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Graduate Course Offerings and Sequencing
Course Offerings by Semester Unlike the comprehensive list of all courses below, the link above will give you listings of the courses that are taught each semester.
Graduate Elective Offerings Plan This was approved by GAP in September 2011. Changes will occur beginning with the '12/'13 Academic Year (6 Graduate Electives Per Year)
- Meteorology Scholarship and Research Integrity Course (SARI) The SARI program at Penn State is designed to offer graduate students comprehensive, multilevel training in the responsible conduct of research, in a way that is tailored to address the issues faced by individual disciplines. In Meteorology, this one credit, required course is offered each fall semester.
- Graduate Minor in Computational Science
The minor in Computational Science was created to provide an opportunity for graduate students in all colleges and majors to pursue a focused set of courses that emphasize all aspects of computational science. Computational science involves using computers to study scientific problems and complements the areas of theory and experimentation in traditional scientific investigation. This Minor would be a valuble program for almost any graduate student at Penn State.
501. ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA. Overview of the complex interactions within the atmosphere, ranging from molecular to global scale.
511. THE WEATHER FROM GLOBAL TO MICRO SCALES. Conceptual models and underlying physics for weather phenomena on scales from the global general circulation to turbulence.. Prerequisite: METEO 520, METEO 521, METEO 531
512. ADVANCED METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS. Graduate version of topics covered in METEO 412 - Synoptic Applications of Dynamic Meteorology. Prerequisite: METEO 411 or METEO 411H; METEO 421 or METEO 421H.
515. PRACTICAL STATISTICS FOR ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES. The aim of this course is to build practical statistical tools for data analysis in the atmospheric sciences.
520. GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS. Fundamentals of fluid dynamics with an emphasis on basic concepts that are important for geophysical flows such as those in the atmosphere and ocean. Topics include kinematics, conservation laws, vorticity dynamics, dynamic similarity, laminar flows, and an introduction to waves and instability.
521. DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY. An overview of the major large-scale atmospheric motions of weather and climate. Prerequisite: METEO 520.
523. MODELING THE CLIMATE SYSTEM. An introduction to the mathematical description and modeling of atmospheric and oceanic motions.
526. NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION. Finite difference and spectral methods, barotropic and baroclinic models, filtered and primitive equation models, synoptic-scale and mesoscale methods. Prerequisite: METEO 422 or METEO 522.
527.DATA ASSIMILATION. Data assimilation (DA) is the process of finding the best estimate of the state and associated uncertainty by combining all available information including model forecasts and observations and their respective uncertainties.
528. PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES. An in-depth study of parameterization schemes used in numerical models of the atmosphere and their importance on the resulting forecasts and simulations.
529. MESOSCALE DYNAMICS. A survey of concepts of mesoscale systems including frontogenesis, symmetric instability, mountain waves, wave CISK, and frontal waves. Prerequisite: METEO 521.
531. ATMOSPHERIC THERMAL PHYSICS. Advanced treatment of thermodynamic principles as they relate to atmospheric cloud physics, radiation and dynamics.
532. CHEMISTRY OF THE ATMOSPHERE. Review of chemical principles in gaseous and multiphase environments; characteristics of key atmospheric components and chemical systems in the lower and middle atmosphere. Prerequisite: CHEM 012.
533. CLOUD PHYSICS. Overview of cloud systems; theories of phase changes in clouds and micro-physical mechanisms of precipitation formation; cloud electrification. Prerequisite: METEO 431.
535. RADIATIVE TRANSFER. Fundamentals of electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter; radiation and climate, atmospheric remote sensing, and observable atmospheric optical phenomena.
538. ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION. Properties of shallow and deep atmospheric convection and interactions between convection, the boundary layer, and larger-scale weather systems.
551.PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY. This course provides graduate and advanced undergraduate students in the sciences and engineering an overview of the circulation of the ocean and the theories used to explain it.
554. ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE. An introduction to the physics, structure, modeling, representation, and measurement of atmospheric turbulence. Prerequisite: METEO 520.
556.THE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER.This course describes the physical properties of the layer of the earth's atmosphere that is in frequent contact with the earth's surface, the atmospheric boundary layer.
561.THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE This course focuses on one of the most challenging environmental issues of our era, the accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) in our atmosphere due to human modification of the global carbon cycle.
563. BIOCLIMATOLOGY. Climatic phenomena in their reaction to life.
565. PHYSICS OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. A topical survey of physical, chemical, and dynamical processes at work in the stratosphere and mesosphere. Graduate version of material covered in METEO 465
570 CLIMATE SYSTEM DYNAMICS. The central course content will be: (1) fundamental factors which determine the climate including a deep understanding of components of the Earth System (atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere; (2) Climate variability; and (3) climate change.
580. COMMUNICATION OF METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH. Methods for effective written and oral presentation of meteorological research are reviewed.
575. CLIMATE DYNAMICS SEMINAR. Review of evolving climate dynamics and earth system science, including ongoing departmental research.
581. CURRENT TOPICS IN ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY. Discussion of recent research papers in, and concepts pertinent to, acidic depostion, photochemical air pollution and global chemical budgets.
582. ICE AND SNOW PHYSICS. Structure of ice and its electrical, optical, mechanical, and surface properties; snow formation in the atmosphere.
590. COLLOQUIUM. Continuing departmental seminar series that consists of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
591. DEVELOPMENT AND ETHICS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES. Provide a forum for discussion of scholarship and research integrity as well as critical components of professional development.
592. RESEARCH PROPOSAL PREPARATION IN THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES. This course familiarizes graduate students with research rigor, proposals, and processes.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES. Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses
600. THESIS RESEARCH. On-campus research. MS and pre-comprehensive PhD students register for enough credits to bring their course loads to the specified limits. Thesis-option MS students will receive quality grades (A-F) in six credits and PhD students will receive quality grades in up to twelve; all other credits will be graded with an R.
601. THESIS PREPARATION. (No credit). Only full-time PhD candidates who have passed their Comprehensive Exams may register for this course each semester and eight-week summer session.
In some cases, teaching assistants may register for this course. Although it does not count toward the 30 credits required for an MS degree, it does count toward the specified semester limit.
610. THESIS RESEARCH. Off-campus research. This course is subject to the same grade restrictions as Meteo 600.
611. THESIS PREPARATION. Only part-time PhD candidates who have passed their Comprehensive Exams may register for this course each semester and eight-week summer session.
891. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS. Practical and
helpful advice to graduate students who are ready to begin exploring career opportunities, including discussion of the job application process, interviewing, career paths, and leadership development.


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Despite the pointless political assassinations of vaccine workers or the police officers who guard them in a few deeply troubled areas, enough progress has been made against polio in the past year that health experts are now planning for the grand finale—its complete eradication by 2018. The official to-do list of what needs to be done and when to obliterate the crippling childhood disease—which goes by the name Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013–2018 (pdf)—will be formally presented at an international health meeting in Abu Dhabi on April 25.
