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The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved rules changes for next season in bowling, including adjustments to the oil ratio application guidelines and modifications to competitions with pool play matches.
The NCAA Women's Bowling Committee made the recommendation because the former oil ratios were not challenging enough.
The new standards, approved during a conference call July 16, will adjust the oil ratio application to 2.0:1 for a minimum standard and 4.0:1 for the maximum. The recommended ratio ranges are 2.5:1-3.5:1. The previous ranges were 2.0:1-6.0:1.
Lower oil ratios make the sport more challenging for bowlers.
The total volume of oil application patterns range from a minimum of 20 milliliters to a maximum of 25 milliliters. Previously, there was no standard in NCAA bowling for the total volume of oil applied to the bowling lanes.
The United States Bowling Congress has stressed ways of identifying playing and scoring conditions that will challenge players and place more emphasis on sport-specific skills such as adaptability and repeatability.
The Women's Bowling Committee felt the standards for NCAA competition needed to be raised. Committee members feel that applying total oil volume standards and lowering oil application ratios will provide a greater test for student-athletes.
Scoring and pin setting errors
Obvious scoring errors are allowed to be corrected upon the mutual consent of both coaches.
Examples of when scores can be corrected include miscalculations of pins knocked down by the scoring system and/or pins knocked over by a ball that has bounced out of the gutter.
Coaches will also be allowed to re-rack pins if obvious errors have occurred upon the mutual consent of both coaches.
Examples of pin setting errors include when the wrong number of pins reset between frames or when extra pins need removal from the pin deck.
Scoring, malfunction of foul-detection device
If the automatic foul-detection device malfunctions (for example, it detects a foul when none occurred), the player will be credited with the pins knocked down and the score she earned.
If the foul is disputed, the player will complete the process for a provisional ball. If a malfunction of the same lane occurs again during the same match, the player will be credited with a corrected score. If not, the player score stands.
It is recommended that foul detection devices should be examined regularly for possible malfunctions.
Baker Format scoring
The panel approved a new rule that changes Baker total pinfall to a minimum of five Baker games for a match.
Baker scoring is a method of combined team play in which in all five players bowl together to make one game. In Baker scoring, player No. 1 bowls frames 1 and 6; player No. 2 bowls frames 2 and 7; player No. 3 bowls frames 3 and 8; player No. 4 bowls frames 4 and 9; and the fifth player bowls frames 5 and 10.
Previously, competition pool play scenarios evaluated team game total pinfall and Baker total pinfall scores equally. However, minimum match requirements consisted of 50 frames in a team game match and 40 frames in a Baker total pinfall match (the minimum formula necessary to determine a Baker total pinfall match winner was four games).
Increasing Baker total pinfall matches to a minimum of five games will provide more equal performance evaluations between the two pinfall scoring formats.
Matches per day and pool play formats
During an event, pool play may be extended to the final day of competition. Matches throughout all pool play rounds may consist of the same competition format to provide for equal performance evaluations.
Additionally, pool play portion of a competition can have a maximum of six matches per day.
These rules changes standardize the contests during pool play rounds.
Daily warm-up session
A daily warm-up session must be allowed to take place for all teams that wish to participate prior to the first scheduled match.
The warm-up session will be broken into three parts:
- a 12-minute open practice
- a three-minute intermission to change lanes
- a 10-minute practice session for any of the competitors on their assigned lanes.


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On Hiatus
(Massive video game crossover) The planet Corneria is under a constant threat of evil. The All Star Heroes, a team of six individuals with varying skills and abilities, are tasked with protecting this planet. The team consists of a Gremio from Suikoden (the leader), Billy Kane from Fatal Fury (the athlete), Ally Gator from Black & Bruised (the fighter), Coco Bandicoot from Crash Bandicoot (the tech expert), Toad from Mario Bros (the muscle) and Scorch from Army Men (the pyromaniac). Who will this team of six face next? It literally could be anyone.

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Story highlights
- Chris Boyd pleads guilty to being an accessory after the fact in an alleged rape
- His plea deal calls for 1 year probation and his testifying against 4 accused of rape
- Prosecutor says Boyd exchanged texts with suspects, helped move victim's body
- "He will be paying for (his decision) the rest of his life," Boyd's lawyer says
Suspended Vanderbilt football star Chris Boyd admitted Friday to helping cover up an alleged on-campus gang rape, accepted a yearlong probation sentence and agreed to testify against four men accused directly in the crime.
After prosecutors laid out the case against him, Boyd pleaded guilty to one count of being an accessory after the fact. As part of his plea deal, Boyd said he will willingly pay court costs, face 11 months and 29 days of unsupervised probation and "testify truthfully" against the men he helped last June.
Beyond giving some closure to Boyd -- a suburban Atlanta native who had been on the official "watch list" for the Biletnikoff Award, which is given annually to college football's top wide receiver, prior to his suspension from the Commodores -- Friday's court hearing also revealed information about the prosecutors' case against the four former Vanderbilt players charged with rape.
Early on June 23, Davidson County Deputy District Attorney Tom Thurman alleged in court, Brandon Vandenburg took an unconscious Vanderbilt student into a building on campus. He was joined in his dorm room by three others also charged with rape -- Corey Batey, Brandon Banks and Jaborian McKenzie -- Thurman said.
"Different individuals" then sexually assaulted the young woman, the prosecutor said, as captured by CNN affiliate WSMV. Vandenburg texted the 21-year-old Boyd a picture of her, which Boyd promptly erased so his girlfriend wouldn't see it, Thurman said.
Soon after that text, Vandenburg called Boyd "saying the victim had been messed with in the hall and sexually assaulted in the room, and he needed Mr. Boyd to come over," Thurman said.
"Mr. Vandenburg further stated that he wanted to have sex with the victim, but he could not get an erection even though he used cocaine," added the prosecutor.
Boyd went over and, with two other people, moved the woman -- who was lying in the hall unconscious, partially clothed -- to a room, put her on a bed, then left, Thurman said.
Subsequently, Boyd exchanged texts with Vandenburg and Batey, Thurman said. In one, Boyd said, "Tell the boys to delete that sh**. I'm looking out for your a**." Boyd also texted his girlfiend that he "got everything cleared up" and "deleted everything," Thurman said.
More texts followed the next day, including one in which Boyd detailed how he had helped move the young woman and said "she doesn't know anything that happened." Boyd also talked about it with Vandenburg, Batey, Banks and McKenzie at a Popeye's restaurant, Thurman said.
"The defendant was not completely truthful with the police or the district attorney's office in his initial interviews," the prosecutor said. "... He later came forward and gave additional information."
Asked later by a judge if Thurman's presentation was correct, Boyd replied, "Yes, sir."
His lawyer, Roger May, after the hearing described Boyd as "a 21-year-old young man that was forced with making a decision in a situation that he did not fully understand."
"He is paying for that decision," May added, "and he will be paying for it the rest of his life."
Thurman said after the hearing that, if Boyd was convicted, he probably would have gotten a 1-year sentence given his clean criminal record. "I don't know how good a deal it is for him," the prosecutor told reporters.
Vanderbilt spokeswoman Beth Fortune said later Friday that Boyd remains enrolled at the school, though he is still suspended from its football team, "pending further review by the university."
The incident came to light when university officials checking the dorm's hallway surveillance recordings regarding an unrelated situation observed unusual behavior by the defendants, police said. That prompted a notification to campus police on June 26. That same day, Vanderbilt University Police called Nashville Police into the investigation.
Four days later, Vandenburg, Batey, Banks and McKenzie were dismissed from the football team and suspended from the university. The university and city police announced the dismissals but did not identify the players at that time.
The four young men now each face five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Vandenburg was also charged with one count of tampering with evidence and one count of unlawful photography.


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Oilcloth in Green Polka Dots
SALE 50% OFF - Discontinued Pattern
While stocks last
If you require more than 6 metres please order two lengths.
Oilcloth will be sent in one continuous piece up to a maximum length of 10metres.
Full rolls available (10.9metres) for £50 please email for details.


