text: NFκB-TIME (ATCC® CRL-4049™) Organism: Homo sapiens, human / Cell Type: Microvascular endothelial cell / Tissue: foreskin / Disease: normal General Information Characteristics Culture Method Specifications Documentation Print Email Share Share this product Facebook Twitter Google+ Permits and Restrictions View Restrictions Organism Homo sapiens, human Tissue foreskin Cell Type Microvascular endothelial cell Product Format frozen Morphology endothelial Culture Properties adherent Biosafety Level 2 [Cells contain SV40 viral DNA sequences] Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country. Disease normal Age neonatal Gender male Applications Both NFkB-TIME (CRL-4049) and its parental cell line TIME (CRL-4025) exhibit normal diploid karyotype, extended lifespan in culture and endothelial characteristics that make them ideal models for investigating many aspects of endothelial cell biology. NFkB-TIME (ATCC CRL-4049) retains angiogenic potential and the expression of NanoLuc® luciferase under the control of multiple copies of the NFkB response element. When the NFkB-TIME (ATCC CRL-4049) cells are exposed to inflammatory cytokine such as TNFα, activation of the NFkB signaling pathway occurs resulting in increased NanoLuc® luciferase activity. The high sensitivity, excellent signal/background ratio and simple single-addition assay makes this reporter cell line an ideal replacement for the cumbersome and highly variable ICAM-1/CD54 activation assays. Storage Conditions liquid nitrogen vapor phase Karyotype This is a diploid cell line of male origin with a modal chromosome number of 46 and a low rate of polyploidy. The line may show some karyotypic instability at later passages. Images Derivation TIME (ATCC CRL-4025) cells are transfected with linearized pNL3.2.NF-κB-RE[NlucP/NF-κB-RE/Hygro] plasmid, which expresses the NanoLuc® luciferase under the control of multiple copies of the NFkB response element. A stable clone with high activation of the NanoLuc® luciferase activity upon exposure to inflammatory cytokine TNFα is selected to establish the NFkB-TIME cell line. Clinical Data male neonatal Antigen Expression Positive for CD31 and capable of uptaking Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL). Express NanoLuc® luciferase under the control of multiple copies of the NFkB response element. Comments TIME (ATCC CRL-4025) cells are transfected with linearized pNL3.2.NF-κB-RE[NlucP/NF-κB-RE/Hygro] plasmid, which expresses the NanoLuc® luciferase under the control of multiple copies of the NFkB response element. A stable clone with high activation of the NanoLuc® luciferase activity upon exposure to inflammatory cytokine TNFα is selected to establish the NFkB-TIME cell line. Complete Growth Medium The base medium for this cell line is Vascular Cell Basal Medium (ATCC PCS-100-030), supplemented with Microvascular Endothelial Cell Growth Kit-BBE (ATCC PCS-110-040) OR Microvascular Endothelial Cell Growth Kit-VEGF (ATCC PCS-110-041). Add Blasticidin (Life Technologies Cat. No. A11139-03) at a final concentration of 12.5 µg/mL and Hygromycin (Life Technologies Cat. No. 10687-010) at a final concentration of 20 µg/mL. Note: Do not filter complete medium. Subculturing Volumes used in this protocol are for 75 cm2 flasks; proportionally reduce or increase amount of dissociation solutions for culture vessels of other sizes. Subculture when the culture is about 90% confluent. Remove and discard spent medium. Briefly rinse the cells with Dulbecco's Phosphate Buffered Saline (DPBS, ATCC 30-2200) and discard rinse solution. Add 2.0 to 3.0 mL room temperature Trypsin-EDTA for Primary Cells (ATCC PCS-999-003) to the flask. Incubate at 37°C for 5 min (until cells have detached). Neutralize trypsin by adding an equal volume of room temperature 2% FBS in DPBS. Centrifuge cells at 250 x g for 5 min at room temperature. Remove supernatant. Resuspend pellet in 6.0 to 8.0 mL Complete Growth Medium. Count cells, and seed 5.0 x 103 to 8.0 x 103 viable cells/cm2 to new culture vessels. Medium Renewal: Every 2-3 days. Cryopreservation 90% FBS, 10%DMSO Culture Conditions Atmosphere: air, 95%; carbon dioxide (CO2), 5% Temperature: 37°C STR Profile D5S818: 11 D13S317: 9, 11 D7S820: 8, 9 D16S539: 9, 12 vWA: 16, 18 Amelogenin: X, Y TPOX: 8 CSF1PO: 11, 12 TH01: 6, 7 Population Doubling Level (PDL) As part of our quality control, we have tested this cell line for its ability to grow for a minimum of 15 population doublings after recovery from cryopreservation. We have also compared its karyotype, telomerase expression level, growth rate, morphology and tissue-specific markers when first recovered from cryopreservation with that of cells at 10+ population doublings to ensure that there is no change in these parameters and that the cells are capable of extended proliferation. Basic Documentation Product Sheet Certificate of Analysis SDS Other Documentation Application Data Cell Micrograph CRL-4049 CD31 Expression Restrictions This material is subject to claims under U.S. Patent Nos. 6,261,836 and 6,337,200, other pending patent applications, and foreign counterparts thereof. It is required that either the Addendum for Commercial and For-Profit Organizations or the Addendum for Noncommercial and Academic Organizations, as appropriate, be signed and returned to ATCC before shipment. In addition to the foregoing, this product's use is governed by a Limited License. For information on purchasing a license to use this product for purposes other than those permitted in the Label License, please contact Promega. In addition to the foregoing, any proposed commercial use of ATCC® CRL-4049 NFκB-TIME must also be negotiated with University of California, San Francisco, Office of Technology Management, 3333 California Street, Suite S-11, San Francisco, CA 94143-1209, Tel: 415.502.1585, Fax: 415.502.1661.


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Brilliant government scientist Richard Seaton discovers a remarkable faster-than-light fuel that will power his interstellar spaceship, The Skylark. His ruthless rival, Marc DuQuesne, and the sinister World Steel Corporation will do anything to get their hands on the fuel.
When they kidnap Seaton's fiancee and friends, they unleash a furious pursuit and ignite a burning desire for revenge that will propel The Skylark across the galaxy and back.
