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Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
English: Yellow marsh saxifrage,
French: Saxifrage oeil-de-bouc (Baffin Island), Saxifrage affine (Nunavik).
Saxifragaceae, Saxifrage family.
Published in Sp. Pl. 402. 1753.
Type: Sweden: selected by Webb, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 95: 264. 1987. Lectotype: LINN 575.38.
Synonymy. Leptasea hirculus (L.) Small, N. Amer. Fl. 22, 2: 152. 1905.
Hirculus ranunculoides Haw., Saxifr. Enum. 40 1821.
Saxifraga prorepens Fisch. ex Sternb., Revis. Saxifrag. 59. 1810.
Saxifraga propinqua R. Br. in Ross, Voy. Discovery, ed. 2, 2: 192. 1819.
Hirculus propinquus Haw., Saxifr. Enum. 40. 1821.
Saxifraga hirculus L. var. propinqua (R.Br.) R.Br., Chlor. Melvill. 5. 1823.
Leptasea alaskana Small, N. Amer. Fl. 22, 2: 152. 1905. (Described from northern Alaska: Barrow).
Saxifraga hirculus L. subsp. propinqua (R. Br.) Á. Löve and D. Löve, Sv. Bot. Tidskr. 45: 379. 1951.
Vegetative morphology. Plants 4–20(–25) cm high; perennial herbs; caespitose; sometimes vegetatively proliferating by bulbils on stems or leaves (formed at the end of rhizomes and detaching to develop as new plants). Ground level or underground stems horizontal; rhizomatous (usually), or stoloniferous; elongate, or compact. Horizontal stems at ground level, branching extensively to shape plant habit as mats. Caudex present (freely branching, older plants), or absent (trailing plants). Aerial stems erect. Leaves present; mainly basal, or distributed along the stems; erect; alternate; persistent (at least the youngest foliage leaves overwintering). Petioles present (at least on the basal leaves, stem leaves often sessile); 3–15(–35) mm long; hairy; puberulent, or villous (sparsely with a few brown hairs new the main stem). Leaf blades simple. Leaf blade bases attenuate. Blades 5–13 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, lanceolate or oblanceolate, flat, with inconspicuous veins. Blade adaxial surface glabrous. Blade abaxial surface glabrous. Blades not lobed. Blade margins entire; apices acuminate, or acute (bluntly).
Reproductive morphology. Flowering stems with leaves. Flowering stems hairy. Flowering stems woolly. Flowering stem hairs simple; brown. Flowers solitary (usually), or in inflorescences. Inflorescences without bulbils; spicate (if applicable); 0.5–2 cm long. Pedicels present, or absent (single flower); with non-glandular hairs (if applicable). Flowers per inflorescence 1(–3); medium-sized. Sepals conventional; 5; free; (1.2–)1.5–2.5 mm long; 4.5–5.5 mm wide; green, or purple. Calyx without sessile glands; hairy (with orange-brown cilia). Calyx hairs glandular; brown. Calyx margins ciliate. Petals conventional; free; 5; yellow; with contrasting markings (as "lemon" coloured dots on each side of a basal nectary); obovate, or elliptic; unlobed; 6–11 mm long; (2.5–)3–4 mm wide. Stamens 10; stamen filaments glabrous. Anthers yellow; sub-globose; 0.5–0.9 mm long. Nectaries present. Receptacle 0.1–0.2 mm high. Ovary superior; carpels 2; partly fused. Ovaries glabrous. Placentation axile. Ovules per ovary 50–100 (approx.). Fruit with calyx persisting; dry; a capsule; ovoid, or ellipsoid; brown, or purple; 6–9 mm long; 4–6.5 mm wide; dehiscent; splitting to the base into separate segments. Seeds 50–100 (approx.); 0.5–0.7 mm long; black, or brown; surfaces verrucose (minutely so, seen at 40×).
Chromosome information. 2n = 16, 24, 28, and 32.
(2n) (2x) = 16. Sokolovskaya and Strelkova (1939); Mosquin and Hayley (1966, northern Canada); Hedberg (1967, northern Canada; 1968, northern Alaska, ten counts); Johnson and Packer (1968, northwestern Alaska); Löve et al. (1971, western North America); Packer and McPherson (1974, northern Alaska); Dawe and Murray, in Löve (1979, central Alaska); Zhukova (1980, southern Chukotka); Zhukova and Petrovsky (1980, 1987a, northeastern Asia); Frey et al. (1981, central Europe); Löve and Löve (1982a, Arctic Canada); Murín et al. (1984, central Asia, as S. propinqua);
(2n) (3x) = 24. Hedberg (1967, 1992, northern Canada);
(2n) = 28. Sokolovskaya and Strelkova (1939);
(2n) (4x) = 32. Flovik (1940, Svalbard); Sørensen and Westergaard, in Löve and Löve (1948, Greenland); Löve and Löve (1951, 1956, Iceland); Hamel (1958b); Jørgensen et al. (1958, Greenland); Sokolovskaya (1958); Sokolovskaya and Strelkova (1960); Packer (1964, northwestern Canada); Zhukova (1967a, 1969, northeastern Asia); Löve (1970a); Zhukova and Tikhonova (1971, Chukotka); Krogulevich (1976a, 1984, Siberia); Engelskjøn (1979, Bear Island); Petrovsky and Zhukova (1981, Wrangel Island); Yurtsev and Zhukova (1982, northern Siberia);Küpfer and Rais (1983, central Europe); Zhukova and Petrovsky (1980, 1987a, northeastern Asia).
Ploidy levels recorded 2x, 3x, and 4x.
Taxon as an environmental indicator. The height of plants of this species can be used as an indicator of how severe the growing conditions in a particular habitat may be. Plants more than 15 cm tall occur in favourable environments. Polunin (1940) recorded the northernmost record as Spitsbergen, 79°57'N. It has since been found on Ellesmere Island, from Lower Wood Creek, 82°31'N (DAO).
Ecology and habitat. Substrates: wet meadows. Mossy meadows, by brooks and lake shores. Where it is abundant the showy flowers may give a yellow tinge to the tundra. It occurs sparingly on drier areas of open clay. In Greenland, the flowers are strongly protandrous (Warming 1909). Pistillate flowers, and forms showing all the transitional stages between these and the usual flowers, are found on Spitsbergen (Andersson and Hesselman, 1900). Different-sized flies and other Diptera have been observed to visit the flowers (Hedberg 1992).