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Virtual Lowfields Road Chatroom
Can't make the match? Come and join us in our match day chat room, Virtual Lowfields Road (or VLR) arguably the best way to follow Leeds United when you aren't actually at Elland Road or following them away from home. Whether we're talking about actual football, or just distracting each other with more exciting topics - it is always a great way to follow our team.
You might want to bookmark it for future use! It isn't actually connected to the forum so you will need to log in again, ideally with your MOT forum name so we can recognise who you are! You will only need a password if you choose to register that name with the hosts (EWC), a process you can do while in the chat room by clicking 'options' in the bottom right of the screen. Otherwise just leave the password box blank and click connect. You might also want to click the 'expand chat' button.
Looking forward to welcoming you all!


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バハ 5B/リア/170x80mm/1ペア/インナーフォーム入り/ブラックホイール
Baja 5B owners can now get #4843 Sand Buster Rib and #4846 Sand Buster Paddle tyres pre-mounted on Baja beadlock wheels! There is no easier way to get into dune-chomping, roost-throwing action than with these pre-assembled and mounted tyres. The massive paddles on the rear tyres dig into loose dirt, sand, snow and mud, providing loads of forward traction, while the front tyres use a giant directional rib to give you the point-and-shoot direction changes you need as you conquer the local dunes or the big bog!
Sand Buster tyres are made from a tough rubber compound for long life and great handling on very loose surfaces. Buy a set for long-lasting, high-flying fun! #4740 MOUNTED SAND BUSTER RIB TIRE M COMPOUND #4741 MOUNTED SAND BUSTER PADDLE TIRE M COMPOUND


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The folks over at We Love Fine have started making shirts for us, and they're great! Check them out, and then go buy them!
Munchkin apparel isn't just a fashion statement . . . it helps you win! Each shirt comes with its own set of rules to give you more choices, more loot, and other fun and abusive options in your next Munchkin game. Click on a design to see what it looks like on a shirt, and what the rules are. We do limited print runs of our shirts, and not all these designs are available now, but we keep them posted for rules reference and to excite your lust for loot.
Munchkin Accessories
The test of a true Munchkin is how much equipment he brings to the adventure. You can never have too much loot! And, of course, most of these Munchkin goodies have bonuses in the game.
Can't find what you're looking for? It might be out of print. If it is, it'll be on the everything page. It might even show up in print again!


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Now that Halloween's done, you could probably do with a little release. Let the whole thing just go.
So here's a video showing ten ways to destroy a pumpkin, using everyday household items like lightsabers and light explosives, brought to you by Thrash Lab.
Note: nearly all of these are marked "don't try this at home".
Smash a Pumpkin [Thrash Lab]


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The EPA says 24 million children in the US ride the school bus every day. That's a lot of emissions (even not counting the erasers emitted from kid's hands into the atmosphere of drivers' heads). Commercial hybrid-drive developer Enova Systems and IC, the largest school bus manufacturer in North America have worked up a prototype hybrid school bus with a diesel-electric powertrain they say could yield a 40 percent increase in fuel economy, with a commensurate reduction in emissions. The bus in question, powered by Enova's post-transmission 80 kW mild hybrid system, is undergoing testing at IC's Fort Wayne, Indiana plant and will be delivered to a customer later this year. Still, the system doesn't address the amount of time school buses are spent at idle, which may be the most serious emissions threat from big yellow, but it's a start.
IC Corporation to develop first Hybrid school bus [Casanova Cars]
US Marines Sweeten Contract for RST-V Hybrid Vehicle [internal]


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RMS AlterKtion Coilover Front Suspension
Engineered Perfection
In 1993, Bill Reilly spent a bunch of time, effort, and money upgrading his 1969 Dodge Dart with bigger torsion bars, 1973-up disc brakes, and a healthy big-block. In his own words: "It was absolutely miserable to drive. It was all over the place. It was so hard to install the big-block—the headers and all that with the stock suspension—and then it drove like crap. It just really pissed me off. I still remember the exact piece of road I was on when I first thought that." A fabricator by trade, Reilly figured he would just fix it himself. It was second nature. "I'm going to rebuild this and make it better," Reilly told himself. Five years later, he was still reading through automotive engineering books trying to get it finished. By that point, he was simply obsessed with making a Mopar suspension work. "I was going to put a rack in the stock K-member, but to do that you end up with a bandage fix that doesn't quite work." One thing led to another, and it turned into a domino effect. There was only one way to do it: Make the whole thing from scratch.
Reilly's single-minded obsession to build a Mopar front suspension that worked well and packaged all the popular engine combinations culminated in what you see here: the AlterKtion K-member with coilover suspension. The fact is, all 40-plus-year-old suspensions have a lot to be desired, but far fewer of them have as many woes as the Mopar's. The concerns are divided into two major camps: powertrain/exhaust/oil pan packaging, and handling/steering.
If we face facts, most Mopar guys care more about power than handling—when they care about performance at all. Under that premise, it's difficult to make even basic upgrades like fitting a big-block engine with headers and a performance oil pan. There just isn't the space to fit pipes and pans around steering linkages, steering boxes, and the omnipresent torsion bars. It's so bad that Chrysler engineers had to move the engine centerline to the right side by as much as 3 inches on some cars. Loyalists who stand by the stock suspension end up either forgoing the horsepower, or resorting to fenderwell headers, cut sheetmetal, and origami-inspired oil pans. But hey, at least they've got the stock suspension, right?
In the other camp are guys who want a great handling Mopar. They are tired of the aimless wandering of a suspension with no caster, the seasickness of a high roll center, the sudden violent steering changes from a long scrub radius, and the dull response of a worn-out steering system with a slow-ratio box.
The thing about Reilly is that he fits into both camps: He wanted big power, he wanted great handling, and he wanted razor sharp steering. Oh, and he wanted it bad enough that he was willing to go to the ends of the earth for it. That's why he created the White Haven, Pennsylvaniabased Reilly Motorsports (RMS). Since designing and marketing the AlterKtion, RMS has added the four-link Street Lynx rear suspension to its resume, and begun carrying other parts—such as brake kits and subframe connectors—that dovetail with their mission statement of Mopars without performance handicaps. Besides A-Body, RMS also offers front AlterKtion and rear four-link Street Lynx suspensions in versions for B-Body and E-Body, and for purposes as varied as drag racing and autocrossing. AlterKtion suspensions can also be ordered with a dizzying array of motor mounts, including 273/318, 340/360, 383/400/440 (all regular big-blocks), second-gen Hemi (426 style), third-gen Hemi (5.7/6.1/6.4), and even LS.
In the handling department, the AlterKtion has far better wheel behavior than stock. The roll center has been lowered from 8 inches above ground to a scant 1 inch, a change that manifests itself as a more glued-down feeling with all four tires sharing more of the grip. The caster angle of the AlterKtion improves the OEM spec of -1 degree to 5 degrees or more, giving Mopars a more modern, confidence-inspiring track with improved self-centering instincts. By changing to a Mustang II/Pinto-style spindle, the AlterKtion introduces some much-needed steering inclination angle for better tracking and reduced scrub radius.
And while Mopar faithful might scoff at the use of a Ford part, consider this: The Mustang II/Pinto spindle not only is 8 pounds lighter per side than its Mopar counterpart, it is the most widely supported spindle in the industry when it comes to brake systems. The knockdown punch is the Ford spindle's much improved geometry. It could arguably be a little better like the more expensive C6 spindle, but it is cost-effective, it's well supported, and it's light-years ahead of stock spindles. Reilly put it best: "The spindle was designed by an engineer—a man. Only later did someone else come along and put a brand logo on it. Why punish yourself for that?"
Then there's the steering. While modest gains in the technology and feel of recirculating-ball steering boxes have made them viable choices, the rack-and-pinion design offers superior feel with fewer moving parts, fewer wear items, less mass, and a more compact package. It is de rigeur for modern production performance cars, and they are well supported in the aftermarket. In its AlterKtion systems, RMS uses a quick-ratio Mustang-style rack from AGR, a trusted leader in the steering market. Moreover, the rack-and-pinion design eliminates the massive factory steering linkage and opens up a world of engine choices and oil pan fitments.
At the heart of the AlterKtion is the use of adjustable Viking Warrior coilover shocks. These pieces are at the cutting edge of aftermarket shock design with a twin-tube aluminum body, deflective-disc technology, a PTFE/bronze piston seal, and a wide range of damper tuning via twin compression and rebound controls with 19 positions for each. They are paired with Viking Warrior springs that have a very attractive silver powdercoat look, which you won't mind showing off. As coilovers, they're also adjustable, meaning ride height and corner weight can easily be set. Additionally, RMS says it will swap out your springs at no charge should you want to make a change to your spring rate.
In the spectrum of Mopar handling stuff, you have everything from stock rebuild commodity parts, to bolt-on factory-style parts, to complete chassis that employ none of the benefits of the factory engineering (and yes, stock unibody construction does have its advantages). The AlterKtion is closer in cost to a bolt-on collection of parts consisting of control arms, shocks, springs, steering box, steering rebuild parts, sway bar, and bushings—yet it delivers performance closer to that of a full tube-frame chassis transplant. (At less than $4,500, the AlterKtion is less than a third of the cost of a starter chassis). Heck, after you eBay your old take-off K-member and parts, you might even come out ahead on the cost compared to a mash-up of stock-style aftermarket bolt-ons.
From an installation standpoint—there's no comparison. A chassis transplant can take months or even years as the DIY guy saves the cash, collects the tools, and learns the fabrication chops to pull it off. It took us just four hours to install the AlterKtion—less than the time it takes to swap out a box full of stock-style bolt-ons. It is the right suspension for the right price if you want to accomplish the most good, and you've got limited money and a modest skill set.
And lastly, there is the weight. Depending on your starting point, the AlterKtion front coilover suspension will shave the mass over the nose by anywhere from 75 to 120 pounds. That's a lot of peanut butter and banana sandwiches. We quickly realized we had to try one of these on Project Valiant, our 1968 Plymouth Valiant project car. We took the Valiant to our favorite shop, Outlaw Motorsports (Riverside, California), where proprietor Ron Aschtgen made short work of the AlterKtion on his first time ever seeing one. Just this year, Outlaw finished the two-year buildup of our '68 Nova project, and in that time on that Chevy we never experienced work progress at such a breakneck speed as the RMS AlterKtion. So well-engineered was the RMS K-member coilover system, it practically bolted itself together. See for yourself!


