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The Allende Arts Festival gratefully acknowledges the support of:
Opening concert: Wine generously provided by the Consulate General of Chile
And of course - none of this would be possible without the support and commitment of our incredible volunteers - cheers to you our amazing community builders!
Festival Program 2011
Opening Night:
Traveling Songs
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601 Christie Street (Just south of St. Clair)
Toronto, ON
Friday, September 23rd 2011 - 8pm to 10pm (doors open at 7)
Join us as we travel to different parts of the world through music and dance. Experience the rich cultural diversity that stems from the experience of our flight from country as we try to create ways to connect to who we are and what we define as home.
Juan Dino Toledo - Flamenco
Rakkatak - Indian Tabla
Aline Morales - Brazilian Fusion
Seating is limited - to guarantee your spot to this unforgettable free event please email
valentina(at)allendefestival.ca and reserve the number of tickets required.
Family Saturday
Life in Flight
"Communities and diverse cultures creating and sharing together as one Global Family"
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601 Christie Street (Just south of St. Clair)
Toronto, ON
Saturday, September 24th 2011 - Noon to 4pm
Join us for this family centered event and experience the joy of sharing our diverse cultures through music and dance, arts and crafts, puppetry, workshops and even a community soccer game!
http://www.allendefestival.com/?id=181Leah Saloma - Children's Music
Hugh Phillips - The Fairytale Puppet Theatre
Mulambo Groove - Bavia Arts -Brazilian Dance & Percussion Artists
Family Saturday Program:
Family Portraits
(Noon - 2:00)
Children will collaborate on a variety of murals relating to the ideas of family, home, and cultural roots, all connecting back to the theme of "Life in Flight." They will be free to move from mural to mural and decorate them as they wish. This exercise mirrors the experience of constantly being uprooted, but also highlights the significance of the brief but memorable human connections and relationships we make along the way in our lives.
Kites of Hope
(Noon - 2:00)
Nothing says summer like kite-flying. Whether it's your first time or a family tradition, we invite you to come fly with us!
Castles in the Clouds
(2:00 - 3:00)
With the help of family and staff, children will attempt to build the biggest castle they can, using only paper and tape. The twist: It has to be done in complete silence! This fun and hands-on activity attempts to re-create the challenge faced by many refugees and immigrants of having to overcome a language and communication barrier, while also encouraging children to create! A Crayola gift package will be awarded to the best looking castle or tower at 3:00.
Fly Away Home
(2:00 - 3:00)
Continuing with the theme of flight, check out our paper plane workshop to learn how to make your very own. Then test them out on our target range!
Showcase Your Face
(Noon - 3:00)
Transform into a big brave lion, a scary spider, or anything our talented artists and their fun imaginations have to offer at our face-painting station!
(Noon - 3:00)
What better way to enjoy the beautiful Summer weather than a friendly game of soccer ?
A friendly game of Monkey Soccer and Three-Team Soccer! Staff will introduce your children to these hilarious new sports, and finish off with a fun and non-competitive soccer match. Children will be asked to rotate on and off the field to allow equal amount of playing time for everyone.
A Family Quilt
(1:30 - 4:00)
Enjoy a reading of Patricia Polacco's award-winning story, The Keeping Quilt. This wonderful and touching story tells about a beautiful family heirloom as it's passed down six generations, and shows the importance of family traditions. Afterwards, the children will work together to create a quilt symbolizing their love for their family.
Closing Festivities:
Closing Party - Lula Lounge's Salsa Saturday
Join us for dancing after 9pm ($15 includes a salsa lesson!) or come early and enjoy Lula's $49 dinner and show package. The dinner package guarantees seating for the night and includes appetizer, main course and dessert, the 9pm beginner salsa lesson and three sets by the live salsa band.
When: Saturday October 1st, 2011
Time: 9 pm
Where: Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas Street West
Entertainment: Salsotika and DJ Suave
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He is first seen after Ned discovers maple syrup in his sabotaged kitchen space. While he and Olive investigate Der Waffle Iron's kitchen for clues, the Waffle Nazi returns with Marianne Marie Beetle and accuses the Pie Holers of sabotage, revealing severed waffle iron cords.

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Why earth fault loop impedance test is necessary
Earth fault loop impedance is the path followed by fault current when a low impedance fault occurs between the phase conductor and earth, i.e. "earth fault loop". Fault current is driven round the loop by the supply voltage. The higher the impedance, the lower the fault current will be and the longer it will take for the circuit protection to operate.
To make sure the protection operates fast enough, the loop impedance must be low. Every circuit must be tested to make sure that the actual loop impedance does not exceed that specified for the protective device concerned. It is recommended that the Ze test be done first. This test, done at the distribution board, gives the loop impedance of the circuit, excluding the installation. The Zs test, which includes the circuit tested in the Ze test as well as including the installation resistance, must be done next.
In most homes, basic shock protection is done by coordinating an earthing circuit with automatic switches in the indoor wiring circuits. This quickly cuts off supply to an earthing circuit where a fault occurs and touch voltage exceeds an acceptable limit. Proper protection against electric shock hazards is given when the TT wiring system complies with: Ra x Ia <50, where Ra is the sum of the resistances of earth bars and protective conductors and Ia is the maximum current of the protection system. Ra multiplied by Ia should not be more than 50 V, i.e. the maximum voltage one can touch will not exceed 50 V in the event of an earth fault.
Earth fault loop impedance testing
The value of the earth fault loop impedance is the sum of transformer coil winding resistance, phase conductor (L1) resistance and the protective conductor (PE) resistance as well as the source earth resistance and installation resistance.
The Ze earth fault loop impedance measurement is made on the supply side of the distribution board and the main means of earthing, with the main switch open and all circuits isolated. The means of earthing will be isolated from the installation's earthing system (earth rods) bonding during the test. The Ze measurement will confirm the earth fault loop impedance as the sum of the resistances of the transformer coil winding, phase conductor or supply side and protective conductor resistance, but not the installation earth resistance.
The Zs earth fault loop impedance should be tested at the furthest point of each circuit. In most cases the circuit breaker needs to be bridged out. The total earth fault loop impedance can be measured by plugging a loop tester into a socket outlet, or in some cases with an external earth probe. The value of the earth fault loop impedance is the sum of the resistances of the transformer coil winding , phase conductor (L1) and protective conductor (PE) as well as source earth and installation earth resistance.
When using an external earth probe, the earth fault loop impedance can be measured by touching an external probe directly to an earth bar, collector and connection point of an earth bar. The same measurement can be done by touching the earth probe to exposed, conductive parts of equipment in the circuits and exposed metal parts.
Anyone on site must avoid shock hazard while establishing contact and while doing the test. When buying a loop tester ask for distribution board test leads so that Ze and Zs measurements can be done.
