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Joined: 02 Apr 1994
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Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:13 pm
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Well, I have to put my two cents in, but this is mostly a rehash:
- Do NOT underestimate your commute. 20 miles can take easy over an hour at rush hour. That being said, if you have a job with some flexibility, you can minimize the effects.
- Consider your work hours and whether you plan/expect/want to windsurf after work or if you are going to be a weekend sailor. If you are going to be a weekend sailor then you have a lot of options. If you want to sail after work be realistic about your options.
- Third Avenue is the most consistent b&j sailing within a reasonable distance of San Jose. Therefore, living somewhere nearby is probably your best bet.
- I lived in SF and commuted to Redwood Shores for 15 years. The benefits for a young single person living in the city are hard to underestimate as well. Although parts of the city have great freeway access, it is still however a long ways to San Jose.
- If you don't mind commuting, want to live in one of the best outdoor locations in the world, and want to get into wave sailing, then as some have pointed out Santa Cruz should be a contender.
- Personally I would not even consider anything in the East Bay. The drive from Berkeley to San Jose is brutal (is there a worse road than 880 anywhere?), and I think the sailing in the Peninsula is a lot better.
Good luck!
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:32 am
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:44 pm
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I moved out to the SF Bay Area 19 years ago after 15 years of Windsurfing in the UK, Europe and the Canaries. I will reiterate some points and add my own observations:
1) with the exception of rolling surf, the SF Bay offers everything you need and is every bit as good as any coastal windsurfing I ever found in Europe.
2) the East Bay sailing spots, particularly Berkeley and Treasure Island, are consistently under estimated by the SF peninsular sailors. Berkeley has a great windsurfing scene and has both moderate wind and high wind launches. Treasure Island is right in the middle of the Bay Area's biggest wind and the biggest smoothest ramps. There is a pretty dedicated advanced crew sailing it.
3) Iwindsurf is a fantastic resource for where the wind is blowing that has transformed the local windsurfing experience for the better. Watch out for the forecasts though - Berkeley is nearly always forecast lower than it turns out. So "high teens to low 20's" typically results in mid 20's to low 30's. I sailed 4.7 - 5.5 overpowered, 4 days straight at Berkeley this week.
4) The SF Bay Area is full of micro-climates driven by a bank of freezing miserable fog (laughingly called the "marine layer") that moves in and out during the summer months. Typically West = cold and damp and East = sunny and hot. Summers in San Francisco are famously cold and miserable. The eastern side of the SF peninsular is warmer and sunnier. The East Bay (Berkeley - Hayward) is warmer still and the Eastern Side of the Berkeley-Hayward hills (Walnut Creek, Danville, Concord have almost desert climates i.e. 95 - 105 in the summer).
5) Bay Area commuting is a nightmare - period. Having a sailing spot near work can be a good compromise. Commuting to a sailing spot after work almost never works. However there are are a few locations that do have relatively quick reverse commutes.
6) try out a few locations before you commit to one. Ask the local sailors, accept that we will be biased and make your own call.
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:54 pm
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2) the East Bay sailing spots, particularly Berkeley and Treasure Island, are consistently under estimated by the SF peninsular sailors.
I don't think you can claim Treasure Island for the East Bay: it's on "our" side of the toll booth
Truly an excellent spot, often has wind in Sep & Oct when it's not found elsewhere.
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:11 pm
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I think it's still debatable which side of the bay to live in.
I"m an EastBay sailor now. Was a SanFrancisco sailor for 4 years, then a Marin sailor for 10, now EB for the 15th season.
One thing.... I've worked at SanMateo for 3 years, mostly Aug thru Oct. Sailed 3rd maybe 7 days, Coyote 5, when I got off work at 3. I don't think it's nearly as consistent as most of the residents say it is.
The days I didn't sail, I could have with a 7 meter or 6.5, big slalom board, just like Berkeley. And of course, 5 days every 2 weeks, no wind.
S Bay is best in spring.
E Bay is best in summer.
In fall, it's a tossup, as NW winds DO come in, but not that often, while fog does come in, but not as strong as we'd like.
I've been averaging about 120 planing days a year at Berkeley alone, the last 7 years.
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:42 am
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One thing.... I've worked at SanMateo for 3 years, mostly Aug thru Oct. Sailed 3rd maybe 7 days, Coyote 5, when I got off work at 3. I don't think it's nearly as consistent as most of the residents say it is.
Leed, I remember when you worked at California Sailboards in San Mateo.
That was early 1990s, BEFORE internet, Iwindsurf and its wind graphs and forcasts.
Now in 2012 you would see on the IW graph that in a heat wave the wind would go from glassy calm to 18kts suddenly after 4pm, or goto Candlestick.
If you never had a archive graph to look at, you would just drive back home to Berkeley after 3pm if you saw no wind at Coyote or 3rd.
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:37 pm
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I live in the East East Bay Livermore, and want to echo Carl's comment.
I've lived in the East Bay for 20 years, and although Berkeley is closer to me and I do sail there, particularly on Southwest days when Berkeley and T.I. are the only places going; 3rd avenue far surpasses the sailing experience with huge rollers and chop and much more consistent conditions that only rarely drop suddenly.
Berkeley is famous for suddenly dissappearing without warning, leaving you adrift or not even rigging up. I find I always have to rig a 1/2 sail size larger and sail with a slightly larger board to make up for this fact. Although it can be exceptional at times ( I probably have around 100 days at berkeley, all out of his lordships and sometimes on 30mph days);a fantastic day at 3rd avenue with 6 foot swell and awesome jumps far far surpasses the best that Berkeley can ever produce. My friends who live near Berkeley brag about going out on there 6.5 sails and formula boards; while at the same time; I'm on a 5.0 and small board in the 3rd avenue channel. (I'm 190 pounds).