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Tropical Fish Keeping - Aquarium fish care and resources
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- - swelled apple snails?
swelled apple snails? I have two apple snails in a tank that contains 1 betta fish, 3 neon tetra,6 ghost shrimp, and an unknown number of pond snails. It is treated with Stresscoat and Seachem Flourish Comprehensive. Neither snail is able to fully retract into their shell. I don't know what the problem is unless it is the Flourish or possibly some residual epsom salt from a treatment the betta had a few days ago. What could it be and what do I need to do for them? |
Epsom salt is not an issue. I dunno what flourish has. Do you have shots of them trying to retract themselves? They do retract themselves partially which is perfectly normal. Are they eating at all? |
I don't have shots but I can try. I tried what they said to do on applesnail.net for ammonia poisoning which I know it isn't and Tonks(blue) is back to normal. Loki the yellow who is much bigger literally doesn't fit in his/her shell. They're eating fine. Loki actually eats like there's no tomorrow and I hadn't noticed until i pulled it out yesterday to show someone else how much its shell had grown. Applesnail.net said in a few places that Comprehensive was snail safe so I don't think that is the problem. Neither snail ever retracts much at all during the course of a normal day. They're in a smaller container treated only with stresscoat as a conditioner to see if that helps though. If it's something in the water why aren't the tiny barely visible pond snails affected too? |
Just read something that says it could be too much protein in their diet making them pudgy. Is my snail stealing too much of the neons food too perhaps? |
It's possible. Either way, there is no need to worry about it. It's that thing called "hamburger face". They do it all the time. |
I'm paranoid at the moment due to an accident with the betta.... |
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We need to trade some kittens in about 6 to 8 weeks.<quoted text>I have 5 girls that are inside only cats, and 3 girls with 5 babies living in my bathroom. They can go in and out at will. This crap is getting expensive again. I am getting Mittens used to being inside though all the time. She is getting along with the others much better as of last night.
Oh, I also have the neighbors male Charlie that comes here every morning for food probably because they don't have the kinds of food that I have. He is fixed, so no worries there.
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Madhavi enjoys her job - there's no conflict with her values when she's being a spectator. She goes to parties, makes friends and acquaintances, and observes up-close, celebrities like industrialists, actors, designers, ministers and top-cops. She then writes about them, and argues with the editor (Boman Irani) over deadlines and priorities. She shares home with fiesty Pearl (Sandhya Mridul) an airhostess and later, Gayatri (Tara Sharma), a starry-eyed wannabe actress.
The death of one of her Page 3 regulars, proves to be a turning point for Madhavi. It's then that she sees the shallow self-centeredness of those she writes about. She sees with new eyes, the lies and the deceit that she has been blind to all this while.
And it doesn't end there. Madhavi's trust is betrayed on all fronts, she finds herself alone. Her shift to crime-beat, despite Mane finally accepting her as a serious journalist, ends on a grim note. In the end, you see Madhavi Sharma, back in Page-3, observing with a wry smile, another party in full swing. She's back in spectator mode, but not before righting some wrongs. Is this compromise or a work-smart philosophy that Madhavi has adopted?
Konkona Sensharma is convincing as Madhavi, who subtly moves from being a mere spectator to a social catalyst. Her revulsion and anguish in the second half of the movie are very real.
Atul Kulkarni, a Madhur Bhandarkar regular, has a small but pivotal role to play and he plays it with aplomb. Boman Irani, as the editor, proves his skill at taking on serious scenes with the same ease as the usual light-hearted ones that he's constantly offered. Sandhya Mridul is good, Tara Sharma doesn't come across convincingly in the second half. Others like Jai Kalra as Madhavi's love interest, Rehaan Engineer as her gay friend and Bikram Saluja as the actor, are transient. Upyendra Limaye as the cop, Bhonsle, is one actor to watch out for.
Soni Razdan, Nasir Abdulla, Dolly Thakore, Kunika Lal, Maya Alagh, Suchitra Pillai, Anju Mahendroo, Navani Parihar, Suhasini Mullay etc. form the coterie of celebs. Each one is etched to perfection.
The music is woven into the storyline and the songs that one sees on television channels have been picturised especially for the medium.
Madhur Bhandrakar, the director, deals with topics that are uncomfortable for most film-makers to take on. Case in point, Chandni Bar and Satta. Even in Page 3, there's a layer of subtle digs at the lifestyles of celebrities, as discussed by their drivers. But when you scratch the surface, it reveals evils like pedophilia and more importantly, apathy. The scenes of a bomb blast in this movie, are very stark and intended to convey the intense shock that Madhavi's character feels.
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(note: this article begins with a rather lengthy discussion of the nature of scientific knowledge, particularly as it pertains to the history fusion of research. The article is reprinted here in its entirety, but those readers with a specific interest in the Farnsworth case might want to just skip to HERE....)
A recent excellent article by Lawrence Forsley recounted each major step in the history of "hnot fusion" projects. The account depicts the arduous pursuit of hopeful and brilliant personnel chasing after a prize which never appeared. This chapter in technological history left most scientific researchers with a sense of silent despair. Exploration of this inward sense of loss was an emotional item which few actually and honestly addressed. Yet the projects rolled on.
Hot fusion was THE cold war quest. Besides the space race, FUSION was the socioscientific dream. The loss of hope ... the loss of myth ... in this massive social project produced a brooding meditation among engineers who were devoted to its fulfillment. For the better part of twenty years there were billions of dollars spent for fusion research ... seemingly in vain.
Each lost social dream becomes social malaise. Wars develop when social myths are deferred. The synthetic manufacture of new and continual myths replaces the hope deferred. Governments and regulators sponsor such alternative myths continually. The gross funding of new fusion projects represents a means for maintaining public morale at a very subliminal level.
The prizeelusive was replaced by countless journals, articles, and texts ... as if so much paper would fulfill the absence of the Grail. This general sense of misdirection among most physicists was balanced by a furious return to the chalkboards and publishing homes. The dream deferred became mere talk and analysis. Theoreticians, at least, found continual employment.
Shelves of once optimistic theoretical works on fusion were suddenly flooded over with equally optimistic and authoritarian apologetics. These inflated works proclaimed the "way out" through newer magnetic containment systems.
