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...eastern San Luis Obispo County, where three of the world's largest solar plants ever proposed are under review. Together, the Topaz Solar Farm, California Valley Solar Ranch (both photovoltaic projects) and the Carrizo Energy Solar Farm (a solar thermal operation) would provide energy to nearly 100,000 Golden State homes, but only by covering roughly 16 sq. mi. (41 sq km) of the ecologically sensitive plains with solar panels and industrial development. All three plants have deals with Pacific gas & Electric (PG&E) (which declined to comment for this story), and all want to start construction...
Whistle-Blowing. The nation's first transcontinental railroad was completed May 10, 1869, in Promontory Summit, Utah, where the "golden spike" was pounded into the final tie, finally connecting 1,776 miles of rail. In honor of this august event, Amtrak is celebrating National Train Day, offering Amtrak Guest Rewards members the ability to earn double points for their first four trips taken through May 8, triple points after their fifth trip, and quadruple points for any trip taken on May 9. If you travel Saturday, May 9 through Amtrak's Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago or Los Angeles station...
...embark on its annual spring break tour of California—encompassing four opponents in eight days across the Golden State—the Crimson will have an ideal opportunity to lay its doubles point hoodoo to rest...
Fame, fortune and Hollywood should have followed. But little changed for McKellen. "I am an RSC sort of actor," he says of his decision to stay in Stratford. "There is nothing more sinister or enlightening than that." Besides, the RSC was in its golden age. The concentration of talent intensified with the arrival at Stratford of a new generation of actors including Kenneth Branagh, Jeremy Irons, Charles Dance and Sean Bean. By then, the veterans had developed an informal set of rules for themselves: Take the craft seriously (Dench: "deadly"). Don't take yourself seriously (Stewart: "That's death...
...speech to 100 new advisers, Medvedev said the "reserve" pool of managers was created because "the appearance of new people in appropriate positions in our country is going very slowly." Dubbed the Golden 100, the group will eventually grow into a 1,000-strong collection of leading figures from the government, plus the science, education and business sectors. The first 100 include CEOs from leading Russian banks, retail firms, transport businesses and information-technology companies...