"2012 was a very important year for the polio program," says Hamid Jafari, who directs the World Health Organization's Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Speaking by telephone in April to group of journalists gathered in New York City to learn about the proposed plan, Jafari said, "We had the fewest number of cases in the fewest countries in the fewest number of districts."
There is room for cautious optimism. Worldwide, the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of paralytic polio caused by the so-called wild type virus dropped to 223 in 2012—the lowest it has ever been. Just five years ago there were 1,651 cases worldwide, and 20 years before that, in 1988, there were an estimated 350,000 cases. As of April 10 this year there have been 18 naturally occurring cases of polio in the world—eleven in Nigeria, six in Pakistan and one in Afghanistan. (The majority of polio cases in any given year occur in summer and fall.)
The real stunner of 2012, however, was the successful eradiation of polio from India, which accounted for the majority of polio cases worldwide just seven years ago (in 2006).
For years public health experts worried privately whether it was even technically feasible to wipe out polio in such a large, geographically and socioeconomically diverse country. But working with local and international partners, India spent $1.5 billion on the problem and engaged thousands of people from local communities in its anti-polio vaccination and education campaigns. "Polio eradication in India eradicated the excuse of saying it's too hard to reach [hard-to-reach] groups," Apoorva Mallya of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said at the April journalists' briefing.
At a cost of $5.5 billion beyond what has already been raised, the proposed global eradication plan is by no means inexpensive. One of the great ironies of any disease elimination program (of which polio would be just the third example, after smallpox in humans and rinderpest in cattle) is that the costs to prevent the last several dozen cases are quite high compared with the previous hundreds of thousands. The extra complexity of including the hardest-to-reach people and places adds significantly to the price. But most health experts and certainly billions of parents around the world see polio eradication as a good investment that yields priceless benefits in terms of lives saved and the prevention of lifetime paralysis.
Successfully wiping out polio is by not, however, a foregone conclusion. All the world's governments—working through the World Health Assembly—had previously set 2000 as the target year for polio eradication. But five years later it was clear the effort had fallen short: annual polio numbers were stuck between about 1,000 and 2,000 cases globally. Financial shortfalls and social upheaval played significant roles in missing that earlier deadline.
A closer look at the current plan shows, once again, that the remaining bottlenecks tend to be financial, political and sociological as opposed to technological. The few scattered areas where naturally occurring poliovirus still cripples young people tend to be, practically by definition, some of the poorest, most chaotic environments imaginable.
"What's new [in the 2013-2018 plan] is that this is a coordinated action to interrupt virus transmission," Stephen Cochi of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at the journalists' briefing. Focusing sustained effort on the three remaining endemic countries all at once offers the best chance of ensuring that none of them can rekindle polio's spread to nearby areas and the rest of the world.
Polio still occurs naturally in tribal regions of northern Pakistan, the northern part of Nigeria and sections of eastern and southwestern Afghanistan. Progress in these areas has been maddeningly uneven at times. The number of polio cases in Nigeria, for example, fell from 798 in 2008 to 62 in 2011 before climbing to 122 last year.
In addition to regular polio campaigns in the more stable areas of Pakistan, for example, health workers focus a lot of attention on travelers and border towns adjacent to insecure areas. And many people living in North Waziristan in Pakistan (where militants have banned polio campaigns and an estimated 240,000 children have not been vaccinated since mid-2012) have traveled 160 kilometers or so outside the tribal area to have their children vaccinated.
Islamic religious leaders are also playing an increasingly prominent role in promoting both vaccination and, ultimately, eradication of polio. A meeting of Muslim scholars from several countries in Cairo earlier this year reaffirmed the importance of polio vaccination for children of the Muslim community, or Ummah. "Crippled children lead to a crippled Muslim Ummah," Ahmad al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and one of the most highly respected authorities in Sunni Islamic thought, warned.
Just as important, various polio campaigns in different countries have stepped up their outreach to local communities to find ways that the vaccination program can dovetail with other public health needs. In many areas, for example, polio workers are now also teaching young mothers about the benefits of breast-feeding and spreading the word about good nutrition, hand washing and effective treatments for diarrhea.
Given the nature of infectious diseases and their ability to pop up unexpectedly, the world may never have a better shot at eradicating polio than it has this year. One last coordinated and well-financed effort might just do the trick. And then, perhaps, we can start talking about eliminating measles, which kills about 150,000 children around the world each year.

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God Bless America
Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait's film stars Joel Murray as a man who responds to a brain cancer diagnosis by going on a cross-country killing spree.
The Hunter
Willem Dafoe stars as a mercenary sent by a European biotech company to Tasmania to follow up on reports of a sighting of a tiger believed to be extinct.
Jesus Henry Christ
Toni Collette and Michael Sheen star in this dramedy about a young boy who tracks down the sperm donor that fathered him.
Some Guy Who Kills People
Kevin Corrigan stars as a small town loser who's finally had enough of being pushed around, and exacts his revenge by brutally murdering his tormentors in this super low-budget indie horror/comedy.
New on Home Video: "God Bless America," "Jesus Henry Christ" & "The Hunter"
One guy hunting an endangered animal, and two guys hunting people
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Today's jigsaw comes from the Home and Garden Christmas Market, which is celebrating the season with a Winter Fair, which runs from December 1st – 14th. The whose region has been made over for Christmas, and special events have been planned.
The region is the centre of the Home and Garden Market Winter Fair Hunt – although hunters will also have the chance to travel to other sims as well, as some designers have outlets at the market, but have the gifts hidden in their main stores. And there is a 10L Mystery Sales Spot which has has been updated with some great Christmas/Winter themed home and garden items.
And from the 8th – 14th December there will be a teaser for a new sales event starting in 2013 – the Fab Four Sales Event, where every two weeks the Home and Garden Market Sim will host an event of new home and garden items sold for 50L for four days only. The Winter Fair teaser will see special seasonal items sold at this special low price.
They will also be hosting live music and a skating rink at the winter Home and Garden Market Sim – so bring your mittens and skates and enjoy the wonderful Winter Fair!
But first … let's do a jigsaw.
Catch up with your Prim Perfect jigsaws (showing images of Second Life and other virtual worlds).
If you'd like to submit a photo of your own to feature as a jigsaw, send it to the Prim Perfect Flickr Group. It should be sized 800w x 600h, or else it will need to be re-sized.


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WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- More and more U.S. restaurants say they want to be allowed to accept food stamps as the entitlement program continues to grow.
USA Today reports restaurants have not typically accepted food stamps, distributed under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as federal rules generally prohibit their use to buy prepared foods.
But since the 1970s, the federal government has let states decide whether to allow disabled, elderly and homeless people to buy restaurant meals with food stamps, USDA spokeswoman Jean Daniel said.
Four states -- Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan -- now allow use of food stamps at restaurants, USA Today said.
The newspaper reported federal lobbying records show Louisville-based Yum! Brands, whose restaurants include Taco Bell, KFC, Long John Silver's and Pizza Hut, is trying to get more restaurants involved.
"It makes perfect sense to expand a program that's working well in California, Arizona and Michigan, enabling the homeless, elderly and disabled to purchase prepared meals with SNAP benefits in a restaurant environment," Yum! spokesman Jonathan Blum said.
