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The Singing Tree
Lindsey Weber
Long, long ago, there lived a beautiful orphan named Sophia. Sophia lived in a small village nestled around fields of ruined crops. Each morning Sophia walked several miles to an abandon forest to pick fresh apples. She collected the apples one at a time to prepare for the weekly festival, in which she could sell all of her apples for profit. Sophia always sold more apples than any other women, since her apples were the sweetest and ripest. The villages rejoiced Sophia's talents and were very excited to buy her apples; however, Sophia dreamed of leaving her small dwelling and pursuing her dream of singing to the Gods.
One summer morning, Sophia left her home at the crack of dawn and headed to the forest to pick her apples. On her journey to the forest she often sang quietly to herself so she did not feel so lonely. Since Sophia spent much of her time alone, she was not used to the company of others. As Sophia skipped along to the forest, she suddenly felt as though someone was watching her. She turned back and did not see anyone. She continued on her way and again heard a faint noise from behind. She quickly looked back again to find nothing. Sophia became nervous and wondered if she should turn back. She knew that it was that last day to collect apples before the market and she would be unable to buy the supplies she needed for that week if she did not pick her apples, so she decided to continue. She walked several more feet until again she heard a sound. This time the sound was much louder and carried on for a longer period of time. Sophia could decipher parts of the noise and recognized it as a howl. She knew the land pretty well and knew that wolves and dogs were not common to the area. Suddenly, everything became dark as a canvas bag was thrown over her head and she was lifted off the ground.
Sophia began to kick and scream, however no one was near to help her. She was unsure what was carrying her or what had happened, so she continued to fight the creature for many hours. Eventually, she was placed on the ground. After much struggle, the bag was lifted off her head. It took several seconds for Sophia's eyes to adjust to the sunlight but once they did she was able to recognize the creature as a man. The man was young and rugged. He appeared to be the same age as her; however, she did not recognize him. He was wearing blue jeans and a white T-shirt and carried a black backpack. He introduced himself as Paul.
"Hello I am Paul. I am from a nearby village and I have been watching you for several weeks," he told her in a low, deep voice. "Please do not be afraid. I have admired you and have come to you for help."
Sophia remained still, stunned by this man. She replied, "What do you mean? I have nothing for you to admire and I don't know how I could ever help you. I am just a poor orphaned girl, who can hardly supply enough food and supplies for me."
Paul chuckled and looked into Sophia's eyes. "You have the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen." Sophia blushed, but didn't want Paul to think she was falling for him so she caught herself and made a stern look. "What do you want from me?," she said.
Paul looked around, trying to avoid eye contact with her and replied, "I want you to help me grow and pick apples." Sophia was amazed. She thought to herself, why this man would want my help. He continued, "I know your secrete to growing the most beautiful apples and I would like you to help me. I am a poor man who is looking for a wife and the only way to get a girl to fall in love with me is by growing apples."
Sophia agreed to help Paul. They walked for three nights to the forest where Sophia gathered apples. They had to venture so far so that no one else would be able to discover Sophia's talent. As they walked, Sophia grew fond of Paul and enjoyed her time spent with him. Paul also began to have strong feelings towards Sophia and asked that she marry him once they returned to the village. Sophia agreed and the couple grew anxious to return to the city.
Once they arrived to the abandoned forest, it was Paul's job to make sure there was no sign of human life. After checking around the perimeter of the forest he reported that he found no one. Sophia slowly laid out a blanket and began to quietly hum. Paul stood behind her admiring her beauty. The forest had no sign of life. No trees, no apples, no animals. The forest definitely didn't appear to be a place where the most beautiful, tastiest apples grew. Sophia's eyes remained closed as she continued to hum.
After several minutes, her head slowly raised and her hum became a quiet song. The song was one of the most beautiful noises Paul had ever heard and he felt so blessed to be in Sophia's presence. Soon, Sophia began to gain volume and her voice became loud and boisterous. As her volume increased, life began to form all around her.
First, green grass began to cover the ground. Then flowers and trees spurted from the soil and grew into luscious trees. On the final note of the song, Paul watched as apples began to fill the trees which surrounded them.
The apples were the most beautiful things Paul had ever seen. He quickly ran up to a tree and began to climb it. When he got to the top he picked one of the apples and began his venture down. When he returned to the ground he took a large bit out of the apple. He had never tasted anything so good. The apple was sweet, yet tart and had just the right amount of crisp.
He was overjoyed with happiness and quickly returned to Sophia to tell her the good news. However, as Paul called for her, Sophia did not motion. She had not moved since completing her last note. In his celebration, he ran to her and lifted her to her feet so they could be merry over the wonderful apples. But Sophia remained in a trance.
Although, she was finished singing she had not raised her head like she had done in the past. A motionless Sophia rested in Paul's hands as he swung her frail body around the forest. As he twirled her around and around, he finally realized that she was not celebrating. He looked into her angel eyes and noticed that they had remained closed. He set her down and began to shake her in order to wake her.
Suddenly, a large tree submerged between the couple. The tree acted as a barrier between Paul and the women he loved. He frantically tried to get around the tree, but more and more trees grew, until he was unable to recognize which tree was the original. He stood in the forest crying out for Sophia, but there was no response. The young lover did not know what to do and felt lost without Sophia.
Although he had watched Sophia in the forest before, he had never seen the forest grow to such extremes. In the past, he had only witnessed her singing to cause the grass and trees to grow. He didn't know what to do. What had happened to cause the forest to grow and take his love away?
For fifteen days, Paul searched for countless hours in the forest. He found nothing and soon the forest returned to its dying beginnings. One night, before Paul went to sleep, he heard a tap on his window. He looked out to see a glowing figure. He put on his jacket and headed outside. The figure was an angel. The angel was beautiful and appeared familiar. The angel was his mother, who had passed when he was a young boy.
Paul was delighted by the sight of his mother. And fell to his knees begging her to help him find his loved one. He told the story of Sophia's disappearance and of his broken heart. She listened to her son but did not speak. This angered him and he felt hopeless even within his mother's presence.
"Paul," she said. "Sophia is a beautiful young woman. It is her calling to sing for the Gods. When the Gods heard her singing for you they knew it was time to bring her to the heavens. We have been listening to her for a long time and granting her with beautiful apples, but the Gods knew something was missing from her heart when she sang. And that something was love. Paul, you gave her the love she needed to come to the heavens and sing for the Gods."
Paul was in shock and didn't know what to say. Although he was happy that Sophia was now in the heavens and could sing to the Gods as she had always dreamed of, he did not want to let her go. "But mother, I do not want her to be in heaven. I have been searching for her for over 15 nights and I cannot bear the thought of her never returning to me."
The angel looked into the poor eyes of her now grown son and said, "My boy, your beautiful wife is with you. Don't you see? Every time it rains she is singing. Every time a flower buds she is singing. Every time an apple grows she is singing for you."
Paul remained silent for several seconds. Then suddenly he felt a tiny rain drop fall onto his forehead. He knew she had been there with him the entire time. He knew that a tree could not tear their love apart and he knew she had returned to him in the form of all living things.