On southwest days, the peninsula sucks, and Berkeley, TI and sherman are the place to be. I like living in the East Bay as all of these spots are equidistant; but would never tell somebody that the East Bay has better windsurfing than the peninsula.
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:51 pm
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I echo sentiment on 3rd ave. there is a ton of used gear to be purchased in the bay area, might be cheaper than shipping. Pay the $99 year for iwindsurf and you will never get skunked. We are a $425 rt flight to Maui, best sailing on the planet. The windsurfing community doesn't have any snobbery like the surf community and there is plenty of room for all. And make sure you sail crissy field for the view
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:56 pm
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hahn2 wrote:
steve1 wrote:
2) the East Bay sailing spots, particularly Berkeley and Treasure Island, are consistently under estimated by the SF peninsular sailors.
I don't think you can claim Treasure Island for the East Bay: it's on "our" side of the toll booth
Truly an excellent spot, often has wind in Sep & Oct when it's not found elsewhere.
I consider it to be the Eastern edge of the Berkeley wind zone
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:12 pm
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I think its important to explain to the OP that there are 2 very different sailing zones at Berkeley - separated by the infamous and very visible"wind line". The infamous cut-off occurs when the wind line moves out to the west and back in again.
The wind line marks the eastern limit of the typically stronger TI - Olympic circle system.
1) The "inside" launch from the jetties at Cal Sailing - is where the wind is generally lighter. It is prone to switching off as the wind line moves west in the mid to late afternoon;
2) the "outside" launch is from His Lordship's. If you keep upwind of the wind line its usually much stronger and very similar to TI.
I don't think there is much between the swells and ramps on the outside of Berkeley (especially if you sail north of the old pier in the OC) and those at 3rd and Coyote Pt. Granted the stuff on the inside isn't much rave about.
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Jeff Robinson 7/10/2012 3:20:50 AM
Karen E. Michaels 7/10/2012 3:25:23 AMNice work, Jeff.
Tammy M. Anderson 7/10/2012 3:37:08 AMLove the sky, color and treatment in both captures, Jeff. #10222580
Jack Gaskin 7/10/2012 3:40:13 AMFirst Thats a Sky for the ages in the first shot Worthy of the Parting of the Red Sea Just AWESOME
The Topper however is the Real Life ( Tonka Truck )
Earthmover . I remember these when they were building the interstate system in Va back in the Early 60's AWESOME RESULTS MY FRIEND
Jack #10222586
Tiia Vissak 7/10/2012 4:11:03 AMvery dramatic! #10222643
R. J. Laudenbacher 7/10/2012 4:23:38 AMWhat a great capture and such a dramatic sky, Jeff. Wonderful work! #10222678
Mary K. Robison 7/10/2012 4:55:30 AMStunning images, Jeff!
Carolyn M. Fletcher 7/10/2012 5:04:05 AMTotally outstanding. I agree with Mary! This is a winner! #10222747
Jyri Vissak 7/10/2012 5:09:16 AMI agree with my daughter. Well done! #10222756
Agnes Fegan 7/10/2012 5:35:25 AMI think you have a Winner too! The colors look so good against that stormy sky! #10222785
Robert R. Goodman 7/10/2012 5:57:10 AMHi Jeff,That sure is one rough ride my friend.Excellent capture,Earthmover never was my most favorite machine to drive!!!!! #10222820
Bojan Bencic 7/10/2012 6:29:49 AMFantastic POV and dramatic sky, Jeff. Perfect background for this big boy. #10222875
Stefania Barbier 7/10/2012 6:50:22 AMfantastic capture and PS work, beautiful! #10222930
Linda D. Lester 7/10/2012 7:07:33 AMAwesome subject! The sky is beautiful! #10222966
Lynn M. Whitt 7/10/2012 8:49:56 AMGreat capture. The sky makes a great background. #10223131
Nancy L. Green 7/10/2012 9:21:56 AMI believe you have another winner here Jeff, this reminds me of the one you did with the red truck. I agree, I LOVE that dramatic sky, WTG!! <>< #10223190
Linda S. Smith 7/10/2012 9:55:40 AMFantastic capture Jeff! Love the dramatic sky with all the gorgeous colors! Shooting through the window didn't hamper this image at all! Well done! #10223224
Marilyn K. Lincecum 7/10/2012 10:19:52 AMDitto with Linda..love the dramatic sky ane the fantastic colors. Wonderful post processing. #10223259
Stephen Zacker 7/10/2012 10:53:01 AMAwesome perspective and sky. #10223300
Julianne Bradford 7/10/2012 11:39:48 AMWow!! Both are just awesome Jeff!!! Winners both..in my book! #10223351
Mike Clime 7/10/2012 12:06:10 PMThis really stands out against that dramatic sky, Jeff! #10223383
Rony Sagy 7/10/2012 12:09:17 PMSpectacular work here, Jeff. #10223391
Katherine Kuhn 7/10/2012 12:25:27 PMWonderful colors, detail & light, Jeff! Love that stormy sky!!
Terry Cervi 7/10/2012 1:31:39 PMWhat an incredible and dramatic shot this is, Jeff!! #10223512
Marilyn Cornwell 7/10/2012 2:27:44 PMThese are two amazing images, Jeff! The centre placement is fantastic and the cloud capture in both is wonderful! #10223636
John Connolly 7/10/2012 2:54:55 PMWhat a fantastic sky you have captured here Jeff! Two awesome images with real impact! #10223689
MELODIE C. ROBERTS 7/10/2012 5:19:30 PMNew Roads and Homes!!
Great news and a great image Jeff!
That sky is unbelievable!! #10223887
David Phalen 7/10/2012 5:56:09 PMOMG Jeff the light, colors, clarity and threatening sky is spectacular!! #10223955
Patrick Rouzes 7/10/2012 5:58:27 PMSky, colors, lighting, clarity & mood are exceptional, Jeff! Good luck with this, my friend!