North American distribution. Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories Islands, continental Northwest Territories, Nunavut Islands, continental Nunavut, northern Quebec. Range in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago widespread. Common. Arctic. Arctic islands: Baffin, Devon, Ellesmere, Axel Heiberg, Parry islands (Bathurst, Emerald, Melville, Prince Patrick), Cornwallis, Banks, Victoria, Prince of Wales, Somerset, King William, Southampton, Coats (Bylot, Digges, Mill, Prince Charles, Boothia and Melville peninsulas).
Northern hemisphere distribution. Circumpolar, or circumboreal. Northern Iceland, Northern Fennoscandian, KaninPechora, Svalbard Franz Joseph Land, Polar Ural Novaya Zemlya, YamalGydan, Taimyr Severnaya Zemlya, AnabarOlenyok, Kharaulakh, YanaKolyma, West Chukotka, Wrangel Island, South Chukotka, East Chukotka, West Alaska, North Alaska Yukon, Central Canada, Labrador Hudson Bay, Ellesmere Land Peary Land, West Greenland, East Greenland.
General notes. Polunin (1940) recognised both var. hirculus and var. propinqua as occurring in the Canadian Arctic. Porsild (1957) indicated that var. hirculus is a circumpolar arctic-alpine species and considered that only var. propinqua occurs in the eastern Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Polunin (1940) noted that this taxon exhibits considerable variation in our area. Hedberg (1967), in a study of taxonomic differentiation in S. hirculus, found that field fixations of specimens from Arctic Canada yielded two chromosome numbers, 2n = 16, for plants from northern Canada, Victoria and Southampton Island, and northern Alaska (10 counts). He also reported one triploid count (2n = 24) as 'propinqua') from Cornwallis Island. All the plants he assigned to subsp. propinqua.
Hedberg (1992) argued that S. hirculus s.l. is an arctic-boreal aggregate developed from the very diverse 'Himalayan' centre of sect. Ciliatae (he stated that 54 species were known from Nepal alone). He accepted one northern species with four subspecies, three of which are present in the Arctic: a tetraploid subsp. hirculus in European Russia, Siberia, Alaska, and Canada; a diploid subsp. propinqua in eastern Chukotka, Alaska, Canada, and northeastern Greenland; and a tetraploid subsp. compacta in eastern Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, northeastern Russia, Siberia, Russian Far East, Alaska, and northwesternmost Canada. A diploid subsp. coloradensis Hedberg is recognised in southwestern USA: Colorado. Hedberg (1992) presented morphological and cytological support for his proposal. His detailed cytotaxonomic study of the species as a whole concluded that most of the material of S. hirculus studied could be easily distributed between these above-named four morphologically and geographically distinguishable populations and that they deserved taxonomic recognition although intermediates were found wherever the populations met. He indicated that only subsp. propinqua occurs in the eastern Canada Arctic.
Zhmylev (in Elven et al. 2003) considerd S. hirculus as a circumpolar arctic-boreal species of considerable morphological variability. Shortly, rhizomatous, diploid and tetraploid plants (2n = 16, 32), often treated as subsp. propinqua, are found in high-arctic regions and mountain ridge tundra. In southern tundra, in wet mires and damp meadows are found tetraploid plants with long rhizomes, subsp. hirculus. However, the other characters (e.g., shape of petals and sepals, flowers number) are only slightly correlated with growth form. Zhmylev (in Elven et al. 2005) proposed that "ecological-morphological races of S. hirculus should not be accepted at subspecific or specific rank." Elven and Murray (in Elven et al. 2005) "tentatively accept his conclusion and propose informal entry of Hedberg's entities. Molecular studies could be rewarding in this intriguing complex. Note that Hedberg (1992) only mapped and reported material he had inspected."
Warncke et al. (1993) listed 76 species of insects visiting S. hirculus at the only site where it occurs in Switzerland. Based on the number of flower visits, they found four species were dominant, and only two of the 76 species were among the visitors to flowers of S. hirculus in Denmark.
Illustrations. • Habitat in wet meadow. Plants with yellow flowers in the foreground growing in a Dupontia meadow. Nunavut, Southampton Island, Coral Harbour. Aiken and Brysting 01–062. CAN. • Habitat: Dorset. Surface view of plants with yellow flowers growing in a run-off ditch with Saxifraga cernua and Silene uralensis. Nunavut, Baffin Island, Cape Dorset. Road to primary reservoir. August, 2005. Aiken. No voucher. • Close-up of plants. Plants more than 10 cm high growing in a Dupontia meadow. Nunavut, Southampton Island, Coral Harbour. Aiken and Brysting 01–062. CAN. Scale bar in cm. • Habitat. Plants with yellow flowers growing in a wet sedge meadow. Nunavut, Victoria Island, Flagstaff Point. L.L. Consaul 1122 and L.J. Gillespie. CAN. • Habit. Plant growing in wet meadow. Flowers borne singly on leafy stems. Note the centre flower shows two carpels. Nunavut, Baffin Island, Pond Inlet. L.J. Gillespie 6049. CAN. • Habit. Plants with a few spatulate leaves at the base and up the flowering stems, flowers with green sepals and five petals, and two reddish carpels in the upper right-hand flower. Nunavut, Baffin Island, Pond Inlet. L.J. Gillespie 6049. CAN. • Close-up of flowers. Yellow petals without contrasting markings, with 10 anthers, and two reddish green carpels that are fused at the base and diverge towards the tops, each tipped with a yellowish stigma. Nunavut, Baffin Island, Pond Inlet. L.J. Gillespie 6049. CAN. • Close-up of young fruit. Flowers beginning to set fruit. Note reddish carpels that are fused at the base and diverge at the apex. Nunavut, Baffin Island, Pond Inlet. L.J. Gillespie 6049. CAN. • Fruits. Fruits of the southern boreal plants. Finland, Kuusamo. August, 1986. Photograph by R. Elven. • Close-up of fruit. Fruit approximately 1 cm high with sepals attached at the base. Note the remains of anthers around the two-carpel gynoecium and the necks of the carpels spreading. Aiken and Brysting 01–062. CAN. • Arctic Island Distribution.
This publication is available on the internet (posted May 2011) and on CD-ROM (published in 2007). These versions are identical in content, except that the errata page for CD-ROM is accessible on the main index page of the web version.
Recommended citation for the web-based version of this publication: Aiken, S.G., Dallwitz, M.J., Consaul, L.L., McJannet, C.L., Boles, R.L., Argus, G.W., Gillett, J.M., Scott, P.J., Elven, R., LeBlanc, M.C., Gillespie, L.J., Brysting, A.K., Solstad, H., and Harris, J.G. 2007. Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval. NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa. http://nature.ca/aaflora/data, accessed on DATE.
