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Through these new awards, selected companies will receive an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for integration and flight services, drawing from a pool of commercial space companies. The three-year contracts have two-year extension options and a minimum value of $100,000. The flights will carry a variety of payloads during five diverse flight profiles to help meet the agency's research and technology needs.
These new contracts are the logical extension of previous contracts awarded in 2011, using commercial capabilities with proven flight systems. This new procurement allows for the addition of new vendors and new flight profiles on an annual basis, based on NASA's requirements.
"We've made tremendous progress in working toward the goal of regular, frequent and predictable access to near-space at a reasonable cost with easy recovery of intact payloads," said Michael Gazarik, associate administrator for Space Technology at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "These proven flight service providers will allow for payloads from organizations including NASA, industry, academia, and other government agencies to be tested on flights to the edge of space before being committed to demonstration in the harsh environment of space itself."
The selected companies are:
- Masten Space Systems, Mojave, California
- Paragon Space Development Corp., Tucson, Arizona
- Up Aerospace Inc., Highlands Ranch, Colorado
- Virgin Galactic, New York City
NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is charged with maturing cross-cutting technologies to flight readiness status for future space missions. Through these contracts, NASA will provide frequent flight opportunities for technology payloads on suborbital platforms.
The Flight Opportunities Program is managed at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California and is part of the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate. For more information on the program, visit:
During the coming year, NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate will make significant new investments that address several high priority challenges for achieving safe and affordable deep space exploration.
The directorate continues to solicit the help of the best and brightest minds in academia, industry, and government to drive innovation and enable solutions in important technology thrust areas. These planned investments are addressing high priority challenges for achieving safe and affordable deep space exploration.
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In the small Italian town of Orvieto in 1897, Sigmund Freud had a revelation. In the town's cathedral, before a depiction of the Last Judgement by the Renaissance painter Luca Signorelli, the 41-year-old psychoanalyst felt he had found "the greatest" depiction of the theme he had ever seen. The intense and violent fresco, which carries an odd sexual energy, was seared into his mind. Yet upon his departure, "to his immense frustration, Freud could not recall the name of the artist," writes Nicholas Fox Weber, in his new book, Freud's Trip to Orvieto (Bellevue Literary Press).
Through 48 short, sharp chapters (some are only a page and a half), Weber traces the psychoanalyst's memory loss and his attempt to recall Signorelli's name. "To his amazement, Freud could, nonetheless, see certain details of the fresco cycle perfectly in his mind's eye," Weber writes, which frustrated the psychoanalyst even more. At first, Freud thought…read more
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Most people find it amusing to witness the sun set slowly and disappear on the horizon. The mesmerizing sight of watching the warm colors of the sky during the experience has captured the romantic sense of everyone. You definitely would want that picture of the sun to be preserved by taking an inspiring photograph of the moment. Getting the best picture on your imaging device requires several determining factors to maximize the quality of the output image.
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Some of the most plausible spots include the beach or a high altitude spot. These settings are excellent in providing an apparent view of the sunset on the photo. Getting in the location at an early time is also highly advisable to have enough time to prepare for the shoot. Thirty minutes before the expected setting of the sun is sufficient for you to set up the perfect shot.
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The frames that you would use on your sunset shot should follow some basic rules of photography. The rule of thirds is used in capturing an excellent picture of the moment. The line of the horizon should be about one third moving up of the picture. The remaining part of the shot should portray the picture of the sky. You may also add additional elements on your photo by including some vegetation or flying birds into your sunset shot.
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Chicken Dickens never had much of a life, says the Dallas Morning News. Its peak probably came when he met Dallas J. Moore, an ex-con whose air of small-time danger and depravity suggested a rural-route Charles Manson. Moore, of Amarillo, sold drugs to children when he needed to pay for his cocaine habit. Justin Wiley Dickens, 14, regarded him as a hero. In a series about juveniles on death row–the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court argument today–the Morning News quotes Dickens as saying of Moore, "He was a drug-dealing tattoo artist who used LSD. I just wanted to be like him. I was like his dog, you know. Dallas accepted me. He accepted me."
The dealer and the kid enjoyed fun times until Dickens shot a high school teacher between the eyes. Moore was free to move on to other states and felonies. Dickens went to prison under a death sentence. His age at the time of the murder – 17 – placed him among the 73 condemned men hoping for what amounts to a mass commutation from the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices will hear arguments on the constitutionality of capital punishment for crimes committed under the age of 18. But for that, Dickens' 10-year-old case would long ago have faded from attention, just another West Texas armed robbery with a bloody and tragic ending.
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Self-Adjusted Sustaining Oscillation of Confined Water Chain in Carbon Nanotubes
Guangchao Zuo, Rong Shen, and Wanlin Guo*
Institute of Nano Science, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
Nano Lett., 2011, 11 (12), pp 5297–5300
DOI: 10.1021/nl2027537
Publication Date (Web): November 4, 2011
We show by molecular dynamics and first principle calculations that a water chain confined in carbon nanotubes can self-adjust into regular oscillation with remarkably lower entropy from random thermal motion with higher entropy at room temperature. The turning between the two phases is triggered by the water orientation fluttering into or from the energy optimum configuration of the chain. The findings are expected to be helpful in creation of self-sustaining nanoelectromechanical systems driven by ambient energy.
Keywords: Self-adjusted; self-sustained; water molecules; carbon nanotube; dipole autocorrelation; molecular dynamics simulation


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The "opportunity" for college is there for anyone that would like to work for it. How much more money is this boondoggle going to cost us?
So Keith, what's on his agenda for the rest of the day? It's only Thursday, usually the lightest days are reserved for Fridays.
When did Mooch return? Was it a secret arrival at a secret airport?
I've course they don't want us to know. Then we'd notice how she was on vacation for almost a month straight.
like Eleanor responded I am startled that a mother able to get paid $4297 in four weeks on the computer. did you look at this webpage… FB39.COM
I saw something on the AOL home page, home to Huffpo propaganda, that she was going to do less cardio this year. I could not bring myself to click. But there it is–since you are no doubt wondering–less cardio. I guess hubs is doing more–propping up straw men, jumping to conclusions, running roughshod, jogging around Congress, running rings around Republicans, etc.
Expanding college? Why? So kids can get a degree before they go get a job at Staples or Starbucks? Insuring they'll never be able to afford to move out?
