As part of my degree at George Mason University (GMU) I am required to take some courses that are extremely similar to courses I took in Germany while attending UMUC (European Division). The courses I am currently trying to transfer are:
IFSM430 to IT462 (Information Systems Security)
CMIS140 & CMIS240 to IT207 & IT208 (C++ Programming Classes)
GMU requires me to obtain the syllabus for courses from the year they were taken, and unfortunately that was not one of the things I knew to keep, so I didn’t. It has proven difficult to obtain any documents from the University of Maryland European Division, and I fear I might be unable to. The registrar’s office was extremely unhelpful. They did not offer to look up my information or get in contact with the professor. Instead, they told me that they did not keep that information on file and did not help me.
I have 2 requests for information out there on the ether. One with a faculty member at UMUC in the United States and the other, a request to Professor Frank House, the professor for my classes at UMUC.
Proving difficult, I have continued to attempt to get the required information. I am surprised to find that UMUC ED does not keep the course syllabi. I can only hope that Professor House or the UMUC Faculty can assist me in finding a syllabus for each of the courses listed above.
It has been a blast escaping to Great Wolf lodge in Williamsburg, VA. However, I am looking forward to tomorrow, our last day in the pool, and our return home. It has been very fun and I think Lionel really enjoys the water. I included a video below of a waterslide, and I am going to try my best to get some good video of him in the water tomorrow. He splashes and kicks almost the entire time he is in the water.
Check out the video below of a water slide at Great Wolf:
The site has now been upgraded to Wordpress 2.5 and the plugins have been revamped. Unfortunately, I had modified a lot of the plugins I used. I have created new widgets that integrate with the products I use, so that if they release a new version, I will hopefully not loose any functionality. One of the biggest things I wanted to get working was the post category section. In Wordpress 2.3 they changed the category structure.
The biggest change however, is the removal of Gallery2 and shift to Flickr. I evaluated both Flickr and Smugmug and decided Flickr was a better choice. Flickr’s unlimited account cost less and has more integration options. I have tried to make it easy for you to find the pictures I have been uploading. Yes, I am going to go back through time and upload ALL of my old photos. Hopefully everyone can view the site.
I’m sorry if you work for the government and can’t view the site. I am investigating options that will allow you to be able to view my pictures by utilizing the bandwidth available on this site.
While the Gallery2 plugin has been removed, the old gallery is still accessible for the time being. It can be accessed at http://www.thecolters.com/gallery2
Merry christmas everyone! I have put up a couple of christmas pictures of Lionel as well as updates to his other photo areas for the past couple of months.
The first week of October I took off of work at mindSHIFT to work on the house and go to the beach. I still have not updated the pictures, but plan to do put them up this week. I know it is a bit late, but I have been busy with midterms, work, and life. I had a great time at the beach, and I’m pretty sure Lionel liked the water. I’ll let you be the judge when the pictures are posted.
Please don’t be afraid to post a message or drop me a line if I am not updating everything as fast as you would like me to.
I would like to thank Penny and Bob for the wonderful long weekend at the beach. It was a welcome getaway from work of all sorts (work work and house work). I enjoyed relaxing and I definitely needed it. Thank you.
