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I thought the burger I ordered was very tasty (cheese burger with fried onions and mushrooms). The burger was wrapped in foil with no plate, which made it a bit challenging to eat. They do have forks and knives to cut the burger, but you have to be careful not to cut through th foil. They did take precautions to avoid contamination. It appears that they cook the meat on one grill and toast the buns on another. The fries were great. So if you want a bun bring your own, and a small paper plate to prevent a mess.
Excellent service all the time..very helpful without any problems or worries about the food..you see everything..We will be back!!
720 White Horse Pike, Absecon, NJ 08201
I do not recommend this place. I was laughed at and the staff thought I was overreacting and thought it comical when I tried to explain I was celiac. The "shift" manager only did something after I corrected his staff in a cross contamination issue. Dominique one of the staff claimed she had a friend with a severe gluten allergy and then went to wrap my bunless food with the same gloves she had just dressed numerous buns with. When I brought it to her attention she laughed and said no it's fine.
1430 High St, Williamsburg, VA 23185
I've eaten at Five Guys loads of times in the past, but my first visit since my celiac diagnosis was fantastic. When I ordered my burger bunless, they asked if it was for an allergy, and didn't make me feel weird or shameful at all about it. Super happy and grateful I can still enjoy Five Guys!
2223 N Lorraine St, Hutchinson, KS 67502
These guys have the best burgers in Hutch hands down. Incredible charcoal-grilled flavor. Request your burger bunless but with all toppings and they will serve it in a bowl. Their bacon cheeseburger is to die for. Soo yummy. I have Celiacs and had no bad reactions afterwards.
311 Sam Ridley Parkway West, Smyrna, TN 37167
Burgers wrapped in lettuce and only fries fries in the fryer!!
6230 S Saginaw St, Grand Blanc, MI 48439
They bag your food separately. Food is also very consistent.
5240 Fairfield Shopping Center, Virginia Beach, VA 23464
The staff was not very knowledgable about what is and is not gluten free on the menu, however they were kind, were able to locate a allergen menu for me to order off of and did not cross contaminate my food. I had a burger wrapped in lettuce and a side of fries. Great food and I did not get sick from eating here.
821 Worcester Rd., Natick , MA 01760
Changed gloves when making my lettuce wrap burger - give it a try - very yummy!! And the fries are the best!! No gluten worries as only thing that goes on fryer!!
801 Northcrest Shopping Center, Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Excellent service! They understand cross-contamination and always change their gloves even before I can ask.
1856 Boulderstone Way, Cary , NC 27519
Conscientious team; specifically asked whether I had an allergy and prepared my meal accordingly.
1689 Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42104
Recommend but with caution. Everything is GF except the buns. Tell them you have a 'gluten allergy' when you order. They alert the whole kitchen and change gloves. Dedicated fryer and buns are grilled in separate space. Open kitchen where you can watch. Order burgers in bowl or as lettuce wrap or BYO. Very good! Got cheeseburger in bowl with grilled onions and mushrooms. Staff was very nice! Definitely watch them make it, though. I've had to send an order back once after they touched buns with their clean new gloves then touched my food, and I was glutened once in spite of watching.
1077 N Main St, Logan, UT 84341
They have separate grills for their burger patties and buns and if you say you are ordering gluten-free, they change their gloves. The fries are also gluten-free as they only fry fries in the fryer. You can get the burger wrapped in lettuce or in a tin.
631 Sw 19th St, Moore, OK 73160
I have celiac disease. Never been glutened here. Just tell them it's an allergy, and they'll change their gloves. The lettuce wrapped burgers are good, and so are the fries.
20002 Route #19, Cranberry Township, PA 16066
Always safe here! We come often!
2300 S. Parker Rd, Aurora, CO 80231
Love these burgers and fries. Lettuce wrap for gluten free
1891 Chamblee Tucker Road, Atlanta, GA 30341
I've had s good experience each time I've been here. They change their gloves & put my burger & toppings in a bowl. Fries are safe and taste great!
707 Southpark Blvd., Colonial Heights, VA 23834
Super friendly, I will take my gluten free business there again. I didn't feel deprived at all, love it!
116 Jack White Drive #2, Kingsport, TN 37660
I went here and asked what they did to ensure that gluten free food was not contaminated the manager was very rude but assured me they didn't fry breaded items in the same fryer all other breaded items also that the grill never had bread on it. within an hour I was sick. I do think recommend this location
310 NE 78th St., Vancouver, WA 98665
They will lettuce wrap the burger for you no problem and it is a great burger. The fries have made me sick even though they claim they are gluten free. Overall they are really good about cross contamination if you let them know.
1100 Jefferson Road, Rochester, NY 14623
Staff is very knowledgeable and accommodating. Ordered cheeseburger with a number of toppings (no bun) and fries to go. They packaged the burger in a small container with the cheese and veggies on the burger patties and the condiments in separate containers.
1818 Cordova Rd. , Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
I was craving a good burger and fries. Five guys in Portland,ME really did a great job! I told them I was highly allergic/sensitive to gluten. I was so nervous about getting sick. the manager came over and assured me they would change their gloves and I'd be safe. I've waited to review them in case I got sick, but even a couple of hours later I still feel great. they recommended putting my burger in a bowl, so nothing would touch my food. one person was designated to put together my order (burger and fries) and they changed their gloves. it was a great experience. I would comfortably go back again!
261 Indian Lake Blvd, Hendersonville, TN 37075
Love this place! You can get a bunless burger in an foil container with all the 'fixins' and with fries from a dedicated fryer.
54 Route 17 North, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
This five guys offers burgers in a lettuce wrap or a bowl with lettuce underneath the burger. The bowl is usually the best option since you can add peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes etc abs end up with a nice salad!
1121 Parkside Main St, Cary, NC 27519
Five Guys is a fairly safe place for someone with Celiac Disease to eat. At this location when I said "no bun" and asked to put an allergy warning on the order, the cashier immediately said the cooks would change their gloves before handling my order. The cooks also are always facing you when making your order and you can verify they change their gloves before handling your order. I would be hesitant to get a shake without knowing how they protect against cross-contamination from the mix-ins
Chautauqua Mall, 318 East Fairmount Avenue, Lakewood, NY 14750
I loved Five Guys it's nice to finally have fries I can eat!
9039 Southside Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32256
Love love love. Very knowledgeable about gluten and we're extremely accomodating.
1207 Washington St, Hanover, MA 02339
This may not be a fair review but I offer it just as a warning. I ate at the FG's in Warwick RI and I assume they are all the same when it comes to procedures. When asked about GF they said "yes, just safe fries in fryer and we wrap the burgers in lettuce". I knew since it was my first time it was a gamble but I toon the chance. The fries are delicious and so was the burger (lettuce wrap and all). When we were on our way home I felt it. Mild, but definitely there. Then I remember seeing my moms bun, it was grilled. Why I didn't realize this when I was eating I don't know. So, basically if this is their procedure, it's not safe for Celiac.
