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Hello everyone, I know that there are a few tutorials out there already that describe this process already, but I would like to share with you how I got mine working. I hope that will also work for you.
Please remember this tutorial assumes that you are already running a rooted PlayBook, and that you are running PlayBook OS 2.0 developer version. If you have these two things then you are ready to go.
Warning: BBOS is not responsible for you damaging your device. These instructions are meant as a base guideline and results may very depending on Operating system environments. Please proceed with caution. Entering commands incorrectly may cause your device to be permanently damaged.
With that being said lets continue on with this tutorial.
Things you will need:
Step 1: Root your device
Your PlayBook needs to be rooted. The rooting process is beyond the scope of this tutorial.
Step 2: Download the Google Apps Package
After you download the Google apps package extract the contents of it to your desktop.
Step 3: Download and install DDPB and HLC Launcher
The first thing you need to do is install DDPB installer; this is a .bar file side loader application created by Keeper. There are a few programs out there that do this, I just prefer this one.
After DDPB is installed download HLC Launcher and side load it in through the program. To side load a file enable Development Mode on your playbook and take note of the first IP address listed when you click on the development user icon on your PlayBook.
Next, fill in the appropriate information IP address and the password you created when enabling development mode. Now, add the bar file by clicking on the "add" button then you should see it listed on the right. Make sure its selected and then click on install.
Now we need to activate the PlayBooks Android system. You may not have to do this step depending on how long you have been running OS 2.0 and have already launched an Android application. I had to because this was coming off a fresh install.
After it launches just choose the option to Complete action using Honeycomb Launcher. If you want you can take some time to enjoy the Honeycomb android experience. When your done proceed to the next step.
Step 5: Load and Save A private Key Using puttygen
Before we can use WinSCP we will need to create a key using the puttygen program you downloaded earlier. To use puttygen simply double click on the puttygen.exe file.
Once the program is open click on Load, and make sure in the drop down menu that the All Files option is selected. Now, this is important as you need to browse to the rsa file that Dingleberry created when you rooted your device. It can be found in the main Dingleberry folder, the file path will be something like this:
C:\Documents and Settings\'yourusername'\Desktop\dingleberry-beta-2.11\Dingleberry
What your looking for is a file called "rsa". After you have loaded the rsa file click on Save Private Key, if you are prompted to about saving the key with no password say yes. Name the file winscp (it will save it as a .ppk file) and save it to your dingleberry directory next to the rsa file. Although this location is not required I placed it there for easy reference. Remeber this location you will need it in the next step.
Step 6: Connect To PlayBook Using WinSCP
After installing WinSCP, launch the program and fill in the information as shown in the picture:
Make sure you browse to the location that you saved the winscp.ppk file in the previous step. When you have finished filling in the required information click on the Login button and at the username box enter root.
Step 7: Copy The System Folder
In this step you will need to copy the Google apps system folder to the PlayBooks root system folder overwriting all files. From within WinSCP you have a few ways you can copy the files you can simply drag and drop them over or you can tap F5 to bring up the copy menu.
Note: make sure you browse to the root folder on the right side of the explorer
Step 8: Login As Root Using SSH
Open up your favorite ssh client and logon as root. The Dingleberry ssh option works well for the next steps.
We need to remove the SetupWizard.apk file. This can be done by entering the following commands from the the ssh shell prompt # not $:
and then (you can use pwd to find out where you are if needed)Code:/system/app/SetupWizard.apkCode:mv /system/app/SetupWizard.apk /system/app/SetupWizard.apk.bak
Step 9: Kill The Running Android Player
Enter the follwing commands to kill the android player:
Code:cd /apps/sys.android.XXXX.ns/native/scripts (XXXX numbers are different on each device) ./android-player-cmd sh kill-android-core.sh
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Houston Ship Channel reopened to limited traffic
GALVESTON, — The Coast Guard partially reopened one of the nation's busiest seaports to ship traffic Tuesday, three days after a collision between a barge and a ship spilled up to 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil into the waters south of Houston.
Authorities said ships were being allowed through the Houston Ship Channel after their assessment teams deemed it was clear enough for passage. More than 100 ships on both sides of the channel were awaiting the reopening.