Then they'll end up like Pajama boy.
He doesn't even pretend to work anymore. His predilection for young college-age kids is creepy, considering the fact that he appears to spend very little time with his own daughters. A psychiatrist could have a field day with Obama.
Oh, how I wish someone will have the courage to write an extremely detailed expose of Barry and what goes on in his little mind.
I agree, I mentioned on the other thread, I wish that everyone in Congress would have courage as well.
A prosecuting attorney would have a field day with him.
Come on attorney's this would be the trial of your lifetime!
As far as all the democrates who had their little secret meeting with O, and came out without a word to the press. Think about what the history books will say about you.
However they will probably teach the history incorrectly, so you may have nothing to worry about.
The President should be filling up his schedule with defending himself and Hillary against the obvious lies they spun as revealed in the very recent Benghazi findings. The bipartisan commission reveals that he was briefed by Commander Hamm and Leon Panetta that the attack was a terrorist attack, not a spontaneous mob action based on a YouTube video. Obama should be impeached for misrepresenting this and take responsibility for the compound not being adequately defended. His and Hillary's excuse that it would be difficult to defend against a (spontaneous) Mob is now revealed. Spontaneous, my ass!
Steve I fear one thing after the other is getting swept under a rug. I would love to hear from a relative or dear friend of Pres. Nixon. What he did was wrong, but nothing in compared to what has been going on with this O.
We need LESS people in college! A bachelor's degree is useless nowadays, not to mention all the left-wing/progressive crap that is taught-forced on the kids.
After serving in the US Navy I went to college and could not believe how clueless/sheltered these kids where, and some of the crap being taught in the intro history-politics classes (and this was back in the early 2000s… I cant imagine the sh#t being taught nowadays with Obama around…) I was also in College Republicans, even back then we were called "right-wing racists & haters, etc."… good times :-)
History is for a fact be taught incorretly at school. I know for a fact. I also know students were punished for raising their hand and given the correct history of the topic that was being discussed in class.
LMAO! Being a History major (and US Navy Vet) I was often "punished for raising my hand" in class…
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The first work in my new diary "Grey". I'll tried to use mainly monochrome colours and reduce bright colours for a while.I started this diary in August last year. My wife Jenny and I like to go to Stanthorpe in the cold and get a little cottage with a roaring log fire to relax for a few days. The black cypresses near our cottage gave me lots of "juice" for the first few drawings which I started out there in front of the fire. It's a pity I may not be able to make our yearly pilgrimage this year but there's still plenty of work to do before this diary is finished.


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I'm bringing you a list of perfumes that smell wonderfully of Thanksgiving, from tart cranberries, to pumpkin, to pecans, booze and heavy spices. These perfumes will go perfectly with the flavors of National Gorging and Family Arguments Day. (I'm honestly really thankful that my family gets along so well. Historically the worst we had was usually the yearly passive aggressive power struggle between my fancy aunt, who always wanted to deviate from a traditional menu and my mother in coalition with other aunts. I'm sorry fancy aunt, but fennel and beet root do not belong in stuffing, and adding chilli to the pumpkin pie is sacrilegious. I'm siding with my mom on this one). And with that aside, on to the perfumes!
Samarinda -- Providence Perfume Co: This is all rum and spices with a hint of leather, warm and cozy and just a little drunk, just like Grandma at Thanksgiving dinner. Its spicy scent is perfect for chilly evenings and it pairs really well with your Thanksgiving feast (seriously, the clove-y, cardamom-y scent will make food taste better when you are wearing it). As an added bonus, I live insanely close to this perfumer's shop and regularly go there to buy tea, and can thus assure you that she's a really nice lady.
Black XS For Her -- Paco Rabanne: With notes of cranberry, cacao and "Oh god I ate too much," this fruity vanilla-y fragrance is kinda young and kinda slutty. Kinda like your little sister who just discovered thongs and body spray, but also like your little sister, it's got a light innocent sweetness that says "I still have my Barbies in my closet." That means it's not inappropriate for holidays with family. It's a fun scent -- perhaps not the most mature, but sweet.
Samhain -- Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab: Woody, camphorous, with dark patchouli and notes of apple, pumpkin, clove and allspice, this suggests catching a whiff of the baking pie and mulled cider waiting for you at home after a walk in a dark forest. A little moodier than the other scents on this list, it's perfect for gothy types going home for the holidays. This limited edition scent says "I'm spooky, but I love my family and also feel festive."
Queen -- Queen Latifah: Vanilla, cognac, tonka bean, patchouli and incense dominate this warm friendly wintery scent. It's rich and cozy without being overly sweet. It's golden, regal, and suggests a powerful self assured femininity that likes its creature comforts but never lets them get in the way of its goals. It is a scent that will decrease the likelihood of relatives bugging you about when you're planning to get a real job/settle down/have babies by up to 65% but also doesn't make you seem chilly and unapproachable. You're not a regular boss, you're a fun boss.
Pumpkin Strumpet -- Alkemia Oils: This features pumpkin, Madagascar vanilla (I don't know if that smells different from other vanilla but it sounds fancy), cinnamon, ginger and clove with just a hint of amber in a blend that smells pretty danged exactly like pumpkin pie, which if you ask me is the best pie of all possible pies (with the possible exception of key lime pie). I also really like that it's a long lasting but unobtrusive oil-based perfume, so it will linger for ages on the skin, but won't make you feel you're drowning in pumpkin puree.
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Henry Koehler was born in 1927 in Louisville, Kentucky. He studied art at Yale University and upon graduation he spent time working for a New York advertising firm, and illustrated for such magazines as Vogue and Sports Illustrated.
Henry's enthusiasm for hunting and racing inevitably led to him sketching, drawing and painting horses in all manner of sporting environments. He enjoys the atmosphere and variety of the racing scene but often chooses to portray the less obvious side of sporting life, and is particularly adept at illustrating the more everyday aspects of the world of the horse. Studies of the weighing in rooms, hunting caps and jockey boots are all executed with an innate sensitivity.
Since 1961 Henry Koehler has held over Sixty one man exhibitions, the majority being held in America although he has also exhibited in London, Paris, Johannesburg and Nassau. His paintings can be found in the National Museum of Racing, Newmarket and in numerous private collections throughout America and Europe. In 1974 he was commissioned to design the 10 cent US postage stamp to commemorate the 100th running of the Kentucky Derby, a subject he has painted on several different occasions.
