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Always know the voltage of the system you plan to install, and review the applicable Code sections.
It seemed like just another rainy day for a laborer working alone on a small residential job. A homeowner had hired him to install a large flagpole on the property. However, this simple task quickly took a turn for the worse. As the worker began to dig a hole, his shovel cut through the insulation of a cable and contacted an energized power line 19 in. below the ground. Although the worker survived, he suffered shock injuries and debilitating burns. Luckily, a groundskeeper working nearby witnessed the incident and immediately went for help.
After the accident, the victim's attorney hired my forensic engineering firm to investigate the situation and decide who was at fault. We knew what happened — the wet shovel had served as a path for electricity to flow from the energized conductor, through the shovel, through the laborer's body, and then back to ground via his wet shoes. What we needed to uncover was how it happened, so our investigation would center on the buried cable installation.
Unfortunately, the documents sent to us by the attorney did not identify the voltage of the conductor. Without the knowledge of the precise voltage, we initally advised our client of sections of the National Electrical Code (NEC) applicable to various voltage levels. In the event the power line did not exceed 600V, Sec. 300-5 of the Code was the controlling factor. Cables installed in a trench, per Sec. 300-5(a) of the Code must have a "cover" of earth that varies in depth with the voltage of the line. To meet the requirements of this rule for a power line rated at less than 600V, the installer must cover the line with at least 18 in. of earth from the top of the cable.
In addition, the NEC states that the location of specific power lines (service-laterals) not encased in concrete and buried 18 in. or deeper must be identified by a warning ribbon placed in the trench at least 12 in. above the underground installation. However, an exception to Sec. 300-5 states: "Where the enclosure or raceway is subject to physical damage, the conductors shall be installed in rigid metal conduit, intermediate metal conduit, or Schedule 80 rigid nonmetal conduit or equivalent."
Our follow-up investigation revealed the cable's voltage actually exceeded 600V. We decided to check out the installation history. At the time the cable was placed in operation, the 1996 version of the NEC was in effect (with Art. 710 as the controlling factor). Table 710-4(b) outlines minimum cover requirements for underground cables rated 600V to 22kV. This requirement offers three separate burial criteria:
- Direct burial 30 in.
- Rigid nonmetallic conduit approved for direct burial 18 in.
- Rigid metal and intermediate metal conduit 6 in.
Although this rule offers various exceptions, none of them applied to this case. The line in question, which someone installed 19 in. below ground, violated the 30-in. minimum burial depth stated in Table 710-4 (b) by 11 in. The initial specification and schematic of the underground cable installation show the installer should have recognized this was a high-voltage line (over 600V). However, by installing the line at a depth of 19 in., he failed to follow the correct section of the Code.
In our report, we noted the installer had the opportunity to provide and install a warning ribbon 12 in. above the cable, as well as provide protection to the cable by placing it in pipe or Schedule 80 PVC. Unfortunately, he did neither.
During our investigation, we identified the contractor that installed the cable and passed this information along to the client. We also briefed the client on the pertinent sections of the 1996 and 1999 versions of the Code. Furthermore, we explained the contractor neither provided a warning ribbon nor encased the cable with appropriate protection.
Using our report, the attorneys resolved the issue through a settlement conference. Once they reviewed both sections of the Code, the respective parties recognized the installer also violated the mandated depth protection.
What's the most valuable lesson to learn from this case? Contractors should always make sure they know the voltage of the system they plan to install. The incident also illustrates the fact that a casual review of the Code can sometimes be misleading. Thorough examination of the Code is always recommended before beginning an installation project. In this case, a failure to recognize the system's voltage and subsequently applying the wrong section of the Code resulted in an error that caused serious injury to an innocent party.
Pritzker is a senior forensic engineer in Punta Gorda, Fla.


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Sixth in a 13-part series of previews for Bears training camp.
Mike Groh was at a coaching clinic in Dallas in mid-February when he received a call from the Bears.
Was he interested in the team's wide receivers job?
Groh didn't know there was an opening a month after Marc Trestman has been hired but he got involved quickly and soon was added to complete the new staff.
It's the first job for Groh, 41, in the NFL since 2000 when he worked as an assistant for the Jets the year his father, Al Groh, was head coach. He arrives after spending the previous two seasons at Alabama and three of the past four years working under Nick Saban for the Crimson Tide.
Interestingly, he didn't have ties to Trestman, general manager Phil Emery or any of the other assistants.
"I didn't have any goal to (jump to the NFL)," Groh said. "I was just fortunate enough to receive a phone call and be given an opportunity.
"I really enjoyed my time at Alabama. One (season) in '09 and we won the championship and then the last two I was there. So, 39-2 and three championships."
He says the Bears present a rare opportunity and Groh takes over a unit led by Brandon Marshall, who had the single-greatest season for a wide receiver in franchise history in 2012 with 118 receptions for 1,508 yards, 11 touchdowns and seven 100-yard games. If Marshall duplicates that production this year, he will be 11th on the franchise's all-time list for receptions and 13th in yardage. That's what happens when an organization is quarterback challenged for decades.
The goal for Groh is to build the group around Marshall. It's a unit that many believe chronically underachieved under former receivers coach Darryl Drake. But in his defense, it quickly becomes a chicken-and-the-egg discussion when you talk about struggling quarterbacks and underachieving wideouts. From 2004 through 2011, the club's leading receiver had 42, 64, 60, 71, 51, 57, 51 and 37 catches.
Groh's project begins with Alshon Jeffery, the second-round draft pick from a year ago who flashed promise when he was on the field. Jeffery had 24 catches for 367 yards and three touchdowns but missed six games with knee and thumb injuries.
"I'll say this about Alshon: He's really invested," Groh said. "I have seen improvement in the very short time I have been able to work with him. He certainly has tremendous potential."
Preview: Marshall, Jeffery and Earl Bennett make up the top three at the position. A broken hand and a concussion cost Bennett four games in 2012 but he flashed the promise the team has been looking for in the season finale at Detroit when he made five catches for 109 yards, including a 60-yard touchdown. Bennett can be used all over the field but he's most effective in the slot.
Where it gets interesting is after Bennett with nine other receivers competing for the wide open final two or three spots.
The six most prominent of those nine include Joe Anderson, an undrafted rookie in 2012. He showed enough as a practice squad player to get promoted to the 53-man roster late last season. He has the ability to play special teams and Cutler has talked him up previously. Eric Weems was signed a year ago to boost special teams but his contributions to the offense were minimal and it's hard to see that changing.
Then, there is Marquess Wilson, the slender playmaker from Washington State who was drafted in the seventh round. It will be interesting to see if he's strong enough to gain separation from NFL cornerbacks. Devin Aromashodu is back for a second stint with the team but did little with a wide-open opportunity with the Vikings. Golden Brittan flashed a little last summer and is back again. The biggest signing bonus the Bears gave to an undrafted free agent this spring was Iowa State receiver Josh Lenz. But he was quiet in the offseason program.
There is no shortage of opportunities and the players know this. Practice reps are going to be at a premium but the depth chart looks as open as it has been in a long time after the top three, and with Devin Hester no longer considered a part of the group.
Glass half-full: Marshall remains an elite playmaker but doesn't post the same numbers he did a year ago as Cutler spreads the ball around to Jeffery, who manages to remain healthy, and Bennett, who plays up to the December 2011 contract extension he received.