After leaving his mother, Paul returned to the village. Upon his return, he became one of the greatest apple sellers in the entire village. His apples were known for their decadent, bright red color and their suburb taste. Many villagers wondered what Paul's secret was to producing such wonderful apples. Paul would smile when they asked and return to his home in the middle of an abandoned forest surrounded by the beauty of his true love, Sophia.


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An effort to protect coastal communities like Long Beach from future natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy is under way, after U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand called last week for a comprehensive, post-Hurricane Katrina-style protection plan for New York's coastline.
At a Nov. 15 meeting with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Schumer and Gillibrand called on the corps to "jumpstart" a series of projects that are aimed at protecting communities from the flooding that will inevitably accompany future storm surges.
The senators highlighted seven projects that they said have already been authorized by Congress — including a plan for the Long Beach barrier island — but were never begun or completed due to a lack of funding or local support. They include the construction of sea walls, jetties and dunes on the south shore of Staten Island, Coney Island, Rockaway Beach, Long Beach, Gilgo Beach, Robert Moses State Park, Fire Island, Montauk Point and, on Long Island's North Shore, Asharoken.
Schumer and Gillibrand called on the Army Corps to begin construction of these long-stalled projects as soon as funding can be secured, and said that they should be modeled on a post-Hurricane Katrina Army Corps plan known as the Greater New Orleans Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction System.
According to Schumer's office, because the plans are already authorized, the projects can be started up quickly, and wouldn't require months or years of planning. "These seven projects have been approved by Congress, are ready to be started or rebuilt, and should be the first phase of a comprehensive, Katrina-style protection plan for New York's coasts," Schumer said in a statement. "They will offer significant protection while our longer-term infrastructure needs are evaluated. This is a ready roadmap for storm and flood protection for New York that we can implement in the very near future that is affordable and based on the Army Corps' successful actions after Katrina."
According to Schumer's office, he hopes Congress will approve $500 to $1 billion in new financing for the projects sometime next month.

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Crockpot Potato Pig Soup Recipe
This soup is called potato pig, because I use either ham or bacon when I make this soup. All the boys in my family love both, but I definitely prefer ham. There is nothing quite like hot potato soup on a cold Montana day. It's creamy and hearty. This is a super simple recipe. If you wanted to make it even simpler, you could always prep the potatoes and onions the night before then all you have to do is throw everything in the crockpot in the morning before work. This would save you at least 20 minutes in the morning. I don't have a lot of spare time in the mornings, so this makes it way more convenient.
Crockpot Potato Pig Soup
2 1/2 pounds potatoes
1/2 medium onion diced
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 cans chicken broth (14.5 ounces each)
1/3 cup water
1 package cream cheese (8 ounces), softened
12 pieces diced, cooked bacon or 2 cups cubed, cooked ham
Peel and dice half of a five pound bag of potatoes. Add potatoes, onion, garlic, broth, water and your choice of pig to the crockpot and stir. Cook on high for 5 to 6 hours. Blend cream cheese and soup mixture in a blender or with a hand-held mixer in the crockpot. Serve with shredded cheese, diced green onions and add salt and pepper to taste.
Joy Larson is a mother of four boys, graduate of The University of Montana, animal lover and writer.


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horndesign needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 83 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
SFP Commercial Real Estate
I am helping this company with their brand identity needs. He has a logo, but he is not happy with it, and he wants a new look. I have my own marketing consulting firm and I am always looking for new designers to help me with client work. This relationship could bring you business in the future for new clients that I develop.
decision makers from small & midsized companies, property managers and building owners
We have colors that he wants to use. We are looking for a 2 color logo to be used in letterhead, web sites, and business cards. He likes a horizontal look or a look that incorporates the letters of the company within a graphic element.
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I want to write a song and do the 3d grapics for it (yes is 5 AM in the morning , sleepless and with ideas) and music with the help of lmms.
It's about a teddy bear that loses his heart
He has a kitty as friend and one day teddy takes his heart and gives it to the little kitten
And kitty plays and plays around witth his heart.
And the kitty enters in a virtual world with his heart and the bear can't find them both
and becames some kind of zombie.
And he enters the virtual world and he searches his little kitten and speaks to various animals.
:- Have you seen my heart and little kitten ?
In the end he finds her and they will be very happy i guess , but is only a story
Here are the first versions of the verses
work will be under CC license http://creativecommons.org/
and i might reuse the world and animals from bigbuckbunny.org
the evil stays the evil , and the rest are good as they are for the moment
I 'm imagining that you will know who will steal the heart of the teddy from the kitten
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Teddy Bear Without Heart Storyline
Posted by Adrian Marius Popa at 7:22 PM
2 comments:
- Vlad Voicu said...
5pm sau 5am? Daca e pm nu e "in the morning".
- mariuz said...
am gresit e am , ms :)
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When Spore first came out, I got it, played it for a a year or so but haven't played at it in a long while.
I recently reinstalled for a very specific reason.
One of my hobbies is doing animated videos of stories I write.
Both my vids so far are Lovecraftian themed, and I'm working on a third..
I used iClone for staging anims. 3d monster assets and anims were done in 3ds. Next vid I will be using Cinema 4D tho.
I had to learn the process, and it took a long time to model and animate, and really the creatures I made are only "ok", BUT unique!
So I'm assembling assets for my next vid, and started thinking Spore since I learned it had the Freedom, and Collada export funcionality, and was doing research and stumbled on DarkedgeTV's works and was blown away!
So, In a nutshell, I found my way here researching 3d assets for my next little horror video.
My big question right now is, what is the limit of parts I can put on a creature, and have a successful export?
I noticed all the bones along with the parts. Its awesome they are linked and weighted!
Anyway, nice to meet ya. And thanks for this awesomely cool stuff!!
If you're interested to see my vids, here are links.
This is my first vid. I have often thought of redoing that monster scene since I've learned so much since.
It Scared Me To Death
And this is my latest vid
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by Barbara L. Sherf
More than two years ago, Flourtown resident and Holistic Health and Image Coach Rachael Pontillo started making her own skin care products for herself and clients of her wellness company Holistically Haute™— but she didn't stop there.
Once she got her skin care formulas down, she began experimenting with making her own all natural household-cleaning products. She found this to be simple, affordable, and enjoyable — and she found that the products are just as effective as those sold in stores. She taught her all natural household cleaning product recipes, in addition to her Make Your Own All Natural, Organic Skin Care course, this spring through Mt. Airy Learning Tree (MALT).
Pontillo realized that many of the conventional cleaning products she was using could potentially get into her family's food or contribute to her family's skin sensitivities, and she wasn't happy about that. "I figured, why stop with the skin care products? Let's tackle the cleaning products I was using and that my family was being exposed to as well," she said. "The great news is that there are many natural ingredients that can be used to clean your home effectively, and that are safe for kids, adults and pets."
Pontillo is passionate about going chemical-free. "I feel very strongly that most of the household cleaning products on the market are filled with chemicals — most of which may cause anything from skin sensitivity and allergic reactions to more serious respiratory distress," said Pontillo, who suffered from severe acne before making changes to her diet and using her natural skin care products.
Pontillo then researched the best methods for making relatively inexpensive cleaning products with some easy to find, tried and true ingredients such as vinegar, baking soda, borax and lemon. She then applied her knowledge of essential oils and used them to make her formulations more potent and also pleasantly aromatic.