While most project personnel simply dissociated themselves from the race for controlled fusion, others (foolishly) raised their broken swords higher and "challenged nature to achieve where anti others failedn. This of course meant that grant monies were to be sought again ... despite the generally accepted hopelessness of the quest Fusion researchers were trapped, like some modern Tantalus ... in magnetic containment
The tragedy of each magnetic containment device lay chiefly in the theoretical promise which always failed. The hope deferred seemed to flood each separate project not long after a particular device was constructed. One usually knew after the very first trial what the end would be ... and how soon it would come.
In methodic succession, and after several billion dollars were spent it became apparent that the magnetic containment systems would not succeed at all. Mercurial and elusive, certain designers attempted to "steal the secret" despite the natural odds: to fight with Nature and wrestle from her jealous hands the guarded gold. Not one imagined that perhaps their method was the wrong one ... that Nature would not let go of her gold because the suitors were behaving like barbarians.
The need for the gigantic was also a feature of these projects. No units smaller than a gymnasium could meet the theoretical need. Somehow both the theoreticians and project designers believed the delusion that size and symmetry would "make the difference" in magnetic systems. Always the secret hope was held that "this one might do it." Small laboratory devices produced unstable plasmas because they were small. Larger devices should produce more crushing power ... like building an ever larger press to squeeze a lightning bolt.
Many project designers simply failed to promise a fusion achievement altogether from the outset ... preferring to maintain the "safe grounds of plasma analysis." The ancillary projects (instability analysis, arc analysis, plasma contamination, plasma diagnostics) made their appearance ... a flood of "studies" ... but no reactor. Grant money was poured into "plasma analytic methodologies" and almost dominated the scene where working fusion reactors should have stood.
P. Kapitza studied ball lightning phenomena with a remarkably opened mind when few academicians would not even dare touch the topic at all. S. Ulam also studied reports of the accidental formation of plasmoids among submarine generators and arc switching devices. Others studied the piezoelectric formation of plasmoids in rock fractures. Thorough research on Tesla Technology (and Tesla's means for generating plasmoids at will) seemed to open doorways toward new possibilities.
M. Theroux developed a special Tesla transformer which actuary projected small aerial plasmoids ... and could repeat the performance. The Air Force funded a much larger project toward this end (R Golka). Each was looking for the answer in a new realm. And this was the precise answer ... to look elsewhere for that which intuition envisions.
Intuition craves confirmation however. Too few of these "new view" researchers were actually familiar with the archives of both natural and laboratory anomalies. No one remembers what has already been achieved in isolated laboratories. Very often a chance occurrence, however subtle, gives the new direction to the world. New hydrogen energy, you will remember, was observed by several qualified persons in diverse places. Had these records been forgotten, perhaps the new revolution might never have been forged.
Were the hot fusionists true and ardent students of the stored periodical treasurehouse they too would not have simply written more surficial papers on their views. They would have known what to do to achieve the prize itself, for the answer was there ... in a group of patents some twenty five years old which should have been known by all of them collectively. Perhaps they would have found their way back to the forgotten mines ... but then came Tokamak.
When the Tokamak rose in the east, it seemed to offer the brightest new morning of life for fusion research. Many stole away to steal the secret of its fire. But even the Tokamak failed to deliver the immediacy of its promised prize. So deeply resentful were many researchers after the postponement of immediate success that few would even believe that the goal could be reached at all.
It is not unreasonable (given the emotional infrastructure of fusion research) that science had become first melancholy and then sanguine in all its subsequent discussions of controlled nuclear fusion. The topic represents (to the crusaders) a major dragon left undefeated. Most would rather forget the dream and all knowledge of it.
Forgotten knowledge was the main problem. Even before magnetic containment was attempted, there was a simpler answer to the particle containment problem. In his closing paragraphs Dr. Forsley asks that we imagine the truths which were lost through out this period in venturetechnology.
An answer had been recorded into the scientific ledgers already which would have spared these valiant workers much time, money, and disappointment. Forgotten knowledge started all the researchers off in the wrong direction from the start.
Unexpected devices of great import emerge from very old patent registers and periodicals. These developments span two hundred years of astounding technological progress, and chronicle our epistemological progress as a civilization. The literary treasure house of this time period contains incredible discoveries which remain yet unrecognized, unevaluated, and forgotten.
Despite this fact, many academicians are overly confident that "old knowledge" has been thoroughly comprehended and admixed into contemporary theory and is, therefore, expendable. This view is inwardly believed to such a degree that old texts are methodically being gathered into "annex" warehouses. These treasures are then permitted to decay and are (gradually) eliminated.
This shockingly repugnant pride is the very opposite of scientific sensibility. This mindset is counterproductive and totally self destructive. Each new unexpected discovery comes as a sharp rebuke to those who remain unenlightened concerning the past. Old texts preserve forgotten thoughts ... not disproven thoughts. Researchers have committed their often anomalous and disquieting observations and findings to the journals and texts. It is traditional practice that what cannot be now explained must be treasured, pondered, and comprehended for some future purpose. Discovery and anomaly are rare gifts which must be honored and preserved until understood.
The scientific historian methodically searches out catalogues of forgotten phenomena by thorough examination of old periodicals, texts, and patent files. The retrieval of old and forgotten observations, discoveries, scientific anecdotal records, and rare natural phenomena provide the intellectual dimension desperately needed by modern researchers who work in a vacuum of dogma. It is astounding to find the volumes of rare and anomalous phenomenalists and laboratory anecdotes made by credible and qualified Victorian researchers throughout older volumes of Nature Magazine and The Electrician (c.1890).
The retrieval of inventions, designs, and other applications reveal repeatable phenomena "in application" which demand reevaluation of tenaciously held theoretical models. The trained researcher identifies, distinguishes, and secures those particular forgotten discoveries which violate contemporarily held theoretical models. The aim of this research is new knowledge through reevaluation.
Eric Dollard is an electrical engineer who has done remarkably exhaustive historical research and experimental verifications of scientific claims made by Nikola Tesla a century before. It was through Mr. Dollard that we learned about a forgotten chapter in the art of controlled thermonuclear fusion like no other. In fact, those who read this article may be shocked to learn the real truth abouttone specific "hot fusion" project from 1962 until 1967.
