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A Cheapskate in Monterey

Baua Electric

and Sunglass Hut replace “weedy lots and junk heaps,” though a central plaza with bronze sculptures of Steinbeck and some of his characters pays tribute to the past. There, I boarded an electric catamaran from Monterey Bay Eco Tours to troll the calm waters on a 90-minute cruise ($45). Now chains such as Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

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

Creative Greenius

It’s also got a state of the art in-wall vacuuming system but it’s got no solar panels or solar hot water because that wasn’t part of the builders vision for their “dream house.&#. It’s part of my tribute to him. Pumping things, water pumping. Pass it on. And I said sure, I agree. That’s spinning.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

Cars That Think

In 1999 Bill Gates penned a moving tribute to the Wright brothers. Previously, land between airports had been represented by patches of color—green for forests, gray for urban, blue for water. He credited their winged invention as “the World Wide Web of that era,” one that shifted the world into a global perspective.

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