15523 WC Commons Way, Midlothian, VA 23113
This location does well with GFree, changes gloves, etc. I get a cheeseburger in a tray (no bun, they do not have GFree buns) and plain fries. Watch out for toppings like lettuce/tomato (even cheese) bc they are in bins where they reach in with gloved hands that have been touching buns all day long. When I am craving fries, this is where I go.
2612 Santa Barbara Blvd , Cape Coral, FL 33914
Great option when craving a cheeseburger and fries!
1301 W. Bakerview Road, Bellingham, WA 98226
not gluten free. If you have nut allergies like me, it's double trouble.
1233 Eddy Street, Unit 10, South Bend, IN 46617
Over the top service to accommodate Celiac and after reading "Ians" review, I can finish eating my cheeseburger without fear! :)
4025 West Tilghman Street, Allentown, PA 18052
Usually they are pretty good. They don't always have the staff as well versed and it means we have to step by step all the proper precautions but they make it work and the food is consistent for my picky GF eater.
2640 Reynolds Ranch Pkwy, Lodi, CA 95240
Very friendly and great service. You can order your burger in a lettuce wrap or in a bowl. I prefer to order a bowl rather than a lettuce wrap. The bowl appears safer since your food never comes in direct contact with surfaces the wheat buns touch unlike the lettuce wrap. Staff will change gloves by request to further help minimize cross contamination. Plus they have a dedicated fryer for French fries.
2 West Park Avenue, Long Beach, NY 11561
They take extra care if you tell them you have a gluten allergy/celiac. Will change gloves. Burger in a bowl is amaze balls. The Cajun fries are fantastic.
175 W. Bay St., Savannah, GA 31401
Lettuce wrap or in a bowl- with glove change. The Cajun fries are perfect! (Their fries are the only thing that go in the fryers) delicious, fast and inexpensive. A go to for this Celiac!
1415 Saint Louis Galleria, Richmond Heights, MO 63117
Told them I would like my burger with no bun and they asked if it was an allergy. They switched gloves when preparing mine and even packaged in a special container! Above my expectations!
801 Northcrest Shopping Center, Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Great as always!!! I appreciate them always being careful! !! ❤
1001 West Interstate Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58503
We let them know we needed a gluten free burger and they made sure it was in a separate bag in its own aluminum/tin foil box with the toppings separate. The fries were good to. There were no issues with feeling sick or getting I'll afterwards.
2217 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803
I love their food but I got sick here once. Not sure what happened because it was only once but I haven't been back.
1914 North Roan Street #101, Johnson City, TN 37601
I was very impressed that the cashier asked if they needed to change their gloves. They asked if I had an allergy or if I chose to just go bun-less. Very nice!
500 West Baltimore Avenue, Clifton Heights, PA 19018
The best is that they have a designated fryer fir the fresh-cut fries. If they had gluten-free buns fir the burgers, I'd give them 5 stars.
1991 Sproul Road, Broomall, PA 19008
Burgers are gluten-free without the bun. Designated fryer for fresh (not frozen) fries.
160 N Gulph Road, Suite 1037, King of Prussia, PA 19406
Service is hit or miss in general here but they are always very accommodating about requests if you specify "no bun for an allergy". This feels like the safest food court choice.
10 N Sullivan Rd, Spokane, WA 99223
Very GF and allergy friendly! They're constantly changing gloves. Great burgers! No buns but they're wrapped in a lettuce leaf (or in a bowl), which I like because it leaves room for their awesome fries. I got my burger and a giant bag of fries to go and used my own GF bun in my hotel. I'm extra careful and got the hamburger patty only, no condiments, because some locations spread them on with spatulas (that were used on buns) instead of using squeeze bottles. I don't know if this location does or not so you may want to check. To my knowledge all locations spread the mayo on so bring your own packets. The ketchup and mustard are sometimes safe from squeeze bottles. Great food, great service and friendly staff. FYI- I also can't have dairy and I follow a low-fodmap diet and Five Guys is one of the only places I can safely eat at. If you're low-fodomap too, skip the Cajun fries and hot dogs.
140 Kingston Road East, Ajax, ON, Canada L1Z 1E5
Never an issue here. they are great about changing gloves before preparing our food.
4304 S. Dale Mabry Highway, Suite I, Tampa, FL 33611
cleaned the grill, took new items from their backup stock to prevent cross contamination. the manager was super focused on making sure it was done right too :)
753 Howe Ave, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
Staff is educated. No problems here, just make sure you let them know it's an allergy.
261 Indian Lake Blvd, Hendersonville, TN 37075
I've eaten at 5 guys around the U.S. and this one is top notch. Gluten allergy goes right on your order. We got our burgers as trays. All veggies were fresh and plentiful. Order was spot on. You can have their fries! No issues with the vanilla milkshake either.
1856 Boulderstone Way, Cary , NC 27519
excellent burgers and fries.
1520 S. 5th Street, Ste. 101, St. Charles, MO 63303
They don't have GF buns but everything else was good. I had to bring my own bun. This was my first time eating there and I didn't get sick from anything I eat. I plan on going back here again and will write a 2nd review.
1400 I Street, Washington, DC 20005
I asked the girl taking my order if the milkshakes were gluten free. She didn't know. Either did her coworker who told me "no, they have egg in them." Then I asked if their fries were gluten free and I was told "no, they fried in peanut oil." We left with nothing. Employees are not trained at this location.


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The sun rose at our backs and escorted us down Highway 50 on Kauai toward Port Allen, our embarkation point for a day's adventure on the Pacific Ocean.
If an analog clock face was dropped over the island of Kauai, Port Allen sits at 7:00. Our journey would take us to Kalalau Valley along the iconic Napali Coast, or 10:30. Then, we'd traverse 17 miles of a sometimes rough ocean, crossing Kaulakahi Channel, to drop anchor on the north side of the privately-owned island of Niihau.
When I asked my friend Laura, visiting from Loomis, California, whether she wanted to join me on a boating excursion to Napali and Niihau, she didn't hesitate. "Yeah, baby," she said.
As others heard about it, we attracted more friends to the adventure the way a collector urchin attracts bits of shell and algae. Some things in life are meant to be shared. Holidays, for example. A big ol' slab of Hula Pie from Duke's. A bottle of velvety Oregon Pinot Noir. Napali Coast.
I've heard people call Napali Coast the "Crown Jewel of Kauai." I've heard others say it's the "8th Wonder of the World." A friend once told me that visiting Kauai and NOT going to see Napali Coast would be like going to the Sistine Chapel and not looking up.
You cannot drive Napali's coastline. You cannot drive into any of the numerous valleys that run perpendicular to the coast where native Hawaiians once lived sustainable lives, terracing hillsides for crops and combing the near-shore waters for fish. There are only three ways to experience Napali: By air, on foot and from the water.
We would go by boat.
In 1864, King Kamehameha sold all 70 square miles of Niihau for $10,000 to Eliza Sinclair after a particularly wet winter when the island looked lush and proliferated with an abundance of green. That's not always the case. According to Fodor's, Niihau's usual rainfall is about 12 inches a year. Niihau's semi-arid climate is the result of its physical environment: 1) The island sits in Kauai's rain shadow; and 2) It lacks significant elevation (tallest spot is Paniau at 1,281 feet) to trap the trade winds necessary to collect clouds and generate rainfall.
