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Chapter 13 Time and Travel Ash and her friends did nothing the next day, sleeping well past noon and then lounging on the beach through the afternoon and into the night. Behind them, the sail...
Chapter 12 Rest and Rejoice Ash and her friends did nothing the next day, sleeping well past noon and then lounging on the beach through the afternoon and into the night. Behind them, the sai...
Chapter 11Siege and Showdown The son of King Attiball and fifth in line to the throne had looked better. The tatters of his uniform was covered in mud and blood, as was his bruised face. He stil...
Chapter 10Party and Pursuit Takaa was prophetic. The entire town had been celebrating for three full days. And Ash had a headache that would not go away. She and her friends had been eating, dr...
Chapter 9Design and Deploy The group reconvened in the central courtyard. Soon most of the remaining royal court and military leadership joined them, minus Ahinadab. After picking himself up, he...
Chapter 8 Trapped and Tested They slowly rocked in gentle swells as everyone looked at Verhbitt. Mnihh’dm looked visibly angry.  Ash asked, “Do we not like Ahinadab?” Takaa said...
Chapter 7Journey to Tripoli It took all four of them to raise the crossbar and then pull the huge bronze doors back.  Outside, the elite soldiers posing as oarsmen had been busy, and the st...
Chapter 6Temple of Spies Even though it was hard for Ash to break away from the spectacle of Giza, Alim and Ash headed to where the battery had been before the pirate attack, dodging the cre...
Chapter 5City on the Nile Sailing in a Phoenician trading ship was nothing like a Disney Cruise. Ash quickly found a spot in the rear where she could wrap her arms around a piece of railing to k...
Chapter 4Off to Sea Ash could not believe what she was seeing. Somehow her phone was getting a signal, and she was able to text with Alex.  After starting to text him, she realized talking ...

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AZBio Awards

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Structures Updates in Ansys 2024 R1 (2)

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Stratasys F3300: Game Changing Throughput - Webinar

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Low Frequency Updates in Ansys 2024 R1 - Webinar

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2024 Arizona Space Summit

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03/27/2024

2024 Arizona Space Summit

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2024 Arizona BioPreneur Conference

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Fluent Updates in Ansys 2024 R1 - Webinar

02/28/2024

Structures Updates in Ansys 2024 R1 (1) - Mechanical, Meshing & compos

02/13/2024

Driving Innovation in Vehicle Lighting with Additive Manufacturing

02/08/2024

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2024 Transformative Vertical Flight

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2024 Transformative Vertical Flight

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02/06/2024

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01/26/2024

Arizona Photonics Days 2024

01/25/2024

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01/24/2024

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12/20/2023

Improving Heath Care with Additive - Webinar

12/13/2023

AZ Tech Council Tech The Halls 2023

12/07/2023

Stratafest 2023 - Houston, TX

12/06/2023

Optics Updates in Ansys 2023 R2 - Webinar

11/15/2023

2023 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards

11/15/2023

Twin Builder Updates in Ansys 2023 R2 - Webinar

11/01/2023

Webinar: Additive's Role in Factory 4.0

10/25/2023

Ansys LevelUp 2023

10/25/2023

Nerdtoberfest 2023

10/25/2023

Mechanical Updates in Ansys 2023 R2 (3) - Webinar

10/18/2023

2023 Southern Arizona Tech + Business Expo

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Fluent GPU Solver Updates in Ansys 2023 R2 - Webinar

10/09/2023

Structural Updates in Ansys 2023 R2 (2) - Webinar

10/02/2023

Colorado Life Sciences Innovation Forum 2023

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2023 AZ Bio Awards

09/26/2023

Experience Stratasys Truck Tour - Houston

09/22/2023

AIAA Rocky Mountain Section Technical Symposium 2023

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Experience Stratasys Truck Tour - Dallas, TX

09/21/2023

Accelerating the Energy Transition through Simulation

09/20/2023

3D Printing vs. CNC Machining - Webinar

09/13/2023

Maxwell Updates in Ansys 2023 R2 - Webinar

09/12/2023

Sandia Science & Technology Park 25th Anniversary

09/08/2023

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09/07/2023

New Mexico Tech Summit

08/30/2023

Structures Updates in Ansys 2023 R2 (1) - Mechanical, Post & Graphics

08/23/2023

Improved Injection Molding with Additive - Webinar

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SPIE Optics & Photonics Exhibition 2023

08/16/2023

Fluids Updates in Ansys 2023 R2 - Webinar

08/04/2023

Experience Stratasys Truck Tour - Salt Lake City, Utah

08/01/2023

Experience Stratasys Truck Tour - Denver Colorado

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