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Friends of the Stars
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A bizarre Birmingham folk-art troupe from the late 1970s, Friends of the Stars have fascinated and appalled in equal measure.

No sooner were the audience swooning at a beautifully delivered couplet replete with rich metaphors for lost love before, suddenly, a badger was gored on stage and blood daubed on the front three unsuspecting rows.

Rumour has it that the art collective have also been involved in plots to kidnap Leslie Crowther, Lena Zavaroni and Noam Chomsky - the purpose for which is not clear at this time.

Local Birmingham folklore has it that FOTS Kingpin Craig Hamilton washed up in Liverpool docks in a little wicker basket, wrapped in swaddling clothes (and stinking badly of shit) in the late 1950s. It is thought he was raised by Scousers and was schooled in thievery and alcoholism by John Parrot's biological mother.

The mischievous art pixie Anna Russell is thought to have landed in Britain as an advanced scout prior to an alien invasion of Earth. However, she was immediately introduced to drugs and scrumpy by local youths and quickly turned her intercom device off... saving the Earth from total obliteration... not that she had a clue what was going on... or has since.

Brooding Goth Guitar Overlord Campbell, it is suggested, is actually a chartered accountant from Penge.

They released one album... fifteen years after the recording session was completed. It is now thought to contain secret messages predicting Black Tuesday, the disappearance of Shergar, the death of John Inman and the results of X-Factor series' 1 to 8 plus 15 and, although experts disagree, 34. They are also implicated in 15 unsolved murders in which bodies mutilated with what detectives describe as "gusto" are a recurring "motif".

Friday's Hero (Band)
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History of Friday's Hero
Friday's Hero began in 2004, when Brandon and Tyler were in 5th grade. There was also members Rob White, who played guitar, and Kris Kentera, who played bass. The name of the band was then Counterstrike. The band fell apart during the summer between 5th and 6th grade when Kris and Rob both left the band. The band didn't do much of anything during 6th grade, but in 7th grade Brandon met bassist Daven Kirkham, and he joined the band. Guitarist Sam Norton said he would be in the band, but he never officially was in the band because he never practiced with them. In 8th grade Daven was fired because he could never come over and practice. Also, the name of the band became Friday's Hero because the members thought it sounded cool. Kyle Nachbar was added as bassist but was soon fired because, no offense, he wasn't good at all. Daven was reinstated into the band. Jake Henke was soon added as the band's vocalist, and Dan Argo was added as the rhythm guitarist. In April of 2007, Dan Argo was no longer needed to play rhythm guitar and was promoted to lead singer.

Waiting for November
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Waiting for November is the name of an alternative punk-rock band formed in 2001 in Butler, Pennsylvania by Brett Wigton and Mike Baptiste. How and when the band was formed remains a mystery. Brett had met Mike through a mutual friend, and upon learning of Mike's bass interest, Brett had invited him over for a practice session. Mike had been playing for less than 2 weeks the first time they practiced, but it was during their first session Brett knew no other bassists would suffice. Not long after, the two began playing regularly twice a week.

Originally the band consisted of Brett and Mike, but the need for percussion was imminent. After a long period of interviews and experiences with drummers of all sorts, the band turned to Tom Wigton, cousin of Brett Wigton in hopes he would fulfill their requirements. And indeed he did. Brett has described Tom's ability as "Incredible...I've played with a lot of people, but never was there a connection even close to that of Tom W, he just knows the note I'm about to play before I play it, and everything is crystal after that." While the band's first scheduled performance was canceled due to unknown circumstances, Waiting for November has gained a rather large following and become famous for "never playing shows" Records indicate the band has canceled approximately 12 concert performances during the years 2002 and 2003. Reasons for cancellation have yet to be determined and seem to be shrouded by the same cloud of mystique that has encompassed the band as a whole.

Origin of Name
To the members, the name itself is a cornerstone and constitutes their reason for existence. The name was originally coined at Duquesne Universityby Mike Baptiste and Brett Wigton while in a recording studio. The studio chair had asked the band to come in during the first week of November, 2002, to record their first album. Thus, "Waiting for November" was quite literal.