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The 2010 Cannes Film Festival opens tonight with the world premiere of Russell Crowe's "Robin Hood," before getting down to business, with a slate of 19 films in competition for the coveted Pal d'Oro and another 19 in Un Certain Regard.
Also making their world premiere's out of competition at this year's festival will be Woody Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger," starring Naomi Watts, Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins, and Oliver Stone's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," which marks the return of Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko, this time with Shia LaBeouf as his young protege.
Olivier Assayas' highly anticipated "Carlos," about the notorious Carlos the Jackal, is also showing out of competition.
U.S. & World
The day's top national and international news.
Among the most familiar names and faces with films in the running for the top prize are Alejandro González Iñárritu, Javier Bardem, Doug Liman, Sean Penn, Naimo Watts, Mike Leigh, Mathieu Amalric and Ken Loach.
As usual, this year's slate of films in competition is dominated by names that are both literally and figuratively foreign to American audiences. The only film with any potential mainstream box office appeal would be "Fair Game," directed by Doug Liman and starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn as Valerie Plame and Joseph Wilson, about the couple's war with the Bush Administration.
Leigh, who has previously been honored at Cannes as Best Directer (the brilliant "Naked" in 1993) and with the Palme d'Oro (the also brilliant "Secrets and Lies" in 1996), returns with "Another Year," which promises to be another unflinching look at human frailty.
Iñárritu, whose films have taken home four prizes from Cannes in the past, two each for "Amores Perros" and "Babel," is also back, with "Biutiful," starring Bardem, about a man living on the margins of the law who runs into a childhood friend who is now a cop.
Director Tim Burton is the head of the jury that will pick the winner of the Palme d'Oro, a panel that also includes Alberto Barbera, Kate Beckinsale, Emmanuel Carrere, Benicio del Toro, Alexandre Desplat, Victor Erice, Shekhar Kapur and Giovanna Mezzogiorno.
"Blue Valentine" (which blew us away at Sundance) is the sole American entry for Un Certain Regard, a category introduced in 1998 to recognize new and innovative filmmakers. The film, written and directed by Derek Cianfrance, stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as a couple whose marriage is falling apart.
It will be competing with legendary French director Jean-Luc Godard's "Film Socialisme," which bills itself as "A symphony in three movements-- Things such as a Mediterranean cruise. Numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday…"
In addition to the stars and the films are of course the incessant deal-making for everything from "Judge Dredd" to "Margin Call." Of course, with the world's economy still teetering on the brink, there's a sense of caution hanign over Cannes.
"(N)owadays you have to have a project that hits the bullseye, with a clear demo, a crystal-clear marketing concept," Helen Lee Kim, president of international at Lionsgate, told The Hollywood Reporter. "Before, if you got it anywhere on the board, you'd get the presales."
The 2010 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 12 to 23, for a complete list of films, juries and other details you can visit their website


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Richard Wright (born 1960) is a British artist. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2009.
Wright was born in London. His family moved to Scotland when he was young. He attended Edinburgh College of Art from 1978 to 1982. He lives in Glasgow.
He is a painter who decorates architectural spaces with intricately detailled geometric patterns in paint and gold leaf. Turner Prize judge Andrea Schlieker described him as a "painter who rejects the canvas"; fellow judge Jonathan Jones called him a "modern fresco painter".


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Internet memes
If you are an active internet user, you are probable in the trend and you are aware of all the new thing that come into your daily life due to the web.
First, when we started chatting and using social nets we acquired the new language. It's the language of shortcut words and abbreviations. It also includes the nonsensical new words that can be attributed to a particular situation.
But visual arts and images were always much popular. This is how we acquired popular now and forever internet memes.
Being the user of social nets you must have seen these pics. Not even once. They are the pics of different characters (usually animals or children) with a funny phrase above and at the bottom of the pics. Of course the photos themselves are not chosen unintentionally. Each character has his own features and behavior peculiarities which define the phrase used. That's why there are so many popular animals today, they come from the modern world of web.


