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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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