Glass half-empty: Marshall's hip plagues him at the start of training camp and the chemistry is an issue because the Bears didn't have their wide receivers deployed as they would like for one day during the offseason. With Marshall missing virtually the entire offseason following arthroscopic hip surgery in January, it's fair to wonder if the issue will impede him in the regular season.
Coaching change: Groh inherits a group that has a little bit of everything. A fresh voice in the room and a new way of looking at things could aid the offense. A former quarterback at Virginia, Groh has college experience as a play caller.
Bottom line: Marshall was part of a two-man passing game with Cutler last season and the Bears need to be diversified to take a big step forward as an offense.
Coming Tuesday: Linebackers
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Roll call: Wide receivers
Name Ht Wt Experience 2013 base salary 2013 salary cap figure
Joe Anderson 6-1, 196, 1st season, $480,000, $480,000
Devin Aromashodu 6-2, 201, 6th season, $715,000, $555,000
Earl Bennett 6-0, 206, 6th season, $2.25 million, $2.35 million
Brittan Golden 6-0, 185, 1st season, $405,000, $405,000
Jerrell Jackson 6-1, 185, 1st season, $405,000, $405,000
Alshon Jeffery 6-3, 216, 2nd season, $596,719, $1,033,598
Josh Lenz 6-0, 194, rookie, $405,000, $407,000
Brandon Marshall 6-4, 230, 8th season, $9.1 million, $9.3 million
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Marcus Rucker 6-4, 185, rookie, $405,000, $405,500
Terrence Toliver 6-5, 204, 1st season, $405,000, $405,000
Eric Weems 5-9, 195, 7th season, $865,000, $1.415 million
Marquess Wilson 6-3, 194, rookie, $405,000, $416,787


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So I long ago realized Obama will win. It may or may not be close. A good friend, Rock Hackshaw, a local blogger and politician, predicted "it won't even be close" some months ago. And he was one of the first people I know to have predicted an Obama win in 2008.
The Rom/Ry ticket advocates a return to the horribly failed Bush policies that gutted the American economy and created our largest deficits ever. America still is angry at the Greedy Oil Party for the stupid failures of the Bush years and they realize that Rom/Ry want to go back to those failed Bush policies. But we need to do more.
It is Congress I am worried about. We need to hold the Senate and make gains in both the Senate and the House. Ideally we would win big in both, but that will take a lot of work. But it is work worth doing.
But I also think we have a real shot of embarrassing the Republicans on their home ground, and this dovetails with gains I would like us to make in Congress and on local levels. Looking at the race for the presidency we have:
Mittens "1%" Rom, former governor of Massachusetts
Paul "teabagger elitist" Ry, congressman from Wisconsin
Barack "making history" Obama, former Senator from Illinois
and Joe "I don't plagiarize anymore" Biden, former Senator from Delaware.
Now I don't know of any close races in Delaware, but I do know that Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Illinois are states with some pretty darned critical races, and in addition to simply seeing Obama/Biden defeat Rom/Ry, I would love to see the Greedy Oil Party SLAMMED into defeat in the same states that these Pres and VP candidates come from.
I want to see us come as close to sweeping every close race possible in Wisconsin (a key battleground state for several years), Massachusetts, and Illinois. In the process we can help some really damned good Democrats win over really sleazy GOPers.
Here is my new (partial) strategy for November:
To donate to the following candidates, please visit my Embarrass Romney/Ryan 2012 Act Blue website. I will match at least partly the first three donations made. Our future hangs in the balance this year, so I am hoping you guys make me shell out a LOT of money on this. I can't afford it but I feel I can't afford NOT to.
If we win most of these races, we will be REALLY kicking ass this year.
NOTE: I base my choices partly on candidates I like, partly on Democracy for America, partly on Progressive Majority, and partly on a conservative-website-I-tend-to-follow's view of what they consider close races.
Let's begin with the Rom's own state of Massachusetts. He was Gov there, and not as bad as most Repubs, but not great. Now Romney won't win Mass even though he is a former Gov...but it will be so much more satisfying if he not only loses himself, but his party loses two close and key races for Congress: Senate and MA-6. Both are close races.
This is one of our most important fights this year. It is a toss up race that is really neck and neck. Winning a major Senate seat race in Romney's own state would be really, really sweet.
Elizabeth Warren is a great candidate. Check out her profile on Democracy for America's website.
This is a close House race in Massachusetts. Holding onto this seat helps us in Congress.
Now let's turn to one of the most important swing states in the country. We have been fighting anti-union extremism here for 2 years now, and we have been winning several recall elections on the state level. Paul Ryan comes from Wisconsin. Wisconsin has a strong progressive, pro-labor, pro-farmer background that could turn so solidly against the Republicans their heads would spin. Democrats haven't fought hard enough for this state's heart and soul. The Rom picked Ryan because they want to make us fight for Wisconsin. Well let's turn the tables. We WILL win Wisconsin for Obama. I have no doubt about that. But let's make our win go deeper. Let's win every close Congressional seat and let's defend our new lead in the state senate.
My family first moved to Wisconsin (Milwaukee) after coming from Europe. So I feel some personal, family connection to winning in Wisconsin. My visits to Wisconsin (pretty much Madison for conferences) have been very enjoyable experiences. I would love to see Wisconsin follow its strong progressive history right about now and solidly reject the Rom/Ry advocacy of returning to failed Bush policies. Here are the key races:
The tea party is really aiming for this seat. We need to defend it if we want to hold onto the Senate. We also need to show Ryan that his greedy and cruel vision for Wisconsin and America is a failure and that his own state prefers the more progressive vision of Tammy Baldwin.
Rob Zerban is running for Paul Ryan's own seat. I say lets fight the right on their own territory. If we can give Ryan a run for his (ample) money right in his own district it will send a clear message how sick America is of his extremist views.
This is a key House race. This is a real chance to pick up a seat from the Republicans.
Patrick Kreitlow has been endorsed by the Intl. Association of Firefighters, Steelworkers Union, National Farmers Union, NARAL Pro-Choice America Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters, AFL-CIO, League of Conservation Voters, Planned Parenthood Action Fund Sierra Club, United Auto Workers, WI Federation of Nurses, and WI Alliance for Retired American, among others.
This is another pick up opportunity for Democrats in the House.
Jamie Wall has been endorsed by Green Bay Firefighters, the Alliance of Retired Americans, the Teamsters, Human Rights Campaign, American Federation of Teachers- Wisconsin, American Nurses Association, United Auto Workers, and many others.
Jessica King is one of my favorite Democrats. And she has been for several years.
Jessica King is one of the best things to happen to the Wisconsin State Senate, winning one of the hard fought recall elections against the right wing extremist Republicans. Jessica King is intelligent and very capable and will make an excellent State Senator.
She has been endorsed by Progressive Majority and is one of America's best progressives. Let's make sure she wins re-election.
Jennifer Shilling is another Progressive Majority endorsed candidate who won one of the recall elections. And this is another seat worth defending.
Bob Wirch was one of the Democrats targeted by Republicans for recall...but we beat them, defending Bob's Senate seat. Let's show him we still have his back. Bib Wirch is also endorsed by Progressive Majority.
Dave Hansen was also one of the Democrats targeted by Republicans for recall...but again, we beat them. Let's show him we still have his back. Dave Hansen is also endorsed by Progressive Majority.
NOW I want to turn to the state that elected Obama to the Senate: Illinois. It would be great to sweep the close races in Rom's Massachusetts and Ry's Wisconsin. But it would ALSO be sweet to sweep the many close races in President Obama's Illinois. Here they are (sorry Biden...don't find close races in Delaware):
This is a seat we can pick up from the Greedy Oil Party. But it's going to be close.
