Return-Path: X-Real-To: stagecraftlist [at] theatrical.net Received: by prxy.net (CommuniGate Pro PIPE 4.2.10) with PIPE id 30210287; Sun, 14 May 2006 03:02:33 -0700 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=5.0 tests=ADVANCE_FEE_1,AWL,BAYES_00, NO_RECEIVED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=unavailable version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on localhost X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.2.10 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: Message-ID: From: "Stagecraft" Sender: "Stagecraft" To: "Stagecraft" Precedence: list Subject: Stagecraft Digest #807 Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 03:00:18 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.4 X-prxy-Spam-Filter: Scanned For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Stagecraft Digest, Issue #807 1. Re: Hammers by 2. Re: Hammers by 3. Re: Hammers [now plants] by 4. Re: Hammers [now plants] by "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" 5. Re: Hammers [now plants] by Mark O'Brien 6. Re: Hammers [now plants] by Stuart Wheaton 7. Re: Hammers by "Josh Ratty" 8. Re: Cats Moon Design by "Bill Nelson" 9. Re: Hammers by "Bill Nelson" 10. Re: Attending a rock concert was Re: designs on recent works by "Bill Nelson" 11. Re: Cats Moon Design by Bruce Purdy 12. Re: oversized Christmas Decorations by "C. Dopher" 13. Re: Cats Moon Design by "Bill Nelson" 14. Re: Hammers by Jerry Durand 15. Re: Cats Moon Design by "C. Dopher" 16. Re: culture and tolerance -- slightly OT by Shelly A Ford 17. Re: designs on recent works by Clive Mitchell 18. Re: AV company in the Indianapolis area by Clive Mitchell 19. Re: designs on recent works by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 20. Re: designs on recent works by Jerry Durand 21. Re: Hammers by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 22. Re: designs on recent works by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 23. Re: Attending a rock concert was Re: designs on recent works by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 24. Re: Attending a rock concert was Re: designs on recent works by "Don Taco" 25. Re: Fly system at Beloit Memorial High School by "Jon Ares" 26. Re: designs on recent works by "Jon Ares" 27. Re: Hammers by "Bill Nelson" 28. Re: Hammers by Jerry Durand 29. Re: Hammers by Bill Sapsis 30. Re: Hammers by rwhitco [at] comcast.net (Randy Whitcomb) 31. Re: Hammers by Jerry Durand 32. Re: Hammers by "Josh Ratty" 33. Re: Attending a rock concert was Re: designs on recent works by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 34. Re: Hammers by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 35. Re: Cats Moon Design by "Salvatori, Jason" 36. Re: Hammers by "Delbert Hall" 37. Re: Attending a rock concert was Re: designs on recent works by Pat Kight 38. Re: Hammers by "Salvatori, Jason" 39. Re: Hammers by "Josh Ratty" 40. Re: designs on recent works by "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" 41. Re: Cats Moon Design by "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" 42. Re: Hammers by Bill Sapsis 43. Re: Hammers by Bill Sapsis 44. Re: Hammers by "Salvatori, Jason" 45. Re: Hammers by "Idaho Scenic & Rigging" 46. Online ticket sales by "Jon Ares" 47. Re: Cats Moon Design by Jason Haislet 48. Re: Cats Moon Design by "Delbert Hall" 49. SASL meeting by CB 50. Re: Online ticket sales by "Salvatori, Jason" 51. Re: Online ticket sales by "Jerry Durand" 52. Tangents (was: Re: designs on recent works) by CB 53. Re: designs on recent works by CB 54. Re: designs on recent works by Clive Mitchell 55. USITT Photo Album now online by "RICHARD FINKELSTEIN" 56. Re: Hammers by "Bill Nelson" 57. Re: Hammers by "Bill Nelson" 58. Re: Hammers by "Bill Nelson" 59. Re: Online ticket sales by "Bill Nelson" 60. Re: Cats Moon Design by "Bill Nelson" *** Please update the subject line of your reply to use the subject *** line of the message you are replying to! Please only reply to *** one message subject in each reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: RE: Hammers Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:48:40 -0400 Message-ID: From: Cc: sdwheaton [at] fuse.net And I have a garden spade in similar condition. Four handles and a rewelded blade that was my grandfather's. ;) Steve Rees To: Stagecraft Subject: Re: Hammers FrankWood95 [at] aol.com wrote: > It may be there, or not. And hammers are practically immortal, >=20 > Frank Wood Absolutely true... I have one that belonged to my Great,great great=20 grandfather...has had seven new handles and a new head, but it is still going strong! Stuart ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Hammers Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:51:53 -0400 Message-ID: From: Cc: josh.ratty [at] verizon.net The aura of the tool remains intact. Steve=20 -----Original Message----- From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Josh Ratty Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 8:38 PM To: Stagecraft Cc: sdwheaton [at] fuse.net Subject: Re: Hammers Ummmm... Maybe I don't know as much about hammers as I thought, but if it's had seven new handles AND a new head, what exactly is left that belonged to your GreatX3 grandfather? Josh Ratty ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Hammers [now plants] Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:56:54 -0400 Message-ID: From: I have heard the same said of the ivy plant that used to grace the fireplace mantle in one of the rooms of the White House. The fireplace has been the backdrop for foto ops for multiple presidents and I think I recall an article in a magazine that suggested that the plant had been in more fotos than had presidents or guests!! Steve Rees=20 -----Original Message----- From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Idaho Scenic & Rigging Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 11:47 PM To: Stagecraft Subject: Re: Hammers For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- > The way I heard it was: > This is grandfather's hammer. My father replaced the handle and I replaced the head. > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Josh Ratty" > > Ummmm... Maybe I don't know as much about hammers as I thought, but if > > it's had seven new handles AND a new head, what exactly is left that > > belonged to your GreatX3 grandfather? I have a Swedish Ivy that I have had for over thirty years. It's not the same pot, Many cuttings of which are from the ends of many stems, from many cuttings, from many stems, from many cuttings... are what is growing now. That plant is nowhere near the "original" plant give for its genetic material, but I have had it for 31 years. Rob't ------------------------------ Reply-To: From: "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" Subject: RE: Hammers [now plants] Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:59:12 -0400 Message-ID: <009801c6768d$080e2990$6601a8c0 [at] Dell> In-reply-to: > I recall an article in a > magazine that suggested that the plant had been in more fotos > than had presidents or guests!! ...And possibly has a higher IQ.... ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20060513060638.avn4o04cc4kocwwc [at] www.email.arizona.edu> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 06:06:38 -0700 From: Mark O'Brien Cc: stagecraft [at] jeffsalzberg.com Subject: Re: Hammers [now plants] References: In-Reply-To: Quoting "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" : >> I recall an article in a >> magazine that suggested that the plant had been in more fotos>> than >> had presidents or guests!! > > > ...And possibly has a higher IQ.... Exponentially... Mark-O Mark O'Brien Opera Technical Director University of Arizona, School of Music 520-621-7025 520-591-1803 Mobile http://www.myspace.com/marko66 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4465DC1E.4000906 [at] fuse.net> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 09:16:14 -0400 From: Stuart Wheaton Reply-To: sdwheaton [at] fuse.net Subject: Re: Hammers [now plants] References: In-Reply-To: Jeffrey E. Salzberg wrote: >> I recall an article in a >> magazine that suggested that the plant had been in more fotos >> than had presidents or guests!! > > > ...And possibly has a higher IQ.... But since the plant has no money, it really has no influence! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 10:30:56 -0400 From: "Josh Ratty" Subject: RE: Hammers In-reply-to: Reply-to: Message-id: <000a01c67699$d9f2a6f0$6402a8c0 [at] Rattys> Pride of Ownership. Fair 'nuff. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2832.64.28.53.28.1147531524.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 07:45:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Cats Moon Design From: "Bill Nelson" > ...And if the reason for wanting the moon is as cited above, then it's a > valid approach; if the reason is, "because that's how they did it on > Broadway," then it's not. >> > > isn't "MOONLIGHT" in the "Memory" refrain? I don't recall, and I have never seen the complete musical. It should partly depend on the script. If a visible moon is mentioned, then one would be highly desireable. How it is produced is up to the director, set designer and lighting designer. If produced via lighting, then I can think of about half a dozen ways to do so - with varying degrees of realism. Bill ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2859.64.28.53.28.1147533084.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References:

Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:11:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Hammers From: "Bill Nelson" > That plant is nowhere near the "original" plant give for its > genetic material, but I have had it for 31 years. More correctly, you have cuttings that originated with the original plant, 31 years ago. The hammer under discussion ceased to have any relationship to the grandfather when the head was replaced. Bill ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2866.64.28.53.28.1147533247.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References:

Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:14:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Attending a rock concert was Re: designs on recent works From: "Bill Nelson" > Why on earth would you want to subject yourself to all of this? So that > when other folks on this list talk about this side of the business you'll > have some idea what they are talking about! When someone talks about doing > sound for a concert, you don't respond with advice on recording a > classical symphony. What? Know what we are talking about? Bah! Bill ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 11:24:01 -0400 Subject: Re: Cats Moon Design From: Bruce Purdy Message-ID: In-Reply-To: >> isn't "MOONLIGHT" in the "Memory" refrain? > > I don't recall, and I have never seen the complete musical. > Midnight Not a sound from the pavement Has the moon lost her memory? She is smiling alone In the lamplight The withered leaves collect at my feet And the wind begins to moan Memory All alone in the moonlight....... > It should partly depend on the script. What script? I don't recall any dialogue, all I remember was songs. Bruce -- Bruce Purdy Technical Director Smith Opera House ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: From: "C. Dopher" Subject: Re: oversized Christmas Decorations Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 11:37:00 -0400 Frank Merrill wrote: > O wise oracles of theatre, again I beseech thee. Hear thou my humble > plea: > > A customer is beginning plans for Christmas decorations in the > shopping mall with which he is associated, and asked me today if I > might be able to provide oversized decorations of Christmas > motif...ummm...make that Winter Holiday motif...e.g. very large > snowflakes, candy canes, shiny ornaments et al. Not looking for snow > or Santa or Creches. > > If you have a suggestion, kindly let me know, please. Step 1: Materials needed: several 4x8 sheets of luaun one circ saw w/ rip guide or one tablesaw couple gallons each color latex paint: off-white, forest green, barbie flesh tone couple pints each color latex paint: black, sienna, red, blue several large portraits of past presidents and one non-president Founding Father sponges materials to make large 3' x 8' templates from Step 2: ..... ??? (work) Step 3: Profit! (Literally.) Can't think of anything better to decorate a mall with at Christmas than a few dozen oversize Benjamins. Cris Dopher ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2887.64.28.53.28.1147534685.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References:

Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:38:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Cats Moon Design From: "Bill Nelson" >> It should partly depend on the script. > > What script? I don't recall any dialogue, all I remember was songs. In the generic sense, a score could be considered a musical script - as least for music with lyrics. There may be staging directions/suggestions that can be used as a guide. Bill ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:45:42 -0700 From: Jerry Durand Subject: Re: Hammers In-reply-to: Message-id: <7.0.1.0.0.20060513084353.01f727f0 [at] interstellar.com> References:

At 08:11 AM 5/13/2006, you wrote: >More correctly, you have cuttings that originated with the original plant, >31 years ago. There ARE very old plants, mushrooms for one. All the mushrooms you seen in an entire valley may all be part of the same plant which is VERY old (I think some mushrooms are older than the oldest redwoods). -- Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. www.interstellar.com 219 Oak Wood Way, Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA tel: +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free: 1 866 356-3886 Skype: jerrydurand ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: <78B5E52A-DD75-4EAC-A88D-798573BD3D35 [at] dopher.com> From: "C. Dopher" Subject: Re: Cats Moon Design Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 11:51:44 -0400 Jeff Salzberg wrote: >> If memory serves (yuk, yuk) it was both. In any case, the action >> takes place at night, so the moon is a logical light source. The >> script might even refer to moonlight. > > ...And if the reason for wanting the moon is as cited above, then > it's a > valid approach; if the reason is, "because that's how they did it on > Broadway," then it's not. With one reservation, I agree with you, particularly if the LIGHTING DESIGNER's reason is "because that's how they did it on Broadway." However, if the director says "I want it to look like it looked on Broadway," then it's all of a sudden a very valid reason for the LD to want to do it that way. It may not be fantastically creative or original, and it may not leave much room for the LDs interpretation of the script, but if it's clarity in director's intent that you're looking for.... Cris Dopher PS to the original poster re: clouds & moon, I've had great success with layers of ragged scrim pulled in front of a moonbox behind a cyc. It's surprisingly realistic. I first saw it done on a production of Dark of the Moon and figured it was projections. Once I saw how the TD/LD did it and the simplicity involved...well, let's just say it was one of those moments where I realized once again how the most impressive and beautiful scenic effects can be produced with very little technology or fuss. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 11:49:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Shelly A Ford Subject: Re: culture and tolerance -- slightly OT Message-id: <5995109.1147535349113.JavaMail.sford4 [at] aug.edu> I too have been disturbed by the lack of tolerance for a number of different lifestyles/gender orientations/cultures/viewpoints, etc., by some posters on this list. I have thus far managed to not respond to these opinions and posters, generally, and simply delete the messages without reading much if any of the content. Issues of tolerance or intolerance aside, I subscribe to this listserv because I am involved in, want to learn more, and trade ideas about STAGECRAFT. I do also happen to belong to a number of other topic-based listservs, however, I bet few, if any, of you subscribe to this STAGECRAFT listserv to learn about my interests outside of STAGECRAFT, so I will spare you my opinions on these other topics. Theatre Safety Programs wrote: >For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see >--------------------------------------------------- > >I have been disturbed by the lack of understanding of certain >cultures by some posters on this list. Although I am not Jewish, I >have been given a good education by my Jewish spouse. The reason >many Jews live close together and near synagogues has to do with the >prohibition against driving on the Sabbath, which is observed by >Orthodox and some Conservative Jews. It is, therefore, necessary to >live within walking distance. The Conservative Jewish movement has >decided to allow driving to synagogue on the Sabbath because of the >movement of Jews and synagogues to suburbia and outside of central >cities where walking is feasible. Reform Jews and many Conservative >Jews do observe this practice although they have the ultimate respect >for those who do. > >Hope this helps. > >Jerry Gorrell > > > ------------------------------ Message-ID: Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 17:16:43 +0100 From: Clive Mitchell Subject: Re: designs on recent works References:

In-Reply-To: In message , Jerry Durand writes >I'm the sort to stand behind the conductor and make up my own moves. I >don't get invited to singing events anymore. :) There's an old guy that occasionally pops up in Glasgow where we have a lot of buskers and street bands, and "conducts" them. He just whips out a baton and starts "conducting". It could be one of those pan-pipe bands, a couple of girls playing violins, a few dudes with guitars or perversely a couple of blind entertainers (keyboard player and singer). Goodness knows what's going through his mind. -- Clive Mitchell http://www.bigclive.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 17:21:26 +0100 From: Clive Mitchell Subject: Re: AV company in the Indianapolis area References: In-Reply-To: In message , Abby Downing writes >The security consulting firm my father works for is looking to >permanently install a screen/projector, or an LCD monitor to display a >some sort of looped program of their projects to display to their >incoming guests. Since I'm a lighting geek, and live a couple hours >away from him, I want to refer him to someone who is close and >knowledgeable. > >Can anyone refer me to a company(ies) local to Indianapolis, IN and >surrounding area that do this type of thing? There's a little box called a Video Chameleon that uses flash media to play back a continuous display like this with no moving parts to wear out. You just load all your video clips onto a flash card and it just loops it's way through them as soon as it's powered up. http://www.gilderfluke.com sell it. -- Clive Mitchell http://www.bigclive.com ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: <3f1.25a8d89.319765a9 [at] aol.com> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 12:39:05 EDT Subject: Re: designs on recent works In a message dated 12/05/06 23:46:48 GMT Daylight Time, MissWisc [at] aol.com writes: > It's easy... just wave your pointer finger in the following pattern: > floor > door > window > cieling. > > (I kid you not... had a conducting teacher who taught us with that pattern.) > And for triple time, you leave out the window. Frank Wood ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 09:48:27 -0700 From: Jerry Durand Subject: Re: designs on recent works In-reply-to: Message-id: <7.0.1.0.0.20060513094758.01f829c8 [at] interstellar.com> References:

At 09:16 AM 5/13/2006, you wrote: >Goodness knows what's going through his mind. I just liked hassling my cousin who would start watching me instead of the guy paid to direct them. :) -- Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. www.interstellar.com 219 Oak Wood Way, Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA tel: +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free: 1 866 356-3886 Skype: jerrydurand ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: <456.2f4061.3197680c [at] aol.com> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 12:49:16 EDT Subject: Re: Hammers In a message dated 13/05/06 01:25:08 GMT Daylight Time, sdwheaton [at] fuse.net writes: > Absolutely true... I have one that belonged to my Great,great great > grandfather...has had seven new handles and a new head, but it is still > going strong! Interesting. I've never bust the head of a hammer, yet. Plenty of other things, though. Some time ago, I was putting in some 'Metpost' fence supports, which are a 4" square socket with a foot long spike which you drive into the ground. You get a short piece of timber, with a very solid steel cap to do the driving. By the time I had driven two, the short timber had shattered. I was only using a seven pound sledge. Frank Wood ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: <449.5aaddd.31976a0d [at] aol.com> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 12:57:49 EDT Subject: Re: designs on recent works In a message dated 13/05/06 01:37:36 GMT Daylight Time, sdwheaton [at] fuse.net writes: > Calling Capitol Steps a rock concert would be calling a Tom Lehrer show > an arithmetic lesson.... > > Yes, if you don't know pop songs you will miss some of the jokes in what > they are spoofing, but as my girlfriend can easily attest, even if you > are culturally illiterate on any music after the 18th century, you can > really enjoy both Capitol steps and Tom Lehrer. Capitol Steps I know nothing of; Tom Lehrer I like. It's very loud noises I object to. In 67 years, I have kept my hearing unimpaired, apart from the natural, age related losses at the HF end. I haven't checked it recently, but I should be surprised if I went past 12KHz, these days. Frank Wood ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: <31f.3dba9b4.31976edc [at] aol.com> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 13:18:20 EDT Subject: Re: Attending a rock concert was Re: designs on recent works In a message dated 13/05/06 05:13:23 GMT Daylight Time, bpurdy [at] rochester.rr.com writes: > Why on earth would you want to subject yourself to all of this? So that > when other folks on this list talk about this side of the business you'll > have some idea what they are talking about! When someone talks about doing > sound for a concert, you don't respond with advice on recording a classical > symphony. Terminological confusion strikes again. To me, a concert is what goes on in a concert hall. The RPO in the Festival Hall doing a programme of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven, for instance. Any other sort of 'concert' needs qualification. I suppose my sort of concert really needs to be prefixed by 'symphony', although this really seems a bit narrow. Instrumental concertos and major choral works also figure in the menu. When you come down to works needing few performers, 'recital' is perhaps more appropriate. There are also 'concert' performances of opera, with no set, no costume, and no movement. These always strike me as pointless, since a good half of the opera is missing. Mind, with some modern productions I have seen, this may be no bad thing! Frank Wood ------------------------------ Message-ID: <06f901c676b5$52b612a0$e28aaa43 [at] DonTaco> From: "Don Taco" References: Subject: Re: Attending a rock concert was Re: designs on recent works Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 10:47:31 -0700 The dictionary says that a concert is a musical performance in which several singers or players, or both, participate. Frank says a concert is what goes on in a concert hall. So, all of you who have been staging or attending band concerts, choir concerts, rock concerts, folk concerts, or any other variety for the last who knows how many decades, go get yourself some other word, you can't call them concerts. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <001d01c676b5$92bfcf80$0600000a [at] BRUTUS> From: "Jon Ares" References: Subject: Re: Fly system at Beloit Memorial High School Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 10:49:24 -0700 > Congrats on the news but I gotta tell you that getting a rigging system > designed, built and installed by the end of this summer ain't going to be > easy. Not one that's right, that is. Oh... I thought you just went to the big box Flys R Us, and chose a kit off the shelf. Within 24 hours, one (!) of their friendly delivery/installers would bring it by..... (Man, my tongue hurts, planted in my cheek....) - Jon Ares www.hevanet.com/acreative ------------------------------ Message-ID: <003301c676b5$efbdf680$0600000a [at] BRUTUS> From: "Jon Ares" References:

Subject: Re: designs on recent works Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 10:52:00 -0700 > I'm the sort to stand behind the conductor and make up my own moves. I > don't get invited to singing events anymore. :) > I sometimes crack up high schoolers onstage by sitting in the house, behind the conductor, and conduct with my feet on the seats.... - Jon Ares www.hevanet.com/acreative ------------------------------ Message-ID: <3815.64.28.53.28.1147548156.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References:

Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 12:22:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Hammers From: "Bill Nelson" > There ARE very old plants, mushrooms for one. All the mushrooms you > seen in an entire valley may all be part of the same plant which is > VERY old (I think some mushrooms are older than the oldest redwoods). Some mushrooms can be fairly large - 50 feet or so in diameter for the mycelium. But they propogate by spore - the equivalent of a regular plant seed. So all the mushrooms in a large area (even larger than one valley) may be many generations of spores down from of one original mushroom, but they are not all part of the same plant. Mushrooms die - and may then be replaced by another variety that likes the existing conditions better. That variety may arrive either by spreading mycelium or by spore. Bill ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 12:48:20 -0700 From: Jerry Durand Subject: Re: Hammers Message-id: <7.0.1.0.0.20060513124758.01f99a78 [at] interstellar.com> Message-id: <7.0.1.0.0.20060513122836.01f89438 [at] interstellar.com> At 12:22 PM 5/13/2006, you wrote: >But they propogate by spore - the equivalent of a regular plant >seed. Spore AND runners underground, just like bamboo=20 (well, bamboo uses seeds and runners). A single mushroom "plant" (not really a plant)=20 isn't just the cute part above the ground,=20 there's MUCH more of it below ground. From Wikipedia: "However, the Malheur National=20 Forest Armillaria ostoyae (a species of honey=20 fungus) was found to span 8.9 km=B2 (2200 acres)." --=20 Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. www.interstellar.com 219 Oak Wood Way, Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA tel: +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free: 1 866 356-3886 Skype: jerrydurand ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 16:00:55 -0400 Subject: Re: Hammers From: Bill Sapsis Message-ID: In-Reply-To: OK. Pop quiz. What's the oldest living thing? (play fair. No googling) Bill S. (back from South Africa and glad to have decent email access again. I could ETCP Certified Rigger - Theatre www.sapsis-rigging.com 800.727.7471 267.278.4561 mobile Join the Long Reach Long Riders on their 3rd annual cross country charity motorcycle ride. On 5/13/06 3:22 PM, "Bill Nelson" wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > >> There ARE very old plants, mushrooms for one. All the mushrooms you >> seen in an entire valley may all be part of the same plant which is >> VERY old (I think some mushrooms are older than the oldest redwoods). > > Some mushrooms can be fairly large - 50 feet or so in diameter for the > mycelium. But they propogate by spore - the equivalent of a regular plant > seed. > > So all the mushrooms in a large area (even larger than one valley) may be > many generations of spores down from of one original mushroom, but they > are not all part of the same plant. > > Mushrooms die - and may then be replaced by another variety that likes the > existing conditions better. That variety may arrive either by spreading > mycelium or by spore. > > Bill > ------------------------------ From: rwhitco [at] comcast.net (Randy Whitcomb) Subject: Re: Hammers Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 20:02:45 +0000 Message-Id: <051320062002.20892.44663B64000EBD4F0000519C2200737478010C9B0708999D [at] comcast.net> A creosote bush. I don't recall the location. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Bill Sapsis > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > OK. Pop quiz. > What's the oldest living thing? > > (play fair. No googling) > > Bill S. > (back from South Africa and glad to have decent email access again. I could > ETCP Certified Rigger - Theatre > www.sapsis-rigging.com > 800.727.7471 > 267.278.4561 mobile > > Join the Long Reach Long Riders on their 3rd annual cross country charity > motorcycle ride. > > > > > > > > On 5/13/06 3:22 PM, "Bill Nelson" wrote: > > > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > >> There ARE very old plants, mushrooms for one. All the mushrooms you > >> seen in an entire valley may all be part of the same plant which is > >> VERY old (I think some mushrooms are older than the oldest redwoods). > > > > Some mushrooms can be fairly large - 50 feet or so in diameter for the > > mycelium. But they propogate by spore - the equivalent of a regular plant > > seed. > > > > So all the mushrooms in a large area (even larger than one valley) may be > > many generations of spores down from of one original mushroom, but they > > are not all part of the same plant. > > > > Mushrooms die - and may then be replaced by another variety that likes the > > existing conditions better. That variety may arrive either by spreading > > mycelium or by spore. > > > > Bill > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 13:03:29 -0700 From: Jerry Durand Subject: Re: Hammers In-reply-to: Message-id: <7.0.1.0.0.20060513130319.01f89438 [at] interstellar.com> References:

At 01:00 PM 5/13/2006, you wrote: >OK. Pop quiz. >What's the oldest living thing? Frank -- Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. www.interstellar.com 219 Oak Wood Way, Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA tel: +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free: 1 866 356-3886 Skype: jerrydurand ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 16:27:11 -0400 From: "Josh Ratty" Subject: RE: Hammers In-reply-to: Reply-to: Message-id: <001401c676cb$abe79f40$6402a8c0 [at] Rattys> Black Locust tree hanging out in a secluded swamp in New Hampshire. Josh Ratty -----Original Message----- From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sapsis Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 3:01 PM To: Stagecraft Subject: Re: Hammers For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- OK. Pop quiz. What's the oldest living thing? (play fair. No googling) Bill S. (back from South Africa and glad to have decent email access again. I could ETCP Certified Rigger - Theatre www.sapsis-rigging.com 800.727.7471 267.278.4561 mobile Join the Long Reach Long Riders on their 3rd annual cross country charity motorcycle ride. On 5/13/06 3:22 PM, "Bill Nelson" wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > >> There ARE very old plants, mushrooms for one. All the mushrooms you >> seen in an entire valley may all be part of the same plant which is >> VERY old (I think some mushrooms are older than the oldest redwoods). > > Some mushrooms can be fairly large - 50 feet or so in diameter for the > mycelium. But they propogate by spore - the equivalent of a regular plant > seed. > > So all the mushrooms in a large area (even larger than one valley) may be > many generations of spores down from of one original mushroom, but they > are not all part of the same plant. > > Mushrooms die - and may then be replaced by another variety that likes the > existing conditions better. That variety may arrive either by spreading > mycelium or by spore. > > Bill > ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: <402.204fc02.3197b4c5 [at] aol.com> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 18:16:37 EDT Subject: Re: Attending a rock concert was Re: designs on recent works In a message dated 13/05/06 18:48:08 GMT Daylight Time, taco [at] peak.org writes: > The dictionary says that a concert is a musical performance in which > several singers or players, or both, participate. Frank says a concert is > what goes on in a concert hall. So, all of you who have been staging or > attending band concerts, choir concerts, rock concerts, folk concerts, or > any other variety for the last who knows how many decades, go get yourself > some other word, you can't call them concerts. I did say that, strictly, it needed to be qualified to be entirely clear. "Concert", on its own, may well mean anything. I have a lifelong habit of thinking of them as performances of classical music, when unqualified. Anything from Monteverdi to Britten, or even later. A rather formal setting; no lighting effects; no amplification. Just musicians and the music. I do realise that what many of you mean by the term is different from my conception, and, while I accept that, I would suggest that greater precision in the terminology would produce fewer misunderstandings. I could, I suppose, do lights or sound on any of them, If I had to. But I know my limitations. I should do many of them damn badly, in either capacity, and by modern standards. You would be wise to find a more up-to-date person, with the right skills. It's a part of the aging process. You learn what you can do well, and what just so-so. Faced with the problem, I should do what I could, as best I could. But, as has been pointed out, I am not a professional, in a job. I can refuse work which I know I can't do well. Turn it around. I lit "Plaza Suite" a while ago. Totally static lighting, apart from the rain in Act III. This means that you have to get it right all the time, to create a real location. How would the rest of you have dealt with that? Frank Wood ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: <421.f0f291.3197b68b [at] aol.com> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 18:24:11 EDT Subject: Re: Hammers In a message dated 13/05/06 21:01:39 GMT Daylight Time, bill [at] sapsis-rigging.com writes: > OK. Pop quiz. > What's the oldest living thing? Well, from where I sit, me. As far as I know, the world began when I was born, and will end when I die. It has no existence outside of my personal experiience of it. Frank Wood ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Cats Moon Design Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 18:39:14 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Salvatori, Jason" I missed the original post, but from the responses I'm guessing this = relates: Simple and effective clouds moon we just used (also for Cats) is 2 cloud = gobo's from extreme angles on to the cyc (same pipe as cyc LX, shot = crosswise and downward.) Rosco "full moon" gobo from in front (behind = is better if you have the space... alas, we don't) in a 50=B0 so it is = slightly fuzzy at the edges, but sharp in the centre. Jason Salvatori Technical Director Vaughan City Playhouse Work: 905-326-7469 Fax: 905-882-7949 _________________________________________________________________________= _ This e-mail, including any attachment(s), may be confidential and is = intended solely for the attention and information of the named = addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient or have received = this message in error, please notify me immediately by return e-mail and = permanently