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Ecological Importance of Tree Cavities

Oct 27, 2020 08:43PM ● By WILLIAM R. COX

The creation of tree cavities begins with the red-cockaded woodpecker. This is the only woodpecker in North America that excavates its roosting and nesting cavities in live mature pine trees.

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Ancient Art in Southwest Florida - The Calusa left an impressive body of artwork

Oct 27, 2020 08:35PM ● By CAPT. BRIAN HOLAWAY

In the spring of 1895 on Key Marco Island, J.D. Collier was digging in his garden and unearthed some wooden objects, shell tools and fiber that appeared to be ancient in origin. This began an exploration over the next year that still amazes archaeologists and people from all over the world...

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Casa Ybel Resort - Tying the knot in style, delivering the perfect wedding venue

Oct 27, 2020 06:00PM ● By BILL WAITES

Weddings are all about love, and the staff at Casa Ybel Resort knows plenty about love and weddings―couples have been saying “I do” at this romantic Gulf-shore setting for more than a century.

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Discovering the late Paul Badura-Skoda: Extraordinary artist—on modern and period instruments

Oct 27, 2020 05:45PM ● By ERIK ENTWISTLE

When I was studying piano performance in graduate school, I had the good fortune to work with a wonderful pianist and teacher named Seth Carlin. Next to the obligatory Steinway behemoth in his studio, Seth kept something special, more diminutive and delicate-sounding: a beautifully made replica of an 1820s Graf fortepiano.

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A Hidden Gem You’ve Missed - Gulfport is St. Pete’s secret

Oct 27, 2020 03:45PM ● By LIBBY McMILLAN HENSON

Somewhere between the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and Tropicana Field, there’s a small but cool waterfront community that not only isn’t on the Gulf of Mexico, but it’s never even made most Floridians’ radar. Put it on yours.

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SWFL Journal (September/October 2020)

Oct 26, 2020 09:05PM

A journal from the perspective of Southwest Florida.

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The Science and Art of Design

Oct 26, 2020 07:29PM ● By DR. RANDALL NIEHOFF

Schopenhauer’s definitions came to mind when I was reading a scientific article about transportation. The author stated that a person mounted on the correctly sized bicycle exemplifies the most efficient use of energy per weight in movement, expending less energy than a salmon, seagull, horse, car, or jet plane. Such a calculation represents engineering talent.

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