"The cleanup operations progress is to the point that there is minimal danger of contamination to the commercial maritime traffic and allowing limited transit during daylight hours," said Coast Guard Capt. Brian Penoyer. "This is an important accomplishment for every person working this response."
The oil spill happened Saturday, when a barge carrying 900,000 gallons collided with a ship, leading to the closure of one of the nation's busiest seaports. Traffic through the channel includes ships serving refineries key to American oil production.
The amount of oil spilled was much less than such major U.S. disasters as the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska, which dumped 11 million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound, and the Deepwater Horizon spill, which resulted in 100 million gallons of oil entering the Gulf of Mexico four years ago.
Officials believe most of the oil that spilled Saturday is drifting out of the Houston Ship Channel into the Gulf of Mexico, which should limit the impact on bird habitats around Galveston Bay as well as beaches and fisheries important to tourists.
The best-case scenario is for most of the slick to remain in the Gulf for at least several days and congeal into small tar balls that wash up further south on the Texas coast, where they could be picked up and removed, said Jerry Patterson, commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, the lead state agency on the response to the spill. Crews from the General Land Office are monitoring water currents and the movement of the oil, he said.
Environmental groups said the spill occurred at an especially sensitive time and place. The channel in Texas City, about 45 miles southeast of Houston, has shorebird habitat on both sides, and tens of thousands of wintering birds are still in the area.
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Is it a standard practice (on PS store) for these game avatars to be sold? I would have thought they would be free or sold for mere cents. $6 for 20 pictures you can find online sounds like a lot. I suppose it's for those that really like them, or want to support the devs. So, what is PS store cut on that price? Steam store cut is 15%, on all transaction on the Community Market.
I think game Avatars are free on Steam, as long as the devs actually bother to upload them. Here they are. I've nugged Stoic a couple of times to do that.
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Together we stand, divided we fall.
Yes it is standard practice on PS to sell them. The individual avatars are like $0.49 each, and you can buy them as bundles. I really don't expect it to be a big seller, just a nice to have. FWIW it's incredibly time consuming and difficult to upload and publish these avatars on PS.
I'd love to upload the Steam Avatars, but I really have no idea where or how to do that. I've looked all over my dashboards and controls, the documentation, and etc... and I don't know how to do it. I'll keep looking, but if you learn anything please let us know!
Ok, I found it. I uploaded the saga1+saga2 avatars to Steam. The uploaded avatars have transparent backgrounds, which end up looking black on Steam. I'm not sure the black looks great.
Let me know what you think!
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Faen awesome, John!!! You could have Arnie put that sky-blue background, as the black is a bit off putting, especially on characters with dark hair (like Aleo! )
Also -- Whatever happened to that Vognir portrait during Saga1 production? Why did you eventually change it to the "default" Factions Warmaster one?
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Together we stand, divided we fall.
Ok I've updated them with blue backgrounds. And I'm not sure why Vognir isn't really Vognir in that pic
Yay! I assumed my true "avatar" on Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/id/aleonymous/
Please, sort this Vognir portrait conflict! This blond/old look seems more fitting than the ginger/young Faction Warmaster one:
Together we stand, divided we fall.
Something about the way the mustache on the blonde one sticks out bugs me. The hair color isn't bad but I like the look of the bottom one more. I hope people buy some of them. I don't have a PS4 or I would just because.


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A landing party is a 23rd century name for an away team. When a team from a starship transport down to a surface of a planet, they are classed as a landing party.
The term "away team" would almost replace the term by the 24th century, although several people have used the term, including Odo. (DS9 novelization: "What You Leave Behind")
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A landing party was a group of starship personnel equipped for missions involving landing on a planet's surface.
