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...days after Provenzano's capture, the shack where he had slept and worked was sealed off as police conducted forensic studies. But a walk through the adjoining barn and makeshift area for producing cheese offered the sour smell of turned sheep's milk and a scene strewn with strainers, aluminum buckets filled with blocks of Pecorino cheese and a large bag of salt. Hanging on the wall were pictures of the Virgin Mary and the Catholic saint Padre Pio, and four 2006 freebie calendars, none of which had yet been turned to April. The squalid conditions were "evidence of [Provenzano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Tractor Was Mowed Down | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

...game.”According to Walsh, though, when Josh Klimkiewicz stole second in a similar spot in game two—up 8-1 in the fourth inning—it did not violate the informal regulation. Walsh said he employs, in the college game with its aluminum bats and ever-present threat of instant offense, an eight-run threshold, other coaches wait until nine. “It’s also the type of ballgame, the way it’s going,” Walsh said. “That’s how baseball...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IN LEHMAN'S TERMS: Baseball Offers Timeless Appeal | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

...Recycle! Returning aluminum cans, glass bottles, plastic, newspaper and cardboard can reduce your CO2 output by 850 lbs. annually. Buying food and other items in recyclable or reusable containers saves an additional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What You Can Do | 3/30/2006 | See Source »

...least, however, researchers have established a baseline of what is currently possible and what still needs to be done to create an avian flu vaccine for people. Already there are other studies under way to see if the dosage can be reduced by adding so-called adjuvants - like aluminum hydroxide or another compound called MS59 - to boost the vaccine?s effectiveness. Aluminum hydroxide has been used as an adjuvant previously in the U.S., whereas another compound called MS59 has been used in Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can We Fend Off Bird Flu? | 3/29/2006 | See Source »

Consider the Chicken McNugget. What's in it exactly? There's some chicken, of course. Salt, no doubt. And then there's all that mysterious stuff identified in the ingredients brochure. Sodium aluminum phosphate--what is that, and where does it come from? For that matter, where does the chicken come from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Seconds, Anyone? | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

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