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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="04f085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Astrolabe</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Astrolabe"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ourselves, Our World"><U>Ourselves, Our World</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conversations"><U>Conversations</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Creative Spirit"><U>Creative Spirit</U></A>   |   <B>About the Authors</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="050d2e83.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="2117f8d0.gif" border=0 width="127" height="141" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id34_electronic_pen.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Electronic Pen: A Student Journal"><U>Electronic Pen</U></A></div> <div> Alphabetical List of Authors</div> <div> <A HREF="id48_m.htm#george_hammond" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="About the Authors"><U>Hammond, George</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48_m.htm#craig_hanson_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="About the Authors"><U>Hanson, Craig</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48_m.htm#octavia_hope" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="About the Authors"><U>Hope, Octavia</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="05107073.jpg"> <div> <I>About the Authors</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="george_hammond"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>George Hammond</div> <bR> <div> George Hammond is an active duty service member in the U.S. Navy, who currently trains other Navy personnel. George is also working on prerequisites for entering a master's degree program in education that will take him a step closer to his goal of teaching history in a secondary or post secondary setting.</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="craig_hanson_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Craig Hanson </div> <bR> <div> Craig Hanson has over twenty years of military service in the Marines, National Guard and Regular Army. He has served his country in combat and humanitarian missions throughout the world, including in the Philippines and the Middle East (Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom). He currently resides with his wife and three children in Western Washington.</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="octavia_hope"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Octavia Hope</div> <bR> <div> Octavia Juliet Hope grew up in a military family, so she was always called a "Navy Brat."  As a "Navy Brat" she was able to travel to many states and countries, including California, Washington State, Maryland, Japan, and many other places in between. The only problem she has with having traveled so much is that she doesn't quite have a place she can call her hometown or any friends that she has known since childhood. But luckily she was able to adapt to that life-style and she became an easy-going, easy-to-get-to-know type of person. Her hobbies are singing, singing, and more singing.  She gives all the credit to God for giving her an interesting life and allowing her to stay sane and out of trouble.  Octavia hopes her luck hasn't run out yet and that she'll soon be the next American Idol! She will be trying out September 04 in Las Vegas.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>