delete the original transmission from your computer, = including any attachment(s). Any unauthorized distribution, disclosure = or copying of this message and attachment(s) by anyone other than the = recipient is strictly prohibited. ------------------------------ Message-ID: Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 19:14:14 -0400 From: "Delbert Hall" Subject: Re: Hammers In-Reply-To: References: > > OK. Pop quiz. > > What's the oldest living thing? A bristlecone pine. -Delbert --=20 Delbert L. Hall ZFX Flying Director Phone: 714-585-7070 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <44666C8B.7010400 [at] peak.org> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 16:32:27 -0700 From: Pat Kight Subject: Re: Attending a rock concert was Re: designs on recent works References: In-Reply-To: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com wrote: > I could, I suppose, do lights or sound on any of them, If I had to. But I > know my limitations. I should do many of them damn badly, in either capacity, and > by modern standards. You would be wise to find a more up-to-date person, with > the right skills. It's a part of the aging process. You learn what you can do > well, and what just so-so. Alternately, you keep learning new things and practicing them until you get it right, even if it takes longer than it once did, because it keeps you interested - and interesting. There are even studies suggesting that the best way to keep one's brain from succumbing to the fog of age is to keep on learning. I'm roughly the same age you are, Frank. Sure, I have skills that I've honed over decades, and I consider myself fairly expert in some of them. But I like to acquire new skills, and expose myself to new experiences, too, including new music, new theater, new literature and new technology. Hell, my day job didn't even exist a dozen years ago; when I go to professional conferences, I'm often the oldest person in the room. And you know what? It's fun. Use it, as the saying goes, or lose it. -- Pat Kight Albany (Ore.) Civic Theater kightp [at] peak.org ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Hammers Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 19:31:44 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Salvatori, Jason" > > OK. Pop quiz. > > What's the oldest living thing? some Bacteria Found in New Mexico - Preserved in the salt flats, then = brought back to life. Over 250 Million years old! Jason _________________________________________________________________________= _ This e-mail, including any attachment(s), may be confidential and is = intended solely for the attention and information of the named = addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient or have received = this message in error, please notify me immediately by return e-mail and = permanently delete the original transmission from your computer, = including any attachment(s). Any unauthorized distribution, disclosure = or copying of this message and attachment(s) by anyone other than the = recipient is strictly prohibited. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 19:35:27 -0400 From: "Josh Ratty" Subject: RE: Hammers In-reply-to: Reply-to: Message-id: <001501c676e5$f574d1e0$6402a8c0 [at] Rattys> No Fair! My tree guess signed a DNR! -----Original Message----- From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Salvatori, Jason Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:32 PM To: Stagecraft Subject: Re: Hammers For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- > > OK. Pop quiz. > > What's the oldest living thing? some Bacteria Found in New Mexico - Preserved in the salt flats, then brought back to life. Over 250 Million years old! Jason ________________________________________________________________________ __ This e-mail, including any attachment(s), may be confidential and is intended solely for the attention and information of the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient or have received this message in error, please notify me immediately by return e-mail and permanently delete the original transmission from your computer, including any attachment(s). Any unauthorized distribution, disclosure or copying of this message and attachment(s) by anyone other than the recipient is strictly prohibited. ------------------------------ Reply-To: From: "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" Subject: RE: designs on recent works Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 19:45:42 -0400 Message-ID: <000201c676e7$58f964a0$6501a8c0 [at] Dell> In-Reply-To: > Goodness knows what's going through his mind. Various chemicals, I'd imagine. ------------------------------ Reply-To: From: "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" Subject: RE: Cats Moon Design Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 19:55:05 -0400 Message-ID: <000301c676e8$a8b285c0$6501a8c0 [at] Dell> In-Reply-To: > However, if the director says "I want it to look like it looked on > Broadway," then it's all of a sudden a very valid reason for the LD > to want to do it that way. Not quite. It might be a valid reason for the LD to do it (as opposed to "wanting to do it"), but it's still an invalid approach. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 20:00:04 -0400 Subject: Re: Hammers From: Bill Sapsis Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Sorry Frank. I ain't rising to the bait. The rest of you are sorta close but Delbert got it right. There's a bristlecone pine in the Arizona desert that is well over 2,000 years old. It's exact location is a closely guarded secret lest some treasure hunter go and dig it up. Bill S. ETCP Certified Rigger - Theatre www.sapsis-rigging.com 800.727.7471 267.278.4561 mobile Join the Long Reach Long Riders on their 3rd annual cross country charity motorcycle ride. On 5/13/06 6:24 PM, "FrankWood95 [at] aol.com" wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > In a message dated 13/05/06 21:01:39 GMT Daylight Time, > bill [at] sapsis-rigging.com writes: > >> OK. Pop quiz. >> What's the oldest living thing? > > Well, from where I sit, me. As far as I know, the world began when I was > born, and will end when I die. It has no existence outside of my personal > experiience of it. > > Frank Wood ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 20:04:28 -0400 Subject: Re: Hammers From: Bill Sapsis Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Ooops. I lied. I just googled it...hey, we already got the answer!....and it's in California, not Arizona and it's more than 4700 years old. That' almost as old as Randy. <> Bill ETCP Certified Rigger - Theatre www.sapsis-rigging.com 800.727.7471 267.278.4561 mobile Join the Long Reach Long Riders on their 3rd annual cross country charity motorcycle ride. On 5/13/06 7:14 PM, "Delbert Hall" wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > >>> OK. Pop quiz. >>> What's the oldest living thing? > > A bristlecone pine. > > -Delbert ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Hammers Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 20:04:45 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Salvatori, Jason" -------------------------------------------------- Sorry Frank. I ain't rising to the bait. The rest of you are sorta = close but Delbert got it right. There's a bristlecone pine in the Arizona = desert that is well over 2,000 years old. It's exact location is a closely = guarded secret lest some treasure hunter go and dig it up. Bill S. --------------------------------------------------- Actually, forgetting about the Bacteria, there are some Bristlecone=20 Pines closer to 4900 years old in White mountains (New Hampshire, USA). Jason _________________________________________________________________________= _ This e-mail, including any attachment(s), may be confidential and is = intended solely for the attention and information of the named = addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient or have received = this message in error, please notify me immediately by return e-mail and = permanently delete the original transmission from your computer, = including any attachment(s). Any unauthorized distribution, disclosure = or copying of this message and attachment(s) by anyone other than the = recipient is strictly prohibited. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <002801c676f0$25c4f050$6401a8c0 [at] amd2200> From: "Idaho Scenic & Rigging" References:

Subject: Re: Hammers Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 18:48:41 -0600 > More correctly, you have cuttings that originated with the original plant, > 31 years ago. > > The hammer under discussion ceased to have any relationship to the > grandfather when the head was replaced. > > Bill > So if we follow that train of thought your body through cell division and old ones dying off you are not who you were say... ten years ago, give for your genetic material. and what, some old bones, and a couple of memories that won't die off. Such a spoilsport, Bill... What are you going to say about the melted crayon Garfied castings my kids made me for fathers day 25 years ago? You say "Just a ball 'o wax" and I'll... well I'll just... send the 265 Lb. son over to talk to you about butter on a fresh burn made from being clumsy with wax. Love.. Rob't ------------------------------ Message-ID: <001a01c676f1$6eb8ab70$0600000a [at] BRUTUS> From: "Jon Ares" Subject: Online ticket sales Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 17:57:54 -0700 I know this has been brought up before in not-too-distant past, but several people had opinions or thoughts, but as for actual experience with online ticket sales services, not many had much to share. So... being deliberately narrow here, does anyone have experience with a high school theatre program using online services? We're talking a somewhat low ticket volume (5-7 shows a year) - certainly not a stadium, and certainly not a road house/production company. What is the per-ticket cost some people are seeing? I'm particularly interested in any school's experience with one of the companies that allows on-site sales (tix at the door) as well as online sales, and how that is working. - Jon Ares www.hevanet.com/acreative ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20060514005940.7994.qmail [at] web30702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 17:59:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Haislet Reply-To: lightheatre [at] yahoo.com Subject: Re: Cats Moon Design In-Reply-To: When I was involved in a production of Cats, we used a moon light box with a black srcim that had clouds painted near the moon. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 22:12:28 -0400 From: "Delbert Hall" Cc: stagecraft [at] jeffsalzberg.com Subject: Re: Cats Moon Design In-Reply-To: References:

> However, if the director says "I want it to look like it looked on > Broadway," then it's all of a sudden a very valid reason for the LD > to want to do it that way. If I were the lighting designer and the director told me "I want it to look like it looked on Broadway," I might ask if I get the same budget as the Broadway lighting designer had (plus inflation cost of course). -Delbert --=20 Delbert L. Hall ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20060513194430.00d3e390 [at] pop.west.cox.net> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 19:44:30 From: CB Subject: SASL meeting >Next weekend (19-21) works well, but weekend after >I've got inlaws in town (I'll probably need a drink >that weekend!!) I'm in San Diego for a quik in/out. Oh, and the rumour is thatwe do a show in between. Plus, we should give some of the other AZians time to schedule being near Nimbus... Chris "Chris" Babbie Location Sound MON AZ Delete key training and post trimming done by appointment. Rates negotiable, will trade for typing lessons/ADD treatment... ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Online ticket sales Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 22:39:31 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Salvatori, Jason" I'm not sure about on-line ticket services, but I know=20 a few places use BoxPro's BOW! (http://www.boxpro.com/). It has an on-line sales add-on. This would allow you (or=20 the students at the school) to manage the on-line sales=20 in advance, and still sell at the door using the same=20 software (and avoiding the possibility of double-printed=20 tickets). You'd have to look in to the pricing options=20 to see if it's feasible for your situation, but I believe if you go for the dot matrix printer and associated=20 ticket stock, the costs shouldn't be too high. Hope this helps. Jason Salvatori Technical Director City Playhouse Work: 905-326-7469 Fax: 905-882-7949 _________________________________________________________________________= _ This e-mail, including any attachment(s), may be confidential and is = intended solely for the attention and information of the named = addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient or have received = this message in error, please notify me immediately by return e-mail and = permanently delete the original transmission from your computer, = including any attachment(s). Any unauthorized distribution, disclosure = or copying of this message and attachment(s) by anyone other than the = recipient is strictly prohibited. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 19:49:09 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jerry Durand" Subject: Re: Online ticket sales In-reply-to: Message-id: <1676.192.168.0.102.1147574949.squirrel [at] gandalf> References: Just thinking randomly (normal for me), it seems you should be able to let the user print out their own tickets with a bar code on them. A scanner at the theatre (not very expensive now) reads the bar code and verifies it and tags it as used in the database. It's good enough for the Post Office, UPS, FedEx, and other shippers. -- Jerry Durand Durand Interstellar, Inc. Los Gatos, California USA tel: +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free: 1 866 356-3886 web: www.interstellar.com skype: jerrydurand ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20060513195942.00d3e390 [at] pop.west.cox.net> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 19:59:42 From: CB Subject: Tangents (was: Re: designs on recent works) >> Actually, the one in the power tie and the grey suit is the 'Lawyer', and the >> one in the smart suit-dress is the 'Lawyer', and