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mini truck v8 swap?
Hi how is it going I am new here well i have 2 questions?
1) I have a 1985 Isuzu Pickup i was toying with the idea of a v8 swap (i know the s-10 swap is more common but i like being diffrent) well my question is has anyone heard of this or tryed this????
2) I have seen lots of websites about small block swaps into mini trucks I was wondering if it is at all possable to stuff a big block in there?
(i ask this b/c i got a 425 that is just begging to be put in something like a truck)
No, but....Whistles go woo woo woo woo....Steve
If there is a will there is a way. The main consideration with putting in a big block is the amount of reinforcing wich would be required. Even larger cars, let alone a mini truck require heavy reinforcing of the chassis and or body to compensate for the weight and power of a big block. Your main consideration i suppose would be weather or not you wanted to spend the extra money on reinforcing the car as opposed to buying a new engine.
Mini trucks are very popular here in AUS. Some of the more common engine swaps are new holden (GM for you guys) 6 cylinder engines and lexus V8 are also becoming popular. The good thing about new engines is you get good power and great economy. ALos have you considered a turbo option maybe an RB20 motor or a twin turbo supra motor, you could just by a half cut from an import and you would have all the ecu wires and stuff.
Back to the big block idea i assume you would need to cut out the inner guards to allow for the headers and maybe even recess the firewall. Then you would have to fit in a tranny as well. Seems like heaps of work and remember big blocks way a ton, so really for all the extra work and the added weight, i can't see the benifit. I think your money would be better spent on a smaller engine be it a V8 if you really want and you could sell your big block to gain some coin for the new engine. Remember what you save in mods for the big block you will be able to use on a newer more suited engine.
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well as far as putting in a newer motor that is out of the question i dont like messing with all that wireing crap. so my main question would be is an Isuzu Pickup have the same mounts as an s-10 isnt Isuzu made by gm i am not sure who makes them and no one i asked seemed to know
Newer Isuzu Hombre and newer Chevy S10, are basically the same truck with different front sheet metal, but as far as the older ones go...not sure.
Well if you have access to a welder then the mounts will be no trouble. Cut your orignal mounts off the frame and then move them to where they are need and weld back in. Then attach the mount of the V8 on those ones. Wish I could have done it that way on mine but brother accidently destoryed mine when cutting them.
V8 isuzu swap
if you have any questions your more then welcome to e mail me. email@example.com. i did a swap into a 92 rodeo. simple, straight forward swap. dont let people fool you, its not as hard as they think.
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Title: International Flirting Week
By: bahjcb
Pairing: Morgan/Garcia
Rating: PG
Note: This story is not to be taken seriously in any way, shape, or form. Nor is anything said supposed to even infer that various countries flirt in different ways. Mainly, it was the only thing I could come up with when I saw this holiday on the calendar.
Summary: Like our favorite flirts could really leave this holiday alone!
International Flirting Week: 3rd Week of February
Derek immediately pulled out his phone and dialed Penelope. It was normal for Morgan to call Garcia when they had a question, but Hotch was surprised at Morgan's overwhelming eagerness to do so.
Before Penelope could even get through her hello, Derek asked, with what could only be described as a cheesy sort of charm, "Did it hurt?"
"Did what hurt?"
The team could hear Penelope's confusion as they listened to the bizarre conversation.
"When you fell down from heaven," Derek replied.
Penelope gave a snort of laughter before controlling herself enough to banter back, "Sexy, I'll tell you if you help me run a little experiment."
"You're on, mama!"
"Don't you want to know what I need help with?"
"Lay it on me, baby girl."
Emily and J.J. exchanged a look before quickly looking away so as to not start laughing.
"Well, I just bought a new kind of lipstick. It's supposed to stay on no matter how long you kiss. I wanted to see if there was truth in advertising."
Grinning, Derek replied, "As soon as we get back, I'm willing to help—as long as you're not too tired," he amended.
"Why would I be tired, handsome?" Penelope practically purred.
"Because you have been running through my thoughts all day!"
As Penelope gave Derek a delighted giggle, Rossi turned to Hotch and asked, "What's going on? They're worse than usual."
"It's International Flirting Week," Hotch replied, not taking his eyes off the file in front of him.
"So, they'll be like this all week?"
"I don't know. This is the first time they decided to celebrate it."
While Rossi tried to decide just what he thought about this new development, Penelope trilled, "You know, my chocolate love muffin, that if I had a nickel for every man I've met as handsome as you are, I'd have a whole five cents."
Laughing, Derek countered, "Is your name Gillett? Because you are the best a man can get!"
Hotch, evidently tired of the flirting and ready to get back to the case, said, "Morgan, get Garcia started on that search!"
"Yes, sir," Derek smartly replied before turning his attention back to Penelope. "Goddess, we need a little help over here."
"Challenge me, my hot chocolate goodness."
Hotch just rolled his eyes.
Side note: I ran an Internet search for Corny Pick-Up Lines. I wouldn't want to accidently claim ownership of those jewels!
"Bonjour, mon cher!" Penelope happily answered the phone.
"Bonjour," Derek replied with a laugh. "Ma déesse sexy."
As Penelope laughed delightedly Derek added, "I would have gone with 'Girl with the bedroom eyes' but that doesn't translate as well as goddess."
"Oh, ma décadence de chocolat…"
Laughing Derek interrupted, "Baby girl, while I love what your voulez coucher stuff does to me, I need English. Hotch is only a couple of seats from me."
Giggling, she replied, "What can I do for you hot stuff? The case is over, isn't it?"
"Yeah, we're on our way back," Derek replied, settling back in his seat. "Can't a man just call his baby girl and flirt with her? Especially this week."
"Sorry, sugar. Flirt away," Penelope commanded regally.
"Well, I did have an idea."
"Oh, tell me more!"
"We'll be getting in about 9:30. And I haven't seen my girl in person for almost two weeks now."
"Uh hum?"
"I have a Sauternes et Barsac at home just begging to be drunk."
"Bordeaux's gold, hum?" Penelope teased with interest.
"That's right," Derek said with a lazy grin that Penelope could practically hear across the phone lines.
"Do you have some cheese to go along with that wine?"
"How very French!"
"I've been planning for International Flirting Week for some time now."