What Niihau's landscape lacks in abundance and beauty; however, the underwater world more than compensates. Think marine life: schools of butterflyfish and angelfish, spotted eagle rays, octopi, lobsters, tiger cowries, sharks, endangered Hawaiian monk seals and, on occasion, a whale shark. Think underwater topography: walls, arches, lava tubes and caverns. Think unlimited visibility, thanks to little river runoff and limited boat traffic. Next to the Kona Coast of Hawaii Island, Niihau offers some of Hawaii's best scuba diving.
"Do you want to go diving, Laura?" I asked.
"Yeah, baby," she said.
So, she picked me up before sunrise, and we headed down the highway for Port Allen where we kicked off our shoes and joined Blue Dolphin Charters for a barefoot cruise.
We'd hardly left the harbor and nosed the boat west toward Waimea when Captain Chris slowed our 63-foot catamaran to get a good look at six or eight Pacific bottlenose dolphins slicing through the water. We slowed again when we rounded Kekaha and hit Polihale State Park. Here we joined a "super pod," this time of Hawaiian spinner dolphins.
Spinner dolphins get their names from their acrobatic behavior—I am told they can spin up to 8 revolutions as they leap through the air. Smaller than bottlenose dolphins, spinners reach lengths up to seven feet and weigh less than 200 pounds. "There's a baby," someone pointed out. Indeed, a football-sized dolphin swam alongside an adult.
We motored on.
Napali Coast juts into the air at right angles to the plains of Mana behind Polihale. Here, you come to understand the English translation of this coastline: The cliffs.
Characterized by a series of knife-edged ridges bisected by narrow valleys lined up one after another for 15 miles, the coastline resides inside the 6,175-acre Napali Coast State Park. Four-thousand-foot cliffs plunge to sea level over the relative short distance of less than two miles.
An hour after sunrise, light streaked the coastline, racing from serrated mountaintops and down stream-eroded valleys to the sea—blinding our eyes and casting sunbursts in our photos.
At the western end of Napali is Milolii, a beach and valley where archeologists estimate more than 50 Hawaiian families once lived a self-sufficient lifestyle. Shell-hunting can generate treasures, especially after winter's surf season gives way to summer. Cone shells, ruffled white cowries and, even, the miniscule momi shells that are prized for stringing into lei wash ashore here.
A mile further down the coast, we came to Nualolo Kai, marked by a giant "X" in a cliff face, the natural artistic creation by the hand of Pele. Hiram Bingham, a protestant missionary credited with being the first Westerner to document his visit to Nualolo, counted 70 people fishing in the cove created by the only coral reef along Napali Coast when he arrived by boat in 1822. This is a good spot for snorkeling, but not as good, we were told, as Niihau, our destination.
As we rounded Alapii Point, the coastline started to green up—and open up. That's due to one key ingredient: rain. (That also explains the waterfalls.) As we'd cruised from 7:00 on the clock face of Kauai to 10:30, we'd moved in a northerly direction, where cliffs and valleys benefit from the northeasterly trade winds and the showers they generate. The sponges of clouds that wash the coastline with some 75 inches of rain a year at the eastern end of Napali Coast squeeze out a mere 20 inches of rain annually at the western end.
Captain Chris stopped the boat at Kalalau, our turn-around point.
Maybe you've heard about Kalalau, the most well-known—and largest—valley along Napali. It runs two miles wide and two miles inland and is the destination for the famed, 11-mile Kalalau Trail, known for its challenging terrain and harrowing sections of hiking trail only a boot-width wide. Backpackers and kayakers apply up to a year in advance for camping sites. The valley is also known for its hippies, nudists, outlaws and dropouts. Agricultural terracing dots the valley, indicating it once supported a large native Hawaiian population.
At this point, I pocketed my camera, slathered on sunscreen—not enough, it would turn out—and sat back on the upper deck of the catamaran to enjoy the leisurely crossing to Niihau. Diligent crewmembers aboard Blue Dolphin made the rounds with sodas, juices and water, as well as bite-size Butterfinger, Babe Ruth, Snickers and other chocolate morsels.
We could see Niihau the entire way, but it never seemed to grow any larger in our vision until we practically sidled alongside the island.
Really, this adventure should be billed the Napali-Lehua Rock tour.
Lehua is a small, crescent-shaped island only .7 miles north of Niihau. Its 275 acres serve as a seabird sanctuary, providing refuge to 17 species of seabirds. Indeed, Brown and Red-footed boobies, Great frigatebirds and Red-tailed tropicbirds flew overhead. Like Niihau, no public access is allowed on Lehua.
We dropped anchor a stone's throw from Lehua and were promptly greeted by Sammy.
Sammy is known as the resident Hawaiian monk seal. I spied several other seals hauled out on the rocks along Lehua's shoreline. They weren't quite as friendly as Sammy; he swam right up to the boat.
As a member of the Hawaiian Monk Seal Conservation Hui, I have to stop right here and remind you that Hawaiian Monk Seals are federally protected by the Endangered Species Act. That means it's illegal to harass, harm, heckle, hassle, hurt or—heaven forbid—hunt Hawaiian monk seals. So, if you see a Hawaiian monk seal in the water, don't follow it. And if one swims up to you, don't touch it. Remember, these are wild animals with powerful jaws.
"Suit up," our dive master James said.
Four of us donned wetsuits, weights and fins. We crawled into BCDs and strapped ourselves to oxygen tanks. We pulled masks over our faces, clamped regulators into our mouths and took a giant stride over the side of the boat into the blue.
At 35 feet below the water's surface, we checked in, flashing James the O.K. sign, and he led us to the edge. The dive plan included slipping down over a wall, a dive site known as "Vertical Awareness," and descending to 75 feet.
In the diving world, walls are exciting for the steep plunge of the seabed. It's a bit like jumping off a cliff, except in this case, it's a controlled descent. Many fish live and feed off the wall and other—larger—critters can suddenly appear from the depths below. Deep diving is what makes the diving off Niihau so attractive. But without an ocean floor beneath you, it's easy to descend and descend and descend.
James made sure that we didn't. He also pointed out a lone, four-foot Great barracuda at a cleaning station, an example of mutual symbiosis at its best. The Hawaiian cleaner wrasse, a four-inch reef fish, survives by picking parasites, mucous, old scales and dead tissue off much larger marine organisms, including barracudas, manta rays, turtles and even sharks. One of the more amazing feats they perform is the dental cleaning of the razor-sharp teeth of eels. Their services are so prized on the reef that other creatures will line up and wait their turn.
Along the wall, we spotted cauliflower, lobe and wire coral. Catala's star, Blue-black and Red pencil urchins. Spotted boxfish, Milletseed butterflyfish, Hawaiian white-spotted toby, Orangespine unicornfish, Yellowtail coris and Arc-eye hawkfish.
And, then, as we slowly ascended to about 35 feet, around a corner, I almost missed him. He looked like a large boulder. Except this large boulder was floating. It was an adult Hawaiian monk seal.