This is a close race and one that we absolutely have to win to make gains in Congress...particularly if we want Congress to start accepting global warming as an issue we need to deal with.
Bill Foster is one of my favorite candidates. He was a renowned scientist turned businessman who has already served in Congress. It is time to send him back to Congress. We need more people with Bill's intelligence, practicality and scientific outlook.
Bill Foster has been endorsed by the Associated Firefighters of Illinois, AFL-CIO State Federation of Illinois, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Amalgamated Transit Union Local #308, and many others.
This is another very close race and an important pick up opportunity for Democrats.
Dr. David Gill has been endorsed by the United Auto Workers, AFL-CIO, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Sierra Club, United Mine Workers of America, Democracy for America, Progressive Democrats of America, National Nurses United, and many others. He is a true progressive and would be VERY valuable to have in Congress.
Captain Tammy Duckworth was a Black Hawk helicopter pilot fighting in Iraq. She lost both legs and part of the use of her right arm when her helicopter was shot down, and was awarded the Purple Heart for her combat injuries.
President Obama appointed Captain Duckworth to be Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs where she sought to improve the standard of care for Vets. She oversaw VA's effort to end Veteran homelessness and lead initiatives for female Vets and increased accessibility and accountability with the new Office of Online Communications.
We have a REALLY good shot at picking up this seat.
This is a seat we could lose. If we want to make gains in the House, we need to defend it. The Greedy Oil Party is really trying to take this seat from us.
Bill Enyart is the former head of the Illinois National Guard. He is pro-labor and would be a committed Congressman.
This is a close race but one we have a good shot of winning.
Brad Schneider has been endorsed by the Associated Firefighters of Illinois, United Auto Workers, League of Conservation Voters, NARAL, Human RIghts campaign, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, and many others.
Help me win these critical races and in the process embarrass the Greedy Oil Party.
Again, you can donate through my visit my Embarrass Romney/Ryan 2012 Act Blue website. And I will try to match at least partly the first three donations made.


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WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – Led by Nick Nedwick and Tyler Hundley, the Warriors of Eastern Connecticut State University (12-1, 5-0 Little East) took over sole possession of the conference standings following their 82-52 win over men's basketball (5-10, 1-4 Little East) Saturday afternoon at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
Nedwick led the Warriors starting with 22 points on 9-of-19 shooting from the field, which included two 3-pointers, and 2-of-4 shooting at the line. Hundley made perhaps the biggest impact in Saturday's contest as he came off the bench to drop in 17 points, with 12 of those points coming from behind the arc.
Jamie Kohn led the Warriors on the glass as he pulled down a team-best nine rebounds, while also picking up a game-best three steals.
UMass Boston saw another strong performance by freshman Carl Joseph (Brockton, Mass.). With 20 points to his name, Joseph closed out this week averaging 13.6 points per game, in what were his first three collegiate starts with the Beacons.
From the field, Joseph was 8-for-13, while from 3-point range he was 2-for-4. In his only trip to the charity strip, the freshman made both shots to finish 2-for-2 on the day. On the glass, he tallied seven boards to finish second on the team in rebounding, behind Brian Clarke's (Miramar, Fla.) game-high 10 rebounds. Joseph also led the game in blocked shots with and came-up with one steal as well.
For Clarke he ended the night with five points to go along with his 10 boards. He also contributed one block and one steal to the Beacons defense.
Eastern Connecticut as a team shot 46.9% from the field in Saturday's contest. UMass Boston closed out the game shooting 30.8%. The host Warriors held a slim +2 advantage in rebounds (41-39).
Proving the biggest factor in Saturday's loss was the Warriors 44 points in the first half. Through the first 20 minutes of play, Eastern Connecticut shot 58.1% from the floor, and 60.0% from behind arc.
Men's basketball returns to action on Tuesday when the host the University of Southern Maine at 7:30 p.m. in a Little East Conference contest.


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In Mothers and Sons, there's no holding back when passion is at stake, even if what you're doing is a little wrong. Each mother falls prey to lust for another mother's son in this collection of story-driven vignettes that could send any horny mom's (or son's) heart a-flutter!
Johnny Castle is a handsome medical student. When he knocks on the door of Chilean beauty Tara Holiday's beautiful old house to see about renting her spare room, the mutual attraction is instant. Tara's son Seth Gamble shows Johnny to the dining room to fill out a rental application. Seth implies that Tara puts the "mothering" in "smothering" – a foreign concept to Johnny, who was born to a non-nurturing teen mom.
One day not long after Johnny has moved in, he's at the lumberyard with Tara when his mother Veronica Avluv shows up looking for him. Seth offers her wine while she waits. While Johnny and Tara have a heart to heart talk in the car before driving home, Seth smooth-talks Veronica and refills her wine glass. Veronica is just about to leave a note in Johnny's room, but all those glasses of wine convince her that it would be a better idea to put the moves on Seth right then and there. Seth is too horny to think it's a bad idea, so he helps the busty brunette out of her dress, bra, and panties. In Johnny's bed, Seth has sex with Johnny's mom. He sucks her big tits, enjoys the feel of her wine-stained mouth on his cock, eats her out, and then fucks her... all in Johnny's bed.
Meanwhile, Johnny and Tara get home and find the attraction too much to ignore anymore. Tara takes him to her room (thankfully not his, for the sake of domestic harmony). In contrast to Seth's hookup with Veronica, Johnny and Tara's sex is romantic, tender, sometimes playful, and occasionally almost reverent. Well, anyone would feel worshipful in the presence of Tara's fine ass. Johnny sucks her toes and from there he kisses up her body to her mouth. They sixty-nine each other and then, at last, consummate the attraction they've been feeling when she climbs on him in cowgirl. Tara and Johnny have sex with a deep connection.
The second half of the film is different because the sons and mothers already know each other. Mamas, don't let your sons grow up to be MILF-fuckers... not if you want friendships with women your age to survive. Nina Hartley's and Erica Lauren's grown sons are lifelong friends. Erica complains to Nina that, now that her son Richie Deville is grown, his long-last father in Spain wants to be the fun dad. Richie is just back from a long visit. Erica's annoyed that Nina doesn't see her point of view, but they change the subject to talk about Nina's basically perfect son, Michael Vegas, and catch up on each other's love lives.
Richie and Michael come back from a movie and join their moms for wine. Erica doesn't appreciate Richie's disrespectful attitude toward her or Nina's defense of him, but Michael takes Erica's side. Once she's had enough, Erica storms off to her bedroom and Michael follows to check on her.
In Erica's room, Michael gets around to confiding that he's had a crush on her for years. When he tenderly brushes her hair from her face, she doesn't stop him; he leans down to kiss her and not only does she reciprocate, but she also takes him into her bed. Even while he's undressing Erica, Michael has an old-school gentlemanly way about him that would make lots of women swoon. He spends a long time going down on Erica; she returns the favor but soon they're clearly ready for sex. Erica cums not too long after she climbs on for a cowgirl style ride. Through a few different positions, they always have a romantic energy that feels natural, more like making love than just fucking.
