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Netanyahu rebuffs UN cease-fire call, warns Israelis of 'prolonged campaign'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Monday that there would be no letup in the battle against the militant Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip and warned Israelis to be prepared for a long conflict.
Netanyahu made his vow as international pressure grew for Israel to halt its offensive, a strike killed one adult and nine children on a Gaza playground, and a militant mortar attack killed four Israeli soldiers.
"We have to be prepared for a prolonged campaign," Netanyahu told Israelis, vowing to continue the military operation, now three weeks old, until Hamas attack tunnels in Gaza were destroyed.
Following the deadly mortar strike on an army staging point on Israel's frontier with Gaza and a foiled infiltration attempt by Hamas gunmen who tunneled under the border, the military warned hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to leave their homes in areas of the northern Gaza Strip in preparation for intensified strikes.
"It is recommended that residents of Gaza move away from places where Hamas is operating," said Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, the army chief of staff. "We will get there, and when we do, it will hurt."
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon warned that Israel would "not hesitate to broaden" military operations against Hamas. "We will hit them hard until Hamas understands that the current reality is destructive for it and for residents of the Gaza Strip."
The prospect of renewed escalation of the fighting came as hopes faded for a diplomatic end to the hostilities.
Netanyahu denounced as one-sided a United Nations Security Council statement calling for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. He told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that the non-binding "presidential statement" by the council dealt with "the needs of a murderous terrorist organization that attacks Israeli citizens, and does not address Israel's security needs," according to a statement from Netanyahu's office.
Ban pleaded for an end to the fighting, which has claimed the lives of about 1,100 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to Gaza health officials. Forty-eight Israeli soldiers and three civilians have died in the conflict.
"In the name of humanity, the violence must stop," Ban told reporters, adding that the Gaza Strip, where the U.N. says some 200,000 people have been displaced by the fighting, is in "critical condition."
Ban said that both sides have behaved in an irresponsible, "morally wrong" way by allowing the violence to continue.
"It's a matter of their political will," he said. "They have to show their humanity as leaders, both Israeli and Palestinian."
A strike on a park in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City killed 10 people Monday, nine of them children, and injured dozens more, medical officials said. The children, some of whom were playing on a swing, were out with their families on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
A spokesman for the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza said the deaths were caused by an Israeli strike, but the Israeli army said the lethal blast was caused by a misfired rocket, launched by militants, that it had tracked.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz cited a field worker for the Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza as saying that he was told by witnesses that a car carrying militants passed by at the time of the attack and may have been the intended target of an Israeli strike.
A few minutes earlier another strike hit an outpatient clinic at Gaza City's main hospital, Al-Shifa, leaving several people wounded, according to reports from the scene. Gantz, the Israeli army's chief of staff, said that aerial monitoring of rocket launches in Gaza showed that the hospital compound had been hit by a misfired rocket.
In southern Israel, mortar rounds struck a military staging area near the Gaza border, killing four soldiers and wounding several others, the army said. A squad of Hamas gunmen that tunneled into Israel near a kibbutz on the border exchanged fire with Israeli soldiers, and one militant was killed, the army said.
Another soldier in the army corps of engineers was killed inside the Gaza Strip when an anti-tank rocket struck a bulldozer he was operating, the army said.
President Barack Obama discussed the situation in Gaza on Monday in a video conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
The leaders agreed on the need for "an immediate, unconditional humanitarian cease-fire, noting shared concern about the risk of further escalation and the loss of more innocent life," the White House said.
Conflicting demands by Hamas and Israel, which have grown as the conflict drags on, have hampered efforts to arrange a truce.
On Monday, Netanyahu insisted that any future agreement on Gaza would have to include measures to prevent the arming of Hamas and to demilitarize the Gaza Strip, ridding it of the group's stocks of rockets and heavy weapons.
Speaking in Washington, Secretary of State John Kerry appeared to endorse Netanyahu's demand, saying that "any process to resolve the crisis in Gaza in a lasting and meaningful way must lead to the disarmament of Hamas and all terrorist groups."
However, in a phone call with Netanyahu on Sunday, Obama appeared to relegate that issue to a later stage, saying it should be part of a future solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Kerry was criticized in recent days by Israeli officials unhappy with his latest cease-fire proposals, which they said tilted toward Hamas and its demands for lifting border closures imposed by Israel and Egypt on the Gaza Strip.
The White House staunchly defended Kerry against the criticism on Monday, even as it remained unclear what the administration would do next to resolve the Gaza crisis.
Tony Blinken, Obama's deputy national security adviser, told reporters that "Israel has no better friend, no stronger defender" than Kerry and that "no one has done more to help Israel achieve a secure and lasting peace. He has been tireless in his efforts and I think that Israel and many countries and friends around the world recognize exactly that."
Blinken said the proposal criticized in Israel was not a U.S. proposal but a discussion paper based on an original Egyptian cease-fire initiative and aimed at eliciting comment from the Israelis.
"Virtually every element that unidentified sources complained about was in the initial Egyptian proposal and agreed to by Israel 10 days before," Blinken said. "The bottom line on this is that what was leaked, unfortunately, was I think an effort to misinform, or was just misinformed."
Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, tried to defuse the tensions over Kerry's role.
"I speak directly for my prime minister here," he said in a speech to Jewish leaders gathered Monday in Washington. "The criticism of Secretary Kerry for his good-faith efforts to advance a sustainable cease-fire is unwarranted."


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YORK, PA – The two-time defending Capital Athletic Conference men's cross country team champion York College Spartans enter the 2013 with high expectations for the year. A new head coach will lead the Spartans as Stephen LoBianco, a long-time Spartan assistant under former mentor Erick Camodeca, takes over a talented and confident squad.
The Spartan optimism is headed by the return of national All-American Tim Hartung (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin). Hartung is a two-time national qualifier and finished seventh at the national championships last November. Hartung was named the Capital Athletic Conference Athlete of the Year and also won the conference championship for the second straight year.
While his accolades were plentiful, LoBianco believes that Hartung can achieve even more.
"I want to get Tim back to the big show this year for bigger and better things. I would love to see him pull in a top three finish," says the first year Spartan mentor. "We have talked a lot and we have a goal in mind but we will just keep that between the two of us."
While Hartung is clearly the Spartans' top runner, the depth of talent on this squad is clearly what will make the Green and White a threat to win their third straight CAC championship.
Junior Michael Stetson (Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge), senior Aaron Robertson (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin), senior Craig Eppler (Bethlehem, Pa./Northampton), and junior Connor Simpson (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) give LoBianco a very strong core of returning runners. It is a group that is packed well together and gives York a fantastic chance to score well in races throughout their schedule.
"The biggest thing I am looking at for this team is our spread. I want our guys one through seven to have the smallest possible spread," says LoBianco. "I would really like to have that spread be around one minute. If we can accomplish that, we could be a very good team."
Robertson finished seventh at the CAC championships to earn first team honors while Simpson was a second team finisher, placing 12th for the Spartans. Eppler placed 22nd at the CAC championships while Stetson placed 24th in the 91-runner field.
LoBianco believes the Spartans are primed to step onto the national stage this year.
"I am looking at getting our top five guys in the top 75 of the region this year. If we can do that, we get another top ten finish in the region with a chance to get the team to nationals. I believe we have the guys to do it this year."
LoBianco looks to a pair of freshmen in Matt Hayes (Drexel Hill, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) and James Gonzales (Baltimore, Md./Dundalk) to push their way into the top five during their first collegiate campaigns.
"Matt and James have looked really good and I expect them to each play a role in our success as freshmen. They both put in the work over the summer and they have been both training with our top five," says LoBianco.
LoBianco is quick to point out that the program is as healthy as it has ever been. The York roster features 21 runners and it's not just strength in numbers.
