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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. It would also fund stationary fuel cells to provide primary and emergency back-up power for the bus maintenance and storage facilities.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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responder and vehicle maintenance technician training; develop. availability of transportation fuels across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Unlocking Private Sector Financing for Alternative Fuel Vehicles and. The Southeast Regional Alternative Fuels Market Initiatives Program, which.

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Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

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Burrell Smith and the Early Mac Design Mr. Smith, who was a repairman in the Apple II maintenance department in 1979, had become hooked on microprocessors several years earlier during a visit to the electronics-industry area south of San Francisco known as Silicon Valley. to handle the finances of the Macintosh project.

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