"It's not really rocket science, but there is a method for combining the right ingredients in the correct amounts to get the most cleaning power without the toxic chemicals," she noted.
During her June 12 MALT class at Project Learn, a private school in Mt. Airy, Pontillo gave an introductory talk about how to make the products, and then participants started experimenting with the ingredients on their own, making their own products to take home — either a glass and surface cleaner, grease remover or bathroom cleaner.
West Mt. Airy resident Myrna Crawford has been in one of the past skin care classes and is a walking testimonial. "I wasn't satisfied going to CVS and looking at the ingredients in the products, many of which I couldn't pronounce, and then paying a high price. I had a bad reaction to one of the products off the shelf. I am so excited about seeing what I can make at home without all of the chemicals," Crawford said at the conclusion of the session.
Pontillo says the raw materials for many of her products can be purchased at specialty stores like Whole Foods and Weavers Way, while others are available from online suppliers. "I purchase some raw products locally, and others online from Mountain Rose Herbs and doTERRA®," she said.
Some examples of the natural skin care ingredients used in the products include castile soap, distilled water, aloe vera gel, essential oils and beeswax. "About 80 percent of irritant and allergic skin reactions can be traced back to synthetic fragrance ingredients," Pontillo noted.
The Flourtown resident's passion for holistic skin care, health and wellness comes from her own personal experience of developing acne at a very young age, which persisted through the years even into adulthood. She also gained 80 pounds after her second pregnancy. "By eating the right foods and avoiding processed food and chemicals where possible, my skin cleared up, and I lost the baby weight."
Pontillo is a licensed aesthetician, and also received her holistic health coaching certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She started her company in July, 2011, and is currently working on a book to be released this September.
For more information about the classes, call 215-843-6333 or visit www.mtairylearningtree.org.


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Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate: Marine Mammal Issues
Description: After global warming became a concern in the mid-1950s, researchers proposed measuring deep ocean temperatures to reveal any significant trends in core ocean warming. Acoustic thermometry can detect changes in ocean temperature by receiving low-frequency sounds transmitted across an ocean basin because the speed of sound is proportional to water temperature. Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate, or ATOC, is an international program involving 11 institutions in seven nations. It is designed as a 30-month "proof-of-concept" project to provide data on possible global climate change, with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Defense. A debate has arisen over ATOC's impact on marine mammals versus the benefits of better global warming information derived from ATOC. This report dicusses the ATOC program and related concerns.
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Elfin Rabbit
Grooms face and scratches ear.
Pit-pattering footsteps; vocalizations (on-click)
This pet should be updated on this site. Like the Mountian Cottontail Elfin Rabbit also comes in shiny gold. It's soooo pretty!
I caught a level 25 rare on Val'Sharah (downgraded to level 23 upon capture) -- so you can find these on the Broken Isles at a high level.
Me too.
Why rabbit become golden.
Not sure what color my Elfen Rabbit was before but it is a Golden Bunny now, anyone else have an Elfin Rabbit turn golden?
It's not in the zone list, but I found a group of these in Val'Sharah at 45.6,35.4. They might only be near the Dreamgrove.
Farming rare Crested Owls in Teldrassil and ran across a rare Elfin Rabbit at 66.1, 46.3.
Hope this helps someone.
I have been farming these in Mt Hyjal for three days, no luck on rare but lots of uncommons. I'd recommend using a stone on this one if you really want a rare.
Found a rare at Darnassus, near the left hand side of The Temple of the Moon, around 9:30am realm time.
There're a few scattered around Darnassus, but in months of visits there, never a rare.
Inside Maraudon I got this as a secondary pet in one of the pet battles, there's a few in there for sure! Uncommon one on first try! :)
I found a few to the south of Dolanaar on Teldrassil, pretty much on the edge of the map. Got a rare on the second one which was lucky!
I found mine in Desolace at 54,40. He was all by himself and so far in the zone this was the only location that I spotted one.


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Frith is an Old English word that means Peace and Freedom; but means so much more. It is an important concept in the religion of Asatru. It might be described as a combination of loyalty, honor, hospitality, and support. It is the obilgation to one's community, friends, and family to consider their welfare in your actions, and not to set out to harm them.
Our forebears valued frith almost more than anything else.
by OneBadAsp November 02, 2006
the act of inserting something large up the anal passage Example: A cricket bat handle or a miniture baseball bat.
Tom Frithed himself with a cricket bat handle.
by Peter Rutherford May 11, 2006
Frith is a stunning girl with a hilarious personality. Frith's can be found sipping on a vino most evenings glued to their multiple iPhones.
A: Did you know that hot chick?
B: Ya, that's my neighbour, such a frith always see her carrying around her iPhone.
B: Ya, that's my neighbour, such a frith always see her carrying around her iPhone.
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"Ile aux Nattes – Lighthouse" GEOCACHE OF THE WEEK – November 1, 2010
The geocache "Ile aux Nattes – Lighthouse" (GC22PJZ) is hidden in Madagascar.
The main island is the fourth largest island in the world. But this micro cache is hidden on a micro island off the coast of the main island.
The island, Ile aux Nattes, has a footprint and a population that are so small there's no scheduled ferry service.
The cache owner, Urban Campers, suggest you hire locals from the nearest island to row you across. They do mention that you could also swim the 300 meters between the islands.
Once you're on dry land, the coordinates in your GPS device will direct you to a weathered lighthouse.
According to the cache owners, the micro cache is located near an adjacent abandoned building. Although the difficulty one, terrain two geocache was placed in December of 2009, only one person has logged the cache.
Will you be the next to log, "Ile aux Nattes – Lighthouse"?
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Please ad the part about me offering to refund 100% of the purchase price for the tires AND rims. And how you acted like a total child when I refused to refund the shipping charges that I nothing to do with. I don't mind you running my name in the dirt, but please include all of the facts. I have absoutly nothing to hide & if you decide to still send them back, I will still refund your money.
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pflight needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
For persons who want a simple, professional website, don't need a full blown content management solution, and want reasonable price.
We create good looking, cost effective "starter sites". We need a logo to define this service. We intend to use this logo on t-shirts, bumper stickers, business cards and of course, on our website.
The logo should capture the essence of our service:
"a quality starter site without a hefty price tag".
This video shows what I've been thinking about
- start button
- the words "splashstart"
- a completely vector logo (not bitmaps in the vector file)
- examples of the logo with (i) a red based colour scheme, (ii) a blue based colour scheme and (ii) black and white
- a logo that cannot work in greyscale or single color
- no gradients (though cel-shading is allowed)
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A man pretending to be the grandson of Teresa and William Praetorius of Captain's Walk phoned them and said he had had a motorcycle accident in Madrid and needed $4,700 in U.S. currency. The couple complied and sent the money through Western Union. When Ms. Praetorius spoke with her grandson's father, she was told that he was not in Spain, but was in college in Connecticut.
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Larry Loeb of Manhattan and Farm Lane said that his East Hampton Town beach permit was removed from the window of his convertible on Aug. 29. He is not sure when it was taken, but realized it was missing when he received a parking summons at the beach.