Recommended citation for the CD-ROM version of this publication: Aiken, S.G., Dallwitz, M.J., Consaul, L.L., McJannet, C.L., Boles, R.L., Argus, G.W., Gillett, J.M., Scott, P.J., Elven, R., LeBlanc, M.C., Gillespie, L.J., Brysting, A.K., Solstad, H., and Harris, J.G. 2007. Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval. [CD-ROM] NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa..


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slash and burn cultivation
an extensive form of horticulture in which the natural vegetation is cut, the slash is subsequently burned, and crops are then planted among the ashes; also known as swidden farming
hunter gatherers
people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive
shifting cultivation
A form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another; each field is used for crops for relatively few years and left fallow for a relatively long period.
frontier environmental worldview
Viewing undeveloped land as a hostile wilderness to be conquered (cleared, planted) and exploited for its resources as quickly as possible.
environmental movement
Efforts by citizens at the grassroots level to demand that political leaders enact laws and develop policies to curtail pollution, clean up polluted environments, and protect pristine areas and species from environmental degradation.
Homo sapiens sapiens
A species of the creatures Hominid who have larger brains and to which humans belong, dependent of language and usage of tools.
agricultural revolution
A time when new inventions such as the seed drill and the steel plow made farming easier and faster. The production of food rose dramatically.
industrial revolution
A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods
An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.
tribal era
When North America was occupied by 5-10 million people for at least 10.000 years before European settlers began arriving in the early 1600s
David Thoreau
transcendentalist author most well known for his work "Walden"
George Perkins Marsh
An inventor, diplomat, politician, and scholar, his classic work, "Man and Nature, or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action," provided the first description of the extent to which natural systems had been impacted by human actions.
John Muir
(1838-1914) Naturalist who believed the wilderness should be preserved in its natural state. He was largely responsible for the creation of Yosemite National Park in California.
Sierra Club
America's oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization founded in 1892 in San Fransisco, Cali first President was John Muir group was pushed by the wealthy bc they wanted to conserve the nature (despite all the land the already own and "corrupted") for their later generations
Forest Reserve Act of 1891
Authorized the President to set aside public forests as National Parks and other reserves
preservationist movement
John Muir- Sierra Club. Advocating the protection of large areas of wilderness on public lands from human exploration besides recreational things
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States, 26th president, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War
Golden Age of Conservation
referred to Roosevelt's term as president because of the many environmentally friendly laws and policies he put into effect.
Gifford Pinchot
head of the U.S. Forest Servic under Roosevelt, who believed that it was possible to make use of natural resources while conserving them
sustainable yield
Highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used indefinitely without reducing its available supply
multiple use
Use of an ecosystem such as a forest for a variety of purposes such as timber harvesting, wildlife habitat, watershed protection, and recreation. Compare sustainable yield.
Antiquities Act of 1906
rotects sites on federal land, allows president to set aside national monuments
National Park Service Act of 1916
Agency that manages all national parks, national monuments and other conservational and historical places.
Jane Addams
1860-1935. Founder of Settlement House Movement. First American Woman to earn Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 as president of Women's Intenational League for Peace and Freedom.
Civilian Conservation Corps. It was Relief that provided work for young men 18-25 years old in food control, planting, flood work, etc.
(Tennessee Valley Authority Act) Relief, Recover, and Reform. one of the most important acts that built a hyro-electric dam for a needed area.
Alice Hamilton
A physician who exposed many dangerous substances such as lead, ceramic dust, and chemical waste which were making many people unhealthy
Soil Conservation Act of 1935
Allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce production so as to "conserve soil", prevent erosion, and accomplish other minor goals.
Rachel Carson
Published Silent Spring in 1962; documented the environmental damage done by DDT and other pesticides. Which heightened public awareness at the start of the modern environmental movement.
Silent Spring
A book written to voice the concerns of environmentalists. Launched the environmentalist movement by pointing out the effects of civilization development.
Wilderness Act of 1964
a federal law that established the national wilderness preservation system and placed millions of acres of national forest land in the NWPS
Paul Ehrlich
The Population Bomb (1968 warned that overpopulation would drain resources and kill millions by the 1980s)
Barry Commoner
The Closing Circle, about pollution. Barry commoner's 4 laws of ecology - No such thing as a free lunch - Everything has to be paid for - Everything must go somewhere- Nature knows best
Garrett Hardin
His essay "Tragedy of the Commons" shaped the way we manage our renewable resources.
spaceship earth
A metaphor likening the Earth to a spaceship with limited resources, in which humankind must learn to sustain itself without exhausting the ship's reservoirs.
Gaylord Nelson
Former WI senator who urged Hayes to organize the 1st nationally celebrated Earth Day.
Limits to Growth
limits on industrialization proposed in the 1970s to slow consumption, conserve resources, and preserve natural habitats and wildlife
Clean Water Act of 1977
set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways and created pollutant discharge permits. Goal: to make all water swimmable and fishable
An international oil cartel originally formed in 1960. Represents the majority of all oil produced in the world. Attempts to limit production to raise prices. It's long name is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Love Canal of 1978
housing development evacuated because of toxic wastes leaking from an old dumpsite
Three Mile Island 1978
1979 - A mechanical failure and a human error at this power plant in Pennsylvania combined to permit an escape of radiation over a 16 mile radius.
Jimmy Carter
(1977-1981), Created the Department of Energy and the Depatment of Education. He was criticized for his return of the Panama Canal Zone, and because of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, he enacted an embargo on grain shipments to USSR and boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and his last year in office was marked by the takeover of the American embassy in Iran, fuel shortages, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, which caused him to lose to Ronald Regan in the next election.
1979 - A mechanical failure and a human error at this power plant in the Ukraine combined to permit an escape of radiation over a 16 mile radius
Montreal Protocol
1987 meeting in Montreal to develop the treaty to cut emissions of CFCs in the atmosphere
Exxon Valdez Oil spill
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, when the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled 260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude oil. It is considered to be one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters.The Valdez spill was the largest ever in U.S. waters until the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in terms of volume released.
Superfund Law of 1980
Taxes manufacturers of toxic products and uses these revenues to finance the cleanup of toxic-waste water sites
Earth Day
A holiday conceived of by environmental activist and Senator Gaylord Nelson to encourage support for and increase awareness of environmental concerns; first celebrated on March 22, 1970
Paul Cruzen
Discovered the Antarctic ozone hole. Showed the harmful effects of CFCs.
Mario Molina
Discovered the Antarctic ozone hole. Showed the harmful effects of CFCs.
Sherwood Rowland
in 1974, determine that CFCs destroy stratospheric (good) ozone.
