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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Patch 3.3: First Impressions
Icecrown Citadel (raid):
Last night I cleared the first 4 bosses in both the 10man and 25man version. In fact, my guild was one of only two guilds on my server to kill all 4 bosses on their first night of attempts. I know that doesn't mean much, but it's a small victory that makes us happy, and we can spend the rest of the week trying to finish up ToGC. Any, here are my impressions.
Lord Marrowgar: If Leotheras, Supremus, and Naj'entus had a baby, its name would be Lord Marrowgar. I think how you view this fight really depends on how long you've raided. Since I raided quite a bit in TBC I've seen something similar to all of his major mechanics before.
With that in mind, the fight was pretty boring to me. There was no sense of danger or challenge to the fight. The Whirlwind hit like bean back and would only do serious damage if you stood in it. Same for the fires. As for the bone spikes, I spent so much time on one I thought I was going to be rotisserie chicken, but again How many times have we seen this mechanic? All you have to do is create a simple targeting macro and the bone spikes are simple.
All that said, I can see this being a real pain on heroic mode. As a general rule I had hard time avoiding the Whirlwind and fires completely. The room is very small and there just isn't that much room to spread out in and still have range. His abilities may become much more troublesome when they hit harder.
Lady Deathwhisper: I found this fight more satisfying . Maybe it's because we wiped a couple of times, but it didn't feel like as big of a push over as Lord Marrowgar. As I said, we wiped a couple of times. That was mostly due to trying to find the right balance of boss DPS and Add DPS. I don't think it is a hugely difficult fight, I felt like the bosses mechanics were more dangerous. Playing poorly could kill you and cause your raid not to succeed.
Gunship Battle: It may be a victim of high expectations but I was disappointed and bored. It may also be a result of my role in the fight. I was on the ship defense team and the fight consisted of three things for me. 1. Don't get hit by a rocket. 2. DPS the adds. 3. Wait for more adds.
There was no variation in the fight or me, and I didn't feel like there was any real threat. At no point did I feel like we were in danger of being over run by adds. I think this fight could use some of the original Magtheradon mechanics. I think it would be a great idea to have some sort of lock out on how often you can use the cannons or your jet pack. That would at least force a more of a role rotation in the fight.
To make matters worse we were rewarded with no loot. The chest bugged out on us and we were not able to click it. Hopefully, we will be able to recover what was inside with a GM ticket.
Deathbringer Saurfang: In my opinion this is the first truly challenging fight in the instance. I felt the threat that the Boss and the Adds represented very early on and it made the fight more fun.
I also want to talk a little bit about the Typhoon strat presented by Tankspot. I'm sure many of you have read it, but I will explain it in short. You don't want anyone to be hit by the Blood Beasts, so you have a mookin get aggro using Hurricane and force the adds to run through slowing affects like Frost traps. When the adds get close you Typhoon them to knock them back and stun them. While this is going on the ranged single targets them down.
The problem here is that they are highly resistant to AoE attacks, and the resistance seems to be closer to 90% then the 75% that Tankspot reports. As a result I had a ton of trouble getting aggro and/or pulling aggro off of the healers. I now think the best way to manage this fight is with slows, like crippling poison. The adds have fairly low health and will go down quickly as long as they have some sort of slow affect.
Icecrown Citadel (5man):
I ran all three instance on Graylo, and they seemed pretty cool. Its a little hard to judge since I out gear the instance by a mile, but the fights seemed interesting and they looked pretty cool. Ont top of that, the gear is pretty sweet and you get a ton of Frost Emblems the first time you go through it. I can't wait to get the Mage and Priest in there to get some gear.
Looking for Group:
Like everyone I was looking forward to getting a new instance, but it was expected. The new Looking for Group tools is what has me most excited. As a general rule I love running instances. As a raider, it is why I pay the subscription fee each month. My trouble has always been that I hate looking for a group. Usually it took just as long to find a group as it did to do the instance. If you lose a tank or healer midrun, your up a creek with out a paddle. For these reasons, I don't run 5mans that often, and I never run them while leveling.
I've only tried the new LFG tool on Graylo, but so far I think it's awesome. I had some trouble on Tuesday, but I'm chalking that up to patch day craziness. Every time I tried it it found a group fairly quickly, the group was fairly competent, and results were achieved.
The funny thing is I think it might make be a better player. I'm used to having very good tanks at my gear level. Pulling aggro usually isn't as big of a consideration as it should be. Now that I am playing with tanks well below my gear level I am having to learn to pay better attention to my aggro.