On 1947 Earth, while trying escape from the US armed forces, Nog claimed that Ferengi landing parties were to land in the United States of America. Captain Wainwright thought the first landing parties would invade Cleveland. (DS9: "Little Green Men")
The term was used by Starfleet as early as 2151, though the term "away team" was used as well. (ENT: "The Andorian Incident", "Fortunate Son")
In 2268, Captain James T. Kirk regarded landing party recommendations as a matter of judgment. M-5 chose its recommendations on the basis of logical selection. It did not choose Captain Kirk or Doctor McCoy on the basis that they were "non-essential personnel." (TOS: "The Ultimate Computer")
In 2338, the USS Tripoli sent down a landing party to the planet Omicron Theta. There they discovered Data and the remains of the destroyed Omicron Theta colony. (TNG: "Datalore")
By the 2360s, Starfleet adapted the term "away team" instead of "landing party," although it was occasionally used synonymously. (TNG: "The Last Outpost", "The Arsenal of Freedom", "The Royale")
Other cultures, such as the Ferengi, would still refer to the term "landing party" into the 2370s. (TNG: "Gambit, Part I"; DS9: "Little Green Men")
Landing party article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.


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Smoked haddock gratin
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- fat38.7g
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Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Place the spinach in a large colander in a sink and carefully and slowly pour over a kettleful of hot water to wilt it. Cool again under the cold tap then squeeze out as much liquid from the spinach as possible. Butter a medium gratin dish. Roughly chop the spinach and scatter evenly over the base of the dish. Season the spinach lightly with salt and pepper and lay the haddock fillets, skinned side down on top. Nestle the tomatoes among the haddock fillets.
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Newly appointed Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is giving her entire staff new iPhones, which has to burn her former Google colleagues a little. She could have picked an Android device for the ten thousand-plus people who work at the company. But she didn't, instead suggesting spending a couple million on the Apple product, according to Business Insider's Nicholas Carlson. Mayer herself had an iPhone when she worked at Google, notes Carlson, so maybe it's not that surprising. By forgoing Android devices, though, Mayer is showing that her loyalties are no longer with Google.
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The pig reportedly was dropped off at the station in 1993 by someone who didn't stay to explain the gift.
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Since chairing a meeting of his Cabinet underwater, Nasheed has been busy rallying other low-lying countries to make similar points. He chaired a summit of them in Bangladesh, to compare notes ahead of the Durban summit, and they agree to limit their own carbon emissions.
Ban Ki-moon, the head of the United Nations, was delighted — saying that it was unfair to ask "the poorest and most vulnerable to bear the brunt of the impact of climate change alone" and called for them to be given subsidies by richer countries to adapt. Such funds do not seem to be forthcoming. It seems the summit in Durban will, like so many climate summits, be disappointing.
I may be able to help. As someone with some expertise in the field, I can assure the low-lying countries that this is a false alarm. The sea is not rising precipitously. I have studied many of the low-lying regions in my 45-year career, recording and interpreting sea level data.
I have conducted six field trips to the Maldives; I have been to Bangladesh, whose environment minister was claiming that flooding due to climate change threatened to create in her country 20 million "ecological refugees". I have carefully examined the data of "drowning" Tuvalu. And I can report that, while such regions do have problems, they need not fear rising sea levels.
My latest project was a field expedition to India, to the coast of Goa, combining observations with archeological information. Our findings are straightforward: there is no ongoing sea level rise.
The sea level there has been stable for the last 50 years or so, after falling some 20cm in around 1960; it was well below the present level in the 18th century and some 50 to 60cm above the present in the 17th century. So it is clear that sea levels rise and fall entirely independently of so-called "climate change".
Dr. Mörner then compares the facts with the IPCC´s version:
This is nonsense. The world's true experts on sea level are to be found at the International Union for Quaternary Reseach (INQUA) commission on Sea Level Changes and Coastal Evolution, not at the IPCC. Our research is what the climate lobby might call an "inconvenient truth": it shows that sea levels have been oscillating close to the present level for the last three centuries.
So any of the troubles attributed to "rising sea levels" must instead be the result of other, local factors and basic misinterpretation. In Bangladesh, for example, increased salinity in the rivers has in fact been caused by dams in the Ganges, which have decreased the outflow of fresh water.
The IPCC's Fourth Assessment claimed that "there is strong evidence" of sea level rising over the last few decades. It goes as far as to claim: "Satellite observations available since the early 1990s provide more accurate sea level data... This decade-long satellite altimetry data set shows that since 1993, sea level has been rising at a rate of around 3mm yr–1, significantly higher than the average during the previous half century."
