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My Wife's Lovers
installation, with '"Sawblade" (left) by Therese May
... that
Ubiquitous Energy's
transparent
photovoltaic
panels absorb
ultraviolet
and near
infrared light
while transmitting
visible light
, converting windows on buildings into
solar power
generators?
... that
Rose Gaffney
, who successfully opposed construction of the
Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant
, was called the "Mother of
Ecology
" by the
Los Angeles Times
?
... that the 6 ft×8.5 ft, 227 pound painting
My Wife's Lovers
(pictured)
survived the
1906 San Francisco earthquake
, while the salon it was in did not?
... that
quilter
Therese May
had a piece commissioned for the
San Jose Convention Center
in 1993?
(other work by May pictured)
... that a unanimous vote by San Francisco's board of supervisors changed the address of
San Francisco City Hall
to 1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place, in honor of journalist and civil rights leader
Carlton Benjamin Goodlett
?
January 2016
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