I still have some questions about this tool. How well will it work in a couple of months when the interest in it has died down? I also want to see how it will work for my lower level alts, but as it stands right now, I am pleased.
Squawk and Awe:
Just in case you had not seen it before, Squawk and Awe has been updated. You can find it at WoWInterface.com here. The only issue I had with the new version was that the cooldown timer didn't start until after the buff had expired.
24 comments:
- darnon said...
If you manually edit the previous version of Squawk and Awe as is mentioned in its Elitist Jerks thread (just some copy and pasting in the .lua file, not hard), the cooldown bar still functions as it did before.
- December 10, 2009 at 12:45 PM
- lissanna said...
They've been working on EJ to work through some of the bugs. Once they have that all settled, you should try downloading the newest version.
- December 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
- lissanna said...
To be more specific, they have been working on a fix for the cooldown bug you are describing.
- December 10, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Have you tryied "Quartz: Procs Module" instead? I havent noticed any difference between that and S&A.
- December 10, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Personally I enjoyed the freshness of all the new content. I was slightly underwhelmed by the difficulty(i think we wiped once on Saurfang), but I assumed the difficulty would be easy since blizz is on the "let everyone win" kick still in this expansion. Im setting my sights on Hard Modes.
You comment about the typhoon was interesting, our guild just had a couple of strong dps stand in front of the traps each take an add and get it to focus them then I would typhoon them back once they got close. We didn't bother trying to hurricane them
- December 10, 2009 at 1:04 PM
- Ballerkin said...
These fights were all easy, but I definitely can see them being very difficult on Heroic. Oh, and we did wipe on the gunship - some guy started the fight before anyone had grabbed their rocket launchers and nobody could go onto the other ship :P
Regarding Typhooning the adds - I just Typhooned them as they spawned, and they seemed to die before they ever reached the ranged. We did have a couple of healers tank a couple, lol.
- December 10, 2009 at 1:29 PM
- Dale said...
That Tankspot strat looks overly complicated, I just stood front and center at the bottom of the stairs, 3 hunter frost traps on the stairs.
Pallies with Righteous Fury up stood behind me, I would Typhoon as soon as they spawned. The adds hardly ever made it through the frost trap, if they did they would be knocked back a second time with Thunderstorm.
- December 10, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- Diermaker said...
We did Deathbringer on the one night none of our hunters showed up. We did Righteous Fury in the back, earthbinds in the middle and I did Typhoon after the first earthbind.
I really liked the fight the most. Seems like our healers enjoyed it as well.
- December 10, 2009 at 3:20 PM
As a moonkin raider of similar raid experience/gear level, I would like to propose another moonkin strategy for Deathbringer Saurfang to you.
Instead of attempting to pull aggro with the Bloodbeasts (a la Tankspot), just stand in the center facing Saurfang, typhoon both adds as soon as they spawn and then root one and have ranged dps burn down the other.
We completely avoided the need for hunter traps and DK chains of ice spamming. This also avoids the issues of trying to pull aggro, hurricane related mana issues and split dps.
Given a lower gear level, melee heavy raid or a 3 healer approach, a second form of slow/cc may be necessary but it is possible with only a moonkin for control.
~Aeon of Dragonmaw
- December 10, 2009 at 4:38 PM
I actually enjoyed the gunship but I was on a cannon and jumping back in forth from the ships for killing the mage guys.
Another thing we did on Saurfang is that the adds are tauntable on 25man. So if someone pulled agro and were getting close to hitting someone i just shifted and taunted. Normally this bought enough time for the mob to die.
- December 10, 2009 at 5:09 PM
- Lilija said...
I'd like to comment a bit on 4th ICC boss. We did in fact use the typhoon method and yes, hurricane doesn't help much (tho when I stopped using it, it somehow was getting even worse). Anyway, I gues the key to success was hunters trap, focused dps on adds and putting paladins with RF on me ... plus other healers not further than 1 group from me. Adds still tend to aggro randomnly in some cases but most of them did go in my dirrection.
- December 11, 2009 at 12:58 AM
- Aeiedil said...
I agree with your sentiments on a few bosses.
Deathwhisper we found very simple, easy to beat the enrage timer. That said we did wipe for an hour and a bit, because every time we pulled we would be bent over and spanked by the lag beast, making all dps and healing impossible. Would see a raid dps of 6-7k per person fall to a max 2.5k. Strong win
On the gunship I was also on ship defence. Halfway through I got bored so told the raid leader to stuff it, because DPS on the below zero add was low. I just started jumping around doing what I felt like (being the only Moonkin in the guild means I can often get away with this so long as I don't screw up), and that made the fight a bit more fun :) Just made sure to keep an eye on adds to make sure they weren't overwhelmed.