Avril Young 7/10/2012 6:19:04 PMSimply stunning, just love that sky, so full of drama...bet we see this one again!! #10224003
Claudia Kuhn 7/10/2012 7:08:38 PMGreat drama in that sky, Jeff. It sure is great behind that impressive piece of equipment. Smart to shoot from cover too #10224085
Robert K. Bemus 7/10/2012 11:06:39 PMI'm so envious of you for having this kind of weather (but do be careful of the lightning)...both are awesome images, Jeff!! #10224268
Louisa Hancock 7/10/2012 11:17:43 PMWhat a great dramatic image. The treatment with the effects are fantastic #10224279
Amanda J. Tanner 7/10/2012 11:32:34 PMVery dramatic image. Love the capture of the rolling clouds. That sure is a big piece of machinery. Excellent work Jeff! #10224295
Ujjwal Mukherjee 7/10/2012 11:50:21 PMIt has come out wonderfully well,Jeff! The 2nd one is very cool too!! #10224309
Barbara Waldoch 7/11/2012 12:28:35 AMVery well done, Jeff! #10224339
Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas 7/11/2012 2:51:19 AMFantastic work Jeff!,
Jeff Robinson 7/11/2012 3:09:59 AMThanks Everyone Very Much! Jeff #10224440
Mariann Kovats 7/11/2012 6:31:39 AMIt worth all your effort, Jeff! Fantastic dramatic sky, colors and details! I hope, we'll see this again with gold! Excellent capture! #10224667
Bill Houghton 7/11/2012 10:54:53 AMJeff, these are outstanding works. Thanks for your comment. Bill #10224973
Emile Abbott 7/11/2012 11:39:51 AMLiked them both Jeff and glad to see someone is employed. Powerful machine. #10225038
Carol Flisak 7/11/2012 11:41:34 AMBoth images are terrific, Jeff... love your perspective, the colors and that dramatic sky! #10225039
Mitch Spence 7/11/2012 11:51:18 AMThere is something extra special about that storm light, Jeff. I know what you mean, about the feel of it all. An excitement in the air. You took great advantage of it here. #10225060
ALLEN O. HOWARD 7/11/2012 12:14:26 PMBoth exceptional captures my friend! Colors, details and WOW!!! #10225130
David M. Montero 7/11/2012 12:22:15 PMI like them both but I am partial to Heavy Duty 2. Both are exceptional Jeff. #10225150
Maria Coulson 7/11/2012 4:29:55 PMBoth are very good Jeff, I would enter both of them. #10225599
Jeff Robinson 7/11/2012 4:58:11 PMThank You! Jeff #10225657
Tammy Espino 7/11/2012 6:12:16 PMBoth are fantastic :) #10225826
Ann Coates 7/11/2012 7:50:37 PMA brilliant set of image here Jeff. The colours are phenomenal. Love that dramatic sky. #10225941
Jeff Robinson 7/12/2012 3:17:33 AMThank You Tammy and Ann! #10226159
Janet McNeil 7/12/2012 3:57:12 AMBoth photos are fantastic!! Love the effects and dramatic sky!! #10226233
Jeff Robinson 7/12/2012 4:26:31 PMThank You Janet! Jeff #10226990
Gail Sullivan 7/13/2012 5:05:38 AMHi Jeff...so dramatic ...excellent processing. #10227599
Rona L. Schwarz 7/13/2012 9:51:25 PMAnother "WOW" of an image, Jeff! Both of them - this is one of the most dramatic and best skies I've seen in a very long time and the oncoming storm really makes the yellow Cat jump out. Love your POV and your processing is excellent. There is so much construction work being done in our town this summer and every time I see one of these monsters I think of you! #10228594
Jeff Robinson 7/14/2012 3:03:14 AMThank You Gail and Rona! Jeff #10228706
Dayna Cain 7/14/2012 4:57:20 PMThis is INCREDIBLE! WOW! Excellent work Jeff! #10229465
Thomas E. Hinds 7/14/2012 5:27:59 PMGreat image, Jeff! Love both of them! #10229485
Jeff Robinson 7/15/2012 2:42:05 AMThank You Dayna and Tom! Jeff #10229821
JO ANN CLEVELAND 7/18/2012 11:48:29 AMLove it Jeff!
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Jeff Robinson 7/18/2012 4:30:33 PMThank You Jo Ann! Jeff #10235461
Carole L. Parker 7/20/2012 3:13:20 PMAgain, I am taken aback. You are one of the best on here Jeff. Great job. #10237983
Jeff Robinson 7/21/2012 2:54:07 AMThanks Very Much Carole! Jeff #10238473
Mary K. Robison 11/14/2012 3:17:33 AMCongratulations, Jeff, on your dramatic clouds in "Heavy Duty" being selected as the featured photo in this morning's Snapshot! #10418166
Stefania Barbier 11/14/2012 3:38:04 AMcongratulations on being selected for Snapshot!!! #10418214
Tammy M. Anderson 11/14/2012 4:35:19 AMCongrats on your wonderful image and gallery being featured in Snapshot. #10418288
Nikki McDonald 11/14/2012 5:37:45 AMCongratulations on your gallery feature in Snapshot, Jeff. This is a beautiful and powerfully dramatic image. Great contrasts. #10418377
Lana Arcemont 11/14/2012 6:00:55 AMFabulous color and detail!