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Teresa Atkins, is a married mother of two boys aged 7 and 9, who has held down a fulltime career for most of her children's lives in spite of dealing with the heartbreak and crisis of her younger son having been born with a heart defect.
Atkins has a bachelor's degree in music, with a master's degree in therapeutic recreation, which is similar in many ways to occupational therapy. She worked as Activity Director for Mercy Medical for over eight years. As part of her job at Mercy Medical, she worked with hospice patients and helped them to come to term with their end-of-life issues through music and art therapy.
Her son's need for surgery at that time led to her being out of work for over a year. Her son fully recovered from his heart condition and his mom's career was quickly in full bloom again as well. Atkins then went to Senior Citizen's Services, where she worked for the next six years, starting off as their Program Director. In her role as program director, she set up classes and planned trips for the senior citizens, among her many other duties. She also managed a fulltime staff of eleven, along with over thirty volunteers and part-time instructors. Senior Citizen Services then promoted Atkins to the Director of Special Events and Public Relations and in that role, she planned all special events and dealt extensively with marketing, fundraising and working with the local news media. Atkins recalls that a highlight of that role was getting to meet actor Mark Harmon.
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Atkins found she really enjoyed the development aspect of her position and wanted to do more of it. She wanted to gain experience in a field she found rewarding and that matched her talents. That was not possible where she was at, so Atkins began looking for other opportunities and found them at The Centre for the Living Arts.
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Atkins says, "The Mobile Works On-the-Job Training program is wonderful because it lets you get your foot in the door, where you might not get the opportunity otherwise. Then you follow through and prove yourself." She would tell other jobseekers, "Don't be discouraged. If you know what you really want to do, be persistent and keep trying. Eventually you will get what you want."
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We at Mobile Works say thank you to Atkins for her long career of helping to make a difference in other people's lives. She is doing just that in her new role as Development Director at the Centre for the Living Arts, where she works to ensure that the people of Mobile remember the fine arts and develop an appreciation of their cultural heritage.


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"Reunited (And It Feels So Good)" – Supernatural Recap – Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox
Supernatural Season 12, Episode 5 "Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox" Posted by Dawn and Jaymee Yeah, we went there with the song lyric and we are not sorry. Because after "The One You've Been Waiting For" left us cold and kind of appalled, … [Read more...]
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Does not bounce properly
Very good product
Hello Manohar
We regret the inconvenience caused to you by Tarmak R700 Basketball.
Tarmak R700 has a 1.4 mm polyurethane cover that gives it an excellent ball feel and durability.
If you can explain us in detail your problem with the product we will be able to help you with a solution.
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Like the feel and grip of the basketball – good to use it for regular games / practice sessions! The different colours available looks good as well!
The grip on the ball is very similar to the balls usedd in professional tournaments (Molten, Nivea, etc) I use it in my team practices as it helps us get used to the balls that are usually used in matches. Need to be inflated well though. Color scheme is a little unconventional - popular with the younger ages!
The grip on the ball is very similar to the balls used in professional tournaments (Molten, Nivea, etc) I use it in my team practices as it helps us get used to the balls that are usually used in matches. Need to be inflated well though.
Its really good.
Hi James,
Thank you for taking the time to review the R700 Adult Size 7 Basketball - Grey Camo.
It is really good to hear that you are enjoying using the ball.
1. I bought in Aug and only started using in Sep in a sheltered outdoor court. The grip was good but the bounce was uneven. I clean it after each use.
2. Middle of Sep after 4 court trips and 8 hours of play, the edges of the synthetic material started fraying and coming out.
3. By Oct, it was fraying too much and a lot of the material are flapping about so I brought to a cobbler to glue them back.
4. By middle Oct, air is escaping thru the pump hole and the ball needs to be pump every 10days
5. By Nov and after a dozen uses (24hrs+), more materials frayed and a second trip to the cobbler is needed to fixed the problem as it's affecting the shot
6. By Dec after 20uses (40+hours), the top layer has worn out a bit and started soaking in sweat. The ball after an hour of use is wet and heavy and becomes unusable. Not to mention the material started coming unglued in other areas again.
7. 3 months in and I'm looking for another ball.
8. I strictly would not recommend despite it being cheap unless you wanna feel cheated.
I play in a league and bought this to practice my shot on outdoor courts because it is cheap and it looks and feels so nice. It's actually better than balls used in national league. I can't recommend highly enough, I use in on indoor courts now and will be buying another one soon. Wonderful ball, better than famous brand name balls. Much better than any other ball at Decathlon - sorry, Decathlon, your other balls are very good for learning basketball, just nowhere near as good as this one


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I was at the Emmet Gowin exhibition at the Morgan yesterday, and recommend it to those who can get to NYC. The exhibit is particularly interesting in that Mr. Gowin paired his photographs with other objects from the Morgan collection, so there is more going on than just photography (i.e. the logic of what he pairs with photographs is as interesting as the photographs themselves). I was especially taken by the comments explaining the work, Gowin has more "intentionality" to his photography than most. He is, expectedly for someone who taught at Princeton University for over 30 years, very articulate in explaining why he made certain pictures, and why some are constructed (double exposures or the use of props, for example) in the way they are. And the Morgan is an amazing place on its own (not many places where you can see a Gutenberg Bible, Beethoven's hand-written scores, and sketches by Rembrandt, to name three). Here is a review from the NYT for those interested: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/arts/design/review-emmet-gowins-poignant-pairings-at-the-morgan-library.html


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 141337
via-rhine ethernet fails with kernel upgrades
Last modified: 2015-01-04 17:13:21 EST
Description of problem:bringing up eth0 fails
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.upgrade the kernel from the default one (2.6.5-1.358)
2.reboot to new kernel
Actual results:eth0 fails
Expected results:eth0 to activate and get ip with dhcp
Additional info: VIA Technologies|VT6102 [Rhine-II], Epox 8KRAI
motherboard(Via KT600+VT8237), onboard via-phy ethernet
When I boot kernel-2.6.9-1.6_FC2:
Nov 19 23:48:23 localhost ifup: 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3
errors, 100% packet loss, time 2009ms
Nov 19 23:48:23 localhost ifup: , pipe 4
Nov 19 23:48:23 localhost ifup: External network device eth0 is not
ready. Aborting..