Aldo Leopold
"Father" of wildlife management, ecological restoration experiment, wrote A Sand County Almanac
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To celebrate we had some family and friends over for a LEGO birthday party. Everything was awesome!! (no pun intended) =)
I hope to get a tutorial up soon on the different decorations and food items that I made for the party but for now I'll just share some pictures from the big day. {EDIT: You can find detailed instructions on how to make everything (and more!) that you see in this post here.}


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1. Notice the dodgy scene where Alice has no head. rectify it.
been done... here's the link final major project - on youtube
2. Evaluate the dodgy scene.
here's the evaluation
One of the problems I had regarding the specialist factors of my animation was one of the shots camera angles. There was a particular scene where Alice had to walk to the mushroom. I found very difficult to get a shot that included the whole of Alice without the caterpillar showing as she was a large character and I found that moving the camera back resulted in the area surrounding the scene to be visible, so I made a decision to just include part of Alice in the shot.
The reason that the caterpillar could not be seen was because he wasn't meant to appear in the story until a certain point. On reflection I suppose I could have just removed him from the mushroom, but I felt that that would be strange because it would appear that he had appeared from nowhere and I didn't want the viewer to be confused.
The result was that the shot appeared to be an accidental error because Alice's head was missing, this was not the case because the shot was filmed like that deliberately, however, the shot looked really unprofessional so I decided that I would make a change to it so that Alice's missing head was not an issue.
Here is an example image from the scene in question, you can clearly see the issue with Alice's head not being in the shot.
One of the solutions I thought about was to ditch the shot completely. This shot however was vital because it showed the transition between Alice's Location at the front of the scene going into the scene. If I had of left it out it would have confused the viewer as it would have made Alice seem to have appeared from nowhere so this was not an option.
I thought about increasing the size of the scene so that only part of Alice was visible. As the original images for the animation had been downsized appropriately for the animation. I had access to larger images. At first I tried to make a new avi with the images from that scene in the program Monkey jam but at a larger scale so that if I was to increase the size of the clip in the video editing software it would not look pixelated but i found the size of the files where so large that they caused Monkey jam to crash or not build the avi correctly. As an alternative I used the video editing software adobe premier pro to increase the size of the existing video and move it around so that only Alice's feet where in view. This did not look perfect and considerably reduced the quality of the clip, but it looked better than before and more importantly it didn't look like a mistake.
I was not satisfied with the quality of this part of thew animation I think it looked terrible But I had to base this decision on what the animation would look like as a whole and not just on the one scene.
I felt that the animation in its entirety looked better after I had made this alteration than it did when the shot looked dodgy.
Here is an example of the rectified scene. As you can clearly see the quality of the shot has been reduced.
So heres the comparison between the before and after shots of that scene.
Understanding why the first scene was bad helped me to make it better.
Changing it also helped; as it was a speicialist factor. I decided on
Keeping the images in this scene. It was very helpful to me as it saved time.
It was not poissible for me to animate again because my models had broken.
Now I look back at it I can see how unprofessional it looked.
Giving it that extra thought improved the whole animation.
Even though I had problems with this particular video clip redoing it
Gave me an insight into the day to day hell pros go thru to achieve
Greatness when it comes to animation. And I hope this experience will
Serve me well in the future.
3. Include examples of my primary research
Even though I looked at primary sources to gather research for my project, I did not include examples of that research.
Part of my research included me watching stop motion animations with a similar target audience to mine. I watched them to find examples of visual language that had been used in those films to help me find out what was suitable for my target audience. The visual language I was looking for in the examples where what colours where used and if there was any relation between use of colour and target audience. I researched this to help me solve a problem I had deciding on what colour hair my Alice character should have.
I looked at the hair colour of female characters from these stop motion animation films.
- Coraline from the film Coraline
- Sally from the film The nightmare before Christmas
- Lady Tottington from the film Wallace and Gromit, the curse of the were rabbit.
Here are the original screen shots from all the films
Responding to the primary research
After I looked at examples of the hair of female characters from stop motion animations I put the pictures to together and made notes to see what comparisons they had, if any.
in response to this I discovered that the tone of the hair for female characters from stop motion animations with a similar target audience to mine was never a bright in your face colour it was always a subtle tone. Even lady tottintons hair which is the brightest of the 3 is not overly bright.
I used this information to help solve the problem I had with choosing a colour for Alices hair that would be appropriate for my target audience.
I used a subtle tone for alices hair based on what I learnt from this research.
4. Screenshots and research response to primary research - nausicca storyboard
Primary research
I was able to get some pictures of the primary research That I had gathered by playing the dvd on my laptop and taking screenshots, they were much better quality than taking pictures from the TV.
Responding to primary research
After I had looked at the animated storyboard from the film nausicca of the valley of the wind, i put my screenshots together and i made notes on it to help with the development of my own animatic, and storyboard.
Things that inspired me from the reserach
- instead of actual movement lines were drawn on the storyboard to give the effect of movement.
- the drawings just contained enough detail to show what was going on.
- storyboard contained several veiwpoints, not just from a front angle.
- images only changed when the veiwpoint changed
5. Pictures of references from the book the complete animation guide and responses regarding building the armature.
I did this but unfortunatley it wasnt on the link I sent to the teacher. I think this was either because I didnt publish the post, or because I remembered I had forgotton it at the last minute and added it in later. Regardless of the reasons here it is again.
Before i made the armatures for the characters I looked at a book called to help me with making them correctly in previous animations i had made my characters were unable to walk properly so i thought it was important to look at this speicialist factor to ensure that my armatures where built correctly this time. more importantly my alice character ad really skinny legs and needed to be able to stand up so i found an example of how to make the armature for a skinny character so that it could stand and move correctly.
here is an example from the book that shows how to correctly make the armature with drill, i used the same method of placing the wire in the drill to twist it. the book says to use 3 peices of wire together for added strength to the armature to prevent it from breaking and i only used 2 in my last animation i felt the armatue was week and parts of it broke off. I decided to follow the example from the book and use 3 peices of wire this time.
This part of the book I read shows how you can join parts of the wire armature together.
I made a few alterations based on what equipment I had available and what was affordable to use for instance I used the glue gun to glue the wire together instead of polymorph. i found that before the glue dried completley i could press it around the wire so that when it dried it held it firmly in place.
This reference shows how to use tools correctly to make a wire armature for a stop motion animation character. I shaped my wire into a similar shape to the reference in the book using the same tools as in the book (pliers) to make a frame for the rest of the body. the book really helped to show me the specialist factors or how to use the tools correctly to create an armature.