Prospective short circuit current (PSC) testing
The prospective short circuit or fault current at any point in an electrical installation is the current that would flow in the circuit if no circuit protection operated and a complete (very low impedance) short circuit occurred. The value of this fault current is determined by the supply voltage and the impedance of the path taken by the fault current. Measurement of PSC can be used to check that protective devices within the system will operate within safety limits and as per the safe design of the installation. PSC is normally measured between the phase and neutral at the DB or at a socket outlet.
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American Eurocopter AS 350B2 N613TV/Eurocopter AS 350B2 N215TV, Phoenix, July 27, 2007–The NTSB has released factual information about the midair involving two tv news helicopters in Phoenix. The KTVK-TV Channel 3 (N613TV) and KNXS-TV Channel 15 (N215TV) Eurocopters were operated by KTVK-TV and US Helicopters, respectively. Both electronic news gathering (ENG) helicopters were following the local police pursuit of a fleeing carjacking suspect. The two helicopters collided when the suspect left the vehicle and got into another one.
The pilot and photographer in each helicopter were killed. The helicopters, which came down in a park, were destroyed.
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Resurrected "Frankenweenie" brings Burton's career back to life
After weathering the hits and misses of Tim Burton's more recent work, fans saw a promising break in the clouds when the full-length adaptation of "Frankenweenie" was announced.
The black-and-white short that originally got him fired from Disney has, ironically, come full circle – not only does this spooky stop-motion tale reunite Burton with the kid-friendly studio, it has zapped new life into a career that was gasping for air.
The story from his 1984 short remains intact in this fleshed-out feature version. It's about Victor Frankenstein, a young boy with no real friends other than his loyal dog, Sparky. After Sparky gets hit by a car, Victor employs the new electrical knowledge he learned in science class to reanimate his beloved best friend. The experiment succeeds in bringing Sparky back from the dead, but also invites a fair amount of unwanted attention from his competitive classmates.
Much of "Frankenweenie"'s updated plot revolves around the antics of the creepy cast of characters at Victor's elementary school. Once word gets out that Victor's electrified Sparky back into existence, they all want to have a go at it. They, however, want to do it to get an edge in the upcoming science fair and will stop at nothing to learn Victor's secret.
This conniving cast of oddballs is alternately creepy and hilarious and very quintessentially Burton-esque. They're dark, twisted and just teetering on the edge of too bizarre for their own good, but the uncharacteristically grown-up humor they provide is worth a little risk. The aptly named "Weird Girl," for example, delivers her morbidly deadpan observations to near perfection (the perfection is saved for her creep-tastic furball cat, Mr. Whiskers), and Edgar Gore (get it? "E"-gore?) takes being the outcast to a quirky and unnerving new level.
Where "Frankenweenie" really shines, though, is in the details. Burton channels work from his past and touches of classic horror – plus his own off-kilter sense of humor – to turn his latest feature into a legitimate labor of love. The seemingly idyllic, cookie-cutter town of New Holland, its conspicuous windmill, the neighbor girl's hairstyle and demeanor and other add-ins give cute nods to Burton's most iconic films. Things like the poodle next door's romance with Sparky, Victor's telltale method of resurrection and even the name of a pet turtle help tie it back to the original "Frankenstein." And still there's room for Burton's trademark style to peek through and tie it all together.
Lest people think this is just Burton capitalizing on his past successes with sly (and not-so-sly) allusions to his best work, I should point out that there is still plenty of originality to be had in viewing "Frankenweenie." The clever inclusions are practically all visual, meaning that the extra 58 minutes the feature has on the short are made up of brand-new content. Although its a bit of a Frankenmovie thanks to the various sources it cobbles together, the stitching is still one-of-a-kind.
More important than the content, however, Burton has recaptured the whimsical, innocent tone that permeated so much of his earlier material. Caught up in more commercial projects like "Dark Shadows," "Alice in Wonderland" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," much of his unique ability to balance darkness and light was sidelined. With "Frankenweenie," Burton returns to form with an ease that suggests there is still much more promise left in his distinctive career.
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- Question from Laurie B: What kind of standard tests do you recommend when treatment is finished for ER/PR-negative, i.e. tumor marker, scans, or blood tests, and how often?
- Answers - Kathy D. Miller, M.D. There are many tests that women may have, including X-rays, CT-scans, bone scans, or blood tests. Most of those tests are not very effective in identifying a recurrence of breast cancer in women who have no symptoms or signs of recurrence on physical examination. For that reason, a regular schedule of testing is specifically not recommended. We would only recommend that those tests be done to evaluate symptoms or new physical changes. The one test that is important in your follow-up is regular breast imaging, such as mammography, on any remaining breast tissue.
- Jennifer Armstrong, M.D. As Dr. Miller just said, since the most important thing is signs or symptoms, surveillance is recommended with your health care provider and includes physical exam. I often see my patients every three months for the first year and less frequently over the next several years, but continue annual visits indefinitely.
- Kathy D. Miller, M.D. Many of my patients find what we call the "Two-Week Rule" very helpful. It is very common to be worried about recurrence after you've been diagnosed with breast cancer. Often, minor illnesses that you've had many times in the past take on new meaning and bring these fears back to the forefront. Having had breast cancer doesn't protect you from getting a cold or the flu or muscle aches after moving the furniture. But if symptoms don't get better the way they always have in the past or the way you think they should over a two-to-three week period, that's something that your doctor should hear about and may prompt further evaluation.
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Euro Hostel Krakow
Kategorie: Ubytovna
Adresa: Ul. Westerplatte 13/2 - Krakov, Polsko
Starting from: 10.53 EUR
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About the property
The Hostel is located on the ground floor of a lovely tenement house, whose windows give fine views of Krakow's unique park Planty.
Euro Hostel Krakow has 3 dorms which have the capacity of 4, 6 and 8 guests. The rooms complimented with two fully-equipped bathrooms (including washing machines) make this hostel a perfect place for students, for instance. It has a double room with a separate bathroom.
Each room is decorated in a different style and has its own atmosphere and character.
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Euro Hostel Krakow can propose a full board as well as the only selected meals in a catering set out in its immediate vicinity. Additionally, they provide their customers with free access to the Internet - WiFi in every room. For clients arriving by plane, they offer their own transport.
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Study of Hemodynamics of Neonates by Echocardiography and USCOM (HNEU)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified January 2010 by Guangdong General Hospital.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Guangdong General Hospital
Information provided by:
Guangdong General Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: January 8, 2010
Last updated: January 11, 2010
Last verified: January 2010
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the hemodynamic values of neonates that are healthy and those with various congenital heart diseases and sepsis by using echocardiography and USCOM.
|Sepsis Congenital Heart Disease
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|Study of Hemodynamics of Healthy Neonates and Those With Congenital Heart Diseases and Sepsis by Echocardiography and USCOM
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Heart Diseases SepsisU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Guangdong General Hospital:
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2008
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2011
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
congenital heart disease
Neonates that are enrolled in the NICU and are confirmed of congenital heart diseases.
Neonates that are enrolled in the NICU and are diagnosed as sepsis.
