Corvallis honors human inventiveness.Byline: WILD CARD By Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - The theme of this year's da Vinci da Vinci Surgery A surgical robot for performing certain surgeries–eg, mitral valve repair and laparoscopic procedures–eg, cholecystectomy and gastric ulcer repair. See Laparoscopic surgery, Robotics, Surgical robot. Days festival is Tools for Change, and the three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. in Corvallis that starts today will showcase advances in assistive technologies for people with special needs and breakthroughs in the art and science of living. According to a news release, it's Oregon's biggest celebration of all the fun to be had with art, science and technology. Expect to encounter hands-on activities, displays and presentations designed to inspire children, teens and young adults. Highlights include a Kinetic Sculpture Race The Kinetic Sculpture Race has been an annual event in Ferndale, California since 1969. It began when local sculptor Hobart Brown "improved" the appearance of his son's tricycle, and was challenged to a race down Main Street by Jack Mays. at 2 p.m. Saturday on the lower campus at Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. , the Gran Prix Electrathon car race at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Memorial Union on campus and the juried Film & Video Festival in the LaSells Stewart Center, 26th Street and Western Boulevard, Corvallis. Also on tap are the Children's Village, a Children's Parade, a Fiesta Latina, the Community Art Project, the Meandering Mural, a mask-making workshop and a battle of the bands. Local dance favorites the Sugar Beets and Grammy-winning blues harmonica harmonica. 1 The simplest of the musical instruments employing free reeds, known also as the mouth organ or French harp. It was probably invented in 1829 by Friedrich Buschmann of Berlin, who called his instrument the Mundäoline. player Charlie Musselwhite headline tonight's concert. Saturday's artists include Mumbo Gumbo gumbo, another name for okra; also applied in the W United States to a rich, black, alkaline alluvial soil, which is soapy or sticky when wet. gumbo and Stairway Denied. Festival hours are from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. today, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit www.davinci-days.org or call (541) 757-6363. |
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