From 2005 to 2010, the number of businesses certified by SNAP rose from about 156,000 to nearly 209,000, while food stamp benefits increased from $28.5 billion to $64.7 billion.
The National Restaurant Association supports the effort by Yum! but the National Association of Convenience Stores does not.
The idea drew mixed views among others.
Kelly Brownell, director of Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, said encouraging more people to eat fast food is not good for their health.
But Edward Cooney of the Congressional Hunger Center said, "(Opponents) think going hungry is better? I'm solidly behind what Yum! is doing."


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Here's an overview of the eight-year battle over birth control coverage.
The Trump administration this week released new guidelines governing birth control coverage, adding to a legal and legislative saga that's already involved hundreds of lawsuits and nearly a dozen policy changes.
The two rules published Wednesday, which finalize interim proposals released in October 2017 with few changes, exempt religious and moral objectors to birth control from the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate. Faith-based nonprofits, religious schools, closely held businesses and anti-abortion rights activists now receive the same treatment under the law as houses of worship.
The new rules also leave in place the old accommodation process, giving religious or moral objectors to birth control the option to have their insurer work directly with employees to provide free contraception coverage.
Many religious freedom advocates applauded the final rules, which President Donald Trump promised early in his presidency.
This "should be the end of a long and unnecessary culture war fight," said Mark Rienzi, president of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, on a Thursday press call.
But it clearly won't be, as Rienzi acknowledged, since women's rights activists and liberal policymakers have already promised to fight the final rules in court.
"If the administration thinks it can move these rules forward without a fight, they're wrong. Countless women depend on this critical birth control coverage for their health and economic stability — and we will continue to fiercely defend them," said Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center, in a statement.
Early missteps
To understand the significance of Wednesday's announcement, it's helpful to understand previous birth control guidelines. Here's a rundown of the contraceptive mandate's complicated past.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, 2010. Four months later, the Obama administration announced that the Health Resources and Services Administration was tasked with deciding which preventive services would be required to be covered cost free under employer health plans.
Comments flooded in, before and after officials outlined potential religious exemptions in August 2011. Faith groups, health policy experts, business owners and others wanted a say in which medications and procedures should count as preventive services and which employers should be eligible for exemptions.
Some commenters, including some faith groups, argued against any exemptions. Others "recommended that group health plans sponsored by religiously affiliated employers be allowed to exclude contraceptive services from coverage under their plans if the employers deem such services contrary to their religious tenets," government officials noted in 2012.
The Obama administration chose to limit the religious exemption to "churches, their integrated auxiliaries and conventions or associations of churches," under the final rules published on Feb. 15, 2012. Some officials had questioned "whether religious arguments against the mandate were sincere," as the Deseret News reported in 2016.
Officials did promise further study of the needs of faith-based nonprofits, protecting affected organizations from penalties for at least one year if they chose not to pay for birth control.
Acknowledging the likely outcry to this narrow exemption, the government explained that "a broader exemption … would lead to more employees having to pay out of pocket for contraceptive services, thus making it less likely that they would use contraceptives, which would undermine the benefits" of the Affordable Care Act.
The contraceptive mandate sparked an onslaught of lawsuits from religious colleges and universities, faith-based nonprofits and business owners, prompting the government to make more changes in July 2013. This set of final rules created a new accommodation process, which allowed religiously affiliated nonprofits to avoid directly providing birth control coverage. Instead, health plan administrators would work directly with employees in need of contraception.
But that satisfied few of the religious objectors whose lawsuits were making their way through the federal court system.
Supreme Court, part 1
The Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate first appeared before the Supreme Court in 2014. In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., three closely held, for-profit corporations with religious objections to birth control argued that they, too, deserved access to the accommodation offered to faith-based nonprofits.
The case was argued on the basis of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a federal policy preventing the government from unnecessarily violating citizens' conscience rights. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on June 30 that the contraceptive mandate violated corporations' religious freedom rights.
In response to the loss, the Obama administration yet again revised its birth control policies, publishing a new set of final rules on July 14, 2015. They extended "the accommodation to a for-profit entity that is not publicly traded, is majority-owned by a relatively small number of individuals and objects to providing contraceptive coverage based on its owners' religious beliefs."
Supreme Court, part 2
Despite this notable policy adjustment, the legal drama was far from over. Religiously affiliated nonprofits argued the accommodation process they had to work through made them complicit in the use of sinful medications. They sought the same exemption offered to houses of worship.
The resulting Supreme Court case, Zubik v. Burwell, pitted a group of religious schools and nonprofits, including the now well-known group of nuns affiliated with the Little Sisters of the Poor, against the Obama administration.
On May 16, 2016, the Supreme Court unanimously decided to send the case back to the lower courts, urging religious objectors to birth control and government officials to work together to resolve the legal clash.
"The court does not decide whether the petitioners' religious exercise has been substantially burdened, whether the government has a compelling interest, or whether the current regulations are the least restrictive means of serving that interest," the opinion stated, referring to the test the Religious Freedom Restoration Act imposes to determine if a government regulation violates an individual's or group's religious liberty.
Trump has new plans
The Trump administration inherited multiple ongoing lawsuits over the mandate, and chose to be more deferential to those who oppose birth control on religious grounds.
"No Americans should be forced to choose between the dictates of the federal government and the tenets of their faith," President Trump said in May 2017 at a ceremony celebrating a new executive order on religious freedom.
Five months later, officials proposed a new approach to the contraceptive mandate, which would expand the pool of employers eligible for an exemption to "moral" objectors. Both religious and moral objectors to birth control would just have to notify their insurance provider and employees and would face no penalties from the federal government.
Religious groups like the Little Sisters of the Poor were thrilled, unlike women's rights advocates and some state leaders. The Trump administration faced new lawsuits from Pennsylvania, California and other states over the expanded exemption.
"Donald Trump wants businesses and corporations to control family planning decisions rather than a woman in consultation with her doctor," said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to The Sacramento Bee in October 2017. "We'll see the Trump administration in court."
Latest development
In spite of these lawsuits, the Trump administration is moving forward with its plan to protect religious and moral objectors to birth control. The final rules released this week formalize what was proposed 13 months ago.
Government officials and others argue that this policy shift will affect very few Americans. Most religious objectors to birth control were already covered by the previous rules or had been protected by court injunctions, they say.
"The departments estimate the exemptions should affect no more than approximately 200 employers with religious or moral objections," according to a fact sheet published Wednesday.
Although moral objectors didn't have access to the accommodation created by the Obama administration, organizations like March for Life were involved in lawsuits alongside religious nonprofits. It's unlikely that new companies would speak up and claim an exemption after eight years of silence, said Rienzi, the Becket attorney.
The lawsuits out of California and Pennsylvania, which the Little Sisters of the Poor, represented by Becket, joined last year, will continue, but Rienzi hopes the long controversy surrounding the contraceptive mandate will soon come to a close.
"In a well-functioning system, I would say this should be the end of the story and this should be the last article you or anyone write," he said. "But I suspect it won't be."
