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Poppa Neutrino, born William David Pearlman, (October 15, 1933 [1] in Fresno, California [2] – January 23, 2011 [3] in New Orleans, Louisiana) was a musician, raft builder and "free spirit" who lived his life outside expected norms. [4] He has been called a modern primitive, a nomad, a permanent dropout, raftbuilder and musician. [4]
A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. [1] It is usually of basic design, characterized by the absence of a hull . Rafts are usually kept afloat by using any combination of buoyant materials such as wood , sealed barrels , or inflated air chambers (such as pontoons ), and are typically not propelled by an engine.
The JUNK Raft Project was organized by Dr. Marcus Eriksen, Joel Paschal and Anna Cummins in Long Beach, California in 2008, to bring attention to the issue of plastic pollution in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The project was launched with the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, after founder Charles J. Moore encountered the patch in 1997. [9]
MONACA ― You can enjoy a floating circus Aug. 19 in the borough. Flotsam River Circus, a troupe of performance artists, musicians and puppeteers, will arrive by handmade raft to Monaca's ...
Each day, dozens of men, women and children cram themselves onto a boat or a homemade raft, setting sail on a very slow and extremely dangerous journey across the Florida Straits. They try to ...
Rafting to Vancouver, British Columbia Canada (August 2006). Raftsmen in Northern Finland in the 1930s Timber rafting on the Willamette River (May 1973).. Timber rafting is a method of transporting felled tree trunks by tying them together to make rafts, which are then drifted or pulled downriver, or across a lake or other body of water.
Pumpkin Spice Sugar Lip Scrub. Give a homemade lip scrub in a jar using a few simple, cheap, and widely available ingredients. This pumpkin spice version comes with a free printable label, but you ...
Son of Town Hall was a junk raft which made a Transatlantic crossing in 1998, built by Poppa Neutrino.. Writer Alec Wilkinson gave a vivid description of Son of Town Hall in his book The Happiest Man in the World, saying: "The raft looked like a specter, a ghost ship, as if made from rags and rope and lumber, a vessel from the end of the world, or something medieval, a flagship of nothingness ...