Band Members
Brett Wigton - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar

Mike Baptiste - Bass

Tom Wigton - Drums

Quotes
"I've never heard anyone adapt and create like Mike, he's the best bass player I've seen in my life - to this day." - Brett

"Somewhere out there a friend of a friend's brother's sister is listening to Waiting for November."

"We went to a guitar center in Wexford, Brett had asked the store owner if they had a fretless guitar - The owner said no and didn't give him the time of day. Brett picked up an [www.ernieball.com Ernie Ball] and started whaling.  The instructor in the glass booth stopped teaching and had his students come out and watch.  After that the owner catered to whatever request Brett had...even size 8 strings." - Ira

"You gotta hear the note in your head before you play it. If you can't, it's not gonna work." - Brett

Marilyn Carlson Nelson
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Marilyn Carlson Nelson is CEO of Carlson Companies.

Mr. Pierce
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Thom Clark
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The Blue & The Gray
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The Blue & The Gray was a 1982 Columbia Pictures production. The story revolved around the stuggles of one American family during the American Civil War. It featured a star-studded cast including Stacy Keach, Lloyd Bridges, Rip Torn, Gregory Peck and many others.

From the DVD cover: "A remarkable ensemble of screen legends, including Gregory Peck, Stacy Keach, Lloyd Bridges, Geraldine Page and Colleen Dewhurst star in one of the most compelling, thoughful and comprehensive Civil War films ever produced.  Based on the works of Pulitzer prize winner Bruce Catton, THE BLUE AND THE GRAY is recognized for its historic accuracy, dramatic intensity and spectacular battle sequences.  Filmed entirely on location in Arkansas with over 160 characters and 6,300 extras, this searing saga contains all the stirring conflict and narrative lryicism of such cinematic masterpieces of "Gone With the Wind" and "Glory".  The film brilliantly reconstructs and enternally fascinating and controversial era in American history - when families and nation were divided the black and white, North and South and THE BLUE AND THE GRAY."

Omni International Mall
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Completed in 1977 this multi-use complex in Miami, FL housed a shopping mall and hotel. The mall was originally upscale, with a hotel of the same name (Omni) connected to it. This mall became a ghost town by the mid-90s and shut down in late 1999.

Softwood and hardwood
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Softwood is the wood from conifers. In addition "softwood" is an adjective applied to the trees that produce such wood: softwood trees include pine, spruce, cedar, fir, larch, douglas-fir, hemlock, cypress, redwood and yew.

As the name suggests, the wood of softwoods is softer, on average, than that of hardwoods, but only on average - the wood of yews, for example, is much harder than many hardwoods, as is the wood of Longleaf pine, while Balsa wood (technically a hardwood) is extremely soft.

Softwood and hardwood differ in microscopic structure. The structure of softwood is fairly uniform, with only two types of cells: tracheids and parenchyma cells. Softwood never has vessel elements for water transport, but relies on tracheids.

In general softwood is easy to work: it forms the bulk of wood used by man. Softwood has a huge range of uses: it is a prime material for structural building components, but is also found in furniture and other products such as millwork (mouldings, doors, windows). Softwood is also harvested for use in the production of paper, and for various types of board such as MDF. The finer softwoods find many specialty uses.

Nan Yik Pong
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Nan Yik Pong (藍奕邦) (English : Nan Pong) ( 15/5/1975 - ) is a Hong Kong artist, producer, actor and lyricist of Hakka descent. He attended Primary and secondary school in Canada returning to Hong Kong in his 4th year in High School. He went to Georgetown University in Washington DC studying policitcs.

Experience

After graduation he went on to become a singer but failed. Later he went to Japan for a company and an commercial company as an customer assistant manager. At the same time, he creates his own music and attends to weekly music shows in Hong Kong.

In 2001, he joined Sony Music (later Sony BMG in 2004) as a lyricist, and wrote songs for other Hong Kong singers and artists such as Jackie Cheung, Eason Chan, Joey Yung, Miriam Yeung and Sandy Lam.