"We have the greatest depth that we have ever had," says LoBianco. "When I got here as an assistant, we had seven guys and didn't have anywhere close to the talent that we have now. This is a talented team and I am excited to see what we can achieve."
The Spartans open up the season on Saturday, August 31 when they travel to Lehigh University. The Green and White will make the squad's lone home appearance on Saturday, September 14 at the Rich Achtzehn Classic at John Rudy Park in York.
2013 York College Men's Cross Country Roster

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Chapter 10: The Fate of the HemLoft
New York seems to have a way of making big things happen. Little did I know, when Heidi and I set off for the Empire State, we'd meet the woman who would give me an essential insight into the story behind the treehouse, and spur me to submit the HemLoft to a major design magazine.
Benita, a childhood friend of Heidi's mom, moved to New York straight out of high school. When she heard we were coming to visit New York on our way back from Nova Scotia, she welcomed us into her tiny home in downtown Manhattan. We had many interesting conversations around design, but it wasn't until the end of our stay that I showed her the photos of the treehouse. Most people who saw the photos seemed interested in varying degrees, but Benita seemed particularly captivated.
Benita had spent most of her life as an art director, conducting fashion shoots for Ralph Lauren and other big players in the fashion industry. Her profession clearly required a critical eye for beauty and intrigue, so when she told me that our photos needed to be in a magazine, I actually believed her.
With a steady gaze and a curious voice, she began asking questions, in journalistic fashion. It wasn't long until she cut to the the big lingering question that I dreaded so much: why did you build it? I found myself grasping for some sort of rationalization that would make me seem less crazy. She said "no, why did you really build it?" For the first time in my life, I was forced to face the truth about it. I said "I guess… I just wanted to build something cool".
It seemed too simple, but it was true. The driving force behind the whole thing was a simple, yet inexorable desire to build something cool. There were no practical motives or profound meanings. The fact that it was hiding below some of the richest properties in Western Canada wasn't a political statement, it just happened to be where I found the perfect tree. And building with free materials wasn't out of some principled ideal, it was just the only avenue I could afford. In the end, I was mysteriously compelled to build something cool, something beautiful… and apparently, I was willing to go to maniacal lengths to make it happen.
When I asked Benita what kind of magazine to put it in, she threw a question back: "what would you want out of it?". I told her I want to be able to continue building cool things. She told me to shoot for the top, and get exposure. I took her advice and submitted the project to Dwell Magazine. To my astonishment and delight, I was contacted by the Senior Editor, who informed me that Dwell would be featuring my treehouse in a special outdoor edition, that would be on the shelves all summer long. This was thrilling news but I felt uneasy about the implications. For the past few years, the HemLoft had been a personal secret that only my closest friends knew about. Now it would be thrown into the public realm, and put under the scrutiny of the design world, at large…
Now that my well kept secret was in a big glossy magazine, and about to hit the news stands, I started to wonder about the fate of the HemLoft. Would people find it? What would happen if they found it? I had two options: I could rent a pit bull and a shotgun and neurotically circle the premises for the next ten years of my life, OR … I could just not care, and welcome whatever curious prospectors wander in my direction.
I went with plan B, however, the extent and capacity with which visitors will be welcomed is hinging on your input. If you haven't already, please head over to the 'What Now?' section of the website and tell me what you think I should do!
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I voted for you to try and secure the land from teh Crown so you can keep the tree egg there, but after some more thinking and talking about it, I really doubt if you would get that to happen. I imagine that the main problem for the "powers that be" will be that they would be afraid of setting a precedent with your case and after allowing you some land they would be forced to consider all kinds of requests from other squatters on Crown land, asking for the same thing. So – could you donate your tree egg to the municipality and ask them to establish an small park there and use it as an artist residence or some other public asset??
Eggcellent solution!!!
I agree with the idea to have it donated, as long as they will not take it down. I have no idea what they would actually allow the structure to be used for, but as long as you knew it would be there all all your work wasn't destroyed, it would be a win. I also agree with the fact that they will probably not allow you to secure the land. Aside from the fact that other people will inevitably want to copy the "act first, ask later" model, there are legal liabilities for allowing people to live there.
I just wanted to tell you that your story is amazing!!! and so inspiring. You have built more than something cool… I welled up near the end of your tale, it is so beautiful!! Thank you for following your dreams and by doing so, encouraging others to do the same. All the best to you!
Wow. What a wonderful story! Such a beautiful design and you overcame so many difficulties to see it through. Congratulations to you and Heidi for pulling it off. Thank you so much for sharing this, it is beautiful and inspiring!
Very interesting! Great job…..
The amount of work & time you put into this is mind boggling. Great to see it turn out so well.
This is just absolutely the best thing I have ever read and seen. I also lived and worked in whistler for 8 years as a carpenter on some of the most prestigious houses money and an inspiring mind can create. I often talked and contemplated with friends about doing something similar but always concluded that the wealthy municipality would eventually terminate the dream. I know there are other shacks out there, sledders cabins etc..but this is nothing more than a elegant build of passion. Im so glad you continued through with it right up until the salt and pepper shakers were installed and created something that you will remember forever. My advice is simple, no matter what fight for its survival to the bitter end. Always keeping in mind that if it is ever ordered to be removed, that they cant take away your memories and enjoyment of constructing it, which Im guessing is probably the most valuable attachment you have to it at this point. Yourself and heidi will remember this forever, congratulations and im very envious of your achievements. Well done.
Right on! And well said.
Bravo, Bra-vo, well said, and I like to add this is one of the most inspiring stories I have had the priviledge to enjoy and feed my own spirit. An wakening compelling contribution to the natural human will of determination to a whimsical dream to come true and revive life with the wonders of nature. Thank you for sharing, dreaming and building a magical simple wonderous place. A reminder to just believe in your dream no matter the details.
I truly enjoyed reading your story. I could never have done anything remotely as cool or as hard work as this. I envy your prowess. I really hope the egg gets some sort of protection. It's a BC Treasure now.
You did a beautiful job, and with your luck so far..I doubt your loft will come down. With the Adventure Tourism Policy on Crown Land and their 'Land Use Operational Policy' your Hemloft may have a long life. If you were a back-country/hiking guide and applied for a AT Tenure the following would possibly apply:
Improvements on Crown land or the foreshore (e.g., cabins/lodges, wharves, floats,
ramps, storage sheds, horse corrals, trails, camps, etc.); and/or
Might want to think about your next career…Best of luck to you.
It's so beautiful! I don't know anything about Crown Land regulations, but I do imagine there would be a lot of demand for your design. I see a business model along the lines of: http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/
Best of luck!
Wow! What an awesome story! When I retire I'm definitely going to build a tree house just a cool as yours. Perhaps make it an art studio of some kind, haha. Well done man!
It's the words "when I retire" that keep most of us from doing anything. Joel is living life right now, not when it's convenient. Bravo!
I think that you should come build another HemLoft in the mighty Oak that graces my hillside~ You could make vacation destinies all around the world; your own personal "timeshare"!
History repeats itself? 1971 Hespler Ont, I'm 19, hidden high in 4 Silver cedars along secluded stretch of the Speed River friends build a 2 loft secret Treehouse, many artists and musician gather there for years, evolution so cool that in 1974 some guy writes this article..titled," Modern Day Tarzan & Jane living Tax free in the Trees!" 2 days later, Bbzzzzzz. Government agent Jim Fink tracks it down yanks everyone out and chainsaws the whole thing to bits. No permit, not to code… Class C, etc. Nice blog, but having a magic secret means keeping it to yourselves. Pride, Hubris and temptation are part of the learning experience and artists journey. Just hope you dont really mean near Whistler, and are is infact somewhere else 100's of miles away just using the Whistler reference as subterfuge 😉 Too late now. LOL
The longer the cat is in the bag, the more difficult it is to know what it is to exist outside.