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A Pizza My Mind: In Defense of Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Editor's note: In honor of National Pizza Month (aka October), the Serious Eats editors, staff, and Slice writers will top off our regular content with their deepest thoughts on all things cheesy, saucy, and crusty.
There's the fancy pizza we talk about on Slice—your DOP Neopolitan, your black truffle-Parmagiano Reggiano pies—and then there's "gourmet" pizza, slices piled high with everything from eggplant parm to shrimp scampi. These are easy to make fun of, and usually not very good, but there's one I'll defend against anybody: the buffalo chicken slice.
Where I went to high school on the North Shore of Long Island, stacked "gourmet" pizzas were the norm for us kids. "Yeah lemme get one chicken parm and one penna vodka." "And what will your girlfriend have?" "Caeser salad slice and a diet coke." This was hearty, satisfying, and exotic stuff for us kids when we were sober; lifesaving godsend when we weren't.
As far as I'm concerned, buffalo chicken is the best of these weighty toppings by a long shot: there's textural contrast, sharp balanced heat, and enough distance from your average pizza to keep that you could almost consider it as a separate food group. There's something daring and brazen about it, a gonzo bastardized pizza that's just so wrong it's right.
Some buffalo slices are much better than others, and the optimist in me believes that if more people had a buffalo chicken pizza that does justice to the form, the naysayers would be far more accepting of something that's more than good drunk food—an occasional oddball slice of pizza-like object well worth an order from time to time. If we as a country can accept heaps of spicy sausage on our pizza, or roasted red peppers, or canned olives, I see no reason why we can't embrace the tangy heat of sauce-drenched fried chicken as a topping as well.
So what makes for a good buffalo chicken slice? Kenji's covered the fancy pants Neapolitan buffalo slice at San Marzano in NYC, and while it looks quite good, it's a little more upper crust than I'm going for when I seek out buffalo chicken pizza. Here are my proposed ground rules, all based on treating the slice as a literal interpretation of buffalo chicken wings, not some half-wing, half-pizza hybrid:
- The chicken should be fried: It doesn't need to be wings specifically, but if it's not fried, you're just eating chicken with hot sauce, not buffalo chicken.
- No tomato sauce: The worst buffalo chicken pizzas just stick chicken and hot sauce on a plain pie. The tomato sauce on this kind of pie is distracting and best discarded. Instead, the buffalo sauce should have a hint of sweetness for contrast.
- Cheese: Who needs mozzarella? The best buffalo chicken slices I've enjoyed eschew the stuff altogether. Blue cheese is a much more appropriate accompaniment.
The best buffalo chicken pizza I've ever had comes from Joanne's Gourmet Pizza in Roslyn, Long Island, a place that so epitomizes "gourmet" slices that Ed's friend Brian Koppelman included it in his essay defending the gourmet pizza tradition as part of Ed's pizza tome, Pizza: A Slice of Heaven. The crust here is thick and sturdy, baked well enough to support the weight of a full bed of chicken, but still tender enough to yield a little give and chew. The chicken itself is lightly flour-dredged and fried until firm, then coated with ample hot sauce that has some sweet depth beyond the chili burn. You get a little cup or two of cool, creamy blue cheese dressing on the side to do with as you will. I slather; others dip. Is this the kind of bastardization that drives pizza snobs crazy? Yup, but bastardization never tasted so good.
Any other "gourmet" pizza fans out there? What are your favorite slices?
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Most Common Errors
The following text was written by Jeanne-Claude in 1998 in response to errors which go about in books, magazines, newspapers and television.
Mr Christo.Close
NO. Christo is his first name and the only one he uses. Jeanne-Claude also uses her first name. However, their son Cyril uses Christo's first name as his legal last name: Cyril Christo, born May 11, 1960.
Jean-Claude. We get letters to: Mr and Mrs Claude.Close
NO. Jeanne-Claude (in French Jean-Claude is a man's name). Some people think that our last name is Claude, because of Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude are mysterious about their work.Close
NO. Christo and Jeanne-Claude constantly lecture and answer questions from the audience, in museums, colleges, universities and schools all over the world. It is probable that no other artist lectures as much as they do.
The easy life of an artist.Close
Not quite so. Christo works an average of 14 hours a day – seven days a week. Jeanne-Claude is a bit lazier – only 12 to 13 hours a day. They do not take vacations.
Christo always sold his work at high price.Close
Christo and Jeanne-Claude are their own art dealers, they sell Christo's works to art collectors, museums, galleries and art dealers. In 1958, the price of Christo's works varied, according to size, between $40 and $100. Christo and Jeanne-Claude were happy with such prices, because their rent in Paris was $70 a month.
To supplement the "non-sales" of his art, between 1956 and 1964 Christo, in addition to washing cars in garages and dishes in restaurants, had to paint portraits, oil on canvas, which he signed by his family name: Javacheff. Those were highly paid – $200 to $300 each – that is how they could survive – that is also how he met Jeanne-Claude, in Paris in 1958, when he painted the portrait of Jeanne-Claude's mother. By the time Christo had done an impressionist portrait, a classical portrait and a cubist portrait of the mother, Christo and Jeanne-Claude were in love...
NEVER – on any project – except Jeanne-Claude's mother, everyone who works is paid: normal union wages for specialized professional workers, and just above minimum wage for non-skilled workers. One important exception: for the Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Australia, 1968-69. Out of 125 paid workers, eleven architecture students refused to be paid – three of them became artists after the project and are now well known.
Conceptual Artists.Close
NO – a conception on a paper is not Christo and Jeanne-Claude's idea of art. They want to build their projects – they could save a lot of money by not building them, by just keeping them on paper – as conceptual artists do. Christo and Jeanne-Claude want to SEE their project realized because they believe it will be a work of art of joy and beauty. The only way to see it is to build it.
Environmental Artists: YES – because they created many works in cities – in urban environments – and also in rural environments but NEVER in deserted places, and always sites already prepared and used by people, managed by human beings for human beings. Therefore they are not "Land Art" either.
We believe that labels are important, but mostly for bottles of wine.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude hurt the environment.Close
So-called Environmentalists, in the past, have claimed, before each project, that Christo and Jeanne-Claude will hurt the environment. They realized, after completion that:
1. Christo and Jeanne-Claude are the cleanest artists in the world, all is removed, their large scale works of art are temporary.
2. The sites are restored to their original condition and most materials are recycled. Except in Florida, for the Surrounded Islands, the site was luckily not restored to its original condition. Christo and Jeanne-Claude's workers removed, before the project, at Christo and Jeanne-Claude's expense, 40 tons of garbage from the eleven islands (one of the islands was called "beer cans island"). Of course the garbage was not restored to the islands.
3. The real Environmentalists such as "The Audubon Society" and "The Sierra Club" usually find themselves on Christo and Jeanne-Claude's side – because they are better informed. They know how much Christo and Jeanne-Claude spend to make the public aware of the environment, through the art work, much more than Environmentalists can afford to do.
See the art work best by flying.Close
NO. None of their work is designed for the birds, all have a scale to be enjoyed by human beings who are on the ground.
Running Fence, in Sonoma, made of parachute material.Close