In 2003, he took up an additional job as an office worker, and often took holidays to participate in stage theatre drama performances. In the same year he also created many of those drama's theme songs and leaked to the internet. These songs had caught the attention of record company's and Sony BMG signed him as an singer creating his first album in which all his songs were created by himself 不要人見人愛 (The Unadorable Pong)

Music Style

His first 2 albums 不要人見人愛 and 無非想快樂 (Almost Happy) has an acoustic style of music mostly comprising from piano. His 3rd album 潮騷 (Sound Of Tides) added "electrical" sounds to it, mainly from the piano keyboard. Lyrics mainly reflects of responsibilities of people and also the society in which people live in and also some about himself personally.

Additional Developments

Since 2001 he has created many pieces of music for other Hong Kong artists, his most renowned being 樓上來的聲音 (The Sound From Upstairs) for Jackie Cheung and then also 身體健康 (Healthy Body) by Dicky Cheung. Others include the theme song of the TVB drama series Split Second. In 2004, he helped Andy Lau created 2 additional songs 常言道(Truth Road) and 張開眼睛 (Open Your Eyes) both of which had won Andy many awards. Nan Pong also directed Andy's new album 聲音 (Sound), Andy Hui's 豬先生 (Mr.Pig), Joey Yung's 愛一個上一課 (Love One, Learn One) and others as producer.

Albums

2006: 《潮騷》 Sounds Of Tides 2005: 《無非想快樂》 Almost Happy 2004: 《不要人見人愛》 The Unadorable Pong

Personal Concerts

The 34th Hong Kong Arts Festival : Nan Pong's Thinking Music Concert (24 - 26/2/06 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Theatre)

Notable Pieces

The Noise From Upstairs - Jackie Cheung (Musician)《樓上來的聲音》張學友(作曲) ENCORE - Snandy Lam (Musician)《ENCORE》林憶蓮(作曲) Healthy Body - Dicky Cheung (Musician and Lyrcist)《身體健康》張衛健(作曲及填詞) The Old Mountain From Old Memories - Joey Yung (Lyricist)《舊日回憶的山丘》容祖兒(填詞) Fly Away - Fish Leong (Musician)《Fly Away》梁靜茹(作曲) Really Suspcious - Eason Chan (Lyricist)《非常嫌疑犯》陳奕迅(填詞) The Road Divided - Miriam Yeung (Lyricist)《芬梨道上》楊千嬅(作曲) Truth Road, Open Your Eyes - Andy Lau (Lyricist)《常言道》、《張開眼睛》劉德華（作曲）

Producing Works

Andy Lau - Sound (Album) 劉德華《聲音》大碟 Andy Hui - Mr. Pig 許志安《豬先生》 Myolie Wu - Mrs. Pig 胡杏兒《豬小姐》 Joey Yung - Love One, Learn One (jazzy mix) 容祖兒《愛一個上一課(jazzy mix)》

Awards

Guangzhou Top Songs 2004 - Best Strength New Comer TVB8 Top Songs 2004 - New Male Singer Bronze Award Metro Broadcast Awards Presentation 2004 - Metro Broadcast New Male Singer 2004 Top 10 Songs Awards - Most Popular Musician and Singer Bronze 2004 IFPI Most Sold Albums Of Local New Male Singers 2004 4th Sprite Song Awards - Best New-Comer 2005 Road Show Best Creative Singer Award 2005 Top 10 Songs Awards - Best Performance (Silver)

FpseCE
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FpseCE is an emulator for the PlayStation video game console. Unlike other emulator running on PC, FpseCE run on Pocket PC. FpseCE is a donateware and is currently available for download freely. At this stage it is compatiable with around 600 PSX game.

Juaquín Mir
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Juaquín Mir was born in 1873 in Barcelona, Spain. As a child he worked in a small family shop with his father and experimented with paiting, drawing and other forms of art. He attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Barcelona and breifly studied under the artist Luis Graner.