"That's very sexy," Penelope purred.
Derek shivered in delight at her tone. "I'll also have some Salade de Fruits frais."
"Will there be any chocolate?"
"Baby girl, I thought I'd be enough for that sweet tooth of yours."
Grinning, Penelope quickly replied, "When do you want me there?"
"Ten? That will give me time to put the Salade de Fruits Frais together."
"I'll be there with bells on."
Suddenly much more serious, and just slightly awkward sounding—at least for a man like Derek Morgan, he added, "I was thinking we could watch a movie while we eat. Like…ah… Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud or Marius et Jeannette. I also checked out Mayerling. According to reviewers, it's considered 'one of the greatest of cinematic love stories,'" Derek informed Penelope like a man who has spent way too much time trying to make the night perfect.
Grinning at all the effort Derek was going to Penelope interrupted, "Mon coeur, I will see you at your apartment at ten. D'accord?"
"Oui, baby girl. See you at ten. And you better be wearing those bells you mentioned!"
"I don't know, handsome. I just go a new red dress that I think you might like even better than bells."
"Goddess, I don't care if you wear a sweatshirt and jeans as long as I have you cuddled next to me on the couch by 10:15."
"Sexy," Penelope replied with a wide grin, "nothing could keep me away!"
"Hello gorgeous," Penelope called as she strut into the bullpen with a covered dish that was emitting a strong and distinctive smell. "Aren't you looking braw today!"
As she set the dish on his desk, Derek crinkled his nose and replied, "Baby girl, what is this?"
"Haggis!" Setting herself down on the edge of his desk, Penelope added with a sexy whisper, "It's to thank you for last night's French supper."
Looking up at her in surprise, Derek exclaimed, "I thought you liked dinner last night!"
Pulling herself up angrily, Penelope snapped, "I'll have you know that it is very hard to make haggis, Derek Morgan."
"How do you know how to make haggis?"
Grinning at him with a cute blush covering her cheeks, she said, "My neighbor, Mrs. Henderson, is Scottish. She made me the haggis to thank me for fixing her computer."
Looking down at the dish, Derek asked, "Did you lose some of her files?"
Playfully swatting him, Penelope countered, "She was cooking some when I was fixing her computer. I told her it smelled good."
"You did?"
"I was being polite. A concept that is obviously foreign to you!"
Looking up at his baby girl, Derek's face broke into a wide grin.
"Well, me lass," he teased with a very bad Scottish accent. "I've always wanted to have sheep innards for breakfast."
Laughing Penelope replied, "I'm sure that it's been your life long dream."
"Aye, it has. But, you didn't have to go to so much trouble. I would have been happy with a wee kiss from me lass."
"Just a wee one, hum?" Penelope asked, leaned her head closer to Derek's.
"Aye, lass. Just a wee one," he breathed before closing the distance between them.
Spencer Reid never really understood the phrase "I could have died laughing" until now. Taking one look at his friend, Derek Morgan, and Reid couldn't stop laughing. It got so bad that he was actually crying and gasping as he tried to breathe.
Derek tried to glare, but he knew that his attire was what had brought Reid to knees with laughter and glaring at the younger man only seemed to make it worse. Reid would just laugh harder.
"Aren't you a bit chilled?" Reid gasped out. "It is February!"
As Reid dropped his head to his desk, shaking with laughter, Derek just crossed his arms across his partially exposed and muscular chest.
Despite the fact that it wasn't even forty degrees outside, Derek was wearing an indigo chiton—an ancient Greek tunic. The tunic came down to his knees and only went over his left shoulder, but left his powerfully built arms bare. A thick piece of cloth was draped around Derek's hips, tying the tunic at his waist. Instead of regular shoes, Derek was wearing leather, open-toe sandals.
"One day, Dr. Reid," Derek growled. "You will grow up and fall in love. Then you will find yourself doing idiotic things because she bats her big brown eyes at you and says, 'Please, baby, for me?' When that day comes, I hope you remember this day because I will take mocking to a whole new level!"
Reid just grinned unrepentantly at Derek. Looking past his friend, he said, "Here comes your heel, Achilles."
After rolling his eyes, Derek turned with a large grin gracing his features. Leaning forward for a quick kiss, he said, "Baby girl, you are Aphrodite in human form!"
Grinning, Penelope wrapped her arms around Derek to give him and gave him a lingering kiss.
Pulling back from their embrace, Derek took one of her hands and slowly twirled Penelope around. "Let me get a 360 view, goddess."
Penelope laughing, but obligingly turned to let Derek have a good look at her outfit.
Penelope's chiton was ankle-length and a deep red. Unlike Derek's, it was pinned up on both shoulders by large, matching, gold pins. She too wore leather sandals instead of traditional winter footwear.
Using the sash around her waist to pull her closer, Derek said, "I think you might just really be Aphrodite because I find you irresistible."
Wrapping her arms around Derek once more, Penelope replied, "The feeling is mutual, gorgeous. I like seeing a little leg."
Grinning at her comment, Derek leaned into kiss her once again when Reid teased, "So, are you two just going to dress up or are you going to do something else, too?"
Derek grumbled but Penelope turned to address their friend. Unwilling to let her out of his arms, Derek wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled Penelope back against him.
"Well, cutie," she told Reid with a grin. "We're planning on getting take out from this Greek restaurant downtown. I want to try those stuffed grape leaves…"
"Dolmathes," Reid supplied.
"Right," Penelope agreed with a grin. "And we'll have a simple meze with olives and cheese…"
Leaning down to kiss her neck, Derek added, "And we'll have baklava for dessert."
"Um," was the only thing Penelope said as she moved her head to give Derek more access to her neck.
"Hey, Eros and Psyche," J.J. teased as she walked over to the group. "You're at a place of work."
Glancing up, Derek replied, "We're giving Reid a show."
Laughing, Penelope turned and playfully slapped Derek's arm. "My chocolate Apollo, don't say that." Giving him a wicked grin she added, "Or other people will want to watch us perform."
Before Derek could reply—or kiss Penelope again, J.J. interrupted, saying, "Sorry guys. We've got a case. Hotch wants us in the conference room."
Groaning, Derek laced his fingers through Penelope's and led the group to down the hall.