Nov 19 23:48:23 localhost ifup: failed.
Nov 19 23:48:23 localhost network: Bringing up interface eth0: failed
bind to mac address:00:04:61:53:90:1F
The 2.6 kernels of Knoppix 3.4 and 3.6 and Ubuntu live-cd with a
2.6.8 kernel works.
"Tsorvoja" posting at fedoraforum.org has had the same problem with
Fedora Core 2 has now reached end of life, and no further updates will be
provided by Red Hat. The Fedora legacy project will be producing further kernel
updates for security problems only.
If this bug has not been fixed in the latest Fedora Core 2 update kernel, please
try to reproduce it under Fedora Core 3, and reopen if necessary, changing the
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Rome. The city that ruled an empire. A gorgeous, sprawling metropolis that will veni vidi vici your heart with its art, history, Vespas, and gelato. Crazy amounts of gelato. People come to this city for many reasons. For fresh mozzarella and tomato pizza, breathtaking views of the Sistine Chapel, the chance to romp by the Colosseum at 3am, or all of the above, all on the same day (#wheninrome). It's where you can wander down streets too tiny to be mapped, eat more pasta than you'll ever admit, and dodge Vespas with two slices of pizza and a bottle of wine in hand. It's a place that's easy to fall in love with, although it's not an easy city to conquer (the Carthaginians tried and failed). But fortune favors the brave, so sail up the Tiber —let's go to Rome.
Rome is easily navigable on foot—every time you think you're lost, another monument pops up and you're back on track. The best way to think of Rome is as a body: a few major arteries (some with significant blockage problems) will take you from region to region, while countless capillaries branch off into compact neighborhoods. The city's main thoroughfares convene on Piazza Venezia, a chaotic central hub that is essentially the heart of the city.
The arm of the V. dei Fori Imperiali takes you back in time, passing the Roman Forum and the Colosseum. The other arm, the V. del Corso, heads into the very commercial present, as it's filled with shops and the crowds that go with them. This then becomes the V. Flaminia, which navigates around the Villa Borghese. Rome's "neck" is the Centro Storico, a mass of winding streets where navigation by map is much more difficult than navigation by monument. The C. Vittorio Emanuele II is a useful throughway which leads across the Tiber River into Rome's slightly less crazy head, home to Trastevere and not-technically-part-of-Rome-but-we're-still-including-it-for-obvious-reasons Vatican City.
Rome is a sightseer's dream. You can't take a step without walking into another breathtaking landmark. From ancient ruins to intricate works of art to thriving markets, Rome has it all. Check out our top ten must-sees:
The first meal of the day in Italy generally isn't anything too elaborate: la colazione may consist simply of coffee and a cornetto (croissant). Lunch (il pranzo) can go either way: in rural regions you may find it to be a hugely elaborate affair that precedes a nap and separates the two halves of the workday. However, most Italians will just grab a simple panino (sandwich) or salad. The last meal of the day, la cena, is generally the most important, and starts at approximately 8pm. It can continue through most of evening, as it may contain any or all of the following courses: an antipasto (appetizer), a primo (starchy first course like pasta or risotto), a secondo (meat or fish), a contorno (vegetable side dish), a dolce (dessert), a caffè (coffee), and often an after-dinner liqueur.
Italian-style coffee, or espresso, is famous, though the blend of coffee beans used is often from Brazil. The beans are roasted medium to medium-dark in the north, getting progressively darker as you move toward the south. Caffè macchiato is topped with a bit of steamed milk or foam; cappuccino is mixed with steamed, frothy milk; and caffè latte is equal parts espresso and steamed milk. Other varieties include the frowned-upon caffè americano, watered down and served in a large cup, and caffè coretto, a kicked-up version that includes a bit of strong liqueur.
Leading the world in both wine exports and national wine consumption, Italy is a country that values a good vino. Every year, over one million vineyards cultivate grapes for rosso (red wine) and bianco (white wine). The difference? Red wine includes the skins of the grapes in the fermenting process, while white wine does not. Try such regional beauties as Barolo, a classy (read: expensive) staple of Piedmont made from red grapes that are fermented for over 20 years, or Frascati, a cold, clean Roman white.
One of the many things the Romans did for us was leave behind an enormous artistic legacy. They did a good job of borrowing from the Ancient Greeks, with architectural motifs like columns, domes, and precise geometry being all the rage. The Roman taste for flair made its way into household art: sumptuous frescoes of mythical stories covered wealthy Romans' walls, while mosaics decorated the floor.
The Middle Ages started out pretty unoriginally, as far as architecture goes: the "in" style, Romanesque, mimicked the Romans' rounded arches, heavy columns, and windowless churches. Of course, when the hot new Gothic movement brought airy vaulted ceilings and giant stained-glass windows from France, the dark and heavy Romanesque style moved to the not list. Despite architecture's new, less gloomy beauty, sculptors and painters continued to specialize in dead or dying Christians.
All that began to change during the Renaissance. Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, depicting the goddess rising from a seashell, marked the beginning of a new age for art. David, one of the most gawked-at nude statues of all time, did the same for sculpture, thanks to artist Michelangelo. Michelangelo also painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, arguably one of the greatest works of all time, then declared to Pope Julius II, "I am not a painter!" Painter, sculptor, or Queen of England, the guy was an artistic genius. The other three ninja turtles' namesakes,Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo (da Vinci) also left their marks on the Italian art scene. Raphael was a prolific painter, Donatello specialized in relief sculpture, and Leonardo… well, the man merits a whole paragraph to himself.
Genius, artist, inventor, sculptor, and author—Leonardo was, in short, the ultimate Renaissance Man. Some of his ingenious sketches have proven themselves to be perfectly viable plans for flying machines, testifying to their creator's visionary imagination. The Italians weren't always great at hanging onto his work, though, which is why you'll find his most famous painting in the France chapter.
By the end of the Renaissance, artists had nearly perfected the representation of a scene: the perspective, shadow, and human figures they painted were all completely realistic. Once this got boring, the natural next step forward was to depict how the artist really felt. This new approach to painting characterized a style now referred to as Mannerism. The most famous painter of this style, Tintoretto, gained a reputation for his temper, earning himself the nickname Il Furioso.