Almost every word of this is untrue. Satellite altimetry is a wonderful and vital new technique that offers the reconstruction of sea level changes all over the ocean surface. But it has been hijacked and distorted by the IPCC for political ends.
In 2003 the satellite altimetry record was mysteriously tilted upwards to imply a sudden sea level rise rate of 2.3mm per year. When I criticised this dishonest adjustment at a global warming conference in Moscow, a British member of the IPCC delegation admitted in public the reason for this new calibration: "We had to do so, otherwise there would be no trend."
This is a scandal that should be called Sealevelgate.
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Wednesday, May 22
VIDEO: Sergio Apologizes to Tiger for 'Fried Chicken' Remark
THE VERY PUBLIC SPAT BETWEEN SERGIO GARCIA and Tiger Woods took an ugly and stupid turn on Tuesday night at a European Tour awards dinner.
When asked if he would have Tiger as a dinner guest during next month's U.S. Open, Sergio said, "We will have him round every night. We will serve fried chicken."
Today, the outrage, the apology, the "is Sergio a racist?" commentary and much more.
"As soon as I left the dinner, I started getting a sick feeling in my body," Garcia said in a press conference on Wednesday.
"I wasn't able to sleep at all last night. I felt like my heart was going to come out of my body. Today it was difficult to hit a shot without thinking about it. Unfortunately, I said it. I wish I didn't do it but the only thing I can say is sorry."
I think Sergio should take a page from Vijay Singh's media relations handbook. The next time he's asked a question about Tiger Woods, use this: "No comment."
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Well, here we go again folks...It's very disconcerting that these incidences about race and the top golfer keeps being a regular occurrence every yr for the past 3yrs.
Like is posted the last time this happened, we don't see these highly visible racial overtone situation happening in the NBA,NFL,MLB or MLS. USGA & PGA
love to pretend that their players are highly evolved species.
These incidences are a byproduct of Golf's governing bodies. Absolutely shameful.
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I had a session recently when I was out with a 9m Airush Varial X from 2012. The wind was pretty strong... was riding with full depower and with my arms fully extended most of the time. I happened to end up in the middle of a frontal where the wind speed probably was above 40 knots/s. I know that I shouldn't have been out there in the first case, but I was and it wasn't much to do at the moment.
Anyway, the strong wind made the kite to collapse in the air. The centre of the leading edge was sort of being bended downwards and the wingtips got bended slightly upwards, the shape of the kite was more like a sigma than an arc.
It was pretty impossible to manouver the kite when it got deformed, all I could do was to ride downwind in an attempt to make the kite go back to its normal shape.
I ended up doing a massive wipeout before I got back on land.
The kite was pumped to 7+ bar.
Was wondering if this would have happened with any other kite in this wind? Anyone who has experienced the same thing?


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Abstract: This report summarizes what is known about capital punishment in North Carolina based on available empirical data as well as studies of the state's death penalty system. The goal is to establish the realities of the state's capital punishment system for the purpose of providing important information to policy-makers.
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CAIRO, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The threat of rooftop snipers led the Muslim Brotherhood to call off a series of protest marches around Egypt Sunday.
Egypt was braced for another day of angry street clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, led by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Brotherhood leaders abruptly canceled the marches, saying they feared the protesters could be fired on by snipers in buildings along the routes, CNN said.
The Egyptian interim government installed by the military after Morsi's removal leveled the blame for the street violence on outside agitators. Officials also were considering legal steps to disband the Muslim Brotherhood altogether.
Minister of Social Solidarity Ahmed al-Borai said Sunday an official decision would be made by the government in 15 days after the issue is studied by the General Federation of non-governmental Organizations, the Egypt Independent reported.
Borai said the move would force the Muslim Brotherhood to reveal its source of funding and its official agenda. He said a court ruling would not be required because of "the crimes" committed by the organization.
Interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said dissolving the Brotherhood would force it underground and lead to mass arrests, Israel Radio said.