Meanwhile, Richie confides in Nina that while in Spain he had an affair with a flamenco dancer 20 years his senior. His vagabond lifestyle really turns Nina on, so when Richie puts the moves on her, she only offers up a little resistance... at first. Soon his persistent kisses unleash the wild woman inside her and they head for Richie's bed. Richie is the bad boy, as different from Michael as could be, and it's clear he learned a few things from that flamenco dancer. Leaving her stockings on (as always these days), Nina eats up the attention from the young Latin stud, starting by swallowing up his dick. She braces herself to fuck back against him as he thrusts in missionary style.
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New: Cha No Ma (vegan!) hot pot
Conventional wisdom would advise against opening a hot pot restaurant right before summer in Hawaii. But then, Hawaii never really follows convention, especially when it comes to seasons. And so there's a new crop of hot pot places: King's Shabu Shabu on McCully and Dipping Pot.com on Keeaumoku, which, ironically, doesn't have a website; manager Michael Park says in The Star Advertiser that the restaurant "is named with the international, modern trend in mind of adding '.com' to the end of company names, restaurants or condominiums" (apparently, having a website, though, is not international nor modern enough).
There's also Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot, a Chinese chain, opening soon at Ward Centre.
The most unassuming of all of the new hot pot spots: Cha No Ma, combining Japanese nabe with Taiwanese tea in a peaceful little space on Kapahulu. There are only three nabe options (pork, seafood and vegan) and six broth varieties (original, miso, soy milk, spicy, curry and shoyu). To explore more vegan and gluten-free choices in Honolulu, we went vegan with a soy milk broth ($18.50), which proved comforting and restorative. The broth is infused with kombu, organic oolong tea from Shan Lin Xi in Taiwan, and Chinese "healthy" herbs such as red dates, ginseng and goji berries, which lend a warm sweetness, like cinnamon in pumpkin pie. A bowl of ultra creamy soy milk comes on the side, meant to be poured into the pot just before eating so it doesn't curdle. Altogether, it tastes similar to Sweet Home Cafe's healthy herb broth, but a little subtler and a little creamier.
The variety of mushrooms and veggies doesn't wow, but the idea of a vegan hotpot (and even gluten-free if you choose rice—minus the egg—at the end instead of udon noodles) is good news for the vegans and vegetarians wanting to get in on the hot pot action.
Cha No Ma, 829 Kapahulu Ave., 732-2099
(No one ever seems to pick up the phone, but reservations are not needed—the place is empty to mostly empty whenever I pass by.)


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Rugged, absolute multiturn encoder, with Profibus output
Sick's new A3M encoder with integrated Profibus output is a rugged, absolute multiturn encoder with 31-bit output (14-bit singleturn and 17-bit multiturn), where the absolute positions are native to the encoder, without an internal power source.
The A3M is based on magnetic technology that uses very few moving parts and is perfect for use in harsh environments and outdoor applications, since the internal electronics are resistant to contamination and condensation. The advanced versions of the A3M can communicate via the DP V2, where motion control applications can directly use Profibus instead of a secondary motion control bus.
Applications include:
• Packaging – The A3M60 is ideal for palletizers, bag forming, filling and sealing machines, labeling and folding machines
• Cranes and outdoor warehousing systems – Since the A3M has a conformal coating for resistance against condensation and a high IP rating, it can be used in outdoor applications
• Robotics – The A3M60 can be used for position control and collision avoidance. Some typical applications are assembly machines, AGVs, paint spraying and welding robots
• Motion control applications – The advanced variants of the A3M60 with the DP V2 protocol can be used in motion control applications where speed and fast cycle times are very important
• General manufacturing – The A3M60 is suitable for many manufacturing needs when a Profibus fieldbus network is used
Sick said it is one of the world's leading manufacturers of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification products for factory and logistics automation.
See the Sensors Channel at http://www.controleng.com/new-products/sensors.html
– Edited by Mark T. Hoske, CFE Media, Control Engineering, www.controleng.com


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Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5
All miniatures are hard plastic and come on a sprue. They require assembly.
To add an Add-On to your pledge, increase your PLEDGE TOTAL by the reward's amount. You will confirm your choices with a post campaign pledge manager. Thank you!
Shipping fee's and address will be collected before each wave ships.
Official Pledge Guide
Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5 Pledge Guide / Add-On List
Unofficial Fan-Created Pledge Guides / Calculators:
KDM: Pledge Helper
Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5 Kickstarter Pledge Information
Vibrant Lantern (prob the best KD fan site there is! includes build guides and a campaign manager!)
What's NOT included in the God Frogdog Pledge Level?
Soda Pop Crossover Lantern Year 3 Candy & Cola
Zombcide Crossover Goth Amy
Exlusive Satan T-shirt
Exlusive Gambler's T-Shirt
Any Misc Add-Ons, except Satan and Pinups of Death 1 which are included.
Details regarding the post campaign pledge manager will be announced post campaign. Thank you in advance for understanding, please pledge responsibly.
Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5
Kingdom Death Monster is an massive cooperative board game about survival in a nightmare-horror world. Survivors fight for their lives against an onslaught of bizarre and fearsome creatures. They will use the fruits of these battles to build a fragile civilization in a place where humans are at the bottom of a monstrous ecology.
Initially, I brought the concept for Monster to Kickstarter in order to make a far-away dream into a reality. The runaway train of success helped pack the game with more original art, in-depth gameplay, and fantastically sculpted minis than even I dreamed of. A game this size could not feasibly be made without the community of supportive backers we found on Kickstarter. It's too expensive to produce and too vivid for distribution.
Through the experience of kickstarting Monster, I found a group of people that shares my vision for a blisteringly difficult game with a continually emerging story. I am truly humbled to share it with the world.
Now there isn't a single factory sealed copy at KD HQ. There are still people asking if there will ever be more so I'm back on Kickstarter to launch a campaign for a new edition. I want to print updated rules, great new expansions, even more content and (with your help) many surprises!!!
Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5 Changelog
The Gambler's Chest
Gambler's Rolls
First Hero Expansion
In the First Hero Expansion, players take the role of 4 veteran survivors who have no settlement to call their own. They find and invade a settlement where they face the First Hero, a survivor so powerful, they do all the hunting by themselves! The purpose of this expansion is to help players start more advanced campaigns at Lantern Year 12 or 20. Instead of simply providing complicated rules to generate later settlements, your showdown with the First Hero will create the advanced settlement that you can take over.
Kingdom Death: Monster
Shipping Details & Shipping Waves
One thing we've learned from managing the impossibly huge number of reward combinations from our first campaign is to strike a balance between timely delivery of rewards to our eager fans and being logistically responsible to our staff and partners. So here's what we've decided about shipping rewards for this campaign.
We have set the estimated delivery of all pledge levels to December 2020. This is a best case scenario, in case our campaign gets insanley huge! 3-4 years development, production & transportation cycle to 100% finish every promise we might make during this campaign is realistic.
Rewards from this Kickstarter will ship in waves that will be determined by the final scope of this campaign. Each wave's shipping costs will be collected through a pledge manager (most likely backerkit) when the goods are ready to ship. Shipping costs will reflect the actual cost to ship your pledge and any additional rewards you selected from that wave.
Like our previous campaign, we will make our best efforts to ease the burden of shipping by fulfilling rewards from shipping partners around the world (projected as: US, CA, EU, AU.)
Backers are responsible for any and all import fees, VAT, duties, taxes, post office fees, and or any other fees their country or government imposes.
*Core Games Ships Separately!
The Core Game is massive. To ensure its safety, it is being package into its own carton with corner protectors. It is too heavy to ship with other rewards. It would crush them!
