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The equipment is expensive enough that its use in the company's home market is limited to lighthouses, remote military posts and other sites far from power plants. But Shi says the Chinese, U.S. and other markets will grow quickly as governments respond to concern about global warming by rolling out clean-energy initiatives. (Herald Online, SC -- Technology)
A Great Lake in our backyard Apr 19, 2007
" One downside: Michigan City's huge shoreline power plant, well to the east but a lurking presence nonetheless. Another: Parking on a summer Sunday can be gone well before church lets out. SOUTH BEACH, South Haven, Mich. With St. Joseph's Silver Beach and City Beach in Grand Haven (and its state park next door), this is one of three exceptional town beaches on a 75-mile stretch of Michigan shoreline. All feature great sand, lifeguards, playgrounds and unique lighthouses that provide character... (Chicago Tribune)
Creative Wedding Centerpieces Apr 18, 2007
Summertime is perfect for glass containers of sand, seashells, and sea glass, but small wooden lighthouses will also evoke an ocean air. Give Guests a Treat. (Suite101.com)
Art springs to life Apr 13, 2007
The subject matter spans from traditional subjects - local beach scenes, marshes and lighthouses - to the more whimsical choices of seniors riding bicycles and a romantic scene of a couple huddled under an umbrella as they walk down a tree-lined lane. Mediums include oil paints, water colors, pastels and even two intricately worked needlepoint pictures. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
GSA to Announce Notices of Availability, Public Sale of Historic Lighthouses Apr 7, 2007
WASHINGTON, April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) will soon issue Notices of Availability (NOAs) for 17 historic lighthouses located across the country ... "We recognize the cultural, recreational and educational value associated with these historic lighthouses and are committed to working with our federal partners and other interested stakeholders to preserve these treasured assets." GSA, the federal government's property management and procurement... (PR Newswire)
Lighthouse backers say they'll draw tourist dollars Apr 1, 2007
A LOOK AT LIGHTHOUSES ... Lighthouses were originally lit by an open fire ... Before lighthouses, early travelers built a fire on the shore to guide them back to the coast. (Herald-Tribune)
Meeting 'John Doe' kind of a letdown Mar 27, 2007
As a canny newspaper editor, Guy Paul is both hard-boiled and poignant, but his big number, "Lighthouses," is a schmaltz-laden disaster. The structure of the musical is awkward, and while Mr. Capra's movie convincingly sells a message of optimism and near-religious conversion in a time when America was just emerging from a trying era, the musical version conveys a more troubling and cynical ambivalence. (Washington Times)
Maine's oldest home up for auction Mar 22, 2007
Auctioneer Paul McInnis said the most striking feature is the property's 300 feet of direct water frontage that allows vast views of Pepperrell Cove, Portsmouth Harbor, two lighthouses and three forts. "The view is probably one of the nicest because it has much more frontage than the properties in the area," he said. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Spend the night in SA's lighthouses Feb 19, 2007
LIGHTHOUSES A new life for lighthouses ... Lighthouses are more than just navigation beacons from yesteryear ... The eight lighthouses on offer are spread along South Africas coastline from Cape Columbine, near Saldanha Bay, to North Sand Bluff in Kwazulu-Natal. (iAfrica.com)
Flea market shoppers find bargains Feb 12, 2007
FORT MADISON The Poor Hillbilly Crafters sold elephants, dogs and lighthouses made out of clay pots. Martha Lowenberg sold aprons, dish towels, baby blankets and bears. (The Hawk Eye)
Cameron's looks to grow inn Feb 10, 2007
The U.S. Coast Guard will transfer five lighthouses considered to be within the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to National Park Service control. The transfer will include the historic Point Montara lighthouse on the Coastside, according to GGNRA spokesman Rich Weidman. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Kenneth Black, 83; helped preserve legacy of lighthouses Feb 1, 2007
Mr. Black, a leader in the effort to save lighthouses and the founder of one of the first lighthouse exhibits in New England, died Sunday in Penobscot Bay Medical Center Hospital in Rockport, Maine ... Mr. Black "felt it was vital to save lighthouse artifacts to help future generations learn why lighthouses and the people who kept them played such an important role in the development of our nation into being a world leader," said Harrison, who is president of the American Lighthouse Foundation... (Boston Globe)
Unique Nautical Chart Artwork Feb 1, 2007
Coastal Light Chart - A 3D chart produced by Latitude Kinsale is outfitted with LED lights controlled by a microprocessor that recreates their actual location, color, and flashing sequence pattern of lighted navigational aids and lighthouses found on the chart. Framed in a shadow box, these pieces are spectacular and truly interactive. (Suite101.com)
• Information available for Downtown art event Jan 28, 2007
RACINE - Artist design proposal packets are now available for Downtown's 2007 public art event, the sixth consecutive, which will feature lighthouses ... Approximately 75 lighthouses will be available for artists to design. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Second looks Jan 27, 2007
The lighthouses in Provincetown. Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
The clutter challenge: A sea of stuff surrounds us; do we sink or swim? Jan 21, 2007
The mantel holds miniature lighthouses, mermaids, ornamental eggs and three monkey statues that remind her of a pin her mother used to wear. "Memories are important," Fischer said. (North County Times)
Lighthouse museums to combine collections Jan 13, 2007
Combining the two collections made sense because the Rockland museum focused on the mechanical side of lighthouses, while the Wells collection centered on the life of the lighthouse keeper, Harrison said. The Wells museum includes equipment from lighthouses around the world, uniforms once worn by the police force protecting U.S. lighthouses, tools, dinnerware and even the hats worn by those in the lighthouse service dating back to the Civil War ... Harrison said it made sense to locate the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Painter always doing something fishy Jan 7, 2007
In addition to fish, he paints well-known characters, such as the beloved ogre in the movie "Shrek." He also paints boats, lighthouses, birds, garden waterfalls and other picturesque outdoor scenes. "My father calls me a paintbrush for hire," said Luterio, who said he's been painting since he was 3. (NEPA News, PA)
Bouquets for Boquete Jan 7, 2007
" No matter. Boquete quickly revealed itself to be a hole filled with flowers. Maintenance crews with machetes hacked at colorful clouds of bougainvillea that threatened to take over the roads. Impatiens in every shade, interspersed with frothy flings of blue forget-me-nots, blanketed hillsides. Aerial gardens of orchids, aroids and bromeliads nestled in the high branches of trees. Lacy tree ferns towered; mosses muffled almost every surface. Nearly every front yard in Boquete, population 3,000,... (San Francisco Chronicle)
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