Hearing the last four agents come in, Rossi glanced up and then looked back down at the file in front of him. Shaking his head, Rossi looked back up and stared at Morgan and Garcia as they found seats around the table.
"What are you wearing?" Rossi exclaimed.
Hotch, not missing a beat, replied, "It's Greek day. They're wearing chitons. We don't need to know more than that."
And with that, Hotch started the meeting.
Penelope looked up upon hearing a knock on the door-frame to her office. There stood Derek looking very apologetic and once again dressed in street clothes.
"Goddess, I'm sorry…"
"Hot stuff," she interrupted with a grin. "When I fell in love with you I knew you might have to take off at a moment's notice. It's like being in love with Superman," Penelope added with an impish look.
Chuckling, Derek removed the space between them and pulled his girl into his arms before kissing her thoroughly.
"I'll always come back to you, my Lois Lane."
Brushing her hand along his cheek, Penelope said, "And when you get back this time, we can try that baklava and dolmathes."
Taking her hand and pressing a kiss to the palm, Derek whispered, "I love you, baby girl."
"I love you, too, handsome. Now get out of here before you miss your plane."
With a smile and one last kiss, Derek was gone.
Sighing, Penelope got back to work and hoped that this case wouldn't last long. Already she missed her man of action and he hadn't even been gone an entire minute!
Coming back to her office after a quick bathroom break, Penelope was surprised to hear music playing.
Look at her face, it's a wonderful face
And it means something special to me
Listening to the words Penelope smiled and walked forward to her desk to find a small, rectangular cake covered with green marzipan, coated with powdered sugar, and decorated with a pink marzipan rose. Picking up the card next to the cake, Penelope saw Derek's confident handwriting.
Look at the way that she smiles when she sees me
How lucky can one fellow be?
Hey Princess,
This is a Swedish Prinsesstårta or "Princess cake." Under the marzipan is sponge cake, whipped cream, and custard. I've been assured it's delicious. You don't know how much I miss you baby.
Love, Derek
She's just my kind of girl, she makes me feel fine
Who could ever believe that she would be mine?
Setting the card aside, Penelope picked up her phone and quickly dialed an oh so familiar number.
"Talk to me, beautiful," Derek answered with a grin.
Smiling in response, though Derek couldn't see her, Penelope teased, "So, I'm only a princess? I thought I rated at least a queen."
Laughing, Derek replied, "You're a goddess, woman, and the queen of my heart. How's that?"
"Just so long as you acknowledge my greatness."
"Baby girl, I worship the ground you tread on."
"Derek Morgan, you flirt."
"Takes one to know one, baby."
She's just my kind of girl, without her I'm blue
And if she ever leaves me what could I do, what could I do?
Giggling, Penelope changed the topic. "I never thought of you as an ABBA fan, handsome."
"You were the one to pick Sweden, baby girl," Derek teased back. "I just found a song that vaguely matched the country."
"We pulled countries out of a hat, angelfish."
"But it was your turn, Mama," Derek insisted.
And when we go for a walk in the park
And she holds me and squeezes my hand
"How's Clooney? Is he taking good care of you?"
Smiling, Penelope leaned back in her seat before answering. "He's taking very good care of me, handsome. Though we both miss you like crazy."
"I miss you, too, baby," Derek said softly and sincerely.
"How's the case going? Do you need me to look up anything?"
"No, to the second. Good, to the first. We might be able to wrap this up sometime tonight."
"Want me to wait up for you?"
Derek considered this for a moment before replying, "No, go on ahead to bed, baby girl. I don't know how late I might be. I'll stop by in the morning."
"I'll be waiting for you, Derek," Penelope assured him.
We'll go on walkin' for hours and talkin'
About all the things that we plan
The song was She's My Kind Of Girl by ABBA. I picked Sweden just so I could use an ABBA song!
The Weekend
Shuffling to the door, Penelope sleepily push some lose hair behind one ear. Hearing whoever was outside her door at this ungodly hour, start to pound on the door once again, Penelope yelled, "Hold your horses. I'm coming."
Clooney, who was happily following her to the door, bark sternly.
Looking down at the enthusiastic dog, Penelope smiled and patted his head.
"You tell 'em, Cloon!"
Opening the door, Penelope said, "You had better…" Seeing who was on the other side of the door, however, Penelope cut herself off and launched into Derek's waiting arms.
After indulging in a welcome home kiss, she pulled back just enough to ask, "Handsome, did you just get in?"
"Almost. I stopped by my apartment first," Derek replied as he held up his bag.
Scowling, Penelope looked at the luggage and said, "We already have another case!"
"No," he assured her before kissing his girl's temple.
Looking up into Derek's dark eyes, she asked, "Then why did you bring a change of clothes?"
"International Flirting Week isn't over yet, baby girl."
Smiling, Penelope shook her head. "Sorry, hotness, the holidays ended yesterday."
"Really," Derek replied between kisses, "because I was fairly certain Saturday and Sunday were part of the week."
"So, what country are we going to celebrate?"
After pulling back from a long kiss, Derek replied, "How about Vegas?"
Patting his cheek, Penelope replied, "I know you're sleep deprived, handsome, so I won't hold it against you that you just said a city instead of a country."
"No," Derek corrected with a grin. "I don't want to celebrate it. I want to visit it."
"Sudden desire to see the good doctor's hometown?"
"No. Sudden desire to marry you before anything else can come up!"
Puling back so she could gaze into his eyes, Penelope replied, "That's real romantic, sugar."
Laughing, Derek gave her another kiss. "How about this, woman? I love you more than anything or anyone in this world. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you elope with me? I already have plane tickets," he added as an extra incentive.
"I don't know…" Penelope worried. "Wouldn't your mother be upset that she wasn't invited to our wedding?"
"My mother will be so happy I finally asked you to marry me that she won't care how we did it as long as we promise to eventually give her grandchildren," Derek replied with a sure grin. "Besides, if I know J.J. and Emily, they'll throw a party and we won't even have to miss having a reception."
Shaking her head, Penelope pressed a light to Derek's lips before pulling out of his arms. Turning to the dog next to her, who was wagging his tail a mile a minute, Penelope said, "Come on, Clooney, we have to go pack."
