La Stella Maris ~ Star of the Sea

Trained Wool and Satin Wedding Dress

c. 1877

Day Dress

c. 1855

White silk and wool mixed organdy with print; double-tiered skirt with border pattern; pagoda sleeves with fringe.

England

Herz Bube + Herz Dame, Tarock-Spiel, tw. mit "Wiener Typen"/"Volksleben"-Darstellungen, Carl Holdhaus, um 1850

Riding Habit

c.1780

Venice, Italy

Robe a l’Anglaise

Dress c.1748; Altered c.1780

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Sand batteries are a significant advancement in clean energy technology.

Holy shit, this is incredible.

“This new facility can hold 100 MWh for about a month in summer and a week in winter.  That’s enough for the town of 5000 local residents.

TechCrunch estimates the Finnish battery’s costs are under $25 per kilowatt-hour, compared to around $115 for leading lithium-ion batteries.90% efficiency.It doesn’t use any “rare earths” or critical materials.  Instead using locally sourced, recyclable materials.Units are scalable and modular to fit different needs and uses.

Suits small towns (like the current facility) and large scale industrial uses.

13 meters tall and 15 meters wide. Independent of geography.  

No supply issues due to any geo-political problems.

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Trump halts Oval Office meeting to hawk major donor’s product: ‘I got to give him a plug’

You already shoudn’t use Miracle Gro, because it’s petroleum-based, and there are endless varieties of organic, sustainable, natural fertilizers.

But now you really shouldn’t use any of the Scott’s products, because it’s a MAGA company.