Kyle Brewer returned on Aug. 25 to his parked vehicle on Pantigo Road to find a dent on the driver's side and a footprint on top of the car. Mr. Brewer suspects an individual who is involved in a dispute with him and has been sending him offensive text messages as well. He will pursue criminal mischief charges.
Anthony Martone of Bell Road signed a FedEx delivery slip to allow a package to be left at his door. When nothing arrived between Aug. 16 and Aug. 30, he called FedEx and discovered that the package had been picked up at the store on Park Place by a man using his name. The order was for Hewlett-Packard laptops, valued at $2,335.40, from a company called Bill Me Later. Mr. Martone told the company he did not place the order, nor did he have the laptops.
Kimberly Notel discovered graffiti at the Maidstone Beach pavilion bathrooms on Aug. 31, spray-painted in red and black.
Building signs valued at $750 were taken from Treescape last Friday. Hal Feltman reported the theft.
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A watch valued at $1,200, a vehicle registration, and $100 cash were taken from Robert Perone's unlocked car, parked on Sherrill Road, on Aug. 30.
Also on Aug. 30 a traffic control officer reported a 2011 Nissan that was running, unlocked and unoccupied, on Park Place for about 20 minutes. Police arrived and turned off the ignition.
An anonymous caller said youths were skateboarding on a broken sidewalk on Mill Hill Lane on Aug. 30. Police approached a skater who said they had been skating earlier but had stopped. The youths were advised to stay off the sidewalk.
Two underage drinkers were caught with an open bottle of vodka on Main Street near Newtown Lane on Aug. 31. A summons was issued and the bottle was confiscated as evidence.
David Scheerer said his white surfboard, valued at $750, was stolen last Friday from the beach in front of his house on West End Road.
An officer noticed a White Goose tag sale sign at the corner of Toilsome Lane and Wireless Road last Friday. Abigail Cane of Caldwell, N.J., removed the sign as officers were writing out a citation.
Police noticed Michael Celentano of Ozone Park selling glow-in-the-dark necklaces near Highway Behind the Pond on Saturday. Mr. Celentano did not have a permit and was issued a summons for peddling on public property.
William Vassiles of Main Street said the driver of a silver S.U.V. was blocking his driveway on Saturday, and the two men got into a verbal dispute. The other man left, though not before backing up into Mr. Vassiles's driveway and accelerating hard on his way out, tearing up the gravel.
Larry Dear of Cedar Street told police that his watch, which he valued at $30,000, fell off his wrist while he was swimming in the ocean on Sunday near Main Beach.
A computer valued at $400 belonging to Martin Pitrun, as well as Peter Sedlacky's laptop and iPod, together worth $1,000, were lifted from employee housing at Gurney's Inn on Sunday while they were asleep. The door was left open, but neither man heard or saw anyone. Video surveillance was on the fritz due to the storm. Fernando Buitrago, head of security at Gurney's, said that two suspects who were seen at the inn over the weekend have been fired for stealing property there.
A MacBook laptop valued at $2,000 and an E-ZPass were taken from a parked car belonging to Vanessa O'Brian of Locust Valley on Aug. 30.
Alice Houseknecht reported that a rock was thrown last Thursday through a glass bay window at the East Deck motel on Deforest Road.
A gray Ford pickup belonging to Joseph Termini of Melville was left parked overnight Friday at Ruschmeyer's with the keys in it. When Mr. Termini came to retrieve his vehicle the next morning it was gone, along with seven surfboards, total value $5,750, that were in the back. Mr. Termini told police it was possible that a friend could have taken the truck, but no one has come forward as yet.
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A three-horsepower Yamaha outboard valued at $1,000, an Obrian Wakeboard, value $500, and a six-gallon fuel tank worth $40 were taken from Forrest Barnett's small rubber boat at Long Wharf on Aug. 30.
Sinead Abdool said $600 in cash and a silver necklace with a Buddhist charm, valued at $150, were removed from her purse, which was in her Bay Street apartment, on Aug. 30.
A six-gallon metal fuel tank belonging to Kenneth Deeg was lifted on Aug. 31 from the docks near Long Wharf. A new one will cost $45.
James Peyton's 2001 black Nissan outboard, valued at $900, was stolen from his dinghy at the same docks.
Jenny Cabrera of Rosemarie's Lane told police that her new Sony laptop, valued at $200, was stolen from her daughter's bedroom in their unlocked house on Sunday.


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On Sunday, Nov. 4, the Renaissance Kids Architecture Day Camp students and their families gathered for roasted marshmallows around a newly built fire pit nestled along a row of decorative piers to celebrate the completion of another successful year and finished project. Renaissance Kids is an architecture day camp for kids ages 5–16, held each summer at the Andrews University School of Architecture, Art & Design.
Every year during the final session of the Andrews University Renaissance Kids Architecture Day Camp, children participate in a hands-on, real-world project that benefits their community. This year, campers turned their attention to building something right on the Andrews campus: a social gathering area featuring seven masonry 7-foot piers lining a sidewalk that leads to a fire pit. It's located between the Art & Design Center and the Architecture Building. Past projects have included a whisper dish at the Curious Discovery Zone Museum and piers in front of the Curious Kids Museum, both in St. Joseph, Mich.
The Renaissance Kids project design is intended to symbolize and celebrate the recent union of the School of Architecture with the Department of Visual Art & Design into the newly created School of Architecture, Art & Design.
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Renaissance Kids is a program that includes five weeklong sessions and one two-weeklong session during June and July for children ages 5–15. Children learn about design, drafting and building skills by participating in projects that also teach them lessons in history, community, culture and citizenship.
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This year's project required the collaboration with the School of Architecture, Art & Design, the Offices of Plant Administration, Plant Service, Grounds/Arboretum, Transportation and numerous volunteers from the campus and community. Moreno says, "Special mentions belong to Dave Wilber, retired Plant Administration director, who tirelessly donated three weeks of his time to help form and pour the concrete foundations for the pit and piers, and Jim Hippler of Exquisite Homes who voluntarily generated design drawings and helped the kids during the construction week." Moreno says about 20 architecture students volunteered many hours to help finish the construction. Additionally, Siena Moreno and Jessica Snively, both highschool students, volunteered their service throughout the summer camp experience.


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Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2002 8:31 pm
Post subject: Fellblade's Guide to Insurance
Another question if you don't mind.
I need to get a clearer picture about what happens when I get toasted. From what I can gather I loose all equipment but am re-embursed a certain percentage depending upon my insurance status. I also don't get re-embursed for any MODx items. Destroyed pilots don't ever loose ships.
I think this is right but what happens to any cash that's been accumulated before destruction? And what about cargo that's being transported (does this work on the same insurance basis?).
Fellblade wrote:
You will get reimbursed for:
- Commodities in your cargo hold
- Equipment mounted on your ship ('cept for MODx)
You keep the same ship.
The amount you get reimbursed is:
(untaxed cost of equipment)*(your insurance rating)/10
Think of your insurance rating as a % of what you get back. 9.8 = 98%
All the money you had before you died, you keep. Anything that you have in storage at your faction's depot, you keep.
You don't get reimbursed for:
- Equipment that has a higher rank requirement than the rank you currently have. (These are 'black market' items) eg: Someone buys you a Guzzler engine at level 2. You crash, you will get no insurance on that item of equipment.