1. Sonoma is a town in Northern California miles away from the Running Fence. The temporary work of art was located in Sonoma County and in Marin County (Sonoma and Marin Counties).
2. The nylon fabric of the Running Fence could never be used for parachutes – God forbid that anyone would ever jump with that type of fabric.
Christo wrapped some islands in Florida, off the coast of Miami in Key Biscayne with pink plastic.Close
There are six errors in that published sentence:
1.-2. Christo and Jeanne-Claude never wrapped any islands. They surrounded the islands. Most journalists do not understand the difference between "wrapping" and "surrounding" even though they should know that the United Kingdom is surrounded by water, it is not wrapped in water.
3. There were eleven islands surrounded, but because in two occasions two islands were surrounded together, there was a total of nine configurations on a span of seven miles.
4. Not off the coast – off the coast would be in the Atlantic Ocean – east of Miami Beach.
5. It was in Biscayne Bay in the heart of the city of Miami, between Miami City and Miami Beach. "Key Biscayne" is miles away from there.
6. Not plastic – fabric. Woven polypropylene is a man-made fiber, and is woven. Plastic usually refers to a film, not woven. For instance, women who wear nylon stockings are not wearing plastic stockings.
About The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, 1984-91Close
Christo and Jeanne-Claude have designed The Umbrellas to be seen by driving, walking – and going UNDER the umbrellas – resting on the sitting platform/base cover designed for this.
Neither Christo nor Jeanne-Claude flew to look at their previous works – Wrapped Coast, Valley Curtain, Running Fence, Wrapped Walk Ways, The Pont Neuf Wrapped – because those works were designed to be experienced form the ground – NOT by flying. The Surrounded Islands were designed to be seen from the buildings, all around the bay, from the bridges and causeways, from the roads, by boat and also from the air – Christo flew by helicopter ONCE – for 20 minutes – and only at the Surrounded Islands. Jeanne-Claude flew more times because it was the fast way to check on the progress of the work and she wanted to take photos at the same time as their exclusive photographer Wolfgang Volz.
The Umbrellas were NOT designed to be seen from the air – the projects can not be fully enjoyed from the air. Hundreds of umbrellas were placed along the roads, very accessible, on public property for the public to freely touch, enjoy and photograph.
After 18 days, The Umbrellas were removed from the land. They were taken apart and most of the materials were recycled. The paint was scraped off the aluminum parts, (poles, ribs and struts) which was melted down and used again as aluminum like soda cans or whatever aluminum is used for. The steel bases became scrap metal or were used as bases for satellite dishes. The fabric used in the projects is always industrial man made fabrics, which are manufactured for ecological purposes (air and water filters, or sand bags against floods), or agricultural purposes, such as "erosion control mesh" which was used for the Wrapped Coast in Australia in 1969, and for construction purposes.
Usual Questions
Why Umbrellas? Like all their projects, this work of art was not only aesthetic about creating joy and beauty – it was also about comparison showing the similarities and differences in the ways of life and the use of the land of two peoples – the two richest in the world – living across the Pacific Ocean.
SPACE is an element of the three-dimensional works of art – a sculpture has its own space around it, while a painting is a flat surface. Christo and Jeanne-Claude wanted to show the differences of the use of the space in the inland valley in the USA and in the inland valley in Japan – they needed a free standing module or shape that they would place in a configuration reflecting the availability of the space in the valley in Ibaraki and the valley in California. The whole of Japan is about the same size as the state of California.
Because there is less space available in Japan (92% of the land can not be used, because of the steep volcanic mountains), 124 million Japanese people live on only 8% of the surface of Japan, Christo and Jeanne-Claude positioned the umbrellas quite close together, sometimes following the geometry of the rice fields. In California, the configuration of the design on the land showed the vastness of the uncultivated grazing land. The configuration was whimsical and the umbrellas were spreading in every direction, like the branches of a tree.
Also, Christo and Jeanne-Claude needed a structure which could be opened very quickly and this is related to the temporary character of the project – it took 45 seconds to crank open each one of the 3,100 umbrellas, over 2,000 workers opened the umbrellas in four hours, simultaneously in both countries. The shape of an umbrella is quite similar to the pointed roof of a house, the height is the same as the average two story house. Christo and Jeanne-Claude say that they were building houses without walls, like creating temporary settlements.
An umbrella is a symbol for shelter, against both rain and sun. It is an image that is easily understood, by any age, any country, any civilization, and this, for the past 4,800 years, since the umbrella shape was invented in Mesopotamia. Today, Iraq is part of what was Mesopotamia, where, in those days, the people believed that the sky was a giant umbrella placed by the Gods, to protect human beings. That shape is found throughout the art history of any century and civilization, as in: Persepolis in Iran – bas relief "Darius under an umbrella." The main characters in paintings and frescoes are often under an umbrella to show their importance.
Why Blue? – Why Yellow?
In Japan where it rains throughout the summer the landscape is green. There is a river, the Sato River, in which 90 umbrellas were standing in the water. Many different shades of green vegetation – it is a humid and wet landscape, therefore: blue umbrellas.
In Southern California, the dry season lasts during the whole summer – the grass is burnt by the sun, and becomes blond grass on brown hills – it is a dry landscape, therefore: yellow umbrellas. This was part of the aesthetic of the temporary work of art.
Some Similarities
Two inland valleys – used by people. Not touristic – real life – inhabited by people doing their usual activities.
In both Countries: people – houses – villages – small towns – roads – traffic – barns – churches – temples – schools – post offices – restaurants – stores – gas stations.
In the two richest countries in the world.
Some Differences
452 Landowners in a shorter valley in Ibaraki, Japan, 12 miles (19 km). 26 Landowners in California – the valley was 18 miles long (29 km).
Why Ibaraki ? Why California?
When Christo and Jeanne-Claude were looking for the two ideal valleys across the Pacific, they wanted the valleys to be quite accessible, not far from a metropolitan area, so that the work could be easier, for the workers and supplies, and also for the visitors. Ibaraki is just north of Tokyo, close to Narita International Airport.
The California site is just north of Los Angles, close to LAX International Airport. The Pacific Rim unites the two sites, it would not be so if Christo and Jeanne-Claude had chosen the East Coast of the USA or the northern part of the West Coast, the landscape would be too similar to the verdant Ibaraki, and it would not have the relationship brought by the Pacific.
Why more umbrellas in California than in Japan?
There were 1,760 yellow umbrellas in California and 1,340 blue in Japan. The valley was longer in California, it was 18 miles (29 km) long while in Japan the valley was 12 miles (19 km) long.
Why 3,100?
The number of umbrellas came out of the inspiration of the artists, while looking at the topographic maps and later in 1988, walking around and climbing up and down many times, surveying the land and creating their own design or drawing on the two landscapes. There was an ever present factor to limit the number to 3,100 – that factor is called Jeanne-Claude, who kept saying that the maximum cost should be for 3,000 umbrellas, however there were 3,100. Financially she lost, esthetically she won.
About Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971-95Close
The history of the Reichstag and significant dates of the Wrapped Reichstag project is written on a separate paper but there are a few things which must be mentioned:
The Nazis never held a parliamentary session inside the Reichstag.
Before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Reichstag was situated in the British Occupation Zone of West Berlin, however part of the east facade of the building was under the jurisdiction of the Soviet Occupation Zone of East Berlin.
The Wall itself was NOT the border between East and West, the Wall was built entirely inside East Berlin, otherwise the Soviets would not have been able to build it.
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It is totally idiotic to call Christo and Jeanne-Claude the "wrapping artists." So many works were not about wrapping: The Iron Curtain, 1961-62; Valley Curtain, 1970-72; Running Fence, 1972-76; Surrounded Islands, 1980-83; The Umbrellas, 1984-91; etc...
Only three buildings were wrapped: The Kunsthalle, Berne, in 1968, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, in 1969 and the Reichstag, Berlin, in 1995 which is the third and last wrapped building, the project was first initiated in 1961 and then in 1971. In 1971, the Valley Curtain was already well underway, and was NOT a wrapping. The last time they had an idea of "wrapping" was in 1975 – The Pont Neuf Wrapped – but it took ten years to get permission.
The "wrapping" is NOT at all the common denominator of the works. What is really the common denominator is the use of fabric, cloth, textile. Fragile, sensual and temporary materials which translate the temporary character of the works of art.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude were both born on June 13, 1935. In 1994 they decided to officially change the artist name "Christo" into: the artists "Christo and Jeanne-Claude." They have been working together since their first outdoor temporary work: Stacked Oil Barrels and Dockside Packages, Cologne Harbor, 1961. Because Christo was already an artist when they met in 1958 in Paris, and Jeanne-Claude was not an artist then, they have decided that their name will be "Christo and Jeanne-Claude," NOT "Jeanne-Claude and Christo."
Throughout the millenniums, for 5,000 years, artists have tried to input a variety of different qualities into their works of art. They have used different materials: marble, stone, bronze, wood, fresco and paint. They have created mythological and religious images, figurative and abstract images. They have tried to do bigger or smaller works and a lot of different qualities. But there is one quality they have never used, and that is the quality of love and tenderness that human beings have for what does not last. For instance, they have love and tenderness for childhood because they know it will not last. They have love and tenderness for their own life because they know it will not last. Christo and Jeanne-Claude wish to donate this quality of love and tenderness to their work, as an additional aesthetic quality. The fact that the work does not remain creates an urgency to see it. For instance, if someone were to say, "Oh, look on the right, there is a rainbow," one would never answer, "I will look at it tomorrow."
When Christo and Jeanne-Claude discuss a new project, it usually ends up larger than Jeanne-Claude had initially thought it would. For instance, when Jeanne-Claude proposed to Christo the idea of the Surrounded Islands, she meant to surround three or four islands... they ended up surrounding eleven islands.
What do Christo and Jeanne-Claude mean when they talk about the "software" and the "hardware" periods of a project? The software period is the time during which the project exists only on Christo's preparatory drawings and in the imagination of the artists and their collaborators – and all those from whom permissions must be obtained. Many years of work, 1984 to 1991 for The Umbrellas, 1975 to 1985 for The Pont Neuf Wrapped, 1971 to 1995 for the Wrapped Reichstag, 1966 to 1998 for the Wrapped Trees.
The drawings on paper created by Christo are always done before the completion of a project, those preparatory drawings, collages, scale models, are revealing of the evolution of the details, through the development and crystallization of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's initial idea – the drawings reflect the years of research involving the location of the site, the accumulated knowledge of the site and the people using that area, and the technical aspects of the structure slowly evolving towards the final engineering and the construction blue prints.
As with all artists, those drawings are sold by the artist's art dealer – in the case of Christo's drawings, Christo and Jeanne-Claude are their own art dealers. They sell to museums, art collectors, art dealers and galleries, through the corporation which was created to build the projects. The money coming from the sale of Christo's original works of art is used to pay all the expenses of the preparation, completion, maintenance and removal – not only there is no profit, there is not even money back. It is just like bringing up a child. Christo and Jeanne-Claude do NOT sell T-shirts, postcards, posters, photographs and they receive NO royalties on the sale of any of these.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude have no royalties either on the books and films about their works, on the contrary they often financially help the publication of the books. Only two publishers never asked money from Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Prestel and Taschen. The artists entirely financed the making of the documentaries by Maysles Films.
The fact that Christo and Jeanne-Claude pay for their projects with their own money is also an aesthetic decision, they want to work in total freedom, that is why they accept no sponsors. Therefore they can do: what they want, how they want it, where they want it, but of course not always WHEN they want because it took them 24 years to get the permit for the Wrapped Reichstag, and ten years for The Pont Neuf Wrapped, etc...
All income from the sale of Christo's early works of the fifties and sixties and preparation works on paper, drawings and collages, showing what a project will look like, is spent for the preparation, realization and removal of the projects: materials, labor, shipping, insurance, engineering, staff, rentals, legal, etc...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude do not spend their money on what is the usual pleasure of most people, they have their own priorities, they spend their money on what is their pleasure: building works of art of JOY and BEAUTY for themselves and their collaborators, first of all, and for all to enjoy for free. There can be no money back on the expenses because they do not charge admission and they do not accept any commercial offers. Christo and Jeanne-Claude have never received a cent for posters, postcards, books, films, etc...
Most artists receive grants, foundation money and produce commissioned works of art for an art patron – Christo and Jeanne-Claude do not accept those. They have never accepted sponsorship of any kind, they never will, because they value their freedom most of all. Also they never create a work in collaboration with other artists, nor do they accept the ideas of others for the choice of a site for their work. The search for freedom is the reason why Christo escaped from his native country Bulgaria, at age 21, while it was under Communist rule. Christo and Jeanne-Claude will never allow any kind of "strings attached." They refuse all commercial involvement – at any price. They have refused a one million dollars fee for a 60 second commercial on Japanese television, in 1988.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude have lived at the same address since 1964 when they emigrated to the USA (the first 3 years in the USA were as illegal aliens) – Christo's studio is on the 5th floor – there is no elevator – this is their one and only home. Christo never had an assistant, he works alone in his studio, he even does his own framing. Because Christo and Jeanne-Claude work with so many hundreds, sometimes thousands of people at the sites of projects, Christo's studio is the only place where he can be by himself, so that he can create the drawings which show their ideas of what a project will look like.
There are 3 things Christo and Jeanne-Claude never do together:
- They never fly in the same aircraft.
- Jeanne-Claude does not make drawings, she was not trained for that. Christo puts their ideas on paper, he never had an assistant in his studio.
- Christo never had the pleasure of talking to their tax accountant.