Throwing a saucy grin over her shoulder, Penelope added, "If you help us handsome, we'll be able to leave that much sooner."
Stepping into the apartment and shutting the door, Derek replied, "Where do you keep your suitcase?"
Derek Morgan pried open one eye and tried to decide what it was that woke him up. He soon became distracted, however, by movement next to him. Looking down, Derek smiled as he saw his wife snuggled against his chest.
Deciding to go back to sleep and prolong the morning a bit more, Derek heard the noise again and realized why he was awake—relatively speaking.
Trying to not disturb Penelope, Derek didn't move his torso as he reached out to grab the ringing phone. Flipping it open, Derek barked as best as he could while whispering, "Morgan!"
There was an odd silence before the voice on the other end of the line repeated, "Morgan?"
"What do you want, Rossi?" Derek asked as Penelope snuggled closer to him.
"I was trying to reach Garcia."
"She's asleep," Derek informed the other man matter-of-factly. "She can help you when we get back Monday."
"Today is Monday," Rossi replied. This was the oddest conversation he had ever had with Agent Morgan.
"Oh…then she'll help you when we get back Tuesday."
"Where are you?" Rossi asked before Derek could hang up the phone.
Rolling his eyes and wanting to go back to sleep and cuddling his bride, Derek snapped, "On our honeymoon." And with that, Derek quickly ended the call before Rossi could say anything more.
After turning the phone off so as to not be interrupted again, Derek tossed the phone back on the bedside table. Kissing his wife's forehead, Derek settled back down and went back to sleep.
It would be some time before either Morgan got out of bed and only then because Clooney had to go for a walk.
Rossi stared at the phone in his hand almost as if he looked at it long enough it would make his world seem normal again. As he was contemplating what he should do now, Hotch walked into the office.
"Have you found Garcia?"
"She's on her honeymoon with Morgan," Rossi replied, his voice still tinged with disbelief. He knew the two agents flirted, but he never figured they were this serious.
Hotch nodded and started to walk out the door. Stopping suddenly, he turned around and stared at Rossi.
"Excuse me?"
"Morgan and Garcia eloped."
Seeing Hotch so off-kilter made Rossi feel better and he started to smile.
"They eloped?"
"That's what Morgan told me when I called Garcia's cell."
Rubbing a hand down his face in frustration, Hotch muttered, "Why couldn't they just ask for time off like normal people?" Sighing, he added, "I'll just let them announce it when they get back. I don't want to lose two days of work while the team plans them a party."
As Hotch walked off mumbling about problem team members, Rossi leaned back in his chair and wondered what he should buy the couple for a wedding gift. Maybe something Greek. They seemed to really like that country, Rossi decided with a nod. He would go shopping after work.
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About 100 people affected by dementia, including patients, caregivers and doctors, attended the event.
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Technical Abstract: The rice blast system has long been recognized as a classical gene-for-gene system as described by Flor (Flor 1971; Kiyosawa 1971). Discovery of the sexual state of the rice blast pathogen allowed genetic confirmation that single avirulence (AVR-) genes in the pathogen corresponded to R-genes in rice (Silue et al. 1992 and references therein) as predicted by the gene- for-gene hypothesis. Genetic analysis in our laboratory also identified AVR-genes in the blast fungus (Valent et al. 1991; Kang et al. 1995; Sweigard et al. 1995), including one that determined avirulence toward Yashiro-mochi, a differential rice variety that contains the Pi-ta resistance gene (Yamada et al 1976). This AVR-gene, originally named AVR2- YAMO for rice variety Yashiro-mochi, was renamed AVR-Pita after subsequent analysis demonstrated that this AVR-gene did in fact correspond to Pi-ta and not to a previously unidentified R-gene in Yashiro-mochi 9K.S. Wu and B. Valent, unpublished results). We used map-based cloning approaches to clone both AVR-Pita from the pathogen and Pi-ta from rice. AVR-Pita appears to encode a neutral zinc metallopeptidase. Pi-ta encodes a predicted cytoplasmic protein of 928 amino acids containing a nucleotide binding site and a leucine-rice carboxyl-terminus. Our current hypothesis is that the Pi-ta protein is an intracellular receptor that binds to the AVR-Pita mature protease inside the host cell, initiating Pi-ta-mediated defense responses.


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To be an audiophile means your world is in a constant state of flux. Components go in and come out of the system on a regular basis. Power cords, interconnects, and speaker cables come and go almost weekly. Then there are the tweaks—the pucks, the brass cones, the wooden blocks, the carbon fiber platforms, the fifty-pound sacks of lead shot, the various unguents, creams, and potions. We try anything and everything to make our systems sound better, yet somewhere in the back of our minds, little voices cry, "The Room. The Room. You have to treat The Room." We all know that the acoustics of the listening room can make or break the sound of a system. Many experts have even stated that the acoustics of the room are 50 percent of what you hear. Assuming this is true, it means that we should spend at least 50 percent of our audio budgets on treating our rooms. Do we? Of course not.
Why don't we? I think there are three reasons. The first is Spouse Acceptance Factor—"You are going to put those ugly panels WHERE???" Historically, room treatment devices have been more suited to the professional recording studio, where aesthetics are of little concern. However, most audiophiles do not have a dedicated listening room, and covering the walls with Sonex is not acceptable. Even if the spouse (or significant other) is not a factor, covering the walls with Sonex or Owens Corning 701 fiberglass panels may not be the best solution.
What sound treatments to use, and how many, is the second drawback. Very few of us are acoustic engineers. We can put up Echo Busters, Room Tunes, and Tube Traps. All make a difference in the sound, and that difference is usually an improvement, but do we have optimal placement? Do we have enough devices? We can have a friend come over with his computer, microphone, and room acoustics software, and can spend a day mapping room nodes and making waterfall graphs of the frequency decay. Based on these, we can move the treatment devices around and try to optimize things, but when all is said and done, we still don't know if we have the optimal treatment.
Fear is the third drawback. You spend $6000 on room treatment devices from Company A. You and your audio buddies spend a day with the computer software, making the graphs look as much like the ideal as possible. You then spend a weekend mounting everything to the walls and ceiling. The room sounds better, but suppose you had spent only $4000 and bought Company B's devices. Would it have sounded better? Or should you have spent $10,000 more for Company C's ceiling panels? The fear of making expensive mistakes has prevented many audiophiles from even attempting to treat their listening rooms.