Bah! Humbug! Anyone who has been creative,
especially with people, knows that 'the man' is
always eager to grey out, dim, and bulldoze anything creative or unusual.
The eagerness of the bureaucrat to destroy is fed by gargantuan agencies of grey faceless, soulless,
I pray to the Father that your article is full of
misdirection and camoflage, else you and your
beautiful creation are doomed. Since it is beautiful and true it is INSTANTLY despised by
the hordes of army ants in human form – full of
forms and regulations and an insane compulsion to destroy. I do think the answer is to go into the business of building similar beauties, and hire a cadre to do the paperwork. There is some point, after all, in preserving isolated pure nature. I shudder every time I drive to my own personal retreat, it takes an hour to hike through swamp to reach it, but the destroyers could have been there in my absence. Good luck,
I think it is a truly amazing thing you have done; what hard work and determination to follow through on a dream. I would just keep living the dream until it is found. Cross that bridge when you find it. In the meantime, I would create a brochure of your "egg" and I bet loads of "rich Whistlerites" would love to have one built in their backyard.
Wow! Great work… Not sure what the rest of the people commenting on here are thinking; but I think you may have found your retirement… You have quite the idea for a business and because no one else has thought of building egg tree houses and renting them out to people – Heck I'd rent one just to try it out! Not gonna lie – You kind of have a niche here. I say buy the land, build a few dozen of these egg tree houses and rent them out for a few hundred dollars a night. ($200p/night x 24 = $4800 p/night! WOW!) lol – Before you know it you'll have paid off the land, building costs and labor and have some serious POSITIVE retirement cash flow! Just my opinion; but hey, lets not forget some random guy made millions off of a blanket with some holes in it and gave it a cute name "The Snuggly" I'm sure this will do well! 🙂 Best of luck!
You so far have given the right idea! All one has to do is remember how people shop. They wanna see working models, "kick the tires" so to speak. Renting one out for a hoiday is good. Maybe if a consortium donated land and materials, a showcase for better living could be explored. I applaud your suggestions.
Being a carpenter/ski bums son/ laborer, I know just how much time and work has gone into this thing. I must say, it's absolutely beautiful! You've really inspired me to someday do something similar, once I get outa high school that is… HA! Seriously though your story is so incredible and inspiring! I really hope it all works out well for you in the end, best of luck!
Your story is awesome and inspiring… very well written!
Wow! I've loved reading your story. I even told the dog to go away when she wanted to be fed because I was "busy" reading this.
I certainly hope your beautiful "egg" doesn't have to be pulled down. Several people have offered ideas here but I like Mieke's idea of donating it to the municipality as an art studio, etc., unless it happens to be on land owned by the nearest zillionaire.
Best of luck. I really admire how zealously you followed your dream.
It's not often I find a new site and then site here to read it from beginning to end. Great job, both on the egg and the site.
No where in your descriptions has it said that you looked into the pressure on the tree that keeps this building attached Did you take anything like that into consideration before building?
Read the article Chile. He talks about building a model 1/4 of the size and strength testing it.
I suggest working on variations of your habitat and looking for people with available land that will allow you to build. I would seriously like to peek into your brain. I love your creation. I love using discarded materials to create things with. Look for "Green Sponsors" people need to see working variations. You might end up with clients. Your ideas appear as part of the environment. You might be surprised.
Great story and amazing treehouse! I love it!
Really you should be ashamed of yourself for bringing your shack to the pristine Crown forest.
Regardless of the structures artistic merit you have scared trees that do not belong to you.
Grow up buy your own property and build to your hearts content.
Don't worry, eviltwin. Trees don't get scared.
The world would be a much better place if we had less rules and more respect.
Wow, really!!!!!
Sounds like you should spend more time worrying about yourself and your life.
The trees will be here LONG after you're gone.
Your story and detremination is inspiring I hope you will be able to keep your dream.
I found you on a blog featurette about small homes, and it was amazing the criticism I saw. I thought it was great that you did the tree house project, and it seemed to me to have a smaller carbon footprint than most projects we see today. In the US, we had the homestead act until the 1980's, and I'm not sure of your country's rules and regulations, but it's definitely looking into!
Great story and project. You have a right to be proud and I hope it brings you many good things. Unfortunately, the future of the structure will be affected by the growth of the tree around which it's built. In five to ten years the tree and/or the Hemloft will suffer for it. The tree could die from strangulation eventually, or it will slowly rip the structure apart – or both. I hope you make plans to remove it before that happens.
Bring it to the States. California, especially the Redwood Forest (which has hippie communes still to this day) could use your idea in those beautiful trees. with your plan the parks could "rent" them out, pay you well and you would be in Heaven there. I would certainly be one of the first to want to spend a few evenings in your beautiful egg and in the splendor of Gods largest trees!
A story like yours has the power to awaken something incredible in us all. Thank you.
Everybody should have at least one thing in their life
to look back on and be proud of.
I built my own house years ago and then built my dad's house.
Good luck to the guy.
He is famous now.
Does he like eggs?
What now? Use the money from "building something cool" for others, for there will be $ to buy your own land and stand of trees and move the egg to it.
You are remarkably talented, Sir. You will find a way to make it all work and it will be as original and beautiful as your egg.
I'll help you promote your tree-house… I'd do a story on it.
I was very impressed with the shape. A very natural design, but maybe next time not build on government land?
I think the Hemloft is great. I think the Canadian goverment should be very interested in installing several in designated areas for use by ornitholigists and other groups who need a simple unobstrusive habitate from which to conduct their studies. In particular is should be used by educational and research establiments.
Such determination, imagination and hard work! Loved reading your story. That's what I call living life to the max – doing something incredible just because you want to and have the drive to attempt it.
Th story is really good and as for the egg maybe if you donate to Canada and its people yo might get the Canadian people behind you to leave it where it is, maybe they will ask you to have it as a tourist attrachtion. Great Idea lovely Egg love it love it love it.
I want one.
totally agree – donate it – let others come and see it and use that to generate talk and work for yourself if you want it.
Sadly, there is a reason that beautiful, pristine areas of nature are desginated no-go areas – it's to keep them that way. And while I think what you did was really cool, if everyone did it, then those areas wouldn't be so lovely, and the animals that can shelter there would have to find somewhere else to exist (or cease to do so). Give it to the canadian people to be used as a research station or similar, or even just a destination to hike to and have picnic at.
Wow! Its been a long time coming, but finally, something I find as awe-inspiring as FLW's Falling Water!
Patrick, it is amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it. Absolutely a work of art….
Great website. Really inspiring story.
The Canadian Forestry Commission/Royal Parks should hire you to build more of these cool lofts as viewing platforms that's what I think it should be used for or check out a British website called Canopy and Stars http://www.canopyandstars.co.uk – this is what is currently all the rage in the uk it's called 'glamping' (several of my friends have their huts on this website) people from the City pay good money to get back to nature and stay in yurts and shepherds huts with no electricity etc. it's like camping but in a 'cool' hut or 'designer' tent – you could do the same thing but with much more beautiful buildings, why not design a whole bunch of different ones for different trees – the possibilities are endless…..!!!
I agree, that would be so beautiful to go visit.
Your hemloft is a piece of art. I love it. I am so glad you shared your treasure. You have good things coming your way.