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As long as I can remember having a TV, I can remember the TV Guide. Growing up in a small town, I didn't have a lot to do. The TV guide was kind of my connection to another world. Of course, back then we didn't have 3 billion channels, nor did we have the internet. Nowadays I can only imagine that the TV Guide has to be quite creative to keep its revenue streams flowing. One way it is doing that is by offering a mobile app that can be downloaded on both Apple and Android formats. Today, I would like to give you my thoughts on the app.
TV Guide very recently updated their mobile app with some new features. Pictured below, you can see some of the channel partners that are available through the app. Some of these services, like HuluPlus and HBO GO, are subscription based. You can link your accounts through the TV Guide app.
When you first install the app, it asks for your zip code so it can customize programming based on your location. It also has 3 options that allow you to choose whether you are a satellite, cable, or antenna user. Pictured below, you get the idea of how the app window looks. The current view is the "Listings" view which shows you the scheduled programs available for your area. If you click on a show, as pictured below, you will get a little pop out description of the with 3 options at the top. You can see where I have highlighted these options in red. If you click "I'll Watch", then it brings up a social media window where you can share what you're watching with your friends.
You can also set alerts on shows. Pictured below, you can see the alert window. You can set a one time alert or you can set it to recur. This is pretty cool if you're prone to forget what time you favorite show comes on. You can even set a lead time so it will warn you an hour in advance.
You also can setup a "Watchlist" which basically allows you to pick a show or actor and it will go out and find all the relevant stuff available to you around that theme.
There are also other categories available like News, Photos, and Videos. The News and Photos sections are kind of like the articles you were accustomed to in the print version of the TV Guide. The videos section lets you browse through a selection of videos from the various channel partners. It also has subcategories that run along the top of the screen to help you narrow down your choice. For instance, if you're looking for children's videos, there is a category just for kids. There is also a search feature built in which seems to work pretty well.
Pros: The TV Guide mobile app has a slick interface and is pretty intuitive. If you're a TV junkie, this is a great way to keep up with all the Hollywood news and keep up with programming.
Cons: Unless you're already a HuluPLUS or HBOGO subscriber, there really isn't a lot of free content available to you. The app does integrate with Crackle, which is free, but in my opinion, Crackle is pretty limited in its selection too. It would be nice if you could sort the videos by free or paid. It's not easy to see that as it is designed now.
I give this app 3 stars because it really is just middle of the road in my opinion. If I had a "meh" rating, that is probably what I would give it. I think the app has potential, but right now it just seems like a shortcut to ABC programming and its affiliate companies. However, if you like reading articles about the stars and shows, then you might want to give this app a try.
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as you might know, lately i've been digging deep into my collection of 12"s, 7"s, LPs, CDs, Cd singles etc. i have a large bedroom full of bloody music & need to make space.
so i'm starting to get rid of (so to speak) some stuff I NEVER PLAY! i'm probably gonna sell it on eBay, but if anyones interested in what i've got & can tempt me to sell, please get in touch.
first items out of the window are Moby - 1 CD & 8 CD singles (1991-95).
looks like i'll throw away all garage (97/98) i have, f***ing shit bollox (had a weird spell then) - going back to my techno roots!
by the way - I WON'T be selling any 808, AON or KRAFTWERK. might be tempted parting with my HUGE Aphex & Orbital Collection. but i'm in a funny mood whilst typing this nonsense!
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Pharmacy, Chemistry work together at UH Hilo
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Date: Monday, June 22, 2009
Contact: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642
For Immediate Release
Collaboration between the College of Pharmacy and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is giving students from both units more opportunities to get hands-on experience with high-end analytical equipment this summer. Faculty researchers are involving students on a variety of projects involving federal grants from institutions such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health.
Dr. Charles Simmons, associate professor of chemistry and director of the Minority Biomedical Research Support X-ray Diffraction Laboratory, is sharing room in his lab for Dr. Ken Morris' Powder X-ray Diffractometer. Morris acquired the approximately $280,000 instrument when he joined the College of Pharmacy as a professor last year. The shared space has given rise to several joint projects as well as providing training for students on the same equipment used by the best private and public laboratories world-wide.
"Though we anticipate ample facilities in the planned College of Pharmacy building, we need to establish our research programs now to insure future success and to provide opportunities for our students," Morris said. "Analytical instrumentation such as this is essential for my continued research in pharmaceutical materials science that has been my focus for some 30 years. Without Dr. Simmons' generosity, it would have been difficult or impossible for me to so rapidly establish a laboratory and achieve the success we've already had. We are now collaborating on a range of projects that, hopefully, should benefit both UH Hilo and our community."
In addition to Chemistry, the instrument is also being put to use on research by Dr. Ken Hon, chair of the Geology Department.
The Powder X-ray Diffractometer is used to look at the internal structure and properties of bulk material in everything from food and drugs, polymers, geological samples and semiconductors, Morris said. He currently is using this equipment for an NSF project that will help determine how to design tablets.
Tablets are typically made up of drug crystals, which are delivered as molecules when the tablet dissolves. Morris and his team of three Pharmacy students are helping to discover how being compressed into a tablet changes the internal arrangement of molecules in order to predict how easily they can be made into tablets.
"To be able to design a tablet, you need to know how strong the crystal is," Morris said. "The students are learning research from the ground up. They now know how to grow and characterize their crystals and then how to test the strength of their creations in the x-ray diffractometer. Then, they will compare their results to the computer simulations to see if we really understand what's happening."
All of the students working in the Morris lab this summer will be second-year Pharmacy students in the fall. Lauren Ruffino is originally from New Orleans. She has had some experience working in a microbiology lab, but this is her first job in a lab working with drugs. She is testing the strength of aspirin crystals.
Paul Kim, from California, didn't have any experience in a research lab before entering the Pharmacy program. With a bachelor's degree in political science, Kim worked in the legal sector, where his interest in pharmaceutics was sparked when he worked on a patent litigation involving drugs.
"I was surprised at the kind of drugs that are being made and it made me really think about my career choice," Paul said. He said he hopes the experience in the lab will make him more competitive for an internship or research associate position after he earns his Pharm.D. in 2012.
Daniel Hu, from Kurtistown, also hasn't had any experience working in a research lab and, at first, didn't realize he was going to be paid when he applied for the research position in Morris' lab. Hu said he was just naturally interested in pharmaceutics.
"Working in a research lab will give me an idea of whether I want to continue with research in the future much the same as my work at the hospital pharmacy during my first year of study," Hu said. Hu also is working with a project in the Chemistry Department with assistant professor Dr. Mazen Hamad.
"What we hope to do with undergraduates here is give them enough experience so that when they go to graduate school, they'll know what they like to do," said Hamad, who was a research chemist at the Food and Drug Administration before joining UH Hilo.
Tanya Tavares, from Hilo, has been working with Hamad before earning her BS in biology and BA in chemistry this year. She hopes to use her experience in Hamad's lab to help define her future in medical school and beyond. She has accumulated years of research experience during her undergraduate program through internships from the Keaholoa STEM program, but said her experience in Hamad's lab is helping her pull it all together.
"I've found there is an overlap in biomedical research equipment, so what I learned making lactose tablets can be applied in many other places," Tavares said. She is hoping to be admitted to medical school soon, and said her research experience will help her tie in multiple roles in her chosen profession.
Simmons, whose research interests include determining the structures of molecules that identify the active site in hemoglobin, said that most students who study chemistry at UH Hilo go on to various medical programs. He said it's a mutual benefit for Chemistry students to have the opportunity to interact with students and faculty from the College of Pharmacy.
"It's a benefit for Chemistry students to interact with professionals in the healthcare field," Simmons said. "But maybe more importantly, our collaboration puts the emphasis on research. Chemistry students here aren't required to have research experience, so this gives them the opportunity to learn how to work in a lab while showing research as an essential part of their education."
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28 more coronavirus patients die in Moscow in past day
Twenty-eight more coronavirus patients died in Moscow during the past day, with the overall number of fatalities exceeding 4,000, the city's anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Tuesday, APA reports quoting TASS.
"Twenty-eight coronavirus-positive patients diagnosed with pneumonia have died in Moscow," it said, adding the overall number of coronavirus-related deaths in Moscow has reached 4,027.
As of July 7, more than 226,200 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Moscow. More than 159,700 patients have recovered.
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Who would eat more with a food voucher programme in South Africa?
Jan H van Heerden
Department of Economics, University of Pretoria
ABSTRACT]]> A Computable General Equilibrium model is used to find the effects of a food voucher scheme on the economy in South Africa. If firms consider the issuing of vouchers as increased remuneration, they will hire fewer labourers. The higher labour cost increases the total cost of production and lowers supply. Real Gross Domestic Product decreases and the economy becomes worse off. However, depending on the size of the government's involvement in such a scheme as well as the tax policies that are used to fund it, a food voucher scheme could benefit the poor, and improve the distribution of wealth in the country.
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ALIBER, M.A. 2002. Overview of the incidence of poverty in South Africa for the 10-year review, Paper commissioned by the (South African) President's office. [ Links ]]]>
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ERNST & YOUNG. 2004. Assessing macroeconomic impact of food vouchers program in Lithuania - a research report, Cape Town: Ernst & Young. [ Links ]
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text: Our Houses Wassergasse 47 The house at Wassergasse 47 is located in the city centre, a five-minute walk from the train station, where you can get the bus to the University (approx. 10 minutes). The distance to the University on foot will take you approximately 25 minutes. A supermarket, a variety of shops and the famous monastery district are located only five minutes walk away. There are 17 students housed on five floors. Each resident has a single, fully furnished studio with a bed, bookshelf, desk, lamp and chair. Duvet, pillow and bed linen are provided by the Housing Office. There is a bedlinen service in the house. Towels are not included. Each studio has a fully equipped kitchen, with cooking and eating utensils, refrigerator, stove, oven or a microwave and an electric kettle. All rooms have wireless internet connection. A washing machine/dryer are located on two floors of the house. The cost for the washing machine facility falls on the lessee. Not included are costs for waste collection. Residents are responsible for purchasing the appropriate (taxed) garbage bags at their own cost.


