
Den
Covered Patio
Kitchen with Nook

To view floor plan click http://www.pulte.com/templates/av/index.html?plan=../../communities/nm/rio-rancho/loma-colorado/plans/av/cadiz

________________________________ Marbella

Starting from $348,990
2,942 Square Feet
5 Bedrooms / 3 Bathrooms
3 Car Garage Attached
1 Story
Walk-in Closet in Master Suite
Kitchen with Nook
Covered Porch and court yard with cobble or flag stone pillars (PIMP!)

To view floor plan click http://www.pulte.com/templates/av/index.html?plan=../../communities/nm/rio-rancho/loma-colorado/plans/av/marbella

________________________________

The Alicante (back home in DC these would be over 1.3 million easy)

Starting from $382,990
4,223 Square Feet
6 Bedrooms / 4 Baths / 1 Half Baths
3 Car Garage Attached
2 Stories
Curved Staircase Off Rounded Foyer
Separate Living and Dining Room
Courtyard

Loft living area 3

Formal Living room

Sitting area 4 leading to 5th bedroom

Master Bedroom/ Door leads to private patio over looking mountains

Bedroom 3

Bedroom 4

There are additional bedrooms but I didn't take a picture of them all. Click http://www.pulte.com/templates/av/index.html?plan=../../communities/nm/rio-rancho/loma-colorado/plans/av/alicante for a detailed floor plan. This house also had a Roman pool with hot tub, a mini soccer field and a courtyard.

Standard features of the Alicante click http://www.pulte.com/communities/nm/rio-rancho/loma-colorado/plans/alicante.aspx

_________________________________

Ok, I can't find info on these houses at all. They had 22 models and my mind can't remeber all their names. I didn't even go into these house because I was overwelmed at all the other houses we saw that day. I'm pretty sure they are around 240K and 310K with close to 2,500-3,500 sq ft or more.

_______________________________

Santa Cruz (Best 1 story house to us)
Starting from $372,990
3,365 Square Feet
4 Bedrooms / 3 Baths / 1 Half Baths
3 Car Garage Attached
1 Story
Kitchen with Curved Island and Eating Nook
Covered Patio

I really need to go back and take a picture of the inside because it's simple beautiful. To see floor plan click http://www.pulte.com/templates/av/index.html?plan=../../communities/nm/rio-rancho/loma-colorado/plans/av/santacruz

_______________________________

In case you wanted to know the cheapest 1 story house is:

Montilla

Starting from $179,990
1,511 Square Feet
4 Bedrooms / 2 Bathrooms
2 Car Garage Attached
1 Story
Kitchen with Island and Nook Area
Optional Covered Patio
Master Suite with Private Bath, Double Vanity, and Sunken Tub

______________________________

The cheapest 2 story house is:

Alameda
Starting from $221,990
2,088 Square Feet
3 Bedrooms / 2 Baths / 1 Half Baths
2 Car Garage Attached
2 Stories
Large Two-Story Great Room
Spacious Nook and Kitchen
Upstairs Laundry Room

So what do you think?

Sahayla's Horse Attack

East Coast Rough Riders, MD



The ECRR just had the 2nd Gymkhana
June 7th and thier annual trail ride was this past weekend. You can see the Gymkhana pictures here: http://www.roughridersonline.com/Gymkhana2/index.html

I know they will take at least a week to get over the party from last weekend but I'll post pictures when they do.

Idriss

Sahayla

Mother, look at Sahayla's fatty legs! lol

To The Graduates- Congrats!

You have elevated our status as a family and we couldn't be prouder of you! Our ancestors would beam but first & final praise belongs to Allah SWT.

Alexis Mercedes McDaniel

Garrett Thomas

Joesph Sirus Cornish, IV

The 1st Counsins

Before

Idriss & Nevaeh

After

The Sun Tan



She's becoming a little scrumptious piece of toffee. She's yummier than Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake.

http://stickytoffeepuddingcompany.com/46/sticky-toffee-pudding

At The Park

I went to Bowie Park for a few hours with the children trying to get some good pictures. There were so many geese out with their newborns that I decided to take pictures of them instead. They geese were out taking a family stroll in the park like the rest of us. The male walked with his chest out making noises to warn man and beast to move aside because his family was coming through. :)

Starting Them Off Young


We've always felt that a child for the most part will never do what you say but will instead do what they see you doing. So in our effort to do less talking we've decided to do more walking and have begun a series of activities which we hope will encourage our son to a productive man and husband one day.

With the rise of TV shows which show men in a stupid, dumb, over weight, or a semi "sweet" state. Men who wouldn't know how to tie their shoes without a woman's help, and some are now more "diva" than woman so we saw a need to fight some of this anti male/ pro metro sexual male campaign. There are so many men who can't even change a tire these days and even fewer who can do any home repairs. It was bad enough that so many lack basic cooking skills and clean habits. Losing a mans ability to be helpful around the house is just so sad and we think there needs to be some sort of rights of passage into manhood in the form of classes or camps. When you have to get someone to cut your grass because your husband is to lazy to do it or lacks pride of ownership in his home by letting his house fall down around him and his grass turn into something from the Discovery channel, then there is a problem.

As mentioned in previous post we intend to tackle issues surrounding male development on various levels. Being male doesn't mean he has to be a unfeeling brute but we personally think our son should have some type of trade skill in addition to his higher education goals (we hope he will be a physics major) inshaAllah. Currently he is learning how to do various haka dances. He started basic martial arts. Idriss has had time on a horse and I plan on putting him into a horse and swim camp, and we've taken advantage of the land passed down in the family to introduce him to farm life. It's very important for him to keep company with men who work outside and aren't afraid to get dirty. He sits with the men when they clean weapons and do yard work. He hikes with his daddy in the mountains and at the dormant volcano's in Albuquerque. He has very little TV time and because of this he will not watch TV no longer than 10 mins. Most children have a innocence about them but we think some of our efforts are the reason behind him having little to no fear. He goes down into basements when its pitch dark. He walked right up to grandpa's goats and rabbits cages and attempted to stick his hands in there to say hello.


My father loves to watch him all the time. With pride he laughs when ever Idriss gets into something and yells; "That dar is a BOY, I tell yah!"

Inspiring