I've spent hundreds of hours monitoring these marine mammals on the beach. I've watched newborns nurse. I've helped scientists outfit a couple seals with cellular-tracking devices. I've even helped with necropsies when one, sadly, turns up dead. But I'd never seen one swimming in the water.
From the videos I'd seen, I knew these seals performed much more graceful maneuvers in the water than the galumphing they did on the beach. Lumbering on land, I knew they graced the seas like prima ballerinas.
I remembered to breathe as I kept my distance from this endangered species. I noted the cellular instrument on its back and registered that this was a male. I raised my camera and pressed the 12x digital zoom to its max, clicked and swam away.
This Hawaiian monk seal didn't swim for me. It didn't perform pirouettes and plies. Or somersaults and back flips. No, it rested. Just like the hundreds of times I've watched a seal sleep on the beach. I had to laugh. When I did, my crinkled skin around my eyes broke the seal of my mask and tiny trickles of water seeped in, reminding me—as scuba diving always does—that I am a guest in the underwater world.
A few minutes later, we ascended and clambered back aboard the boat. After peeling off wetsuits and stowing gear, James asked, "Did you enjoy that?"
"Yeah, baby," Laura said.
Now, Laura is a happy person. She sports a beautiful smile on her face, and I've seen her carry on lengthy conversations with surfers on Hanalei Bay, rangers at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge and the owner at Kilauea Video & Ice Cream. But, on this day, all Laura could seem to manage as the sun glinted off her perfect teeth, was, "Yeah, baby."
If Laura's euphoria had kicked in after our dive, I would have chalked it up to nitrogen narcosis, an effect of deep diving. But I think the reason for Laura's blissful state was more the result of something known as "terroir."
In the world of wine, "terroir" suggests that the local environment where the grapes are grown impart a unique quality to the grapes giving a specific personality to the wine of that region.
Kauai does the same. The beauty of Napali Coast, the vibe of Hanalei Bay, the fragrance of plumeria, and the silky touch of the sea—it's a massage of the senses, and it's bound to rub off. Isn't that the purpose of vacation, after all? To feel good?
Yeah, baby.
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Looks really good, I'd be interested to know if you've actually thought up/plan to create the encounters or quest that would happen on this map? Some of the individual rooms look really great. As far as a battlemap goes for a megadungeon, I'd say there's too much repetition for the eastern sections and for a player it would probably grow quite tedious to check each one of those identical rooms. Also, the first part of the map is very linear in that there is only one direction you can take (from the center of the map there are many directions you can take which is cool).
It all depends on whether you want something that reflects the real world VotK or something that makes for a good dungeon delve. If you are still working on it then I'd suggest some looped areas where they lead back onto a previous section, and more rooms/areas where there is more than one access point to enter them. Plenty of room for lots of secret rooms and stuff which would be hella fun.
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Sulfur microcrystals. Source: Ben Mills.
Sulfur (alternatively spelled sulphur) is the chemical element with atomic number 16. The chemical symbol S is used in formulae and abbreviations. Sulfur has high abundance in the Earth's crust, and is chemically characterized as a multivalent non-metallic substance. In its natural form. Sulfur exhibits a bright yellow crystalline solid appearance. It can be found in its pure element form as well as sulfide and sulfate minerals. It is classified as an essential element for life and occurs in two different amino acids: cysteine and methionine, as well as a wide assortment of proteins and polypeptides. Commercial uses are chiefly in fertilizers, but it is also broadly used in gunpowder, matches, insecticides, herbicides and fungicides. Elemental sulfur crystals are prized by mineral collectors for their brightly colored polyhedron shapes.
|Previous Element: Phosphorus
Next Element: Chlorine
|Physical Properties
|pale yellow
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|Density (g/cm3)
|Hardness (Mohs)
|Melting Point (K)
|Boiling Point (K)
|Heat of Fusion (kJ/mol)
|Heat of Vaporization (kJ/mol)
|Heat of Atomization (kJ/mol)
|Thermal Conductivity (J/m sec K)
|Electrical Conductivity (/mohm cm)
|pyrite ore
|Atomic Properties
|Electron Configuration
|Number of Isotopes (total, natural)
|25, 4
|Electron Affinity (kJ/mol)
|First Ionization Energy (kJ/mol)
|Second Ionization Energy (kJ/mol)
|Third Ionization Energy (kJ/mol)
|Polarizability (Å3)
|Atomic Weight
|Atomic Volume (cm3/mol)
|Ionic Radius2- (pm)
|Ionic Radius1- (pm)
|Atomic Radius (pm)
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|Ionic Radius2+ (pm)
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|Common Oxidation Numbers
|-2; +2,4,6
|Other Oxid. Numbers
|-1; +1,3,5
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|In Earth's Ocean (mg/L)
|In Human Body (%)
|Regulatory / Health
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|OSHA Permissible Exposure
|No limits
|OSHA PEL Vacated 1989
|No limits
|NIOSH Recommended Exposure
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Jefferson Accelerator Laboratory
Physical properties
At room temperature, sulfur is a soft, bright-yellow solid with a faint odor, similar to that of a burning match; a strong sulfurous odor is usually attributed to the presence of hydrogen sulfide or related compounds. Sulfur is an electrical insulator, with a melting point slightly above 100 °C; sulfur is readily subject to sublimation.
Molten sulfur increases in viscosity as temperature increases, in vivid contrast with most other elements in their liquid form up to 200°C due to the formation of polymers. The molten sulfur form assumes a dark red color above this threshhold temperature. At yet higher temperatures, viscosity decreases, with depolymerization occurring.
Chemical properties
Burning Sulfur produces sulfur dioxide gas, emitting a blue flame in the process. Sulfur dioxide is noted for its pungent suffocating odor. Sulfur is insoluble in water, but soluble in carbon disulfide, somewhat soluble in other non-polar organic solvents such as the aromatics benzene and toluene. Solid state Sulfur characteristically exists as cyclic crown-shaped S8 molecules. The crystallography of sulfur is a complex subject, since sulfur allotropes form several crystal structures, with both rhombic and monoclinic S8 forms.
Sulfur was known in ancient times, and was identified by the Chinese as early as the sixth century BC, and extracted from pyrite ore by them in the third century BC. It was used by the Egyptians as a cosmetic agent. Within the Bible, in the Book of Genesis, the text terms burning sulfur as brimstone. Pliny notes the place of most abundant ancient occurrence as the Aegean island of Milos.
In 1777, Lavoisier in 1777 established that sulfur is an element rather than a compound. Major deposits of sulfur were found in Texas and Louisianna in the latter nineteenth century, and the Frasch process was subsequently developed to extract sulfur from these ores.
Substantial deposits of elemental sulfur occur in salt domes along the coastal zone of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as in evaporite form in eastern Europe and western Asia. These occurrences are thought to derive anaerobic bacteria acting on sulfate minerals, but native sulfur may be also simply be produced by geological processes. However, fossil-based sulfur deposits from salt domes have, until recently, been the main source of commercial production in the USA, Poland, Russia, Turkmenistan and Ukraine.