The latest set of final rules will take effect in January, unless a new lawsuit or ruling interferes.


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Hello, this comes out of discussions of over a year now about introducing a Tranquility team or, more appropriately 'ethos' at the Forest.
Tranquility, in my book, means thinking about and addressing how we communicate and relate to each other at the Forest and the kind of space we want to create from the forest-ie hopefully an open, creative, free space where people feel safe, valued and able to take part (not to put words in all y'all mouths). Though this was originally come up with us a mechanism for dealing with outside conflicts such as violent drunks etc. its now (in my book, again) more about internal dynamics, ie. how to make the forest a safe space for all of us so that all foresters feel included and empowered to help maintain it against external threats.
Here's my proposal about how to move this forward
-I want to set dates for three more conflict engagement workshops (the last one was very useful)-starting with people very involved in the forest, ie. staff, the core team who are involved in a lot of Forests activities, then gradually asking/making it mandatory that Nms and vollies sign up for one. I want to start with Forest types because having feedback is well important so hopefully by the time we start doing workshops for the general Forest community they'll be a product of everyone's involvement and input. The feedback we got from the last workshop was SOOO useful.
-Put posters up like the ones Sean put up before-'The forest is developing a tranquility team' with an email address of tranquilityforest@riseup or something for people to email their input and if they're interested. Eventually this could become an address people email in their concerns or things that are causing them problems at the Forest, so the Tranquility team can help them address/resolve them
-I'd like the posters to have a few lines explaining what we're aiming for too. ie 'What is Tranquility' 'Why Conflict Resolution at the forest'
Please respond! Or ask for more clarification! Or to get involved!
loads of love
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also - should note we are planning a big "safer space" meeting for September. Hopefully, both these will solve some ongoing issues.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order this morning to clarify certain remarks that I made in the House on June 8, 1999 regarding our colleague, the member for Burnaby—Douglas.
Earlier this year the member for Burnaby—Douglas presented a controversial petition in the Chamber on behalf of a certain fringe group which was seeking the elimination of the reference to God in our constitution.
In my original statement on the matter I affirmed my strong support for the reference to God in all acts and proclamations devised by the House. I also quoted remarks attributed to the member for Burnaby—Douglas as printed by the Ottawa Citizen .
Although I still strongly support the reference, today I would like to clarify my original statement. Before I do, I must say that I was very pleased to receive a telephone call from the said member earlier this month. It is my understanding that it is not his intention to rise in the House to correct this apparent media misrepresentation himself. He has assured me that he does not share the views expressed by the petitions he presented.
That being said, and given his newly found support for the reference to God in the constitution, I would ask that my previous statement be amended to reflect this new reality.


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this is getting a bit crazy with the who plays where and with who and what...etc etc. It is actually getting to an all time high of being mentioned and Jarome has yet to even wear the black and gold sweater.
Let me say this. There are four spots that are solidified and rightfully so. Crosby, Malkin, Sutter. 1,2,3 centers. MAF in net. Outside of those four its a guess at best...but more to the point. WHO CARES.
Back when the Pens had a stacked roster in the two cup runs of 91, 92 what were the lines? EXACTLY. Mario, Francis, heck all of them played with so many different combo's during the same game.
You are going to see Iginla play on the top line, but you will also see Dupuis and Kunitz playing there too. You will probably even see Morrow have some time there too. It will be musical linemates and that is awesome. Because with this talent the other team will have a nightmare trying to scheme against set lines. I'm very excited to see it all come together. It was also nice to see Morrow providing more of an impact once he got settled in with his team a bit in the second game. This spring is going to be fun.
one last thing....the media has to be on cloud nine heading into the playoffs this year. They have not one but two very good/legend type players trying to hoist the cup for the first time. They will be all over that and its a good thing. I remember back when Ray Bourque was trying to get one with a stop in Colorado. The media was all over that. Turn the clock forward to present day and the media is 10 times more active.
Again, should be fun.


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Regardless of the industry, the most important asset that business owners have is their people. And this is especially true in the health club industry where the strength of a personal training department is directly related to the skills and expertise of the trainers. So if you want to grow your personal training business or department, you must invest in your team.
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2. Team meetings and outings. Many personal trainers don't feel a strong connection with the other trainers at their club because of competition, feelings of resentment and hierarchical struggles. To create a unified entity, take the time to foster friendships among your team members. Host monthly team meetings and make attendance mandatory. We pay our trainers minimum wage for meetings so it's legal to make them mandatory, and we provide food and refreshments. Allow time in the meeting schedule for social interaction. We also regularly host team outings, such as hiking, indoor rock-climbing and snowshoeing, or parties where we get to know each other. We have created an environment where trainers contemplating going elsewhere would not only be leaving a job but a number of great friendships as well.
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- Training wage: $17-$25 per hour
- Administrative wage: $8-$10 per hour (Our trainers work on shifts so that even if they don't have clients, they can still count on a certain amount of income. This gives our trainers some stability to their income.)
- Meeting wage: $8 per hour (This is minimum wage in Washington state.)
- Health allowance: Up to $200 per month
- Educational allowance: $200 per year
- Complimentary attendance at all our in-house continuing education events (value = $2,000 per year)
- Complimentary group personal training membership to themselves ($1,200 value)
- We provide everything they'll need to perform their job well: workout and office space, workout and office equipment, marketing materials, client forms, etc.
- Thirty percent discount on all training services and products for themselves and their family
- Eligibility for various performance bonuses equating to about $400 per month
Review the IDEA or International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association personal training compensation surveys to see how your trainer wages match with other clubs. You can also benchmark against what other businesses pay in your community to ensure your wages are fair and competitive.
We have graduated many of our veteran trainers into a salary package, which provides financial security and stability for our team.
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6. Personal trainer survey and manager's evaluation. My managers and I evaluate our staff so much throughout the year that it seems only fair that they get to evaluate us. Once a year, we distribute a form on which they candidly remark about our managing and leadership skills, our ability to motivate them to perform, how we communicate with them, our professionalism, and our organizational, business and time management skills. This tool has helped us to become much better managers. In addition, we request their feedback and ideas before we start budgeting, forecasting and planning for the upcoming fiscal year. We survey them about what equipment we should budget for, what types of programs we should implement, which new systems would work best, which lectures we should offer, and how we should market and advertise our program. Before we make any major changes, we get our staff's feedback. This feedback has saved us from making costly mistakes and has contributed to the success of all of our programs.
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Schimmel pianos are becoming more popular today in the UK than ever. Their Konzert series & International series receive the best reviews, Schimmel's grand and upright piano range are an example of quality modern piano production. This Model 112 in our September 2016 auction in Manchester is no exception. A modern Schimmel upright piano estimated £2,000 – £3,000. Can you afford to let someone else buy this ?
Posted by Britannia Piano Auctions in Auction Insights on August 5, 2016
Auction Date: Thursday 15th September 2016
(Doors open 9am auctions commences 12:00 noon)
Make: Schimmel
Model: 112
Year: C.1990
Est: £2,000 – £3,000
A Model 112 upright piano in a mahogany case, this piano is in showroom condition and is sold with a matching John Austin single stool in a fawn upholstery.
