Heather Daly, 13, Corvallis, OR ::: Last year, Heather was diagnosed with Graves disease - an autoimmune disease resulting from an overactive thyroid. Soon after, Heather began losing patches of her hair and was diagnosed with another autoimmune disease - Alopecia. Heather's white blood cells think of her hair follicles as germs and attack them.

Linear Accelerator - a complex treatment machine used in radiation oncology. When cancer cells try to divide after radiation they die because they do not have the repair mechanisms of normal cells.

A panel on the Linear Accelerator used for imaging. The radiation comes through the black square and makes contact with a phosphorous plate to capture an image.

Thomas' team was in charge of detonating and disarming different kinds of explosives during the war.

John Arndt and Wonhee Jeong are the founders, owners, and designers of Studio Gorm.

Studio Gorm itself is located in the swooping front section of a now defunct car dealership in Eugene, OR.

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Gary Kuhl is a cofounder of the Oregon Flute Circle in Eugene, Oregon. Gary plays Native American flutes and makes them himself in his workshop.

After preheating the glass in a kiln, Bragg begins melting it with a torch capable of producing temperatures over 5,000 degrees. "There are a billion things that can go wrong," says Bragg. "Basically any large project is a bunch of small steps stacked on top of each other. You just have to know the right order."

Douglas Bragg- a 31 year old artist and craftsman from Eugene- has been heating, blowing and molding glass for over 8 years. He rents space at the Glass Menagerie on Blair Boulevard where he begins 1.5 hour process, using a torch and a blow tube to turn molten glass into a work of art.

Brenna owns three pet crabs. This one is named Holden Clawfield.

Peggy has two cats that are shy around strangers. She also owns a couple of parakeets.