I LOVE what you built and the story behind it. It sounds like you had the utmost respect for the trees, animals and the land your egg is nestled in. Maybe the government will consider taking a positive step forward, as opposed to a negative one. This is CLEARLY not a typical "squatters" story. Your vision and design of the tree house is a beautiful and sophisticated compliment to its surroundings. You were gifted with a talent that should be seen and shared. I lived in Whistler in 1992. It's a beautiful and magical place and it goes to show how nature can inspire dreams! Big dreams! Congrats to you!
what a lovely poignant EGG story … next time i'll walk in the woods every now and then that i must look up under the canopy of blanketed greens if there will be more eggs to hatch and definitely they are your patented eggs …
As a fellow designer/artist I applaud your amazing work. As someone said in a previous post, I'd love to see how your mind works as this took not only a simply beautiful and amazing creative concept, but actual hard work, determination, luck and I'm sorry to be crass, but balls of steel to see it through.
However, having grown up on a small caribbean island, but on a vast piece of property my family owns (where we've had the odd squatting issue), I do think the only downside is that you built this structure on land that isn't rightfully yours to do such a thing.
I am a hippy at heart and really do love what you and your gorgeous soulmate managed achieve with your fabulous "egg", but perhaps use this as a learning experience for use in your future together. You are massively talented and have received so much press that I'd find it impossible to believe you couldn't use it to your benefit – legally – in the future.
We live in a world and time where you can't just build a home somewhere simply because you want to, or even promote that others should do such a thing. Go out there, buy some land (with all the money you'll make from future jobs) and start building again. Then you can retire after working hard and making enough to live comfortably and simply! Retiring at 26 simply isn't an option for the vast majority, neither is it an an option at whatever age you're currently at. Work hard, build some awesome places for people, then use your money kick back!
I've stayed at an amazing "tiki" style shack in the middle of nowhere in Panama that some awesome kids from England built in their 20s, after they'd bought the land (for next to nothing). You have vision and talent, so rock on dude! The possibilities for your future are endless.
I think that by now her highness knows of your "EGGshell" and will probably look upon it more as a work of art or constructrual design progress, rather than a squatters shack. Perhaps even offering you a placement, to provide some on other royal grounds for , lets say, vacationers??
I am so excited for your passion and what you have made out of it! I have always longed to build a treehouse, have many books about them, though my work takes me to larger residential remodels. Someday I hope to build a treehouse for my office when the right place comes along! Michael Pollan's, A Place of My Own was a great book, as well, about ideas becoming reality. Your work is inspiring, your craftsmanship impeccable. I couldn't be happier for your adventures. I think your goal is complete, to build something cool, so if the crown takes it away and doesn't understand or isn't helpful… There are always more places to build and more people who share your passion. Best of luck to you.
I have never posted a comment to any site or blog. This should be the story off the Year. Adventure, true human will, inspiration to the human will, A magical dream come true to share for adults and children globally. You should even write a publisded short story table book. I would buy it. For this is what dreams are made off, you created a magical kingdom. DONT STOP JUST CREATE MORE, PLEASE, I HOPE TO READ MORE MAGICAL BUILDS FROM YOU.
I think your treehouse is just beautiful. The attention to detail and craftsmanship are quite impressive. I hate to say it but one of my first thoughts was 'oh my goodness! the legal liabilities and code violations!' I'm not sure how things are in Canada, but in the US a land owner can have some legal liability if a person is injured on their land– especially if they knew (or should have known) that person was there. That's one reason people don't want kids to build tree houses on their land. So you might have to remove the hemloft. That being said, maybe some wealthy individuals would want a hemloft on their property for kids or adults. I wish you the best of luck!
A beauty for sure ,the tree house, where 's the sanitary sewer /water /electric , off the grid.
Free property ? why not everyone? No taxes?
Well a dream that may exist say in the Skeena valley far from Vancouver. If one lights afire a infrared device from a helicopter could see the heatprint.
Not a naysyaer but be prepared for the people who are jealous.
Greatings to both of you
I worked for BC government for 30 years before I retired in 2004
There is a way to legalize your dream and obtain legal posession, that may be achievable
=The BC government has traditionally allowed anyone who wishes to, to locate land and apply for a government lease of said land
=In the past this was often done along lakes as in Youbou on Vancouver Island for summer lake cabins
=more resently this expandeded massively into leasing hughe resorts for tourist ski developments like in the Bogaboos/ East Kootenays
=I would enlist local community support or allies, and set up a small tourism 'business', using the tree house as a show and tell draw
=You could even live there or partner with someone who wants too
=while needing to separate business from private life
=or you can do it as a streight private summer land lease, without any business angle
=go for what you really want first
=then look at nearest options
=if you want to live there, you need to meet ministry of health rules re water supply (just carry in drinking water)and sewage disposal (a suitably located pit or vault privy or whatever the local health inspector suggest that is suitable)
=this is just the tip of the iceberg, but there are ways to achieve a lease for the acreage, including the access path and land you need for private or business type project, full time or seasonal use
=I will be happy to provide you with suggestions based on 30 years of experience with the unusual
=I do not want to give my full name and experience in an email, but will call you to give you more information in private, as I used to cover the Whistler Region Professionally for 20 years, if you e-mail me a contact phone number to call (it will be kept confidential)
=if you are interested in pursuing these kind of options, I will point you to some allies that may help you
=have a nice day, and thanks for dreaming the unusual
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Greatings to both of you
I worked for BC government for 30 years before I retired in 2004
There is a way to legalize your dream and obtain legal posession, that may be achievable
=The BC government has traditionally allowed anyone who wishes to, to locate land and apply for a government lease of said land
=In the past this was often done along lakes as in Youbou on Vancouver Island for summer lake cabins
=more resently this expandeded massively into leasing hughe resorts for tourist ski developments like in the Bogaboos/ East Kootenays
=I would enlist local community support or allies, and set up a small tourism 'business', using the tree house as a show and tell draw
=You could even live there or partner with someone who wants too
=while needing to separate business from private life
=or you can do it as a streight private summer land lease, without any business angle
=go for what you really want first
=then look at nearest options
part 2 as requested modification???
=if you want to live there, you need to meet ministry of health rules re water supply (just carry in drinking water)and sewage disposal (a suitably located pit or vault privy or whatever the local health inspector suggest that is suitable)
=this is just the tip of the iceberg, but there are ways to achieve a lease for the acreage, including the access path and land you need for private or business type project, full time or seasonal use
=I will be happy to provide you with suggestions based on 30 years of experience with the unusual
=I do not want to give my full name and experience in an email, but will call you to give you more information in private, as I used to cover the Whistler Region Professionally for 20 years, if you e-mail me a contact phone number to call (it will be kept confidential)
=if you are interested in pursuing these kind of options, I will point you to some allies that may help you
=have a nice day, and thanks for dreaming the unusual
Ove; could you please give me an email address that I can email you at….have a section of land I'm squatted on and need to know how to go about obtaining a 99 yr lease on it….
I loved it. Being a long time carpenter and a closet wood butcher, I have often been called into creating so many different things out of wood. I had a lot of great teachers along my path. People who know me have often called me because of my abilities in wood such as stripe laminating beams and arches (my neighbors have learned to not ask questions but watch and see what comes out). I had to laugh about your hoarding materials as I went thru the same thing so many years ago.
I hope that you may be able to go thru some process with the Queen and be allowed to stay on at her property as some kind of grounds keeper at large. You never know, she might be open to such a position.
Best of luck to you and Heidi. Never give up your dreams in woodworking.
Use the tree house for as long as you are permitted and when you are evicted from your piece of art in the woods, simply move on to the next "cool" thing you desire to do. You did it once and did it well, so whats to stop you from doing something else just as exotic.
so a mexican crosses the border into whatever state and builds something…you know where this goes.crown land??have my own problems with the government denying access and i OWN waterfront.
truly inspiring building but…chainsaws are ready.
54/40 or fight!go home!or move,buy and change citizenship
I loved your story and your adorable tree house! It brings back memories of all of the tree houses and forts that we built as children, not nearly as evolutionary as yours. Labouring all day, hot and dusty, hungry and tired … and ever so happy.