From this time forward, art began to move and develop in a less uniform fashion. The Baroque style combined Renaissance grandeur with the emotional affect of Mannerism to create powerful but naturalistic works, best exemplified by Naples's Caravaggio. Rococo came a little later and focused on light motifs like seashells and clouds, leading to some ridiculously elaborate decorative art, particularly in Venice. The 19th century saw two of everyone's favorite -isms: Impressionism and Neoclassicism. The latter was particularly inspired by the interest in Ancient Rome that followed the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
The most notable 20th-century Italian movement was Futurism, which admired speed, violence, and the industrial city. Not surprisingly, many Futurists were supporters of Fascism. Recent Italian art has veered away from particular -isms, but, despite the country's reputation for masterworks of the past, many galleries like Venice's Punta della Dogana and Rome's Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna focus on works that continue this thriving artistic legacy into the present day.
A friendly bunch, Italians have their own ways of doing things. If you want to fit in, you might need a small course in Italian etiquette. Chances are, with four million visitors each year, they'll still know you're a tourist, but at least they'll think you're a polite one.
Italians place a lot of emphasis on first impressions, so don't get yourself into a mi scusi situation. When meeting someone for the first time, a handshake is the way to go—air kissing (left side first!) generally comes with more familiarity. The Italian people are known to stand pretty close, so get ready to readjust your personal space boundaries. When it comes to clothing, Italians find having bella figura (good image) very important and tend to value quality over quantity. Short skirts and shorts are slightly more risqué in Italy than America—revealing tops are a little less so.
In Italy, as in the rest of Europe, tips of 5% are customary, particularly in nicer restaurants. Italian waiters won't cry if you don't leave a tip—just get ready to ignore the pangs of your conscience later on. Taxi drivers expect the same kind of tip, but it is unusual to tip in bars. Bargaining is appropriate in markets and other more informal settings, though in regular shops it is inappropriate.
It is (hopefully) not necessary to inform you that the primary language spoken in Italy is Italian. Prevalence of English-speaking varies wildly. If your trip will focus on sights like the Colosseum, you will probably be able to get by without speaking a word of Dante's tongue. Once you head away from heavily touristed areas, however, it is much more unusual to encounter English-speakers. To attempt to initiate an English conversation, politely ask "Parla inglese?" (PAR-lah een-GLEH-zeh). Those with as much Italian experience as Dominic Decoco should endeavor to learn at least a few Italian phrases. Feel free to improvise: your high school French or Spanish knowledge might actually turn out to be much more useful than you thought. And the universal language of point-and-gesture also sometimes does the trick. Whatever the result, end your conversation with a courteous "Grazie" (GRAHT-see-yeh.)


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This 10 day tour starts in Istanbul and ends in Athens. It spends 7 days in Turkey visiting Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Kusadasi before flying to Athens for he last few days.
Welcome to Istanbul. You will transferred to your hotel and the remainder of the day is yours, free to explore Istanbul.
Tour the exotic city that spans both Europe and Asia visiting the Blue Mosque, St Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace and the Hippodrome. Cruise between two continents on the stretch of water that separates Europe from Asia in the afternoon with an optional 'Half day Bosphorous cruise'.
After breakfast we drive towards the nation's capital, Ankara to visit Anitkabir, the Mausoleum of the famed Mustafa Ataturk before continuing on to the surreal landscape of Cappadocia.
Today we tour the Goreme Open Air Museum, Pasabag, Uchisar Castle and Kaymakli Underground City. Photo opportunities are everywhere so have your cameras ready! Carpet weaving has long traditions in Turkey and at a carpet village we learn how carpets are made by hand and what determines their value. Tonight, don't miss the optional Turkish folklore evening featuring folklore and belly dancers... a night you won't forget!
Leaving Cappadocia we head south along the ancient Silk Road just as the ancient traders did. Along the way we visit Sultanhani Caravansary, before stopping at Konya to tour the Mevlana Museum.
Visit the ruins of Hierapolis, the Temple of Apollo, Necropolis, and stroll over the magnificent white calcium terraces of Pamukkale. We then drive to Aphrodisias, the famous city of Aphrodite.
Absorb yourself in history today with a guided tour of Ephesus and a visit to the site of the Temple of Artemis. Feel the mystical atmosphere of the ancient city and theatre. This afternoon we will enjoy a display of locally handcrafted leather goods before driving to Izmir.
After breakfast, transferred to Izmir airport for your flight to Athens. Upon your arrrival to Athens International airport, you will be met and transferred to your hotel and the rest of the day is yours, free to explore this ancient city.
This morning you will have half day tour and visit Acropolis, stop at the stadium where the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held. Admire the Olympian Zeus and Hadrians Arch. At the Acropolis visit the museum, the towering entrance of Propylaia, the Temple of Nike and the most famous of Greek relics, the Parthenon.
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Company: Juniper Networks
In this capacity, he is responsible for planning the company's private fiber-optic network that links all NYSE, Securities Industries Automation Corporation (SIAC), which is a subsidiary of NYSE, and American Stock Exchange (AMEX) sites and the national networks SIAC operates.
Additionally, Mr. Bach is Head of Product Development for Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) at SIAC. He oversees all aspects of the SFTI product line. Under his management, SFTI's products and services have increased to include exchanges, market centers and industry utilities. It now offers a variety of financial service content providers to more than 600 firms, representing over 99% of nationally listed market order flows.
While at SIAC, Mr. Bach has held various positions, including Vice President of Communication Administration, Vice President of Architecture and Vice President of Project Engineering.
Prior to SIAC, Mr. Bach was the manager of software development at EDO Corporation where he developed advanced sonar signal processing equipment for the world's navies.
Mr. Bach sits on the board of the Promise Fund at Polytechnic University in New York City, where he also is an adjunct professor for graduate studies in networking. He also is a member of the Nortel Customer Advisory Board, and the Wall Street Technology Association and is an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM). Awards for Mr. Bach's contribution to the industry include the prestigious ComputerWorld Smithsonian award in 2000 for his role in the integration of IP multicasting technology in the financial services industry. He also holds multiple patents in communications technologies. Mr. Bach received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the Pratt Institute.