This paet of the book shows how to cover an armature. I covered my own armature like the one above , I did not use the same material because I had none available, cost was an issue also. I used tape but I followed the tehnique used in the research. it was important to cover the model so that I could add the modelling material afterwards and adding the tape helped when it came to adding the other material to the armature.
alice covered armnature
here is my covered armature, before i added the model magic i used model magic because it was light and wouldnt weigh the model down, the only part that needed to be heaveier was the feet so I put plasteine on the feet before covering with model magic this also helped the character maintain a grip when standing.
here is the model complete before being painted, on top of the wire armature i have created using these references.
finding out how to make the armature proparly helped extend my creative ability when making armatures which was part of my own brief, as they were much better quality than i had made previously


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To Stage or Not to Stage
So you think that everyone who comes to your home will just adore your decorating style. Well, the fact of the matter is that they probably won't. This is where home staging comes into play. If you are into antiques, lace curtains, with lots and lots of things all over your home, no matter how expensive or even tasteful, you run the risk of turning off far too many potential buyers. Whether they like the neighborhood, the location, or even the floor plan of your home, if you have too many personal items on display, the focus becomes on the things on display and NOT on your home. And the home is what you are trying to sell, not the things on display.
So let your realtor provide you advice on the best way to showcase your home. Or better yet, invest the money to hire a professional home stager. The professional home stager will consult and provide you excellent advice on how to have your home shine. For a vacant home, having it well staged gives you, the seller, a definite advantage in the market place, since too many buyers have a difficult time envisioning how an empty room might be used.
To start, take as many personal photos off the wall as you can. If you have a specific hobby, whether it is hunting, race cars, martial arts, or knitting, put these items away and out of sight. When someone is coming to look at your home, turn on the lights and make the room temperature as comfortable as you can. Sweep the floors. Put your pets away, or better yet, take them out for a walk when a buyer is coming to preview your home. Make the home smell fresh and clean, or simmer a pleasant spice on the stovetop, such as cinnamon, to give your home a welcoming aroma. Take your personal hygiene items off the bathroom counters and out of sight. Keep the house neat and tidy with as little clutter as possible. It may help to rearrange the furniture to make the rooms look more spacious. Here in the Tampa Bay area it is alright to have some emphasis on the wonderful beach lifestyle, but be sure not to go overboard.
Your goal is to have the house speak for itself by being clean and airy with lots of open space, and showing its maximum appeal. Don't let clutter, your hobbies or family photos take away from all the advantages of your home.


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The table runner is one of the ones for sale in my Etsy shop! Farmhouse stripe table runner, this one is the khaki and white stripe. I have lots of colors and styles, and there are more being added later this week.
Kind of a shock to see the difference!
I promise- yours truly did all three! ha ha!
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Modeled after the legendary Dark Lord of the Sith the cam isn't just another pretty collectible. The design has a removable lid for easy cleaning and access during maintenance while the back features ports for a LAN input, auxiliary-in and microphone ports. There is even an SD slot for memory expansion as well. Check out the sleek and stunning design in the images below and speak your mind on it after the jump. Stay tuned for much more and check out more right here, right now!


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We have a fun jar that Sami picks special activities out of when we extra time on our hands. (Sometimes I hide activities from her girl scout book! shhhhh!) I think she caught on to this activity because she complained and said she would rather do something else but once we got to Stadium Flowers in Lynnwood she discovered a hidden talent! The lady helping us was so nice and patient with Sami. She gave us a discount and told Sami when she was old enough she could come and work for her!
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Welcome aboard to the list of the most reliable and irresistible guys in the history of fiction!
I've wanted to write this post for so long! But then, I postponed it because I haven't read that many books yet, hence not having enough fictional guys to choose from. But now, I just can't wait any longer. I have to lash my inner fangirl out, or I'll burst!
Here we go!
10.Carswell Thorne (The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer)
First off, we have Captain Carswell Thorne right here. I adore him so much. He deserves a place on this list. But, then, why is he number ten? Well, The list says Reliable + Irresistible, doesn't it? Thorne might be so unfreakinbelievably irresistible with his goddamn good looks and sense of humor, but he wasn't that reliable at first. He was a thief, a criminal, a prisoner. Of course that means he wasn't reliable. But, in Cress, he proved himself reliable, faithful, and a nice companion through his journey across the desert with Cress.
(I didn't know which one to use, the gif or the drawing, so I used both. They look similar, don't they?)
9. Adrian Ivashkov (Vampire Academy/Bloodlines Series by Richelle Mead)
Alert! Alert! A sexy, snarky, cocky, yet hilarious vampire is coming your way! Adrian Ivashkov is a person's imagination coming to life. In real life, people who are good-looking and also cocky are often come off as annoying as hell, but in books, especially when it comes to Adrian, he pulls it off. I know it must be some kind of violation because I'm writing this even though I haven't read the complete 12 books by Richelle Mead (so sorry). But then, just by reading half of the VA series, I know that Adrian is one helluva reliable + irresistible character. I love his adoration towards Rose and how he helps her even though he knows her feelings towards Dimitri. Adrian is the kind of guy who's kinda hard to get to know because he hides his true feelings under the snarky remarks and sarcasm, but once you do, he will protect you with all his might.
8. Aaron Warner (Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi)
7. Kile Woodwork (The Heir by Kiera Cass)
Behold! A cute nerd who loves architecture and has a potential to create a childhood romance is coming your way! Well, not exactly childhood romance, actually. Since even though he and Eadlyn had known each other since in diapers, they never really talked before the Selection. But then, when they did, I loved how Kile was there for Eadlyn and how he actually cared for her even though he didn't really show it per say.
6. Kenji Kishimoto (Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi)
Oh god I love this picture on my side so damn much I don't even know why. It fits Kenji very perfectly. His humor, enthusiasm, and damn, his HOTNESS! He's one of those few guys in novels who's actually a secondary character, but manages to become people's favorite. I mean, even he's MY favorite character! I love his witty sense of humor and how he's such a good friend to Juliette. He's always able to make fun even the most terrifying and intense situation He's without a doubt the main reason for my bursts of laughter throughout the whole series.
5. Cricket Bell (Lola and The Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins)
4. Leo Valdez (Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan)
Look at the cosplay of Leo Valdez I found on Pinterest! He's adorable, isn't he? I love how the cosplayer actually posed like Leo for selfies. I kept looking for decent selfie with normal facial expression, but found none. Guess the cosplayer really explored the role of Leo. Well, I put Leo on number four because he's not only HOT, like, literally HOT! I mean, he can create fire with his hands! And also, he's reliable. He always, always kept his promises. He *spoiler ahead* saved Calypso from Ogygia after swearing on River Styx. How romantic is that? Not only that, he's also very loyal to his friends and an amazing builder.