Good for you for enjoying your life to its fullest and not ignoring that 'little spark' that so many of us wander around with sitting in the background of our consciousness, wondering why we are not fulfilled. There is nothing as inspiring or jaw drop gorgeous as nature is!
Considering this site, your video, and your tree house design and implementation, not to mention your paid day job – you are both extremely talented . You will do well wherever you land and enjoy each moment along the way.
Good luck to you both!
Hi, not only did you build something that is cool you did because fate came your way and as the end result it looks like fate will decide what should be done. Keep in mind the experience you had and how you lived and shared your life all came about because of fate with an idea. Napoleon Hill would have been proud of how you accomplished this …
Wow, what an awesome story! Good luck to you and hope everything works out for the best. This is truly an awesome story and a work of art. I sincerely hope things work out the way you want them to as you have put so much of you heart and hard work into this project.
I haven't read the other comments so forgive me if I repeat something already said.
Do authorities already know where it tis? Just a matter of time till they find it? If they don't know yet just let all this die down.
I was thinking and wondering if rather than tear it down, they might give you some sort of job that might allow you to keep the home. Not quite sure what it might be exactly. Research scientists always have some project on the go. Observation, counting some aspect of the population (animal or plant)…. Try talking to some researchers in the Forestry division. Good people and they'll listen to you and may be able to know someone who can pull some strings and make the "take it down" crowd go away
Simply this .Serenity and
simplicity !
I loved this so much, that I also read through pretty much the whole website. This is something I would rarely do these days.
The design of your egg tree house is amazing and so unique, and your passion & determination, just brilliant.
I must also add, that my theory about meeting a partner or life-partner & new friends goes along the lines of: do what you love and are passionate about and the right people will cross your path. You have proven my little theory in such a beautiful way.
Looking forward to more stories, inspiration & adventurious news.
Much admiration & respect your way.
Thoughts and Ideas:
Ordering you to dismantle the tree would be the destruction of art. Nobody wants that. Public opinion will prevent any governing body from making such an order.
Keep the media on your side (I learned of the tree-house from Anne Drewa's story).
Appeal on your homepage for free legal aid. Any lawyer would love to receive exposure on the international stage.
Work with a local College or University to transform this into a base camp for biologists. Universities have funding and contacts to protect your shared interests.
Invite Search and Rescue teams to stay and train here.
Appeal on your website for Free inspection from a safety engineer.
Money follows energy. You will have the support that you need to keep this structure standing.
Final thought: Lighthouses are maintained by Light Keepers. Could parks Canada employ you to live here under some kind of arrangement?
-Good Luck!
Here's an interesting question: If you were to purchase that property, do you think that the government would be open to selling more parcels as long as they stuck to similar architectural and environmental constraints?
Hell, I can see an entire community coming about from something like this. Maybe not necessarily in your neck of the woods, and I don't know whether or not you would be warm to the idea of having neighbors in a place previously so secluded, but I'm just tossing ideas out, here.
Whistler has an incredible arts council, don't be afraid to use them if you need to.
Beautiful life.
Congratulations on your ability to fulfill your dreams. Keep dreaming and creating. There are obviously many who are happy for you. Gems, large or small come from the heart. One has only to see the tragic results of our BC mountain and hill sides being ruined by huge, ugly, high-priced structures that meet code.
So beautiful, peaceful & serene. My dream house. How did you know? I'm here in Tasmania, Australia. I live as a carer to my Mother in a ridiculously large house on 9acres including bushland. I long to build something simple and unassuming in the bush. The laws here in Oz are probably different to Canada. Here I think you can apply to lease Crown land & build something. Everything has to be approved & cannot be sold to another party but dismantled & the land returned to its original state if & when you leave. You've gone about it back to front, so if the laws are the same I don't fancy your chances. Can you dismantle and put the house up again on a willing landowners land. Whatever the out-come congratulations & enjoy it while you can. Georgia
I love this. My friends and I have been thinking of doing something like this for a while. Getting land and making a community of sorts without cutting down the trees. Thank you for the inspiration and good luck
Dude, you try to retire at age 26 before you ever really worked on OTHER people's money. You build a novelty house on land that isn't yours hoping the public will be so inspired by your novel tree house they will come to your rescue and bail you out again.
This sounds like just a plan B version of your failed Plan A retire at 26 scheme.
Dude, get a real job and support yourself instead of looking for handouts, no matter how creatively you seek them. Leeches are leeches.
Can you tell us more about this? I'd like to find out some additional information.
What interesting commentary! I am with the vast majority who applaud your creativity and courage to imagine, outside the box. You created a beautiful, functional space, in harmony with Nature. The powers that be would do well to hitch their wagon to your ascending star…. Inspirational!
Sometimes I contemplate if folks truly take time to compose something original, or are they only just dishing out words to fill a site. This certainly doesn't fit that mold. Thank you for taking the time to write with awareness. At times I look at a page and question whether they even proofread it.Fantastic work with this article.
Simply amazing and inspirational!! You've already made history!!
It's lovely. Even if it ultimately has to come down, it's an incredible achievement. This is a commercially viable design for sure. Many people would love to have such a beautiful structure on their own property but lack the skills to do it themselves. Start a company, get funding, and keep building your beautiful treehouses!
The land never belongs (in Natural Law) to anyone.. The land is always in the hands of those who live on it..work it, care for it. Government is all fiction, fraud..made up by those that wish to control all that they see. We are born innocents on the land..and then, unfortunately, the sociopathic brain, steps in..and become politicians, judges, government. We never needed masters..and you are master of your home..and the land you built on. When the whole world REBOOTS..soon…we will not be in chaos, as propagandized by corrupt govts…we will at last be free OF THEM. All the best, and keep me alert to anything I can do..even if it means changing 'the powers that be, or think THEY BE'….
amazing design for a tree house hope you are allowed to keep it
I'm with the DELETE THIS WEBSITE AND KILL ANYONE WHO FINDS OUT. Just kiddin'. This thing rules.. I wish I too could be a carpenter and build a house in a tree.
Amazing, truly inspiring!
The egg is a perfect shape for hanging a cabin on a tree. It's also a perfect shape for this project since the egg is a universal symbol of re-birth. Impressive work!
Reading your story has made my day. You seem to be such an enterprising and nice person, as does Heidi. Best of luck to you both. May the right solution come to you, and may everything turn out well. xx
How about create blueprints and plans for it to sell so people like me can own one? See if Canada would allow it to be made a public land mark or see if you can deconstructed it to move elsewhere? Please keep me informed.
No se hablar inglés,su matéria la taduzí ayudado por el "traductor". Increíble, cuando era chico, vivia en el norte de la Argentina y escuchaba las novelas de Tarzán por ondas cortas de rádos de Buenos Aires. Yo tenia unos nueve años y a medida que escuchaba la rádio me imaginava como era maravilloso vivir en una casita echa en el árbol.Asi creciendo y me cambié para Brasil, donde vivo. Compré una chacra y allá tenia un árbol muy grande y pensé alli construir una casita de Tarzán, pero desconfie que el árbol podria cair, pero la idéa permaneció en mi mente. Cuando comence a construir mi casa, tenia la idéa fija de seguir haciendo otros pisos, como el primero, segundo y en fin, tentando imitar la casa de Tarzán.
así, construí una casa de tres pisos y me encanté vivir en todos los pisos de mi casa. El último piso fué hecho como se fuera una casa de campo, con ladrillos a vista y las paredes internas todas de madera, en estado natural, tablas enceradas, inclusive el techo. Así viví durante un buen tiempo con mi familia como se estubiera viviendo en el campo. En los dias que no necesitaba salir a la calle permanecia en mi casa disfrutando de la felicidad de estar de vacaciones en el campo o en la playa. Fué maravilloso. Tengo un projecto de casas construídas en árbol de concreto entro de un ambiente de selva natural. Amigo gracias por inspirarme con su coraje y vaya adelante. Su almirador. Hernán.que Dios lo proteja.]