the one on the other power >> tie and the blue suit is the 'Lawyer'. Neither here nor there, but I did get >> to put 'Capitol Steps' in the room, and since I wasn't three blocks from the >> actual steps of the Capitol Building, it was kind of appropriate. > Well, no. He's the guy in the white tie and tails standing on a podium in >front of the orchestra, and directing them. Frank, I included my entire post so that you could refer to it if necessary. You wrote, "Well, no..." but I went back and checked what I said, and ;lo and behold all of my facts, as posted, are, in fact, facts. i.e., correct. Please point out what part of my post , "Well, o..." referred to. I'm a bit confused. Then you tangent off into some bit about a guy in white tie and tails, who I never reffered to at any point and doesn't seem to have any place at all in this thread, and discuss an orchestra, which never existed in this conversation. If you wish to contribute to a thread, fine. Try to keep up and on target. If you wish to start another conversation altogether, do us the courtesy of changing the topic, and don't use snippets of my posts that have nothing to do with it. Really, it is confusing me. Maybe slower, with smaller words, might help, but I'm lost at present. Chris "Chris" Babbie Location Sound MON AZ Delete key training and post trimming done by appointment. Rates negotiable, will trade for typing lessons/ADD treatment... ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20060513200605.00d3e390 [at] pop.west.cox.net> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 20:06:05 From: CB Subject: Re: designs on recent works >Chris, If that's the gig to which you refer, do you realize that they >sell those tapes (with your mix, I presume) all over the country and you >can order them even if you were not at that show? Perhaps this dude >really should pay you something extra for your work! EEK! NO! I did *not* record 'Capitol Steps'! Not this time, nore when they played at the JCC in Tucson! And I am most certainly not selling copies of their CD's (although I now have five of them!) They produce their own CD's, and sell them at teh gigs. They were part of the entertainment at the week's worth of show, and they weren't recorded. I can see how you may have inferred that the two gigs were one and the same, but neither did I record them nor was permission to record them even discussed. To make it clear, I have no bootlegs of 'Capitols Steps', and therefore, am selling none. Those cats know way too many lawyers to even let them think that I'm ripping them off. The only reordings of 'Capitol Steps' I own are those that were swagged to me by their own merch guys. I'm right with you on the rest of your post, though, Stu... Chris "Chris" Babbie Location Sound MON AZ Delete key training and post trimming done by appointment. Rates negotiable, will trade for typing lessons/ADD treatment... ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1QGI2rVXQqZEFwFg [at] ntlworld.com> Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 04:29:27 +0100 From: Clive Mitchell Subject: Re: designs on recent works References:

In-Reply-To: In message , Jeffrey E. Salzberg writes >> Goodness knows what's going through his mind. > >Various chemicals, I'd imagine. He's a mature grey haired gent dressed very respectably, so I'd guess that no suspicious chemicals are present. -- Clive Mitchell http://www.bigclive.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: From: "RICHARD FINKELSTEIN" Subject: USITT Photo Album now online Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 01:13:23 -0400 Greetings All. As a little gift to my online friends I have placed 33 fun photos from the spring USITT shindig in Louisville online for your enjoyment. THESE WILL ONLY BE ACCESSIBLE FOR ABOUT A WEEK. I do hope that you enjoy the collection. http://www.rfdesigns.org/usitt Richard Finkelstein Head of Design James Madison University ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1249.64.28.54.85.1147592960.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 00:49:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Hammers From: "Bill Nelson" > Spore AND runners underground, just like bamboo > (well, bamboo uses seeds and runners). It is mycelium. I mentioned it as a method of growth. It is primarily how a "fairy ring" gets larger. > From Wikipedia: "However, the Malheur National > Forest Armillaria ostoyae (a species of honey > fungus) was found to span 8.9 km� (2200 acres)." Thanks for the information. I was unaware that any single mycelium mass ever got that large. I don't recall mention of it in any of my mushroom identification books. Bill ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1255.64.28.54.85.1147593197.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 00:53:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Hammers From: "Bill Nelson" > OK. Pop quiz. > What's the oldest living thing? The oldest I can recall are some junipers. Saw them discussed on a PBS special a few years back. Bill ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1338.64.28.54.85.1147595180.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References:

Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 01:26:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Hammers From: "Bill Nelson" >> The hammer under discussion ceased to have any > relationship to the >> grandfather when the head was replaced. > > So if we follow that train of thought your body through cell > division and old ones dying off you are not who you were > say... ten years ago, give for your genetic material. and > what, some old bones, and a couple of memories that won't > die off. Not quite. There is nothing of the original hammer remaining. However, even as old as I am, some of the original cells are still in my body. Bill ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1343.64.28.54.85.1147595598.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 01:33:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Online ticket sales From: "Bill Nelson" I don't have any school experience. But our local community theatre recently started using some on-line sales software. We have 5 shows/year and have a 300 seat house. The software we use is Ticket Turtle. From the user standpoint, it is pretty easy to use. It handles credit card purchases and allows on-line printing of an e-ticket. Sales at the door are also possible. Adminstratively, it is not very user friendly. The cost is roughly $1/ticket. Bill ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1346.64.28.54.85.1147595750.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References:

Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 01:35:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Cats Moon Design From: "Bill Nelson" > If I were the lighting designer and the director told me "I want it to > look like it looked on Broadway," I might ask if I get the same budget > as the Broadway lighting designer had (plus inflation cost of course). I would also ask the director if the set was going to be exactly like the Broadway show - and if he was going to block the action the same. Bill ------------------------------ End of Stagecraft Digest #807 *****************************