3. Dimitri Belikov (Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead)
Dimitri is a Dhampir. Half-human, half-vampire. He's a total major badass. He's widely known as the God. Basically, it's because he's a God in martial arts and the best Guardian in Vampire Academy world. You don't have to worry about getting hurt or kidnaped or any of that shit whenever he's around, because he'll just kick everybody's ass to save and protect you. His love interest is Rose Hathaway, the main character in the VA series. I love how badass and mature he is (well, because he really is a grown-up, like 20-something). But well, that's okay, I'm fine with that. Despite him being a senior Guardian and total badass, he turns out to be a reliable and romantic guy inside. Whew, totally not what I expected at all.
2. Joe Fontaine (The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson)
Joe is a super cool and hot guy with musical talent that (unfortunately) already has a girlfriend. WHYYYYY??? WHY CAN'T ALL FICTIONAL HOT GUYS BE LIKE KENJI AND HAS NO GIRLFRIEND OR LOVE INTEREST?? But, oh well, life isn't fair, especially for girls like me. Joe is also all sunshine and smiles. When he's playing musical instruments, all the girls swoon and the roofs get blown away (not literally, but you get what I mean). His is also a face anyone would kill for. He's also reliable (of course, why else would he be here?). In many cases, he helps Lennie all the time. He helps her family move their things out of the house, and he's like, super nice. To everyone. Without exception. Oh, He's also the reason I vow to myself to sign my future children to music lessons. Because they just have to be like him.
1. Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins)
Any objection for the #1 Most Reliable and Most Irresistible Fictional Guy? No? Good. Because Peeta Mellark is the epitome of both words. He's down to earth, nice, kind, handsome, and all positive things thrown in one person. It's like when
God Suzanne Collins created him she accidentally dumped a bucket full of perfection into him. He also loves Katniss no matter what, he's sweet and gentle and perfect. Just perfect.
How was it? Did any of the guys on the list disappoint you? If yes, then who do you think should be on the list? I'd like to read about them! Comment below!
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A site called ToeStubber is offering up an amazing collection of old exploitation movie radio spots. Such titilating titles as "The Naughty Stewardesses" ("if a groovy soul-sister is your dish..."), "Frenzy of Blood," "Females For Sale," and "Dr Tarr's Torture Dungeon" are featured.
"Ginger" "...her weapon is her body!" The groovy music drowns out the dialogue. Which is probably just as well.


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My lovely wife was a recent unwitting accomplice in an olfactory crime of surprising magnitude.
We've made pretty good friends with Aldi. We're not besties. Probably won't ever be. Really, they're rare, but when we find an occasional Aldi-branded misstep, they've usually whiffed pretty badly. In our experience, there aren't many Aldi-branded products hanging out in the B-/C+ range. They tend to be either an A/A- or a D.
Though we have expunged a great many dietary sins from our lives, we still eat breakfast meat every Sunday morning, and three-quarters of the time it's bacon. I have developed a significant preference for the thick-sliced bacon that is packaged stacked, like a deck of cards, because it's always super-easy to handle. You'll never be irritated by a poorly-aligned bacon slicer, or a slab that's not conducive to being cut evenly, or both. (Can't stand those tissue-paper-thin "slicelets" that you wind up stacking to cook as one piece, if you can ever straighten the damned things out enough to even do that.)
So Lea found some of that thick, stacked bacon at Aldi. It got the nod this past Sunday. And as I opened it, I noticed it said "maple-flavored" on it.
Hmmm. Usually the only thing I like that is overtly maple-flavored is real maple syrup. If some other product is maple-flavored, I tend to find it much too heavily applied, and it's cloying. (Same with vanilla. I like vanilla ice cream, but if something says it's vanilla-flavored, it's always too much. Vanilla Coke? What is that? Vanilla is already one of the primary flavors of Coca-Cola. I'll think "Vanilla Coke" is way too much. And I did. But I digress.)
So, yeah, that Aldi maple bacon. The smell was pretty strong when it was frying in the skillet, and my tummy was already a little tender, so I didn't eat any of it. I sat with the family and had milk and coffee. The smell hung in the air, and it was still there when we came back from church, but that's pretty normal too.
What's not normal is that the smell is still there. As I type I cooked that bacon about 60 hours ago, and there's a maple funk in the house that positively assaults you when you walk in. I mean, you stay in the house for a few minutes and olfactory fatigue takes it away, but go out and come back? Whap! It's bad. I even got it a bit walking from my study to the kitchen a little while ago.
Even worse, its artificiality and its age have kind of teamed up to turn it even more unpleasant. It's starting to smell like something that got peed on and then nobody cleaned it up. Ever consider that fake maple smell's similarity to stale urine? Good times.
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Facing a continuing increase in the price of raw materials, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the nation's No.2 fast-food chain, has announced it will raise prices for some of its popular products starting on Wednesday.
The markup -- the US fast-food chain's first large-scale price adjustment in Taiwan in recent years -- will represent a maximum 25 percent increase in retail prices.
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The price of Kentucky's colonel nuggets will be raised from NT$55 (US$1.67) to NT$69. Zinger burgers will cost NT$79 each, up from NT$69. The price of egg tarts will go up NT$2.
The price increase followed a similar move by McDonald's last year and Mos Burger (摩斯漢堡) recently.
McDonald raised prices for several set meals and French fries to reflect record increases in raw materials, including flour, potatoes and crude oil.
With approximately 350 outlets nationwide, the fast-food giant expects the new pricing policy will reduce costs by 1 percent, McDonald said at the time.
Mos did not have any plan to increase its price in the near term.


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The infernal Joe Coleman has a show of his mind-blowing paintings opening next week, May 2, at the Dickinson gallery in New York City. Titled "Devotio Moderno," the exhibition also features works by the 15th century Northern Primitives, artists whose work directly inspires Coleman. Seen here, Coleman's "The Book of Revelations," 1999, Acrylic, fabric, paper, blood on panel, 62.2 x 77.5 cm. The show runs until June 15 and the art is viewable online too. From the press release:
(Coleman's) fascination with
themes derived from religion and primitive painting, and his meticulous and detailed
style of unabashed realism, have led to numerous comparisons between his art and the
paintings of the northern renaissance. All his works are united by a very personal
autobiographical theme, and in many ways relate to the early primitive devotional
paintings. This exhibition allows admirers of Joe's work to see the imagery that
influences him, and provides a unique opportunity to see masterpieces of the northern
renaissance side by side with masterpieces by today's greatest "primitive" painter.
Similarly, seeing works by Memling and his contemporaries in this setting, gives us an
opportunity to truly appreciate their shameless realism, and the modernity of expression
they gave to religious work of the 15th century still provides a resonant critique of the
human condition today.