Elemental sulfur may also occur near hot springs and volcanic regions, especially along the Pacific Rim. These deposits are currently mined in Indonesia, Chile and Japan. Sulfur deposits are typically polycrystalline, with single crystal occurrences sometimes exceeding 3000 cubic centimeters.
Sulfur is a good example of a material that can be produced from industrial wastes. There are large quantities of sulfur recovered from scrubbed flue gas in combusion of fossil fuels in western countries.
There are a wide variety of sulfur compounds, among them are chiefly:
Oxides of Sulfur
The only stable oxides are sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide, both of which are produced by combusion of sulfur. There are a number of thiosulfate salts that are widely used in industry, especially for photographic developing.
Metal Sulfides
Copper sulfate crystal, one of the many sulfur compounds. Metallic sulfides form an important class of compounds, since many heavy metals such as zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt and molybdenum occur naturally in large quantities as the sulfide. These compounds are generally semiconducting and are somewhat resistant to degradation by water or weak acids. In the natural environment, such metal sulfides are typically produced by reaction of hydrogen sulfide with metal salts. Lead sulfide is a mineral that was used early as a semiconductor.
Non-metal Sulfides
Arguably the most important sulfide compound is the gas (at standard temperature and pressure) hydrogen sulfide, which is most typically produced by reaction of elemental sulfur with hydrogen gas. This sulfide gas is slightly acidic when bubbled through water. When sulfur is reduced it yields a variety of polysulfide compounds; these molecules are chains of sulfur atoms terminated with an S-. Ultimate reduction of sulfur leads to sulfur salts such as calcium sulfide and sodium sulfide.
The most important halide of sulfur is the hexafluoride; this substance is a dense gas at standard temperature and pressure; sulfur hexafluoride is emplyed widely as a tracer gas and as a nontoxic propellant. Sulfur hexafluoride was used by the EPA in the first tracer gas calibration study to confirm the validity of a line source model for roadway air pollutant dispersal. Sulfur tetrafluoride is a seldomly utilized reagent which is extremely toxic. The two chief sulfur chlorides are sulfur dichloride and sulfur monochloride. Important oxyhalides include sulfuryl chloride and chlorosulfuric acid, which are derivatives of sulfuric acid. Thionyl chloride is a chemical commonly employed in the synthesis of a variety of organic chemicals.
Commercial uses of sulfur include fertilizers, gunpowder, matches, insecticides, herbicides and fungicides; moreover, large quantities of sulfur are employed in the vulcanization of rubber. Vulcanization involves the process of adding sulfur to rubber in the presence of elevated temperature, in order to improve the stability of rubber at temperature extrema and to enhance the material's resistance to wear. Production of sulfuric acid is also an important aspect of industrial sulfur utilization. Elemental sulfur crystals are prized by mineral collectors for their brightly colored polyhedron shapes.
Fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, can contain sulfur from trace amounts to a few percent, and the combustion of these fuels results in emissions of sulfur dioxide. The only fossil fuel which can contain minimal sulfur is natural gas. Sulfur emissions by fossil fuel-fired facilities can be appreciably reduced (>95%) by the application of wet and dry desulfurization installations, based on either washing with a calcium hydroxide solution or reaction with calcium oxide.
The sulfur dioxide produced by petroleum, coal or natural gas combustion constitutes a major air pollutant worldwide. In the last three decades this pollutant has come under significant control in the USA, Canada, western Europe, Australia and New Zealand; however, China, India, Brazil and Russia constitute major sources of ongoing sulfur dioxide air pollution. Sulfur dioxide represents a significant cause of lung disease and human mortality in the world, especially in the four countries cited above as ongoing major polluters; there are an estimated 300,000 to 700,000 deaths per annum worldwide attributable to sulfur dioxide.
Biological Role
Animal and plant proteins
Sulfur is an essential element within all organism cells. Amino acids cysteine and methionine contain sulfur, as well as polypeptides, proteins, and enzymes that contain these amino acids. Disulfide bonds of cysteine residues in peptide chains are vital in protein snthesis. These covalent molecular bonds between peptide chains confer toughness and rigidity. The high strength of feathers and hair is in part due to their high content of disulfide bonds and the correspondingly elevated content of cysteine and sulfur. Bird eggs are high in sulfur since high disulfide levels are essental for competent feathers; moreover, the well-known smell of rotten egg is from hydrogen sulfide. The high disulfide bond content of hair and feathers contributes to their indigestibility, and also to their foul aroma when combusted.
Plant Uptake and Metabolism
Sulfate is taken up by the roots for many vascular plants. The maximum uptake rate is typically attained at sulfate levels of 0.1 mM. The uptake of sulfate through the root epidermis and its upward transport strictly regulated at the root zone. Sulfate is actively transported across the plasma membrane of the root cells, subsequently loadthence moving into the xylem and pumped to the shoot by the transpiration mechanism.
The uptake and transport of sulfate is energy dependent (driven by a proton gradient controlled by ATPases) via proton/sulfate co-transport. In the growing region of the upper plant, the sulfate is conveyed to the chloroplasts where it is reduced. The balance of sulfate in plant tissue is predominantly resident in the vacuole. Plants may take in certain quantities of sulfur dioxide from its air pollutant status in the atmosphere, and even metabolize low concentrations of this gas; however, at elevated concentrations sulfur dioxide gas is phytotoxic.
Bacteria Metabolism
Sulfur is the energy source for a number of bacteria genera that utilize hydrogen sulfide rather than water as an electron donor in a primordial photosynthenthic type process for which oxygen is the electron receptor. both green and purple sulfur bacteria, as well as certain chemolithotrophs employ elemental oxygen to effect oxidization of hydrogen sulfide producing elemental sulfur with a zero oxidation state. Primitive extremophile bacteria found in deep ocean thermal vents oxidize hydrogen sulfide; for example, the giant tube worm is a macro-invertebrate organism making metabolic use of hydrogen sulfide via the intermediary of bacteria.
Sulfur bacteria breathe sulfate instead of oxygen. They use sulfur as the electron acceptor, and reduce various oxidized sulfur compounds back into sulfide, often into hydrogen sulfide. They also can grow on a number of other partially oxidized sulfur compounds (e.g. thiosulfates, thionates, polysulfides, sulfites). The hydrogen sulfide and related sulfur compounds produced by these bacteria causes the odor of some intestinal gases and decomposition products.
Forms and terminology
The chief forms and products of sulfur are:
- Bright sulfur: Crude sulfur that does not contain discoloring impurities
- Crude sulfur or Brimstone: Common name for sulfur
- Dark sulfur: Crude sulfur with trace amounts of hydrocarbons
- Elemental sulfur: Processed sulfur at least 99.5 percent pure
- Formed sulfur: Elemental sulfur pressed into certain shapes
- Frasch sulfur: Elemental sulfur produced using the Frasch hot water mining process
- Liquid or molten sulfur: Crude sulfur kept at a high temperature to maintain liquid state
- Prilled sulfur: Solid crude sulfur cooled to form small spheroids
- Recovered sulfur: Elemental sulfur derived as byproduct of petroleum refining
- Slated sulfur: Solid slate-like crude sulfur formed by solidification of molten form
- Sulfur ore: Unprocessed ore that contains native sulfur
- Sulfuric acid: The compound H2SO4
Sulfur exhibits 25 well defined isotopes, four of which are stable: 32S (95.02%), 33S (0.75%), 34S (4.21%), and 36S (0.02%). The abundance of sulfur-32 is based on its primordial production from carbon-12, and successive fusion capture of five helium nuclei, in the alpha process of exploding type II supernovae.