Board Members
Ashutosh Dutta
Ashutosh Dutta
Board Member
Title: Director Industry Outreach
Company: AT&T
Ashutosh Dutta is currently Director of Technology Security at AT&T's Chief Security Office where he leads a group responsible for the design and architecture of security for next generation mobility networks. His more than 25 years of career includes CTO of Wireless at a Cybersecurity company NIKSUN, Senior Scientist in Telcordia Research, Director of Central Research Facility at Columbia University, and Computer Engineer with TATA Motors. He
has more than 80 conference and journal publications, four book chapters, 30 issued patents, and has given tutorials at various conferences and online tutorials. Ashutosh's research interests include wireless Internet, multimedia signaling, mobility management, 4G networks, IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystems), VoIP and session control protocols. Ashutosh is co-author of the book, titled, "Mobility Protocols and Handover Optimization: Design, Evaluation and Application," published by IEEE and John & Wiley. He serves as the editor-in- chief for the Journal of Cybersecurity and Mobility published by River Publishers. Ashutosh is a senior member of IEEE and ACM.
Bill Tetzlaff
Bill Tetzlaff
Board Member
Title: Emeritus Distinguished Engineer
Company: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Gaston Ormazabal
Gaston Ormazabal
Board Member
Title: Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Company: Verizon Laboratories
Gaston Ormazabal is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Verizon Laboratories. He holds a B.A from Harvard University and M.A., M. Phil., and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University, all in Physics. While at Columbia he conducted research in particle physics at both the Fermi and Brookhaven National Accelerator Laboratories. After graduation, he went to work at Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) where he spent most of his time developing packet switching technology. From Bellcore, he went, as one of the founding members, to NYNEX Science and Technology where he has worked in various projects ranging in areas from speech recognition, video compression, data warehousing and data mining, to Fast Packet, SONET and IP technologies. He has developed a predictive analysis expert systems tool using performance-monitoring data to predict a circuit failure using a modified Markov Model. He is presently responsible for Network Security Systems Integration and Testing, concentrating in areas of VoIP Security Protocols for H.323 and SIP as well as the Management Systems, and has been involved in designing a Security Management Infrastructure for the Next Generation Network (NGN). Plans for the next year include the setting up of a Security Testing Lab in the Verizon Laboratories White Plains facility to perform exploratory research on new security technologies such as, Intrusion Detection Systems, Honeynets (Deception Technologies), Perimeter Protection Technologies and Integrated Attack tools. Most recently, Dr Ormazabal has conceived a research project on VoIP Security at Columbia University Internet Real-Time Laboratory, in the Department of Computer Science, in which a high scalability SIP aware Application Layer Gateway was developed using a highly distributed hardware platform, along with the testing environment to verify its performance at carrier-class traffic rates; the latter based on his patented (Patent 7,076,393) design and methodology. Subsequently, the project was expanded to develop a SIP-based denial-of-service detection and mitigation system that is the first of its kind. This research was conducted under the co-direction of Department of Computer Science Chairman, Professor Dr. Henning Schulzrinne. Results of this work were recently presented at NANOG-38 (http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0610/mcbride.html) and and featured in VON Magazine (http://www.vonmag.com/webexclusives/2006/10/10_NANOG_Talks_Securing_SIP.asp) and Global 3G Evolution Forum (http://www.me-uk.com/3g/html/eventdetails.asp?EventID=11323&PageID=5 ) in Tokyo, Japan. Verizon has filed for six joint patent applications, the culmination of two years of research by the Columbia Verizon Research project Dr Ormazabal has previously managed other University Research Programs both at Columbia University (Softswitch Technologies) and at the Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT) at Polytechnic University (Intelligent Automation tools for SS7 Quad Interoperability Testing) where he has been a regular featured speaker at the annual CATT Research Day, most recently on "Post 9/11 Security Strategies". Dr Ormazabal has been a contributor to ANSI standards committees, and has twelve patents (some pending) on VoIP security.
Henning Schulzrinne
Henning Schulzrinne
Board Member
Title: Professor
Company: Columbia University
Justin Hendrix
Justin Hendrix
Economic Development Advisor
Company: NYC Media Lab
Mr. Justin Hendrix, CATT Business Development Advisor, joined the NYC Media Lab as Executive Director in 2013. Mr. Hendrix devotes all of his time connecting companies seeking to advance digital media technologies with New York City's universities to drive collaborative R&D and innovation. The Lab's interests range from video, mobile, social, networks, and data to design. Previously Hendrix was Vice President, Business Development & Innovation for The Economist, where he directed prototyping and commercialization of new digital media business concepts. He is a regular writer and speaker on media & innovation. Hendrix holds a Bachelor of Arts from the College of William & Mary and a Master of Science in Technology Commercialization from the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin.
Krishan Sabnani
Krishan Sabnani
Board Member
Title: Vice President, Networking Research
Company: Bell Labs/Alcatel-Lucent
Krishan Sabnani is Vice President of the Networking and Network Management Center at Bell Labs in New Jersey. He has conceived and launched numerous systems projects in the areas of internetworking and wireless networking. His successful transfers of research ideas to products in Lucent and AT&T business units have had a major positive impact on the business. He has built organizations known for technical excellence by recruiting and coaching the top talent in the industry. Krishan has also conducted extensive personal research in data and wireless networking. He made major contributions in the communications protocols area. For example he designed the SNR, RMTP, and Airmail protocols. He also made significant contributions to conformance test generation, protocol validation, automated converter generation, and reverse engineering. Krishan received the 2005 IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award and the 2005 IEEE W. Wallace McDowell Award. He is a Bell Labs Fellow and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). He received the Leonard G. Abraham Prize Paper Award from the IEEE Communications Society in 1991. Krishan received the 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, India. He also won the 2005 Thomas Alva Patent Award from the R&D Council of New Jersey. He holds 37 patents and has published more than 70 papers. Krishan received his B. Tech. in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi in 1975, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Columbia University, New York, in 1981. He joined Bell Labs in 1981.
Nasir Memon
Nasir Memon
Board Member
Title: Founder
Company: Digital Assembly
Robert DiFazio
Robert DiFazio
Board Member
Title: Fellow, Systems
Company: InterDigital, Inc.
Robert Schimmenti
Robert Schimmenti
Board Member
Title: Chief Engineer
Company: Con Edison
Yechiam Yemini
Yechiam Yemini
Board Member
Title: Entrepreneur
Company: Various Start-ups
Yechiam Yemini (YY) is a Professor of computer science at Columbia University. His current research interests include computational biology and biological networks (for his previous networking research and the DCC lab visit http://www.cs.columbia.edu/dcc ). He is currently teaching the Computational Genomics class W4761 (visit www.cs.columbia.edu/4761 for extensive course notes).