The reality of anyone controlling fusion reactions ... and reaching selfsustaining reaction stage would sound bizarre to anyone familiar with the historical publications. Of all the venture projects chasing after the hot fusion Grail one group of researchers looked directly into Nature's brilliant face and saw her sparkling eyes. Mr. Dollard's research on unusual electron tubes led him into an exhaustive study of several vacuum tube designs patented by the father of electronic television: Dr. Philo T. Farnsworth. There he found the forgotten gem.
Among the incredibly prolific patents of Dr. Farnsworth are two working designs for achieving practical nuclear ("hot") fusion. Dr. Farnsworth is the original designer of true electronic television. He had to develop the entire system of electronic television with all its parts. Image dissectors, pulse transmitters, synchronizing oscillators, synchronous scanning, image analyzers, receivers, and special cathode ray tubes ... Farnsworth conceived, designed, and hand built each of them.
The technological demands of his complete television system required the development of very special electron tubes from start to finish. Each component demanded new tube designs and operational theories. In fact, examination of the Farnsworth patents reveals nothing but novel tube designs without contemporary equal.
Existing multielement tubes could neither match the stringent power demands or frequency requirements of television. Therefore Farnsworth developed numerous unusual tubes to make his television oscillators, receivers, and transmitters more efficient. No existing technology could match the performance characteristics of his UHF oscillators, electron multipliers, and cold cathode signal amplifier tubes when he patented them.
Farnsworth designed numerous highpower UHF tubes. Notable among these designs were cold cathode devices (some of which employed soft radioactive materials), photomultipliers, multipactors, IR imaging tubes, image storage tubes, and image amplifiers. Each was a marvel of originality and inspiration. But the multipactor was a true wonder.
The multipactor design employs two opposed concave cathodes and a central series of cylindrical anodes. Noise surges generate and sustain powerful tunable oscillations within the multipactor when voltage is simply applied to the cathodes and anode. The multipactor utilizes photomultiplier effects to supply electrons. Multipactor performance borders on the anomalous, approaching "impossible" efficiency coefficients.. His success was followed closely by engineers from every military and industrial group. Fullscale research addressed the multipactor efficiency "problem". Reports from the time period may be easily secured for study and reevaluation.
Farnsworth continued to be a prolific designer of very unusual electron tubes before and after World War II. Casual examination of his patents continually proved the genius behind the legend. Dr. Farnsworth explored new alternatives and designed radically new concepts into a series of electron tubes which became as heralded as his development of electronic television. Each development produced in own species of anomalous phenomena These were each utilized and compounded in his successive developments. The patent record tells the story best.
While testing high power UHF tubes Farnsworth discovered an anomalous selffocussiog space charge phenomenon. These space charge plasmoids glowed all the more brilliant with increasing application of voltage ... a control characteristic. He named these pointplasma phenomena "poissors".
"Poissors are brilliant spacesuspended plasmoids of starlike appearance. When Dr. Farnsworth operated his multipactors the poissor phenomena manifested themselves with special brilliance. Electron optical focusing concentrates ions just as mirrors concentrate light. Early Farnsworth multipactors utilized twin opposed concave cold cathodes.
The design feature of concave electrodes was a radical departure in the world of electron tube designs at the time. Most electrodes of the day were simple planar surfaces. The concaves permitted the rediscovery of electron optics ... a phenomenon originally witnessed by Sir William Crookes and forgotten. Students are directed to the Crookes tube with its concave cathodes.
Farnsworth multipactors and cold cathode discharge tubes produce optically focused "poissors" and exhibited all the responsecontrol characteristics later sought by plasma physicists in their race toward achieving hot fusion. Controlresponsive poissors would shrink in size, increase in ionic density, and produce more brilliant light with increasing voltage application.
Notably discovered in 1936, the poissor phenomenon made a new breed of electron power tubes and plasma devices possible. The existence of these mysterious suspended plasmoids stimulated Farnsworth's research toward the refined use of electron optics. His refinement and use of the newly manifested phenomena produced remarkable performance efficiencies in UHF and SHF applications. In their unprecedented spherical geometries the Farnsworth tubes proved incredibly efficient and long lasting.
Virtual electrodes could influence electron behavior in power tubes. Ions could be bound in small plasma points (poissors) exhibiting stability in ionic multilayers and sheaths. Poissors could absorb and store energy: an aspect which deeply impressed Dr. Farnsworth. The time for their retrieval from the archives of the anomalous drew close.
By 1953 he had conceived of a means for using the poissor phenomenon to produce controlled nuclear fusion reactions.. The patent record shows that Farnsworth achieved the goal. Yet, there are far more deeply entwined reasons why few have ever heard of Dr. Farnsworth's contributions and achievements besides the academic censure of this possibility.
In 1959 H. S. Geneen (Raytheon) invited Dr. Farnsworth to address the ITT board of directors on controlled nuclear fusion. Against the verbalized misgivings of the AEC this lecturepresentation was given. Shortly thereafter a preliminary test on the Farnsworth "Fusor" was performed in a small ITT basement laboratory. His first design for a hot fusion reactor was realized in 1959. ITT monitored all the research and brought its own supervisors into Farnsworth's team.
Virtual poissor plasmoids of deuterium would be isolated, shaped, confined, treated, balanced, or moved without magnetic confinement. Farnsworth's solution to reactant confinement was elegant, simple, inexpensive, and highly efficient. He designed a new and dramatically original tube which he named "The Fusor". This was the summation of a lifetime's discoveries and development. I believe it is the most advanced electron power tube ever designed.
The Fusor is a device which produces controllable hot fusion reactions and does not utilize magnetic confinement. The design is a radical departure from all the designs of its time frame. The Fusor is comprised of a spherical anode which concentrically surrounds a cathode. A plurality of ion guns are mounted on the anode exterior in spherically spaced and diametrically aligned relationship so that their beam axes intersect at the cathode center. Ions from the guns are propelled and focused into the center of the cathode. This establishes in the cathode interior a series of concentric spherical sheaths of alternating maxima and minima potentials: the "virtual electrodes".