Neonates that are enrolled in the NICU and have no congenital heart diseases and sepsis.
Detailed Description:
Echocardiography is a diagnostic tool for congenital heart disease.However,it requires skilled specialists to perform it and is a little expensive.Besides,it is too big to move to the bedside easily.USCOM is another newly choice to evaluate hemodynamic values in recent years.This study will compare the hemodynamic values of neonates that are healthy and those with congenital heart diseases and sepsis by using echocardiography and USCOM.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 30 Days (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Study Population
patients enrolled in the NICU of Guangdong General Hospital
Inclusion Criteria:
- neonatal
- congenital heart disease
- sepsis
Exclusion Criteria:
- aged more than thirty days
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01045252
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01045252
|China, Guangdong
|Guangdong General Hospital
|Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510080
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Guangdong General Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Shaoru He
|Guangdong General Hospital
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 18, 2017
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|Study First Received:
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Diseases
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Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Cardiovascular Abnormalities
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In mid-August Gap said it will open its 5,400-sq.-ft. 1969 office in downtown Los Angeles, on Olive and Pico. The new creative offices will house design and merchandising, tech services, wash development and production, and will be run by Rosella Giuliani, newly appointed 1969 creative director.
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Frame Question
Are the frames of a 19 and 23 the same? If i bought an entire 23 upper could i use it on my 19 frame?
The 19, 23, and 32 all share the same frame. A 23 upper should work on the 19 lower.
However, you could sell the 19, buy either a 23 or 32 and with just barrel and mag swaps use the same pistol to shoot 9mm, .40, and 357SIG.
A G23 with a new barrel shoots 357sig fine
But to get it to shoot 9mm (rather than 10mm) would require a new boltface/ejector assembly - basically a new upper (as well as a new barrel and mag)...:)
My GLOCK Armorer said the same thing
the ejector is visibly different from the 19 to the 23, and "might" cause a jam. It is definitely not a factory approved swop to put the G19 barrel and/or slide on the G23 frame, and I will not admit having run three mags of 9mm that way with no hangup. Also, don't try to bend the .40 ejector with visegrips... :o
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St. Jude's Collects Used Christmas Cards For Good Cause
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St. Jude's Ranch for Children wants to collect as many used Christmas cards as possible to recycle them for a good cause.
The program plans to take the covers off of the cards and create new ones to sell.
The proceeds benefit St. Jude's Ranch for Children, which has a 40-year history of healing and caring for abused, abandoned and neglected children.
The program accepts birthday and regular greeting cards throughout the year.
According to St. Jude's website, the card program began more than 30 years ago.
For more information on how to donate or purchase the cards, visit St. Jude's here.
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Elastilon is a permanently elastic, soft underlay for hardwood floors with excellent thermal and acoustic characteristics.It is capable of turning a concrete slab into a hardwood floor in no time at all. From 50% to 70% faster than traditional methods!
Quick Highlights:- Ideal for the floating applications of solid and engineered wood floors.- Can be used over wood subfloors and concrete (not recommended for below-grade installations)- Promotes continuous tension across the boards and helps eliminate gapping and open seams.- This unique adhesive underlayment system allows for quicker, easy installations.Click here to read the complete installation instructions.
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(11 of 11 customers found this review helpful)
Perfect for floating a floor
By Jose
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About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer
Comments about Elastilon Self Adhesive Underlayment:
Started to hand nail the floor down but was unhappy with some noise so decided to try this. If you are not using click bamboo flooring this is a wonderful product. After getting the first couple of courses down it is a breeze and no noise.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Jen
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This product was easy to use and put down
(14 of 14 customers found this review helpful)
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By tom
from California
Just finished the installation. Here's our one big mistake (you should avoid this).We would lay 2-3 rows of wood, then pull out the film from underneath the newly-laid rows. We were being cautious when pulling out the film….we didn't want to pull it too far and expose the sticky part (would mess up installation of the next board). So we pulled it out to where we thought the edge of the board was (a guess). Apparently our guesses weren't good and we were leaving too much film under the boards we had just laid. By the time we got to the far side of the room, the error had accumulated, so we had film under many rows (how many?) even though we continued to pull it each time after 3 rows were layed. We just weren't pulling it out far enough. We had a hell of a time pulling the film out at the very end because it extended under so many boards. It took two big guys pulling with everything we had to get it out, with another two guys pulling the boards up (slightly).Recommend you do this: Use a tape measure to measure how far out you've pulled the film. In other words, before you pull the next section out, mark it with a sharpie marker along the board, then pull and measure the distance from your mark back to the boards you just layed. Should be 5 inches (one board) or 10 inches (two boards) etc. That way you don't get a build-up of film left under the boards. And, now that I think of it, it would probably help prevent pulling the film out too far.
Great product - but expensive
By ygur
from Galt, CA
The Elastilon product made installing my Hickory hand-scraped flooing over a concrete pad fast and easy. The product is rather expensive, but the extra cost was certainly worth the price, when compared with the time and effort I have expended installing the wood floor using a nailer on the other two levels of the house. The only issue I had was when I accidentally pinched the 'film' between two boards, and it caused the film to tear as I pulled it out from underneath a portion of flooring. Had to pull up the floor a little ways back to grab the torn portion and even it out. If you work carefully, this product makes installation fast and looks great!
Great Stuff
By Nick
from Charleston, SC
This stuff made laying my floor really easy. I used it over concrete so was glad to avoid having to lay down plywood. Was rather costly but overall was worth it.
(10 of 10 customers found this review helpful)
By Gary
from Cody, WY
Quality product
High tech way to install solid flooring
By Pops
from Templeton, Ca.
About Me Professional
Lay down the underlayment lap 1-2 inches up walls. peel back slip sheet, lay first course, top nail at walls so that baseboard/shoe covers nails. Continue laying flooring till complete, peeling slip sheet as each course is installed. Clamp each board tightly as you go. I set each board into underlayment adhesive with rubber mallet as I go. Perfect for mixed sub floors ie. wood/concrete transitions, etc. Produces a quality floating floor that is tight, quiet which is quick and easy to install.
Excellent Product
By A DIY Guy
from Phoenix, AZ
This is an excellent product! I had my reservations before using it, because it almost looked too easy. I thought there had to be a catch. However, I will never use anything else other than Elastilon to install flooring from this point on. I am using it to install tongue and groove bamboo over concrete. It is very easy to work with, and allows you to line up the boards before sticking them to the floor. There is no time rush as with spreading adhesives. There isn't really a downside that I can think of. Some of the reviews I read said that the surface covering that you peel back rips and tears. I did not have this happen at all, and I have pulled on it pretty hard particularly near door frames, and when finishing a row up against a wall. I have had the flooring in for about a month so far, and the boards are still tight together, without any noticeable gaps developing.
