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Paying Tribute to 1997 IEEE President Charles K. Alexander

Cars That Think

He was a former professor and dean at several schools including Temple University , California State University, Northridge , and Ohio University. After the engineering programs became accredited, Alexander said in the oral history that his job was done there so he left Temple in 1994 to join California State University, Northridge.

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Artisanal Cement Tiles Inspired by Modernist Homes

Baua Electric

Scattered throughout Southern California are a set of varied Modernist residences known as the Case Study Houses. His latest collection, Le Tarot Divinatoire, is a tribute to the allure of fortune-telling, rendered in playful watercolor illustrations. restaurant-cueillette.fr.

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A Cheapskate in Monterey

Baua Electric

Like so much of coastal California, the Monterey Peninsula, home to famous Pebble Beach golf courses and exclusive towns like Carmel-by-the-Sea (known simply as Carmel), connotes wealth. In a phone interview, she directed me to the forest, noting that it is “one of only two native Monterey cypress groves remaining in California.”

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

Cars That Think

in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. He left the Navy and earned master’s and doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he earned a Ph.D. In 1995 he joined the Digital Equipment Corp.

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Remembering Ross Stone, an Influential Leader of IEEE Technical Activities

Cars That Think

Communications and patent law expert Stone received a bachelor’s degree in 1967 in earth sciences from the University of California, San Diego. He was president of Stoneware , a business he founded in San Diego that provided consulting and expert witness services related to antennas, propagation, and telecommunications.

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Road Test: 2022 Lincoln Corsair PHEV Grand Touring AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Over 314 miles of Southern California city and highway driving our overall average was 38.8 Paying tribute with the signature grille, made-up of dark smoke-chrome vertical bars that emulate the Lincoln logo and–under certain conditions–sparkle. A capable and efficient engine. The Face of a Continental. per gallon.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

He’s tried the sugar and honey approach for ten years but instead of catching flies he’s caught hassles and obstructions from local Southern California city officials who haven’t kept up with modern technology and remain both ignorant and adversarial when it comes to helping their citizens go solar. “ Idiots !

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