Ions never touch any surfaces in these tubes. Magnets are never needed. The ions which "fall" into the center-most virtual electrode have fusion energies, and are contained at a density sufficient to produce fusion reactions. Charged particles are literally compressed into the required density in the central region by the process of inertial containment ... a term in the art which Farnsworth first coined.
Oscillating ions are concentrically gathered in a series of charge sheaths which conform to the optically focussed fields and which represent the distributed kinetic energies of ions in the poissor. Potential escaping prereactive ions encounter successive electrostatic repulsions until they are forced back into their center. The Fusor System proved stable throughout its forgotten seven year research history.
With developed potentials of sufficiently high magnitude the fusion reaction can be sustained and controlled at will. Furthermore, fusion energy produces powerfully escaping nuclei which perform work against the anode field. This ionic pressure augments the applied field and appearing as a dramatic surge in field strength: one that may be directly harnessed and used in external loads as electrical power.
The fears of a "runaway reaction" were handled in the natural equilibrium maintained by the poissor core structure ... as stars self maintain their output by expanding and reducing plasma density. Poissors were found to be remarkably resilient and resistive to instabilities. Farnsworth solved the confinement and conversion problems in one design. The field symmetries and process involved in achieving this variety of hot fusion seems macro-analogous to those characteristics being now explored in "cold" fusion.
On October 8, 1960, the Mark I produced a steadystate neutron count when deuterium was admitted into the device with very low power application. The central feature during these tests was not the neutron count itself. What was sought in these tests lay in the control of the reaction under increasing power application. Farnsworth established and charted increasing neutron counts with increasing application of electrostatic power. It is suggested that the reader obtain and study copies of the Fusor (patent 3,386,883).
With deuterium gas in the Mark II Model 2 Fusor a count exceeding 50 Mneutrons cc/sec was recorded at 80 Kv. and 30 rnA. input. This device produced 1.3 G-neutrons/sec. in a sustained reaction for more than one minute. These reactions were stable, completely under the operator's control, and could be repeated.
On October 5, 1965 the Fusor Mark IIModel 6 was tested. A reconfigured, highprecision ion gun arrangement produced l Gneutrons cc/see at 20 Kv. and 1 mA .... a record achievement. On December 28, 1965 tritium was admitted into the test chamber ... producing 2.6 G-neutrons/sec. at 105 Kv. and 45 mA.. With a mixture of tritium and deuterium on the very next day Dr. Farnsworth's team measured and recorded 6.2 G-neutrons/sec. at 170 Kv..
The Mark III Fusor produced startling high records in quick succession. By the start of 196.5 the team was routinely measuring 15.5 G-neutrons/sec. at 150 Kv and 70 mA.. The final problem to be tackled involved the poissor itself. Self-containing and tightly layered, the fusion poissor would not admit fuel into its core once the reaction had begun. It must be remembered that this Fusor was softballsized. A Fusor having a diameter of just one meter would permit greater ignition power for a smaller time period ... while multiplying output power volumetricallv.
Dr. Farnsworth reported that his team achieved a selfsustaining reaction on several occasions ... and could repeat the effect. He once invited his wife to watch a testrun of this feat. As power was applied to the Fusor the neutronreading meter achieved a steady threshold and there remained ... until a slight increment of power was applied. Then the needle went off the scale. Dr. Farnsworth cut the applied power ... but the needle remained in place for thirty seconds or more as the reaction continued.
ITT gradually absorbed the entire project. All related patents were assigned to ITT as success was achieved in steady steps. While steady progress was being achieved at a modest cost (examine the photographs), lTT was being influenced by powerful professionally hired "opinion makers" to drop fusion research. Suddenly even Wall Street analysts were publishing their "concerns" for ITT and its absorption of the Farnsworth subsidiary. Farnsworth himself was made the focus of every corporate death-word. These outlandish accusations indelibly remain in newspapers from the time period.
The suppression and assassination of technology is historically the response of frightened competitors ... response to an impending breakthrough which might wipe out competitors. Crowd pleasing philanthropists become predators when possible usurpers appear.
Piercing voices appeared from everywhere against Farnsworth. A large reception at the Waldorf was astir with executive unrest concerning the Farnsworth research project While dressing, Farnsworth suffered a mild stroke. The AEC was mounting the nuclear fission race and the "antifusion" race simultaneously ... and using every tactic to achieve total dominance of the energy field. He was relieved of his research project
The effect of such disappointment upon those whose lives and hopes are involved in such research is never superficial. In them ride the dreams of whole societies and futures. Those who harm such individuals do not survive in the long run. The price for the dreamer, however, is dear. Dr. Farnsworth suffered another stroke on a plane ride back home. He then retired to convalesce.
During his recuperative period at home he decided that the Fusor should be developed to its complete perfection. ITT had formally and publicly stated that the Fusor was a "deadend". Farnsworth thought that since this was their attitude, he might have a try at reobtaining his patents. He therefore contacted ITT and honestly announced his intentions. The answer was negative and impersonal ... a curious response for a device which was a "dead-end"... given to such an eminent personage whose inventions maintain the entire ITT operation to this day.
In quick successions, ITT asserted its complete ownership of all Fusor applications in the future. ITT warned Farnsworth that it would dominate all Fusor research forever ... despite its "unfeasibility". ITT then cut all formal financial ties with Farnsworth and left him virtually bankrupt. ITT now holds the Farnsworth patents ... and bears the social debt of responsibility for suppressing Fusor technology.
In July 1969 Farnsworth built a small Fusor lab in a Brigham Young University cellar room. With purchased equipment from ITT he continued his research with generous University support. Creditors were crowding him on every side. During this time an offer came to him from SONY. He felt unable to continue. Physically ill for a long time and emotionally scarred, he died from pneumonia in 1971.
The aim of my article is not simply to reexpose mere technical facts ... but to explore deeper issues of science and society. Hot fusion was achieved, scrutinized, assassinated ... and suppressed. It is remarkable that few individuals in the fusion research teams across the world are even aware that their goal was realistically attained. The device which attained this feat was elegantly simple, but the movements of these social energies must first be clearly understood.