Jill Odice 11/14/2012 8:32:05 AMI love both version Jeff! Congrats on your Snapshot pick!Don't know how this one slipped under my radar :-) #10418581
Maria Coulson 11/14/2012 4:25:25 PMJeff, It was good to see this today on the snap shot. I knew immediately it was yours. Congratulations! #10418962
Jeff Robinson 11/15/2012 2:48:09 PMThanks Everyone!! Jeff #10420148
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 11/18/2012 9:18:09 AMCongratulations on your incredible SnapShot feature Jeff!! #10424126
Jeff Robinson 11/19/2012 2:31:39 PMThank You Donna! Jeff #10425781
Beth OMeara 4/21/2013 9:24:23 PMExcellent Image, Jeff. Love the coloring and, indeed impending storm added to teh image. Great job. #10662583
Jeff Robinson 4/22/2013 2:36:09 PMThank You Beth! Jeff #10663413
Karen E. Gold 6/5/2015 9:59:01 AMWow. Great capture. #11312917
Jeff Robinson 6/6/2015 2:32:04 AMThank You Karen! #11313215
A storm was coming and the sky began to darken - Lots of high wind as well. I thought that this would be the perfect time to get out and capture this machine with a dramatic sky for a background. I had to position our Expedition so I could shoot through the window (The Glass was Down) since the wind was causing a lot of blowing sand, dirt and other debris from the nearby construction site. It's a real rush to get out in the elements when the weather turns bad! (One more in the comment section)
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by Eli Katz » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:05 amI just read the first two issues; I enjoyed the first but not the second.
I'm not crazy about Cap in a sci-fi version of The Road. I'm also not crazy about Romita Jr.'s art.
I won't drop the book, yet. But I'm hoping this current storyline shifts direction soon.
What are you thoughts on the book?
by Keb » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:24 amI like it. Has a 70s Kirby Cap feel to it. I think its the art and the story together that make it feel that way.
Not sure what to think of the kid but he's a fairly new character. I don't like the extreme cliffhanger endings either.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:27 amI think mainstream comics writers, pushed to produce more and more content for Marvel especially, have been polluted by how much media they themselves consume, movies, television, video games, etc.
Matt Fraction is another good example, writing a Doctor Who rip-off to the point of writing Reed declaring everything has gone 'pear-shaped'.
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by MikeinLA » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:39 amIt's a change of pace from Brubaker's run, so that's refreshing. I do like the idea of Arnim Zola taking a whole alternate dimension and turning it into his own personal petri dish, and hope Remender does more with that angle. The art's ok.
One weird thing that threw me off, and its minor, but was when Ian called Cap "Papa". That was laying it on a bit thick.
by DMM » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:41 am
I agree with this post. It's something I've often thought myself, lately, and I'm glad I'm not the only person who thinks this is true.
by Keb » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:52 am
I think he is supposed to be cloned from Cap. Ian has a sister. He also grows super fast. He was a baby in issue 1 and now he's looks like a 5 year old.
by MikeinLA » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:12 am
I guess that's possible. I just found it weird the kid would call him "Papa". Unless there's some kind of weird memory implanting thing going on, everything Ian knows comes from Cap, and I don't think Cap would tell the kid to refer to him as that, even if he is acting as a surrogate father figure to him.
by DMM » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:16 am
Well, kids need parents, and since Cap is the only person he knows (only person not trying to kill/capture him he knows), and he's an older guy who is protecting him, he naturally identifies him as his Dad. Of course, I don't know where he learned the word "papa." So, I think that's your point--why is he calling him "Papa," of all things. I agree that I can't picture Cap telling him to call him that. Maybe it is a genetic memory or something strange like that.
by Keb » Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:53 pm
I think they are aware, or if not the editors are aware of it. I find that Marvel wants to pull in more readers so they endorse stories that mimic or are similar to other popular narratives. Plus when they let those same creators pay homage to stories of the past, it also pulls in the old readers. I'm okay with it if its done well. Its not a bad technique but a lot of times the stories are garbage. I find that a lot of Marvel writers just reuse plots from the silver age and rehash the damn things to fit this more television styled storytelling method. That's what I have a problem with.
by Johnny Smith » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:25 pmI like it, especially the childhood flashbacks. I think JR2 is perfect for a story involving bizarre alien landscapes.
The first story arc is ten issues:
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by avengingtitan » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:42 pmIts okay but its not Captain America to me. I'm just not interested in it.
by MoneyMelon » Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:57 amNot a fan at all. I give Rick Remender credit for doing something drastically different than what Brubaker was doing but it just doesn't work for me. This might have worked for another character, but the setting doesn't really feel like a Cap book to me. And I find all the alien monsters to be sort of boring as antagonists. There's nothing interesting about them. They just feel like generic comic book bad guys.
Some of the story elements were pretty bad too, like Cap contemplating suicide. Very out of character. I don't see the guy who went through the worst war in history, been up against insurmountable odds over and over again and stood up to an Infinity Gauntlet wielding Thanos thinking of offing himself because he's stranded somewhere. Seemed like Remender wanted to get a little introspective there but he completely lost sight of the character he was writing and it just fell flat and seemed ridiculous.
I guess Remender is trying to go for a cosmic Lone Wolf & Cub kind of thing, but I feel like I already read this a couple years ago in Cable. And there's nothing about Ian that really makes me care about him other than he's a kid and you don't want to see bad stuff happen to kids. There's probably more to him, but I don't really care enough to keep reading to find out what it is. The book just doesn't have enough of a hook for me.
Also, I hate John Romita Jr's art. Everything always looks blocky and distorted to me. I find his art distracting.
When I read about what Remender wanted to do with this book, I had a feeling I wouldn't like it, but I gave it a shot hoping it would impress me. Unfortunately it's just not my thing and I couldn't find enough to like about the book in order to keep reading it. I think I ordered #3 but I decided not to order anything beyond that.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:53 amAgree with MM on the art and boring monster mash, from what I've seen.
by HNutz » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:00 am
10 issues? Eek!
Between this and Batman's 11 issue opening arc...
That's a big commitment to ask from a new creative team and their spin on the character.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:05 amThey are really stringing things out, aren't they?
Look at Death Of The Family, which started strong out of the gate and got a lot of attention but has now been stretched thin by too many tie-ins and so much meandering.