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Publication Acceptance Date: 5/16/2008
Publication Date: 6/1/2008
Citation: Papadopoulos, Y.A., Michaud, R., Bertrand, A., Coulman, B., Acharya, S.N., Bittman, S., Riday, H., Viands, D., Boe, A., Mcrae, K., Castonguay, Y. 2008. Response to selection under controlled environment versus natural selection in diverse regions across Canada. Trifolium Conference Abstract & Proceedings. Available://www.naaic.org/Meetings/National/2008meeting/proceedings/proceedings2008.htm
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Technical Abstract: Red clover is a widely adaptable and productive forage legume species found in most temperate regions of the world. To date, specific selection techniques for identifying genotypes with superior persistence have not been successful in improving the general adaptation and the long-term persistence of this species. A new method of selection has been developed which uses freezing stresses under environmentally-controlled conditions to selectively eliminate less cold tolerant genotypes. This study which is a component of the NE1010 Regional Cooperative Research project, a USA/Canada initiative, seeks to develop new red clover germplasm with improved adaptation to diverse regions. The specific objective of this investigation is to compare the effectiveness of selection using the new controlled environment technique with a traditional phenotypic selection technique, currently used by most red clover breeders. An experimental synthetic, CRS15, was selected as the starting population for the above two methods because it has low invasion of Pratylenchus penetrans but it lacks other general adaptation attributes. In phase I of this study two selection procedures were employed using six sets of 1000 plants from CRS15. The first method (phenotypic selection) consisted of selecting the top 10% plants based on their superior performance during the first three years following transplanting in 5 locations across Canada (Charlottetown, PE; Saint-Foy, PQ; Saskatoon, SK ; Lethbridge, AB; Agaziz, BC). The selected plants from each location were used to produce 5 distinct experimental synthetics. The second method (freezing tolerance) consisted of selecting the top 10% plants having the greatest freezing tolerance following multiple freezing stresses under environmentally-controlled conditions. Seeds from the above new six synthetics, the original seed population and appropriate check cultivars were established at eight locations in the temperate zone of North America in the spring of 2005, to assess the performance of the newly selected populations under solid stand conditions. In addition to the above listed Canadian locations, the evaluation sites included Ithaca, NY, Madison, WI and Brookings, SD. In the establishment and two post-establishment years, entries were harvested whenever 50% of the plots reach 10% flowering stage. Persistence and herbage yield were recorded to estimate selection gain. This report presents the selection gain following one cycle of selection for each of the above selection methods. The analysis across locations showed that differences among sites (S), cultivars (Cv) and S by Cv interactions were highly significant, but differences among methods were non-significant. Even though selection gains when considering both selection methods were not significant, improvement in persistence was observed with only one cycle of selection. An examination of yield data indicated that the highest yielding of the new experimental synthetics at each location was always the one developed at that location.


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ScienceDaily (Aug. 10, 2012) — Many studies have found that high levels of hormones that are associated with stress are a sign of poor fitness and reduced chance of survival — but recent research on young songbirds found that some elevated hormones can be a good thing, often the difference between life and death.
Stress in birds. New research found that stress in small birds such as this Swainson's thrush can aid their survival. (Credit: Photo courtesy of Oregon State University)
The new research concluded that elevated levels of glucocorticoid hormones, which are part of the natural response to stress, were related to the movement, feeding, and anti-predator behaviors of juvenile birds.
The findings were made by researchers at Oregon State University with the Swainson's thrush as an animal model.
There's only about a one-in-three chance that juveniles of this bird species will survive, the study found, and it appeared to have more to do with their stress hormones than other factors such as vegetative cover or nesting site.
"In these birds, a little stress and elevated stress hormones were associated with greater survival," said James Rivers, a researcher with the OSU Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society. "The conventional wisdom is that elevated levels of glucocorticoid hormones are bad for survival, but we found just the opposite."
"Stress is more complex than we think," he said.
The hormones associated with stress, which include cortisol in humans, can change the behavior and physiology of animals. If stress is too persistent and the hormone levels remain consistently too high, it appears to impede growth. But especially at vulnerable stages where the task is to keep up with the parents, get enough food to grow, or flee a predator, higher levels of stress hormones appear to improve survival chances.
This was one of the first studies of its type done in small songbirds, researchers said. Some previous research had suggested that increased hormone levels can allocate resources away from normal activities and have long-term health impacts.
The research was published in Functional Ecology, a professional journal. It was supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Science Foundation and other agencies.