One way around these problems is to hire an acoustic engineer to select and install room treatments for you. Hiring an expert can solve all three problems, but presents a new one—money. It can cost more than $30,000 to hire an acoustic engineer. At that price, most audiophiles will say "No thank you!"
At the end of last year, I realized that I had to treat my listening room. I was fairly happy with my equipment, and knew that spending $5000 on new components would not yield as great a sonic improvement as spending $5000 on room treatments. I noticed references to Rives Audio on the internet, and when I checked out their website (www.rivesaudio.com), I noted that they specialized in helping audiophiles. Part of this is that they understand about Spouse Approval Factor. Their consultation fees were also reasonable—less than $2000 for either their Level I or Level II services (though prices were raised as of January 1). When I contacted audio industry people I knew, they gave Rives Audio great recommendations. Okay, Rives could do the work at a reasonable price, but could I sell it to the wife? I printed out the pictures on the Rives website that show the wall and ceiling treatments, and broached the subject. It was not a hard sell. "You mean I get wood flooring in the living room, new window coverings, including wooden shutters and wainscoting in the hallways and dining room?"
I filled out the initial questionnaire on the Rives site and sent it, along with a diagram of my listening room, to Richard Bird of Rives, who then contacted me by phone. After discussing the situation, we decided that I needed a Level II consultation. A Level I consultation is strictly on paper and computer. From the information you submit, Richard prepares a blueprint of your listening room. In telephone discussions, he develops plans for your room. Once a plan is decided upon, he furnishes you with a blueprint showing what needs to be done. Level II is Level I, but with the added step that after most of the treatments have been installed, a local Rives dealer comes to your home with a computer, microphone, and software, and makes measurements of the room. These are sent to Richard, who makes fine-tuning suggestions.
After my initial conversation with Richard, I called a few friends in the construction industry and we started estimating the costs of the changes that Richard and I had discussed. The initial ballpark figure was around $40,000. Yes, it would have been gorgeous, and yes, it would have made my wife very happy, but no, we could not afford it. Back to the drawing board. Richard and I continued to exchange e-mails and telephone calls, trying to come up with a more affordable solution. In the midst of this, my wife came to the conclusion that her elderly parents would not be able to remain in their home for much longer. The only option that made sense was for my wife and I to sell our home and buy another with a "granny flat." Exactly when we will move is unknown. When I mentioned this problem to Richard, his solution was to make all of the room treatments removable, so that they can simply be unhooked and taken to the next residence. This was an elegant solution, and much cheaper than installing built-in, out-of-sight sound treatments. The only drawback of this was appearance.
What were the problems of my old listening room, and how did Richard's design solve them? The biggest problem was the fact that the room was open at one end, and having the open end to the left of the loudspeakers made the soundstage lopsided. Rotating the listening position 90 degrees, so that the speakers would fire at the open end of the room, was no panacea. The reflections from the hallway, stairway, and dining room would have a serious detrimental impact on the sound. The open end needed to be closed off without building a solid wall. The solution was the VariScreens made by RPG (www.rpginc.com/products/variscreen/index.htm). These commercial sound panels absorb on one side and diffract on the other. Since they are hinged in the middle, they can be bent into a V shape, and are very stable. Because they are eight feet tall and four feet wide, it only took four of them to close the opening. Richard believes in a live-end, dead-end approach, with the live end behind the speakers and the dead-end behind the listener. The VariScreens provided a very effective dead-end back wall.
Old Set-up
The second problem was that the room was too reflective. The large glass windows and peaked dry-wall ceiling had no absorption at all. The windows were easily treated by installing a dual-layer sound barrier, with the inner layer consisting of Hunter-Douglas double-honeycomb blinds and the outer layer consisting of Hunter-Douglas wood blinds. This was not only very effective, but had a high Spouse Acceptance Factor. Treating the ceiling was not so easy. We considered several types of flat sound panels, RPG Skylines (www.rpginc.com/products/skyline/index.htm), and hanging panels designed and patented by Richard. None of these solutions gained my wife's approval. Nevertheless, building Richard's panels was cheaper than buying the commercial panels, and given the fact that my wife accepted the idea that the living room was going to look strange, Richard's panels were more exotic looking than the alternatives.
The final problem was what to do with the large wall to the left of the fireplace and behind the loudspeakers. The fireplace is faced with rough brick, which was diffractive enough that it did not need treatment, but the blank wall to the left needed an RPG Abfussor Panel. This curved panel, which is hung on the wall like a picture, absorbs and diffuses the sound waves that hit it.
After deciding upon the final design, Richard sent me two pages of blueprints, and I ordered the VariScreens and Abfussor Panel through my local high-end dealer. One nice thing about RPG is that you can specify the cloth covering for the panels. Any of the acoustic fabrics manufactured by Guilford of Maine (www.guilfordofmaine.com) can be used, and being able to have your spouse select fabric to match her decor is a real plus.
Ordering the RPG panels was the easy part. The hard part was building the ten ceiling panels. These are shallow boxes, 10 feet long by 14 inches wide, with no top. The frame is 1 x 2-inch oak. The bottom of the box is ½-inch, ultralight fiberboard with a plastic laminate on the side that faces down. The inside of the box, which faces the ceiling, is filled with 1-inch-thick Owens Corning 701 fiberglass panels, cut to shape and covered with white speaker cloth, which prevents fiberglass particles from becoming airborne and being inhaled. The dimensions of the boxes and their angles relative to the ceiling was calculated by Richard.
Mounting the panels was not difficult. Each weighs only 30 pounds. With two eyebolts at each end and two in the middle, the weight on each eyehook is only 5 pounds, and the total weight on the ceiling only 300 pounds. Hooks screwed into the ceiling rafters provided a solid mount. The only problem was hanging the panels. I tried fishing line (50-lb. test monofilament). The monofilament was pretty much invisible, but the 5 pounds of tension stretched it until it broke. I tried nylon-coated steel fishing wire, which worked fine, but the wires were visible. I finally settled on a decorative chain, which was even more visible, but had a higher Spouse Approval Factor. Although the chain is larger than the wire, Richard assured me that it was acoustically invisible. (The wavelength of a 20kHz tone is 2/3rds of an inch.)