What a fabulous story. Would make a great movie 🙂
I truly hope your beautiful tree-house remains where it is for many years to come. Thank you for brightening up my day 🙂
Congratulations. You are a special people and a good Entrepreneur. Go ahead. Come to Brazil; we need people like you.
Amazing read to an amazing plot of an even amazing retirement plan.
Its a great feeling one has to achieve something like this & that too when one has no formal training in the field.
I haven't read through all the comments here, but is there some talk about you having to give up the treehouse?
Good luck for your future escapades,
God speed ….
Self-taught handy man,
Sam – Karachi, Pakistan
Your story made me cry by the end. I loved it! Thank you for sharing with us!
Thanks for sharing your story, I loved it and hope the best for the future of your project. I really hope that your government officials will turn the blind eye to your project.
Please add the next chapter to the story – even if it not a happy ending. On second thought – maybe not: If nothing happens – delete the website and stay quiet
Really really inspiring and motivating story! I enjoyed your posts and how the story developed so much once you started the project. Hats off to you! I hope whatever happens it can be preserved and enjoyed by others, I ended up here from Pinkbike.com reading a story about freeride MTB in B.C. and saw the Helm in a picture of some guys riding a trail that went right under it, I was captivated!
A maximum of one keeps a secret a secret. By now you've probably told enough people where it may be found that the chances are high that the government will find out. When that happens, they may leave it alone, or they may go out and destroy it on general principles. I'd recommend keeping it's exact location a guarded secret and hope that weather, time and vandals don't destroy it too quickly. All other considerations aside, it looks like a nifty project. It's too bad that you are on the other side of the continent and don't have the opportunity to visit the site.
You guys rock ! Love the attitude and energy. Keep on the unbeaten path and prosper. My advice on the Hemloft is to leave its fate in trusted hands (enough people know and care about it now) and move on to the next really cool thing to build. Cheers. If you're ever in Creston BC drop in for a coffee ( contact thru website).
I enjoyed this very much! Thank you! 😀
Great story that is wonderful to share as you are one of millions who have lost much or all during the recession and are finding a fresh start that is inspiring.I would donate the tree house to a conservancy to rent for an artist retreat if a personal lease for the tree is rejected. I would also sell your plans and/or agree to build it at a nice price for others as a vanity purchase. As one who has camped all over the country I envision these also being built on Forrest Land all around North America by a company that can promote the national forests visitation and make a profit renting them to hikers. Many of us want to explore such remote areas but this would be safer in bear territory than a tent. Keep on!
When a lot of time and energy go into something so special it is wonderful to see how others respond when you share. Thank you.
I applaud you for doing something that just felt right. I wish I had the courage to do likewise.
What a wonderful (also well written) story and I am totally in love with your house.
If I may ask a technical question: how did you actually conjoin (I hope this word make sense, but you'll hopefully get what I mean) the tree and the construction/the house? Did you use any screws or something like that?
All the very best to you and Heidi!
Wonderful to find someone that followed through on dreams and fantasys, no matter how impossible they seem to others. I have only managed to accomplish very small things, but still more than the norm. I relished your story and will send it to my son who is a little more advanced than me but way behind you. Thanks for making dreams come alive for others. I hope The HemLoft lives forever!
WOW!!!! I'll pay you to build me one! 🙂
I've really loved reading your story. I think you've found your retirement into this, right? 🙂 The treehouse is just beautiful. The attention to detail and craftsmanship are quite unique in my opinion. I wish Heidi and you the best of luck!
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# Posted on August 24th, 2010 09:43 PM by Gideon ZhiUgh, this game´s programming is one horrible spaghetti mess! But it´s finally in playtesting, which means that the end is in sight. Have a copy of the new title screen, and of one of the tougher issues (fade-in sprite text stored nine times in the rom! Ugh.)
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Miscellaneous ~ And now for something completely different.# Posted on May 22nd, 2010 08:16 PM by Gideon ZhiI was browsing YouTube a month or so ago for silly House of the Dead 2 stuff when I came across a band named after the game´s infamous "Suffer, like G did" line. The recordings were shaky cams of live performances and weren´t of very good quality, but the band has since released a three-track EP which you can download on their website. I´ve been taken completely aback by their stuff, as it´s actually really good! Very jazzy. So yeah, this is a plug. Grab the EP (it´s free) and if you like them, then spread the word.
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Progress ~ Ancient Magic: Script Fully Inserted Ancient Magic
# Posted on May 1st, 2010 03:35 PM by Gideon ZhiA few days ago I finally managed to get Ancient Magic´s auto-format routine working nearly 100%. What this means, in effect, is that I add a single control code at the start of a string, and the game itself adds line breaks where appropriate. This is complicated by Ancient Magic´s text system for two reasons. First, there is no standard "line break" command like most games have; instead, the game has a "print cursor position" command, which takes X and Y parameter bytes. Second, the routine likes to recursively call itself, most notably to differentiate between the speech patterns of the male and female main characters. These have been fully retained in the text translation, and the routine is currently navigating said recursive jumps with about 98% accuracy. Of course we need 100%, but it´s really cool to see nonetheless.
The *nice* thing about the super annoying Cursor Position command is that it lets me tweak menus like crazy, and take advantage of the double-spacing that ten-ten marks usually occupy. I´ve also managed to add max hp and max mp indicators to the battle window, which the original game did not have!
I don´t know how much longer this will take, but I´d like to have it being playtested in a week or two. No guarantees on that, of course.
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Major Release ~ Tactics Ogre, For Real This Time Tactics Ogre ~ Let Us Cling Together
# Posted on April 8th, 2010 02:16 AM by Gideon ZhiYes, the actual English version is available now. Enjoy!
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# Posted on April 2nd, 2010 01:45 AM by Gideon ZhiWell, as I´m sure most people have realized by now, the Tactics Ogre patch translates the game into Al Bhed and not English. Happy April Fool´s Day, everyone! Consider this my way of getting back at all the are-we-there-yet whiners I´ve had to deal with over the years. If I truly intended to delay the patch two weeks for every person who asked when it´d be done, well, you´d probably be getting it on Christmas instead.
What´s no joke, however, is the very real amount work that went into this. The actual translation patch - which will be coming in a few days, don´t worry - will be nearly identical to the one available now. The Al Bhed version contains the full English text, sort of - I just used a different table file to insert it into the rom. In fact, if I didn´t have to get up for my crazy weekend work schedule in the morning, I´d probably get things ready to go right now! But them´s the breaks, and a few more days won´t kill you. And for those of you who are curious, yes, the Al Bhed version of the patch will be moved to the Tactics Ogre page´s "Extras" subsection, where it will be preserved for all who care to try it.
See you in a few days!
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Major Release ~ Tactics Ogre, available now (in Al Bhed!) Tactics Ogre ~ Let Us Cling Together
# Posted on April 1st, 2010 03:31 AM by Gideon ZhiFrankly, I´m sick to death of looking at this thing. There are still a few minor cosmetic issues, all detailed in the readme, but they shouldn´t really alter your enjoyment of the game on the whole.
You´re welcome.
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Progress ~ Tactics Ogre enters playtesting. Tactics Ogre ~ Let Us Cling Together
# Posted on March 27th, 2010 12:25 AM by Gideon ZhiYeah, that´s right! There are still two or three small things that need fixing, but things are pretty tight as it is. My testers are loaded with cheats and will hopefully run it pretty quickly. We´re hoping for a speedy test phase, followed by a release!