At age 20, Juaquín Mir, along with several other artists, created La Colla del Xafrá, a group characterized by its use of the color ocre.

Juaquín Mir travelled around Europe to many cities and painted differently in each new location. He is most famous for his paintings of the landscape and of Barcelona and his use of vibrant colors throughout his work.

Juaquín Mir died April 27, 1940 in Barcelona.

Juaquín Mir
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Juaquín Mir was born in 1873 in Barcelona, Spain. As a child he worked in a small family shop with his father and experimented with paiting, drawing and other forms of art. He attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Barcelona and breifly studied under the artist Luis Graner.

At age 20, Juaquín Mir, along with several other artists, created La Colla del Xafrá, a group characterized by its use of the color ocre.

Juaquín Mir travelled around Europe to many cities and painted differently in each new location. He is most famous for his paintings of the landscape and of Barcelona and his use of vibrant colors throughout his work.

Juaquín Mir died April 27, 1940 in Barcelona.

List of Fighting Fantasy monsters
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Some names have been changed to either improve clarity or establish commonality.

GENERAL MONSTERS Abomination (FF40) Air Elemental (FF2) Animated Hand (FF1) Barbarian (FF1) Black Elf (FF2) Black Elk (FF20) Black Flyer (FF49) Caveman (FF3) Clawbeast (FF2) Clone (FF3) Coldclaw (FF21) Crocodile (FF1) Crystal Golem (FF9) Cyclops (FF16) Dai-Oni (FF20) Dark Elf (FF30) Death Hawk (FF3) Death Spider (FF59) Devlin (FF2) Dragon (FF1) Dwarf (FF1, FF2, FF6) Forest Giant (FF3) Fire Demon (FF3, FF46) Ganjee (FF2) Gark (FF2) Ghoul (FF1, FF3) Giant (FF1) Giant Bats (FF1) Giant Sandworm (FF1) Giant Spider (FF1, FF49) Goblin (FF1, FF2, FF3, FF45) Gremlin (FF3) GromPol Android (FF27) Gromulan (FF27) Guard (FF5) Half-Orc (FF24, FF46) Hell Hound (FF1) Hill Troll (FF9, FF36) Hydra (FF2, FF16) Ice Demon (FF46) Iron Golem (FF1) Ka (FF59) Kappa (FF20) Khuddam (FF30) Leprechaun (FF2) Lurgan (FF27) Mage Warrior (FF39) Manslayer Bot (FF4) Medusa (FF5) Mik (FF2) Minotaur (FF1) Mummy (FF59) Mutant (FF2) Ogre (FF1, FF3) Orc (FF1, FF2, FF30) Orc Chieftain (FF1) Piranhas (FF1) Prefecta (FF33) Red Dragon (FF11) Samurai (FF20) Shapechanger (FF3) Skeleton (FF43) Smoke Demon (FF46) Spectral Stalker (FF45) Sphinx (FF59) Stingworm (FF3) Struthiomimus (FF37) Tatsu (FF20) Thassaloss (FF38) Thug (FF13) Troll (FF1) Vampire (FF1) Wererat (FF1) Werewolf (FF1, FF3) White Dragon (FF9) Winged Gremlin (FF1) Wight (FF1) Witch (FF2) Wyvern (FF3) Zombie (FF1)

SPECIFIC MONSTERS Agglax (FF36) Akharis (FF59) Amentut (FF59) Balthus Dire (FF2) Cassandra (FF11) Cinnabar (FF61) Count Reiner Heydrich (FF38) Earl of Drumer (FF10) Elvira (FF11) Globus (FF45) Gunthar Heydrich (FF38) Hawkana (FF11) Horfak (FF37) Ikiru (FF20) Jaxartes (FF39) Katrina Heydrich (FF38) Khornu Wych (FF49) Lord Mortis (FF43) Malbordus (FF14) Meghan-na Durr (FF35) Mordraneth (FF34) Myurr (FF40) Night Dragon (FF52) Orghuz (FF30) Razaak (FF26) Relem (FF46) Saucriere (FF49) Sidney Knox (FF17) Snow Witch (FF9) The Animal (FF13) The Devastator (FF17) The Reincarnation (FF17) Throm (FF6) Tyutchev (FF11) Zagor (FF1, FF50) Zagor-Demon (FF54) Zanbar Bone (FF5) Zharradan Marr (FF24)