After everything was installed, the acoustics of the room had changed. Richard had warned me of this, and of the fact that it would take some time to get used to. I had installed the VariScreens with the absorbing side facing into the room. In this position, they provided too much absorption—the room almost sounded like an anechoic chamber. I reversed the VariScreens so that the diffusion sides faced in, and this was much better. Leaving small gaps between the VariScreens caused a tradeoff between detail and liveliness. The more absorption, the fewer reflections hinder my ability to hear detail, but the more absorption, the less lively the music. After much experimentation, I have found what, to me, is the proper balance. I have also experimented with loudspeaker placement. With room reflections significantly reduced, small changes in speaker location are very noticeable. I now think that I have things sufficiently dialed in that I can have my local Rives dealer take acoustic measurements of the room, so that Richard can help me fine-tune.
Even without the fine-tuning, I am very happy with my room. For the cost of a new preamplifier, I have made sonic improvements that even the best preamp could not have accomplished. These improvements fall into three categories. The first is that my listening room has a longer decay time, which fools my brain into thinking that my listening room is slightly larger than it actually is. The second improvement is detail. Without reflective waves bouncing around, I can hear significantly more detail from all of my recordings—pop, rock, or classical. Though I am hearing more from recordings that I have played many times, I don't yet understand why this makes the music so much more enjoyable. Take, for example, Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic's performance of Nielsen's Fifth Symphony (Columbia MS 6414, white two-eye). This is a great performance, but it is not a great-sounding LP. As my system improved over the years, the more I realized how mediocre this recording sounded, and I played it less and less until I stopped playing it altogether. With the new room acoustics, I am not bothered by its poor sound, and am just sucked into the performance. The same goes for my Twisted Sister albums. Great recordings these are not, but with the new room acoustics, they sound significantly more real and alive. My guess is that the additional detail that I am hearing includes more microdynamics and more of the subtle sounds and aural clues that you usually only hear in a live performance. I did not expect this, but I am having a wonderful time getting reacquainted with hundreds of recordings that I had put aside because of their poor sound.
The third improvement is in soundstage. It is now is a little wider and a little deeper, but the most impressive thing is how different it sounds on each recording. I recently visited an audiophile friend's house for the first time. When he played his system for me, I was very impressed at the width and depth of his soundstage, but noticed that the soundstage was exactly the same on each recording. Every concert hall sounded like every other concert hall, and every jazz club sounded like that same concert hall. It struck me that, spectacular as this soundstage was, it was not the soundstage on the recording, but the one created by the wall reflections in my friend's room. In my new room, I only hear the soundstage that is on the recording.
The most important thing was that I have achieved noticeable sonic improvements sound without getting divorced. In fact, my wife is quite happy. She has new window coverings, the VariScreens can be hidden in a back room whenever we have company, and the ceiling is a new conversation starter. "What are those?" "Solar panels. We retract the roof during the day." Room Acoustics are the Final Frontier. For the price of a major component, you can remove your room from the listening equation.


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"Hi there. We just bought a microwave and the depth is 15", the problem is, our cabinet depth is also 15", so it does not allow for ventilation. We called GE and they do not have a bracket that is bigger that would provide depth. Do you have any suggestions on how we can mount it about 2 inches away from the wall and still have it look good?" Another note, not only is the cabinet 2 inches deeper than the others, it sits 2 inches higher, so I am afraid of being able to see so the bottom few inches are exposed.
Shim the wall out with some pieces of 2by4's and mount the bracket to them.
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We had thought of that, the issue is, not only is our cabinet deeper than the rest but it is also higher, so we are afraid you will be able to see the two by's from the side. I dont want anyone to be able to see the boards...
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They are designed for a 12" deep wall cabinet above. The op said he had a 15" deep cabinet above. The extra 3" is probablycovering the vent slots that usually blow out the top in the front of the unit when they aren't vented to the outside.
You might try the 2 x route but recess the 2x up 3/4" and install a matching cabinet filler strip to hide it.
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On Oct. 24, 1965, the Orlando Sentinel correctly guessed the buyer's true identity in a front-page story; on Nov. 15, Walt and Roy O. Disney held a press conference at the Cherry Plaza Hotel in Orlando to formally announce the project, promising details at a later date. Initial plans called for a Disneyland-style theme park and an "experimental prototype community of tomorrow," along with two resort hotels and a campground. With 27,400 acres to build upon, the site would be big enough for any idea Walt and his Imagineers could ever dream up.
Joined by Florida Gov. Haydon Burns, Walt and Roy O. Disney announce the project on Nov. 15, 1965.
Walt didn't live to see his East Coast Kingdom realized, dying in December 1966. Roy, who largely handled the financial side of the company's affairs, postponed his retirement to assume the role of chairman and oversee construction of the massive project, which ultimately saw EPCOT deferred until 1982 and transformed into a theme park dubbed EPCOT Center.
Cinderella Castle has been the icon of the Walt Disney World Resort since the site opened Oct. 1, 1971.Conscious of the nightmarish "Black Sunday" opening of Disneyland Park, the off-season opening date of Friday, Oct. 1, 1971, was deliberate. Ten thousand Guests were admitted that day to Magic Kingdom Park, with its centerpiece Cinderella Castle. Also opening that day were Disney's Contemporary Resort and Disney's Polynesian Resort (known then as the Polynesian Village), built in partnership with U.S. Steel and connected to the park via monorail.
Many other events in Walt Disney World lore happened Oct. 1, too — below is a small sampling.
Oct. 1
1982 - Epcot opens
1988 - Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort opens
1991 – "SpectroMagic" debuts at Magic Kingdom Park
1992 - Critter Country, including Splash Mountain and the Beaver Bros. Canoes, opens at Tokyo Disneyland Park
1993 - Walt Disney Pictures releases "Cool Runnings"
1994 - Euro Disney Resort is renamed Disneyland Paris
1996 - Disney's BoardWalk officially opens
1998 - "Fantasmic!" debuts at Disney-MGM Studios
1999 - The Millennium Celebration begins at the Walt Disney World Resort
1999 - The "Leave a Legacy" program begins in the entrance plaza at Epcot
2000 - Conservation Station becomes Rafiki's Planet Watch at Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park
2005 - Robert A. (Bob) Iger becomes chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company
2009 - The Walt Disney Family Museum opens in San Francisco, Calif.
