text: QSpace Collection: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/793 2014-04-25T06:03:56Z 2014-04-25T06:03:56Z Essays in Monetary Policy and Banking Mahmoudi Ayough, BABAK http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8616 2014-02-05T06:09:38Z 2014-02-03T05:00:00Z Title: Essays in Monetary Policy and Banking Authors: Mahmoudi Ayough, BABAK Abstract: This dissertation investigates the impact of central banks' asset purchase programs on the economy and the role of frictions in the corporate loan markets. It builds a series of models with trading and information frictions in goods market and credit market. Chapter 1 introduces the main idea in this thesis and presents a review on central banks' asset purchase programs and unconventional monetary policies. Chapter 2 constructs a model of the monetary economy with multiple nominal assets. Assets differ in terms of the liquidity services they provide. I show that the central bank can control the overall liquidity and welfare of the economy by changing the relative supply of assets. A liquidity trap exists away from the Friedman rule that has a positive real interest rate; the central bank's asset purchase/sale programs may be ineffective in instances of low enough inflation rates. My model also enables me to study the welfare effects of a restriction on trading with government bonds. Chapter 3 investigates the effects of open-market operations on the distributions of assets and prices. It offers a theoretical framework to incorporate multiple asset holdings in a tractable heterogeneous-agent model. This model features competitive search, which produces distributions of money and bond holdings as well as price dispersion among submarkets. At a high enough bond supply, the equilibrium shows segmentation in the asset market; only households with good income shocks participate in the bond market. Segmentation in the asset market is generated endogenously without assuming any rigidities or frictions in the asset market. Numerical exercises show that when the asset market is segmented, the central bank can improve welfare by purchasing bonds and supplying money. Chapter 4 develops a model of loan markets in which lenders post an array of heterogeneous contracts, then borrowers tradeoff terms of loan contracts and matching probability between themselves. I show that a unique separating equilibrium exists where each type of borrower applies to a certain type of contract. Chapter 4 also provides empirical evidence of both price dispersion and credit rationing in the corporate loan market. Chapter 5 offers concluding remarks and possible extensions. Description: Thesis (Ph.D, Economics) -- Queen's University, 2014-02-03 10:31:40.883 2014-02-03T05:00:00Z Three Essays on Volatility Measurement and Modeling with Price Limits: A Bayesian Approach Gao, RUI http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8576 2014-01-29T06:10:39Z 2014-01-22T05:00:00Z Title: Three Essays on Volatility Measurement and Modeling with Price Limits: A Bayesian Approach Authors: Gao, RUI Abstract: This dissertation studies volatility measurement and modeling issues when asset prices are subject to price limits based on Bayesian approaches. Two types of estimators are developed to consistently estimate integrated volatility in the presence of price limits. One is a realized volatility type estimator, but using both realized asset prices and simulated asset prices. The other is a discrete sample analogue of integrated volatility using posterior samples of the latent volatility states. These two types of estimators are first constructed based on the simple log-stochastic volatility model in Chapter 2. The simple log-stochastic volatility framework is extended in Chapter 3 to incorporate correlated innovations and further extended in Chapter 4 to accommodate jumps and fat-tailed innovations. For each framework, a MCMC algorithm is designed to simulate the unobserved asset prices, model parameters and latent states. Performances of both type estimators are also examined using simulations under each framework. Applications to Chinese stock markets are also provided. Description: Thesis (Ph.D, Economics) -- Queen's University, 2014-01-22 10:29:12.507 2014-01-22T05:00:00Z Three Essays on Networks and Public Economics Bouchard St Amant, Pier-André http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8418 2013-10-18T05:08:46Z 2013-10-15T04:00:00Z Title: Three Essays on Networks and Public Economics Authors: Bouchard St Amant, Pier-André Abstract: This thesis is a collection of three essays. The first two study how ideas spread through a network of individuals, and how it an advertiser can exploit it. In the model I develop, users choose their sources of information based on the perceived usefulness of their sources of information. This contrasts with previous literature where there is no choice made by network users and thus, the information flow is fixed. I provide a complete theoretical characterization of the solution and define a natural measure of influence based on choices of users. I also present an algorithm to solve the model in polynomial time on any network, regardless of the scale or the topology. I also discuss the properties of a network technology from a public economic standpoint. In essence, a network allows the reproduction of ideas for free for the advertiser. If there is any free-riding problem, I show that coalitions of users on the network can solve such problem. I also discuss the social value of networks, a value that cannot be captured for profit. The third essay is completely distinct from the network paradigm and instead studies funding rules for public universities. I show that a funding rule that depends solely on enrolment leads to "competition by franchise" and that such behavior is sometimes inefficient. I suggest instead an alternate funding rule that allows government to increase welfare without increasing spending in universities. Description: Thesis (Ph.D, Economics) -- Queen's University, 2013-10-11 17:16:42.178 2013-10-15T04:00:00Z Essays on Rollover Risk, Bank Loans, and Financial Regulation Li, BO http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8167 2013-08-14T18:49:30Z 2013-08-14T04:00:00Z Title: Essays on Rollover Risk, Bank Loans, and Financial Regulation Authors: Li, BO Abstract: My dissertation consists of three chapters that address the issues of rollover risk, shareholders' risk taking, and financial regulation, from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. The first chapter surveys the literature on rollover risk, the q theory of investment, and the dynamics of capital structure. When the market liquidity shocks intensify, equity holders' rollover losses become substantial, which amplifies the agency conflict between creditors and equity holders. The marginal value of liquidity plays an important role in determining corporate cash management, financing, hedging, payout and investment policies, especially when the level of internal cash is extremely low. All these variables are endogenous, as a result of which they together characterize a firm's optimal capital structure. The second chapter focuses on rollover risk in the context of corporate finance. In this chapter, I identify a special channel (the long-term debt maturity structure) through which the credit crisis of 2008 affected corporate investment. I provide empirical evidence of shareholders' risk-shifting behavior in the investment decisions by exploiting the real effects of ex-ante heterogeneity of long-term debt maturity structure. The first hypothesis, which examines the relationship between financial frictions and risk-shifting behavior. The second hypothesis, which studies the effectiveness of debt covenants in mitigating agency conflicts. In the third chapter, I investigates the effectiveness of the Federal Reserve Bank's Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF) in restoring the stability of large and complex financial institutions. Using hand-collected data from the Federal Reserve Board, I evaluate the consequences of the Fed's intervention in the short-term credit market. I first show that (recipient) banks with access to the Commercial Paper Funding Facility earned significantly higher abnormal returns than those without this access. Second, my empirical findings indicate that liquidity backstop facilitated lending from recipient banks to their relationship borrowers. In terms of bank loans, CPFF lenders increased the quantity of loans provided and charged lower yields for firms with which they had strong past relationships. My analysis highlights the important implications of explicit government guarantees in providing timely short-term credits to systemically important institutions and reducing their rollover risks. Description: Thesis (Ph.D, Economics) -- Queen's University, 2013-08-12 14:59:23.32 2013-08-14T04:00:00Z


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I LOVE those beds! I can't decide which I like more. And I love the 3rd pic as well . . .