Eriko Sato
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Eriko Sato is a Japanese model and actress. She plays in the title role of the 2004 Gainax live action Cutie Honey film. She was born December 19th, 1981 in Tokyo Japan. She also played Kaho Sawasaki in the 2005 TV series Densha Otoko (Train Man).

Brian Meyers
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Brian Meyers is a notable resident who resides in the town of bellport, new york. You may have seen his band, PaperChamp in popular long island venues such as The Crazy Donkey or Hurrican O'Malleys. You may catch a glimpse of him strolling the streets of Bellport/Brookhaven, if you time it out just right. Some say you can still hear the sound of his guitar on a calm summer night.

DS 39
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7,62 mm machinegun DS-39:

(Degtjarev Stankovyj 39)

PICTURE: 7,62 mm DS-39 machinegun with its tripod and shield. (Photo taken in Sotamuseo). CLICK THUMBNAIL TO SEE LARGER PIC (32 KB).

Calibre: 7,62 mm x 54 R Length: 117 cm Barrel length: 72,3 cm Weight: 14,3 cm Fire-rate: 600/minute Ammunition belts: 250-round fabric belt, after Lahti's modification also

200-round Finnish metallic belt could be used Mount: Tripod 11 kg Prototype: 1930 Production: Bit over 10,300 made 1939 - 1941 Country of origin: Soviet Union, Finnish modification

Finnish use: Bit fewer than 200 captured by Finnish troops (mostly in 1941). During Continuation War issued to Finnish frontline troops.

Also Soviets had noticed that Maxim machinegun was too heavy to be effective in offensive use. DS-39 (Degtjarev Stankovyj 39) machinegun designed by V.A. Degtjarev was one try to solve this problem. Degtjarev made the first prototype in year 1930 and the test-series manufactured in year 1934 was tested several years. Degtjarev improved the design with help of test results and while these improvements later proved lacking the Soviets seemingly did not spot them at that time. So they decided to replace Maxim machinegun in production with DS-39 machinegun in 22nd of October 1939. This decision soon proved too hasty. Indeed, DS-39 was lighter and it was structurally simpler than Maxim machinegun, but it also had serious reliability problems. The basic reason behind the problems was the rimmed 7.62 mm x 54R cartridge, which demands more complicated feeding system in belt-fed weapons than its non-rimmed competitors. Also fabric ammunition belts (the same ones that the Soviets used in their Maxim machineguns) that the Soviets still used with DS-39 probably didn't exactly help in reliability either. The weapon came with new light tripod, which Degtjarev had designed especially for this machinegun. This tripod was otherwise good, but proved problematic when it was set to its highest setting. With its this setting the machinegun placed on it balanced poorly and proved to have excessive muzzle-climb. So do to these factors using the machinegun for anti-aircraft use was difficult.