Saurfang I was moaned at for being unable to hold aggro with Hurricane because "it worked in the video". It took some explanation to point out that hurricane hitting for 90/hit could NOT hold aggro unless all melee stopped aoe (they refused to), and the healers stopped healing entirely. This of course was not possible, so finally we went to single-targetting and people paying attention and goddam moving, like I had been trying to get people to do at the start. Boss fell, cookies were had :)
- December 11, 2009 at 3:29 AM
- Qieth said...
I really enjoyed the LFG tool. Last night, i queued up for Pit of Saron (2nd instance) at like 00.30, and it took me 10 minutes to find a group. Not bad, considering its a whole new instance, and most people had probably done it. I did the random heroic for the first time, and i was amazed that i had to wait just a minute, and when we all got ported in, we were all ready. The party didn't stop, everybody knew what they were doing, nobody had time to go AFK because we just went through it.
It was like playing with myself. Gaming. Gaming with myself.
- December 11, 2009 at 7:51 AM
- Aeiedil said...
Regarding the LFD tool, it makes me more inclined to run random heroics instead of idling all day as it takes a lot of the headache out of joining a random heroic pug. Among other things, no bickering over deciding where to go!
- December 11, 2009 at 8:47 AM
I really like the new LFG tool as well, but have some questions on how the random instances are picked, specific to hybrids. I'm afraid to queue as a healer, since my off-set gear, while adequate for most of the instances, may be behind on the new ones. Any ideas or suggestions on how this works?
I also expect the queue times to lengthen as the novelty wears off. Although the teleport feature helps like it did with the battle grounds since I can queue and go about other things while I wait.
- December 11, 2009 at 10:37 AM
- Aeiedil said...
I believe it checks your current gear, so probably not a good idea to queue as healer with ilevel 200 gear if your main set gear is full IC epics :) Maybe swap over to your healer gear before you queue or something, would expect that to prevent you being in a dungeon you can't heal.
- December 11, 2009 at 10:47 AM
I am glad to see the opinion of another moonkin for the Saurfang fight and know I'm not totally crazy >.< there was absolutely no way I could hold aggro against our mages with hurricane, and most the adds were dead by the time they got in typhoon range of me anyway. I will talk with my raid leader about some of the other strats I heard here :D
- December 12, 2009 at 12:03 AM
- Cybac said...
Gray, try Surgetracker for Eclipse Procs, there's a post about it on NoStockUI, I cant access it from work to post the original link soz.
Tis a very nice addon :)
- December 12, 2009 at 9:22 AM
- Dale said...
Seems like Squawk and Awe is working again, it is doing sometimes it lags my whole screen when eclipse procs.
I believe it is the work around that they used, it's definitely better than without it.
- December 12, 2009 at 9:53 AM
- Aeiedil said...
So what are all your views on weapon choice.
Personally I'm going with Nibelung simply because I'm getting bored of weapon after weapon with the same old stats, I like nice procs :) That and I like a druid with a staff.
I've done an initial wowhead profile with what I am aiming for, working on a post on strayegg about it. Unfortunately wowhead doesn't list all the items I would like to include (i.e. the reverred/exalted rings, and items from bosses not yet ingame), so I've used some EoF items to patch in the gaps (and my trusty Bejeweled Wizards Bracers)
Can view it here : http://www.wowhead.com/?profile=19102924
Any comments? :)
- December 14, 2009 at 4:25 AM
I liked the LFG tool on the first night only. Since then I have had 15 to 20 minute wait times or more. As a boomy it seems like DPS is a dime a dozen and the limiting factors are tanks and healers. As it always was, yet now it is much more pronounced. Not real happy with it atm, we'll see...
The other problem is when there is a cloth drop that's an upgrade for me, yet everyone else rolls DE and of course that overrides my greed (because I can't Need due to it not being my "type" of gear). I really hate this part and wish Blizz would change it to allow Need on cloth for druids and probably leather for shammys and so on, maybe one level "lower" type of gear if you know what I mean.
- December 14, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Other good Eclipse tracking addon:
3.3 broke the addon I was using to track eclipse buffs and cooldowns (EventAlert; was a very good method if it gets fixedt for 3.3), so I gave the updated Squawk/Awe a test run and didn't like it very much. Part of that was subjective, but it kept bugging out on me, keeping the buff icon on the screen and generally being a little awkward.