(17 of 17 customers found this review helpful)
Solid 5" Red Oak Hardwoods and Elastilon
By Posey
from Chickasha, OK
My Project: 1970's complete gut job. Very open living room and square bedroom. Total square footage around 2000. Laying elastilon over concrete. 5" Red Oak planks from Lumber Liquidators tounge and groove solid hardwoods not locking.Pro's (short list): Easy to roll the stuff out over your floor. You don't have to chemically prep your floor, in fact minimal prep is needed to the concrete floor. Just scraped down anything sticking up but even glue left from carpet is fine and doesn't affect the final result. Super soft to touch and for noise. Had hardwoods right on concrete and they are so loud, these are remarkably quiet. Softer on your knees when sliding around on the floor.Con's (long list): First thing you must have is a square surface to get those first three rows locked in place. If you don't have a square surface make one, glue 3 rows of boards together and then slide against the wall with shims. Learned the hard way on the first room. Let the 3 rows set up over night.Second thing, plastic constantly rips or catches between tounge and groove and rips creating small areas that do not adhere to the elastilon. Recommend a razor knife and guide the rip to a point by cutting in a triangle fashion.Third thing, BIGGIE, this product does not work well with warped boards that are side to side. Traditional nail guns you can nail the warps out by tacking them to the ground elastilon doesn't afford you that benefit. The long boards are the primary issue, out of the 1500 square foot great room we ended up with 9 bundles of mostly long boards that wouldn't work. In the 500 square foot room we ended up with 4 bundles that wouldn't work. We had another 500 square foot room we wanted to do but with so much wood that wouldn't work we are not able to... Moral of the story plan for 20% shrinkage and you may end up with extra...Summary: After 2000 squarefoot I finally understand how the product works and how to lay it properly with minimal issues. Super happy with final result just a pain in the butt to do. Make this your last option.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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(12 of 12 customers found this review helpful)
will likely use this product again
By Matt from Fort Langley BC
from Fort Langly BC
The biggest problem is that the wood must be straight. So the quality of the solid wood is important.Make sure it is acclimated inside the boxes so it does not warp and then use up quickly.Also, the first line of planks must be connected very straight. So prepare that part very.
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Notes on the design of the Deva Proselyte:
The goal here was to create a transformative prestige class that allows a player to become a celestial, but not one listed in the monster manual. This class has a primary focus similar to that of a paladin, with abilities that support group coordination as well as being a fair combat tank. As such, it was designed to augment the abilities of typical melee classes capable of dropping some points into Charisma as a secondary ability.
Entry Requirements:
These have posed a problem from the beginning. The class needed to be fairly open to a wide variety of entrants, but the generally level-based restrictions impose difficulty on entry for the target characters. Paladin is the only SRD class with one of the requisite skills as a class skill. That just sucks.
Feats have posed a problem as well, as none seem to fit the flavor, and I personally dislike the idea of a "pay for entry with a feat" for prestige classes. However, I'm currently considering implementing a single new feat as a prerequisite.
Here's the working sample of the possible entry feat:
Divine Influence [General]
As though guided by a divine hand, what you thought was a sure failure turned out to not be so bad after all.
Benefit: 3/day, you can "take 10" on an attack roll, saving throw, skill check or ability check. You may choose to use the benefit of this feat after you roll but not if you had rolled a natural 1 on your d20.
Racial restrictions are fairly clear. Outsider, Construct and Undead are all top-tier creature types. Incorporeal creatures are excluded simply for ease. The base attack bonus requirement is still up in the air and may be excluded eventually.
Class Features:
Full Base Attack Bonus is essential. This is a combat-capable class, and will often be front-line.
Saving Throws were a tough decision, as the class is designed to become an Outsider, which has all good save progressions. I settled on having just a good Fortitude as a balancing factor for all the other goodies the class gets.
The various resistances (energy resistances, damage reduction and resistance to poison, disease and petrification) are nice, but fairly minor by the time the player gets them within the course of his career as an adventurer. Damage reduction helps to offset his low HD and likely tertiary Constitution (with either Strength or Dexterity being primary and Charisma being secondary).
The energy resistances are fairly substantial, but energy damage is less common, and less likely to make a difference in the overall career of a character (though it may be important in a single encounter). Energy resistance is also easy to access via items and spells at greater strength up until the deva proselyte hits his 10th level and gains immunity to a single energy, which again, is still fairly minor.
The special resistances to poison, disease and petrification are also minor. Petrification likely won't come up at all. Disease might come up a couple times in his 20 level career and poison may come up quite a bit more. Though, these bonuses are outclassed by spells (that neutralize poison and diseases entirely) and items like antitoxin (thankfully, antitoxin will stack for those times you just forget to spend the few gold to have some on hand).
Class Skills:
Intelligence likely won't be all that high for a general deva proselyte, so skill points are set fairly average at 4+Int, so that he gets at least a few. With the varied group of entrants to the class, available skills are pretty wide open, allowing players to pick and choose what areas to excel in.
Class Features:
Aura of Good was taken directly from cleric, basically. A creature who exudes good has an aura of good in DnD.
Charismatic Focus was to allow characters who may not have taken Charisma as an important ability earlier in their career the option to improve it a bit (at the detriment to another mental score). Charisma is often hard to come by in racial bonuses anyhow.
Little Wings is just the introduction to the ever-flavorful and fun flight that is so eponymous with angelic figures.
Low-Light Vision and Darkvision are basically mandatory as features of outsiders.
Celestial Bolt is a hell of a tricky ability to adjust for balance, but adds a load of versatility to the class, with being able to deal solid damage as a ranged attack without needing to purchase a secondary set of weapons.
Divine Aura was important for that "teamwork" aspect, similar to the function of a bard.
Reduced Needs and Tongues are mostly just for flavor, providing little mechanical benefit in a combat/danger situation.
The Good subtype is pretty straightforward, being part of the character becoming an outsider.
The Special Defense and Offense abilities are also rather tricky. They're not balanced to each other as well as I would hope. Their purpose is to add variety and customization to the class, representing combat training or training their bodies to release their celestial potentials.
I kinda lost steam and don't feel like going through all the special abilities from here. Perhaps another time or upon request. --Ganteka Future 03:35, September 28, 2010 (UTC)
On PrerequisitesEdit
If you're really super concerned about the prerequisites being too restrictive, you could just leave it at "8 ranks in Knowledge (religion) or Knowledge (the planes), nonevil, can speak Celestial" and remove the (shitty unless you're a divine caster or actually Good-aligned) feat prerequisites. That way, you can still be assured of minimum level while opening it up to all kinds of characters (since there exist feats that allow adding skills to a class skill list).
Also, to borrow from the wording of most templates, I'd prefer "Any living, corporeal creature" to "Not a Construct, Undead, or Incorporeal". --Quantumboost 17:09, September 28, 2010 (UTC)
- There is much super concerning about the prerequisites. They will definitely be getting overhauled after I do some more conferring and whatnot. Starting with conferring now. The Base Attack Bonus prerequisite is gonna get dropped for sure. It was an afterthought and I'm not sure why I added it anyways, as it serves no purpose. It's a shame there aren't more stable ways (that aren't really lame like "5 HD") to ensure prestige class entry. Actually, what are the thoughts on using "you must have 5 HD" as a prerequisite?