As you can see this piano is in showroom condition and is a stunning example of the Model 112 upright piano produced by Schimmel. This piano would suite any modern or traditional style home. Come along to our viewing days and test the piano out.
Where else could you buy this type of quality grand piano at this price?
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This week we consigned three pianos from the same house, all had been fully rebuilt or refurbished and all were leading makes of the piano world. The Broadwood square piano was the one that got us talking. The September 15th 2016 auction is one not to be missed if you have an interested in period and antique instruments…
Posted by Britannia Piano Auctions in Auction Insights, Uncategorized on July 26, 2016
The Square piano was first seen in London around 1766 and were as novelty then as they are today. They have a certain charm that is undeniable and when played and in good condition they have a very delicate & sweet sound. In the early days Harpsichord players were very fond of the square piano due to the similarities in timbre that both instruments offered.
The early examples were so small and compact that they could be classed as early portable keyboards! And don't laugh as this was practiced!
The novelty aspect of square pianos created a fresh trend almost immediately and the famous composers were not going to miss out either. Johann Christian Bach, Gluck, Paisiello, Cimarosa, and Clementi are some of the composers who owned examples.
Broadwood square pianos are undeniably famous however, they are becoming rarer to find. If you search around you can still find these instruments but unfortunately they are generally in poor condition and normally used as pieces of furniture in larger houses.
This Broadwood square piano that has just been consigned into our September 15th piano auction in Manchester has been fully rebuilt and the rebuilders have done a respectable job.
Make: Broadwood
Model: Square Piano
Date: 1842
Keyboard Compass: 6 octaves ( F to F)
Finish: Mahogany French polish
Auction Est: £400 – £600
A John Broadwood square piano that has been fully rebuilt and re-polished in a mahogany French polish case, raised on turned and fluted legs. This instrument has been sensitively restored with a nice original ivory keyboard. The restoration work on this instrument has been careful and thorough throughout and is fitted with a sustain pedal. This instrument is in full playing condition.
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Posted by Britannia Piano Auctions in Auction Insights, Auctions, Uncategorized on June 14, 2016
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Phi Phi Arboreal Resort
125/148 Moo 7, Phi Phi Island
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Phi Phi Island, Loh Dalum Bay
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Phi Phi Arboreal Resort is located in the mountainous center of the tropical island of Koh Phi Phi and offers incredible sea views. It is a good base from which to explore Phi Phi Island and the area's famous sights such as Bamboo Island and Maya Bay. From here you also have easy access to the island's shops, restaurants and entertainment.
The resort's 30 rooms offer 30-44 square meters of living space and are stylishly furnished, each with its own balcony overlooking the sea or the mountains. Each is equipped with all the necessities such as air conditioning, hot water shower, refrigerator, kettle, safe, TV, hairdryer, writing desk and seating and WiFi internet and guarantee a good night's sleep. Facilities include a restaurant serving Thai and international cuisine, an internet corner, a business room, a tour desk for excursions and activities and massage, and services such as room service and a laundry service are also offered.
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Date of stay:
Sep 30, 2012
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It s a bad experience of two nights at Phi Phi Arboreal Resort. I have already paid for the two kids breakfast fee on Sawadee, when we arrived, we were asked to pay more, it s very strange, even it s not too much, but it gets me uncomforable. Then the breakfast is really too poor, only two options. It s not buffet, and charg a three years old kid with 150THB. When we checked out, we are asked to paid 200THB since we do not check out before 11 AM. So if you want to choose this resort, think bout it carefully! 这次经历比较糟糕。 原本已经在Swadee网站上另外付过两个孩子的早餐费,到酒店前台后,又被要求加付,感觉非常糟糕! 早餐很单调,不是自助,几乎只有两个选择,果汁不是新鲜的,每个人只有两片土司,即使是一个大男人。如果吃不饱要加,需要另外付费! 一般酒店都是12点退房,这家酒店是11点退房,我们在入住的时候并没有给我提醒,当我们退房时候,要求我们付200THB/H的罚金!
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Oct 10, 2012
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Liu Lu
Date of stay:
Jan 19, 2012
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The hotel is on the hillside. Rooms are superb, though expensive. The problem is to get the room which faces the landscape (we were lucky). If you get the room facing the hillside you will be disappointed. The stairs from the village to the hotel are not the problem at all, there are just about hundred of them.
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Feb 20, 2012
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Grigorii Buteiko
Date of stay:
Mar 06, 2011
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il faut monter 278 marches pour atteindre les chambres. la climatisation ne fonctionnait pas à notre arrivée, et la douche ne pouvait être réglée. elle était bouillante. le bruit de la fête nocturne de la plage montait jusqu à la chambre le petit déjeuner était très restreint. par contre nous avions une très belle vue sur koh phiphi. le service est très correcte. en conclusion le prix de la chambre est trop elevé par rapport à la situation et la prestation.
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Mar 15, 2011
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Feb 19, 2011
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I took a group of young adults to Phi Phi for a birthday and we stayed at Arboreal. The girls were not thrilled with the stairs but they got used to them. Not a big deal if you don t suffer from any health issues. You just need to plan your day so you are not up and down them too many times. The valet service for your bags was most welcome. The men take your bags from the ferry and take them all the way to your room. I wouldn t want that job! At the end of your stay they take them all the way back to the ferry. We all thank you for that service. I picked this hotel due to the location because I wanted some peace and quite from the party noises. It was still close enough for the girls to get back and forth from the bars. The rooms were clean the bathrooms worked well. More than I can say for some of the other hotels on the island. The Bathroom is so important on Phi Phi due to the fact that they don t have any fresh water supply it s all reclaimed from the sea. You are hot and sweaty most of the time and a good shower is hard to beat. So two thumbs up for the shower. We didn t eat there so can t comment on the food but the facilities looked nice and clean with a beautiful view. We can recommend a great place to eat Garlic 1972. Great service and the food was excellent. We had two meals there, dinner and breakfast. Not one thing was bad. Cheap, small but very good food. We enjoyed our stay and when in Phi Phi again will stay with Arboreal. Oh one more note of interest we were there during Makha Bucha holiday and I couldn t believe that all the bars are CLOSED on that day. So try not to go on that holiday if your main reason for being there is to party.
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Feb 22, 2011
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Daelene Kym Norman
Date of stay:
Feb 06, 2011
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The location is veey far from the pier. 110 staira up to the receptionist, and another 160 stairs to our room. Very tiring. However, the view was spectacular. Lots of mosquitos in the room. Watch for monkey come to your doorstep if you keave anytrash outside the room. We add extra bed,butthey did not provide one.instead they just cover the sofa inthw room and call it an extra bed, nd it cost 600bath without bfasf.
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Feb 09, 2011
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hendrik tunriallu
Date of stay:
Jan 04, 2011
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The view was great, and the room was big and clean. The bathroom was very basic. The staff were very friendly and helpful, and assisted us with our luggage up the stairs to the room and back down to the pier(there are a lot of steps depending on how high up the hill you stay). If you get a room high up on the hill, be prepared to walk a lot of steps every day. The breakfast could have been better, it was just the same american breakfast every day, but was sufficient.Overall we were satisfied with the hotel, and the staff were great.
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Smooth, no probems.
Jan 09, 2011
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Aleksandar Stanojevic
Date of stay:
Oct 01, 2010
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Nice Seaview Room. The only thing is you have to climb up a bit high.
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Oct 08, 2010
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Zhou Lei
Date of stay:
Jul 13, 2010
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Great resort with friendly staff, far away from the noise on the beach and the drunk people in Phi Phi towncenter. OK, you have to climb quite a few steps (more than 100 if your bungalow is located on top), but the views are great. Porterage available from the pier (and back) at 50 baht pp. Bungalow was spacious and clean, the view from the balcony was great. Somewhat noisy aircon, but you can t do without. Bathroom seemed unfinshed (only partly tiled), but was clean and with hot shower. Towels and bed linen changed daily unless you indicated this wasn t necessary. Towels for beach provided if asked.
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As good as ever before. Resort knew we were coming and staff was waiting at the pier. Special wishes had been dealt with (3rd bed, nicest view).
Jul 27, 2010
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Gerard van Uden
Date of stay:
May 19, 2010
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Couldn t locate anyone at the pier to take us to the hotel. We had to carry our luggage by ourselves, and the hotel was far from the pier. We had to climb a million steps to get to the hotel, which was hard to find. Great view from balcony, but not worth the effort to climb the stairs. You could just go the viewpoint once and get a fantastic view. Amenities are very basic (only shampoo and soap in bathroom, no hairdryer in room). Shower temperature couldn t be adjusted; it would only run hot or cold. Staff was polite. They allowed us to have breakfast even though it was 20 minutes past the cutoff time. Overall, room is not value for money. You could get something of the same standard cheaper.
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Easy, fast and good
May 21, 2010
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May 07, 2010
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this is a banglow on the small hill, about 5 mins walk from the pier, and be prepared that you will definite climb around 50-60 steps up to your room. would be a hardwork if you have some baggages. the view is so so, can see a little bit water and mostly is the green island landscape. location is alright, since the entire phi phi is no more than 10mins aways. and one more thing, the frontdesk is not 24/7. cos i remember one night when i got back around 1 or 2 am, and my shower stopped working, i pratically had no one to turn to. rooms are nice actually.
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very good seriver, one day response. very competetive price, nowhere is cheaper. love it.
May 09, 2010
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Yu Qian
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May 01, 2010
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Good rooms for the amount we paid, we had the deluxe room. These rooms are over 200 steps up from the street, so being young and fit helps. The view is beautiful from the rooms. Best part of the stay here was the service of the hotel employees. They first met us at the pier once we got off the ferry, where they took our luggage and brought it all the way to our room, and then upon checking out, they brought our luggage back all the way to the pier. The front desk staff and breakfast service was top notch too. This hotel is a good option for those who want to stay a bit outside of the noisy main town, but still close enough to go enjoy the town via a 5 minute walk. A pool would have been nice, but on the bright side, the rooms have AC. Also, by being up the hill, you are situated closer to the must see viewpoint.
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Fast, efficient and without any problems
May 03, 2010
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Phi Phi Arboreal Resort
Located on the tropical island of Phi Phi in the south of Thailand, Phi Phi Arboreal Resort sits proudly between two exciting natural realms the ocean, facing to both of Loh Dalum Bay and Ton Sai Bay and the tropical garden that are so abundant throughout this island. And regardless of whether you prefer being horizontally inclined for much of your stay could exploring the great outdoors, such as Viking Cave, Maya Bay, Phi Phi Lay Bay and Bamboo Island. you're definitely in the right place.
We provides 30 rooms, all rooms feature with air condition, satellite TV, mini bar, coffee & tea making facilities, wardrobe & dressing table, hot & cold water, hair dryer, in room safety box and internet.
:: Standard Room - Twin Bed ::
Standard Room with sharing Balcony (Garden view) Room size 30 sqm.
:: Superior Room ::
Superior Room with private Balcony (Sea view and mountain view) Room size 32 sqm.
:: Deluxe Room ::
Deluxe Room with private balcony (Sea view and mountain view) / Room size 36 sq.m.
:: Super Deluxe Room ::
1 Single Bed + 1 Double Bed. Size room :36 m² Private Balcony with view/ Air Conditioning/ Private bathroom. Max 3 adults.
:: Family Room ::
Family Room with private Balcony (Sea view and mountain view) Room size 44 sqm.
All rooms feature
Wardrobe & Dressing Table
Satellite TV.
Hot & Cold water
Mini Bar
Hair Dryer
Coffee & Tea making facillties
Safety box
Free Wi-Fi at Reception area
(Only play to the Laptop's/ mobile's customer)
Internet Café at Reception area (Have the charges to play)
Room Service till 22.00 pm.
Overseas Call & Fax Services
24 Hours Security and Water Supply
Thai Massage
Laundry and Dry Clean Service
Safety box in room
Tour Order Service
One day & half day tour, diving in PhiPhi Lay (Maya Beach)
One day tour bamboo island
Sun set trip & kayaking
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15 minutes from the pier walking distance to the resort. The located is up on the hill side with over looking sea view.
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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake will look to extend its club record winning streak to eight games across all competitions on Wednesday night, when it will host the Philadelphia Union at 8:00 p.m. at Rio Tinto Stadium.
Wednesday's match – which will be followed by a postgame fireworks display – will be broadcast live on CW30, ESPN700 AM and 102.3 La Gran D FM/1600 AM. CW30 will air its 30-minute Ford Postgame Show immediately following the match; ESPN 700 will begin its pregame coverage at 7:00 p.m. MT and will air an hour-long postgame show immediately following the final whistle.
RSL enters Wednesday's game on an absolute roll, winners of its last seven games across all competitions and unbeaten in its last 10 games in all comps. The Claret-and-Cobalt picked up its first ever win in Canada on Saturday, getting a 45th minute goal from MF Yordany Alvarez to beat Toronto FC 1-0 at BMO Field.
Real Salt Lake has been both prolific in front of goal and stout in the back during its recent hot streak, outscoring its opponents 25-7 during its 10-game unbeaten run. RSL has posted shutouts in its last three matches and hasn't allowing a goal in 372 minutes, last conceding in the 18th minute of its 120-minute Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup victory over the Charleston Battery on June 12.
Both teams will be missing multiple players on Wednesday night due to CONCACAF Gold Cup call-ups. The Claret-and-Cobalt will be without stalwarts Captain Kyle Beckerman (U.S.), DF Tony Beltran (U.S.), GK Nick Rimando (U.S.) and FW Alvaro Saborio (Costa Rica) while the Union will be without MLS leading scorer FW Jack McInerney (U.S.) and MF Keon Daniel (Trinidad & Tobago).