I gave Quartz a whirl and liked it much better when combined with Quartz: proc module for tracking Eclipse buffs and cooldowns. It's still not perfect (can't seem to make it stop showing earth and moon) but its much more consolidated, more asthetically pleasing and more consistant with showing whats going on with Eclipse.
- December 14, 2009 at 1:08 PM
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- December 17, 2009 at 5:35 AM
I don't know if the typhoon strat change before your posting but I read the strat. It wasn't talking about trying to hold aggro with hurricane but using a holy pally behind you with righteous fury to aggro.
- December 17, 2009 at 10:28 AM


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[1] Soundex cards for H-652 thru H-654 are missing -- the National Archives has not been able to find these on any other films.
[2] The Family History Library does not have this roll.
[3] The FHL made another filming of this roll (#1380175 which covers T-360 Frank to T-416 Ivy). If you have trouble reading the roll, then you should order this second filming. The FHL number for the second filming is 1380083 -- and it was filmed backwards (Soundex cards in reverse order).
[4] The National Archives does not hold roll 702 -- the FHL also does not have a corresponding roll.
Dates, Contents and NARA Roll numbers taken from...
Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals, A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications; National Archives Trust Fund Board: Washington, DC; 1983; 2nd revised edition, 1991; pages 40-46.


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With more than 100 young men, all wearing gold helmets and either black or white jerseys, running around the football field, it can be difficult to stand out.
Unless your name is Phillip Lindsay, that is.
A redshirt freshman running back and kick returner, Lindsay has routinely been one of the most dynamic players on the field since joining the Colorado football team in 2013.
Lindsay has yet to play an actual game in a CU uniform, but he's already got his head coach, Mike MacIntyre, calling him the "Tasmanian Devil" and running backs coach Klayton Adams grinning at the thought of giving him the ball when it counts.
"He has that never-say-die attitude," MacIntyre said. "He'll do anything. (He has a) phenomenal attitude all the time. He gives unbelievable effort. He's extremely tough. He has quickness. He has a contagious, bubbly attitude. He's just one of those guys.
"If he carries the ball three times in a game or he carries the ball 20 times, he'll make a difference."
Oh, how Lindsay wants to make a difference at CU.
Born and raised in Denver, Lindsay was a star at Denver South High School and was thrilled when former CU coach Jon Embree offered him a scholarship.
After Lindsay tore his left ACL as a senior at South, CU remained committed to him. When CU fired Embree a couple of months later, Lindsay remained committed to the Buffs, despite the fact that they were coming off a 1-11 season.
"I love my state, I love (CU), I love Colorado football, and I want everybody to know that," said Lindsay, who hasn't played in a game since Sept. 14, 2012. "You're coming from Colorado and everybody is talking down about (the football program) because you have off years. But it's about pride."
Lindsay's pride in CU is surpassed only by the pride he has for his family.
The Lindsays have become well known for their athletic achievements. His father, Troy, played football at Colorado State. His cousins, Gabe and Tony, played football at Oklahoma State. He has a sister, Cheri, who was an all-conference volleyball player at Prairie View A&M and another sister, Sparkle, who played basketball at Mesa State. His brother, Zachary, is a true freshman on the Northern Colorado football team.
Athletics are important to the Lindsay family, but that's not the focal point. Every day, Phillip's parents, Troy and Diane, call their son and, Phillip said, "The first thing they ask is, 'How is school going?'"
Phillip learned a long time ago that his success in the classroom is much more important to his parents than anything he does on the field.
"That's how our family always has been," Phillip said. "We have to have (at least) Bs or we don't come in the house."
In high school, Phillip had his parents literally looking over his shoulder to make sure he got his school work done. Now that he's on his own, Phillip said he could easily take advantage of that freedom, but his conscious won't allow it.
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Biscotti Picanti (Sicilian Spicy Rusks)(makes about 36 rusks)
2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast (1 package = 7 grams)
¼ cup (60 ml) warm water
1 ⅔ (± 225-255 g) cups AP-flour (+ extra for kneading and shaping)
1 ⅔ (240 g) cups semolina flour
¼ cups (25 g) aniseed
3 TBsp (28 g) white sesame seeds
1 tsp salt
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
½ cup + 2 TBsp (150 ml/130 g) extra-virgin olive oil (+ extra for greasing the bowl)
¼ cup (60 ml) dry white wine
115 ml water
1. Dissolve the yeast in ¼ cup/60 ml warm water and stir until creamy.
2. Combine flours, aniseed, sesame seeds, salt and pepper in a large mixing bowl and make a well in the center. Add the olive oil in the well and rub into the flour with your fingertips until well incorporated.