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- James W. Rivers, Andrea L. Liebl, Jennifer C. Owen, Lynn B. Martin, Matthew G. Betts. Baseline corticosterone is positively related to juvenile survival in a migrant passerine bird. Functional Ecology, 2012; DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02025.x


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Field dreams: Camp looks to buy Blue Ridge Swim Club
For the past 11 years, Field Camp owner Todd Barnett has run his nature-centric summer program out of the Camp Albemarle site on Free Union Road. With cabins for overnights, fields, outdoor shelters, and woods for exploring, the location is just about ideal for a camp with one notable exception: there's no on-site swimming pool, a bummer on 90-degree days when tired, hot campers aren't always up for a hike to a local swimming hole. Now, Barnett's hatched a plan to bring the wonder of water to his campers while saving a historic swimming venue.
"I think it needs a little life in it, and I think my camp can bring it," says Barnett of the Blue Ridge Swim Club, the century-old swim club on Owensville Road in Ivy that famously features a 100-yard-long, spring-fed, chlorine-free pool. Barnett says he's negotiated a purchase of the Swim Club that would allow him to relocate his camp there while keeping it open for public membership. Now, he needs County approval in the form of a special use permit that will enable him to operate his camp in the residential zoned area (the pool itself, he notes, is grandfathered in, although he's applying for a separate special use permit for that as well on the County's advice).
The 13-acre property was first developed in 1909 by R. Warner Wood for use as the all-boys Blue Ridge Camp, says Barnett, who also operates the all-boys Field School in Crozet. Numerous sports teams used the club for recreation in its early days, and Barnett says his research suggests the pool is the oldest concrete outdoor commercial swimming pool remaining or in use east of the Mississippi– and among the oldest in the nation.
"The fact that the Blue Ridge Pool has stubbornly remained is a real credit to all its owners and caretakers over the years," says Barnett. The price he'll pay for the property is still being negotiated, he says, but it's "a lot less" than the $424,100 for which it's assessed.
Members voted by super majority– 65-1– to sell to Barnett, according to one of the club's former presidents, Rip Verkerke, even though they could have gotten significantly more if they'd sold the property for real estate development.
"One of the reasons behind it was the sense that Todd understood the history of the pool and its special qualities that we value so much," says Verkerke. "We felt that he really 'got us' and that he would preserve those special qualities and be a responsible steward for the property into the next generation."
Another longtime club member concurs.
"I think it's a wonderful idea," says Murray Whitehill, who has a stake in the Blue Ridge Swim Club where he first swam in 1946. "My mother told me that I swam in the pool when I was one," laughs the now-65-year-old, who was an active member for much of his life and lives in the house closest to the pool, about 300 yards away.
While Whitehill says the Club's members are delighted to clear the pool's debt while improving the facility and protecting the pool, Barnett says he's aware that some neighbors may have concerns about disturbances the addition of a camp could bring.
In general, Barnett says, "People don't like noise and don't like people they don't know in their neighborhoods."
Whitehill, however, says he doesn't believe that will be a problem at the Swim Club.
"I didn't get the feeling that anyone was up in arms over it," he says of neighbors, noting that Barnett has been active in addressing such fears, contacting residents and welcoming questions.
"There is going to be some increased traffic, and with a bunch of kids down there, it's going to make some noise," says Whitehill, who, as the pool's closest neighbor, will likely hear that noise more than anyone else. "From my point of view, I think it's neat," he says, "to hear kids outside playing again."
The proposed deal and the requested special use permit for Barnett to operate his camp in the residentially zoned Owensville area will go before the Albemarle County Planning Commission on Tuesday, February 22. Barnett hopes the County Supervisors will consider the deal by early March, and if it's approved, he'll start renovations immediately to prepare for summer activities.
Correction: The original online and print version of this article stated there was no on-site swimming at Camp Albemarle. It actually has access to the Moormans River.–edRead more on: blue ridge swim clubField CampTodd Barnett
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Excellent work, Todd.
I hope to see this landmark site in such capable hands. My son is a Field Camper and he and I can not wait to see what the future holds for the camp and the swim club.
Go Falcons!