I could only imagine though . . waking up in one of those beds and thinking you were in the first poltergeist movie . . .
Beautiful though! :)
Two makes me think of Homer's Odyssey. All you need are a few bronze axes in the living room to complete the look!
Only in this room. I can see this bed being a mess elsewhere.
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Just got the Anthropologie catalog yesterday featuring this beaut: http://tinyurl.com/nwse67. Similar to #3, but I like the added cross branches on this one.
I like the branch beds, tho not so much looking at them as the idea of how great it would be to fall asleep looking at trees. Or, for that matter, waking up to trees. Love the branch in the dining room. Might steal this idea. The park is full of fallen branches the park service keeps dragging away.
oh gorgeous, I want one!!
Okay, if you love living and sleeping among trees, there's an old-fashioned solution. Build a tree-house. This was quite a movement for those with ample grounds.
No, I don't like the branch beds, or the branch lamps, or other aspects of branch decor. It's not quite as bad as antler or hoof decor (which I think is the worst, and veers into the macabre), but it kind of falls in the same category.
Folks, those branches are dead trees. If sleeping among dead trees awakes a fantasy within you, that's fine. Go ahead and gather the stone gnomes, hang iron fairies from the ceiling, and have a good time.
Wow- this reminds me of visiting a store in Traverse City, MI about 20 years ago- it was tourist trap selling overpriced down comforters and sheepskin coats, but they were selling a 4-poster bed made with the trunks of 4 enormous birch trees for 10k. Despite the ridiculousness of the bed and the price and the fact that the rest of my industrial-style furnishings would clash horribly, I do an exhaustive internet search for the damn thing a few times a year.
AustinSarah, ALL wood is "dead trees". Is your bed plastic??
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Friday, March 30, 2012 - Does everything really matter? Using 5S for guidance
Shannon Flumerfelt, Ph.D. Endowed Professor of Lean, Pawley Lean Institute
Director of Lean Thinking for Schools, Pawley Lean Institute
Educators are wired to care about people. In schools, caring tends to be embedded in a cultural norm where it is the normal course of business to "reach them and teach them." On a daily basis, educators are involved in a cycle of making decisions and interacting with people driven by the ethic of caring.
Caring is expressed as a clearly defined attribute by educators, yet operationally, caring engenders some complexity for administrators. This is because the norm of caring can produce dilemmas for school leaders.
For example, educators may struggle with deciding how to choose which program to cut, given that all programs meet the needs of some. Or school leaders may feel uncertain about how much time to allocate to a problem, given that all problems represent the concerns of some. And yet, given that funding and time are scarce resources, decisions regarding spending have to be made and solutions to problems have to be deployed that will benefit some over others.
What this all boils down to is that educational leaders carry the burden to create responses that signal caring, yet still have to make forced choices that signal the opposite. In Lean, key paradigms, such as respect for people, pervade decision making of this sort, founded on the ethic of caring.
As educators work to ensure that caring is preserved, they often feel bound to respond to everything. The dynamics of this approach can become very stressful and confusing without some guidance, for there is no end to the ways that caring can be expressed in actions and decisions.
Consider a district where every administrator is handling every matter under the paradigm of respect for people and under the ethic of caring and translating that to mean that any person, any matter, any problem receives unregulated amounts of time and energy. This is a very common occurrence in schools where teachers and administrators find that their caring dispositions drive them to blind and unhealthy allocations of resources, time and energy.
After a while, this path can lead educators down a black hole where time warps and senses are altered to parameters of infinity. The educator is left with the reality of never filling the gaping holes and falling short of the ethic of caring. Therefore, there has to be a way to express that ethic authentically within the confines of resources available to be able to respond to the question, "Does everything really matter?"
To provide some guidance on the question, the Lean tool,
, can be very helpful. The 5S tool can be a minor technique or a major organizational strategy for creating guidance as a response to the ethic of caring. 5S is a five-step process of working your way through complex situations and getting to stabilized and sustained best practice. The five steps are: sorting (prioritizing what is value added and what is not), setting (establishing categories or themes of work), shining (making sure that the first two steps are value added by creating guidance), standardizing (scaling up the guidance), and sustaining (implementing the guidance regularly).
If you can imagine all of your challenges, tasks and problems sitting on top of your desk in a heap at the beginning of the day, this is a way to begin to use the 5S process within the ethic of caring. Also, imagine that all of your teammates also face a similar challenge with a shared pile of challenges, tasks and problems sitting on a departmental desk. Let's walk through the steps that you individually and you and your team collectively can use to make sense of this pile.
First, by sorting through that pile (sorting), identify what work does align with caring and what does not. Set aside the work that does not align. On a team level, sorting means agreeing about what is of strategic or tactical importance and what is not in regard to the ethic of caring.
Next, for the work that does align with caring, set that work into categories based on themes (setting), such as instructional or operational, or priorities such as urgent or important. On a team level, a similar step is required, of filtering the value added elements into categories based on functional areas or delegated priorities.
For the third step, try working through one or more of the categories, critically looking for ways to streamline and improve the work (shining). On a team level, examine where redundancies are occurring and where things are working well and make adjustments to improve the flow and results.
For the fourth step, ensure that the 5S work is being done and that regular routines are emerging (standardizing). For the team application, make sure that everyone is trained and following the emerging protocols.
Finally, continue to engage in the work as prescribed by the previous steps (sustaining). On a team level, ensure that accountability is high so that the established venue continues.
As the 5S Lean tool is used – sorting, setting, shining, standardizing and sustaining – chances are that you will begin to distinguish a surprising finding. That is, doing everything for everybody all of the time is an approach that is loaded with waste – an approach that keeps you from realizing that everything does matter as an ethic of caring.
Instead, you will begin to understand the benefits of the guidance that emerges from the 5S process in terms of enhancing the realization that everything of value does matter as an ethic of caring. What is proposed here is that the 5S Lean tool, a simple protocol for creating clarity in your work, can help you to heighten your ethic of caring. For more information on Lean Thinking for Schools, visit
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Warriors hold on to record rain effected victory
The Retravision Warriors held on to record their first victory in this years KFC t20 Big Bash tournament thanks to a 17 run win over the Speedblitz Blues.
With an IPL snub fresh in his mind big hitting West Indian Chris Gayle launched an unbelievable blitz as he took his anger out on the Blues at Stadium Australia in Sydney.
Although Gayles blitz only lasted 30 deliveries he smashed 61 runs to remind every IPL franchise owner what they might have missed out on as he smashed 8 fours and 4 sixes.
Gayles aggression reached blitzkrieg proportions in the 7th over when he smashed a hapless Scott Coyte for 32 runs during an astonishing rampage inside Stadium Australia.
The West Indian smashed 4 sixes and 2 fours as he brought up his half century in just 23 balls much to the delight of the home crowd before his innings was brought to an end by Stuart Clark in two overs later.