3. Add yeast, wine and ½ cup (115 ml) warm water en knead briefly to make a rough ball of dough. Knead this for another 3-5 minutes or so. Cover and let rest for 15 minutes.
Knead for another 3 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic. Shape into a ball and let rise in a lightly greased bowl, covered with greased plastic, for 1 hour in a warm place (or until doubled).
4. Divide the dough in 3 equal pieces and shape each piece into a loaf about 12"( 30 cm) long.
Transfer the logs to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and leaving at least 2 inches/5 cm between them so they can expand. Take a dough cutter (or sharp knife) and cut the loaves into 1 inch/2,5 cm thick slices (or if you prefer them thinner in 1"/1 cm slices). Cover with greased plastic and let the rise for about 45 minutes.
Meanwhile preheat the oven to 500ºF/260ºC.
5. Bake the sliced loaves for 15 minutes, until golden. Remove from the oven and reduce the temperature to 175ºF/80ºC.
Separate the slices and turn so that they lie flat on the baking sheet. Return to the oven and bake for about 1 hour more, or until golden brown and completely hardened (if not totally hardened, return to the turned off oven to let them dry more).Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Serve at room temperature, or store in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks.
(adapted from: "Savory baking from the Mediterranean" - Anissa Helou)
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4 comments:
- MyKitchenInHalfCups said...
What's in my kitchen version! Oh but aren't those just the best! Beautiful close up. We really enjoyed these too. So happy to have you baking with us!
- February 27, 2012 at 6:24 PM
- Mary said...
The recipe is intriguing. I've never seen anything like it before and I am really curious as to how this would taste. Have a great evening.Blessings...Mary
- February 27, 2012 at 9:52 PM
- Lien said...
I agree biscotti/cookies can be teethbreaking hard, they just need to be soaked, these surprised me too with their crispy and brittle bite. Thanks for baking with us. Love the picture!!
I've made a part of them thinner, by slicing the thicker slices (done before rise/bake) with a serated knife after the first bake and baked them like that for the 2nd time.
- February 28, 2012 at 5:13 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Ooooh!! Caraways seeds. How clever are you? I bet they tasted wonderful with caraway. And I really like that you added spelt as well.
Your biscotti picanti look wonderful.
Thank you for baking with us!
- March 9, 2012 at 8:03 AM


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India have retained the squad that took a 2-1 series lead against England for the last two one-dayers in Mohali and Dharamsala. Manoj Tiwary, who said he had recovered from a side strain, was not picked.
The matches are on January 23 and 27, and the last ODI clashes with the final of the Ranji Trophy, which runs from January 26 to 30. Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja are the players who could be involved in that game if their domestic teams make it through the semi-finals.
After narrowly losing the first ODI, a high-scoring contest in Rajkot, India bounced back to beat England comprehensively in Kochi and Ranchi, by margins of 127 runs and seven wickets respectively.
Squad: MS Dhoni (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashok Dinda, Shami Ahmed.


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The P-Retro is a simple but flexible active/passive bass preamp equalizer which offers huge tonal variation to one of the most popular styles of bass of all time, without the need to permanently modify the instrument itself. P-Retro features two stacked knobs each with a pull-switch, class A FET input stage and a high quality relay for pure passive bypass.
Power is provided by an internal rechargeable battery. The normal volume control becomes the Volume/Tone Stack and works in exactly the same way as the P style bass original controls, passing the passive signal directly to the jack. When the volume control is pulled up, the active circuit is switched in, post passive tone control, and adds 2.5dB of gain with a flat response. Additionally, the upper knob allows either a mid boost, or a combined bass/treble boost. The lower knob sets the variable frequency points for either mode.
Technical Specifications
The P-Retro is based on a novel dual mode circuit which has a flat response setting, a conventional variable frequency mid range boost, as well as a combined bass/treble boost. A 'deep' setting is available too, as well as a bright option.
Please Note: In regards to knob rotation:
CW = Turning a knob up towards maximum or clockwise
ACW = Backing a knob off, turning it anti-clockwise or counter-clockwise
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- Passive Tone (Lower Knob in both Active & Passive Modes)
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- Lower Frequency Knob (250Hz - 2kHz)
Volume/Tone Stack
Works purely passively at all times and is designed to function exactly as the standard Volume and Passive Tone in a P Style Bass. This is in order that the wonderful stock sounds are always available, with no compromise.
When the upper knob is in its down position, the system is bypassed via a high quality relay with gold plated contacts. In this case, the jack is fed directly from the output of the Volume, exactly as a standard P Style Bass.