- Any MODx equipment. This is a major pain in the ass when you're talking about targetting computers which cost c180,000 or more.
- Equipment not mounted in your ship. This means that if you are carrying an engine in your cargo hold, and you die, you get no money for it. Destroying tows laden with equipment is a sure way of financially crippling a squad. This makes gun-running quite risky, as people are willing to take a political rating hit to make you loose multi-million credits.
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Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2002 9:19 am
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For a normal pilot that is not /homed and has all positive PRs:
Equipment cargo is not insured.
Commodity cargo is insured even in unreg.
Equipped gear is insured except:
Missiles are not insured.
MODx are not insured.
Items that you do not have the level for are notinsured.
Brokered items ARE insured if the pilot has attained the necessary level or if the item was brokered due to an insufficient PR.
Pilots with a neg PR with any faction have no insurance.
Pilots that are /homed :- insurance changes here are undocumented.
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Joined: 31 May 2002
Posts: 49
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2002 8:06 am
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And the formula for insurance:
insurance_rating = (number_of_launches - number_of_deaths)*10/number_of_launches
Example: 100 launches, 10 deaths will lead to an insurance rating of 9.0, which means that pilot would get 90% back.
Xindaan's formula page
(I think the shield energy one is wrong, though. And technically, it should be the shield power, not energy. I think I'll update that one soon.)
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2002 2:07 pm
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1. The fixes.txt file does not say anything about commodity cargo being uninsured in unreg.
2.JOSSH does not say anything about commodity cargo being uninsured in unreg.
3. A search on this very BBS, reveals that the first time that uninsured commodities in unreg is mentioned is by Teeleton who was *asking* for cargo to be uninsured in unreg to make a tow pilot more likley to take a pirates POD demand seriously in unreg.
4. After that, uninsiured cargo and unreg are only mentioned in the context of equipment - which is never insured anyway.
5. Then suddenly - with no announcement and unrelated to the release of any patch, pilots start posting on these boards as though commodity cargo is in fact uninsured in unreg - one of those pilots being me. For myself - I belived it simply because other pilots belived it.
6. Even with insurance, a pilot can stand to lose many millions on a load of an expensive commodity - especially if their insurance rating is crap.
I have to admit, even i was fooled into thinking this was true. Never actually bothered to test, and i should have remembered the histrionic tendencies of those who swore it was uninsured for commods in unreg. (The kind that tend to start other people fighting wars over molehills)
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Posts: 49
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2002 6:06 pm
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I think I posted it somewhere here in the board before.
GMHollis at MG-Board
On a different note: Crashing my in-game char's tow into the beacon of ZR caused me to get insurance money for the cargo I transported. (On staging.)
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2002 7:02 pm
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You mean here in Baadf00d's post?
yeah. thanks. that's what convinced us both. now if you'd kindly explain WTF "staging" means i'll be a happy camper.
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Posts: 273
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2002 7:41 pm
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staging == staging server == server on which new builds are deployed for the purpose of testing.
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Posts: 49
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2002 9:09 pm
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And if there's nothing to test, it'll just be the normal JG version being there. (Can't find a source for that atm, sorry.)
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Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 4:45 am
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No-insurance death costs
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:46 pm
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care to fine tune that,
? he did say he figured it out for high levels (needed something like 200 landings per death to keep 10 insurance)
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Joined: 05 Dec 2002
Posts: 52
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 8:43 pm
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Hm.. I have this formula:
IR = (1 - (deaths / launches)) * 10
Works correctly for all OV members I've applied it on. We did a thing the other day to try and get our avarage insurance rating up, and the only thing we came up with to increase it was to launch (and dock) an insanely amount of times... We desided the best course of action was to avoid death instead! ;)
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Joined: 25 Oct 2001
Posts: 83
Location: germany
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:17 am
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ok, i come forth with a litle bit of algebra ...
the formula from Xindaan is the same i used/figured out, however there is some kind of level-modifier too, that still needs to be figured out...
but then latest after lvl 30 that modifier has no impact annymore, and then one needs a good insurance for that load of comods worth each credit one has that is lost when docking with 101 m/s ...
the formula from Zeshin is the same as the one from Xindaan:
1-(deaths / launches) =
launches / launches - deaths / launches =
(launches - deaths)/ launches
oh, and if someone likes excel:
where A holds the launches and B the deaths
another thing that could come handy: if u assume the rate is rounded to 2 digits you can set 0.995 for a 10 insurace-rating:
1-(deaths / launches) = 0.995
-1+(deaths / launches) = -0.995
deaths / launches = 0.005
deaths = 0.005 * launches
launches = deaths * 200
Yea, thats right, you need 200 launches per death and you get a 10 insurance!
yea, muffy, i was wrong yesterday ingame it aint landings but launches, took me like 10 pilots and a excel table to figure that out ...
btw: i didnt find that paper, so i had to figure it out again...
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 5:16 pm
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So does anyone have any idea how much money TRI makes outta tax???
_Nellie wrote:
I'm sure its suggested that the maths dont add up and that TRI in reality makes a massive loss keeping us all flying about shooting each other (sales taxes vs insurance payouts). On PoS sales TRI has already taken tax when whatever gubbins you are selling was originally bought by the pilot off the station market to stock the PoS.
Whilst tax rates are variable based on factors such as beacons and political rating, a rule of thumb tax rate of 1% on the commodity list price and 10% on equipment purchases when bought from a non-PoS station seems to be the norm.
Widgets (when inventory.txt is fixed) such as Slopey's Web tracker can be used to work out your exact tax rate on a given item
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 6:55 pm
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No insurance payout when using the burglar seems sensible to me.
If you burgle a load of matcons, then die either from a trap or from the victims mates, you would still make money from the raid.
A trader on the other hand either loses money from burgled cargo, or takes the hit when he dies, so he loses either way.
Either scenario, the pirate wins. Seems to make sense to me that you get no insurance payout....
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Joined: 09 Feb 2002
Posts: 473
Location: Tripoint
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:48 am
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damnit. so finally someone with some authority in PROGRAMMING finally opened their yapper. bout damned time!
To help with clarity, I can confirm that cargo is indeed not insured if you respawn at a TRI station in unregulated space (LL, KH, EE, GBS). Insurance is a function of where you respawn. With all the changes to /home since Episode 2, insurance is probably yet another subsystem that needs some examination and possibly, changes.
I can't make any representations about when reevaluating insurance can happen, since I've got a ton to do for the forseeable future, but I've added insurance to my list as a general issue.
goes to show how hard it is to get straight answers from peepz in a TIMELY manner. (reminds me of the days of olde when Rollio thought it funny to flat out lie about bounty rules back in beta to shut Baadf00d and me up one day to stop changes and maintain a level of confusion that profited "pirates")
I'm sure there was a little more fear than altruism that prompted Ridgeway's clarification. Wonder which one of his "friends" was in danger of bannage? bah! who cares.
anyways, kudos to GMHollis for spotting it and posting the announcement. (clears up his earlier insistence it was different)
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Triangle count may not be much of an issue for rendering, but it still remains a bottle neck when doing collisions even with fast libraries like Bullet. The exporter uses blender-game-engine (BGE) collision primitive types; or a second proxy-mesh can be parented underneath the display mesh, and then the proxy is substituted as the triangle mesh for collision. Collision primitives are of course the fastest option. By default Blender does not display the bounding type when a BGE collision primitive is choosen, so the collision panel seen here will do the extra work and display the correct bounding type so that the user can get visual feedback of their changes. If the collision type 'Triangle Mesh' is chosen, the object is set to show wire-frame over shaded. (note there is a bug in blender 'Capsule' type may not show)
Setting a proxy-mesh for triangle collision can be done manually by the user, but this is error prone, so the interface automates this process by doing the following: copies object, parents, locks translation, renames to 'collision', and then applies a decimate modifier. The decimate modifier is then controlled from the parents panel.
