diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/BaseOpenSimServer.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/BaseOpenSimServer.cs
index 4ab6908e90..566772d869 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/BaseOpenSimServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/BaseOpenSimServer.cs
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers
             
             TimeSpan timeTaken = DateTime.Now - m_startuptime;
             
-            m_log.InfoFormat(
-                "[STARTUP]: Non-script portion of startup took {0}m {1}s.  PLEASE WAIT FOR LOGINS TO BE ENABLED ON REGIONS ONCE SCRIPTS HAVE STARTED.",
+            MainConsole.Instance.OutputFormat(
+                "PLEASE WAIT FOR LOGINS TO BE ENABLED ON REGIONS ONCE SCRIPTS HAVE STARTED.  Non-script portion of startup took {0}m {1}s.",
                 timeTaken.Minutes, timeTaken.Seconds);
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/UuidGatherer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/UuidGatherer.cs
index 502c7485ad..3e074b9cfc 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/UuidGatherer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/UuidGatherer.cs
@@ -181,9 +181,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 
                     if (part.ParticleSystem.Length > 0)
                     {
-                        Primitive.ParticleSystem ps = new Primitive.ParticleSystem(part.ParticleSystem, 0);
-                        if (ps.Texture != UUID.Zero)
-                            assetUuids[ps.Texture] = AssetType.Texture;
+                        try
+                        {
+                            Primitive.ParticleSystem ps = new Primitive.ParticleSystem(part.ParticleSystem, 0);
+                            if (ps.Texture != UUID.Zero)
+                                assetUuids[ps.Texture] = AssetType.Texture;
+                        }
+                        catch (Exception e)
+                        {
+                            m_log.WarnFormat(
+                                "[UUID GATHERER]: Could not check particle system for part {0} {1} in object {2} {3} since it is corrupt.  Continuing.", 
+                                part.Name, part.UUID, sceneObject.Name, sceneObject.UUID);
+                        }
                     }
 
                     TaskInventoryDictionary taskDictionary = (TaskInventoryDictionary)part.TaskInventory.Clone();
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/OptionalModules/Scripting/RegionReadyModule/RegionReadyModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/OptionalModules/Scripting/RegionReadyModule/RegionReadyModule.cs
index c717128363..eb386fe423 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/OptionalModules/Scripting/RegionReadyModule/RegionReadyModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/OptionalModules/Scripting/RegionReadyModule/RegionReadyModule.cs
@@ -216,9 +216,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.Scripting.RegionReady
                 // m_log.InfoFormat("[RegionReady]: Logins enabled for {0}, Oar {1}",
                 //                 m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionName, m_oarFileLoading.ToString());
 
-                // Warn level because the region cannot be used while logins are disabled
-                m_log.WarnFormat(
-                    "[RegionReady]: INITIALIZATION COMPLETE FOR {0} - LOGINS ENABLED", m_scene.Name);
+                // Putting this out to console to make it eye-catching for people who are running OpenSimulator
+                // without info log messages enabled.  Making this a warning is arguably misleading since it isn't a 
+                // warning, and monitor scripts looking for warn/error/fatal messages will received false positives.
+                // Arguably, log4net needs a status log level (like Apache).
+                MainConsole.Instance.OutputFormat("INITIALIZATION COMPLETE FOR {0} - LOGINS ENABLED", m_scene.Name);
             }
 
             m_scene.SceneGridService.InformNeighborsThatRegionisUp(
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
index 5804aa87f2..b261b9fb32 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
@@ -1709,9 +1709,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
         public bool GetScriptState(UUID itemID)
         {
             IScriptInstance instance = GetInstance(itemID);
-            if (instance != null)
-                return instance.Running;
-            return false;
+            return instance != null && instance.Running;
         }
 
         public void ApiResetScript(UUID itemID)
@@ -1755,9 +1753,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
         public DetectParams GetDetectParams(UUID itemID, int idx)
         {
             IScriptInstance instance = GetInstance(itemID);
-            if (instance != null)
-                return instance.GetDetectParams(idx);
-            return null;
+            return instance != null ? instance.GetDetectParams(idx) : null;
         }
 
         public void SetMinEventDelay(UUID itemID, double delay)
@@ -1770,9 +1766,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
         public UUID GetDetectID(UUID itemID, int idx)
         {
             IScriptInstance instance = GetInstance(itemID);
-            if (instance != null)
-                return instance.GetDetectID(idx);
-            return UUID.Zero;
+            return instance != null ? instance.GetDetectID(idx) : UUID.Zero;
         }
 
         public void SetState(UUID itemID, string newState)
@@ -1786,9 +1780,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
         public int GetStartParameter(UUID itemID)
         {
             IScriptInstance instance = GetInstance(itemID);
-            if (instance == null)
-                return 0;
-            return instance.StartParam;
+            return instance == null ? 0 : instance.StartParam;
         }
 
         public void OnShutdown()
@@ -1822,9 +1814,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
         public IScriptApi GetApi(UUID itemID, string name)
         {
             IScriptInstance instance = GetInstance(itemID);
-            if (instance == null)
-                return null;
-            return instance.GetApi(name);
+            return instance == null ? null : instance.GetApi(name);
         }
 
         public void OnGetScriptRunning(IClientAPI controllingClient, UUID objectID, UUID itemID)