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Do newspapers have blood on their hands?
There is of course no way of proving this 100 percent. But it does seem very plauseable.
The Leveson inquiry has heard from the parents of a schoolgirl murdered by a classmate in 1991 who claim press coverage of her death had contributed to their teenage son's suicide.
Margaret Watson said articles were ill-informed and inaccurate.
Former Blackburn footballer Garry Flitcroft claimed that he was persecuted by the press after he obtained an injunction preventing the Sunday People revealing details of an affair.
He said his children were teased and his father, who suffered from depression, stopped attending his games because of chanting from fans.
Flitcroft added that he believed that had contributed to his father's suicide several years later.
So I'm not sure if there is a direct link. But there is a link. Somewhere along the line the papers could have blood on their hands.
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If you don't want to read the whole article, at least go to the bottom of the page and watch the screen cast. Take a look at some real effective garage door insulation. No, I didn't make this up.
By the very nature of American household storage needs and the dilemma of how much expense to put into a garage when the house cost too much already, the car garage has turned into a storage garage. So, does a garage used for storage need garage door insulation? If it's not a storage garage, to hold all things we need but don't use, perhaps it has turned into a family room or bedroom by way of extended families that join together because they want too or because they have to. When the kids all gather around in the garage to play video games, does the garage need garage door insulation?
Put on your thinking cap, how many people do you know that have a garage full of everything except a car? Drive down a residential street in the evening and count the number of cars parked in the driveway. This usually means that there is no room in the garage for the car. Yikes, this is sounding biblical.
Concerning garage door insulation, when should you go to the extra expense of installing an insulated garage door. Should you use a different garage door for a car and another for a video game?
As you might guess, garage doors come in all different degrees of insulation and R-value. Different materials and different thickness of materials. In most cases, if the door is metal it is 26 gauge metal. A more expensive metal door will have more than one layer of metal. Be careful when you purchase a metal door, the metal thickness ranges from 24 to 27 gauge. The 24 gauge can be too light and not hold up over time. Especially when the little women backs into it with the car.
Most doors are made of either wood, metal or fiberglass. You don't want a wood door because they have no R-value and because they don't last as long as a metal or fiberglass door. Nothing like a old wood door that is missing a few screws and refuses to raise up without a forklift. The bottom section rots off because of moisture damage and the top section loses it composure and hangs down like a hammock when the door is open. The best R-value I have seen on a wood garage door is R-4.
As far as fiberglass doors go, I've never seen one so I'm not going to act like I have. They are probably pretty good, have good R-value and cost a bit more. Listed R-value for a fiberglass door is R-14.
I am familiar with metal doors and would like to put in a good word for them. A metal door is strong, paint-able, has good R-value, and lasts a long time. They come in a wide variety of designs and adding windows is no trouble. A less expensive metal door may have a R-value of R-6. Top of the line door with two layers of steel and solid-core, polyurethane insulation sandwiched between the layers, R-16.
My recommendation for all garage door applications is a single layer of 26 gauge metal with a layer of solid-core, polyurethane insulation attached to the inside. This door is strong, but not as heavy as two layers of steel, with an R-value around 8. I believe this is the best door for both the garage that holds a car and the garage that holds a couch and a big screen T.V. It is solid, has reasonable insulation and sound deadening qualities and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
Don't get too carried away with your garage door insulation, after all, a garage door has many possible gaps both around the edge and between the panels. If your turning the garage into a family room, build a wall just inside the doors and insulate it like the rest of your home.
I would like to share a picture with you in the form of a screen cast of the inside of a garage I encountered the other day. I call it, what's wrong with this picture?
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I would use ThermaDoor garage door insulation, Therma Door insulation is a construction grade EPS laminated with a vinyl finish. But I would have to agree with a lot you have written above.
There were two things that struck me the minute I saw this garage. One was the potential for energy waste and the other was the potential for fire. This garage was the den/office/play room for a herd of teenagers. I had several energy saving retrofits I did to this home. One was to install a solar thermal array and, in conjunction with the solar hot water, take out the gas water heater that was in the garage and replace it with electric. I am glad the gas water heater is no longer in the garage. Don Ames
I've found simply adding the weatherstrip around the top and sides made a HUGE difference in the garage temperature. No more north wind blowing into the garage, didn't cost and arm/leg either :)
Joseph, You are right, but the primary assumption of the article is that the garage is used as an extension of the living space and cars will not enter. While certainly not ideal, it seems to me that the insulated door would provide some benefit by improving the fenestration in terms of quality as a radiant barrier. I have had customers who called me after installations of insulated doors who commented that the heaters in adjacent rooms cycled less often after the installation of an insulated door.
Garage doors don't need to be insulated!
Garages are outside a home's conditioned space and may contain dangerous contaminates such as car exhaust, CO, and chemical off gases. A home's living area should be air sealed and insulated from the garage. Unless the garage is heated an insulated door won't actually be doing anything. Garages should never be heated off of a central air system that might bring contaminated air back into occupant spaces. If a garage IS heated it should still have a well defined thermal/pressure enclosure separate from the main house.
Thank you, Don. Yeah, I've gotten my mix talked up before, too. Even when writing. And proofreading!
Thanks for the comment on my article, you demonstrate superior knowledge about garage doors and I appreciate getting that knowledge to the readers. Between the two of us, we did a pretty good job. The one thing I am embarrassed about is the fact that 26 gauge steel is thicker than 29 gauge. I was actually aware of that, but lost that piece of knowledge for my article. Thanks again, Don Ames www.detectenergy.com
I'm new to the Building Science industry, but I have over 15 years experience in the "Garage Door" industry. I worked in customer service, sales, and management and advised many homeowners, builders & architects. With all due respect to the author, there are some errors & incorrect statements in this article. Here is my take:
1.) The lower the gauge number, the thicker the steel. So 24 gauge is thicker than 27 gauge. Sometimes, you may see (typically in commercial door applications) the term "Nominal 24 gauge". Different manufacturers have different tolerances with this term. The manufacturer I dealt with would only allow their tolerance to vary up to (thinner spots) 26 gauge whereas some I measured went as thin as 29 gauge. Most residential garage doors do not go as thick as 24 gauge-it is simply overkill to do so however if you have a non-insulated door, it is certainly a good move in terms of durability.