Several questions now demand simple answers. What names were behind the obvious and deliberate attack on Farnsworth's Fusor project? How have these forces managed to keep Farnsworth's work completely suppressed? How is it that ITT never reexarnined and duplicated the Fusor Project? Why are outrageously huge funds yet being supplied for Tokamak projects? Are these grant mixappropriations deliberate or are they the inertial results of forgotten knowledge? Is the synthesis of artificial social myths accumulating ignorance among those who originally produced them?
Those who are familiar with the lure of science archives understand very well that more potential technology lies dormant than is currently addressed, discussed, or implemented. Much of modern scientific research is the weak echo of work already completed within the last century. There are those who prefer to collect grants and assure themselves of bureaucratically "safe" experiments rather than ris} their yearly salaries on radically new scientific ventures.
Survivalism among academicians is no less savage and ruthless than among other groups with whom we more often associate base behavior. There are those who use projects in "throw away" fashion just to survive. There are those whose jaded personalities have taken a survivalistic stance and already accept that hot fusion is a deadend ... but a steady income.
This kind of pessimism in the scientific field promotes status-quo technology and eventually blocks He paths toward adventure arid discovery wherever and whenever it can. Unfulfilled minds become pessimistic. Unchecked pessimism becomes maliciousness.
The true and original artists of contemporary science are difficult to name except for those in radical technological ventures. It is rare today to find that kind of explosive scientific development which absolute saturates Victorian journals between 1880 and 1910. Yet we recognize that our Victorian mentors were responsible for the paths upon which we are now traveling.
More radical discovery and technology were forged during the Victorian time period than is actually engaged today. Science also seems to have great difficulty in making simple assertive statements as did our forebears ... who produced a far greater weight of accomplishments. Science speaks of "statistical agreement" and "reasonably close correlations". Not one individual is willing or able to simply say "yes" or "no".
I was not surprised when scores of noncommittal authority pleasing academicians came forward to refute new hydrogen energy. It was rather like watching reflexive behavior in laboratory animals. I believe the next regulatory step will be to ban the production of these designs and devices outright. We should be prepared for the corporate onslaught. I personally believe that we should take our options as global citizens ... and cultivate the new technology among disadvantaged nations.
One observes that the scientific community automatically digests potential possibilities whenever new unexpected discoveries manifest themselves. This again is that rigid kind of scientific dogmatism which holds forth the graven image of "the model" before the truth. The cultivation of new discovery is an unknown art in our day ... except among a rare few.
What is "unexpected discovery"? Is it not the piercing reminder that theoretical models can never replace or truly confine natural reality? Yet there are those who have inwardly replaced reality with the model ... and defend the model to the death. The bright light of any natural anomaly or unexpected discovery is hated precisely because it is feared. The model for many scientific personnel is secretly their "lifeline" ... their mantra. These personalities are easy to identify. Unfortunately, in positions of power, they are formidable dissuaders of new technologies.
Newly recognized phenomena and unexpected anomalies distinguish natural reality from all models. The trained scientific historian scours the sometimes rotting refuse of discarded periodicals with particular regret In these discarded stacks lie observations of enormous scope which were faithfully committed by their discoverers to the academic storehouse in hopes that these would be honored, evaluated, and admixed into newer awareness.
Why is unexpected discovery feared and hated by financial dynasties ? New technology spell. ruin for those whose statusquo policy has eliminated them from the competitive race. Most very wealthy individuals are never passionate Makers. Neither are they true philanthropists. While removing the future on the one hand they make publicly acclaimed contributions on the other. The banal misuse of powerful positions wields control to stop progress.
Regulating what discoveries are "permissible" precedes limiting "what can be known". In other words the control of discovery precedes the control of knowledge. The control of knowledge precedes the control of awareness. Mod of the world's greatest scientific potentials lie tragically forgotten in libraries throughout the world. It is indeed remarkable to discover forgotten scientific history in the journals and patent registers because such hinds" often answer current technological problems from a more fundamental level than is imagined. The libraries themselves are being systematically gleaned and old "inadmissible" knowledge is being eradicated.
Several purposes underscore this paper. The first is recounting the story of Dr. Farnsworth's Fusor. The second concerns knowledge forgotten. We must never take the study and preservation of archival records lightly. The third aim encourages realization concerning "undefeatable" problems: they are intended to stop our progress along false paths. The fourth purpose lies in understanding the social ramifications of social dreams, new energy, new technology, and the corporate regulators of these social energies. The fifth is purely scientific: new hydrogen energy has produced tiny poissors in the solid state (Iyengar, Srinivasan).
The advent of new hydrogen energy research represents a natural phenomenon of unprecedented magnitude ... a sociological event. Here we find ourselves in possession of devices which operate on tap water ... and which produce prodigious amounts of heat with insignificant electrical stimuli! The need for palladium metal is not always a strict requirement ... titanium and even nickel suffice under certain conditions
A mystical belief of mine deals with the suppression of truth by corporate regulators ... and the global consequences of such suppression. Discovery itself is a phenomenon. Discoveries are granted as tools of survival against future needs on behalf of our race.
Of discovery I may say that suppression and manipulation results in an unstoppable reaction ... the frightening release of newer, simpler technologies in every corner of the world. This phenomenal dispersion so assaults wouldbe controllers that no one regulator may ever seize, quench, or destroy the new technological species.
There are new discoveries to be made everywhere ... they never cease appearing. As stars which appear in the blackness of space, so too the miracle of discovery endlessly manifests. This new energy revolution is itself a phenomenon ... and win yield to those who pursue it the promise fulfilled.


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I've gotten questions from people over the years about long account numbers/lots of segments, so I thought I would put together a short list of the pitfalls of very large account numbers.
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The OP is considering books like "Art of UNIX Programming", "Pragmatic Programmer" and "Programming Pearls". He also declared he knows about the syntax and such - he can actually code. I think he's already way past the learning how to ride a bicycle. He seems to be more "great, I know how to ride a bicycle - now, how can I scale a mountain on one?".
I certainly assume the OP knows how to write a loop. In reply to Re^3: What book would be valuable to someone self-taught?