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Science fiction is quickly becoming gadget fact.
On Star Trek, the medical tricorder collected data about crew members' health in seconds; the real-life Scanadu markets itself as working in a similar fashion. Placed against your temple for 10 seconds, it provides readings on pulse transit time, heart rate, electrical heart activity, temperature, heart rate variability and blood oxygenation. The $150 device is undergoing FDA approval, and should be available later this year, says a spokeswoman.
With Consumer Electronics Show organizers touting a 25% increase in health and fitness exhibitors this year, calling out a product's science-fiction roots may be a smart move. "The fitness measurement sector has generally suffered from a lack of differentiation," says Robert Passikof, founder and president of Brand Keys, a consulting firm. A pop culture connection is smart marketing, especially if the device works well relative to competitors. (A spokeswoman says the temple readings are "highly accurate," and faster than using multiple smart readers to check metrics individually.)
But the Stark Trek connection is likely to ellicit "a black or white reaction," Passikof warns — some consumers are likely to be turned off by the gimmick. Presumably, Star Wars fans included.
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Welcome to
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I am excited to announce the long-awaited return of IPS! The 3rd
International Piccolo Symposium
is set for July 11-14, 2013 featuring artist-teachers in residence
Peter Verhoyen
Cynthia Ellis
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Christine Beard
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Christi Zuniga
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. IPS 2013 will also feature clinics and/or performances by the winner(s) of the IPS Call for Proposals and the weekend will showcase new music for piccolo by the winner of the IPS Call for Scores. Visit the
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For those of you who visit this site on a (semi) regular basis, thank you for your patronage! You've probably noticed that I have failed to update this page for a few years now. While going through the tenure process (and now the full professor process!) and juggling a thriving flute studio, an increased tour schedule, and just LIFE in general, I have been longing to get back to updating and improving upon this website for quite some time. For my New Year's resolution, I am vowing to do just that. For now, I will do some quick and simple info updating, but keep checking back as this entire site will (eventually) get a complete overhaul!
I am home safe and sound from my trip across the big pond and am happy to report that the
2008 British Flute Society Convention
was an exciting event for piccolo enthusiasts across Europe! Included on the program were piccolo clinics, recitals, morning warm-up sessions and panel disucssions conducted by myself (
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Walfrid Kujala, Lior Eitan, Stewart McIllwham, Matjaz Debeljak,
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Among the music performed for the "shrieking twig" (as Trevor affectionately refers to it) at the BFS was the world premiere of
"Crying in the Distance"
for solo piccolo composed by
Stephen Mark Barchan
. The piece was written for Lior Eitan and features many extended techniques and difficult technical passages. As soon as I learn of where the piece may be purchased, I will pass that info along via this website.
A new book of note I wish to mention on this site which was brought to my attention at the BFS is a newly-published book entitled
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(Principal Piccolo of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra). This book makes a valliant effort at compiling much useful information into one source for aspiring piccolo players. Even for accomplished players, I believe this book has something to offer and highly recommend it as a useful reference material! Currently it is not available in stores in the USA but can be ordered online through
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I wish to extend a huge THANK YOU and congratulations to Trevor for his successful efforts and for making everyone feel welcome. For those of you who have not attend a BFS convention, I highly recommend it! The BFS is much more intimate than the NFA with 500 (+/-) attendees but no less captivating with it's list of heavy hitters. The smaller atmosphere allows for everyone to talk to their favorite artists, catch up with old friends, and make new ones. Be sure to check the
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36th NFA convention
was held in Kansas City, MO. Amongst the piccolo performances included
Sarah Jackson's
captivating performance of
Lowell Liebermann's Concerto, Op. 50
; and
Nina Perlove's
energetic performance of
"Danza Florida"
for solo piccolo by the Mexican composer
Juan Trigos
which requires the performer to scream, speak syllables, and wear bells strapped to the legs! (Although composed in 1990, the piece only exists in manuscript from and is not yet availbale for publication.) Several interpretations of
"Gravitiy's Ghost"
for solo piccolo by
Robert Dick
, the required piece for the Piccolo Artist Competiton, were heard during the finals of the
Piccolo Artist Competiton
, for which Karen Eichinger, Virginia Crabtree and Jihye Choi were named the winner, 2nd place and 3rd place, respectively. There were many other piccolo performances taking place during the NFA this year, a trend which I sincerely hope will be continued at the next convention in New York City in 2009.
for piccolo and piano by
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An old book of small French pieces for piccolo has recently been reprinted! Jan Gippo discussed the collection
"Pipeaux 1934"
in a brief article which appeared in Flute Talk in 2006, and apparently his efforts to resurrect the collection have paid off.
has reprinted the collection which includes 7 works for "pipe" and piano by several leading French composers of the time, including Poulenc, Milhaud, Roussel, Ibert, Auric, Ferroud, and Martelli. The works are all under 4 minutes in duration and exhibit a limited range that only extends from D1 to D3. Thus, they are well-suited to use as teaching pieces for beginning piccolo players, but they are also very charming and would make great filler pieces for recitals. The collection is selling for $36 EUR and is available on the
Special thanks to piccoloists
Lior Eitan
Nicola Mazzanti
for inspring me to create this site after having met them at the NFA convention in San Diego. They're both great players and wonderful gentlemen. (Read more about them both on the
page). Thanks also to
Jean-Louis Beaumadier
for supplying much of the information regarding his piccolo recordings,
Nancy Nourse
for contributing to the Research page,
Leonard Garrison
for having great information on his website upon which for me to build, and also to
Jonathan Brahms
for spreading the word about my original piccolo website. :-)
"The Wren Polka" for solo piccolo and concert band
by Eugene
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BamBam!! Glad they finally revealed them, but not such a fan of "mystery men"
I really really really like Kristina ever since pre-show. It sucks to see her amazing moves get raped by Phillip. Same goes to Francesca. Phillip is a big retard. Ugh.And that Tribal Council was one of the best openers. I really did not expect it (although I should because of Phillip's unstableness) at that time. And it hurts to see Kristina heartbroken about this. Kristina for the win please. And Francesca, please survive Redemption Island! And oh! One more thing. I really did not like the opening spiels of Jeff. First, it sounded pitchy, vocally-edited. Second, they didn't talk about the Redemption Island which they should have done because it would be a major twist. Third, the way they introduced Rob and Russell was also not glam for me. BUT BUT the Tribal Council really made up for it.
Actually really surprised! And to think this was considered the 'B' Cast to Nicaragua! Best 1 hour opener ever, me thinks. HvV was 2 hours, so did have time to expand and tell more stories!