Besides 35S, the radioactive isotopes of sulfur are all relatively short-lived. 35S is formed from cosmic ray spallation of 40A (argon) in the Earth's atmosphere.Sulfur-35 has a decay half life of 87 days; the next longest half life radioisotope is sulfur-38, with a half life of 170 minutes.
- N.N.Greenwood and A.Earnshaw. 1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd Edn.), Oxford:Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-3365-4.
- C.Michael Hogan, Richard Venti, Leda Patmore et al. 1972. Calibration of a roadway air pollutant dispersal model using sulfur hexafluoride. ESL Inc./U.S.Environmental Protection Agency
- Ralf Steudel and Bodo Eckert. 2003. Solid Sulfur Allotropes. Topics in Current Chemistry 230: 1–80
- Stanley E.Manahan. 2005. Environmental chemistry. CRC Press, 783 pages
- Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.) 2006. Industrial minerals & rocks: commodities, markets, and uses. SME. 1548 pages


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Supporting Caregiving Families
A guide for faith communities.Caregiving Families: A Guide for Faith Communities' with permission of the National Family Caregivers Association, Kensington, MD. 1-800-896-3650.
As the baby boom generation--and their parents--age, the need for home-based caretaking is steadily growing. Current estimates suggest there are more than 25 million family caregivers active in America today. Roughly 80% of all home care today is provided by relatives, often untrained and unassisted, and frequently overwhelmed by the task.
Political initiatives at both the state and local level may eventually improve the availability and affordability of home caretaking assistance. But regardless of changes in the law or financing, primary responsibility for home care will always rest with families. Religious communities can and should be an important source of support and practical help for families facing the multiple challenges of extended home care.
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2003 Dodge Neon SRT-4 - Bold New DayWritten by on July 1, 2002 Daimler Chrysler's new PVO Division Is Preparing For War
Interview: John FernandezViper. For Dodge fans, it has come to mean as much as Cobra did to Shelby enthusiasts. A decade ago, Dodge introduced its long-fanged serpent to the masses, seriously affecting how things were done. For instance, platform teams of individuals in different automotive disciplines united and designed vehicles that revolutionized the structure of the company's employees; that came from Dodge Viper's different way of doing things. Franklin Delano Roosevelt stated December 7th was a date that would live in infamy. Now 60 years later to the day, it may become memorable to Chrysler enthusiasts for another reason. In 2001, December 7 was the day DaimlerChrysler's new Performance Vehicles Operations, or PVO, was formally recognized.
The idea was to create a new engineering team combining the Chrysler Group's specialty vehicle and motorsports know-how into a single profitable enterprise. Modeled in some regards on Germany's Mercedes-AMG, which does high-end factory vehicle conversions for that market, and with former AMG Chief Executive Officer Wolfgang Bernhard as its champion (Bernhard is now the Chief Operating Officer at DaimlerChrysler Corporation), the PVO dream gained momentum during 2001.
Its first formal vehicle release (following final work on the new Viper platform) is the turbocharged Neon-based SRT-4, already in the pilot stage and available to the public in 2003. There is the Ram SRT-10, slated for release even sooner, and long-range planning includes a plethora of performance cars the likes of which we've not seen before, even in the musclecar era. Every PVO release will be the equivalent of a Hurst Hemi A-Body; performance is the reason for its creation and existence. Beyond that, these cars will be known for their as-built racing technology with a vast array of people and technology behind each product.
PVO is based out of a corporate building on Featherstone Road, about a mile from the towering DaimlerChrysler Tech Center (DCTC) in Auburn Hills, Michigan. PVO takes up about 40 percent of this building, sharing space with fleet services, a factory training center, and a call center. It encompasses a large garage area and fabricating shop; CATIA rapid prototyping capability; various departments for chassis, powertrain, electrical, and body development and engineering; conference rooms; and laboratories. Powertrain and vehicle testing are handled here at Auburn Hills, on the company's Chelsea and Arizona Proving Grounds, and at the Nelson Ledges race facility in Ohio, where the LeMans Viper engines were endurance-tested.
Recently, we had a chance to sit down with the man given the keys to the corporate candy store, John Fernandez, whose official title is Director of Performance Vehicle Operations. Fernandez has been with Chrysler since 1969, possessing a wealth of experience and knowledge, yet maintaining a cutting-edge attitude about what PVO is going to become in the months and years ahead. He recently granted Mopar Muscle an exclusive interview, which is printed in part here.
Mopar Muscle: Let's begin with how and why PVO got going and what role you played in it.
John Fernandez: PVO's basis came from Team Viper and Team Prowler, formerly called SVE (Specialty Vehicle Engineering), because we knew that something would need to be done once the next-generation Viper was completed. We also knew the Prowler would be going away; we just didn't know when. So the teams had a sort of town meeting and said, "If we want to stay viable, we need some other things to do." So we talked about where we wanted this to go and our options as a new group.
This was initially hard on some of the people because they had been with Team Viper since the beginning. The reality was that once the new car was done, it would not need 129 people-70 of them would be going home. That's why we decided to become something more.
At first, the main idea was that we would be doing customization and just special vehicles. As that developed, however, we saw the benefits of expanding on our involvement in Mopar Performance Parts to allow us to market PVO-based equipment, and also having the technical/engineering side of the company's motorsports programs under one roof, which will give PVO a lot of respectability. We've won championships, we've won LeMans, we've won manufacturer awards, we've now won Daytona; you can use those things to put a halo effect on the group, to point to the rest of what the group is producing and building.
As we talked these things over during those six to eight months, our biggest struggle was finding someone on the corporate level who would say, "Yes, go do that." We got so frustrated with it that we finally decided to just do something, do a project to jumpstart the idea and sort of force our way into it. That was the Dodge SRT-4. That project really extended our resources; we probably needed 150 people to do it, but we all worked harder and took on the work.
Our big break came when I had a chance meeting with Wolfgang Bernhard, who is in charge over here and had been with Mercedes AMG. He called me up to his office so we could discuss it further, and he said, "Yes, this is what we want you to do. We want you to take over Mopar Performance Parts and we want this to be a profit center." He massaged our ideas, we created a plan, and it then had to go through the corporate Personnel and Organization committee, which is how it is recognized as a new entity with a corporate charter. That was formalized on December 7, and we were also given the resources we needed. Now, where we are today is getting additional people in place; these will probably come from inside the company, and my job right now is figuring out how to extract them from five other vice presidents who may not want to let them go! (laughs)
Beyond that, my primary job is making sure the people have the resources they need to get the job done. Once that is done, we will start to actualize what we see PVO becoming. Motorsports is ready, Viper is already there, and we will start to expand on the other products like the SRT10 by getting the manpower behind that.