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The fixed gear fiasco of this past weekend was cause for much concern at Bad Idea Racing Headquarters. Mike Piazza (coach, GM, attorney, PR man, and head IT guy) had planned for a sweep of all the events in the Omnium. Almost if not enough "all" and mostly just "most." Why did the chain come off five times over two days? What kind of collateral damage occurred? How can future mishaps be avoided? Not since the 9/11 Commission has such a (not so) thorough study been conducted... after a short period of reflection.
Chain off to the outside. Damage imited to the Industry Nine Torch endcap. Structural integrity intact, aesthetic integrity compromised. Certain warranty situation.
Chain off to the inside. Metal sheared away from the backside of the disc brake tabs when the chain became so entangled that the wheel locked up. Hideous results, although I knew something had to give. Nothing a metal file can't (and did) fix.
I thought it was a sloppy fitting PC-1 chain that I had found on the floor, but upon further inspection, I see that my Tomi Cog has had more use than I originally thought. The valleys between the teeth are well worn and there's some shark fin action going on. Meh. If I choose to defend my 2013Southern Single Speed Fixed Gear Omnium title next year, I'm gonna have to invest in a new cog... or just deal with the occasional, frame/hub damaging, place losing, life endangering chain drop.
Speaking of damaged...
This is Sizemore, whom I've taken to calling Gordon Lightfoot. He was the victim of a very sad hoarding situation. Before you grab your pitchforks and torches, know that the hoarder in question was mentally challenged and thought she was running a dog rescue.
When they walked into the place, there were dogs in all states of poor health and some dead. Sizemore was stuck to the couch in his own excrement. They peeled him off the cushion and considered putting him down as he was only nine pounds and too weak to even stand up. Fortunately, the Charlotte Humane Society knows that The Pie RN works from home and is handy with an IV needle. They let him live.
A week later, he can now stand up, walk around, chase a rabbit (the rabbit has little to worry about), and lay back down. He still looks a bit like ass, but he's well on his way to being a regular dog.
So you might ask yourself, "What can I do to make a difference?"
The Pie would then refer you to the starfish story.
Do whatever you can. Your local humane society takes all kinds of donations. From money to old towels and blankets... you name it, they need it. Your donations help guys like Gordon get a second chance, not to mention all the cute puppies and kitties they save and other services they offer. The Humane Society of Charlotte makes is super easy for you:
I'm not asking you to give till it hurts or even makes you slightly uncomfortable. Just perhaps the equivalent of a cup of Starbucks or a bucket of KFC chicken would suffice.
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It Could Be 5 to 6 Years in Prison, $125,000 Fine for Carona
R. Scott Moxley, reporting from the Santa Ana courthouse during an afternoon break, says the judge and lawyers for the defense and prosecution in Mike Carona's sentencing hearing on a felony corruption count, are talking about 63 to 78 months behind bars and a $125,000 fine for the man once dubbed "America's Sheriff."
Prosecutors Brett Sagel and Ken Julian had sought 108 months or nine years in prison for attempting to sabotage a grand jury investigation into abuse of power and bribery at the Orange County Sheriff's Department. That's 30 months more than what a federal probation officer recently recommended based on sentencing guidelines.
Defense attorneys had urged probation for their client.
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Both sides have won concessions from U.S. District Court Judge Andrew J. Guilford, but a huge blow was dealt to the defense when he ruled witness Don Haidl, Carona's former assistant sheriff, was credible. The defense had vehemently contended the multi-millionaire businessman who voluntarily ran Carona's reserve unit was a liar.
According to occrimescene, which is Twittering the sentencing hearing, Guilford said Carona's crime hurt the community. "Lying will not be tolerated in this courtroom," the judge said, ". . . especially by the county's leading law enforcement officer. . . . The Mike Carona we see telling someone to lie speaks poorly of your characteristics."
The judge said he didn't understand the "unrestrained celebrations" after Carona's guilty verdict (he was cleared of several other charges). "A wrong message was sent regarding respect for the law and the jury system," said Guilford, who indicated his sentence would be hard on Carona's family.
"Carona has given no indication he wouldn't ask some again to lie," said the judge, who believes "the Bureau of Prisons will protect Mr. Carona, just as Carona protected inmates under his care."
(God help him then!)
Guilford ordered the $125,000 fine.
Secret recordings Haidl made for the FBI reveal the then-sheriff plotting to get Haidl to lie about bribery and gifts. A portion of the transcript from Carona and Haidl's July 7, 2007, conversation at the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa follows:
CARONA: Good night Peggy. Um, Dennis kind of filled like the role that you did, you know, in the first campaign. I mean cause, I literally, I, I didn't wanna run Don. I wasn't gonna run. I just wanted to get through all this shit man. So also I'm trying to figure out how to make this, make this thing--Dennis stepped up, he was the Don Haidl. He was going to you know his friends. Dennis probably raised me, I'm gonna guess, a hundred grand in this campaign, you know by going to his friends and family--
HAIDL: Yeah sure, sure.
CARONA: --like what you did. I mean literally what you did. Uhm, [unintelligible], we, nothing. Not even uh, [unintelligible]. Hanshaw, had lunch with Hanshaw yesterday. Hanshaw put $700,000 in the our Foundation. And happy to do more, do whatever we want. Uh, [unintelligible] both Hanshaw and Dennis are PSR's. George had Hanshaw convinced to give George, for Hanshaw to give George uh, a brand new Navigator, when George became sheriff.
HAIDL: No shit?
CARONA: Yeah. And Hanshaw was paying him--
HAIDL: [unintelligible] a little cheap. Could've done better. [chuckles]
CARONA: Apparently that's the car George wanted [unintelligible]
HAIDL: [unintelligible] a hubcap deal you know.
CARONA: [unintelligible] a phrase I...I use this Don Haidl phrase on an ongoing basis man, it's like you know, all this shit surrounds Nigger money. I mean it's, it literally is Nigger money.
HAIDL: [chuckles]
CARONA: All, all George and Joe had to be is just C players. They didn't have to be stars, man. You know they, just by not--
HAIDL: [unintelligible]
CARONA: --fucking anybody over they were valuable.
HAIDL: Sit there and shut up.
The courtroom was so packed this morning when Carona entered the media had to be sat in the jury box. He was cheerfully hugging and shaking the hands of people when he arrived, but Carona turned "very solemn" as the events unfolded.