Professor Yemini has also been a co-founder of Comverse Technology (1983), http://www.comverse.com, System Management Arts (SMARTS) (1993) http://www.smarts.com , acquired by EMC in 2005, and Arootz (2006), http://www.arootz.com. He has served as a director and advisory board member of several high-tech companies and as a member of several government technology commissions and working groups; :-) his spare time is devoted to eclectic activities ranging from gourmet cooking to sand sculpturing (see http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~yemini/charleston ).


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Turn off the water and power in your laundry room. Turn the power off by flipping the breaker that controls power to the laundry room to the "off" position in your breaker box. Turn off the water by locating the water valve and turning the handle clockwise until it is tight. The water valve is usually located where the water pipe enters your house. Take out your old washing machine if you have not already done so.
Clean and inspect the floor where you are going to place your Maytag washer. An uneven floor can damage the washer or prevent it from working properly.
Carefully slide the Maytag washer into place and remove the shipping braces using a screwdriver. If you do not remove the braces, the washing machine could shake excessively or spin out of control during use, which could damage the washer. If a washer is off balance, the inside of the washer can spin off its axis, causing the washer to shake and slightly move.
Locate the supply hose and the place to attach the supply hose on the washer. The supply hose attaches to an inlet valve fitting on the washer, which may be labeled "supply hose." Attach the supply hose to the washer by screwing it clockwise into place. Attach the other end of the supply hose to the hot and cold water faucets in the laundry room or the laundry room sink. Attach these by screwing them on clockwise by hand and tightening with pliers.
Connect the drain hose to the washer by locating the drain outlet, a hole on the washer which should be labeled. Align the screw holes on the hose with those on the washer. Screw the screws into the holes to secure the hose using a screwdriver.
Connect the hoses to the water waste pipe, or standby pipe, by pushing the drain hose over the water waste pipe. Push the hose over the pipe just enough so it won't fall out and put a tie strap around the hose and pipe to secure it. Do not seal the edges, leaving a small gap to prevent siphoning if the washer overflows or pumps water out too rapidly.
Adjust the feet on the bottom of the washer using pliers until it is level. Place a level on top of the washer to ensure it is level.
Turn the electricity and water back on in the room and plug the cord from your washer into a grounded three-pronged outlet. Let the washer run through a single cycle with nothing in it to make sure the washer is balanced and that there are no leaks.


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Aker takes Franklin High boys basketball job; NCAA Tournament games set for Portland; Bell opts for NBA draft
Franklin High has hired veteran Scott Aker to be its new boys basketball coach.
Aker, who coached at Franklin early in his career, has been the longtime boys basketball coach at Wilson, where he also served for many years as athletic director.
Aker's 2016-17 Wilson team finished 12-12 overall and 8-8 in the Portland Interscholastic League.
He takes over at Franklin for Jeffrey McGee, whose varsity went 4-20 last season.
The Quakers will move next school year into their remodeled grounds in Southeast Portland and have the use of a new gymnasium and athletic fields.
First- and second-round NCAA Tournament men's games in 2022 will be played at Moda Center. Games are set for Thursday, March 17 and Saturday, March 19. Oregon State will be the host school.
Portland also will be the site of women's regionals in 2019 and 2020. The 2019 regional will be March 29-April 1, and the 2020 event is scheduled for March 27-30.
• Add Jordan Bell to the exodus list in Eugene.
The Oregon Ducks' biggest inside presence during their 2016-17 Final Four season, Bell has decided to enter the NBA draft and bypass his senior season.
The 6-9, 225-pound forward from Long Beach, California averaged 10.9 points and 8.8 rebounds this past season.
The Ducks also are losing guards Tyler Dorsey and Casey Benson and forward Dillon Brooks.
• Point guard Nigel Williams-Goss, who went from Happy Valley to prep school in Nevada to the University of Washington to the Gonzaga Bulldogs, will skip his senior season in Spokane, Washington, and declare for the NBA draft as he hires an agent.
Williams-Goss led Gonzaga to the NCAA championship game this season. He led the team in scoring with 16.8 points per game and was named West Coast Conference player of the year.
Golden State forward Kevin Durant (spained left calf) and guard Shaun Livingston (sprained index finger and bruised hand) are questionable for Game 2 Wednesday night in the Warriors' best-of-seven, first-round playoff series with Portland.
Also questionable, with a spained ankle/foot, is small forward Matt Barnes.
• Portland's selections are set for the 2017 NBA draft. The Blazers have the 15th, 20th and 26th picks, as finalized in a coin flip tiebreaker by the league.
Oregon State will play host to NCAA regionals in 2019 and 2022.
The competitions at Gill Coliseum are set for April 6, 2019, and April 2, 2022.
Concordia has added transfers Isabel Holmes and Shannon Peth.
Holmes, a defender/midfielder, played in 18 games last season for Austin Peay State in Tennessee. She is from Seattle.
Peth comes from Portland State, via Mukilteo, Washington, and is a goalkeeper.
Portland State senior Tracy Dong is the Big Sky player of the week.
She helped lead the Vikings to their first-ever victory over Sacramento State.
Dong, from Surrey, British Columbia, went 4-0 in singles and doubles matches against Sac State and in a 7-0 sweep of Bellevue College last weekend.
The Viks beat the Hornets 4-3, after going into the conference match 0-16 all-time against Sacramento State.
NCAA Division II West Regional meets will take place at Ash Creek Preserve, hosted by Western Oregon, in November 2019 and 2021.
Oregon State junior Alysha Everett is the Pac-12 player of the week.
She had seven RBIs as OSU took two of three games from UCLA, winning a series against the Bruins for the first time ever.
The native of Trabuco Canyon, Calif., hit .625 as the Beavers' designaed player, with a double and her seventh home run of the season.
The last five world No. 1 high hurdlers are booked for the 43rd Prefontaine Classic May 26-27 at Hayward Field.
Omar McLeod, Aries Merritt, Sergey Shubenkov, David Oliver and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde will head the field in that event.
• Former Oregon State high jumper Dick Fosbury, 1968 Olympic gold medalist and NCAA champion, will be honored with the E.B. Lemon Distinguished Alumni Award on Friday in Corvallis.