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Acts directly on the pickup at all times, exactly as in a standard P Style Bass, playing a totally familiar role.
The Passive Tone is also extremely useful in the active mode, further allowing the treble content of any active boost to be suitably backed off or subtly tailored. The Tone Capacitor plugs in, easily allowing different values.
Active Stack
In its centre click, there is additional gain of 2.5dBs with an essentially flat frequency response. (Additionally there is an option for a slightly brighter sound by setting an internal switch to on, described in the installation set-up.) Turning it CW gives a mid boost ranging from 0 - 15dBs at frequencies according to the setting of Frequency knob. Turning it ACW gives a combined boost to the bass and treble spectrum. The lowest level point is set by the Frequency Knob, but the amount of bass and treble boost varies according to the setting of the Frequency knob. (Not easily described in specification terms)
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The Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) is offering free nature walks in Wissahickon Valley Park in March led by FOW Trail Ambassadors.
Unless otherwise noted, hikes are on rocky, rugged trails that may be wet, slippery or steep. Please wear sturdy, protective shoes or boots and bring water/snacks if you desire. Long pants are recommended for protection against occasional poison ivy and ticks. Children over the age of seven are welcome if accompanied by a responsible adult. Walks are cancelled in the event of heavy rain or ice. Registration is sometimes required and always recommended so that you can be informed if there are changes. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com to register. Visit www.fow.org for updated information.
Late Winter in the Gorge with Scott Quitel
Saturday, March 2 at 9 a.m.
Park near and meet at the trailhead near the intersection of Park Line Drive and Hortter Street. Duration: 3 hours. Distance: 5.5 miles. Look for early signs of the Park "waking up" for spring as we roam up and down both sides of the Wissahickon Gorge, traversing sections of the Park's three main hiking trails. Will visit amazing ancient rock formations and landmarks. More info: email@example.com..
Orange Trail Hike with Merritt Rhoad
Sunday, March 10 at 1 p.m.
Meet at Northwestern Ave & Forbidden Drive. Duration 2-2 1/2 hours. Difficulty: moderate. Distance: about 4 miles along Forbidden Drive to Bell's Mill Rd and then along the Orange & White Trails to the Indian Statue with return to Northwestern Ave along Forbidden Drive at a conversational pace Learn a little bit of Wissahickon history geology and stewardship.
Meandering in the Wissahickon with Shelly Brick
Saturday, March 16 at 2 p.m.
Meet at Kitchen's Lane entrance to the park off Wissahickon Ave. Come and enjoy the upper trails of our park and "Talk Story," a Hawaiian tradition. Pace will be set by the group. More info: email@example.com.
Three Mile Hikes with Kimberly Quinn
Saturday, March 16 at 12 p.m.
Meet at Valley Green Inn. Difficulty: moderate. Duration: 2 hours. Distance: 3+ miles. Group sets the pace of the hike. Hike along the less-traveled Orange Trail. Wear supportive hiking shoes and bring water. Cameras and binoculars encouraged. Experience caves, trek the Fingerspan Bridge, cross Devil's Pool, discover the Spring House, Shakespeare's Rock, learn about major improvements to the trails, history of the Livezey Mill, and other areas of the park, and hopefully spot some wildlife. Suitable for children over 8 accompanied by a responsible adult. More info: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Singles Walk/Hike with Monika Hemmers
Sunday, March 17 at 10 a.m.
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On a cold Saturday morning, Brookes Britcher and Bryan Rice were busy breaking down the interior of 8517 Germantown Ave., a retail space that had for the past eight months served as the home exhibition space for the arts collective they founded, the Chestnut Hill Arts Initiative.
Britcher and Rice took a moment to talk about the past year and how the initiative has grown since its earliest Germantown Avenue exhibit, Project Sketchbook, which filled empty storefront windows with works by student artists from area schools. After that, the initiative became a driving force behind contemporary art in Chestnut Hill.
Since that show, Britcher and Rice organized two exhibits. The first was "New Trails" that had numerous exhibits by 24 different artists installed along the Avenue in Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill, along the Wissahickon Creek and at 8517 Germantown Ave. That show was open for 28 days and saw 1,300 people pass through the Avenue space. Last month, Chestnut Hill Arts Initiative's "Ambassador" saw 600 people visit the space in only six days.
What distinguishes from CAI from anything else going on in Chestnut Hill? How important do you think it is for Chestnut Hill?