This is very good news. Todd is an especially considerate and well intentioned leader. I cannot imagine a better future for the Blue Ridge Swim Club or for Field Camp. Sounds like a win-win situation.
I truly hope this happens! Blue Ridge Swim Club deserves to be taken care of and enjoyed! Todd Barnett will do a good job
This is certainly a great and fitting use for such a unique resource. Good luck Todd.
Your article is completely off base as to the "neighbors" not being upset over the possibility of noise all day and at night from 60 to 100 kids in our back yard. Mr. Whitehill, who you noted, has a financial interest in selling the property, is not the closest neighbor to the property. I am closer as are at least 4 others in just our subdivision. The property is not a secluded 13 acres. It is a small piece of property completely surrounded by houses in 3 subdivisions. It is not a good fit for what is being proposed and I can tell you very few people were notified. I found out only because my neighbor did get a letter from the county. Every person we have spoken to, with the exception of Mr. Whitehill and a couple others who have been members in the past, are adamently against establishing a camp with a parking lot for 50 cars, the accompanying traffic, noise from a large group of children, within sight of our yard.
Mr. W. Frazier Bell, I Mapquested the distances between your property and the swim club and Mr. Whitehill's property and the swim club. (Anyone else can do it--you can get the street addresses from the county assessor's page.) It sure doesn't look to me like you're closer than Mr. Whitehill, even doing an "as the crow flies" reckoning. You look more like 600 meters away, as the crow flies, while Mr. Whitehill looks to be about 400 meters away. At best, you guys look to be more or less equidistant. But anyone else can check to see what they think.
Mr. Bell, I want to apologize for not alerting you to this. I sent a notification letter to 21 neighbors adjacent to the Blue Ridge Swim Club property plus your immediate neighbor who struck me also as close, thinking that was adequate to alert the neighbors. The swim club has historically functioned without a special use permit, and its use is grandfathered (including many camps there over the years), but I particularly wanted to get special use permits for the uses in order to be up front with the neighbors before operating there. I just didn't imagine I would need to send the letter to non-adjacent neighbors. If you have any questions about what I am proposing, please feel free to get in touch with me. I hope I can alleviate your concerns.
First, in response to "Hoolarious", my house is approximately 600' from the swim club property. I have 3 neighbors where the club is literally in their back yard. You can see the pool from their houses. It is, at best, 200 - 300 yds away. Mr. Whitehill is close to the club. I was in error thinking his house was farther up the hill. However, it still remains that he has a financial interest in the property that will be paid off, plus he gets continued use of the pool.
Mr. Barnett,
I understand you are a great person. We have mutual friends and they have nothing but good things to say about you. This is not an attack on you or your ideas for a camp. It is very simply opposition to a large camp in a suburban area surrounded by homes. We have lived in our house for over 32 years. Lewis Hill III and Ivy Oaks did not exist. They were a farm and woods. The swim club was small and created very little noise. Rarely did we here them. On 2 occassions that I remember, they had parties with a band. The band could be heard all the way to the other end of our neighborhood. Now, the property is completely surrounded by houses.(Hoolarious can pull up tax map 058C.) If there were camps there, they were either before my time(1978) or so small as to be unnoticeable. In addition to the noise of a large number of campers, you will have traffic issues entering and exiting the road with no turn lanes. I am also interested in how you plan to meet septic field standards for that many people. All of the land is either slope of stream bottom land, which would not function well for a large septic field.
As for the notice, it is my understanding the county is only required to notify those properties that actually adjoin the club. Mine does not.
I have faith in Mr. Barnett, as he has been and will continue to be a good neighbor. He worked with the county and neighborhoods when Field School first opened in Claudius Crozet Park. He continues to be a good neighbor in the current location in of the former Crozet Elementary. Campers broken up into groups, some learning lessons of nature, hiking, or simply exploring does not lend to constant noise. Majority of the children are bused in, therefore not leading to over fifty cars daily. I feel certain the concerns will be addressed, all awhile continuing the "life" of another jewel in our community, such as the Blue Ridge Swim Club.
How will this camp effect the public members who like to come to the pool for a peaceful swim on a hot summer day? I was thinking of joining this year, but now I am not so sure.
