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ISSUE: November 15, 2009
Articles about machinery
The Toy
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12-1-2003
WHEEL COOL
When does a wheelbarrow become a toy? When it’s equipped with a flat-free tire, roll bumper to protect soft surfaces during dumping, and — get this — a disc brake operated via a handle-mounted lever. In fact, the
JEEP WHEELB...
Article Excerpts:
...aside, this Jeep is a serious piece of hauling
machinery
. The six-cubic-foot tub is hewn from 1.4mm...
Whatever Happened To Biosphere 2
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7-15-2008
BIOSPHERE 2. CARS TO SHARE WITH OTHERS. EVEN AN ECO-FRIENDLY VODKA! WE EXPLORE A FEW OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR GREENING UP THE WORLD ONE BUILDING, RIDE, AND DRINK AT A TIME.
Article Excerpts:
...all the electrical, mechanical, and plumbing
machinery
is housed. For tour times and additional...
Business In Paradise
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1-15-2003
Development Business in Paradise
Caribbean efforts to diversify mean vacation heaven could also be nirvana for your company.
Article Excerpts:
...and tax deductions for investment in buildings,
machinery
, and equipment. At the same time, the island''s...
Marriages That Work
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2-1-2005
First comes love, then comes marriage then comes incorporation, payroll, and staff meetings.
Article Excerpts:
...the farm; the rest they bottle themselves with
machinery
they recently installed. They even sell some on...
I Welcome Coober Pedy To The Jewel Of The Outback
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5-15-2006
Underground living quarters. The world’s longest fence. And the moniker of Opal Capital of the World. This is Coober Pedy.
ON HANDS AND KNEES,
I shift the crumbled earth in all directions, searching for a glimmer of hope amid the...
Article Excerpts:
...sink the money back into bigger and better
machinery
and then never find opal again (anyone who''s...
I Got Yer “busy” Right Here!
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1-1-2007
I Got Yer "Busy" Right Here! I HAD PLANNED TO wish you a happy new year, but I am just too busy. And that worries me not that I am too busy but that I say I am too busy. Everybody these days says they're too busy. Have you notic...
Article Excerpts:
...tomorrow." Polite mendacity lubricates the
machinery
of human interaction. Without it, we are no...
The Greening of the Santa Monica Pier
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7-15-2009
THE SANTA MONICA PIER’S Ferris wheel has held reign as the world’s only solar-powered wheel for the last decade -- but last year the California amusement got even more energy efficient when it was replaced with the nine-story $1.5 million Pacific Wheel, which lifts riders more than 130 feet above the Pacific Ocean, lights up the sky with 160,000 energy-efficient LED lights, and generates more than 71,000 kilowatt hours of renewable photovoltaic power from sunlight.
Article Excerpts:
...repainted, and restored back in 1980, while its
machinery
was replaced in 2006. You can just go to...
Pack Your Clubs
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6-15-2009
There is a trio of new and recently refurbished golf courses in St. Andrews, Scotland, just begging for your attention.
Article Excerpts:
...looks as if it juts into the bay. Though modern
machinery
went into its making, the course feels timeless,...
Ladies and Gentlemen, Try to Start Your Engines!
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8-15-2009
Looking to burn rubber (and possibly a battery)? Do you feel the need for (relatively moderate) speed? At the 24 Hours of LeMons, all you need in order to race is a cheap car and a sense of humor.
Article Excerpts:
...race -- takes one look at this affront to sleek
machinery
and then scrunches up his face like he’s just...