Despite the lose of Gayle; Shaun Marsh (85) and Adam Voges (28) continued to attack Blues as the Warriors reached an imposing total of 205-5.
Faced with such a big total the Blue struggled to a total of 104-4 before heavy rain brought the players off in the 12th over. Despite ending up on the losing side David Warner smashed in impressive half century before he was run out in the 11th over.
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Moot Court/Mock Trial National Success
Thursday, April 04, 2013
By Sarah Vistocco '13
Siena College's Honorable James P. King Moot Court/ Mock Trial team competed in the second round of the American Mock Trial Association's annual national tournament last month in Easton, Pa. Although the team did not advance beyond the Opening Round Championship Series, the participants returned with personal and shared success.
"Siena certainly has something to be proud of," said Pre-Law Advisor and Political Science Department Chair Professor Len Cutler, Ph.D. "Each of the four rounds came down to just a few points, and though the team didn't win enough judges to advance to the final round, they performed exceptionally against such teams as New York University." NYU is a four-time national champion.
In late February, the team earned a spot in the Opening Round Championship Series by performing well during the regional tournament. Co-Captain Christine Armstrong '13 emerged as a standout competitor. She and Co-Captain Mara Afzali '14 shared the All-Region Attorney Award while Armstrong and Steven Procopio '14 won the All-Region Best Witness Award. Armstrong was the competition's only participant to win both.
The impressive senior continued her success at the Opening Round Championship Series. Armstrong was the first Siena College student to be named All-American Attorney at this advanced level of competition. Her successful moot court/mock trial career has created a strong foundation as she heads to Albany Law School in the fall.
Armstrong recognized the impact Cutler had on the team's success. "He is our biggest advocate and our biggest cheerleader," Armstrong said of the team advisor. "He is just so invested and so willing to help us."
Siena graduates also helped the team succeed. Along with Jurist-in-Residence Hon. Patrick Monserrate and Hon. Richard Giardino, Eric Scalzo '08, Sugam Langer '07, Mara Afzali's husband Javid Afzali '09 and Aubrey Roman '11 served as coaches. "In line with the Franciscan spirit and Siena's values of community and giving back, our coaches volunteer so much time and energy to helping us succeed," Mara Afzali said.
Afzali added that this year's success gave her team a deeper understanding of what the judges are looking for and confidence that they can compete with the country's best colleges and universities. The moot court/mock trial team looks forward to building upon what they learned this year to achieve success when competitions begin again next year.
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Tea improves your health. But before gulping it down, be sure that what you are drinking is pure unadulterated tea. Real tea is derived from the plant Camellia sinesis, and it comes in only four varieties which is green, black, white and oolong. Herbal teas and other such concoctions cannot actually be called 'real tea'. There are several reasons why tea is good for you.Health Benefits
Although tea is limited in variety, it compensates by having properties which are very good for your health. Tea contains an antioxidant and phytochemicals which improve your fortitude. Most people drink the more popular green and black tea, but white and oolong tea also burn up body fat. Without excess fat your muscles gain more strength.
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August 3, 2011, see the Free Archives »
'Awesome' cherry crisp brightened school lunches
Betty Shimabukuro
Our hero of the day wishes to remain anonymous, which is too bad, because when you taste her dessert you will want to shake her hand.
Peanut butter coffee cake was a lunchroom favorite
Betty Shimabukuro
We never had peanut butter coffee cake in any of the school cafeterias in any of the three institutions of my public school career. I want my money back.
Woolworth's bread pudding is mouthwateringly moist
Betty Shimabukuro
For those who think bread pudding is too mushy, too eggy, too bland: Give it another try, using this recipe from the past. Noella Narimatsu wrote in search of the bread pudding served at the F.W. Woolworth store downtown, which closed in 1997. She remembered it as "really moist."
Meet tangy sauerkraut, kim chee's distant cousin
Betty Shimabukuro
Once in a while you should cook something that scares you. Builds character. That said, I decided against the scariest recipe I could find on the new sauerkraut.com website: grape Jell-O with sauerkraut and hot dogs. My brain recoils at the very thought.
Slow-cooker pork offers sampling of the Paleo Diet
Betty Shimabukuro
To go forward, look back. Way back. Way, way back. This is the premise of the Paleo Diet, which advocates eating as our earliest ancestors did in Paleolithic times, before we learned to milk cows or raise grain.
Make Flamingo's beef ribs, even if not quite the same
Betty Shimabukuro
Remember that big old horse at the entrance? The wagon wheels in the dining room? The animal heads over the buffet line? Remember the buffet?
DIY corned beef requires lots of time, a good brine
Betty Shimabukuro
An advantage of planning ahead: You can corn your own beef for St. Patrick's Day. I tell you this now, weeks before the day, so you can get your affairs in order.
Minute Chicken is worth time to track down sauces
Betty Shimabukuro
Minute chicken is on the menu of just about any Chinese restaurant yet seems a dish loosely defined. The only requirement is that the chicken be cut small enough to cook quickly -- in a minute, literally -- which really is true of most stir-fries.
Fragile Viennese cookies are crisp, buttery treats
Betty Shimabukuro
Valentine's Day approaches, a day when you're expected to put in extra effort to validate your affection. May I suggest baking cookies, but not the quick and sturdy chocolate chip variety. Try harder.
Spaghetti fit for an Italian? Joyce Fasi gets it done!
Betty Shimabukuro
Imagine yourself a newlywed, making dinner for your husband, a gentleman of Italian extraction. Let's say it's spaghetti and you make it the way your mother made it. Let's say he doesn't mince words.
Canlis Rice recipe recalls famed Waikiki restaurant
Betty Shimabukuro
I can't swear to the provenance of this recipe, but I can swear to its deliciousness and to its suitability to a rice-loving place like ours. Lee Wical wrote in search of a recipe for Canlis Rice, which his wife used to make in the 1950s. His request was published here in my annual New Year's call-out for recipes that have proved difficult to find.
Chicken nuggets are gold when made Japanese style
Betty Shimabukuro
Karaage chicken is the Japanese version of chicken nuggets. Like nuggets, karaage comes in many versions, but the general theme is bite-size bits of boneless chicken marinated in a soy-sauce base, then lightly breaded and fried.
Quickly hitting the jackpot with stuffed Maine lobster
Betty Shimabukuro
Kathy Laoron emailed me early last year with a list of recipe requests from restaurants long gone. I told her not to get her hopes up, and she said, "If I get just one recipe, then it's as if I won the lottery."
Help trim list of unresolved recipe requests from 2013
Betty Shimabukuro
I like to start out the year with a call for help, a tradition that often reaps rewards in recipes. It's an out-with-the-old custom: Printed here are requests I received in 2013 that I could not fulfill. Through the kindness of strangers, I hope to bring a few recipes in with the new.
New Year's good-luck dish utilizes beans, chestnuts
Betty Shimabukuro
A recipe for New Year's good luck came to me in the form of an unsigned recipe from the Ozawa family in Mililani. It's a slow-cooker recipe for a traditional Japanese holiday dish, kuromame, or sweet black beans.