- As for "Any living, corporeal creature", I think I avoided that out of weird cases like living constructs, though, really, it just comes down to "Do you have a living body with a soul? If yes, then you're pre-approved for levels in this credit card... er, prestige class". I'll probably reword it once I get in to make more edits. --Ganteka Future 17:59, September 28, 2010 (UTC)


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So as I further examine the track, I hear dude cross the line. He begins to call my wife out of her name! Now as y'all know, I don't take that type of nonsense lightly. So on some grown man shit I'm instantly like, I got to get at this Lame. I know it's only entertainment and I'm all for freedom of speech. But I'm from the school of thought where if you are tough enough to talk shit, you got to be tough enough to deal with the consequences that come with tough guy shit talking! Then the little angel on my shoulder said, "No Nicholas, there is no need to play into his negativity. He is just a troubled soul yearning for the lost spotlight. You must be Christ like and turn the other cheek"
But then the dude on the other shoulder said, " What Nigga?! Is you scared?! You can't let no man ever disrespect your wife! Especially not some Peroxide drenched homophobic has-been! This is like some Paquiao vs. Hatton shit! He is underestimating you with his ass out and you can drop him in the first round!"
Nick then goes on to equate insulting Mariah Carey as an insult to black women everywhere and then informs Eminem he knows karate before eventually ending on this note:
So Miss Marshall, I'm going to make you wish you never spoke my name and regret the ungodly things you said about my wife. This is going to be fun! It's however you want it! Just remember, you did this to yourself! Your legacy has now been tainted from this day forth! You will now be known as the rapper who lost to Corny-ass Nick Cannon!!!
Here's what I want to know: How did Nick Cannon have time to write all this when he should've been cleaning the pool, picking up the dry cleaning and constantly refilling Mariah's glass? Oh, and also not having sex. That, too.


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HOW accurate is the science in the new movie Angels & Demons?
A free public lecture at the Manitoba Museum, today from 2 to 3 p.m., will address that question.
Similar talks are taking place in seven other Canadian cities and across the United States. It's all aimed at separating fact from fiction in the movie, which is based on the bestseller by Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code.
"It's not often that physics takes centre stage in a Hollywood movie," Scott Young, manager of science communications at the Manitoba Museum, said in a news release.
"It's a great opportunity to address whether or not this antimatter stuff is real. Should people worry about it? How much of Angels & Demons is just movie magic and how much is the truth?"
Starring Tom Hanks and directed by Ron Howard, Angels & Demons focuses on an apparent plot to destroy the Vatican using antimatter made at the Large Hadron Collider and stolen from the European particle physics laboratory CERN.
Scientists are using this opportunity to explain the real science of antimatter, the Large Hadron Collider and particle physics research.
"It's a great way to highlight the really cool science behind the movie," Young said. "This (lecture) program also encourages people to think critically about what they're presented in the mass media, and not just believe everything they see."
Previous Manitoba Museum programs of this type have looked at the movies Outbreak, Armageddon and The Day After Tomorrow.
More information about the Angels & Demons lectures is available at http://www.uslhc.us/Angels_Demons.


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Having been beaten up by school bully George (Peck), Sam (Culkin) plots with his older brother (Williams) to get revenge by inviting the boy on a birthday trip down the river. Once they get in that boat, there's no going back...
Mean Creek could teach Ocean's Twelve a lesson or two about how to handle an ensemble piece. Every one of the central characters is beautifully written and given such a fascinating backstory that the film could easily splinter off into six separate movies. The fact that they're all children only makes the level of detail even more impressive.
Showing immense technical skill and emotional understanding, writer-director Jacob Aaron Estes switches our sympathies from character to character like a game of pass the parcel. At the centre are our mixed feelings about bully George. He's incredibly rude - but that has something to do with his learning disabilities. His ongoing video diary emphasises his loneliness - but, boy, is he irritating at close quarters.
Estes enriches the plot by refusing to present each character's emotional dilemmas in black-and-white terms. Any sense of justice over a schoolyard beating stops being clear-cut when notions of conscience and guilt come into play. Equally ambiguous is the role of adults in this child's world - Mean Creek is a place where parents are noticeably absent, and the very mention of them only brings pain.
Pitching its mood somewhere between River's Edge, Stand By Me and George Washington, this showcases great writing, with exceptional acting from its young cast.


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The ESA Governing Board today announced the new fellows, who will be recognized Nov. 11, 2012 at the ESA's annual meeting in Knoxville, Tenn.
Page, the vice provost and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, since July 2011, is a pioneer in the field of evolutionary genetics and the social behavior of honey bees.
Page did much of his research at UC Davis. He received his doctorate in entomology at UC Davis in 1980, learning from his major professor Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. (for whom the UC Davis bee research facility is named). He then joined The Ohio State University faculty before returning to UC Davis as a faculty member in 1989.
He chaired the UC Davis Department of Entomology from 1999 to 2004.
Page, who studies the evolution of complex social behavior in honey bees, from genes to societies, left UC Davis in 2004 to be the founding director of the new School of Life Sciences. Arizona State University, where he built a Social Insect Research Group that is now recognized worldwide.
Page was trained as an entomologist, evolutionary population geneticist, classical animal breeder, and mechanistic behaviorist, according to a news release issued by the ESA. "This training has defined his research approach of looking at the genetics and evolution of complex social behavior. He has taken a vertical approach to understanding the mechanisms of honey bee social foraging and how it evolves."
His work is contained in more than 225 research articles. Page has also co-edited three books and authored or co-authored two. Page is a highly cited ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) author in plant and animal science. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the German National Academy of Science, and the Brazilian Academy of Science. In 1995 he was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize by the government of Germany.
Although Page resides in Arizona, his research bees are UC Davis-based residents. Bee breeder-geneticist Michael "Kim" Fondrk, who worked with Page at Ohio State University, UC Davis and ASU, manages the specialized genetic stock, which today includes 90 hives.
Of the 90 hives, about 70 have instrumentally inseminated queens as part of their pollen-hoarding breeding research program.
Back in 2006, Page told us: "Davis is still home to me. I raised my family there, my closest friends and colleagues are still in the entomology department there. I still feel very strong attachments."
Former department chair Robert Washino remembers him fondly. He recently recalled that "Rob chose to return to UC Davis in 1989 to be with his former major professor (Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.). He later cared for him and his wife, Ruth, in their declining years. We all remember Rob's scholarly side and his humanitarian side."
Page joins three other UC-affiliated entomologists in the ESA Fellows Class of 2012: Joseph Morse, professor of entomology at UC Riverside; Henry H. Hagedorn, who received his doctorate in entomology from UC Davis in 1970; and R. Michael Roe, who trained at the UC Davis Department of Entomology from 1981 to 1984 as a National Institutes of Health fellow in cellular and molecular biology.
And interestingly enough, Page is following in the footsteps of Harry H. Laidlaw Jr., who himself was elected an ESA fellow in 1991.
With the addition of Page, the UC Davis Department of Entomology now has 16 fellows who are current or former faculty members. The first was Richard M. Bohart (1913-2007), for whom the Bohart Museum of Entomology is named. He received the honor in 1947. Fifteen others followed: Donald McLean, elected in 1990; Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. (1907-2003), 1991; John Edman, 1994; Robert Washino, 1996; Bruce Eldridge, 2001; William Reisen, 2003; Harry Kaya, 2007; Michael Parrella and Frank Zalom, 2008; Walter Leal, 2009; Bruce Hammock and Thomas Scott, 2010; James R. Carey and Diane Ullman, 2011, and now Robert E. Page Jr., 2012.
There's a good reason why they're called "the menace in the mattress." The mattress is one of their hiding spots.
They? Bed bugs. Parasites that feed on human blood.
"Bed bug infestations are rampant locally, nationally and globally," says Tanya Drlik, integrated pest management (IPM) coordinator of Contra Costa County who will speak at the May 3rd meeting of the Northern California Entomology Society, to be held in the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis.
"We've had a reprieve from bed bugs for about 50 years, but now they're back," said Drlik, who will discuss "The Resurgence of Bed Bugs and Current Effective Control Methods" at 9:45 a.m. in the Laidlaw conference room.
The society (membership is open to everyone) will meet from 9:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Drlik is one of five speakers on topics ranging from bed bugs to lacewings to endangered species.
Drlik, who formed the Bed Bug Task Force to help prepare Contra Costa County to meet the challenges of the mounting bed bug infestation, says that bed bugs "have no regard for wealth or class—everyone is vulnerable. Bed bugs can be found all across the country in apartment buildings, hotels and motels, private residences, hospitals, waiting rooms, fire station, taxis and buses…and the list goes on. They've infested four-star hotels and penthouses as well as homeless shelters and rundown apartment buildings."
"Judging by history and the experience of other jurisdictions across the country, the problem is only going to increase, and more and more public buildings and homes will experience infestations," said Drlik, who has a master's degree in ecosystem management and nearly 40 years of experience in the field of IPM.
"Bed bugs are difficult to control because of their small size, their secretive nature and their growing resistance to the pesticides we have at our disposal. Poverty, clutter, and poor housekeeping do not cause bed bug infestations, but they make eliminating infestations much more difficult."
Bed bugs "can be seen in epidemic proportions in some areas of the United States, including New York City and central and southwestern Ohio," said Drlik, adding that since 2004, New York City has experienced a 2277 percent increase in complaints about bed bugs in the five boroughs (source: New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development). "Colleagues in the Franklin County Health Department in central Ohio have commented to us that they were completely unprepared for the rapidity with which bed bugs spread throughout their county."
Other topics at the Nor Cal Entomology Society meeting include:
- "Protecting Invertebrates Listed as Threatened or Endangered Species in California" by Darlene McGriff, California Natural Diversity Database (California Department of Fish and Game).
- "California Forest Insect Conditions Going into 2012" by Cynthia Snyder, U.S. Forest Service, Shasta-McCloud Management Unit.
- "PG&E's Use of Safe Harbor Agreements and Programmatic Permits to Protect Endangered Organisms on Utility Rights of Way" by Peter Beesley, PG&E.
- "In-Depth Look at Lacewings, an Augmentative California Biological Control Agent" by Shaun Winterton, California Department of Food and Agriculture Biological Control Program.
All great topics, to be sure. Bed bugs, however, are the big draw, in more ways than one.
We remember an Entomological Society of America (ESA) seminar on these bloodsuckers that resulted in a flurry of inspections back in the hotel rooms: mattress, baseboard, furniture, closet and luggage checks.
For excellent bed bug resources, check out the ESA website. And for more information on the Nor Cal Entomology Society meeting, see the UC Davis Department of Entomology website.
Oh, sure, there are lots of bug girls and bug boys out there--bug women, bug men and real insects, too--but there's only one Bug Girl.
She's the one who writes that witty/informative/tell-it-like-it-is-not-what-you-want-it-to-be bug blog called...drum roll...Bug Girl.
Bug Girl, aka Bug C. Membracid, spoke at a social media seminar at the 59th annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, held Nov. 13-16 in Reno.
Before her talk, folks were sporting "I Am Bug Girl" stickers on their name tags. That added to the mystery of "Who is Bug Girl?" That one? This one? The one over there? Will the real Bug Girl please stand up?
See, she writes anonymously. We don't know who she is--she keeps her identity a secret--but we do know she has a doctorate in entomology from North Carolina State University and she works in a provost's office "in a Connecticut university."
We also know she wears a mop of hair the color of a blue morpho butterfly and some cool (and mostly erect) blue antennae--at least she did at the ESA meeting. We also know she has a fan base like you wouldn't believe. Fellow bug lovers were coming out of the woodwork like termites to hear her speak, hug her, and to be photographed with her.
Move over, Angelina Jolie. Take a seat, Taylor Swift. Scoot, Jennifer Aniston. We have a scientist in our midst!
In her talk, "Adventures of Bug Girl or Everything You Wanted to Know About Entomological Social Media But Were Afraid to Ask," she told how you, too, can become "an online entomology goddess." She began blogging as Bug Girl in 2004, as "a way to become a better writer."
Bug Girl writes the way she talks. No academic jargon, nothing you have to read three times to understand. "it's about talking to people; it's about conversation, not lecturing," she said.
However, Bug Girl warned "people can be very cruel to you." Someone even set up a website countering her views, she said.
She also mentioned her bug-blogging buddies, including Dragonfly Woman, Alex Wild (he received his doctorate in entomology from UC Davis) and Carl Zimmer, among others. "I don't see us as competitors, but as collaborators," she said. "It's not about who has the most followers."
"What I do isn't so much as public outreach; it's public engagement. It's having a conversation with our readers."
Bug Girl said she's proud of what she called "the little victories," like convincing Nature journal to spell "bed bug" as two words, instead of one. She bashes bad science like some folks bash cockroaches.
Bug Girl hammered home several pieces of advice:
1. Find your niche or what she called your "blue water" or where few are--and not "red water," because that's where the sharks are.
2. Find your voice and make it distinct. Don't look for validation or positive validation.
3. Develop a thick skin.
4. Be prepared to spend a lot more time and energy than you expect.
5. Don't expect a profit.
For all bloggers and would-be bloggers, Bug Girl recommended folks read David Meerman Scott's The New Rules of Marketing and PR.
For the full account of what Bug Girl said at the ESA meeting and what bugs her, link here.
Until recently, praying mantids were thought to be deaf. We now know that 65 percent of all mantid species can hear. Where do the tympanal organs occur in mantid species?
Give up?
