Solar remains something of a buzzword floating around in todays headlines. Although we hear so much about solar energy, we don’t see much of it being utilized in our energy economy. This lack of application is not because solar is a new concept to us. In fact, solar was used by the ancient Pharaohs to…
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PORTABLE GENERATORS The use of portable generators is a common piece of equipment used on filming sets, special events, commercial/industrial, emergency response and or disaster relief, and other locations where shore power is not readily available. Because most remote locations do not have sufficient power supplies to operate lighting and electrical equipment, portable generators are…
DetailsThis September eleventh, we memorialized the estimated 3,497 Americans who lost their lives to terrorism. We remember and honor the firefighters and policemen who carried their fellow Americans on their backs, and reminded us how our country stands strong in its thirteenth hour. Throughout the nation we commemorated the tenth anniversary in a special way.…
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In September of 2011 the Barnum and Bailey Circus, who had been performing at the Cow Palace, brought the show to the streets of San Francisco in a rarely seen “Elephant Walk”. The lumbering elephants clasping on to each other from trunk to tale made their way down Geneva Avenue flayed by hoards of onlookers.…
DetailsOn January 19th 1911, Eugene Ely took off in his Curtiss pusher airplane from the Tanforan racetrack in San Bruno and landed on the USS Pennsylvania anchored off the San Francisco pier. Ely was the first pilot in history to land an airplane aboard a warship. Nearly 100 years after the inception of Naval aviation…
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