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State universities join effort to turn scraps into compost
TEMPE, Ariz. — A bin of apple cores, half-eaten sandwiches and other scraps thrown out at Arizona State University's Barrett Dining Hall would usually end up in a landfill. Instead, it will become compost to grow gardens and trees.
Committing to the Food Recovery Challenge organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Arizona's three public universities have pledged to reduce food waste on their campuses by a minimum of 5 percent over the next year. They are among dozens of universities taking part, along with grocery stores and entertainment venues.
Laura Moreno, an environmental scientist for the EPA's Office of Pollution and Solid Waste, said the average college student produces about a half-pound of food waste per day, making universities one of the largest sources of food waste.
"If we were to reduce just 5 percent of food wasted by students at the three Arizona universities that are participating in the Food Recovery Challenge, it would save almost 784,000 pounds of food from reaching landfills each year," Moreno said.
The three-year challenge requires universities to track and weigh the amount of food they use, how much is thrown out and how much of that is composted.
While universities have already been working to eliminate waste in dining halls, Joseph Abraham, director of sustainability at the University of Arizona, said joining the EPA's program adds guidance and incentive.
"We were doing much of this already, but it was a good opportunity to tighten up what we're doing and track it better by weighing things but also was a way to challenge us to do more," Abraham said.
The UA's program, Compost Cats, collects unused food and compostable material from campus and a number of businesses and takes it to a composting site at the College of Agriculture and then donates it to community gardens.
Arizona State University, which has a goal of eliminating all solid waste by 2015, has started its Food Recovery Challenge efforts in two dining halls on the Tempe campus.
Nick Brown, director of university sustainability practices, said that in many ways universities are leading their communities developing sustainable practices.
"If it works here, how much easier would it be in a lunchroom at Intel, where things are even more orderly, or an airport," Brown said. "If we learn to do it effectively and efficiently here, it should be pretty easy for others."
Since November, workers at Hassayampa and Barrett dining halls have been separating food and paper scraps for composting and recycling.
In 2013, ASU will expand the program to additional dining facilities and begin using green bins in which students will dispose of food scraps and compostable food-service items and blue bins for recyclable material.
Brown said including sustainable practices in universities will help to familiarize young people with them.
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News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 10/24/2010 Free Stock Photos Sites for e-Learning As an e-Learning developer I had to invest a lot of time to find images for my e-Learning projects. As a result, I had to do a research and find the best FREE stock photo sites. by Christopher Pappas M.B.A.,
Setting the Mood: Top Tips for Adding Stock Music to Your E-Learning
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It actually generated applause in the middle of the session, and I guarantee that wasn't due to its cutting-edge custom photography, innovative special effects, or vibrant color scheme! Depending on the source, stock music can be expensive and in a climate in which it's hard to get any purchases approved, it may be viewed as frivolous. Here are my top tips for finding and working with stock music. But assuming you've determined that using some music is a good design decision for your project… Try stock photo sites you already use. Show restraint.
Does Your eLearning Pass The Test? 7 Things You Can Improve Today
Replace cheesy clipart or stock photography. Generally, free clipart or stock photos are not only lame, but send a message that the training content was hastily slapped together. Graphics and photography are great, but should enhance what's on the screen. What test, you ask? The success test. Does it work? Does the audience like it and find it helpful?
Stock Photo Image and Other Media Sources
Tony Karrer
Mashable's 90+ Online Photography Tools and Resources. MorgueFile.com offers stock photographs in high resolution digital. Stock Exchange offers high quality images taken around the world by amateur photographers. If you have an interest in photography, you can even submit your own pictures. TurboPhoto provides free stock images from 10 categories all of which are in the public domain. Weird - after posting, I just saw a post in my blog reader from HeyJude - Find free images online - my list! She points me to (I don't have time to clean this up. Sorry.)


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Rihanna Print Pants
Okay so not many people can pull of these print pants, but Rihanna sure can!
Rihanna Corset Top
Rihanna sure knows how to put on a show and look good doing it, as she showed when she sported this cool corset-style top.
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True TBB-4G 91" Back Bar Cooler | Black Vinyl with 3 Glass Doors
True back bar cooler with glass doors allow you to merchandise and store your best-selling products simultaneously. Lighted doors also cast a glow that makes it easy for bartenders to locate their customers' beverage choices. This True cooler comes with 6 adjustable shelves, so you can customize the space inside, as well.
This back bar cooler is more than just showy, though. It's as impressive on the inside as the outside, boasting several oversized features, a high-horsepower compressor, and mechanisms to manage the cabinet temperature efficiently. Positive seal doors keep cold air from escaping, and the large condenser maintains a holding temperature between 33° and 38°F.
Eco-Friendly Aspects of Glass Door True Coolers
The glass doors on this True cooler are not only well-lit for merchandising, they're also eco-friendly. Made with "Low-E" double pane thermal glass, these door assemblies are advanced and energy efficient. The refrigerant, CFC-free 134A, is also eco-friendly. True back bar coolers are insulated using Ecomate, a type of insulation that won't contribute to ozone depletion. Add to that the energy savings from the positive seal doors and you're left with a smart choice.
Key Features of This True Back Bar Cooler
- Integrated door light system
- Stainless steel floor
- Door threshold protector
- Cabinet lit by T-8 bulbs
- NSF-safe
- Heavy-duty laminated black vinyl
Advertise Using Your Back Bar Cooler and Accessories
Product visibility and presentation are important parts of any business model. Rapids knows this, and is here to help. To show off your liquor collection with your bottles and cans, check out these lighted liquor display steps in black vinyl. Adding decorative handles to your taps is also a great way to set a mood or establish a theme in your bar. Browse our selection to see over 50 options! Attractive menu covers can also add appeal to your menu items. Order these clear stitched 3-panel menu covers to update your look.
Warranty and Freight for True's TBB-4G Back Bar Cooler
True offers a three-year parts and labor warranty for this unit, and a five-year warranty on its compressor. This item ships from Missouri.Additional Information
Door Material | Glass |
Number of Doors | 3 |
Exterior | Black Vinyl |
Energy Star | No |
Brand | True |