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fine wrote:migya wrote:JOEL wrote:migya wrote:Rob, you are the only one here that hasn't set his team yet. What you have to do is go to your team page in this league and place your places in ACTIVE positions. Right now, they are all on the bench, that's how it is after the draft and you have to place them in the positions you want yourself.
Mig -
don't know if this is possible but if the league agree's you might want to set Rob's team for this week.
Well, I could do that, but the point of this is for everyone to have control of their team and participate properly, as we said at the beginning. Rob has to do it himself, as only he knows what players he wants where. Everyone has to set their teams though or it will not be fair on the rest of us
Dikum broke his laptop the other day, if I remember correctly from draft night. Maybe you can do it for him just this week Migya? (props to Joel for not wanting to get an easy win)
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You like... I do is a short video display of "Man's Best Friend" featuring some of Mirella Manca's Stormbandit Bull Terriers in the Netherlands.
That is wher I met Stormbandit's Kublai Khan whom call Willem in the Summer of 2002.
The bull terrier is perhaps one of the most mis-understood of all the breeds of dogs. They are strong willed, yet gentle, They are like having a 2 year old in a clown suit, but bull terriers are not for everyone.
Physically they are an oddity with their egg shaped heads and almond eyes, but their hearts are as large as they are, maybe even more.
I hope that you enjoy the video and if you ever have a chance to know one they will be forever in your heart.


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Here hoping for their eventual reunion.
... so now that I think about it, with GROUP currently disbanded, ITEM could indeed be the strongest science side team.
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"Wait, I'm changing my battery." *puts a hand-crank to his collar and starts cranking* ... one minute later "that should do it, now I can change the battery"
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These three fights were amazing, well worth waiting for. I have to admit that I feel... proud of Mikoto and not just for doing well against Brunhild. To think that the Mikoto we first met back then would get to the point where she is seriously talking about being a good woman. It warms my heart...
Touma vs Birdway was great, it's good to see that Touma's precognition and combat skills with Imagine Breaker are improving. We also got to see a hint about what Birdway's really thinking. The way she got pissed when Touma mentioned she has too much power struck a chord. Birdway is similar to Seria: she has too much power, too much talent, too much responsibilty, so she ends up making the most rational choices despite what she really wants. So a powerless person like Touma who is free to do anything, and actually succeeds must be interesting to her.
As for Thor vs Silvia, Thor was pretty damn impressive and my pity for Ollerus has reached a new height.
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It's funny that birdway had to resort to a gun to try and defeat touma. I guess his butt-whopping was too much for her handle with her own skills so she had rely on something scientific then her own power. I bet you magicians are going throw away all that magical pride crap with when comes to dealing with touma and now pull out guns to deal with him.
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Location: Australia
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And given AC's tech I'm confident that they could make a very light and snug vest that won't impede mobility
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No time to sleep, 不幸だ
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: The Big Apple
Age: 25
But...judging from recent events, Touma's threshold seems to be pretty high, so it probably would be worth investing in.
On another note, I loved seeing the development for Miko-chin (yeah, that nickname is definitely gonna stick) and Touma.
For Miko-chin, it was her growth as a person. Of course, watching her go toe-to-toe with a Valkyrie is satisfying as well.
For Touma, it was nice to see him using some interesting tactics by combining his precognition and his manipulation of Imagine Breaker's use. Figures that people are figuring just now that the best way to beat Touma is with conventional weaponry.
Well, those three fights are amazing. I actually had to read them twice to get a full understanding of what was going on. Can't wait to see what's next.
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Location: Discord
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Is she going to stop chasing him around?
Is she still going to enroll in his school?
Is she going to break into his dorm and dress up in a Kimono and wait for him to wake up every morning to make him breakfast and send him off 0_0 ?
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No time to sleep, 不幸だ
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: The Big Apple
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As for the other three questions, no. Although, I can definitely imagine her doing the last two for some reason...
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All across the UK, USA and Canada today, families will be celebrating Father's Day in honour of all those awesome dads out there. Fathers are fantastic folk for all sorts of reasons, so we thought we'd delve into the ARKive collection to find some extra-special dads of the wild variety.
1. Male pregnancy?!
We'll start with a classic example of the unusual lengths some dads will go to for their young: the seahorse! Like other species of its kind, the male spiny seahorse is the one that becomes 'pregnant'. It will carry the fertilised eggs in a pouch in its tail, and will actually go through labour at the end of the pregnancy, actively forcing the young out!
2. Looking after the ankle-biters…
All midwife toad species have a somewhat unusual parental care system, and this Betic midwife toad is no exception. The male straps clutches of fertilised eggs to its hind legs and carries them around for about a month, constantly ensuring that they are kept moist. When the eggs are ready to hatch, the male deposits them in a suitable area of water.
3. Housekeeping dad
A very attentive and industrious bird, the male malleefowl is in charge of digging a large nest, up to five metres wide and one metre deep. This is filled with twigs and leaves which eventually turn to compost. Even after the female has laid her eggs in the heat-producing nest, the male's job is not over. The feathered father carefully covers the eggs up, and throughout the incubation period it uses its beak to test the temperature of the nest, either adding or removing nesting material in order to maintain a constant temperature of 34°C for its developing brood.
4. Fearsome father
The largest member of the weasel family, the wolverine has a reputation for being an aggressive creature. Yet it turns out that males of this species actually make rather caring dads! A male wolverine mates with two or three females in a season, and it roams across hundreds of miles of terrain every month to visit its young. These fearsome fathers are also known to teach their older offspring how to fend for themselves in their rugged environment.
5. Honey, I swallowed the kids…
Thankfully, this fishy father does not actually swallow its offspring, but it does incubate its eggs and brood the young in its mouth for several weeks! This parental tactic is known as mouthbrooding, and is thought to protect the eggs and young from predation as well as from potentially hazardous water currents. Nice work from the spotfin betta!