After current stocks sell, 'Popo' pau with cookbooks
Betty Shimabukuro
June Tong has a few thousand cookbooks left, and when they're gone, she's done. No more reordering from the printer, no more hauling boxes, no more mailing packages.
Bacon, bourbon, mochi … What more does one need?
Betty Shimabukuro
Here's a gift idea for the guy or gal who has everything: an invitation to the Bacon and Bourbon Dinner Party at Tiki's Grill and Bar. The event is Monday, so it will be an advance gift, allowing you to set the bar for a reciprocal present of equal warmth and yum.
5 bucks buys 5 top recipes for the benefit of families
Betty Shimabukuro
This is my way of celebrating Thanksgiving: You send me five bucks. I send you five recipes. The Good Neighbor Fund gets your money to help families in need. You get ideas for entertaining your family at the dinner table. I get to feel good.
Alternate cooking methods ease holiday stress
Betty Shimabukuro
It's two weeks and a day until Thanksgiving, not too soon to offer a couple of tips for easing the stress on Turkey Day.
Pickle a pound of pumpkin for a crunchy holiday treat
Betty Shimabukuro
This business of recipe requests usually follows a particular flow: Questions come in, recipes go out. But this time, Dagmar Oato sent in a recipe, totally unsolicited yet quite welcome in this season of pumpkins.
Squash soup is spectacular when cooked in gourd itself
Betty Shimabukuro
First, measure your pot. Circumference and depth. Then go squash hunting. Don't forget your tape measure.
Cookie-butter junkies can mix a fix without Trader Joe
Betty Shimabukuro
You'd expect that what gets us excited here in the newsroom is news. But you would be wrong. What gets us excited are football and food, not necessarily in that order.
Sherbet's simplicity shines in its flavor and versatility
Betty Shimabukuro
How come nobody ever told me sherbet was so easy to make? Four ingredients, a freezer and a mixer — I could have been doing this for years.
Liner bags end monotony of slow-cooker leftovers
Betty Shimabukuro
Typical complaint from people who have slow cookers but don't use them: They make too much food at one time. Leftovers are tiresome — just how much pot roast can a mere mortal consume?
Join ramen burger craze with home recipe for buns
Betty Shimabukuro
The ramen burger is not even 7 weeks old, and already it's a phenomenon. They're calling it "the food craze of the summer," and by "they" I mean those who would stand in line for four hours for the chance at the latest, greatest edible thing.
DIY black bean sauce a spicy effort
Betty Shimabukuro
Yes, you can find black bean sauce at any grocery store with a decent Asian-foods aisle. But make it yourself to get something fresh, suited to your taste, without additives.
'Masters' chef brings his take on rice to isles
Betty Shimabukuro
Sang Yoon grew up by the beach in Los Angeles but hates sand. He was born in Seoul but as a chef only "lightly dabbles" in Korean cooking.
Award-winning barkeep brings passion to lilikoi
Betty Shimabukuro
When Tim Rita was but a beginner — a budding bartender, a mixologist in the making — he was told to smile, often and widely.
Step aside, veggie burger, and behold the Carrot Dog
Betty Shimabukuro
If you saw a lady in the produce aisle last weekend spending way too much time looking at bags of carrots, that was me. I was trying to pick the one that had the most carrots of the size and shape of hot dogs. Not too fat, not too thin and not too tapered.
Waffles stand in for bread in savory take on sandwich
Betty Shimabukuro
When I start my food truck operation (which would be after I get a truck, a lotta food and a whole lotta startup cash), the theme will be waffle sandwiches. Wafflewiches.
Lemon-miso sauce brings tang to hospital's salmon
Betty Shimabukuro
Georgiana Santana fell in love with a fish dish in the unlikely place of a hospital cafeteria. The salmon served at the Queen's Hospital Harvest Room had a sauce made with miso and lemon.
Apples, tomatoes combine in a worthy curry concept
Betty Shimabukuro
Ursula Hirao's request made me laugh out loud. (Is that redundant? Can you laugh silently?) Anyway, she is after a recipe for a chicken curry with tomatoes that she used to make for her family in the '80s, until "my husband found out it had apples in it and wouldn't eat it after that."
Even dairy-tolerant types will love this lemon cake
Betty Shimabukuro
My friend Cynthia no longer has a positive relationship with dairy products. They are not friends.
Pointy pasta, chili powder pep up mac and cheese
Betty Shimabukuro
It is my job to taste food. Presented with something succulent, I will consider the cholesterol content, then eat it no matter what. It is my sacred duty. Then sometimes I figure out how to make it and put it in front of other people, who then must do their own weighing of cholesterol versus succulence.
Blue Ginger's chop steak is a tasty dish from Lanai
Betty Shimabukuro
Joe Abilay ran a restaurant for two decades. OK, so lots of people do that. But Abilay ran his for a good chunk of that time while undergoing kidney dialysis three times a week. On another island.
Pudding turns up in pursuit of 'best banana bread' recipe
Betty Shimabukuro
I wonder how many banana bread recipes there are in the world. Thousands? Tens of thousands? A bazillion? I guess there's no such thing as too many, as long as the world gives us bananas.
Man with a pan has a plan for a prime paella repast
Betty Shimabukuro
Marc Vogel is a travelin' man with a travelin' pan — a 45-inch paella pan that has seen the world. Vogel is a San Francisco-based chef with a varied resume.
Tart recipe, new friend rewards of Kauai vacation
Betty Shimabukuro
Went to Kauai last week. Saw new things. Made a new friend. Picked up a new recipe. That's what vacations are for.
Easy 'malasada' technique adds flavor, cuts frying time
Betty Shimabukuro
Lisa Tam's request is for a treat that takes me back years, to my early days of operating a stove: "It was a fake malasada that was made with bread and tasted pretty much like the real thing without all the deep-fat frying," Tam wrote.
Use favorite mix of flavors to dress cucumber salad
Betty Shimabukuro
Last week, due to a little miscalculation while grocery shopping, I ended up with an excess of cucumbers in the vegetable bin. Miscalculation as in, "I wonder if I have any cucumbers, oh well, I guess I'll buy three," and it turns out there were already three at home.
Tomato sauce is secret to flavorful spice cake
Betty Shimabukuro
We make cakes out of carrots, zucchini and a host of fruits, so why not tomatoes? No reason not to, and in fact bakers have been using tomato sauce, condensed tomato soup and even ketchup to make cakes for generations.
Spiced couscous, veggies make up versatile salad
Betty Shimabukuro
Couscous is a teeny, tiny type of pasta — so tiny that it looks like a grain and has a texture something like a grain, which makes for very interesting salads.
Aunty Na-chan's dango turns up in mochi cookbook
Betty Shimabukuro
This story begins during the childhood of Rachel Kaminaka, specifically in the kitchen of her aunt, Natsue Iwamoto, "Aunty Na-chan." Aunty made a favorite family dessert that she just called dango.
Guava jam and roasting freshen corned beef flavor
Betty Shimabukuro
Despite the advice of my doctor regarding sodium, and despite last week's news regarding processed meat (it's not kinda bad for you, it's REALLY bad for you), I love corned beef.