2.) I do not recommend using insulation kits on doors. The increased R-value is questionable because you have to rely on the quality of workmanship during the installation-gaps in the insulation will quickly diminish achieved R-values. Besides, there is no thermal barrier on non-insulated doors. Additionally, the fastening system of the panels may not be optimal when considering the effects of movement on a door when it is cycled. In addition to this, garage doors have either torsion or extension spring counterbalances that actually carry the weight of the door-and those springs are designed based on the weight of the door as it was manufactured. When you add weight to the door via an insulation kit, you will notice the door is heavier to lift. (the same thing happens with old wood doors because absorbed moisture & multiple coats of paint cannot be factored into the spring counterbalance system). Remember, an operator (or opener) does NOT lift the weight of the door-the springs do the lifting, and adding weight to the door with an insulation kit will cause additional stress on the operator and I have sold many replacement operators as a result. **Note: Springs carry a LOT of tension-don't play around with them or with the fixtures & fasteners that they are attached to.
3.) If memory serves me well, the higher R-values for an insulated steel door with a thermal break are 24 or so. Maybe higher.
4.) I would not recommend window kits for the same reason as avoiding insulation kits; not to mention the fact that they are expensive.
5.) Fiberglass doors are ok if you go with high quality, but rust prevention coatings have surpassed the benefits that f/g initially had over steel-and steel is less expensive and more UV & temperature stable. The only exception being that if you want radiant light in the garage via your opaque f/g door.
6.) As mentioned above, weight is not a factor in buying a door as long as you buy it new from a reputable source and it is properly installed and adjusted.
7.) Steel doors may be painted-but get advice from the door manufacturer before doing so-typically, you have to use a deglosser first, and then a high quality paint. This is best done by removing the door. (see note about springs) Most steel doors made nowadays will never need to be painted and many have lifetime warranty against rust (as long as you don't spray them with rock salt in the winter). If you do paint a door-you may have a problem with dark colors on insulated doors-including voiding warranties.
My recommendation is a steel insulated door with a thermal break and steel interior. Polyurethane insulation is better than polystyrene because of the higher R-value. The two better manufacturers for these are Clopay and Overhead Door Corp. 1-3/8" thick door will do just fine, but 2" will give higher R-values. They also have a very attractive interior look compared to other doors. Unless you really need light in the garage, I would stay away from lites (windows).
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German Reunification: Taking a Visual Journey into The Past
|Fireworks at Brandenburg Gate after the reunification on October 3rd, 1990.
Today is the day when in 1990 East & West Germany officially reunited after spending over 40 years as two separate countries.
The two states were formed after the World War II, after the Soviet occupation of East Germany. They reunited in 1990 after the East Germany, formally known as the German Democratic Republic, held its first open elections and started negotiations with the West Germany, or the Federal Republic of Germany, about reuniting. However, practically the country become one when the wall came down.
The Berlin Wall, a guarded concrete barrier built by the East German authorities to seal off East Berlin, is the best-known symbol of the division. It was demolished in 1989. On November 9th, 1989 at 7PM, East German official Günter Schabowski addressed journalists at a press conference which would later become world famous.
The East German government had revised one of its new travel laws. German Democratic Republic (GDR) citizens could now travel to West Berlin without having to meet the former strict requirements. Thousands of East Berliners nonetheless flocked towards the Berlin wall and at 11.30 pm, Stasi officer Harald Jäger was forced to open the Bornholmer Strasse crossing, allowing citizens into West Berlin.
It was a historic event for the whole world to witness, after 28 years, the Berlin Wall had fallen. Here we have collected some historic photographs to live through this nostalgic journey
|A car rides between U.S. tanks, in October 1961, across the famous border of the American sector in Berlin, at Checkpoint Charlie crossing point, the only one in the Berlin Wall between East (Soviet sector) and West Berlin (American sector) used only by diplomats and foreigners. Photo by AFP
|The picture was taken on April 29, 1984, of the Berlin Wall and the no man's landmarking the border between East (Soviet sector) and West Berlin (American sector). Photo by AFP
|A couple crosses the Invalidenstrasse checkpoint by bicycle on Nov. 10, 1989, to take a look at West Berlin, as German police officers watch the flow of people going to West Berlin. Photo by AFP
|Two West German police officers prevent people from approaching as East German police stand on and near a fallen portion of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 11, 1989. Photo by AFP
|East and West German police contain the crowd of East Berliners flowing through the recent opening made in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Square, on Nov. 12, 1989. Photo by AFP
|Berliners confront the East German police officers atop the Berlin Wall on early Nov. 11, 1989, near the Potsdamer Square. Photo by AFP
|A Berliner holds up a hammer and a chisel early on Nov. 15, 1989, in front of the Berlin Wall during a demonstration. Photo by AFP
|Young West Berliners, perched on top of the Berlin Wall, remove a piece of it, on Nov. 16, 1989, in Berlin. Photo by AFP
|People from East Germany greet citizens of West Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Dec. 22, 1989. Photo by AFP
|Several thousand people rally against German reunification on the Alexander Platz in former East Berlin on Oct. 3, 1990. Photo by AFP
|Left to right: Foreign ministers of West Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher, of the U.S. James Baker, of Poland Krzysztof Skubiszewski, of France Roland Dumas, of Soviet Union Eduard Shevardnadze, of Great Britain Douglas Hurd, and of East Germany Markus Meckel pose for a picture during the conference on German reunification on July 17, 1990, in Paris. Photo by AFP
|Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (C) smiles while joining foreign ministers Roland Dumas of France (second left), Eduard Shevardnadze of Soviet Union (third left), U.S. Secretary of State James Baker (behind Gorbachev), East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere (second right), West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher (behind de Maiziere) and British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd (right) on Sept. 12, 1990, in Moscow after the signing of the treaty on German reunification. The date for German reunification was set on Oct. 3, 1990. Photo by AFP
|Berliner youths wave German flags as they celebrate the country's reunification at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Oct. 3, 1990. Photo by AFP
|Several thousand of Berliner youths stage a rally on Oct. 3, 1990, at Alexander Platz in East Berlin against the country's reunification chanting "Shut your mouth Germany, that's enough." Photo by AFP
|Berliners wave German flags during the celebration of the country's reunification at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Oct. 3, 1990. Photo by AFP
|A portrait of a victim of the Berlin Wall is attached to a cross at a memorial dedicated to the 1,065 people who lost their lives trying to cross the wall that separated Communist East Berlin from west Berlin from 1961 to 1989, at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin on April 11, 2005. Photo by AFP
|Tourists cross the old line of the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie in central Berlin, on Nov. 7, 2009. Photo by AFP
|Fireworks light up the sky during a concert to celebrate the Day of the German Reunification (Tag der Deutschen Einheit) in front of the Reichstag building, the seat of the German lower house of Parliament (Bundestag), in Berlin on Oct. 3, 2015. Photo by AFP
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