Melanie Gaffin

Name	Melanie
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Gender	Female
Meaning	Black, dark
Region
Origin	Greek
Related names	Mel, Mélanie, Melani, Milani
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Lightning continues its title legacy 2010-10-24

Denver Post After moving in from the outfield, Rainey Gaffin proves her stature as a pitcher. ( Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post )...

The Guardian Researchers at Columbia University have demonstrated that a layer of plants and earth can cut the rate of heat absorption through the roof of a building in summer by 84% Columbia University has confirmed that a green roof saves energy by insulating Con Edison's training centre in Long Island City, Queens. Credit: Con Edison Photograph: Con Edison...

Up on the Roof 2009-06-07

The New York Times From the 15th floor you can see all manner of Manhattan eccentricities on the street below. But how did the humdrum rooftop of a nearby apartment house suddenly become covered with a blanket of suburban grass? "No, not grass - you don't want grass," explains Stuart Gaffin, a research scientist tracked down at Columbia University who turns out to be the city's rooftop Johnny...

Knox News Actress Claudia Katz of Los Angeles, peers from under an umbrella Monday in Krutch Park. She's here shooting scenes for the feature film, "Be Not Afraid," in which she has the lead female role. After a summer with little rain, pedestrians have to pull out their umbrellas Monday, the first day of measurable rain in Knoxville since July 31. More rain, and possible flooding, is...

Knox News During the warm weather months, Knoxville Area Transit offers a lifeline to the environment and motorists alike. KAT's Air Quality Action Days program means free bus rides for passengers who hop on when the city faces an orange-level alert or higher. The program began Monday, and through its first two days, as the area recorded poor air quality, passengers enjoyed free...

No school for some as temps drop 2009-01-16

Knox News A blast of dangerously cold air from the north was expected to roar into East Tennessee overnight, sending temperatures plunging to near zero and giving nearly 50,000 area students a four-day weekend. The forecast calls for temperatures to reach 6 degrees at McGhee Tyson Airport this morning with the associated wind chill dipping as low as 5 degrees below zero, acording to...

Knox News KNOXVILLE - An usually damp year is about to get even wetter. For the rest of the week, a succession of storms is expected to move through the Tennessee Valley, dumping up to 4 inches of rain and...

Knox News A band of snow showers was moving into East Tennessee late Tuesday along with dangerously low temperatures even as the area recovered from an earlier storm, officials said. The threat of wintry weather combined with ice left over from Monday's storm...

Yahoo Daily News Threats to the environment lurk among the things we see and use every day. We've singled out seven secret polluters whose negative impact on the planet is worse than it may seem. Mobile Phones Like other electronics manufactured with , cell phones harm the environment twice, during their creation and their disposal. Many cell phones contain a rare mineral called coltan in...

The Examiner CBS 2 - 2 hrs 34 mins ago A new tax credit for building owners could lead to a sea of rooftop gardens in New York City. Imagine flying over New York City and seeing green roofs on nearly every building. "We're talking about a vast unused space that could be performing valuable environmental functioning," said Stuart Gaffin, urban climate expert...

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