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1992: Stanley Works purchased the Chatsworth, California-based Monarch Mirror Door Co. Inc., an American manufacturer of sliding and folding mirror-doors. 2000: Stanley Works acquired Blick of Swindon, England, a UK integrator of security solutions [buzzword], communication, and time-management solutions [buzzword], and CST Berger.
Emeryville is a city located in northwest Alameda County, California, in the United States.It lies in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, with a border on the shore of San Francisco Bay.
The semi-secret Google X Lab, which is the development lab for items such as Google Glass, is located in "ordinary two-story red-brick buildings" about 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 meters) from the Googleplex. It has a "burbling fountain out front and rows of company-issued bikes, which employees use to shuttle to the main campus."
The local irradiance near the area is about 7.4 kWh/m 2 /day [50] [51] (annual average) for a total solar energy flow in the visible spectrum of 2.717 MWh/m 2 yearly. One heliostat mirror is a 75.6 square feet (7.02 m 2 ) reflecting surface, [ 52 ] giving a total of 151.2 square feet (14.05 m 2 ) per heliostat.
Nipton is an unincorporated community in the Ivanpah Valley in San Bernardino County, California.With a population of about 15 – 20, [2] it is located on the northeastern border of Mojave National Preserve, approximately 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Primm, Nevada and the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility.
Elk Creek is a census-designated place [3] in Glenn County, California. [2] It is located 19 miles (31 km) northwest of Willows, [4] at an elevation of 745 feet (227 m). [2]The 2010 census reported that Elk Creek's population was 163.
A California Sea Products Company whaling station operated in Trinidad from 1920 to 1926. During its operations, 1,140 whales were killed and processed. [21] [22] Trinidad resident Henry A. Boyes was a United States Marine Corps first sergeant with the 5th Marine Regiment during World War II (1941–1945).
Tiburon features numerous small boutiques and restaurants, catering to local residents and tourists. Most of the town's restaurants are located on or near Main Street, near the Tiburon Ferry Terminal. Besides the boat to the San Francisco Ferry Building, the Angel Island-Tiburon Ferry provides daily service to nearby Angel Island.