6. Dedicated dad
After hatching, bristle-thighed curlew chicks are initially looked after by both parents. Yet even before the chicks have fledged, the female bristle-thighed curlew abandons her young, leaving the male to take care of them all alone. The dedicated dad aggressively defends its offspring either by performing distraction displays when a threat approaches or attacking potential predators.
7. Primate papa
Male parental care is relatively rare in mammals, yet this grey-legged night monkey is a particularly paternal primate. And a good job, too, given that the female will only accept contact with its offspring when the infant needs to suckle! If the attention-seeking youngster should try and climb on the female's back, the latter will actively pull the infant off itself and even bite it if it tries to cling on! The male carries around its young, defends it, and is responsible for the infant's upbringing, including teaching it how to survive in the wild (and possibly how to deal with its cranky mother!).
8. Caring clownfish
Whereas many parents only have to keep an eye on one or two youngsters at a time, which is tough in itself, the male clownfish has a much bigger task…it has to guard and protect anywhere between 100 and 1,000 eggs! Quite a feat! Luckily, although the male is in charge of defence, the female also plays a role in tending to the eggs, assisting the male in removing litter or dead eggs from the clutch.
9. Attentive avian
The southern cassowary definitely deserves a Feathered Father of the Year Award; once the female has laid a clutch of eggs, the male is left to take sole responsibility for their care. This attentive avian incubates the eggs for about 50 days, and only leaves the nest in order to have a drink. Even after hatching, this dad's dedication never falters, as the male southern cassowary continues to care for its offspring for up to 16 months.
10. Furry father
One might expect a sly male fox to slink away once its young have been born and avoid all responsibility for their upbringing, but this is not the case. This furry father is actually an extremely diligent dad, and heads out several times a day to hunt and bring back food to feed its entire family. Male foxes have also been observed playing with their offspring and showing them around their territory.
All of the dads above demonstrate a great deal of dedication to their youngsters, but which one do you think deserves to win ARKive's Father of the Year Award? Let us know in a comment below!
Kathryn Pintus, ARKive Species Text Author


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Carefree Communities is Growing RV Footprint
August 16, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Carefree Communities is Growing RV Footprint
David Napp is on the road again, looking for choice RV parks and manufactured housing communities to add to the growing portfolio of Carefree Communities Inc., a new company formed on June 2 when Centerbridge Capital Partners LP purchased Napp's National RV Communities LLC (NRVC).
Woodalls Campground Management reported that the veteran of the RV park and campground sector who, with partner Colleen Edwards, had already been doing business under the Carefree RV Resorts brand, has fresh backing and appreciable capital to pursue an expansion strategy for his regenerated company — and to become an even more potent player in the RV park and campground business.
"Our mutual goal is to grow the business's assets to $1.5 billion over the next three years," said Napp, That's more than double the present size of the company — which, with the acquisition of four parks earlier this month, now oversees 65 properties with 18,500 sites in seven states and Ontario.
Those holdings, according to Napp, make Carefree Communities Inc. the nation's second-largest RV park owner-operator behind Chicago-based Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc. The new company will operate under the Carefree RV Resorts and Carefree Communities brands.
Napp remains CEO while Edwards is still president. The two co-founders owned approximately 23% of NRVC prior to the Centerbridge investment, which, Napp contends, is a positive signal and "validation" for the industry in general.
Napp and Edwards in 2005 established NRVC, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company that historically had sought properties in key destination vacation spots with a proven record of attracting both leisure travelers and retirees seeking warm-weather destinations. NRVC since then had grown to become the 10th-largest owner/operator of destination RV and MH communities in the U.S. and Canada.
Napp all along had been open about his company's long-term game plan, even announcing last summer that his firm was seeking to finance an aggressive acquisition plan by tapping the private equity market for up to $400 million in new capital. Once the capital was secured, Napp said a year ago, he planned to expand Carefree's portfolio with an eye toward a "priority list" of potential acquisitions in locales like Florida, California and Arizona as well as the Eastern Seaboard — looking for "great opportunities" in popular tourist areas like Myrtle Beach, Cape May and Cape Cod.
Now Napp, by all appearances, is making good on that pledge.
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Northern Ireland's Wayne Boyd took the lead on the sixth round of the famed Milwaukee Mile oval and held-off a race-long challenge from pole sitter Zach Veach to score an accomplished victory.
The win, a first for him this season and for the newly created Belardi Auto Racing has placed Boyd 4th in the chase for the point's championship.
Boyd, 20, moved his racing career to the United States for the 2011 season to take advantage of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder series, competing with a field of international talent. Boyd arrived in Indianapolis where the team is based, only days before the season opener at Sebring International Raceway.
As a newly formed team, the cars first laps came in the first practice.
Boyd not only needed to learn a new car, but a new track – one which many of his competitors already knew extremely well. Two races were scheduled for the weekend, Race 1 - he would run as high as 2nd but finish 11th (thanks to a little help from competitor Zach Veach), Race 2 - he would finish 6th.
The Streets of St. Petersburg, running with the IZOD Indycar series, held the next two races. Boyd would finish 7th in Race 3, but clearly the new effort was starting gel. He posted his first podium finish in Race 4 with a 3rd.
As the training grounds for the next generation of IndyCar drivers, all of the series in the Mazda Road to Indy run a combination of road courses, street courses and ovals. Race 5 was held at Lucas Oil Raceway Park in Indianapolis, only a few miles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the very popular – Night Before the 500 event.
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In preparation for the race, Boyd not only got a little seat time in preparation for his first oval, but he also participated in an oval clinic hosted by Mazda. Indy 500 winners Al Unser, Jr. and Dan Wheldon were on hand to provide some great information for all the Road to Indy drivers, plus give them pace laps on the historic 2.5 mile Indy 500 track.