As you look around here, you will see a lot of younger people; I've probably got 30-40 percent of my people under the age of 30, and they bring a lot of energy and creativity to the process. They bring a lack of experience which helps them make the point to some of my older guys that just because it didn't work 25 years ago does not mean it won't work today; even though they may be wrong, you've got to listen to them. In the end, we've got a blending of younger talent with people who do have 20-25 years experience; this is what they love to do. All I have done is get them under one roof.
MM: You mentioned the plan; how does PVO fit into the corporate structure?JF: We are a profit center; we have a five-year plan that we need to adhere to if we are going to be effective, and meeting those goals is a big part of my responsibilities. Now, Motorsports Business Operations, who handles the sponsorship deals and the business and marketing of motorsports, is under Jim Julow. In other words, if Mopar Performance Parts wants to do something related to image like a car sponsorship, Jim handles that aspect of motorsports. Where PVO comes in is that anytime someone in the company wants to do a motorsports program, whether it's Winston Cup racing or go-kart racing, it becomes our job from a technical standpoint to make sure the teams racing have the best possible equipment and technology available to them.
Right now, we have Winston Cup, the Craftsman Truck Series, and NHRA. The Viper Competition Coupe is another example; it is a purpose-built race car that we are assembling and selling for racing purposes. This is similar to a program that Porsche has, and we will sell that through Mopar Performance Parts. Dodge has also announced their sponsorship of NASCAR's weekly program; we don't have an off-the-shelf engine program for that style of racing yet, and we have talked with Jim so that we can develop an engine directly for those racers.
One other thing to understand is that PVO's motorsports involvement is not a profit center but a budget item; once a motorsports-related project is approved, I am given a budget to do it, but it is not tied directly to profit like the other aspects of PVO are. For instance, I will say to them, "OK, if you want to go Winston Cup racing, we will need this much money to do it. Then the question is whether you want to run up front or just be in the field, because that will have a bearing on how much it will cost."
MM: How does Mopar Performance fit into the plan?JF: There are a lot of things I would like to do at Mopar Performance Parts. Presently, that effort is directed at the '60s crowd, big hardware and all that, but there is a whole segment out there in the sport compact/import market that we want to address. Today's young hot-rodder, who wasn't brought up on V8 power, is more likely to have a 2-liter four-cylinder in a Neon or Honda. We are seriously going after that marketplace; that was why we did the SRT-4 first; and we think we can have a big impact in that marketplace.
We're going after them with aftermarket parts; we're going to sponsor some drag cars. We are going to put contingency funds up in the road race and rally sanctions. We are looking at aftermarket packages that we can offer through Mopar Performance Parts, packages that would be based on the changes that created the SRT-4, which would allow other kids to take those parts and put them on their own Neon. We are also looking at going back; there are a lot of older Neons out there that are still good cars. We are planning for those parts now.
MM: Dodge has the R/T model in its lineup; how do vehicles from PVO differ from those?JF: The R/T lineup is the performance-image version of the Dodge, while PVO vehicles are much more oriented toward the serious performance enthusiast and targeted in a very specific manner. Not everybody wants a high-performance vehicle, so they both have their place. The R/T models are like shotguns; a PVO vehicle is like a rifle; it's for the outer 3 percent fringe of buyers who value performance above all else. So, in the Dodge Performance Area of PVO, we don't compromise anything related to performance; everything is done with that as the goal.
As a result, we sometimes have heated debates on what we need to do. With the SRT-4, there was discussion that we put a killer sound system in it. Not that the kids aren't into the radios, but based on the dollars we could spend and our target price, we would have had to sacrifice engine performance or chassis performance to do that. In the end, we decided that would be something they could do themselves rather than make it part of the car. They will have a great basic package with the engine, and they can add the individual bells and whistles that they want to it.
MM: The readership of Mopar Muscle is primarily based around older cars. How does PVO attract them?JF: There are people out there that I talk with who are Mopar people through and through, and we want to keep them that way. We are taking a hard look at Mopar Performance Parts; we know we have issues with availability and delivery. We know that we are going to have to make some price adjustments to be more competitive. We also have to address those issues related to quality. One of the things we are going to do with Mopar Performance Parts is increase the staff; up until now, there have been only a handful of people running that, so we will be increasing those resources.
MM: What about rear-wheel drive cars beyond the trucks and the Viper?JF: We do have a plan for upcoming rear-wheel-drive releases, but at this time, we are focused primarily on vehicles like SRT-4 and SRT-10, where we are closer to production. One thing we have done already is look at all of the different platforms' planning for the next 5-7 years. In terms of powertrains, we want to eventually have a PVO four-cylinder engine, a PVO six-cylinder engine, a PVO eight-cylinder engine, and a PVO 10-cylinder engine. We will upgrade other areas of the platform as needed; with the SRT-4, we upgraded the brake system because the car would be faster. With the SRT-10 models, we are looking at the entire driveline since that vehicle will be getting 500 horsepower and parts will have to be sufficient for that. Incidentally, the warranties on PVO cars will still be the same as other models; even the Viper is on the 7-year/70,000 mile program.
MM: From a personnel standpoint, this is sort of a new experiment. How has that transition been?JF: In one of our town hall meetings, Wolfgang Bernhard came in and talked about PVO and what his dreams were for it. Then, at the North American Auto Show, Jim Schroer (Executive Vice President, DaimlerChrysler Sales and Marketing) got up and before he began talking about new products or anything else, he talked about what PVO was and what we were going to be doing here. I think those things really woke a lot of people up about how serious we as a corporation are about this group.
Moreover, the organization has real plans for us. That was always a bit of a problem for Team Viper and Team Prowler; the cars became bigger than the people building them. With PVO, we want the people to be seen as the reason for our product's creations and execution; PVO will be identified with performance on any platform.
We stress here that when we go racing, it is a whole team effort. There may be a few people who are more visible, but everyone involved in that effort can take pride in their contribution to it. It's not just the guys who are actually there when the racing happens.
It was interesting to me at the L.A. Auto Show to see that people were really taken aback, saying "Hey, you really are going to go after this import market." That's the idea. When we first started producing Neon, we were building 300,000 units and had two shifts running at Belvidere [Illinois]; that has gone down, but the Neon is still as good a car as any in its price range. Cars like the SRT-4 will be built to make that vehicle name and design stand out. In that regard, we also see PVO bringing that halo effect to the entire vehicle line, just as Viper has done and does for the Dodge nameplate.
MM: Who do you see as PVO's peers or competition?JF: John Coletti at Ford SVT with the Cobra Mustang and Lightning truck has done a very good job of having an organization that is visible. At GM, there are visible projects but it seems to be done by different people; you really can't tell whose doing what there. They're trying to get focused right now. In Europe, it is Mercedes AMG; they know exactly what they are doing to position their product, and they are very successful at it. The Japanese have done a little bit, but most of it has been done on the outside through aftermarket support. One thing Honda does do that we would like to do is use our motorsports involvement to show what we are capable of, to expose our products in advertising and to the public through racing successes in a bigger way.