Wave 1 - Estimated Delivery Summer 2017 Core Game / 1.5 Update Pack
United States... $25 / $10
European Union... $40 / $20
Canada... $30 / $15 Australia (+ New Zealand)... $40 / $20
Rest of World... $100 / $30
Wave 2 - Estimated Delivery Winter 2017 (Still hoping for Summer 2017)
Current Expansions
United States... $15 + $3 per additional expansion
European Union... $15 + $3 per additional expansion
Canada... $15 + $3 per additional expansion
Australia (+ New Zealand)... $15 + $3 per additional expansion
Rest of World... $30 + $3 per additional expansion
Wave 3 - Estimated Delivery Spring 2018
Gambler's Box, Promo and cross-over figures
United States... $20 + $2 per Add on
European Union... $20 + $2 per Add on
Canada... $20 + $2 per Add on
Australia (+ New Zealand)... $20 + $2 per Add on
Rest of World... $30 + $2 per Add on
Wave 4 - Estimated Delivery Spring 2019
New Expansions
United States... $15 + $3 per additional expansion
European Union... $15 + $3 per additional expansion
Canada... $15 + $3 per additional expansion
Australia (+ New Zealand)... $15 + $3 per additional expansion
Rest of World... $30 + $3 per additional expansion
Wave 5 & Beyond - Estimated Delivery Winter 2020
Even I don't know for 100% what may happen during this campaign.
Please note that the contents and prices of each wave are estimates and are subject to change depending on the final size of this campaign.
Pledges finalized after the pledge manager deadline passes will ship from the United States and will incur additional shipping costs and potential delays. Shipments that could not be delivered due to an inaccurately provided address (including failure to update an old address) will have additional costs to be reshipped. Due to the size of your rewards, we cannot ship to PO Boxes.
Risks and challenges
I learned a lot about manufacturing a top-quality boutique game and fulfilling it to our backers from our first Kickstarter. Not all my lessons were easy, but all of them were meaningful. Trying to bring such a staggeringly large game to life, we worked insane hours, fought lots of battles, and saw some unexpected setbacks. It's taught me how to look for ways to turn logistical, artistic, and fiscal difficulties into assets.
I'm heading into this campaign with my eyes open. If this campaign meets with success we'll be on the hook to you guys for loads more quality content. The bigger we get, the more complex fulfillment will become. I will create a transparent, streamlined campaign from the outset and work hard to maintain the honest communication about our process and developments to make sure we meet everyone's expectations. We'll be pushing even harder to bring you the best of our vision without compromise.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Implement User-defined Functions in SQL Server 2005 with Managed Code
One of the excellent features of SQL Server 2005 is its integration with the .NET common language runtime (CLR), which extends SQL Server's capability in several important ways. The integration enables developers to create database objects such as stored procedures, user-defined functions, and triggers by using modern object-oriented languages such as VB.NET and C#. This article explains how to create user-defined functions using C#. It then tests the user-defined function using the SQL Server integration features of Visual Studio 2005. Finally, it creates a Windows Forms client application to test the user-defined function.
Although Transact-SQL (T-SQL), the existing data-access and manipulation language, is well suited for set-oriented, data-access operations, it also has limitations. Microsoft designed it more than a decade ago, and it is a procedural language rather than an object-oriented language. The integration of the .NET CLR with SQL Server enables the development of stored procedures, user-defined functions, triggers, aggregates, and user-defined types using any of the .NET languages. The SQL Server engine hosts the CLR in process. All managed code that executes in the server runs within the confines of the CLR. The managed code accesses the database using ADO.NET and the new SQL Server .NET Data Provider.
User-defined functions that return scalar types must return a .NET data type that can be implicitly converted to a SQL Server data type. Scalar functions written with the .NET Framework can significantly outperform T-SQL in certain scenarios because, unlike T-SQL, .NET functions are created using compiled code. User-defined functions can also return table types, in which case the function must return a result set.
Before learning to create user-defined functions, read the following section to gain an understanding of the advantages that CLR integration with SQL Server offers.
Advantages of CLR Integration
In previous versions of SQL Server, database programmers were limited to using T-SQL when writing code on the server side. With CLR integration, database developers can now perform tasks that were impossible or difficult to achieve with T-SQL alone. Both Visual Basic .NET and C# offer full support for arrays, structured exception handling, and collections. With these languages, developers can leverage CLR integration to write code that has more complex logic and is more suited for computation tasks. Visual Basic .NET and C# offer object-oriented capabilities such as encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. Related code can now be easily organized into classes and namespaces.
Managed code is better suited than T-SQL for number crunching and complicated execution logic, and it features extensive support for many complex tasks, including string handling and regular expressions. With the functionality found in the .NET Framework Base Class Library (BCL), database developers now have access to thousands of pre-built classes and routines, which can be accessed easily from any stored procedure, trigger, or user-defined function. The BCL includes classes that provide functionality for improved string functioning, advanced math operations, file access, cryptography, and more. While many of these classes are available for use from within SQL CLR code, those that are not appropriate for server-side use (for example, windowing classes) are not available.
One of the benefits of managed code is type safety. Before managed code is executed, the CLR performs several checks to ensure that the code is safe to run. This process is known as verification. For example, it checks the code to ensure that memory that has not be been written to is not read. The CLR also prevents buffer overflows. By default, both Visual Basic .NET and C# always produce safe code. However, C# programmers have the option of using the unsafe keyword to produce unsafe code that, for example, directly accesses memory.
What Is an Assembly?
An assembly is the unit of deployment for .NET objects with the database. To create objects, you must write managed code that implements the functionalities of the user-defined function. Once the code is written, you compile it into a .NET assembly and then deploy it onto SQL Server. You can accomplish this in one of the following two ways:
- The most common and simple way is by using Visual Studio 2005 to create a new SQL Server Project. After creating the project, you then can very easily create the user-defined function and deploy it onto SQL Server with the click of a button, thereby eliminating the manual registration step.
- Create a Visual Studio Class library project and compile the class library into an assembly. Once the assembly is created, you then can register the assembly with SQL Server and then associate the definition of the user-defined function with a specific method in the assembly.
The second approach is a manual step and the first approach is an automated process that eliminates most of the steps. The following sections look at each of these methods.
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At least 34 people, including more than a dozen firefighters, were hurt in a five-alarm blaze that gutted a multi-family apartment building on Staten Island early Thursday and forced a father to throw his two young children out of a second-floor window in a desperate effort to escape the flames, fire officials say.
Crews responded to the fire at the five-unit building on Chestnut Avenue in the Rosebank neighborhood at about 1 a.m., according to the FDNY. By the time crews arrived, flames and heavy smoke were billowing from windows and the roof.
"There was a tremendous amount of fire," said Fire Chief Pete Leicht.
Anthony DiSimone, a man who lived two homes down, said he saw the fire break out in the back of the building. He said they called 911 to report the blaze and then ran over to the apartment with his fiancee.
When they got there, the couple found a father trapped in a second floor with his young son and daughter.
"He was just dangling his son outside screaming, 'Catch my boy! Catch my boy!'" DiSimone said. He caught the boy. His fiancee, Darlene Cerzosie, caught the girl but fell and injured her shoulder from the impact.
Cerzosie said that despite her injury, she would do it again in a heartbeat.
"There was no way I was gonna let those kids stay up there any longer than they had to," she said. "It's not about being a hero at all. I just did what I would want done for me or my family."