Pork chop pasteles challenge tradition
Betty Shimabukuro
She calls him "Querido" (Spanish for "darling"). He calls her Mrs. Soto. Together they are a finely tuned pasteles pair.
For Hisago burger recipe, amounts varied by the cup
Betty Shimabukuro
A cup equals 8 fluid ounces, equals 16 tablespoons, right? It's a standardized thing, so a cup of sugar and a cup of rice take up the same amount of space in the universe. Right?
New recipe addresses woes with shortbread cookies
Betty Shimabukuro
First of all, sorry, sorry, sorry. A recipe printed here Jan. 9 for Chocolate Shortbread Cookies from Aikahi Elementary School proved popular with those who fondly recall their school cafeteria cookies or who just liked the idea of chocolate in their shortbread. That was the good news.
Sweet serpentine pastry coils to greet Year of Snake
Betty Shimabukuro
We should all eat a snake in the next few days, given that Sunday marks the dawning of the Year of the Snake.
Duo of recipes butter up lilikoi juice for rich spread
Betty Shimabukuro
Frances Kitabayashi would like to make use of the lilikoi growing in her yard by making lilikoi butter, a treat handy as a spread for toast, a topping on pancakes, a filling for parfaits.
Beaten egg whites suffuse banana cake with lightness
Betty Shimabukuro
If you're planning to make today's cake, a banana chiffon, get organized. This is not the kind of easy recipe that you can pull off on the fly, measuring as you go.
Decades-long hunt ends with sweet cookie success
Betty Shimabukuro
The recipe posse opens the year with a score of plus 5, minus 10. A list of elusive recipes printed last week in this space drew responses from readers that I expect will yield five solid recipes.
Search is on for recipes misplaced in annals of time
Betty Shimabukuro
Here it is, 2013. How did that happen so fast? As is my custom, I am looking back on recipe requests that have come in through the year. I am sadly behind. How did that happen?
Slow-cooker eases zenzai from New Year's to-do list
Betty Shimabukuro
One holiday down, one to go. More cooking on the horizon before we make those typical January promises to be good, eat less, yada yada.
Bring minty mocha home and leave calories behind
Betty Shimabukuro
I can't really afford the cash going out or the calories coming in, yet I continue to order the peppermint mocha at such coffee emporiums as Starbucks or Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.
Tasty seed cake is perfect for hobbit-style tea party
Betty Shimabukuro
What are you doing Friday night? I will be at the movies with Balin and Bilbo, Bifur and Bombur, Gandalf and Gollum. And 100 million other people. And my seed cake.
Gelatin dessert made even more festive with bubbles
Betty Shimabukuro
Jell-O is the go-to dessert for many during the holidays. Easy, refreshing and — with all those choices of red flavors — so full of ho-ho-ho. We all have an auntie or cousin who brings the red-green-cream-cheese layered dessert to the potluck, right? It just says Christmas.
$5 donation buys top 5 recipes
Betty Shimabukuro
It is the day before the great turkey holiday, time for me to say thanks to everyone who has shared a recipe with me this year.
Custard and mousse add new spins to pumpkin pie
Betty Shimabukuro
Baking mistakes can yield happy results. The problem is re-creating the mistake, especially if you weren't there.
Even non-dirt-eating dogs scarf down no-fuss biscuits
Betty Shimabukuro
Of everyone in my household, the one who spends the most time with me in the kitchen is my dog. Not that he's much help. Mostly he stares at me and waits for food to drop.
Popo, Part 2
Betty Shimabukuro
June Tong's friends and fans have been after her for years to publish a second cookbook. Tong's first, "Popo's Kitchen" from 1989, is a staple of many island kitchens, a straightforward guide to Chinese home cooking.
Vampires aside, pickling mellows garlic
Betty Shimabukuro
It's almost Halloween. If this ramps up your fear of vampires, consider pickling some garlic. Put up a pound of cloves now in a briny solution and by Oct. 31 they'll be ready to offer you full vampiric protection with less pungency and bite than your usual pound of garlic.
Home becomes a chophouse when pork is bathed in brine
Betty Shimabukuro
Something to chew on: In an average month this year, recipe hunters launched 9.2 million online searches for pork chop dishes. This places pork chops in the No. 1 position on the list of most-searched-for recipes in 2012.
Slow-cook, fast-cook book awaits recipe contributions
Betty Shimabukuro
Percolating right now in my Crock-Pot is a cookbook. It's cooking very slowly; should be ready for the public eye at this time next year.
Cheesy biscuits are a flaky delight
Betty Shimabukuro
A warm, soft biscuit is a lovely thing. A warm, soft biscuit, sliced in half with a slice of cheese melting slightly in the center — mmmm. Next step on the evolutionary scale: Bake the biscuit and the cheese together.
When life gives lilikoi, make pudding
Betty Shimabukuro
Life has been good since my friend Jim brought a bowl of fresh lilikoi into the office. He refills the bowl occasionally, and I take home more than my share.
Capture magic of lilikoi in cake
Betty Shimabukuro
The reason lilikoi is called passion fruit in English is that it is passionately awesome. OK, I made that up. But it is true that pure, fresh lilikoi is magical.
Chocolate lifts slow-cooked pudding
Betty Shimabukuro
My adventures in Crock-Pot cooking have been lacking in dessert ideas. So thank you, Deborah Schneider, for your new cookbook, "The Mexican Slow Cooker," and the recipe on Page 123 for a chocolate bread pudding.
Southern touch refines banana pudding
Betty Shimabukuro
The concept of banana pudding exposed a gap in my knowledge of yummy things, one that I am happy to close.
Chamorro flavors jazz up ground beef
Betty Shimabukuro
Just got back from a vacation in Las Vegas. Hours spent in casinos: zero. Hours spent in the kitchen: lots.
Jam makes most of mango bounty
Betty Shimabukuro
Bill Lennan's request for a mango jam made with agave makes sense. Agave is a super sweetener distilled from a cactus and considered better than refined white sugar for those on reduced-sugar diets.
In cookie or pretzel, almonds satisfy
Betty Shimabukuro
Today's topic is almonds, specifically almonds in cookies, and comes courtesy of Geraldine Davis, who wants a good recipe for a Chinese almond cookie.
Pie inspires memories of grandma
Betty Shimabukuro
If you say a dish is "like Grandma used to make," people will know what you mean, even if their grandma is 93 and yours is 47.
Recipe answers raise more questions
Betty Shimabukuro
Today I've got Part 2 of two recent columns, dealing with follow-up questions from readers. First, the issue of cutting a kabocha.
Kabocha a good partner for slow-cooker
Betty Shimabukuro
The world of Crock-Pot cooking is not particularly kind to vegetables. Hours of slow simmering leave most in a state of taste and texture that is less than ideal. Or in a state of plain yuckiness.
Stews curry flavor with local style
Betty Shimabukuro
Richard Deveas is a man of few words: "Request beef curry stew (local style). Mahalo." It's clear what he means, even in a world of countless curry options.
