Abstract: A game of skill and chance for one or more players which utilizes a single set of numbered pieces. Each number on each piece corresponds to a number in the Fibonacci series, for example: 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 and 89 or a similar series: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21 where each number is equal to the sum of the prior two numbers. Individual game pieces are identified by a number and a corresponding color and may also be of a corresponding size. A player obtains a game piece at each turn without knowing which numbered piece will be received. A player assembles groups of pieces on a game board or on a play area during and between turns with the objective of collecting six groups of numbers that add to the highest number in the series with each group starting with one number in the series being employed in the game. A player's game is completed when the six groups have been assembled. Players compete with each other to finish first, each player taking a piece from the shared set in turn.

Abstract: A modular system for creating multi-level areas on pedestal supported tiled decks and any flat surface for use as platforms, plinths, benches, seats, tables, planters and other accessories that exceed the area of six tiles and which can utilize standard floor tiles for the visible horizontal surfaces. An accessory uses enabling components called “ledge frames” which fit together to form the perimeter of the accessory. Tiles and box shaped modules fit in the frames and on the frames. Ledge frames hold the modules together in a horizontal plane and support additional modules in a vertical plane. The completed accessories appear to be built-in and to be a part of the deck but can be easily relocated or expanded both horizontally and vertically. The accessories can be used in a deck or on any flat surfaced plaza, deck, patio, rooftop or recreational surface.

Abstract: A modular system for creating multi-level areas on pedestal supported tiled decks for use as platforms, plinths, benches, seats, tables, planters and other accessories which utilize standard floor tiles for the visible horizontal surfaces. Standard floor tiles can be used through the use of an enabling component called a “frame”. Tiles fit in the frames. The system also uses square or rectangular box shaped modules which fit under or in the frames. A frame holds the modules together in a horizontal plane and supports additional modules in a vertical plane. The completed accessories appear to be built-in and to be a part of the deck but they can be easily relocated or expanded both horizontally and vertically. The accessories can be used on any deck, patio, rooftop or recreational surface.

Abstract: Accessories for pedestal supported decks which are installed in place of individual wooden tiles, pavers or other deck floor elements and which rest on and may be fastened to the pedestals. Accessories such as planters, seats, tables, containers, storage units, fountains and ponds have one or more base units which fit directly on to the pedestals in place of the tile, paver or other floor element. Planters, ponds and fountains drain directly to the underside of the deck and such accessories can incorporate irrigation, circulation and water supply elements underneath the accessory which are not visible from the deck. Accessories can be built from the same or different materials as the deck floor and can be built around standard sized pre-fabricated components and incorporate components of the deck floor so as to match the appearance of the deck.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel rice lines and to plants and grains of these lines and to a method for breeding these lines. The invention also relates to a novel means for determining the cooking and starch properties of rice grains and its use in identifying desirable rice lines. Specifically, one aspect of the invention relates to novel rice lines whose plants are semi-dwarf in stature, substantially photoperiod insensitive and high yielding, and produce rice grains having characteristics similar or superior to those of good quality basmati rice. Another aspect of the invention relates to novel rice grains produced from novel rice lines. The invention provides a method for breeding these novel lines.

Abstract: An improved procedure for varying the cooking characteristics and cooked rice texture of milled white rice. The procedure involves varying only the milling degree to remove either more or less of the aleurone and sub-aleurone layers of the rice grain. A rice variety or hybrid with one set of physicochemical properties may be milled to produce milled white rice having cooked rice qualities and processing behavior normally associated with a different set of physicochemical properties.