Firefighters later arrived and helped the father out of the building. Firefighters say they also rescued several others, pulling ladders up to windows and helping people down the stairs and out of the building.
"They were crying, very distraught because they didn't know if their parents were alive or dead, so the firemen came and bravely went up there and rescued the parents," DiSimone said. "Hopefully they were all right," he said of the children. "They seemed all right."
Of the 34 who were hurt, 11 are civilians, including six children, and 23 are firefighters, officials say. All are expected to survive, but one adult with cardiac issues is in serious condition.
Two hundred firefighters responded, officials say. The fire was contained shortly before 7 a.m.
The Red Cross was at the scene helping residents like Cindy Piscopo who were displaced by the blaze.
"My life is in there," said Piscopo, who lived on the first floor of the building with her 12-year-old daughter. She said she was awakened by a top-floor neighbor knocking on her door and yelling at her to get out. "I saw fire upstairs and flames shooting out of the side of the building. The top floors are gone."
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Thousands attend Pope's blessing
Pope Benedict XVI blessed the faithful from his window overlooking St Peter's Square for the first time since announcing his resignation, cheered by an emotional crowd of tens of thousands of well-wishers from around the world.
Benedict triumphantly raised his arms outstretched to the crowd in his second-to-last Angelus blessing before leaving the papacy.
A huge banner in the square read: "We love you."
The Sunday appointment is one of the most cherished traditions of the Catholic Church, and this moment is one of Benedict's last opportunities to connect with the Catholic masses.
The Pope's voice was strong and clear as he looked into hazy sunshine over the square packed with at least 50,000 pilgrims.
Benedict made no reference to his stunning decision to step down on February 28. But in an indirect nod, he thanked the faithful for their "affection and spiritual closeness". The crowd broke out into cheers and wild applause.
The Pope gave particular thanks to the "beloved inhabitants of the city of Rome", a possible hint at the title he will take after retirement. The Vatican has suggested he may be called "emeritus bishop of Rome".
The traditional noon appointment normally attracts a few thousand pilgrims and tourists, but city officials prepared for a crush of people.
"We wanted to wish him well," said Amy Champion, a tourist from Wales. "It takes a lot of guts to take the job and even more guts ... to quit."
From Sunday evening, the Pope will be out of the public eye for an entire week: a meditation service at the Vatican marks the beginning of the traditional Lenten period of reflection and prayer.
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Wool Blend Futon Mattress Details
The Wool Blend futon mattress was designed specifically for customers seeking a wool hybrid futon mattress that offers the benefits of wool over cotton as a batting material. With more give and breathability the Wool blend futon mattress offers a cusion and response than a traditional cotton fill futon. This suggests a much greater lifespan over the ownership of the mattress and makes it an ideal choice for more frequent use because it is less prone to compacting and potting over time.
The Wool blend futon mattress is also an all weather mattress and ideal for colder climates with harsher winters. Its tightly curled fibers encapsulate small pockets of air making it an ideal insulator keeping you more snug when bone chilling winds knock about outside. For those concerned about being too hot in the summer, we have had customers report the mattress does not get any more hot than one might suspect.
Wool Blend Futon Mattress Features
The Wool Blend Futon Mattress carries the Futon Planet label and is one of the best values on the market for its build quality. Just read what your Wool Blend Futon Mattress offers:
- Wool, Cotton and Convoluted "Peak & Valley" Foam
- 5 Needle Surged Safety Stitch - Best Seam in the Futon Mattress Industry
- 3D Box Construction for Tailored Fine Appearance
- Masterfully Blended Design for Superior Resiliency and Quality
- Child Safe, Sewn Shut Stitching (No Zipper)
- Even Machine-Filled Futon Interior
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- Heavy Weight Casing for Superior Strength to Assure Longevity
- Custom Futon Sizes Available, email us
Wool Blend Futon Mattress Specifications
Manufacturer: Futon Planet
Today's Price:399.99
The Wool Blend Futon Mattress is available in multiple standard futon sizes as well as custom sizes. Call customer care for custom made futon mattress prices including king size.
Standard Futon Mattress Sizes Available
- Twin — 39w x 75" (sleeps one person)
- Full — 54w x 75" (sleeps two people)
- Queen — 60w x 80" (sleeps two people and is also suites tall people best becasue creating a sleeping length of 6'8")
- Loveseat — 54w x 54" (sleeps two people when joined with a Loveseat Ottoman to make a full size bed)
- Loveseat Ottoman — 54w x 21" (Sleeps two when joined with a Loveseat mattress to make a full size bed)
- Twin Chair — 39w x 54" (sleeps one person when joined with a Twin Size Ottoman to make a twin size bed)
- Twin Chair Ottoman — 39 x 21" (sleeps one person when joined with a with a Twin Chair to make a twin bed)
- Chair — 28w x 54" (Makes a cot when joined with a Chair Ottoman)
- Chair Ottoman — 28w x 54" (Makes a cot when joined with a Chair sized futon or makes a great footstool for any sized futon in conjunction with a Chair Futon Ottoman Frame)
More About Split Format Futons
Split mattress formats are made up of two Wool blend futon mattresses that are snugged together to equal their full length complements. A Full size futon mattress is made by combining a Loveseat and Loveseat Ottoman. A Twin size is made with a Twin Chair and Twin Chair Ottoman and the Cot size is attained by scooting a Chair sized futon combines against a Chair Ottoman size.
The cot is pretty narrow and is not recommended for extended stays and is more suitable for children. Speaking of children, various split sizes can be used individually to offer miniature sized mattress for miniature sized people. So, you don't have to buy a counterpart to the split format concept if you don't want to. We're pretty flexible that way.
Incidentally, the term "ottoman" is used because each segment was originally offered as a footstool section. Today, however, only the chair size has a footstool foundation for its respective mattress, while the other ottoman sizes (the loveseat & twin) are rarely available with an ottoman foundation. Instead, they are either propped up to serve as the back portion of a lounger, or they are stowed elsewhere until they use is required for sleeping. In the latter case, the futon frames that accomadate those sizes is converted into a loveseat or oversized chair (in the case of the twin 39 inch width).
One frequently asked question about the split format, is whehter the gap can be perceived between the two separate cushions. The best recommendation to avoid feeling the split, is to place the larger split mattress so that it supports the head and torso of your guest, while the smaller split segment supports the calf and foot. When they are secured with the use of non-slip or Gripper Strips, the guest should not notice the difference between a complete futon mattress or the split. One additional thought, is to purchase a complete cover for the split. In the case of the loveseat split format, for example, a Full Size Futon Cover could be employed to encompass both mattresses. This will zip complete around the loveseat futon and loveseat ottoman to hold keep them well intact. When the futon is no longer needed for your guest, simply remove the ottoman cushion, keeping the larger segment inside and zipping it shut. Then, fold the mattress back into position, dog-ear and then military tucking the excess fabric behind the back.
Have Questions? That's why we're here. So pick up the phone and call, us! We're more than happy to explain the process to help you determine if a split format is right for you. By the way, some futon mattress are thin enough to cascade over the back should you need a mattress for a loveseat or twin chair. In this case, you are forgoing a level of comfort, but saving money and removing a layer of complexity in the process. You might want to ask us about that as well, if you are considering a split format mattress for a loveseat or twin size futon.
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Futon Planet mattresses are made to order and never pulled from a dusty warehouse shelf. We take great pride on servicing our customers with just-in-time manufactured futon mattresses. Futon Planet brand futon mattresses are manufactured and shipped from at the factory located near our corporate office in Orlando, Florida.
