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About me - Aldo Bonincontro

Ciao!
I'm Aldo Bonincontro, I'm 44 and was born in Genoa, Italy,
My father was an engineer, but he died when I was 15, letting me and my mother (housewife) in a difficult economic situation.
Despite this situation, I could graduate in Chemistry in Genoa in 1990.
Then,

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Personal Finance > Marine & Travel Insurance When do you need flight insurance?: 2 of 2
Low cost or cheapflight companies are frequent in the world and they try to fly in any way in the stormy sky of international competition cutting all the possible of their costs; so, security is reduced to minimum, like comfort and facilities for passengers. Also insurance coverage is reduced to the minimum despite its costs ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > African & Middle Eastern Culture How can First World nations assist at solving Sub-saharan Africa's core problems: 2 of 2
From the news and report I hear and read, I can list the main problems of Sub-Saharian Contries like Senegal,Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, in a strip land immediately southwards the Sahara desert.1) Draught:The lack of water obliges people of ... More..
Personal Finance > Retirement Wealthy folks: Whom should inherit your money?: 2 of 2
If I suddenly became rich, for example, winning a lottery, because there's not any other possibility, not being a businnessman, a politician or a mafioso, I would give a good part of my patrimony for 1/3 to a serious humanitarian organization, no matter if religious or not, who concretely helps poor and sick people in the wor... More..
Arts & Humanities > Origins & Firsts in History History and significance of discovering zero: 2 of 2
The ZERO was invented in 628 A.C. by the Indian mathematician BRAHMAGUPTA and then, known and diffused by Indian merchants and known soon by Arabians ones who, in their turn, introduced it in Europe by means of Amalfi and Pisa merchants, above all.Indian merchants, with their practical sense, had realized that letting empty s... More..
Food & Drink > Fruits & Vegetables The characteristics of figs: 2 of 2
The figs are the fruit of a plant native of the Middle East, the Ficus Carica and are known from the antiquity; Romans and Greeks liked them very much.Many are the figs varieties and the most common are the green, then, the black.Some species mature twice a year, while the others only once.The figs maturing in May are named "... More..
Autos > Fuel Economy E85 ethanol usage in car racing: 2 of 2
I report to you some news on the use of ethanol E85 (ethanol/gasoline 85:15 mixture) in car races.The emissions of this fuel are much cleaner than traditional gasoline, provided that the ethanol is really obtained by the fermentation of biologic matter.1) Ford and M-Sport, the structure supporting the BP-Ford World Rally Team... More..
Arts & Humanities > Origins & Firsts in History Origin of the word ain't: 2 of 2
I know English language not very deeply, not being mother-tongue and I tend to avoid certain "traps" that can make uncorrect and, above all, ambiguous what I mean to write or say."AIN' T" is one of these traps because it can mean (read in my Hazon Dictionary):AM NOT, IS NOT, ARE NOT but alsoHAS NOT, HAVE NOT.It unifies in an ... More..
Arts & Humanities > European History Biography: Giovanni da Verrazzano: 2 of 2
Giovanni da Verrazzano was a famous explorer of the beginnings of the XVI century.He was born in the castle of a noble family at Greve in Chianti, about 19 Km from Florence in 1485. His family castle is still today visitable and is a luxury resort.He grow in Florence and later, he went in France, in Dieppe, where he started a... More..
Sciences > Mathematics Overview of the Abel prize: 2 of 2
This prize is awarded every year by the King of Norway to eminent mathematicians and has been created recently, in 2001, when Norway government announced that, to celebrate the 200th birth anniversary of the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (born in 1802), a new prize for mathematics researchers would have been creat... More..
Food & Drink > Breads, Grains, Pasta & Rice Pasta knowledge: 2 of 2
The dry pasta must have, maximum, 12.5 % of water.Here it is its average chemical composition, in %:- WATER: 11.9- PROTEINS: 11.0- FATS: 0.6- ASHES: 0.6- CARBOHYDRATES: 75.7of which (of the whole pasta):- STARCH: 72.0- DEXTRIN: 2.0- GLUCIDES: 1.3- CELLULOSE: 0.4It's prepared with HARD WHEAT BRAN, kneaded with 30 % of its weig... More..