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Sense the romance of warm California or Mediterranean sunshine with this light fresh pear salad!
Preparation Time: 35 mins
Cooking Time: 5 mins
Yield: 8 x 1/2 pears
In a small skillet, dry-roast walnuts over medium heat for 1 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Finely chop.
Meanwhile, arrange 1/2 cup salad greens on each of eight plates; set aside.
Cut pears in half lengthwise. With a melon baller, remove seeds and make a small, round cavity in each pear half.
Cut cheese into eight pieces; shape each into a ball. Roll in walnuts and place one in each pear cavity. Arrange pears on lettuce.
Pour vinegar into a small bowl; add sugar, whisking until dissolved.
Add oil in a fine stream, whisking constantly until smooth. Drizzle evenly over pears; sprinkle with any remaining walnuts.
Can substitute Asian pears (seasonal in April) for Bartlett or Anjou.


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January 13, 2011New Proactive Enforcement Bureau Will Identify Distressed Multifamily Buildings Before Conditions Worsen Instead of Waiting for Tenant Complaints
City Council and Bloomberg Administration to Expand City's Authority to Force Irresponsible Landlords to Pay for Repairs, Promoting Maintenance and Saving Taxpayer Dollars
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero today launched the Proactive Preservation Initiative, a new, aggressive approach to identify and address deteriorating physical conditions in multifamily buildings throughout the City before they reach a state that endangers the health and safety of residents and threatens the quality of the surrounding neighborhood. Currently, the City's primary means of identifying problem buildings is through complaints received through calls to 311. The Proactive Preservation Initiative will enable the City to identify and address buildings preemptively, and the City expects to use it to put roughly 500 distressed buildings on a path to stability over the next 12 months. The Mayor and Speaker made the announcement at Our Lady of Angels School on Webb Avenue in the Bronx, near 2785 Sedgwick Avenue, one of the 10 buildings of the Milbank housing complex that will be among the first to be rehabilitated as a result of the new initiative. The Mayor and Speaker were joined by Council Member Erik Martin Dilan, State Senator Gustavo Rivera, Assembly Member Vito Lopez, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., New York City Housing Development Corporation President Marc Jahr, and Desiree Hunter, Board Member of the Northwest Bronx Clergy Coalition.
"Our job is not just to wait until conditions around the City decline to a low point and fix them then, it's to be vigilant and act aggressively to address problems before they worsen," said Mayor Bloomberg. "That's why we created the SCOUT program to survey street conditions constantly, and it's why we are launching the Proactive Preservation Initiative to protect the City's housing stock. Now, instead of simply waiting for tenants to complain about poor conditions or irresponsible landlords, we'll use data on properties, building owners and neighborhoods to identify buildings that are vulnerable or are in decline, and step in to fix the the situation before it worsens."
"Today, we're adding an incredible tool to combat over-leveraged buildings across the City," said Speaker Quinn. "The City Council has fought tirelessly on the behalf of tenants living in these buildings, plagued with deplorable conditions. By identifying and fighting the problem early on, the City has a chance to save these buildings before it's too late. This innovative and proactive approach will be a vital asset in our continuing battles against irresponsible owners and lenders. I want to thank Mayor Bloomberg, Commissioner Rafael Cestero, the Council Housing and Buildings Chair Erik M. Dilan and Council Members Inez Dickens, Annabel Palma and Fernando Cabrera for their continued work on the Council's Task Force on Financially Distressed Rental Housing."
"New York City has long relied on tenants to lodge complaints about needed repairs in their apartments to determine when to intervene, but too often that happens only after conditions have become deplorable. We're stepping up the City's enforcement of housing maintenance and taking a proactive approach to identify at-risk buildings before conditions worsen," said Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel. "By doing that, we'll go a long way toward improving conditions for tenants, protecting neighborhoods and saving taxpayer dollars."
"The health of our neighborhoods is contingent on the stability of our housing," said Commissioner Cestero. "We've seen this movie before—when properties are destabilized, either by unsupportable debt or by physical decline, or both, they can bring down entire blocks. HPD's refreshed focus on preventing this decline as opposed to reacting to it will stabilize and strengthen communities across the City. Over the course of Mayor Bloomberg's New Housing Marketplace Plan, HPD has invested in the construction or preservation of more than 110,000 units of housing – much of it in the South Bronx, Upper Manhattan and Central Brooklyn. Hundreds of thousands of people live in homes that we have built. Just as New York City created the blueprint for revitalizing the inner city, we are poised to establish a national model to address decline in the health of multi-family housing stock and avert neighborhood distress."
The new Proactive Preservation Initiative represents a major shift in the way the City identifies distressed buildings. Until today, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has primarily learned of and reacted to problematic conditions in apartments through individual tenant complaints. Going forward, HPD will also work with the City Council, the New York City Housing Development Corporation and New York State Homes and Community Renewal to collect and consolidate data from multiple sources to pinpoint distressed buildings that are actively declining and have the highest likelihood of becoming blighted and blighting influences. HPD field staff will survey the buildings, and for buildings that appear to be in decline, the agency will analyze other data, such as outstanding tax arrears, outstanding water arrears, neighborhood foreclosures, and notices from local elected officials, community groups and advocates. Based on that information, HPD will determine the appropriate course of action, which might include working with a building owner and providing rehabilitation loan, or stepping up code enforcement actions against irresponsible or absentee owners.
To implement the new initiative, HPD has formed a new 10-person Proactive Enforcement Bureau within its Division of Enforcement and Neighborhood Services. The Proactive Enforcement Bureau will be responsible for conducting cellar-to-roof inspections on the most distressed buildings identified by the Proactive program and helping to drive them toward remediation. Intervention strategies can include a combination of stringent Housing Maintenance Code enforcement, inspection, offering preservation loans, financial counseling and referrals and transfer of ownership. Buildings are selected for the initiative based on an increase in both distress and rate of decline – measured in terms of the rise in the number of emergency housing code violations over the past two years. Approximately 250 buildings, representing more than 8,000 households, will be chosen and prioritized for Proactive Preservation every 6 months.
To strengthen these tools, the Bloomberg Administration and the Council will develop ways to authorize the City to sell liens that are placed on properties when irresponsible landlords fail to make repairs and the City has to. If landlords refuse to pay the City back for emergency work done, Emergency Repair Program liens are placed on the property, but there is little that compels an owner to make the payment and too often taxpayers subsidize irresponsible owners. If the City is authorized to sell the liens to a third party collector, it would save taxpayer money and encourage landlords to make repairs themselves before winding up in that situation.
"It is very important for the City to be proactive with housing code enforcement. During the real estate boom, the City and private sector made tremendous investments in multi-family housing stock. We need to protect that investment," said Council Member Dilan, Chair of the Council's Housing & Buildings Committee. "By looking at early indicators of building distress, we can avoid some of the nightmares tenants endure when irresponsible owners walk away from their buildings."
"My office has been working to address the many issues at the buildings within the Milbank portfolio since I first came to Borough Hall," said Borough President Diaz, Jr. "The Proactive Preservation Initiative is a great new tool through which we can identify bad situations, like those at the Milbank portfolio, before things get out of hand and tenants are forced into an unlivable situation. The stories we heard from tenants at the Milbank portfolio and other buildings in similar situations are heartbreaking, and the Proactive Preservation Initiative will help ensure that tenants in problem buildings will not have to suffer like they did. I thank Mayor Bloomberg, Speaker Quinn and Commissioner Cestero for partnering on this important program."
"I salute the Bloomberg Administration for putting into place a housing preservation initiative that will prevent deterioration, protect tenants and preserve thousands of units of affordable housing," said Assembly Member Lopez.
"I applaud Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council for standing with the residents and families of the Bronx, where housing concerns and deteriorating conditions have too often disrupted the ability of Bronxites to provide a healthy and safe environment for their families," said State Senator Rivera. "No one should have to wait until housing conditions threaten their health and well being or that of their family in order to report irresponsible landlords or receive assistance from their elected officials."
"To succeed, proactive enforcement needs to draw upon a broad range of tools, including HDC's ability to finance projects," said Marc Jahr, President of the City's Housing Development Corporation. "Consequently, HDC's enormously pleased to be able to harness its programs to HPD efforts to preserve the City's existing affordable housing stock."
"Northwest Bronx Clergy Coalition has had its feet on the ground in the Northwest Bronx for 36 years, and we have witnessed the ebb and flow of the real estate market and the effect that deteriorating building conditions have on our neighbors and families," said Northwest Bronx Clergy Coalition Board Member Desiree Hunter. "The City, particularly HPD, has been a good partner and we are very pleased to play a role in making this new initiative work. This goes far beyond the Milbank buildings – and we will continue to work cooperatively to help improve bad building conditions wherever we find them."
An initial pilot phase of the initiative surveyed 80 buildings and inspected 28 more – not including the 10 Milbank properties – resulting in 4,100 new violations and resulting in 11 referrals to housing litigation. More than 250 buildings with more than 8,000 households have been identified for potential intervention over the next six months.
In the case of the Milbank portfolio, HPD is pressing the current holder of the debt to sell the portfolio to a responsible owner. Leverage points put into play as a result of the new initiative include the results of cellar-to-roof inspections, which have increased the Housing Maintenance Code violation load by 1,871 to a total of 4,549; the New York City Housing Development Corporation's acquisition of the $3 million mezzanine debt on the portfolio from Deutsche Bank; and crafting a repair agreement with the putative new owner.
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Authorities in Texas made a grisly discovery at a Polk County home on Monday (February 11) morning. They responded to a call around 10:30 a.m. and found the bodies of three people, including a 15-month-old child, outside of the house along with two other victims inside. One woman managed to survive and was found unharmed, locked in a bedroom in the back of the house.
Officials identified the deceased as Carlos Delaney, 74, Linda Delaney, 72, their granddaughter, Ashley Delaney, 27, her husband, Randy Horn, 54, and their 15-month-old daughter, Ranley. Ashley's mother was the lone survivor, but police said that she is not a suspect.
"This is a horrible, horrific scene. A horrible crime," Chief Deputy Byron Lyons, with the Polk County Sheriff's Office, said. "What I would ask is that the community will pray. This is something that we're not used to."
Before the shooting, Horn was at a local sports bar, where he appeared to be withdrawn. The bartender told the Daily Mail that Horn spent most of his time using his cellphone and did not drink as much as he usually does.
"He's usually very outgoing," Jodie Harris said. "He didn't seem angry, sad, or confused about anything but he was withdrawn. More to himself than usual."
While he was at the bar, he also made a cryptic post on Facebook which read: "It's time to pay up for all the bad Decisions you made in life...never bet your life on someone because you never know..."
Officials have not said who they believe is responsible and are waiting for the autopsy report to determine whether it was a murder-suicide.