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Progress ~ Tactics Ogre much closer Tactics Ogre ~ Let Us Cling Together
# Posted on March 6th, 2010 06:24 PM by Gideon ZhiAttached below are screenshots of stuff I´ve fixed over the last couple of days. First one shows the finalized L-view character list, while the second shows an expanded S-view character portrait window and hacked "Start: Parameter" graphic. Expanding that window was a right pain in the arse, let me tell you - and it still doesn´t function 100% correctly when the screen scrolls up or down. I´ve since fixed some major crashes, some nasty non-crash glitches, and a lot of really bizarre stuff, including stuff that worked breaking inexplicably later on down the line.
All that said, it´s look a *lot* nicer, and aside from the introduction to politics if you let the game sit at the title screen twice, you can play up to the world map without encountering any Japanese or glitches. The Warren Report menus still need rather a lot of work, the dates still display in Japanese on the map, I haven´t really tested much of the intermission stuff and the aforementioned political introduction is still broken (it´s only displaying one line of four) but otherwise I think I´ve fixed most of the biggest issues. It´s certainly a lot more stable than it used to be!
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Progress ~ Alpha Has an Editor Super Robot Wars Alpha
# Posted on February 23rd, 2010 01:56 AM by Gideon ZhiPlease welcome Antialias, recruited in desperation from the depths of /m on 4chan, to the SRW Alpha project. When he passed me these images two weeks ago he´d edited up through the route merge at scenario 6 (of 57.) So I´ve uploaded a bunch of the stuff he sent me to showcase his work! The two snaps below are now in the game´s gallery, along with nine more new snaps. Enjoy!
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Progress ~ Tactics, Making Progress Tactics Ogre ~ Let Us Cling Together
# Posted on February 23rd, 2010 01:35 AM by Gideon ZhiIn the last 24 hours or so, I´ve fixed a couple of major issues. One of them was hopefully the last of the hiccups resulting from the conversion of the text routine into something that´ll accept a different format of text. Another was a crash surrounding the default name for your squad. This means you can actually play past the third map now without the game blowing up in your face.
There are still a lot of issues, though. One of the tutorials has a bad button press in its script, which is causing it to go out of sync and lock up. A lot of the interfaces need to be tweaked, windows moved and expanded, and every once in a while there´ll be a *really* horrible glitch with some of the graphics, though I have a feeling this is a result of a hook misfire with some of the code I´ve added to the game. I´ll have to double check.
Getting much closer, though.
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November 5, 2013 (ISN) – Members of Canada's National Team full-time training centre will compete at the NORCECA Final Four men's volleyball tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, this week.
Canada will participate along with host-country Mexico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela. The event runs until Nov. 10 – Canada plays its first game on Wednesday, Nov. 06
"It is always great for the athletes at the full-time training centre to have an opportunity to play at an international level. We are looking forward to this tournament in Mexico, and our players are anxious to show the results of their training," said coach Vincent Pichette.
Canada's opening match is against Venezuela, then the team plays the Dominican and Mexico. Finals begin on Nov. 09. More information, including results, will be found on www.norceca.net
The Canadian team includes 2013 FISU team members Chris Voth, Steve Marshall, Jérémie Lortie, Justin Boudreault, Derek Nieroda, and Dane Pischke. Veteran players Dustin Schneider, Steve Brinkman and Steve Gotch are also travelling to Mexico for this event.
The full-time training centre team has been training together in Gatineau, Que, since September 30. While many of Canada's top players are overseas playing on pro teams, the training centre serves as a home base to train and develop the program's current and up-and-coming athletes.
Canada's men's National Team is currently ranked 11th in the FIVB Senior World Rankings.
Team Canada FTC Roster
- Justin Boudreault , St-Joseph-de-Beauce, QC
- Steven Brinkman, Bowmanville, ON
- Joseph Brooks, Toronto, ON
- Mark Broome, Kelowna, BC
- Steve Gotch, Okotoks, AB
- Lee Hamilton, Regina, SK
- Jérémie Lortie, Ottawa, ON
- Steven Marshall, Abbotsford, BC
- Dane Pischke, Winnipeg, MB
- Dustin Schneider, Brandon, MB
- Andrew Stephens, St. John's, NL
- Chris Voth, Winnipeg, MB
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- Vincent Pichette, Head Coach
- Frederic Charbonneau, Assistant Coach
- Chris Galbraith, Statistician
- Brett Hall, Athletic Therapist
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara's Stacey Schmidt, a two-time All-American volleyball player and two-time Big West Scholar Athlete, has been selected as the Big West Conference's candidate for NCAA Woman of the Year, it was announced Wednesday.
UCSB submitted Schmidt's nomination to the Big West Conference and they, in turn, selected her as the conference's choice .
A native of Huntington Beach, Calif., Schmidt was selected for her achievement in athletics, academics, community service and leadership. As an undergraduate student, she received her BA in business economics and possessed a 3.51 grad point average. Schmidt is currently in graduate school at UCSB and is seeking her MA in Economics. In addition to being a two-time Big West Scholar Athlete, she was a 2010 Golden Eagle Award winner earned Dean's List recognition three times.
Athletically, Schmidt was not only a two-time Honorable Mention All-American, but she is one of five Gauchos in history to be named First Team All-Big West three times and one of nine to earn two First Team All-West Region selections. A right side hitter, she ranks in UCSB's all-time top-10 in hitting percentage and in its top-20 in kills and solo blocks.
The 2011 Team Captain, Schmidt served for two years on the department's Student Athlete Advisory Board. As a member of SAAB, she served as the chair of the Community Service Committee. Among her on-going community service, she serves as a Special Olympics coach and instructor, she interns for Team-Up World which fundraises for non-profits, she is a food server at the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, is a PathPoint job coach, advocating for people with disabilities, and she volunteers as a volleyball coach at local middle schools.
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Bobby Norfolk discovered he was good at telling stories by making up bedtime tales for his 3-year-old son. Today, Norfolk is a nationally known performer with three Emmys to his credit.
Norfolk will share his gift for storytelling in a special Black History Month performance at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18, in the Governors Room of the Overman Student Center on the Pittsburg State University campus. The event is free and open to the public.
For his stories, Norfolk creates characters who highlight the African-American experience and promote cultural diversity, literacy and character traits such as respect and responsibility.
"Storytelling is such a versatile art form since it gives me the opportunity to combine poetry, humor and theater into my own special package," Norfolk said.
Norfolk began his career as a stand-up comedian at the Funny Bone, and as an actor with the St. Louis Black Rep and Imaginary Theater Company in St. Louis. He also worked 10 years at the Gateway Arch as a National Park Service Ranger.
Norfolk won three Emmy awards as the host of the CBS television show "Gator Tales." He also hosted the Emmy-nominated series "Children's Theater at Bobby's House."
In 2009, Norfolk received the national Circle of Excellence Oracle Award, an honor presented by the National Storytelling Network, which recognizes the very best storytellers in the country.
Norfolk has recorded more than 10 compact discs, many having won the prestigious Parents Choice Gold Award. He has co-written eight children's books, and won first prize from Foreword Magazine. His book "The Moral of the Story: Folktales for Character Development" is a popular reference handbook for using story in the classroom. He is also a contributing author to "The Storytelling Classroom: Applications Across the Curriculum," and "Literacy Development in the Storytelling Classroom."
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A young Jacksonville mother, Kimberly Wolfe, 23, died early Sunday morning from injuries sustained in an accident on Highway 63 in Randolph County.
According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred on US Highway 63 three miles north of Clark at 2 a.m..
The accident happened when a northbound 2005 Dodge driven by Kimberly Wolfe went off the right side of the highway and struck a Jeep Cherokee that was parked on the shoulder of the road.
She was taken to Moberly Regional Medical Center by Air EVAC helicopter and pronounced dead at 3:20 a.m. Arrangements are pending at Million and Taylor Funeral Home in Moberly.