The answer: The two tympanal membranes face one another inside a narrow groove between the metathoracic legs (hind legs).
That was just one of the questions asked at the 2011 Linnaean Games, a traditional part of the annual meetings of the Entomological Society of America (ESA). It's a spirited college-bowl type of game in which students respond by ringing a bell and shouting out the answers. The winning team receives a huge trophy--and bragging rights.
The UC Davis Linnaean Team, fresh from winning the ESA Pacific Branch championship, journeyed to Reno to compete in this year's Games. Like the other branch winners, UC Davis was there not just to compete, but to have fun and enjoy the camaraderie.
Fun, they did. For the occasion, emcee Tom Turpin, professor of entomology at Purdue, wore his trademark butterfly bow tie. His sharp eyes quickly noticed the bright red bow tie of UC Davis graduate student Matan Shelomi.
So Turpin leaves the podium and walks over to Shelomi to congratulate him on his fashionable choice of ties. The audience erupts into applause.
Then, let the Games begin! When it was all over, the University of Nebraska took home the trophy.
In the championship game, pitting Nebraska against North Carolina State, it was touch-and-go for awhile until Nebraska pulled solidly ahead.
Think you can answer some of the questions? Give them a try. (Answers below)
1.If you donate blood, you are asked about your exposure to babesiosis. What is the common name of the arthropod group that is the main vector of this disease?
2. What is the term for the separation of the cuticle from the epidermis during molting?
3. What does acuminate mean?
4. What is the common and scientific name of the beetle described by LeConte that is a significant pest of corn and was introduced into Europe in the 1990s. The larvae feed on corn roots.
5. What is the meaning of rugose?
6. Most ants use chemical trailing to navigate to and from the nest. However, as a result of high winds and blowing sand, ants that inhabit dessert environments use a different mechanism. How do desert ants find their way?
7. What is the name of insecticidal extract derived from dried chrysanthemum flowers and what chemical is typically added as a synergist to help the performance of this material?
1. Ticks
2. Apolysis
3. Tapering to a long point.
4. Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera)
5. Wrinkled
6. They have the ability to count steps. A recent study experimentally altered the length of ant legs after their search for food. They found that ants with longer legs overshot the nest while ants with their legs shortened didn't go all the way back to the nest. They then placed all the ants in the nest, and the next day all ants went out in search of food and came exactly back to the nest, showing that desert ants have some kind of pedometer. Source: http://www.entsoc.org/buzz/ants-count
7. Pyrethrum – Piperonyl butoxide.
If you're into macro photography of insects, you'll want to check out the amazing photos that won awards, or were accepted into the international Insect Salon competition, affiliated with the Entomological Society of America (ESA) and the Peoria Camera Club, Illinois.
University of Illinois entomologist and ESA Insect Salon chair James Appleby announced at the ESA's 59th annual meeting, held Nov. 13-16 in Reno, that the Insect Salon drew 200 submissions from 27 countries.
It's good to see so many photographers focusing on insects! Go, bugs! To see some of their spectacular work, check out the exhibition results.
Judges look at such criteria as composition, visual impact of the image (or what I call the "wow!" factor), lighting, subject matter, sharpness, depth of field, and difficulty of image acquisition (how difficult was it to make this image?).
Drum roll...The medal for best of show went to Josef Sauter of Germany for his excellent image of butterflies. The medal for most unusual went to Roy Rimmer of England for his "Great Diving Beetle Larva with Prey." Other top winners: medal for best story telling, Tsai Mengshin of Taiwan for his incubation image; medal for best image by an ESA member, Stephen Doggett of Australia for "Friends for Lunch" (hapless bee nailed by a spider); medal for best image by a Peoria Camera Club member, Mark Doublin of Illinois, for his assassin bug; and medal for the best image by an non-ESA member, Marc Anagnostidis of France for his image of butterflies.
Just to be accepted into the show is quite an honor. However, it's not about winning or losing. It's about sharing. It's not about the camera equipment being used. It's mostly about the incredible insects, and a photographer's skill, patience and keen eye.
Interestingly enough, when folks admire the work of photographers, the first question they often ask is: "What kind of camera do you have?" Sometimes the question is asked as if the camera itself is totally responsible for the image. It's like asking a gourmet cook "What kind of pots and pans do you use?" Or asking an Olympic athlete "What kind of shoes do you wear?" Or asking an nationally renowned artist "What kind of brushes do you use?"
Bottom line: scores of factors are involved in capturing images of insects.
And yes, the Insect Salon competition is open to all. Enter your best shots next year!


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The Ducks might have lost some feathers in Dallas this week, but we hear local pizza and other take-out businesses had one of their busiest sales times ever in the hours leading up to the national championship game. One pizza maker we talked to said he was swamped starting at 10 am Monday filling orders for home game-watching parties. As it turns out, comfort food was badly needed, particularly in the second half of the game.
• Sen. Floyd Prozanski will speak to the Cottage Grove Blackberry Pie Society at 7 pm Thursday, Jan. 15, at Hard Knocks Brewing, 1024 E. Main St. in Cottage Grove.
• Rep. Tina Kotek, speaker of the House in the Oregon Legislature, will speak at City Club of Eugene at noon Friday, Jan. 16, at the Downtown Athletic Club, 999 Willamette St. Her topic will be "An Opportunity Agenda for Oregonians," including support for education, higher pay, equal pay and affordable housing. $5 for non-members. See cityclubofeugene.org.
In mid-November, Darla Clark began getting frantic calls about Dani, a young Tennessee Walker horse in Lane County who was so emaciated that her spine and ribs protruded through her muddy black hair. Clark, who runs Strawberry Mountain Rescue and Rehab, says people who called Lane County Animal Services about the horse were told an officer couldn't make it out until after the holidays.
Get ready to grow. Portland is focusing on infill to meet its growing population, but Eugene is looking to expand its city limits in the next few years. The sprawl is likely to happen despite the city's commitment to make Eugene more bike and pedestrian friendly.
Five years of community input and technical analysis have led to Envision Eugene expansion plans that appear to be favored by the city administration and the majority on the council, including Mayor Kitty Piercy.
Late last summer, the images captured of police responding to the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, with red, laser-sighted assault rifles and hulking armored vehicles precipitated a congressional hearing to survey the federal programs that funnel surplus military equipment from the Defense Department to law enforcement departments around the country.
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently followed up on the pre-enforcement notices it sent to Jeanne M. Burris and Michael & Rosemary Cress in November for illegal waste-tire storage at property owned by Burris at 29882 Kelso St. in Eugene (see EW 12/11, goo.gl/uGo453). DEQ sent Burris a civil penalty assessment in the amount of $15,041 on Dec. 31, and sent Michael Cress a civil penalty assessment in the amount of $19,755 the same day. Burris is the current owner of the property, while Michael Cress is a prior owner.