Lucas Oil Raceway Park is a small oval at only 5/8 mile in length. The banks on the little bowl are significant and take a different driving style to manage. Again, Boyd stepped up and proved himself to be one of the series front runners - all of which were running at new track record pace for the entire almost caution-free race. Wayne would finish 5th.
Which brings us back to Milwaukee…Boyd, now sporting a welcome from the Milwaukee Irish Festival, qualified second and didn't get the greatest of starts. The third place driver jumped the green flag and the combination meant that the field would go three wide into the first turn. But Boyd on the outside was able to carry more momentum onto the back straightaway, then ducked to the inside of Veach as they swept into Turn 3. He emerged from the exit of 4 as the leader and never looked backed.
"I started on the front row in P2 beside Zach," Boyd said. "He made a good start and I didn't. I really struggled and went into the first turn in third or fourth. I had to commit to the outside line and it really paid off. I went around the outside behind Zach and caught a good draft off of him going into 3 and was able to get him on the inside. After that, I just put my head down and kept consistent because I knew Zach had a good pace under him as well. I put my head down, judged the traffic accordingly and it was a good race for us. I want to say a massive thanks to Belardi Auto Racing for all their help. And also a massive thanks to the Milwaukee Irish Fest for their support."
With half the season still remaining, Boyd is now only 48 points out in the Championship point's chase.
Next up: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with IZOD Indycar, August 3 – 7th.


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Media portrays the racism and lies regarding my life. I am suppose to be with white people but I married a mixed raced woman who will never play their game. I am assaulted and hounded by my former co-star but they tell me that I will go to jail if I don't play fake Crime Unit couple for the media. Especially George Clooney. But, marrying Kesha with her mother's permission prior to her coming of age making our real anniversary 20-years actually what do you get your wife on such an event.
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Hi again guys. This time I'm using Fedora17. I've already installed Mysql Workbench because I'm working with Eclipse in some projeects of my college.
As I know, i can't mix xampp and a previous mysql installation. So how can I use xampp in this situation ? Maybe I'm wrong
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It has been a long time coming, but we have some good news from the folks at BRD Motorcycles, as the electric motorcycle startup has just closed a $4.5 million Series A funding round.
The investment round was led by Spanish investment firm Modara Technologies, which was joined by Cedarville Investments, Tesla Motors founders Martin Eberhard & Marc Tarpenning, and Pedro Zapata Gil, the CEO of Baluarte Real Estate in Spain.
To-date that makes $8.2 million in capital raised by BRD, and now the San Francisco startup will be able to go ahead with production on its BRD RedShift electric dirt bike and supermoto offerings. BRD will show the production-ready RedShift MX & RedShift SM at the AIMExpo in two weeks' time, which will retail for $14,995 and $15,495, respectively.


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You've suddenly found yourself on the magical island of SillyBandz where your favorite collectible toys have come to life!
SillyBandz Island, an amazingly beautiful yet mysterious place, has been overrun by strange little creatures called SillyStarz and it is now up to you to round 'em all up and put 'em all away.
Are you up for the task?
Journey across 60 different levels on SillyBandz Magical Island, collecting 40 unique SillyBandz that you can use on your quest to collect all the SillyStars!
The cute and lovable "Stella" the Puppy (the officially unofficial SillyBandz mascot) guides you along your journey exploring beaches, forests, volcanoes, clouds and outer space as you try to unlock the island's secrets and find your way back home!
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PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) Thursday, Sept. 27, to present science findings from the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. The news conference from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., will be carried live on NASA Television, the agency's website and on Ustream.
Curiosity, also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, is 50 days into a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life.
For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:http://www.nasa.gov/ntv .
To watch on Ustream, go to: http://ustream.tv/nasajpl .
For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mars andhttp://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl .
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"Samuel Hunter"
Host Marcia Franklin talks with Moscow native playwright Samuel Hunter about his works and the influence of Idaho in his plays. Hunter, who was in Boise recently to help direct one of his plays, is the recipient of a 2011 Obie Award, the equivalent of a Tony Award for off-Broadway productions, for his play A Bright New Boise. G
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The best value to your spend money. Very well spend in that case.
I would like to present pack my the best (I think) motivational tunes. Including my popular Eco-rporate – very positive and uplifting. Bring happiness to everyone.
I save the words – listen and buy – you are the winner in this game.
Tracks used:
1. Eco-rporate – 2:17
2. Eco-rporate 8 – 1:56
3. Eco-rporate 4 – dance – 2:02
4. Eco-rporate 5 – 2:27
5. We Are The Winners – 3:25
6. Eco-rporate 7 – 1:45
So … what can I add. All of them very positive and brings you joy of life. "Eco-rporate 4 – dance" and "We Are The Winners" are more energetic – they are closer to techno – house style. Don't try them in the car. You doing it on your own.
You find in those compositions whole spectrum of sounds: acoustic guitars and pianos, natural and synthetic strings, real and electronic drums. Synthetic leads and brasses and of course nice and moody pads.


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Did you know that there are pirates in Michigan? Aparently there is a group that sails the 5 lakes (as opposed to the 7 seas) known as the Brethren of the Great Lakes.
Well, in late breaking pirate news, there is currently a pirate festival going on (Aug. 3rd – 8th) in Grand Haven, Michigan. So if you live around there and you read this blog, you should probably go check that out.
As a side note, I'd just like to point out that the "pirate lord" of Lake Michigan is known as Count d'Booty. Really? Count d'Booty? I mean, I guess when he picked his pirate name he didn't necessarily know he would grow up to hold the position of pirate lord, but still.
In other news, last night I ate cheese. Cheese with bacon inside of it!


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Genetics for Life is about delivering the best possible product to Semex's clients. Genomax™ sires are just that, being the best of the best with only one in seven bulls that enter a Semex stud qualifying for Genomax status.