Rice: I think the first thing is the idea that it is an initiative. It's something that can continually be developed. With that we can bring in outside ideas to develop and parallel our own ideas. There's a lot of ground for really contemporary projects out here. Just in the last two shows we were able to determine there's a real interest in contemporary art on the Avenue and in Chestnut Hill in general. The fact that it's an initiative it's continually driven and not holding steadfast to one idea.
Britcher: It's one thing that's unique about it. It's so malleable. You can do projects in empty storefront windows and then you can do the New Trails in the Wissahickon. We saw an amazing amount of positive response based on the tone and mood of work and the kind of space we were working in. People young and old were impressed, refreshed with seeing younger work that's not readily available here. It's something that can grow and be anything. Without the weight of operating a physical space and not completely concerned with the sale of work.
Were you able to tell how many people came here from Chestnut Hill? How have the crowds been?
Britcher: We did our best to capture ZIP codes at New Trails and found people had come from London all over the country and region. The Ambassador opening had more of a local feel. That was the nature of the project anyway. Seeing all these shopkeepers from the Avenue all in one spot enjoying a beer.
Rice: That was a pretty wonderful night. It was a community celebration.
Britcher: It's tough for people to realize something's going on when there hasn't been something in it for a while. As we've done this project, the response is larger and larger and more and more people stop in and join the mailing list to see what's going on.
Would a permanent space be a benefit at all? I see something where people knew that this is where the contemporary art can be found?
Rice: It's definitely something we're interested in. The idea of flexibility and malleability speaks mostly to the type of dialogue that we want to bring out here. Wherever it happens, even if it happens in a permanent space, we want to create different types of artistic dialogue in this region. This region is ready and already accepting of it. They want to be challenged. They want to be questioned and reciprocate and ask their own questions. It's an incredibly intelligent audience here and very cultured. They're very aware of what's going on in the art world.
Britcher: We wanted [when we started] to be sure that the young artistic community is aware there are opportunities out here. It's a wonderful audience here. A different audience. I knew it would be a challenge. There's a stigma about Chestnut Hill as a place where art can't happen. We knew it could.
So how has this last year been? Has it been good? Do you see Chestnut Hill Arts Initiative growing?
Rice: A lot of awareness has been created about the kind of projects were doing. It's been huge for us.
Britcher: And the artists too. We think of projects as a dialogue. We want to see if it's possible if we can learn what's going on and the artist can learn something and take active ownership with the projects. New Trails was a real sense of process to get these things approved, and it took a lot of creative brains storming together. That's the most rewarding.
What we'd love to see grow out of that is a community that can support younger artists, that attracts people, whether it's affordable studio space or desirable place to show work and have performance space. What drives that is to get artists to invest in that idea. I think that's what we've done – we've scratched the surface of that.
What else defined the year for the arts initiative?
Britcher: What's definitely important to me is that the Bowman guys didn't have to do this. For the last two years all we've experienced is a real beneficial relationship with them and seen people really interested in doing something different in the community. They sent up guys to help us finish the floor … It wasn't just stick stuff in the window, and we'll let you know when you need to leave. Richard [Snowden] and Jess [Orso were always excited about what we were doing. They treated us like a real tenant. They treated the projects like they were going to be beneficial to the community.
When can we expect the next project?
Britcher: We'll reevaluate what the next step is. We've kind of run out of spaces we can use. Maybe the idea has to change into something else. Maybe it becomes more collaborative with the CHCA or maybe it's networking with the galleries. We're going to keep developing ideas and projects. Maybe this summer?
Rice: Yeah. Why not?


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For Immediate Release
September 27, 2013
Contact: Marcia Alexander-Adams
Phone: (202) 267-3488
The airport privatization pilot program is designed to allow airports to generate access to sources of private capital for airport improvement and development. The 1996 Reauthorization Act, Title 49 United States Code §47134, authorized the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish the pilot program. The 2012 Reauthorization Act increased the number of airports that could participate in the program from five to 10. The same restrictions on participation apply. Only one large hub airport can participate in the program; one of the airports must be a general aviation airport. Commercial service airports can only be leased and general aviation airports can be sold or leased. The program now permits up to 10 public airport sponsors to sell or lease an airport with certain restrictions, and to exempt the sponsor from certain federal requirements. Most commercial service airports in the United States are owned and operated by local or state governments. Public-use general aviation airports are both publicly and privately owned.
Chicago Midway Airport (MDW)
Chicago Midway Airport (MDW), a large air carrier hub airport, owned and operated by the city of Chicago, handles more than 17 million passengers and 253,000 aircraft operations (calendar year 2008). The City also owns and operates Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
Status: On Monday, September 27, the city of Chicago withdrew its preliminary application to privatize Midway International Airport. The large hub airport slot is now available.