Other occupants in the Wolfe vehicle included : Alex J. Myer, 26, of Salisbury. He was transported to University Medical Center in Columbia by Air EVAC helicopter where he remains as a patient with serious injuries.
Tyler W. Powell, 25, Moberly, and Joralee D. Smith, 20, of Madison, were transported to Moberly Regional Medical Center by Randolph County Ambulance. They are being treated for moderate injuries.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B officer Sgt. N.D. Berry, was assisted by MSHP Troop G officers, the Randolph County Sheriff's Department, Randolph County Southeast and East Rural Fire Departments, the Randolph County Ambulance and University of Missouri Children's Hospital.
According to Sgt. N.D. Berry, Troop B, none of the occupants of the Dodge vehicle were wearing safety devices.
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February 27, 2013, Ottawa (CIS) – The reigning two-time gold medallist Trinity Western University Spartans might be the second seed going into this week's CIS men's volleyball championship, but they will still be the ones wearing a huge target on their backs in Quebec City.
The eight-team national tournament, presented by Rogers, kicks off on Friday at Laval University and culminates on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. with the Tantramar Trophy final. All 11 matches from the single-elimination competition can be seen live on www.CIS-SIC.tv.
Other teams competing for CIS supremacy this weekend will be the top-seeded Brandon Bobcats (Canada West champions), No. 3 McMaster Marauders (OUA champions), No. 4 Alberta Golden Bears (Canada West bronze medallists), No. 5 Laval Rouge et Or (RSEQ champs), No. 6 UNB Varsity Reds (AUS champs), No. 7 Western Mustangs (OUA finalists) and No. 8 Montreal Carabins (RSEQ finalists).
Friday's quart-finals will see McMaster take on UNB in the opener at 12:30 p.m., Trinity Western open its title defence against Western at 2:30 p.m., Brandon face Montreal at 6 p.m., and Alberta battle a hostile crowd and host Laval at 8 p.m.
As has been the case almost every year since the inaugural CIS championship back in 1967, this week's tournament will have a "Canada West versus the rest of the country" feel to it.
The West domination in the sport is well documented. Teams currently competing in the Canada West conference (including schools from the now defunct Great Plains conference) have won 18 consecutive banners and 34 of the last 37. Nine of the last 11 CIS finals have been contested between Canada West schools and, over the same period, the CWUAA has swept the national podium nine times.
No Canada West program has been as dominant as Trinity Western in recent years. Crowned for the first time in 2006, the Spartans are now vying to become only the second team in history to claim three straight Tantramar Trophies. Winnipeg won four in a row from 1971 to 1974.
TWU lost a number of key players following its second straight triumph a year ago in Kingston, including setter Ben Ball, the 2011-12 CIS player of the year and 2012 championship MVP, as well as right side Rudy Verhoeff, MVP of the 2011 tournament.
However, like any good powerhouse program, the Spartans didn't rebuild, they just reloaded. Led by a pair of all-conference left sides, Nick Del Bianco and Steven Marshall, they performed well enough to finish second in Canada West in both the regular season (16-6) and playoffs (3-1).
Despite another remarkable campaign, head coach Ben Josephson knows the road to a rare three-peat won't be an easy one.
"It's becoming more clear daily why no team has won three championships in a row since the great Winnipeg teams of the mid-70s. It's really, really hard. The depth of talent and coaching in our country is fantastic right now.
"We are excited about the challenge but are well aware of the size of mountain that must be scaled to do so. No great story can be written without great adversity. While our story still remains unwritten this season, the fact there will be great adversity in this tournament is exciting. Friday cannot come soon enough."
Top-seeded Brandon doesn't have Trinity Western's experience at the CIS championship but the Bobcats did register their best-ever result in their last appearance in 2011 when they reached the title match against the Spartans.
This season, the 'Cats settled for sixth place in league play with a 13-9 mark before catching fire in the playoffs with upset victories over Saskatchewan (best-of-three quart-finals), Alberta (semifinal) and TWU (final). The first-time Canada West champions go into the CIS tournament on a six-game winning streak.
"I'm sure teams outside our conference view us as a bit of a target, but from within our conference we know that anybody can win on any given day," says first-year head coach Grant Wilson. "We know we've got a lot of work ahead of us. Our goal is going to stay the same and that is to get better every weekend that we play. Our conference is as tough as it gets, so we know if we can compete there we can compete anywhere."
The top-ranked team from outside Canada West, No. 3 McMaster is enjoying the best season in program history. The Marauders finished first in Ontario with a sparkling 17-1 record and claimed their fourth OUA banner in six years thanks to a four-set win over Western. Dave Preston's troops also excelled in non-conference action with a pair of 3-0 wins over Montreal, a straight-set victory against Laval and a two-game split versus Brandon.
"I think we are right where we want to be heading into the championship, and I believe our best volleyball is still in front of us," says Preston, who led the Marauders to their best result at the CIS tourney, a fourth-place finish, in 2009. "With a young team like ours, the fundamentals will mean everything so we have to pay attention to that. If we can take care of the fundamentals, I believe we have the pieces that can take care of the other stuff needed to succeed."
The most decorated team at this week's championship, fourth-seeded Alberta was enjoying yet another magical season until early February. The Bears, who rank third all-time with six CIS men's volleyball banners, were 19-0 in league play before losing two of their last three conference matches, and then suffering a 3-1 upset loss to Brandon on home court in the Canada West semis. Thankfully for them, the perennial national contenders recovered with a straight-set win over UBC in the conference bronze medal game to qualify for the CIS tourney.
Of note, Alberta swept a three-game pre-season series against first-round opponent Laval in October. The first confrontation was held in Trois-Rivières (3-0) and the last two in Quebec City (3-2, 3-2).
The Rouge et Or are also among the usual suspects at this time of year. Fifth-seeded Laval is about to make its 16th straight appearance at nationals, and its 30th in the last 32 years. Following a 17-0 regular season, the championship hosts received a bit of a wake-up call in the best-of-three RSEQ final against Montreal, dropping Game 2 in straight sets and winning the decisive match 15-13 in the fifth.
"People have often pointed out over the last decade the lack of intensity in the RSEQ final before the CIS championship. It wasn't the case this year," says head coach Pascal Clément, who guided Laval to the last national title won by a team from outside Canada West back in 1994. "Montreal gave us all we could handle, and from a promotional perspective for the national championship, we couldn't have asked for anything more. I expect a great tournament. Anything can happen."
For sixth-seeded UNB, 2012-13 was a tale of two seasons. The Atlantic champions won eight of 10 games against AUS competition but were only 6-9 versus opponents from other conferences, including a 2-5 mark versus teams that qualified for the CIS tournament. Led by two-time AUS MVP Julio Fernandez, an outside hitter from Venezuela, the V-Reds did look good in a two-game sweep of archrival Dalhousie in the AUS final (3-1, 3-1).
"We are very excited to be returning to the CIS championship after a one-year hiatus," says head coach Dan McMorran. "We are a nice combination of youth and experience and our players are looking forward to challenging for a national title."
Conference finalists Western (OUA) and Montreal (RSEQ) were both unranked all season at the national level.
The Mustangs proved a year ago that anything can happen once you reach the national championship. Also seeded seventh prior to the 2012 tournament, they pushed heavily favoured Manitoba to the limit before falling 19-17 in the fifth set.
The Carabins came close to causing a major upset of their own in last weekend's Quebec final. Their win over Laval in Game 2 of the best-of-three series marked the Rouge et Or's first loss in 101 contests against conference rivals.
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"Our results in the playoffs will serve as motivation for our troops," says Montreal sideline boss Georges Laplante. "We want to gain experience at the CIS championship. We know our first-round opponents, the Canada West champions, come from a highly competitive conference. It'll be a good experience for our young team."


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First appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2006.
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