2010 - Mickey's Halloween Party is offered for the first time at Disneyland Park
Oct. 2
1971 - Admiral Joe Fowler Riverboat opens at Magic Kingdom Park
1983 - Epcot leaders hold groundbreaking ceremonies for The Living Seas and Morocco pavilions
1992 - Walt Disney Pictures releases "The Mighty Ducks"
1992 - Splash Mountain opens at Magic Kingdom Park
1996 - World of Disney opens at the Downtown Disney Marketplace within the Walt Disney World Resort
1999 - Disney's FASTPASS service is offered at Disneyland Paris for the first time on Indiana Jones et le Tempil de Peril
2010 - The inaugural Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon is held at the Walt Disney World Resort
Oct. 3
1955 - "Mickey Mouse Club" debuts on ABC
2002 - Le Bat en Rouge opens at Disneyland Park
2004 - "Desperate Housewives" debuts on ABC
Oct. 4
1993 - Mission to Mars closes at Magic Kingdom Park
1998 - The Epcot Discovery Center closes at Epcot
1932 - "Touchdown Mickey" (Mickey Mouse cartoon short) debuts
1949 - Walt Disney Pictures releases "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"
1955 - The Disneyland Hotel opens next to Disneyland Park
1996 - The American Film Institute Showcase is dedicated at Disney's Hollywood Studios
2008 - Miley Cyrus celebrates her 16th birthday during a private event at Disneyland Park
Oct. 6
1983 - Walt Disney Pictures releases "Never Cry Wolf"
1989 - An electronic marquee is unveiled outside Disneyland Park along Harbor Boulevard
Oct. 7
1994 - Touchstone Pictures releases "Ed Wood"
1995 - Disneyland Paris links a communications line with the Mir space station
1998 - Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin opens at Magic Kingdom Park
2002 – "a bug's land" opens at Disney California Adventure Park


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It's a big Jerome Simpson news day! Spare hours after his three-game suspension became public, Simpson signed a contract with the Minnesota Vikings. It's a one-year deal, and financial terms have not yet ben disclosed. Simpson has been in the league for four seasons, but 2011 was clearly his best. He caught 50 passes for 725 yards and four touchdowns with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Fantasy Analysis:
Percy Havin is the Vikings' No. 1 WR, but there was a gigantic void in talent past him on the outside. No one wants to put Devin Aromashodu or Michael Jenkins in their starting lineup, so Simpson is a welcomed acquisition, even with his suspension. He's clearly more athletic and has more big-play ability than those other two guys. However, Simpson been nothing if not inconsistent in the NFL, so he should be viewed in fantasy as a reserve pick who has the talent to become an every-week WR3 in 12-team leagues. Of course, a lot of that will depend on how Christian Ponder improves in his second year.


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Volcanic and solar impacts on climate since 1700
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050287
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Numerical experiments have been carried out with a two-dimensional sector averaged global climate model with a detailed radiative scheme in order to assess the possible impact of solar and volcanic activities on the Earth's surface temperature at the secular time scale from 1700 to 1992. Our results indicate that while the general trend of the observed temperature variations on the century time scale can be generated in response to both the solar and volcanic forcings, these are clearly not sufficient to explain the observed 20th century warming and more specifically the warming trend which started at the beginning of the 1970s. However, the lack of volcanism during the period 1925–1960 could account, at least partly, for the observed warming trend in this period. Finally, while Schlesinger and Ramankutty (1994) assumed that random forcing could not be a possible source of the 65–70 year oscillation they detected in the global climate system, our results indicate that the volcanic forcing over the past 150 years could have introduced an oscillation of around 70 years in the Earth's surface temperature.


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Von Metzke "groomed" underaged girls by texting
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"We are ten guys and a girl, [all] under the age of 21, playing traditional swing," said keyboardist Dave Martina, a member of High Stakes Swing. "The only other band I know that plays swing is in Victorville."
The last show the band played, the act following them was "wearing death masks, dreadlocks, and their amps were about ten feet high."
The band returns to the Metaphor Café in Escondido this weekend. "We made over $1000 the second night we played," said Martina. "We pulled in over 300 people."
High Stakes Swing (www.highstakesswing.com) appears Saturday at 6 p.m. and at 9:30 p.m. at the Metaphor Café, all ages, $5 admission.


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FLORENCE, S.C. – The sixth-annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will be hosted by the Francis Marion University Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Pee Dee Minority and Small Business Division of the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, Jan. 15.
The celebration will begin at 6 p.m. in the McNair Science Building auditorium on the FMU campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Speakers will include David Barr of the United Way, Starlee Alexander of State Farm Insurance, and LeRoy Adams, Downtown Development coordinator.
The event will also include music, sculptures by Wanwadee, and a light reception offered by Sodexho Campus Services.
For more information, call the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce at 843-665-0515.
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The Xbox One version of Call of Duty: Ghosts no longer sports the buttery-smooth framerate that the franchise is known for.
On Jan. 28, Ghosts developer Infinity Ward updated the Xbox One version of its hit military shooter. The patch added some new multiplayer game types, fixed some minor issues, and — apparently — caused the game to no longer maintain 60 frames per second.
Every second, a game redraws its onscreen action multiple times; this is known as refreshing the screen. Many games do this 30 to 60 times every second, which would mean a game is producing 30 to 60 frames per second. The Call of Duty franchise has long impressed gamers with the technically impressive feat of always maintaining 60 frames per second. Any deviation from that refresh rate would cause Call of Duty to look choppy and unnatural.
And that's exactly what is happening in Ghosts.
In its popular multiplayer mode, many of the maps see the game's famous 60 frames per second drop down into the mid-30s. This is something that seemed to start after the patch went live. We've reached out to Infinity Ward and publisher Activision to ask if they were aware of the problem and when fans can expect a fix. The two companies said they are looking into the problem.