Professional Tim Sovay of The Golf Club of Redmond (Washington) Ridge and amateur Charlie Rice of Bend Golf & Country Club have the first day at 4-under-par 68 in the Pacific Northwest Senior Players' Championship.
Chris Isaacson of Emerald Valley Golf & Resort is third at 69.
Twenty-three golfers are at par of better going into Wednesday's final round at Wine Valley Golf Club at Walla Walla, Washington.
In the four-ball tournament, pro Bruce Stewart of Stone Creek and amateur Denny Taylor of Arrowhead took the first-day lead with a 64. They lead by one over Rice and Isaacson.


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MBA in Global Business and Strategy
A dual-degree MBA by two world-class business schools
The MBA in Global Business and Strategy is a dual-degree global MBA program with the Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), and represents a successful partnership between two prestigious business schools in the education of global leaders.
This global MBA prepares executives to practice in a multi-cultural environment with the capacity to define and implement business strategies that generate competitive advantages in global organizations. The program generates the ideal environment for the interaction, open discussion and mutual enrichment of leadership skills needed in organizations worldwide.
Program location: Monterrey
- Dual-degree MBA
- Full-time or Part-time
- Executive live sessions with Belk College of Business faculty in EGADE Business School Monterrey
Duration: 1.5 a 2.5 years
Program start: September
Language: English
Years of experience required: 3 years
Become a global leader in your organization.
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Flexibility that allows you to balance your global MBA with your professional and personal success.
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The MBA in Global Business and Strategy offers an enriching multicultural environment where students acquire a global business perspective in the classroom while building an enduring network of contacts representing different nationalities, cultures and professional backgrounds.
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The MBA in Global Business and Strategy is a dual-degree MBA delivered entirely in English at EGADE Monterrey, offered in full-time or part-time format. Both formats share class sessions allowing networking to take place among full-time students and those part-time students working during the program.
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Air Fusion sees itself as an innovative business looking for products that complement its core products centered around heating and cooling solutions. Solar Power is becoming far more affordable with new technologies like micro invertors, better panels and battery storage the way of the future to make your power station on the roof run your existing or new reverse cycle system. Generating your own power during the day allows you to run you're a/c system for a minimal cost.
Air Fusion have aligned themselves with the Envirogroup who specialise in solar PV, and heat pump technologies and can design a system to suit your budget and needs. Another product offer is the use of window films, these films are a smart and compared to alternative options are far more affordable option to improve the living conditions of your home, office or commercial environment to deflect the glare and heat from the property and likewise keep the heat in.


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The Young and the Restless Fashion: At the Emmys!Matt Richenthal at . Comments
The cast of The Young and the Restless came out in full force for this year's Daytime Emmy Awards.
Who made the fashionable cut and who might need help getting dressed for next year's ceremony? Click on the images below for a much closer look...
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The Colonial Club Senior Center in Sun Prairie, WI will hold its 6th annual "ColoniALE Fest" on Friday, November 4, 2016. With over 60 different types of beer and over a dozen types of wine, this event has become a popular event over the years. Wisconsin State Journal's Chris Drosner, aka "The Beer Baron" said:
"I've been to a lot of beer festivals, and ColoniALE is a nice change of pace, perfect for people with a budding interest in beer or intermediate connoisseurs. Its relatively intimate size and friendly people on both sides of the pouring tables – not to mention the good cause -- have kept me coming back."
As Chris mentioned, the cause is a good one. ColoniALE Fest raises money to help sustain the programs and activities of the Colonial Club and its mission: to enhance the well-being and independence of older adults. Whether we're delivering a nutritious meal to a homebound senior or providing compassionate care in the Adult Day Center, we're helping people age well.
This year, we welcome the Sun Prairie Rotary Club as a co-sponsor of our event. The Rotary Club does lots of charitable work in Sun Prairie and around the globe and we're happy to have them join us.
All of us, regardless of age want to remain in our homes for as long as it's safely possible. Your purchase of tickets will help make that possible. Ticket price includes complimentary souvenir tasting glass, comprehensive program of beer descriptions and samples of great, local food.
There is no fee, but please register by November 7 so that we can be sure to have enough food and materials for all attendees.


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I graduated from Makers last year and currently working as a full stack developer at SimplyBusiness!
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Palin daughter wedding could boost McCain campaign flagging fortunesSeptember 29th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept.29 (ANI): The marriage of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palins pregnant teenage daughter, Bristol, to her ice-hockey-playing fiance, Levi Johnston, before the November 4 election, is being seen in GOP circles as the tonic required to boost the McCain campaigns flagging fortunes. According to The Times, the McCain campaign expectations are growing.
It would be fantastic. You would have every TV camera there. The entire country would be watching. It would shut down the race for a week, the paper quoted an insider, as saying. There is already some urgency to the wedding as Bristol, who is six months pregnant, may not want to walk down the aisle too close to her date of delivery.
She turns 18 on October 18, a respectable age for a bride and the same age as Barack Obamas pregnant mother when she married his Kenyan father.
The Democrat has already declared Bristols private life off-limits as far as his campaign is concerned.
The selection of Palin, 44, the moose-hunting governor of Alaska, as his running mate was one of McCains biggest gambles. It paid off handsomely at first, but she could benefit from a fresh injection of homespun authenticity, the hallmark of her style, provided by her daughters wedding after appearing out of depth away from her home state.
Palin has even been advised to quit the race for the sake of the partys future.
The Republicans Palin bounce ended last week as concern for the plunging economy mounted.
Obama ended the week four points ahead of McCain on 48 percent to 44 percent in the RealClearPolitics poll of polls.
A Rasmussen survey showed that McCains lead among white women voters slipped to two points, as opposed to 14 points for George W Bush in 2004.
However, Palin has a remarkable ability to galvanise the evangelical voters and social conservatives who form the Republican base. The party boasted last week that it will probably surpass its fundraising goal of 100 million dollar for September and October.
McCain is expected to have a front-row seat at Bristols wedding and to benefit from the outpouring of goodwill that it could bring.
Johnston was greeted with a handshake and friendly slap on the back by McCain in St Paul, Minnesota, and treated as a member of the family during the Republican national convention when he appeared on stage after Palins speech. (ANI)
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