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From the issue dated August 10, 2001
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ALSO SEE:
A Record Year at the Federal Trough: Colleges Feast on $1.67-Billion in Earmarks (8/10/2001)
Earmarks That Make You Scratch Your Head
By DAN CURRY
| University of Georgia |
$250,000 from the Department of Agriculture for "developing pungency testing procedures to improve the quality and sensory consistency of Vidalia onions."
The smell and taste of onions have long been subjects of study at the university's Onion and Brassica Project. "We have been doing research on onion flavor for over a decade now," says William M. Randle, a professor of horticulture.
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| Kirkwood (Iowa) Community College |
$400,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services for "the establishment of a National Mass Fatalities Training Response Center."
The center (now known as the National Mass Fatalities Institute) will offer training for rescue workers on how to respond in the immediate aftermath of tragedies, according to Pat Berntsen, director of the college's grants office. Participants will learn practical skills, such as converting a high-school gymnasium into a temporary morgue, and receive tips on how best to counsel grieving relatives.
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| University of Nevada at Las Vegas |
$1-million from the Department of Energy for "one MW dish engine field validation power project."
Engineers at the university are developing and testing two prototypes of a solar-power system that uses the sun's thermal energy to create electricity, says Robert F. Boehm, a professor of mechanical engineering. Both prototypes resemble a satellite dish covered with mirrors. Each dish focuses the sun's rays on an engine suspended above it. The technique is up to three times as efficient as using solar cells, Mr. Boehm says.
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| University of Utah |
$590,000 from the Department of Commerce "for support to the Winter Olympics."
The money will be used to predict weather during the 2002 Winter Games, in Salt Lake City. The university will install sensors at sporting venues, develop weather models for mountainous regions, and create a large database for future research purposes, says Thomas D. Potter, a professor of meteorology at the university and the "weather coordinator" for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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