Semex's rigorous selection process used to select the Genomax lineup has resulted in some of the most in-demand progeny proven bulls in the world. These bulls are proof positive that Genomax bulls are the best source to maximize genetic gain and profitability.
These young guns are following in the footsteps of other breed-influencing Genomax graduates including: 0200HO05929 Gen-I-Beq Brawler, 0200HO05588 Comestar Lauthority, 0200HO05575 Gillette Jordan, 0200HO02427 Ardross Sterling *RC, 0200HO02331 Mr Marvelous, 0200HO05630 Comestar Lavanguard and many, many more. Following the December genetic evaluations Semex is pleased to announce two more exciting graduates from the Genomax program to the proven lineup:
• 0200HO00528 Sildahl Jett Air (Baxter x BW Marshall)
o Repromax™, HealthSmart™ and Calving Ease™ sire o High ranking TPI and LPI sire at +2097 GTPI and +2269 GLPI o #1 new release Baxter in Canada and the #1 Baxter on Holstein USA's high ranking sire report, offering one of the best combinations of PL and SCS available at +5.8 and 2.75 respectively. He's also the #2 PTAT in the high ranking sire report's top 50 at +2.79 with +2.21 UDC and +2.62 FLC. In Canada, he debuts with similar results at 2.67 SCS, +113 Herd Life and +13 Conformation making him an extremely popular new release.
• 0200HO03648 Domicole Chelios (Baxter x Goldwyn)
o Repromax and Calving Ease sire o Semex's #1 PTAT new release and #2 PTAT sire, and Semex's #1 new release LPI Conf sire at +14 o #11 PTAT & #6 FLC sire in the Top 1500 Sires with daughters at +3.32 and +3.38 o Semex's best Baxter for Calving Ease at +108 in Canada


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The following medical journal abstracts show that different vacuum cleaners can either provide allergy relief or make symptoms worse. We recommend vacuum cleaners with HEPA filtration to those with allergies and asthma.
TITLE: The effect of vacuum cleaners on the concentration and particle size distribution of airborne cat allergen.
AUTHORS: Woodfolk JA; Luczynska CM; de Blay F; Chapman MD; Platts-Mills TA
AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908.
SOURCE: J Allergy Clin Immunol 1993 Apr; 91(4): 829-37
BACKGROUND: Vacuum cleaners are essential for the removal of dust from the surface of carpets; however, they may also contribute to airborne dust both by leakage through the cleaner and disturbance of floor dust.
METHODS: The present studies used established techniques for measuring airborne Fel d 1 to study the effects of vacuum cleaners on airborne cat allergen under laboratory conditions and in houses with cats. Nine different models were loaded with dust containing 50 mg Fel d 1 and run for 15 minutes in a laboratory room (volume approximately 18m3). Leakage was expressed as the airborne concentration of allergen in nanograms per cubic meter.
RESULTS: Cleaners incorporating a double-thickness dust bag either did not leak, that is, less than 0.4 ng Fel d 1/m3 or had minor leakage approximately 5 ng/m3 Vacuum cleaners with single-thickness paper bags leaked more, that is, 15 to >90 ng/m3 with the exception of the cleaner with an efficient outer bag. Detailed studies on a vacuum cleaner that leaked showed that placing dust in the bag, replacing the dust bag with a double-thickness bag, and placing an electrostatic filter over the exhaust reduced levels from greater than 90 ng/m3 to less than 2 ng/m3. Two water-filter vacuum cleaners each emitted cat allergen (up to >100 ng/m3) with a mean of approximately 90% on particles less than 2.5 microns diameter. This emission could be almost completely controlled by taping electrostatic filter paper over the air outlet.
CONCLUSIONS: In houses with cats, different models of vacuum cleaners could either reduce or increase total airborne allergen, and could also selectively increase certain particle sizes. These results suggest that cat allergen is a good model for studying the effectiveness of vacuum cleaners recommended to allergic patients.
TITLE: Assessment of vacuum cleaners and vacuum cleaner bags recommended for allergic subjects.
AUTHORS: Vaughan JW; Woodfolk JA; Platts-Mills TA
AUTHOR AFFILIATION: University of Virginia Asthma and Allergic Diseases Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
SOURCE: J Allergy Clin Immunol 1999 Nov; 104(5): 1079-83
BACKGROUND: High-quality vacuum cleaners and vacuum cleaner bags are often recommended to allergic patients as a means of reducing indoor allergen exposure. A number of vacuum cleaners on the market today claim to capture 99.9% of particles 0.3 micron or larger entering the vacuum cleaner, and many vacuum cleaner bags are now being sold as microfiltration bags.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the allergen-trapping abilities of vacuum cleaners and to use a new technique for testing vacuum cleaner bags that are recommended for allergic patients.
METHODS: Vacuum cleaners were tested in an 18m3 laboratory room permeated with dust containing high levels of cat allergen by using techniques previously described. Air was sampled using parallel filters in conjunction with a particle counter. The filters were assayed by ELISA for cat allergen (Fel d 1). Vacuum cleaner bags were tested by using a modified dust trap to pull sieved house dust containing a known amount of Fel d 1 across the material used for the bag. Allergen passing through the bag was trapped on a filter covering the exit of the trap and analyzed for Fel d 1.
RESULTS: In general, vacuum cleaners designed for allergic patients leaked lower amounts of allergen (<0.5-4.04 ng/m3) than that found in our previous studies (<0.5-100 ng/m3). Single-layer vacuum cleaner bags performed poorly (1250-2640 ng recovered) compared with most of the 2- and 3-layer microfiltration bags (0.53-2450 ng recovered). The range of allergen recovered from the 2-layer bags (0.93-2450 ng recovered) highlighted the variability found between manufacturers.
CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that although allergen leakage has been reduced, there is still room for improvement. A method of testing allergen leakage by using Fel d 1 should be applied to vacuum cleaners and bags recommended for allergic patients.