These futon mattresses ship on Tuesdays and Thursdays provided there are no holidays or unforseen collamities during the week (hurricanes, lightning strikes, power outages, what-have you).
Orders placed by Saturday before 10:00AM will ship on the following Tuesday. Orders placed by Tuesday before 10:00AM Eastern Time will ship that Thursday.
We do our very best to keep up with demand and recommend you contact us if in doubt about an arrival date. If you are in need of a mattress sooner, we have an inventory of ready-to ship Otis brand futon mattresses on hand in our retail store in Orlando. You may also opt to pay Fast Trac to get your futon shipped out more quickly, if you place your order after our cutoff times specified above, however, it does not guarantee 100% that your mattress will still make the cut. Please contact us by phone if in doubt
After the processing and manufacturing is completed, your Wool Blend Futon Mattress will ship via FedEx Ground. The time it takes for your mattress to reach your home will depend on the distance it must travel. The eastern and most mid-western customers can generally expect their futon mattresses to arrive within 3-4 business days while western state shipments might take an extra business day.
Futon Planet Brand Mattress Shipping FAQ's
- Q: Why can't in-store Futon Planet Brand futons ship from the store? — Unlike our Otis brand futon mattresses which ship to us from Otis in vacuum packed packages, the mattresses we offer in-store customers under our own label are not vacuum packed or ready to ship. This service is only provided to our on-line customers who purchase Futon Planet brand mattresses and must be fulfilled at the factory.
- Q: Why do custom mattress take longer? — It's not always, the case, but frequently custom made futon mattresses require more attention to detail than the higher production runs of our standard spec futon mattresses. For this reason, a seemstress will attend to custom orders after a major production run once the dust settles. If you are in a hurry, call us to see about a RUSH PRODUCTION order and an additional Fast Trac option.
- Q: Why must I open my futon mattress the day it arrives — Two reasons. One reason is that you want to allow it to begin to expand to its intended loft as quickly as possible. With cotton-filled mattresses, this means it can a little time to expand and the longer it stays compressed the less likely it will expand to its intended loft. Also, as with all our products, we like customers to open their products and inspect them for potential shipping damages. We rarely, we mean very rarely, receive calls from customers regarding futon mattress damages, but it can happen. Notifying us immediately enables us to seek a freight claim while quickly attending your needs regarding a replacement. Please note any damages must be identified with the use of digital images and need to be emailed to us promptly so we can service your claim.
- Q:How will my Wool Blend Futon Mattress be packaged? — Futon Planet brand futon mattresses ship to you in a vacuum packed package with a near-bullet proof mesh that helps ensure it is well protected from potential shipping damages. When it arrives, you will carefully unpack it and watch it grow, much like a giant grow worm. Be sure to stand back. Just kidding! They expand slowly, taking several business days to recover. They don't expand on weekends..
Rush Orders / Date Guaranty- Contact Customer Care for special rates. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee delivery dates for our standard or FAST TRAC shipping options but we can offer best guess estimates if you care to call us.
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We encourage you to contact Customer Care if you feel you need a better estimate of delivery. However, you should note that we cannot guarantee delivery dates from lessons learned. Our various shipping partners and delivery services are third parties who are responsible for the logistics of getting the products to you once your order is processed. This makes it hard for us to control fulfillment and delivery dates after we have done our part. However, we area always here for you and will do our very best to get into the loop to help you with any fulfillment needs. After all, you are our customer and we value your satisfaction.
We also must advise you that we cannot be responsible for any delays or failures from our shipping or carrier partners to make delivery within an appointed time should you opt for regardless of the shipping option you selected. If there is a delay, please and you have tracking and contact information, it may speed the process for you to contact the carrier about the issue directly. We are always glad to help wherever we can and, while encourage you to contact the carrier for your own sake (if you have been issued carrier contact information), we will dutifully be your ally in getting as much information as we can should they fall short in providing you with information or service.
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Call for Contributed Oral and Poster Abstracts
94th ESA Annual Meeting
Albuquerque, New Mexico
August 2 - 7, 2009
Call Open: December 17, 2008 - February 26, 2009
We invite submission of abstracts for contributed oral and poster presentations at the 2009 ESA Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held August 2-7, 2009, in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Abstracts that address the meeting theme, "Ecological Knowledge and a Global Sustainable Society", are especially encouraged, but submissions may address any aspect of ecology and its applications. We also welcome submissions reporting interdisciplinary work, that address communication with broad audiences, or that explore ways of teaching ecology at any level. Please adhere to the following guidelines in preparing and submitting your abstract.
Please note that invited speakers for Symposia and Organized Oral Sessions should not submit their abstracts until they receive specific instructions by email in late January. These abstracts will still be due on February 26, 2009.
B. Guidelines for All Oral Presentations
C. Guidelines for All Poster Presentations
D. Evaluation and Acceptance of Abstracts
H. Penalties and Fees for Cancellations/No-Shows
- To encourage broad participation, each person is allowed to present only one contributed oral, poster, symposium, or organized oral session presentation.
- A person may be a co-author on several abstracts.
- Authors or presenters may also serve as session presiders or as organizers of symposia, organized oral sessions, workshops, or special sessions.
- Exception: An author may submit an abstract for a second presentation ONLY if the second abstract is directly related to ecology education or scientific outreach. Please contact Program Assistant Aleta Wiley if you have questions about an abstract fitting these criteria.
B. Guidelines for All Oral Presentations
- Speakers for contributed oral presentations are allowed 15 minutes for presentations.
- A 5 minute period between talks allows for questions, discussion, and introduction of the next speaker. This 5 minute period belongs to the audience, not to the speaker, and is managed by the session presider. Time limits will be strictly enforced by session presiders.
- Contributed oral papers may be placed, by the Program Chair, in Organized Oral Sessions if they support the theme of that session. Submitters of contributed papers may indicate a preference for a particular OOS. A list of OOS titles will be available early in 2009; individuals who submit contributed papers before then may revisit this site by early February, and add a preference.
Important Information Concerning All Oral Presentations:
- Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 are the only acceptable audiovisual formats for electronic presentation for oral papers. Overhead or slide projectors will be available ONLY upon special request by June 15, 2009 to Michelle Horton.
- Each meeting room will be equipped with a dedicated LCD projector and PC laptop configured with DVD/CDRW combo roms, 3 USB ports and will be running Windows XP Pro with MS Office XP Suite and Adobe Acrobat 6.0. It is your responsibility to make sure that your presentation will run under this system. Newer versions of PowerPoint files may not work – save your files in a format compatible with MS Office 2000 for Windows 2000, or with Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 or 9!
- Corel presentations are NOT supported. Embedded animation or graphics are NOT supported. MAC format is NOT supported.
- Please do NOT bring your own laptop for your presentation. If you created your presentation on a MAC and confirmed that your presentation does NOT work in one of the speaker-ready rooms available at the Annual Meeting, you may connect your MAC to the LCD projector IF you bring your own VGA dongle. ESA will not provide these adapters.
- All presenters will be expected to contact their session presider or projectionist at least 20 minutes in advance of the start of their session to pre-load their presentations onto the dedicated laptop.
- Acceptable media: CDs, Flash drives. You will need to ensure that these are compatible with our laptops – which will have CD readers and USB 2 ports.
C. Guidelines for all Poster Presentations
- Posters are encouraged as they allow extended informal discussions and active participation by authors and coauthors. Posters are displayed for a full day, and interested persons can view the poster even when the author is not in attendance.