It's too bad that we can't roll back the clock and invite the Blue Ridge pool neighbors out to Camp Albemarle to see a typical day of Field Camp. I'm sure they'd be impressed by its operation and by the quality of Mr. Barnett's staff. The experience is serene and very much like that of going to the Blue Ridge pool. Hard to imagine a better fit. The kids who go to Field Camp are the ones who value that kind of experience and setting, and won't seem like invaders destroying the bucolic rural setting. Some kids may actually miss the creek at camp Albemarle.
For 25 plus years my family has lived with the Blue Ridge Swim Club (BRSC) in our backyard. We were very active members for several years. Historically, even on the most populous of days, such as July 4th, there were no more than 50 people present at one time. On a normal day at the pool one could expect less than 10 sporadic visitors, the majority of which are well beyond their boisterous teenage years.
The proposed 2000 sq.ft. pavilion that will shelter 65-100 kids (ages 8-15) is directly behind our back deck. As is the case with many families, we use our deck to relax and enjoy the peace and quiet of the rural residential area in which we reside. Would you appreciate the sound of bullhorns being used for field day, game day, swim day, family day, and any day they choose? How would you like to hear all of this during the proposed hours of operation 8am-8pm? Any rational person can expect that a significant amount of noise will be generated by a camp of this scale, and will cause an unreasonable level of disruption. Our quality of life will undoubtedly suffer.
As pointed out in the beginning of this article the nature-centric Field Camp has operated for the past 11 years out of Camp Albemarle with has cabins for overnights, fields, outdoor shelters, and woods for exploring. Hardly, can 13-acres in the middle of several established neighborhoods replace such as near perfect setting. How is this historic and quaint swim club going to remain untouched and preserved when construction activities are proposed such as: clearing of trees, paving, graveling, upgrading of drainage/run-off for the 50 car parking lot, and the construction of a large septic field to accommodate waste from 100 plus people? Will this property lay dormant in the fall and winter after all these upgrades are made? What will prevent the Field Camp from expanding operations in the future and becoming nothing than a money making venue?
There are very real issues here that can only lead to one conclusion; the BRSC is not the right place for the Field Camp. Aside from the increased noise and disruption there are numerous other serious pitfalls such as: fire and rescue access, the increased environmental impact, and increased risk of trespassing. What other groups/events will use this pavilion and who will the authority to approve/deny the events? If noise becomes a nuisance will the tree line and landscape be upgraded to create a sound barrier? What guarantees are there to protect our quality of life beyond one individual's word to limit disruption? To disrupt the quiet, peaceful, wooded backyard is not in keeping with the neighborhood environment.
As the Daily Progress Editor's column on February 18, 2011 (in regards to noise pollution in Charlottesville), "… residents of nearby neighborhoods certainly deserve, legally and morally to be able to enjoy the comfort and serenity of their homes." Simply stated, the proposed use of the Blue Ridge Swim Club for the well intentioned Field Camp is sorely misguided.
Why would you want to put a camp in a neighborhood? Seems like a dumb idea. Would it not be better to find a piece of land where it is not in the back of a neighborhood, and maybe a piece of land that has a lake or pond so you could swim and canoe and have fun in the woods? I don't think exploring a nieghborhood seems like a fun camp. And swimming in a pool, obviously in my opinion does not make it a field camp.
Thanks for reading
As a parent of two young children that go to summer camps in the area I think that camps are a great idea and are vital to the growth and development of our children. However, the BRSC location isn't a viable location to hold day camps of more than 40 or so children. If you've never been to the location in question you can't have an opinion about it, sorry! The property is simply unusable for anything other than what it is being used for today and that obviously isn't going very well. Had it not been for the pool being built next to the stream this property would have been designated as common area amongst the sub-divisions that surround the creek. This is true of similar property that is just downstream. The neighbors in the communities that abut the creek maintain an extensive trail network that is one of the treasures of being a property owner in this area. These trails will be lost with this project as they will either be cut off by fencing or destroyed by all of the traffic that the camp will create. We purchased our house in the woods to have peace and quiet, to listen to the birds and enjoy our own piece of earth. The overnight camps, special events and inordinate amount of traffic going in and out of this "common area" piece of property will destroy that as well as our property values if an unattended camp fire doesn't destroy it first!