Papaya salads brighten meals
Betty Shimabukuro
Two things came into my life in 2011: a papaya tree and a food processor. Combined, they made a recipe.
Give tofu pie a try with chocolate
Betty Shimabukuro
If you have a tofu aversion — for example, if I were to tell you the pie you just ate was made with tofu and you said "ack!" — grow up already.
Punahou stew starts with 'beautiful broth'
Betty Shimabukuro
Reney Ching credits her Chinese grandmother for inspiring the beef stew she makes as head cook at Punahou School, a fitting thought as Mother's Day approaches on Sunday.
Pickling rakkyo easy; finding onion isn't
Betty Shimabukuro
The hardest thing about making your own pickled rakkyo is finding the key ingredient.
Oxtail stew takes 2 days to arrive
Betty Shimabukuro
More than a year ago, Les M. wrote in search of an oxtail stew recipe he could make in his Crock-Pot. It's taken a long time, but think of this recipe as slow-cooking in my brain.
Beans timed right for end of workday
Betty Shimabukuro
When it comes to Crock-Pot cooking, the holy grail is a dish that is at its prime after 10 hours of cooking, one that can be scooped directly onto dinner plates at the end of an eight-hour workday, plus commute.
Cook up Chinese curry in Crock-Pot
Betty Shimabukuro
Last week I had a burst of slow-cooker energy, if that is not a contradiction in terms. Came up with three recipes that I'll be presenting over the rest of April as a continuation of last year's "Slow Ono" Crock-Pot crusade.
Da Kitchen's garlic chicken doesn't skimp on the bulb
Betty Shimabukuro
When is the last time you heard an endorsement this unequivocal: "My whole family loved it sooo much. Not too garlicky, not too sweet, not too salty, but perfect and extremely delicious."
Soup lightens slow cooker's heavy image
Betty Shimabukuro
If you, like me, have been trying hard to make friends with your Crock-Pot, you've probably noticed that all the easy recipes are for big hunks of meat. Warm, wholesome and satisfying they may be, but few are good partners in the quest to eat light.
L&L katsu applauds Knicks' Lin
Betty Shimabukuro
I love Jeremy Lin. I would like to shake his hand, cook him dinner, introduce him to my daughter. None of these things being likely, I'll just think about them, specifically what I might make him for dinner.
Punahou fields fine chicken stew
Betty Shimabukuro
If you like the comforting fulfilment of a bowl of stew but are trying to cut back on red meat, a chicken stew could be the answer.
Cafeteria shortbread so easy, ono
Betty Shimabukuro
On an unfortunate day in the 1970s, a couple of young lads were led into temptation by their love of shortbread. They stole a 5-gallon can of cookies from the Kailua High School cafeteria, which may have seemed a harmless prank, but not to Edith Ichimasa, the cafeteria manager.
Toasting deepens flavor in pasta recipes
Betty Shimabukuro
New snack sensation: toasted pasta. Try it. Heat some olive oil in a skillet, add broken pieces of pasta and toss until nicely toasted. Taste. OK, maybe it's not on par with hot buttered popcorn, but you'll be surprised.
Mold mimics andagi shape but muffin pan pinch-hits
Betty Shimabukuro
This week's mission was to make a baked version of those crispy, crunchy Okinawan fried spheres — andagi — on behalf of a correspondent, Cynthia. She'd made an attempt using a standard recipe in muffin pans but wanted to know if there was a real recipe out there.
Conversation turns up bakery's beloved biscuits
Betty Shimabukuro
I probably shouldn't admit this, but my education in biscuits is grounded in Bisquick and Poppin' Fresh. A biscuit never seemed something to obsess about, and the old easy fix has always seemed plenty good enough.
Rice dish brings back school days
Betty Shimabukuro
The Spanish rice that we know and love in Hawaii is really a take on Mexican rice — a side dish of rice simmered with tomatoes, onions and spices — except that our version is a main dish, an economical one-pot meal bulked up with ground beef.
Cream cheese betters brownies
Betty Shimabukuro
A good baker of my acquaintance once told me that everything tastes better with cream cheese. This is an easy hypothesis to test.
Found recipe restores mochi memories
Betty Shimabukuro
After I die, I'd like to be remembered for a recipe. As I'm not likely to be known for a stunning act of heroism, or brilliant leadership, or making wads of money, I will settle for a legacy of yum — one special dish that will force my children to think of me whenever they make it, a recipe they can pass to their children, and so on.
Mac nut mochi tops list of desired recipes
Betty Shimabukuro
Every so often a recipe request arrives here that tugs at the heartstrings as well as the taste buds — Karen Chang's is the latest.
Ideal Chex recipe lost, then found
Betty Shimabukuro
The world is awash in Chex mix recipes. You realize this when you go looking for a specific one and nothing else will do.
Nutty recipe makes pie, squares
Betty Shimabukuro
The season for pumpkin desserts runs all year 'round but peaks during the sugar rush between Halloween and Christmas, when we have fall-like thoughts and cinnamon on the mind.
Slow-cooker transforms pho into easy at-home dish
Betty Shimabukuro
Pho, that deeply flavored Vietnamese comfort soup, was a dish I always thought best left to professionals.
Pull off gluten-free pasta at home
Betty Shimabukuro
If you've read today's cover story, you're up to speed on baking cookies without gluten. Now that you're hyped up on all that sugar, how about some pasta to bring you back to earth? Gluten-free, too.
For $5, get 5 favorite recipes and help out your fellow man
Betty Shimabukuro
It's Thanksgiving Eve, time to say thanks for something. In my case it's for everyone who has shared a recipe with me this year.
New cookbooks make holidays easier
Betty Shimabukuro
Cookbooks that hit shelves at the holidays fulfill a double need: They provide ideas for the dining extravaganzas of the season, and they make handy gifts. So it is with two new books that arrived recently on my desk, both being sold to support good causes.
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Almost 2 million deaths a year are caused by the use of indoor cook stoves worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. That's more deaths per year than malaria. Burning wood, dung or coal in cook stoves emits substantial amounts of black carbon.
A five-year cook stove research initiative by EPA will work to find efficient solutions to reduce exposures to black carbon and thus the resulting health effects. This research will include tests on different stove types and fuels to find better alternatives and guide future stove developments. It will also help inform international efforts to reduce black carbon emissions and human exposures.
Health effects and exposure from cook stoves will be studied through clinical, cell and animal studies. Such tests will be used to further define black carbon's role in disease and to improve risk assessments.
Research findings and technical support will be provided to other EPA offices, the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GACC), the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) (PDF, 2 pp, 249K, About PDF) and other partners to set global standards for cleaner stoves and fuels and improve current stove designs while taking socio-economic costs into account for those affected.


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John Travolta, Jan/Feb 99
Dear Marvin,
As a cigar smoker for over 40 years, I have great joy in reading your fine magazine and especially reading "Out of the Humidor." It appears that cigar smokers are a tight-knit band of folks who can enjoy the pleasures of cigars and the different social opportunities afforded by cigars, despite the big, bad social police.