- Late-afternoon poster sessions Monday - Thursday provide an opportunity for discussion in a relaxed setting after completion of oral sessions. Presenting authors are required to be present for this scheduled 1½ hour period when their poster is being displayed.
- Poster boards are approximately 2.4 m wide x 1.2 m tall (8 ft wide x 4 feet tall) and there will be 1 poster per poster board. A poster does not have to take up the maximum amount of space provided. Since these dimensions are not precise, presenters should design posters to be at least 5 cm (2 inches) smaller on each margin. Pushpins will be supplied, and are the only method for attaching the poster to the board.
- Poster presenters may not use audio-visual equipment but are welcome to bring along handouts associated with their presentation.
D. Evaluation and Acceptance of Abstracts
- Accuracy of the abstract is the responsibility of the author(s). Abstracts will be rejected if they do not comply precisely with the guidelines on content and format listed here and on the submission website.
- Abstracts must be based primarily on NEW, unpublished material. Reviews of past work are generally not permissible outside of symposia or other special sessions.
- Abstracts may be submitted before all analyses and conclusions are in their final form, but authors MUST report at least preliminary results. Abstracts based primarily on future work will be REJECTED. Vague statements such as "results will be discussed" will result in abstract rejection.
- Abstracts must use standard English, and follow English syntax, grammar, and punctuation rules. Poorly written abstracts will be REJECTED.
Select the link at the bottom of this page to begin the submission process. If you have been asked by the organizer of a Symposium or Organized Oral Session to speak in her/his session, please wait until you receive specific instructions by email in late January before submitting your abstract.
Indicating Preferences for Session Assignment:
- Contributed oral or poster presentations will be grouped with others to form sessions. We attempt to make sessions thematically coherent, and we invite you to indicate your preferences among likely session themes.
- We have listed likely session themes, based on submissions and sessions from prior meetings, in 'pull-down' lists under five categories: 1) ecological concepts and processes; 2) ecosystem or habitat; 3) ecological applications, tools, and techniques; 4) subdiscipline; and 5) taxonomic or functional group.
- Please choose THREE of these themes, in order of your preference, to guide our grouping of papers into sessions. Each of your preferred themes may be selected from any of the 5 categories. You may, for any of the 3 choices, elect to enter a theme not on the lists provided; to do so, check the 'other' box, and enter a brief term in the space provided. Please use this option only if you are unable to find an appropriate theme in the lists provided.
- PLEASE NOTE that these themes are designed to identify similarities among papers for purposes of grouping, not as keywords for searching the program; highly specific terms (e.g., species names, place-names, particular techniques, etc.) are generally not useful here. Program users can search the full text of your title and abstract.
- If a theme is selected by many people, we will divide papers among more focused sessions using your next preferences and information in your title and abstract. If your first preference is not selected frequently enough to populate a full session, we will either group it with talks on related themes or use your second or third preferences, taking into consideration the general category from which your preferences are drawn.
Submitting Abstract and Author Information:
Follow the on-line instructions to submit your abstract. Follow these general guidelines when entering your abstract:
- Abstracts may be no longer than 400 words in total and must include information on both a)Background/Questions/Methods, using up to 200 words and b)Results/Conclusions, using up to 200 words. We encourage each contributor to identify the objective of the study in the first of these, and be explicit about the results of the study in the second of these. Abstracts without explicitly stated results will not be accepted.
- Exception: If you are presenting a non-traditional research paper, it is still expected that your talk would address some question. It is understandable that these abstracts would lack specific data in the "Results/Conclusions" section; however, every talk should have a "take-home message".
- When entering your title, capitalize the first word, proper nouns, and the first word following a colon. The title is limited to 255 characters (about 15 words). Do not type the title in all capital letters. Place a comma before the word "and" in a series. Do not end your title with punctuation.
Example: Fecal glucorticoids: A non-invasive method for measuring stress in river otters, brown bears, and red deer
- For each author, enter the full first name, the first letter of the middle name, and the full last name. Do not add punctuation after any of the names.
- Only the first line of text in an author's affiliation will appear in the official conference program; this should be the name of your institution. Do NOT enter department name on the first line of an author's affiliation. Do not end a line with any type of punctuation.
- Symbols, special characters, and fonts are available from a pull-down menu of codes on the abstract submission form. Enter them by selecting from this menu.
- Notification of Receipt: You will be notified of receipt electronically using the e-mail address entered on the submission form. If you enter an incorrect address, you will NOT receive notification. Your abstract will be assigned an Abstract ID Number. Please do not forget this ID number as it will be required for future communications. You can edit your abstract until the abstract deadline, February 26, 2009.
- Notification of Acceptance: You will be notified of acceptance or rejection of your abstract via e-mail by April 23, 2009.
If you encounter problems during abstract submission, contact Aleta Wiley.
Note: Due to the limited amount of time and space available for oral sessions, and the anticipated large number of submissions, you may be asked to give a poster presentation instead of an oral presentation.
- You may view your abstract by going to: http://eco.confex.com/eco/2009/cfp.cgi and entering your Abstract ID Number received at the time of submission.
- Edits can be made directly to the abstract until the abstract deadline, February 26, 2009. Edits necessary after February 26 can be made by contacting Aleta Wiley PRIOR to May 15, 2009. NOTE: Edits are NOT possible after May 15, 2009.
- You can also view your session day, time, and room assignment when the schedule has been finalized. We expect this information to be available in June.
- Before submitting an abstract, authors should be confident that they will attend the meeting and make the presentation.
- If circumstances prevent attendance for a scheduled presentation, the author should find another person to make the presentation.
- If cancellation is unavoidable, the author should notify Aleta Wiley as soon as possible.
- The deadline for cancellation without penalty is May 1, 2009.
H. Penalties and Fees for Cancellations/No-Shows
Late cancellations and failures to give scheduled presentations are disruptive and leave costly gaps in the program that are distracting to all attendees. Therefore, ESA has adopted the following cancellation policy and fee schedule (all values are in US dollars):
- Each person who submits an abstract, whether for an oral paper or a poster, MUST also provide payment information (credit card or check) to ESA. No abstract submission will be accepted for presentation unless this payment information is received by ESA.
- Payment information will be used to process late cancellation/no show fees ONLY if the presenter either: 1) fails to submit written notification of abstract withdrawal to Aleta Wiley prior to the May 1, 2009 cancellation deadline or, 2) fails to show up to present his/her paper or poster and does not arrange for a co-author or other alternate person to present the abstract. All fees will be processed after August 9, 2009.
- $60.00 US Dollars will be charged for late cancellation/no show oral presentations.
- $40.00 US Dollars will be charged for late cancellation/no show poster presentations.
- Presenters who cancel after May 15, 2009 will not be allowed to give a presentation at the 2010 ESA Meeting.
- Presenters who fail to appear for a scheduled presentation and who do not give any prior notice to ESA, will not be allowed to give a presentation at the 2010 and 2011 ESA Meetings.
- Exceptions: Cancellation fees and penalties may be waived if special circumstances apply. Consideration will be case by case by contacting Aleta Wiley. While it is imperative that you notify ESA of your cancellation as soon as possible, decisions regarding waiver requests will not be made until after the annual meeting.
To begin the submission process, please click here.
For further information consult the ESA meeting web site or contact the Program Chair, Scott Franklin, or Program Assistant, Aleta Wiley: