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This course will go from Glasgow all the way to Orkney and the Shetland Islands. We will visit castles including Urquhart and Eilean Donan, the most photographed castle in Scotland. Stops include the islands of Skye, Mull, and Iona, where the 6th-century monastery of St. Columba still stands. We will see magnificent cathedrals including 12th-century St. Mungo in Glasgow. Historic sites include Culloden Battlefield, Skara Brae and Ring of Brodgar standing stones in the Orkneys, and Holyrood Palace and The Castle in Edinburgh. The course concludes with the famous Edinburgh Tattoo with massed pipe bands.

This course will go from Glasgow all the way to Orkney and the Shetland Islands. We will visit castles including Urquhart and Eilean Donan, the most photographed castle in Scotland. Stops include the islands of Skye, Mull, and Iona, where the 6th-century monastery of St. Columba still stands. We will see magnificent cathedrals including 12th-century St. Mungo in Glasgow. Historic sites include Culloden Battlefield, Skara Brae and Ring of Brodgar standing stones in the Orkneys, and Holyrood Palace and The Castle in Edinburgh. The course concludes with the famous Edinburgh Tattoo with massed pipe bands.

This is a course on the history, organization, and day-to-day operation of Harrisburg International Airport (HIA). HIA is an independent, self-sufficient organization with 110 employees including accountants, engineers, skilled administration and maintenance workers, licensed water and sewer operators, and fire and police departments. On HIA property, there are more than sixty tenants, employing an additional 1,500 employees that transport more than 1.6 million people and 100,000 tons of cargo annually to destinations around the world.

Please note that the correct time for the course is 1:30 - 3:00 pm.

Panama is an emerging travel gem and a wildlife-lover's paradise. Enjoy a vicarious, photo-rich visit to its lush rainforests and tropical islands in search of sloths, monkeys, frogs, birds, and butterflies. While the main emphasis of the course will be the country's abundant wildlife, Tina will also give a nod to its rich history, especially the storied Panama Canal, and she will explore the lively colonial streets of Casco Viejo, the old town.

Please note that the correct time for the course is 1:30 - 3:00 pm.

Panama is an emerging travel gem and a wildlife-lover's paradise. Enjoy a vicarious, photo-rich visit to its lush rainforests and tropical islands in search of sloths, monkeys, frogs, birds, and butterflies. While the main emphasis of the course will be the country's abundant wildlife, Tina will also give a nod to its rich history, especially the storied Panama Canal, and she will explore the lively colonial streets of Casco Viejo, the old town.

What are the job and responsibilities of an air traffic controller? How do controllers help pilots operate through the system? Is the air traffic system suffering from aging equipment or are other issues, such as a failure to hire a sufficient personnel, creating unheard-of delays? Mr. Scolnick will cover these issues along with his examination of how the FAA is planning to cope with the present until their planned fixes can take effect.

Owens Valley has been central to the California water wars since the early 1900s. Surrounded by the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains ranges, Owens Valley is now home to several small towns. It is known for its incomparable outdoor activities, four national parks, and a vast wilderness and alpine lakes. People visit from around the world to experience this wild and remote area. This course will introduce the geography, water wars history, geology, and most of all, the incredible beauty of this part of the country.

Owens Valley has been central to the California water wars since the early 1900s. Surrounded by the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains ranges, Owens Valley is now home to several small towns. It is known for its incomparable outdoor activities, four national parks, and a vast wilderness and alpine lakes. People visit from around the world to experience this wild and remote area. This course will introduce the geography, water wars history, geology, and most of all, the incredible beauty of this part of the country.

The long, bumpy road to English is a story about conflict and survival going back to the arrival of Celtic peoples who inhabited the isles long before Greek and Roman explorers. This rich Germanic-based language is a mix of many languages. Greatly influenced by Latin and Greek, the language spread throughout the world. Learn how the language of Chaucer and Shakespeare evolved and changed through internal and external influences, including those that caused English spelling to be convoluted.

Borneo is the world’s third-largest island and, like its large tropical companions New Guinea and Madagascar, it has an exceptionally rich flora and fauna with a large fraction of species found nowhere else. In this course, participants will photographically explore the marvelous variety of wildlife seen during a visit to a variety of lowland rainforest sites in Malaysia’s Sarawak and Sabah states. These sites range from a small offshore island to the most pristine remaining virgin rainforest in Borneo. These forests host a variety of primates, other mammals, numerous colorful bird species, and reptiles.