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in St. Francisville, Louisiana
by Anne Butler
|Woodland on this year's Audubon Pilgrimage tour.
If houses could fly like crows, it would have taken a trip of only 37 miles. But houses cannot fly, and so the historic house called Woodland had to slowly and laboriously cross 300 miles of back roads as well as several centuries to fulfill its role of reestablishing family ties and making dreams come true. As visitors to St. Francisville's popular Audubon Pilgrimage March 16, 17 and 18 will learn, the improbable odyssey of wonderful Woodland was simply meant to be.
It all began in the opening years of the 19th century, when widowed Olivia Ruffin Barrow led a large group of descendants from their Carolina home to establish a family plantation dynasty along the banks of Little Bayou Sara in Louisiana's hilly Felicianas. First Highland, and then Greenwood and Ellerslie, Rosebank and Afton Villa, Live Oak and Rosedown, all these magnificent plantations housed Olivia's sons and daughters and their progeny off and on over the years.
As the Barrows were building palatial plantation houses and planting sugar cane and cotton in the rolling countryside, a Virginia gentleman by the name of Major Amos Webb was establishing himself in nearby St. Francisville, where he operated a theater, had a fine saltbox home on Royal St. and, as postmaster, tried without success to have the town go down in history as Webbsville. Before leaving the parish, Webb would also abide at his bride's family place, Live Oak, which would later be owned by Barrows, and by 1892 his townhouse would belong to another of Olivia Barrow's descendants, Dr. Feltus Barrow, colorful turn-of-the-century horse-and-buggy doctor who also served as town mayor.
|Columns of Woodland
In early antebellum days, there were only so many families in the remote reaches of Louisiana's plantation country, so the interconnections weren't wholly surprising. But wait! There's more. Fast Forward several centuries, when Cammie Norwood took a shortcut to I-49 on her way to visit a daughter in Shreveport. Near the picturesque early steamboat town of Washington along Bayou Courtableau something caught her eye and tugged at her heartstrings—an old abandoned Greek Revival house, deteriorating, decaying, but obviously at one time a magnificent structure. On a subsequent trip she showed it to her husband David, longtime newspaper artist and avid preservationist as well as great-nephew of Dr. Feltus Barrow, and he loved it just as much.
A year later, their nextdoor neighbor in Baton Rouge's Garden District showed Cammie a picture of a house where her mother had been born, a house now considered such a liability that the family was planning to tear it down. It was the same house! It turned out to have quite a history of its own, a history intertwined with the Barrow family and the Felicianas, for this house had been built around 1850 by that very same Major Amos Webb for his son, Dr. Louis Archibald Webb.
Dr. Webb studied at the University of Virginia, then returned to Louisiana to practice medicine and manage his father's 4000-acre sugar plantation. After his death, his house eventually passed into the possession of Jacob U. Payne, prominent New Orleans cotton broker and close friend of Jefferson Davis, a frequent houseguest. During the Civil War the house was utilized as a hospital for Confederate soldiers and was damaged by artillery fire when Union troops under Gen. Nathaniel Banks battled Confederates under Gen. Richard Taylor nearby. When hot and thirsty Yankee soldiers tried to drink from her well, the Widow Webb removed the pump and taunted them that the water was polluted by dead cats; when the same troops passed by later, they sang out "Cats in the Well, Cats in the Well." It was from the Thistlethwaite family that the Norwoods acquired the house they would rename Woodland.
|Author Anne Butler at previous Audubon Pilgrimage
To move the house from St. Landry Parish to property adjoining Highland Plantation in West Feliciana near St. Francisville, the Norwoods turned to David Beason, the recognized authority on restoration moves. Preparing for the move took a year; putting the house back together after the move took another year. The first and third floor as well as second-floor center hall were disassembled, but the double parlors and 12-foot-deep front and back porches were moved in one piece. The four chimneys were torn down and then reconstructed. Much of the millwork was intact, so that it could be numbered and put right back into place, as were the second-floor hallway flooring, the center hall arch and second-floor back porch columns. The doors are original, as are mantles, baseboards, second-story Federal windows. What is now the first-floor hallway was originally a carriage passage, and this is considered to be among the last of the fine plantation houses to have had such a feature in Louisiana.
Saving Woodland's original woodwork was well worth all the effort. When David McNicoll, born in 1876, wrote his memoirs of early Washington, he vividly recalled the Dr. Louis Archibald Webb Plantation as a very large southern-style house on the north bank of Bayou Boeuf, flanked by pigeonniers and a garconnier and occupied over the years by a succession of interesting characters like "Six-Shooter Bill" Prudhomme. McNicholl was given a tour of the home by J.U. Payne, who proudly pointed out the handmade stair rails and window trim, moldings and newel posts, all the work of skilled slaves, the spindles turned on a fixed-center lathe utilizing a foot-treadle and springy tree limb. Ironically this same Mr. Payne, so proud of his property, very nearly burned the whole place down trying to dry out an underground cistern beneath the kitchen with a roaring fire.
Woodland with its 14-foot ceilings shows transitional architectural features, combining early Creole influences with the later Anglo-American elements such as the colossal Doric columns across the front. Filled with antiques from early Barrow family homes, it seems right at home now and is a welcome and fitting addition to the historic plantations of West Feliciana.
|Children at play during Pilgrimage
Other features of the 36th annual Audubon Pilgrimage, sponsored by the long-established West Feliciana Historical Society, include Nydrie which was also used as a hospital during the Civil War, The Oaks which was built in 1888 by Thomas Butler, Rosedown and Oakley Plantations which are now state historic sites, the glorious antebellum gardens of Afton Villa right at the peak of azalea bloom, and three historic churches in the National Register-listed Historic District of St. Francisville.
Audubon Pilgrimage also features costumed children dancing the Maypole, award-winning authentic 1820's costumes, an Antique Show & Sale in three vintage in-town buildings, a lively re-created rural homestead showcasing the simple farm chores of yesteryear, and entertainment both Friday and Saturday evenings. Friday night features a storytelling tour through the oak-shaded graveyard of Grace Episcopal Church, hymn singing at United Methodist Church, and a wine and cheese reception at the Historical Society Museum, while Saturday evening entertainment is called Revel on Royal Street with music, dancing and refreshments.
Pilgrimage tickets can be purchased at the Historical Society Museum or by mail from West Feliciana Historical Society, Box 338, St. Francisville, LA 70775; online information is available at www.audubonpilgrimage.info. This celebration of a southern spring in the quaint little rivertown of St. Francisville, LA, commemorates the contributions of that famed artist-naturalist John James Audubon, who arrived at St. Francisville by steamboat in 1821, penniless and with a string of failed business ventures behind him, but rich in talent and dreams of painting all the birds of this fledgling country of America. Hired to tutor the beautiful young daughter of Oakley Plantation, he was allowed his afternoons free to roam the woods, sketching and collecting specimens, and would paint a large number of his famous bird folios in this area.
|Azeala's of Grace Episcopal Church
Born in 1785 in Santa Domingo to a French ship captain and his Creole mistress, young Audubon was reared in France. He was sent to America in 1803 to learn English and a trade on his father's Pennsylvania estate, but the fiery young artist chafed under the bonds of practical employment, longing instead to be at his nature studies in the woods, where he cut a dashing figure with his long flowing locks, frilly shirts and satin breeches. In 1820 he set out for New Orleans with only his gun, flute, violin, bird books, portfolios of his own drawings, chalks, watercolors, drawing papers in a tin box, and a dog-eared journal. He earned a meager living painting portraits and giving lessons in drawing, dancing and more scholastic subjects, but by the following year Audubon was established at Oakley Plantation near St. Francisville and well on his way to accomplishing his amazing task.
