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November 4, 2006
Irvin Aerospace Selected to Design Parachutes for NASA's Orion Spacecraft
Irvin Aerospace, the world's first parachute engineering, design and manufacturing company founded in 1919, has been selected to develop parachutes for NASA's Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV). Following the space shuttles retirement in 2010, NASA plans to replace the aging shuttle fleet with a number of reusable Orion spacecraft. Orion is expected to carry crew members to the International Space Station, the Moon and beyond.
Irvin Aerospace is a world leader in the design, development, and manufacture of best-of-class parachutes for space and air vehicle recovery systems, deceleration systems for high-performance aircraft, military, personnel, and cargo parachute systems as well as ordnance flare chutes, airbags, and weapons delivery systems.
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The New York Times Announces "TimesSelect Free Access Week"
Opening TimesSelect to All Online Users.
November 6-12 Access Presented By Philips.
NEW YORK -- The New York Times has announced that it will invite all online visitors to experience TimesSelect content free of charge for one week. From November 6-12, every visitor to NYTimes.com will have access to TimesSelect columns, blogs, video and other online exclusives that are normally available only to TimesSelect members. TimesSelect Free Access Week is presented exclusively by Philips as part of its "Sense and Simplicity" national marketing campaign.
During November 6-12, all visitors to NYTimes.com will have free access to TimesSelect columnists, including: Harvey Araton, Dan Barry, David Brooks, Roger Cohen, Maureen Dowd, Thomas L. Friedman, Clyde Haberman, Bob Herbert, Nicholas D. Kristof, Paul Krugman, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Joseph Nocera, Floyd Norris, Frank Rich, Chris Suellentrop, John Tierney, George Vecsey, Judith Warner and others. Visitors can also enjoy TimesSelect exclusive videos, podcasts and guest blogs. A free collection of articles (listed below) from the Archive back to 1851 will also be available, although complete access to the full archive will be reserved for TimesSelect subscribers.
"TimesSelect Free Access Week makes one of the Web's richest resources available to all," said Vivian Schiller, senior vice president, general manager, NYTimes.com. "From the influential opinion of our award-winning Op-Ed columnists, such as Maureen Dowd and Nicholas. D. Kristof, to online-only columnists, such as Maira Kalman and Judith Warner, TimesSelect provides a world of viewpoints that encourage dialogue on today's most pressing matters."
"We believe strongly that visitors to TimesSelect during Philips's presentation of Free Access Week will share our vision that innovative products simplify life," said Eric Plaskonos, vice president, brand management, Philips Consumer Electronics.
Among the special features for users during TimesSelect Free Access Week:
• Q&A with TimesSelect columnists
Monday - Thomas L. Friedman
Tuesday - Joseph Nocera
Wednesday - Gail Collins
Thursday - Chris Suellentrop
Friday - Harvey Araton
• Midterm Madness: Election analysis by writers from both sides
of the political divide at
http://midtermmadness.blogs.nytimes.com
• From The Archive: a free collection of articles, including the
Confederate attack on Fort Sumter during the Civil War; the
opening of the Brooklyn Bridge; the report from Iwo Jima; the
Supreme Court school desegregation ruling of 1954; the
Beatles' first trip to America; and the boxing match between
Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay.
• The Best of TimesSelect: selections of memorable columns with
access to videos of TimesSelect columnists, including
discussions with Nicholas D. Kristof, David Brooks and Maureen
Dowd.
• Guest columnist Steven Johnson, writing on technology and
science.
• Maira Kalman's November illustrated column.
• Talking Points: a member of The New York Times editorial board
breaks down today's issues point by point to give readers a
deeper level of understanding. The recent feature, "7 Campaign
Ads Worth Watching" and other past installments will be
available.
Monthly and annual subscriptions to TimesSelect will be available for visitors who wish to continue their access beyond November 12. As always daily, weekly, weekend or Sunday home delivery subscribers to The New York Times can enroll in TimesSelect as part of their home delivery subscription price.
Since its launch in September 2005, TimesSelect has more than 551,000 subscribers, with 65% receiving TimesSelect as a benefit of their home-delivery subscriptions and 35% receiving it from online-only subscriptions.
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Target Offers One-of-a-Kind Plush Elephant Gift Card Holder to Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
100 Percent of Net Profits to Benefit St. Jude's Annual Thanks and Giving Campaign.
As part of its ongoing commitment to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(R), Target has created a special plush elephant gift card holder to benefit St. Jude's annual Thanks and Giving(R) fundraising campaign this holiday season.
The plush elephants are priced at $2.99 and a minimum of $1.50 of each sale, which equals 100 percent of the net proceeds, will be donated directly to St. Jude. The whimsical snowflake-covered ears of the plush elephant were designed by 9-year-old Julia, a dynamic and creative St. Jude patient and Target House resident.
The joyful mascot of Target House, elephants symbolize luck, family and helping others in need - characteristics shared by both St. Jude and Target House. The plush elephants will be available for purchase at Target stores nationwide beginning November 5, 2006. In addition to the elephants, Target holiday gift cards will also be available for purchase in any amount ranging from $5-$1,000.
Target House provides apartments free-of-charge to families of children whose treatments require that they be in Memphis for at least 90 days. This commitment is an extension of St. Jude's coverage of all costs for treatment not covered by insurance, regardless of a family's ability to pay. Target House also allows St. Jude to focus more of its resources on life-saving research and treatment.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay.
Minneapolis-based Target has 1,494 retail stores in 47 states in the USA.
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