Tech-wise DS-39 (Stankovyj = with mount) was full-automatic only gas-action weapon with adjustable gas-regulator. It was air-cooled and looked bit like smaller version of 12.7-mm DShK heavy machinegun (to which it was partially based). By adding spring-loaded buffer to the mechanism the weapons rate-of-fire could be doubled (to 1,200 shots / minute) for antiaircraft use, but this doesn't seem to have been popular - almost certainly because with it the already existing reliability problems got a whole new magnitude. Structurally (especially when it came to its bolt) this machinegun was based also to DP light machinegun, which Degtjarev had designed earlier. After spotting the reality problems the Soviets tried fixing them, but in June of 1941 Germany invaded Soviet Union and they run out of time for improvements. In that situation the Soviets decided to stop manufacturing of DS-39 and to return old, heavy and complicated but reliable Maxim machinegun back to production. Tula Arsenal was the only manufacturer of DS-39 machinegun, it manufactured 10,345 of them between June of 1940 and June of 1941. From those 10,345 machineguns it made 6,628 in year 1940 and 3,717 in year 1941. Some changes were made during the production. Maybe the most notable of these were changes made to barrel attachment system. In the old version the barrel was locked with screw and screwdriver was needed for replacing barrel. In the new version the barrel was locked with a switch and no tools were required for replacing barrel. Another part going through changes during manufacturing was safety-switch. Due to weapons shortage following German attack in 1941 the Soviets issued also DS-39 machineguns to 2nd line troops of their Red Army. After World War 2 they presumably scrapped their remaining DS-39 machineguns. Year 1943 Soviets introduced new SG-43 machinegun, which proved to be the worthy replacement of old Maxim. Year 1942 Degtjarev still came up with improved version prototype of DS-39, but in testing the Soviets organised in May of 1943 the SG-43 prototype proved more reliable and durable than the improved DS-39.

Finnish troops captured bit under 200 machineguns of this type (most of them in 1941) during Continuation War. Also Finnish troops soon noticed the reliability problems these weapons. Aimo Lahti studied captured DS-39 machinegun and in year 1942 he planned it 8 improvements, which considerably reduced the problem. Maybe the most important improvement was decelerator switch, which was added to the weapon's bolt, as the original high rate-of-fire had proved related to reliability problems. Other improvements included making gas-piston thinner (otherwise it typically jam the weapon after only 1,000 shots or so) and adding chamber for soot in end of gas-piston (otherwise the soot could jam gas-piston after some 4,000 - 5,000 shots). Holes of gas-regulator were also increased in size to allow more gas getting to gas-piston and angle of contact piece was changed. In addition also firing pin was thinned. The last but not least of improvements was modifying the weapon's feeding system so that Finnish 200-round metal ammunition belts M/32 could be used. Late 1942 captured DS-39 machineguns were withdrawn from the troops and sent to VKT (Valtion Kivääritehdas = State Rifle Factory), where this 8-part improvement plan was implemented. After making these improvements the machineguns were re-issued to Finnish frontline troops. While not part of the improvement plan Finnish military removed the attachment of optical sight from the captured DS-39 (it seems that the optical sights belonging to these weapons were not captured). Finnish soldiers also usually removed the weapon's shield, as the protection it offered was highly questionable. In its highest the number of DS-39 in Finnish use peaked to 175 and after 2nd World War 145 of them still remained. During Continuation War Finnish frontline troops used these machineguns. After WW2 the remaining DS-39 were warehoused until being declared obsolete year 1986 and mainly scrapped. Nowadays unknown number of Finnish-captured DS-39 machineguns remains in Finnish military museums and collections of Finnish collectors.

Great Eccleston
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Great Eccleston is a small/medium sized village in the county of Lancashire, England. The populated is estimated to be around 3000 although different sources vary on this statistic. The vilage has 3 pubs, 1 Ittalian resteraunt, 2 clothes shops, 1 fish bar(chip shop), 1 kitchen appliance shop, General Stores and a Hardware/DIY store. The village also has a football(soccer) team which competes in the Catforth and District Summer Football League and Blackpool and Fylde Sunday Football Alliance. The Village Centere which is unsuprisingly in the centre of the village has an Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Suite which has 8 computers and is used to introduce and instruct new users on IT skills as well as extending the skills of experianced users. The Village Centre also houses a youth club and numberous other activitys for all ages including creative watercolours, yoga, cookery, salsa dancing and fly fishing. Great Eccleston is an exiting place to be and welcomes visitors with open arms.

Peabody school
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The Peabody School is a non-profit organization dedicated to the "academic and social/emotional" advancment of intelectually gifted students. The school provides a quality and unique experience to its students. The school maintains a warm and supportive enviroment with small class sizes and substantial teacher-student communication. The incredible abality of the school to maxamise learning in evident as most graduates in the eigth grade advance to high school taking french three, chemistry, and a higher math course.