MM: Do you see PVO building complete vehicles from the ground up?JF: We are a smaller platform team. Viper was about 40 people; we have about 120; but a really big platform might be 700 or more people. It must be remembered that the larger platforms have a broader range of responsibilities with a product, and they create the baseline that we will work on for performance.
Right now, our ground-up program is the Viper. That does not mean that in the future we won't be doing other ground-up programs, but once this next Viper is done, PVO will be focused more on customizations. From a business and profit standpoint, that is the best way to make PVO work, and our long-range planning spells that out. If the corporation desires us to do something from the ground up, it will need to be supported with additional resources. We make money, but we don't make that kind of money. Once the Crossfire is out there, we may be called on for something unique, but that is in the future. If it is U.S.-based, we will do it here. Regardless, we would not do it unilaterally; it would be something that inspires senior management and makes economic sense.
At this point, we finished up and John showed us around the building. There are smaller labs where component designs can be tested; while not as big as DCTC, John appreciates having the PVO Group in its own environment where it's not lost among the huge confines of the larger facility. In the Engineering Garage, the pilot version of the SRT-4 had just arrived, while various Viper prototypes were visible. From his interaction with people, we could tell he's well-known and well-liked in his new role. He left us with a parting story about how PVO is adapting as it grows. In one corner of the garage was a large wooden mock-up covered with wires and hardware. John pointed to it.
"This is a wooden buck that we used on the new Viper to work out the wiring. This allows the engineers to figure out what wires go where and how they will be routed without having to get in and out of a car; it's built to the car's dimensions. We were just getting ready to start engine testing on the Viper and we couldn't get over into CTC because all the dynos were scheduled out. My guys thought about it, and someone said, 'We have these old chassis over here; let's just wire the engine up and we can get some baselines done.' So they took the new engine, dropped it into the chassis, rolled it over here, rigged up some exhaust stuff, and made some umbilical cord-like wires. It worked, and they never missed a beat."
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It now clicks in the minds of Tanzanians, who by their number are the majority that truly the elders had it perfectly when they said a goat always eats by the length of its rope.
The adage was widely recalled Wednesday this week when people read headlines that Members of Parliament are now receiving Sh 330,000 per day, being Sh80,000 per diem, Sh200,000 sitting allowance and Sh50,000 for car fuel.
Speaker of the National Assembly Anne Makinda explained to the media that the rationale of the allowance hike, over three times from the previous allowance, is that living expenses in Dodoma have increased, thus the law makers need that amount to curb the situation.
Although the cost of living is going up due to inflation, which is due to many causes including high food prices resulting from inadequate rain and electricity shortages, there are areas of responsibility as well. As Dr Honest Ngowi, a business lecturer at Mzumbe University explains, there are a number of stakeholders who have to be blamed.
He points out that the Government has to be blamed for inadequate policy and structural responses to problems leading to inflation. But consumers have to be blamed for the high demand of imports compared to domestically produced goods.
Dr Ngowi continues that this causes high demand for the dollar which weakens the shilling and contributes to inflation. Producers are to be blamed as well for producing inadequate goods and services in quantity and quality. Therefore consumers opt for imports, he elaborates.
It is true that earlier this privileged organ, through its economic affairs committee questioned the government and the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) on the economic situation in the country. Questions such as that of power cuts was handled, but Dr Ngowi believes that more could have been done by MPs.
The ridiculous squandering of public funds for parliamentary allowances follows a report by the media a few days earlier, quoting the Visual Economics organization that Tanzania is ranked third in the world in foreign aid per capita, just behind the two war-torn countries of Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to the report, since independence, foreign aid in Tanzania has tremendously increased from $ 39.19m (66bn/-) in 1961 to $2.89 billion (over three trillion shillings), making the country number one in Africa for receiving aid.
Dr. Ngowi says the aid level implies that we are not doing enough to mobilize domestic resources in terms of taxation, therefore we keep on depending on aid, which is not that good. "At times it has a lot of conditionality and does not really contribute to making the country self-reliant," the lecturer asserts.
The Speaker's affirmation for the particularly 'handsome' allowance comes two days after parliamentary secretary Dr. Thomas Kashililah trashed media reports insisting that "the matter is yet to be decided."
The controversial statements from law making body leave the public suspecting that 'something fishy' might be surrounding the allowances increment decision.
The fact is, as sensitive as such the matter might be, there is no way deliberate misinformation by top parliamentary officials can be proper public policy. How could the matter have been decided so suddenly after the parliamentary secretary's denial?
This time around, fifty years ago, when incoming Prime Minister Julius Nyerere was addressing the country on Independence Day, he insisted that every Tanganyikan will be treated equally regardless of their religion, race or their status in the community.
In other words, when something like living expenses rises and needs a fix, the treatment decided is expected to serve all affected individuals. That includes both the leaders and the led. But that is not what the majority Tanzanians are witnessing and experiencing today, 50 years later.
Amazed by the increment decision, the Kasulu MP said it was surprising that MPs need to be assisted about costs of living as this has hit them hard. But is it only them who were hard hit? What about their staff, wonders Moses Machali (NCCR-Kasulu Urban) should they also demand for increased increment as well, he pursues.
In Dodoma, one kilogramme of rice costs Sh.2, 000 and beans Sh.1,800 per 1kg, while sugar costs Sh.2,200 per kilo, a five litre gallon of cooking oil costs Sh.17,000 and a kilogramme of corn flower or wheat costs Sh.1,000 and Sh.1,300 respectively.
The ever increasing food prices for example in the market suggests that intervention is urgently needed not only for MPs but also for primary and secondary school teachers who earn not more than Sh700,000 per month, for "we all buy in the same market," as the Mzumbe lecturer underlined.
Machali is of the view that since the problem affects Tanzanians at large, it would have been better for MPs, as the people's representatives, to sit down and look for ways to easing the cost of living for the majority, both public and private sector servants like teachers and street vendors, alike.
He advises the government that it is never wise to use excuses like increased sitting allowance will help the MPs show hospitality to their visitors, especially their voters, who often time come to visit them during parliamentary sessions.
While Machali admits that voters usually come and 'beg' the MPs for money, he does not take it as justification for the sitting allowance increment, saying that little amounts of Sh 5,000 or say Sh 10,000 do not solve an individual's need anyway.
If the increment plan is put underway, it is estimated that the government will spend almost Sh28 billion for the MPs' sitting allowance alone.
Thus, at a time when the government complains of budget constraints which has led to slashing Project funding in certain areas, Machali suggests that the money should have been used to cover the slashed project funding.
"Why shouldn't this money be used say to improve our infrastructure, or pay the teachers' debt? We have problems with power; this money would certainly be useful to handling such critical issues," Machali emphasised.
In comparing living expenses of Dodoma region with others like Arusha, Machali says still Dodoma's is not as high as the rest. "Arusha is very expensive that some good hotels range between Sh100,000 and Sh 300,000. But in Dodoma there are good hotels that one can pay as much as Sh 60,000 per night," he affirmed.
He insists that there is no point for Tanzanian MPs to compare their payments with other countries, and instead they should reason according to the country's financial status. "If our ability is only for rice and beans, let's just learn to happily accept that fact," the MP added.


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