The international absences will put RSL's depth to the test on Wednesday night. That depth has shown incredibly well so far this year, with Claret-and-Cobalt Head Coach Jason Kreis starting a league-high 24 players in regular season play in 18 games this year. By comparison, RSL only started 23 players in the entire 2012 MLS regular season.
The Claret-and-Cobalt enters Wednesday's tilt looking for the 100th MLS regular season win. The club currently has an all-time MLS regular season record of 99-103-68. Since the start of the MLS Cup winning season of 2009 Real Salt Lake has accumulated a record of 68-43-35.
While not as dominant as RSL, Philadelphia has been steadily climbing the standings as well. Unbeaten in its last four and in five of their last six matches, the third-place Union tied FC Dallas 2-2 on Saturday, giving up a very late equalizer to draw FCD at PPL Park.
RSL's first team will have a short layoff following Wednesday's game, not returning to action until Saturday, July 13, when it will travel to face FC Dallas in MLS action at FC Dallas Stadium.
How to Follow Real Salt Lake v. Philadelphia Union
- Kickoff: 8:00 p.m. MT at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah
- English Radio: ESPN700 AM (Pregame begins at 7:00 p.m. MT)
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Tyler's Art In The Park Is Saturday
East Texas artists will be displaying their creations at the Goodman-LeGrand House and Museum in Tyler Saturday for Art In The Park. The free event will open from 10a to 4p along with tours of the historic Goodman home.
Art from across the spectrum will be on display in front of the Goodman home will be available and features artists showcasing their work on canvas, in watercolors, pastels, acrylics, pottery creations, sculptures and more.
Goodman Museum curator, Patricia Heaton, says, "this fine art community event has been catching on with local artists who normally have limited venues to showcase their talent. This year there is a record number of artists who are participating. If you haven't come to this event in the past, this year is definitely the time to check it out."


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He creates artistic photographs that communicate more than just basic information about a room or structure. His compositions reveal the intent of the designer, interpreting their work into a two-dimensional image that accurately conveys the feeling of being in the space itself.
Scott relies on traditional field techniques and attention to detail to create images that feel alive and authentic without excessive digital manipulation.
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The Fabulous 40s return to Wisconsin
Mild weather finally settles in for Easter weekend
Happy to have 40s for highs the next few days! In fact, early this morning Mitchell International had a temperature of 34 degrees. At the same hour, it was 34 degrees at Panama City, Florida!
High pressure will keep winds on the light side and highs near 41 for today. Winds stay lighter through Friday as we add a few degrees to the thermometer each day. We should see upper 40s to very low 50s by Saturday.
Rain is likely Saturday afternoon with the mild air and showers will persist off and on through Saturday night. A strong cold front will keep chilly showers around early Easter Sunday morning. Highs still in the low 40s for Easter before the wind kicks in with colder air.
Home opener for Monday keeps clouds and wind in place with highs in the mid 30s. Longer range charts hint at a warm up beginning next week.
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Twinks are below level cap player characters who have gained the best powerful gear for their level in every slot. These powerful items are loaded with the best possible enhancements such as expensive weapon enchants, leg patches and BoE/BoP greens, blues or epics. Within the twink community, this gear is called "best in slot" or BiS gear. Twinking is common in MMORPGs, including World of Warcraft, though many mechanisms are in place that limit a player's ability to equip a character with gear beyond its level. Blizzard made it clear with the Wrath of the Lich King expansion that they support players who twink by providing for their shutting off experience gain.[1] However, some twink-players felt otherwise. Twinking is most often done in order for a level character to compete in the battleground bracket. Two popular classes for twinks in World of Warcraft are rogues and hunters. Hunters do well in battlegrounds, especially at low levels since many melee classes have no way to stop a hunter who can kite. Their damage is largely affected by the gear they have, so they can go above and beyond what other classes could twink to.
Potential twinks research the best possible gear that is able to be equipt at that level in each slot using prior knowledge, item databases such as wowhead, or twinking guides found in various places on the internet. Amongst the twink community, a twink is not a true twink until it has the best possible gear in all slots and the most powerful enhancements allowable placed.
Twink gear varies according to the battlegrounds bracket desired. Below are the most common ways to get the gear.
- Bind on Equip items mailed or given from a higher level player : A high-level character can provide uncommon, rare, or epic Bind on Equip items to a low level character, or the gold to purchase those items. A higher level or the twink can also farm for these items.
- Heirloom Items: A twink can play battlegrounds over and over until enough honor is earned for heirloom Bind to Account items. Also, a higher level can give these Bind to Account items.
- Having a high-level character farm an instance or accomplish high level quest chains with a lower-level character for the sole purpose of getting some items: The higher level character has no need for the gear, leaving all gear up for grabs by the lower level character, who can grab the best pieces for the battlegrounds and sell what he doesn't need. In the case of trial account twinking, since xp caps at 20 and grouping and chat are disabled by default, the twink can run the same dungeons until the desired best in slot item drops.
- Enchanting or applying arcana to a low-level character's equipment with bonuses that require large amounts of gold or high-level materials.
- Sending massive bulks of ingredients to a low level character so it can power level its professions, in particular Engineering and Blacksmithing, which allows the creation and use of equipment without level requirements.
- Fishing: Lower level twinks can leveling their fishing skill up to 150 and using shiny baubles to raise it to 225 to fish in Stranglethorn Vale in the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza for a Hat and Boots.
Restrictions on Twinking Gear
World of Warcraft has several mechanisms in place that limit twinking, including:
- Minimum level requirements to use or equip items.
- Minimum level requirements to do quests and thus receive quest reward items.
- Minimum level requirements for potions, buffs and healing spells.
- Minimum level requirements to advance in professions.
- Minimum level requirements on enchantments in the Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King expansion (new enchants have an item level requirement of 35/60 respectively).
- Binding of items on pickup or use to prevent "hand-me-downs."
Noticeably absent from this list is a minimum level requirement for pre-Burning Crusade enchantments and Arcana, with the exception of librams formerly used to give a head (or leg) enchant which now have a level 55 minimum limit placed upon them in order to function. When Heirloom gear was introduced with Wrath of the Lich King expansion they included the mechanic of Bind to Account (BoA) which allows for gear to be sent to other characters at lower levels. This gear can be enchanted as well but the level requirements of the enchant still apply. Should an enchant on a BoA item be higher level than the character the enchant show up red on the item and is not used.
Trial accounts at 20 face even more severe restrictions. Since a trial account can not open trade or use the auction house or in game mail, all enhancements must be done by the character itself. Many of the better enhancements are not available because all trial professions are capped at 100 skill level.
History of Twinking in World of Warcraft
In vanilla World of Warcraft, twinks used to intentionally stop gaining XP right at the top level for what ever bracket they planned on being a twink in. This twink character would then never leave a major city and be used solely for battlegrounds. Players who were just leveling through and did not twink felt that being destroyed due to gear imbalance was unfair. Many threads on the World of Warcraft forums during this time complaining about twinking were made asking Blizzard for action.