I recently took a client to Pro Players Park in Miami to see Mark McGwire and the Cards battle our failing Marlins. It was a night to remember! After a light dinner we smoked a cigar on the drive to the park. I told my client that if McGwire tied Hack Wilson's National League single-season homerun record, I would have a surprise for him. Well, not only did McGwire hit number 56, he also hit number 57. After the game I broke out some brand new Montecristos I had just brought back from Costa Rica. A glorious way to finish a historic night.
This evening was much like last October, when as season-ticket holders we in south Florida were treated to the Marlins being in the World Series. I attended game seven with a crew that included a doctor, dentist, lawyer, physicist, geologist, engineer, stockbroker and a retired gent. Hardly the types that fit the social police's stereotype of tailgaters. Each of us was assigned a chore for the party. My chore was to bring the cigars, while others had less important jobs, such as bringing the food and fire and drinks. Needless to say, we were thrilled when the Marlins pulled the game out in the bottom of the 11th inning. After the game, while basking in the glow of a special night, I passed out the Montecristos--a fitting way to end a perfect night.
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Dear Marvin,
I am a 24-year-old up-and-coming professional in the financial industry who had--until recently--been concentrating on my career, preparing to obtain my MBA in finance, and smoking cigars (of course). In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, I had forgotten how precious family and friends are to me.
In June 1998 my father passed away at the age of 67. He was truly a great man, husband, father and Opa [grandfather]. Essentially, my world was torn asunder. Fortunately, God has blessed me with a strong family and close friends.
After the passing of my father, I dreaded being alone with my thoughts because I would always review in my head the things I would have liked to have told my father before he passed away. Basic things such as "I love you" and "Thank you for everything."
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Motorola Xoom Teardown
Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions.
The Motorola Xoom is the first android tablet powered by Google's newest OS, Android 3.0 "Honeycomb." Follow along as we peek inside this scrumptious (see what we did there...) device and devour all the delicious bits of information we can gather.
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Edit Step 1 — Motorola Xoom Teardown ¶
*Fanfare* Ladies and gentlemen, we present the Motorola Xoom tablet with Android 3.0 "Honeycomb."
Geared as the first true rival to Apple's iPad, the Motorola Xoom runs on Verizon's 3G (soon to be 4G LTE) network and is offered in a WWAN/Wi-Fi combo only.
Tech Specs:
1 GHz Cortex-A9 Dual-Core Processor
5.0 MP rear-facing camera with HD video recording and a 2.0 MP front-facing web cam
Up to 32 GB of on-board storage.
10.1", WXGA 720p (1280 x 800) display.
3G connectivity, with optional upgrade to 4G LTE
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The Xoom features a 5 MP rear camera and a 2 MP front-facing camera. At least for now, Motorola's got Apple clocked in the tablet camera arena.
A dummy SIM card is included in the Xoom, with the inscription "Replace with SIM only after 4G upgrade."
Verizon's 4G LTE network requires a SIM card, so not every Verizon device will have 4G. Right now the list of compatible devices is very short: the Motorola Xoom and the still-unreleased HTC Thunderbolt.
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The Xoom features a widescreen 1280 x 800 LCD, compared to the iPad's more traditional 1024 x 768 LCD.
According to Motorola, the Xoom weighs 730 grams, exactly the same as the iPad 3G, although the Xoom is noticeably thicker.
We make comparisons to the iPad ad nauseum, but it's hard not to when it is such a clear front-runner in the tablet market...for now.
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Moving right along, lets get this thing open!
Two T5 Torx screws located near the Micro USB and Micro-HDMI ports secure the rear case to the Xoom.
Like a sliding glass door, the rear case slides off part way, and we get our first peek at what makes this tablet tick.
Major props to Motorola here. For the first time we didn't need any prying tools to get into a tablet.
Unfortunately, the rear panel of the Xoom will only slide so far until two catch clips impede our progress. At this point what appears to be the Wi-Fi module can easily be removed. This card will probably be replaced should you ever choose to send your Xoom to Motorola for a 4G LTE upgrade.
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A trusty spudger helped us release the clips securing the rear panel, and we continued tearing this device apart.
Unfortunately, what at first seemed like user-friendliness appeared to merely be foresight on the part of Xoom developers to make the device easy for Motorola techs to upgrade.
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After disconnecting the volume button ribbon cable and removing two screws, the top portion of the upper case lifts off.
This case component houses the power button, LED diffuser, camera port, and speaker grills.
The two-piece rear case design is a unique choice by Motorola, and makes accessibility and replacement of the inner components much more feasible.
While the larger lower portion is made of aluminum, the upper part is made of plastic.
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The battery is held in by ten T6 Torx screws, with yet another two T5 Torx screws just to hold down the unique battery connector. This, of course, poses no problem to our 54-piece bit driver kit.
The 3250 mAh, 24.1 watt-hour lithium ion polymer battery boasts a healthy 10 hours of Wi-Fi browsing and video playback, and a massive 3.3 days of MP3 playback.
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The 5MP rear-facing camera doesn't appear to be anything special, but certainly nice enough to record some HD videos.
With the 2MP front-facing camera, you can chat over Google Talk with Video Chat to anyone with a Gmail account.
Unlike Motorola's other recent device, the Atrix, both cameras are connected to the motherboard by separate cables. You won't have to replace a ton of other stuff should just your camera fail.
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Front side of the motherboard (here's the gigantic version):
Broadcom BCM4329 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, and FM Tuner. There's also a Broadcom BCM4750 Single-Chip AGPS (located nearest the top right corner).
Hynix H8BCSOQG0MMR 2-chip memory MCP
AKM 8975 Electronic Compass
Qualcomm MDM6600 supporting HSPA+ speeds of up to 14.4 Mbps
Nvidia Tegra T2 dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU and ultra-low power GeForce GPU.
Texas Instruments 54331 Step Down SWIFT DC/DC Converter with Eco-Mode
Samsung K4P4G154EC DRAM
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Major players on the back side of the motherboard (gigantic version):
Qualcomm PM8028 RF Power Management IC
Atmel TINY45 8-bit RISC-based Microcontroller with 4KB in-system programmable flash
Toshiba THGBM2G8D8FBAIB 32GB eMMC NAND Flash
Kionix KXTF9 MEMS Motion Sensing Accelerometer
ST Ericsson CPCAP 2.2TC22 DC Power Management
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There are 17 [!] screws holding the front panel to the magnesium framework.
We didn't explicitly test the metallurgical nature of the framework, but we are pretty sure it's magnesium.
After a little bit of prying, the front panel separates from the rest of the display assembly -- a refreshing change from some other popular devices. Although to be completely fair, Apple's iPad also doesn't have an LCD fused to the front glass.
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The touchscreen controller is an Atmel mXT1386, a 4-chip controller designed for touchscreens up to 15.6". It supports as many as 15 distinct inputs.
This is a large application version of the mXT224 touchscreen controller used in the Motorola Atrix.