It may look like a Labradoodle, but the lagotto Romagnolo is actually an ancient dog breed, carefully selected and bred for its ability to sniff out truffles. Though rare, a handful of lagottos live in Eugene, and now they and other breeds have a chance to strut their stuff. For the first time ever, the Oregon Truffle Festival is holding The Joriad North American Truffle Dog Championship, a sporting event for dog lovers and truffle fans alike.
"In the most elemental form, the faculty has traded its voice in internal government and management for the union's voice, and the union's only legal role involves terms and conditions of employment for bargaining unit members," reads a May 2012 memo written by the University of Oregon's then-legal counsel Randy Geller, calling to abolish the UO's Faculty Senate and advisory committees that are a part of the university's "shared governance." In shared governance, a university's faculty has a say in how the school is run.
We hear the dramatically lower gas prices are good for local businesses. Transportation costs are down for everything that travels by car or truck, which improves profits now and maybe customers will benefit later. Car sales are up and more people are traveling. The downsides don't get much attention. High fuel prices helped alternative transportation enterprises grow and kept our focus on locally produced goods. Will we see bike businesses and local farmers take a hit, and less support for cycling and pedestrians? We expect urgent care and ER rooms to get more business.
• The Eugene Police Commission will meet at 5:30 pm Thursday, Jan. 8, at EPD Headquarters, 300 Country Club Road, Kilcullen Community Room. On the agenda is a closed circuit television proposal.
Oregon's salmon might be moving toward Alaska at a rate of about 30 kilometers (19 miles) a decade, according to a study in the January 2015 issue of Progress in Oceanography. "Marine life is being affected by changes in ocean conditions resulting from changes in climate and chemistry triggered by combustion of fossil fuels," the study says.
This news comes as Oregon continues to debate the oil trains, coal export and liquified natural gas (LNG) pipeline and export facilities that are jockeying for position throughout the state.
According to our web hits and downloads, the most-read story in EW this year was a story about the other paper in town … The Register-Guard. More precisely, it was our story "Reporter Fired for Checking Email?" about the termination of popular reporter Serena Markstrom Nugent while she was out on pregnancy disability leave.
That article not only was the most read on our website — it also generated a lot of national attention, with mentions on the journo news site Romenesko and a tweet by NPR's media correspondent David Folkenflik.
M Three Timber Company, 767-3785, plans pre-harvest hack and squirt, spraying Polaris AC on 31 acres near an unknown fish-bearing stream off of Lynx Hollow Road. See ODF notification 2014-781-08761 or call Brian Peterson at 935-2283 with questions.
We understand why private investors are motivated to build student-housing complexes. College enrollment is predicted to grow and the projects pencil out as profitable even if they are not filled to capacity, particularly if tax breaks are involved. Once built and operating, they can be sold to other big-time investors to cover costs and pocket a few million bucks. But what we don't understand is why they are designed to accommodate only single students for the life of the building, say 40 to 50 years.
• Friends of Trees will be planting native trees and shrubs from 8:45 am to 1 pm Saturday, Jan. 3, near Beltline in the grassy field northwest of Elysium Avenue and Providence Street. Email email@example.com or call 632-3683 for more information. No preregistration required and gloves and tools will be provided. Weather is expected to be chilly and clear that day.
When Pastor Erin A. Martin first arrived at Wesley United Methodist in 2006 to fill a part-time staff role, she says the congregation was aging and in "self-preservation mode."
"They were more worried about keeping the lights on and filling the pews and not necessarily looking outside of themselves," Martin says. "What I've tried to do in my leadership is to help them understand that they're not dead yet; God isn't finished with us yet, and in many ways we're coming back to life by serving those outside of ourselves."
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) may sound like a sci-fi TV show, but they're actually the name of Oregon's new science standards for public schools, passed earlier this year. Is Eugene School District 4J ready for them? Well, not yet. Not even close.
Late in the summer of 2013, Lane County closed a protest camp in the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza leading to one of many recent debates on the nature of free speech and whether a government agency can shut it down.
In a Dec. 15 ruling on a motion to dismiss, Municipal Court Judge Karen Stenard writes that the closure in this instance was not unconstitutional under Oregon law. She writes there were "legitimate health and safety concerns." Activists disputed those concerns at the time of the closure and in the months afterward.
Local group Predator Defense has devoted a large part of its 25-year existence to putting an end to Wildlife Services, a federal agency that traps and poisons predators. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows Wildlife Services killed more than 4 million animals in 2013. Recently Predator Defense's documentary, Exposed: USDA's Secret War on Wildlife, which delves into the federal agency Wildlife Services, won high praise from noted primatologist and UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall, who writes, "I hope it will be watched by millions."
"We've been pretty busy these last couple days," says Mindy Beer, who created Pay It Forward Cottage Grove a year ago with her daughter, Jennifer Neil. As Christmas approaches and the weather has turned colder, people have turned to Pay It Forward to give and receive everything from baby formula to refurbished bicycles.
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) sent Lane County a warning letter last month for low pH levels in water pollution discharged from Short Mountain Landfill. Low pH means discharges are acidic, and low pH was observed in both initial and follow-up sampling.
Where would Jesus eat? Many local restaurants will be closed Christmas Day. Among the businesses that will be open is Agate Alley Bistro & Bar at 1461 E. 19th Ave., but only from 5 to 10 pm so the staff can have Christmas morning off. If you are planning on dining out anywhere Christmas Day, we recommend calling ahead and leaving big tips. Going to the coast? We once showed up late and ravenous for a Christmas buffet at a fancy hotel near Depot Bay and found only scraps of salmon and halibut, but plenty of mystery meat, soggy broccoli and cold potatoes.
To some river-lovers it's the scariest place in Eugene: a longtime homeless camp along the Willamette River strewn with soggy mattresses and moldy rugs, used needles, bike parts, food packaging, wet books, even an old TV set. Trash and worse from campers have been collecting for years between the railroad tracks and the river, and a cleanup project is about to begin now that the camp has been abandoned (see photos on our website).
On Dec. 16 Lane County commissioners discussed whether to question federal law and pass an ordinance that challenges two controversial sections of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The NDAA, a sweeping defense bill that sets the budget for the military, dates back to the post-9/11 period and is renewed every year by Congress. The controversial sections of the bill include provisions to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism. The current version of the $585 billion NDAA passed the Senate Dec. 12.
Viewed from the little parking lot off West 11th, As You Like It looks like any artsy boutique in town; a wall of windows covered with delicate black-lace curtains reveal warm wood floors and beams and display shelves sparkling with treasures. The space is a far cry from the windowless shops around Eugene, but make no mistake, this is a sex store, or rather an "eco-conscious, green, gender-inclusive sex toy shop."


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About the Book
This is not a travel photography book, but it does contains images made in different places in the world.
Near and Far is about different photographic perspectives - images made very close to the subject and images made from a distance.
Features & Details
- Category Fine Art Photography
Large Format Landscape, 13×11 in, 33×28 cm
36 Pages
- Publish Date Oct 21, 2007
- Tags nature, flowers, landscape
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