The St. Francisville area is a year-round tourist destination but is especially lovely in the spring, as flowering bulbs and fruit trees compete with ancient azaleas to brighten lawns and gardens. Six historic St. Francisville area plantations--Rosedown and Audubon State Historic Sites, Butler Greenwood, the Myrtles, the Cottage and Greenwood--are open for daily tours, Catalpa Plantation is open by reservation and Afton Villa Gardens seasonally. Eclectic shops fill restored 19th-century structures throughout the downtown area, reasonably priced meals are available in a nice array of restaurants in St. Francisville, and some of the state's best Bed and Breakfasts offer overnight accommodations ranging from golf clubs and lakeside resorts to historic townhouses and country plantations; a modern motel has facilities to accommodate busloads. The scenic unspoiled Tunica Hills region surrounding St. Francisville offers excellent biking, hiking, fishing, birding, horseback riding
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For online coverage of tourist facilities, attractions and events in the St. Francisville area, see www.stfrancisville.us or www.stfrancisvilleovernight.com, or telephone (225) 635-3873 or 635-6330.
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I've come to thinking, how would traps work? Do they insta-kill, heroic feats to disarm? 1d4-6 roll on detection? How do you guys think traps would work? Thanks!
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Devices and Creations purchased as normal, default 1d4 Skill where applicable
Triggers and Mechanisms free
Not all battlefield hazards are based on environmental conditions. Every once in a while, minifigs have the time and attention span to assemble something more deliberate and specific. Defense turrets, slamming blast doors, rolling boulders, strategically positioned sleeping tigers, auto-flushing toilets - any Creation, Weapon, or Device that can be activated can be engineered into a custom Mechanism, operating independently or in coordination with other Field Hazards.
Mechanizing an activatable object costs nothing extra - once the object itself is paid for, the Mechanisms are free. Mechanisms are not capable of initiative or independent thought, so players have to be specific about the exact conditions that activate a Mechanism, and its behavior once activated.
Mechanisms are often attached to Concealed Hazard Fields - hidden pressure plates, motion detectors, tripwires, or some equivalent are scattered throughout the area, and tripping one of them will set off the device. (By default, concealed weapon traps are automatically pointed at the spot where the Hazard happens to be tripped. Even if the players don't know in advance exactly where the tripwires are, the minifigs who built the trap presumably did.)
Other Mechanisms are activated by specific Triggers. Any object physically represented on the battlefield can be designated as a Trigger for one or more Mechanisms. Minifigs may be required to interact with the object in a certain way (typing the proper code into a keypad, turning the arming keys before pulling the self-destruct lever, or playing a particular tune on a skeletal pipe organ), or the Trigger may be set off by any interaction at all (a doorknob wired with a mercury switch). Like all Mechanisms, Triggers have no extra cost.
Some triggers are obvious ( the comedically oversized power switch, or the giant red "DO NOT PUSH" button), but many are not (the disguised torch lever that opens the secret door, the doorknob that sets off the hidden fireball trap). In theory, opposing minifigs won't know the location of these secret Triggers, but in most cases all the players will, unless the game has an impartial moderator to keep secrets secret. Often, the easiest workaround for secret Triggers (as well as other types of hidden objects) is to build a large number of potential Triggers, and roll dice whenever one is tried to see if it's the real one.
Multiple Mechanisms
Mechanisms can be bought in multiples, and, depending on the Hazard concept, the multiples can be handled in different ways. If a player buys three tigers for his Field of Concealed Hazard pit traps, then all three might be waiting in the first pit an enemy falls into, there might be one in each of the first three pits encountered, or the player might roll randomly for each pit until all three tigers have been located. This is largely up to the player setting the trap, but should be spelled out in advance of starting the battle.
Alternately, the same Trigger might activate a series of different Mechanisms each time it's set off. For example, the first pull of a suicide lever might slam the doors and lock you into the chamber, while the second deploys a row of motion-tracking rifles from the wall. The third pull extends a mechanical arm to offer a cigarette and a blindfold, and so forth.
Deadly Mechanisms
Any Mechanism designed to directly damage or attack a target should be purchased as a Weapon. A two-story granite sphere is just a big rock, but once it's rigged up as part of a rolling boulder trap, it becomes a Size 5" Melee Weapon and should be purchased as such.
Deadly Mechanisms are, for the most part, single-use (until reset by a minifig technician - those hidden crossbows don't re-arm themselves), and they make their Attacks with an inanimate object's default 1d4 Skill. A Smart Weapon, equipped with simple robot brains or magical enchantments, can Attack with a Skill of 1d6 and can often be re-used from turn to turn. Smart Weapons can be treated as a kind of Simple Half-Minded Creature (10.1: Minds), but for simplicity's sake it's easier to just say that a Smart Weapon costs +1CP more than the dumb variety.
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Lovely seeing an old fishing vessel receiving some much required TLC.
Some of those older vessels where also involved in the Sea Urchin Abalone and Geoduck fisheries in around Northern Vancouver Island and beyond, using sometimes very primitive Hookah systems . One common feature of these vessels would be additional bunks or sleeping quarters for up to 4 crew members.


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The study, out of Harvard University, appears in the journal Child Development. Some of the study's findings on the effects of the program are the largest found to date in evaluations of large-scale public prekindergarten programs.
Researchers found that the program substantially improved children's language, literacy, math, executive function (the ability to regulate, control, and manage one's thinking and actions), and emotional development skills citywide. Children in the program were 4 and 5 years old and from racially, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds. While all students who participated benefited, the improvements were especially strong for Latino children.
Preschool has been shown to help prepare children for kindergarten and is an increasing priority among federal, state, and local policymakers. But many preschool programs struggle to attain good instructional quality.
"We can draw several important lessons from our findings about factors that support quality in prekindergarten," notes Christina Weiland, incoming assistant professor at the University of Michigan's School of Education, who was at Harvard when she led the study.
First, the combination of explicit, evidence-based curricula (in language/literacy and math) and in-classroom coaching of teachers as part of professional development likely played a major role in improving student outcomes. Investing in such quality supports for prekindergarten teachers may lead to gains in students' school readiness, the study found.
Second, implementing consistent math, language, and literacy curricula might build children's executive function skills. "Our results suggest that curricula in these areas may also improve such domains as executive functioning, even without directly targeting them," according to Weiland. "Interestingly, research shows that these kinds of skills—which reflect early brain development, the ability to focus, and behavior—are critical to children's success down the road."
Third, students in the program also may have benefited from having more mixed-income peers than is typical in most public prekindergarten programs, which are means tested and therefore tend to include mostly low-income students.
"Given the particularly large impacts for Latinos, a group that tends to be underenrolled in preschool programs, efforts to increase the enrollment of Latino children in high-quality prekindergarten programs such as the one studied here may be beneficial," Weiland adds.
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