Hendry County Airglades Airport (2IS)
Airglades Airport, a general aviation reliever airport in Clewiston, Florida, is located 80 miles from Miami International Airport. The airport is owned and operated by Hendry County. The airport has a 5,603-foot runway, a general aviation terminal and hangars. Hendry County's preliminary application was approved by the FAA on October 18, 2010.
Status:The airport sponsor is negotiating an agreement with a private operator.
Luís Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU)
Luís Muñoz Marín International Airport, a medium-hub airport is owned and operated by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority. In 2008, the airport had 4.6 million passenger boardings. The FAA approved the Authority's preliminary application for the Luís Muñoz Marín International Airport on December 22, 2009.
Status:The airport sponsor published a Request for Qualifications in July 2011 and prequalified six potential bidders to submit proposals. On July 19, 2012, the Puerto Rico Ports Authority selected Aerostar Airport Holdings as the winner of a public bidding process to become the private operator of the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport. The FAA held a public meeting on September 28, 2012 to hear comments on the final preliminary application to privatize the airport. The FAA approved the final application to privatizeLuís Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico on February 25, 2013. Aerostar Airport Holdings is operating the airport under a 40 year agreement with the Puerto Rico Ports Authority.
To review information on the airports submitted to the docket go to: www.regulations.gov.
Airglades, Docket Number FAA-2008-1168
What does FAA's acceptance of the preliminary application mean? An airport sponsor who wants to participate in the airport privatization pilot program must receive preliminary FAA approval, through an application process, to reserve one of the ten slots available under the program. Once the FAA approves the preliminary application, the sponsor can select a private operator to manage the airport, negotiate an agreement with the private operator, and prepare a final application for submittal to the FAA.
Application process. A public airport sponsor and the private operator selected to purchase or lease an airport may request participation in the pilot program by filing an application for exemption under Title 49 United States Code § 47134(a).
- A public sponsor may submit a preliminary application for FAA review and approval. It must contain summary narratives identifying the objectives of the privatization initiative, a description of the process and a realistic timetable for completing the program, current airport financial statements, and a distribution ready copy of the request for proposal/qualifications. The FAA has 30 days to review the preliminary application.
- When the FAA approves the preliminary application, the applicant is guaranteed one of the 10 slots in the program.
- The airport sponsor may select a private operator, negotiate an agreement, and submit a final application to the FAA. There is no timeline for the FAA to complete its review of the final application.
- After the FAA reviews and accepts the final application and lease agreement, it publishes a notice in the Federal Register for a 60-day public review and comment period.
- The FAA completes its review, prepares its Findings and Record of Decision (ROD), addresses the public comments in the ROD, and publishes the agency decision.
- If the FAA approves the privatization application in the ROD, it monitors the legal settlement and transfer of the airport from public owner and sponsor to the new private operator and sponsor.
Number and category of airports. The legislation authorizes 10 airports to participate in the program. At least one must be a general aviation airport and no more than one large hub air carrier airport may participate. Under the pilot program, general aviation airports may be leased or sold, but an air carrier airport may only be leased.
Exemption from federal requirement. The 1996 Reauthorization Act permits the FAA to exempt an airport sponsor from certain requirements. First, the public airport sponsor may receive an exemption to use the lease or sale proceeds for non-airport purposes. Generally, all proceeds from the lease or sale of airport land must be used for the capital or operating costs of the airport. This exemption requires the approval of 65 percent of the air carriers at the airport (by number of carriers and by landed weight). The FAA also can exempt a public sponsor from an obligation to repay federal grants and return property acquired with federal assistance upon the lease or sale of the airport.
Conditions for granting exemptions. The FAA approval is based upon a number of conditions listed in Title 49 United States Code § 47134. These include the private operator's ability to assume the public operator's grant obligations, and ensure continued access to the airport on reasonable terms. The private operator must operate the airport safely, maintain and improve the airport, provide security, mitigate noise and environmental impacts, and any existing collective bargaining agreements covering airport employees may not be abrogated. The lease agreement must provide a plan for continued operation of the airport in case of bankruptcy of the private operator.
Federal assistance. The private operator of an air carrier airport may receive Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants, collect Passenger Facility Charges, and charge reasonable fees. Increases to airport rates and charges that exceed the Consumer Price Index require approval of 65 percent of air carriers. Private operators of general aviation airports can receive AIP discretionary grants.
Federal oversight. Air carrier airports in the pilot program must comply with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 139 and with Transportation Security Administration requirements for airport security.