In the meantime, the video wizards at DigitalFoundry (a website that looks into the performance of games) produced the following video that shows just how poorly the frame-rate performs on Xbox One:
Call of Duty: Ghosts debuted on Xbox One on Nov. 22, which is when the console went on sale. The shooter was the system's best-selling game, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. At that time, Ghosts' framerate held steady at 60 frames per second in all scenarios.
That likely means that something in the Jan. 28 patch is dragging down the game's performance. We're working to get Activision to confirm that.
Take a look at Ghosts in action prior to the update:


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The Wittmore is a truly luxury five-star establishment located in the district of Gotic-Ciutat Vella, Barcelona. The name of Ciutat Vella in Catalan refers to "old city" which unveils its richness in history, architecture, culture and gastronomy. Nested in the center of the old city, the house plays with the mystery and unique attributes of the location by being an extraordinary oasis of calm and comfort. Witty restaurant offers an entertaining, lively and authentic ambiance will become your favorite spot. All these features are blended with Barcelona's tallest vertical garden flooding all the rooms with natural daylight and peace. Inspired to create an unforgettable experience, you will be able to enjoy a personalized and exclusive service. The tallest vertical garden in Barcelona is to be found in the patio of the Witty restaurant. Witty will delight you with its local Mediterranean cuisine of an exceptional quality, providing high quality dishes created by famous Chef Albert Ventura. A lively and unique atmosphere is to be discovered and experienced.


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Hugh Jackman won't take off his shirt for Les Mis
Our favourite X-Men hunk, looks damned fine with his clothes off, but after playing Wolverine (and making us all salivate) he has asked director Tom Hooper if he can keep his clothes on for this latest film.
We're wondering if his wife has something to do with this decision...
Hugh Jackman has been cast in the film alongside Russell Crowe, who will play police inspector Javert. The film is based on Victor Hugo's novel and will also star Anne Hathaway who will play Fantine.
Other big names tipped to feature include Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter.
An all star cast but no Hugh Jackman nudity? Shame on you!


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Collect tiny notes as they fall from the piano! This music game lets you go on a classical song adventure. You can play with famous compositions from Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Mozart. Listen to the music, and collect the white, black, and green notes!
Piano Collector is one of our selected Piano Games. Also very popular on this website right now are Rock Piano 10, DJ Sonicx Mixer, Dj Sheepwolf Mixer 4 and Tap the Frog.
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An old stairway serves as a mechanical shaft in the University of Utah's century-old Life Sciences building, and the original but leaky heating pipes still carry 150-degree water under high pressure.
These corroded pipes, wrapped in years of patchwork, failed once again three weeks ago, spewing hot water in classrooms.
U. officials decided this week to shut down part of the building rather than apply more patches that are bound to fail.
"It's brittle and fragile," said Michael Perez, the U. vice president for facilities. "When you repressurize it, you cause leaks somewhere else."
Leaky pipes are a symptom of a much larger campus-wide problem of crumbling infrastructure, screaming for a $100 million fix. While private, federal and state money pours in for new construction on campus, little is available to upgrade the vast invisible network of wires, pipes, shafts, generators and servers that make a modern university function.
"This is a critical issue for the university," said Kim Wirthlin, the U.'s vice president for governmental affairs. "We have systems built decades ago and we have never had resources to effectively maintain them over the years. They are worn out, they are breaking more frequently, and the breakages are getting more expensive to fix."
The problem has become so acute that some classrooms can no longer be used. But the Life Sciences closure is just the tip of a colossal iceberg.
The university needs $120 million to replace the high-voltage electrical distribution system that serves about 300 buildings and another $30 million to replace 7 miles of hot water lines, Wirthlin said.
Replacing the Life Sciences pipes will cost at least $2 million, Perez said, but a wiser investment would be to replace the building's mechanical systems at a cost of $5 million, money the university does not have.
The half dozen biology faculty conducting federally funded research in this building experience regular disruptions because of errant water.
"We've been dealing with this for six years since we moved in here," said Matt Curtiss, who manages Markus Babst's third-floor lab where his team studies basic cell biology on yeast. A domestic water break four years ago filled the lab with 3 inches of water and damaged $50,000 in electronic equipment.
"Our equipment is tremendously expensive. Having it at risk is ridiculous," said Curtiss, gesturing toward a ceiling-mounted plastic shield intended to divert dripping water. "If it gets water damaged, we don't know if it will die in a week or a year. Our solution is to put up these [shields]."
The biology department's 42 faculty members aren't alone in grappling with infrastructure challenges. General chemistry labs in the 1960s-era Henry B. Eyring Building are unsafe, and water-line breaks in the Utah Museum of Natural History sometimes close the building and threaten its priceless contents.
"Above the [undergraduate] labs is a concrete patio that is crumbling," said chemistry department chairman Henry White. "We have water dripping down on students while they are doing experiments. They use coat hangers and aluminum sheets to funnel water coming off the ceiling to the drains."
White said facilities crews acted swiftly when faucet knobs began disintegrating in students' hands. But a real fix for the labs would require $10 million.
"It takes an emergency to get things done, but they're band-aids. They are the least expensive fixes to keep things moving," White said. "The administration is on our side. It's really a matter of getting the money out of the state."
The Life Sciences building, which housed the nascent medical school decades ago, is on the south side of historic Presidents Circle behind the Emery building. Like many vintage buildings on campus, it is threaded with old heating pipes that feed off an underground network of hot-water lines. When the pipes fail, scalding water does not merely leak: It can spray, resulting in significant damage and life-safety issues.
So officials have closed four water-damaged classrooms on the ground floor at least through the spring semester, while keeping open research laboratories on the upper floors.
"When you lose these classrooms, students from across campus are affected," said biology department chairman Neil Vickers. And at some point, the university will have to either upgrade the building's mechanicals or replace the building.
"You can't just look at the plumbing and heating, you have to look at all the infrastructure: the ventilation, which we know is problematic in this building, the seismic," he said. "If you want the building to be safe and suitable for teaching, you need to look at all those things. You have to look after the buildings you've got."
This building has been re-purposed over the years and, absent a retrofit, remains a challenging venue for the scientists who work there.
"It wasn't designed to do what it's doing," Vickers said. "That issue has to be addressed. It makes them less competitive because they are losing time when they can be getting work done," Vickers said.