The first attempt to address this was in patch 2.2. Blizzard made gear a factor in matching BG groups/players, so twinked players are more likely to face twinks and characters passing through a given level are more likely to face others like themselves. Also, max level raid geared players will tend to get opponents in epics and casual players in green/blue gear will face gear similar to their own. However, even with this in place, twinks still dominated some brackets and complaints continued.
In patch 3.2.0, a feature was introduced that allowed players to disable experience gains in exchange for 10g. Battlegrounds were then altered to allow level-locked characters to face only other level-locked characters. Battleground XP was enabled for all other characters. Leveling players generally gave positive feedback for this change since it provided another method of leveling up. However, this mechanic led to a slow down of queue times for twinks. Some members the twinking community felt this was Blizzard assuming a negative stance to twinks. The pool of players was reduced sometimes even resulting no battleground "pops" for long periods. Players attempted to adjust by concentrating on a specific battlegroup for a PvP bracket. Widespread twinking started to decline without fast queues.
Blizzard eventually eliminated battlegroups. Que times then decreased as a result for both leveling battle grounds and XP off battlegrounds. With lower times spent for waiting for battles to pop, twinking made a bit of a comeback.
The implementation of heirloom weapons changed getting gear for twinks. "Best in slot" gear with a high level character were now available to give to a low level character on the same account hassle free for the shoulder, weapon, and chest slots. So, even many of the levelers are somewhat of twinks, if they had a higher level character providing heirlooms. Also, Blizzard shrunk the brackets to every 5 levels so (10-14, 15-19 and so on). This allows players to gather tons of "best in slot" gear with a high level character and give it to a low level character. Keeping experience on is easily done in the level 10 to 14 bracket because once the character levels to 15 they can pass their gear back to the high level character and delete the twink. It does not take much time or gold to level back up to level 10 and start owning the 10 - 14 bracket once again.
Trial accounts now never expire, giving birth to a new era of continuous quick popping queues in the 10 - 14, 15 - 19, and 20 - 24 brackets. To respond, some folks turned off xp at level 24 to create 24 twinks to try to take on the "Free to Play" twinks or groups of other 24s or mixes with lightning fast que times unheard of even in the glory days of pre patch 3.2 19s battlegrounds. Blizzard has noted they are watching trial accounts. But, Blizzard has mentioned have no intention of stopping this development, since trial accounts have severe limits as to how much they gear relative to paid 20s to 24s due to account restrictions in place. The 20s, while over matched are happy because they play unlimited for free and with some skill and luck can beat mixed groups with 24s and sometimes get nothing but fellow trial account twinkers. The paid 24s are happy because they get to overpower with very little wait in queues. expanded F2P 20-24 bracket which is pretty hot right now.
Types of Twinks
There are three main types.
- A character with XP turned off by talking with NPCs located near Battlemasters and paying a fee can be moved into xp off bracket battlegrounds.
- A player without one or more expansions will be level-capped by their client. They are placed in "XP off" brackets as of patch 4.0.1 and will remain at 20 (Trial Accounts), 70 (with Burning Crusade), or 80 (with Wrath of the Lich King) until further expansions are added to their account. Classic (level 60) is no more as all accounts have been upgraded to Burning Crusade as of the end of 2011.
The 20 bracket consists of levels 20-24 in WSG and AB. The 70 bracket consists of levels 61-70 in AV and 70-79 in WSG, AB and EoS.
- A low level character uses heirlooms and auction house gear and does not turn XP off. When the character levels past the bracket, the gear is passed on to another character.
Twinking resources
- Druid twinking guide
- Hunter twinking guide
- Mage twinking guide
- Paladin twinking guide
- Priest twinking guide
- Rogue twinking guide
- Shaman twinking guide
- Warlock twinking guide
- Warrior twinking guide
General or topic-based
- Healer twinking guide
- Teebu's Twinking guide
- Twinking for battlegrounds
- Level 1 Twink
- Level 5 Twink
- Level 19 Twink
- ↑ With some members of the community claiming it was supporting twinkingNo XP Bar / No XP Gain post #2 by Auryk - 2010/12/08 02:35:29 AM
See also
External links
- General info
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ER star, and former General Hospital heartthrob, John Stamos, was involved in a disturbance on a plane this past Monday.
According to imdb.com: "The unnamed woman reportedly shook the actor awake during the flight from Chicago, Ill., to Los Angeles, and then sat in, and refused to give up, his first-class seat when he went to the toilet. Stamos, who was traveling with a friend, was hit several times in the hand as the woman began shouting and threatening him. F.B.I. agents boarded the plane when it landed, as is standard procedure when dealing with a midair disturbance. The officials took statements from numerous witnesses, although it appears no charges will be filed."
First of all, someone needs to file charges -- this woman is evidently deranged. Second of all, how weird would that have been for John to suffer through? The man was just trying to catch some Zzz's. I know how I get when I am awakened -- imagine how it is to be awakened by a crazed fan?
OK, now here is E! Online's version, which doesn't sound nearly as weird as imdb's version of the events: "The ER star was involved in an altercation while flying first class from Chicago to Los Angeles when he was approached by a woman interested in chatting while he was trying to sleep. When the woman persisted in getting louder, airline personnel tried to quiet her, and as part of standard procedure, they notified authorities when the plane landed. The FBI took statements from everyone involved, but it appeared no charges would be filed."


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- Geo-fencing. Set a custom perimeter on the fly (great if you're out in public and plan on being in the same location for an extended period), which will cause an alarm to sound should your device somehow wander out of the protected area.
- Password Check. If the lockscreen password is entered incorrectly three times, the device can be automatically marked as lost (which will trigger all the selected "lost" actions), and/or take a picture of the would-be perpetrator.
- avast! Backup. Technically, Backup isn't part of avast! Mobile Security (it's a separate app), but it does offer additional features for Premium users. The free version of the app will back up your text messages, contacts, and photos, but the increased functionality added in the Premium version will also keep your apps, music files, videos, and game scores safely stored in your Avast account and Google Drive. That's good lookin' out.
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Can you see His face in the drawing below?
Today is December 30, five days after the world celebrated the birth of Jesus the Christ.
In Luke 2:10-12, it is said:
But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today … a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Much has been made — and rightly so — of the Son of God choosing to humble Himself by becoming incarnate as a human, born in lowly circumstances to poor parents who couldn't find a room in an inn. And so the Son of God was born in a manger.
It turns out Jesus being born in a manger has another meaning other than signifying His humility.
Throughout the Old Testament, there are many prophecies about Jesus Christ. Some place the number of Messianic prophecies in the hundreds. Among the clearest and most striking presagings of Jesus are:
- Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel."
- Psalm 22:16-18: "Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet. I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing."
That the Son of God chose to be born in a manger is another augur or foretelling.
Do you know what the root or etymology of the English word "manger" is?
It's the Old French word mangoire or menjoere, the modern form of which is manger (pronounced "mon-jay" with a soft j).
According to the dictionary, the French word "manger" has two meanings:
- As a noun, manger means "food."
- As a verb, manger means "to eat."
And in John 6:48-58, Jesus makes the import of His being born in a manger unambiguous:
"I am the bread of life. […] I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. […] Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever."
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