The mXT1386 is Atmel's largest application touchscreen controller. The next smallest handles screen sizes up to 10.1", suggesting that this one was designed specifically for devices like the Xoom.
Edit Step 17 ¶
Motorola Xoom tablet Repairability Score: 8 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)
There's no proprietary screws or fasteners in the machine -- everything comes out with a spudger and a couple of Torx screwdrivers.
LCD and front panel glass are not fused together. That's great news for folks unfortunate enough to drop their Xooms and crack their glass.
Individual components (like the cameras) are separately attached to the motherboard, allowing each component to be replaced on an individual basis.
By our count, there are 57 screws in the Xoom, of either the T5 or T7 Torx variety.
Everything is accessible but somewhat inconvenient to repair -- there's just a lot of labor involved with removing that many screws.
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Those circuit boards look like Flyover, Nevada. Any thoughts why Moto designs its internals the opposite of Apple's every-square (and cubic)-millimeter matters approach?
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Two T5 Torx screws located near the Micro USB and Micro-HDMI ports secure the rear case to the Xoom
I messed up by attempting to place the sd card in not realizing that there was a dummy. The SD card fell somewhere inside. I attempted to remove the case using the T5 screwdriver but the the screws don't turn. Have you encountered that problem? Must I use more pressure? firstname.lastname@example.com
After I replaced digitizer, the Xoom will only turn on and function when plugged in. When charger is removed it immediately turns off. Why is this happening??? Battery?
I'd be very curious to see how much the weight of the Xoom could be reduced by carefully reviewing the mounting points pictured and then drilling a lot of holes in it metal. Probably safe the assume the majority of the weight is battery and metal housing.
Now, is there any way we can switch out the non-standard power plug with the industry standard 3.3 mm coax plug? EIAJ-4 (D)
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hello damage the sim card reader motorola xoom my 2 and want to know if there is a spare the reader or if I should buy the whole piece. Thanks


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Opening night at Florida Grand Opera always produces a good show, with tuxedos, $10,000 gowns and an air of anticipation in the Arsht Center's darkly glamorous opera house.
What takes place on stage doesn't always measure up to the excitement in the crowd, but at the season-opening performance of Puccini's La Bohème on Saturday night, FGO delivered a moving, passionate performance with one of the finest sopranos to sing with the company in many years.
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This (Stolen) Land Is Our Land
by Aura Bogado on November 12 2013, 7:00AM
The Onondaga Nation was not allowed to bring claims for stolen land in Upstate New York into court until 1974. Now, it's been told it waited too long.
This (Stolen) Land Is Our Land
by Aura Bogado on November 12 2013, 7:00AM
The Onondaga Nation was not allowed to bring claims for stolen land in Upstate New York into court until 1974. Now, it's been told it waited too long.
Affirmative Action Prospects Dim After Schuette
by Julianne Hing on October 16 2013, 2:03PM
The prospects for the pro-affirmative action plaintiffs in Tuesday's Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action Supreme Court case were never terribly promising. And the oral arguments yesterday did little to challenge that notion.
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Five SCOTUS Cases Worth Watching
by Brentin Mock on October 9 2013, 7:00AM
The new U.S. Supreme Court session started this month. Here are a few cases with racial justice implications
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Obama Administration Tells Colleges: Don't Be Afraid to Use Affirmative Action
by Julianne Hing on September 27 2013, 5:03PM
It's the administration's first guidance since the Supreme Court ruled on affirmative action this summer.
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The Court's Bizarre 1 Percent Rule
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Wait, what exactly did they decide? Our resident constitutional law prof breaks it down.
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Justice Ginsburg's Dissent a Roadmap for Defenders of Affirmative Action
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In short, the long, ugly fight over affirmative action will continue.
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The Familiar and False Argument That Gay Rights 'Shut Out' Other Civil Rights
by Brentin Mock on March 28 2013, 3:46PM
Once again, with gay rights in the news, a black commentator tries to talk a fake debate into existence.
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by Jorge Rivas on March 21 2013, 11:14AM
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Sotomayor and Thomas Benefited from Affirmative Action, But Split Starkly on Issue
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The Voting Rights Act is, in some ways, living on borrowed time.
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A Review of South Pacific (U.S. Tour)
By Michele P., February 14, 2011
I saw South Pacific (U.S. Tour) on 09/13/09. Overall, I'd say it was a 5-star rating. I'd summarize it by saying "I love this show so much I would have seen it 5 more times if I had someone to go with me."
I had a great day time and left the show feeling like I was part of the play and keep singing the songs. I'd describe the show as the best, touching, and great. The end was a highlight of the show because he comes home alive. If this were a movie, I'd rate it G. I would recommend this show to everyone.
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Compromising With the EPA
June 9, 2013
U.S. Rep. David McKinley, who in his short time in Congress has achieved the reputation of a tireless fighter for the coal industry, appears to have accomplished something very important....
Representative McKinley deserves at least this commendation for his efforts. Coal Ash is in many respects a mineral resource; the value of which has gone largely unrecognized. Technologies developed in Pittsburgh enable it's use as a raw material for making Cement. It can then be added to Cement as a fine aggregate, to make high-performance, chemically-resistant Concrete. The Ronald Reagan Office Building, which serves as headquarters for the US EPA, is built of Concrete which contains a lot of Coal Ash, a fact the EPA used to advertise. China, right now, has a refinery in operation which extracts Aluminum and other metals from Coal Ash. The potential for treating Coal Ash as an ore of Aluminum, and some other metals, was first recognized by the US Government decades ago.
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Coal Ash is great when mixed with concrete.
Coal Ash is great when mixed into drywall.
Coal Ash is not so good when it is in our streams or in the air.
Coal ash is not so good when it busts loose from the poorly constructed dams and not so good when it washes away people's homes and land.
How do scientists compromise with McKinley's TEA Party, wacko ideas?
Explain that one to us, please!
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16 Piece Dinnerware Set, Service for 4
This tri-colored pattern is a good fit for any occasion, casual to formal. The exterior is evenly divided between chocolate brown and a lighter coffee tone, and the interiors are two shades of cream. The mug reverses this pattern for a unique place setting combination. Finished with a glossy glaze to give it a bright, sophisticated appearance. Java dinnerware brings a little bit of metro chic to every table setting. Constructed of stoneware. Microwave and dishwasher safe. 16 piece set, service for four, includes (4) each: 11 inch dinner plate, 8 inch salad plate, 7-1/2 inch diameter (18 ounce) soup/cereal bowl and 14 ounce mug.


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Two of the biggest stars on Earth -- and they're father and son! WILL and JADEN SMITH are both here for a special, full-hour sit down to talk about their movie, "After Earth"! Don't miss this action-packed adventure with this familial celebrity duo! They're discussing life at home, and going head to head in a contest only Ellen could bring you!Then, two incredibly talented young hip hop dancers, 6-year-old B-Girl Terra and 9-year-old B-Girl Eddie were here to perform, all the way from Brimington, England! These two sisters astonished Ellen with their incredible YouTube performance, and they're about to do the same to you!
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