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170718Tu Melbourne 'Age' - renewable energy. [transport comes into this
category].

170719W Melbourne 'Age' - wet tramlines (Justin McManus).

Roderick.

Melbourne Express: Thursday, July 20, 2017.
On this day in 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon.
However, it was not until July 21 that they went on the famous space-walk.
This happened long before my time, so I'd be interested to hear from someone
who was alive in 1969 about what the moon landing meant at the time. Was it
like seeing the whole thing play out live?
I find these photos from how hospitals worked in the past utterly
fascinating.
In the 1890s patients would typically be given an anaesthetic, either
chloroform or ether, from a bottle onto a lint covered mask.
pic.twitter.com/U4ns34CHas - Royal Melbourne Hosp.
As a bonus, check out these photos from The Peter Mac Cancer Centre from the
1950s.
<www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-express-thursday-july-20-2017-20170719
-gxejpy.html>

20.7.17 Lesser-known US cities with great attractions: Under-the-radar
cities with world-class attractions .
Sure, you can happily spend weeks in New York or LA and plunge into San Fran
or Chicago's wealth of attractions. But sometimes the most impressive US
cultural, historical and plain fun sites are not housed in the obvious
cities. For this lot, for example, you need to spread your wings further
afield.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio. The sections on the origins of
rock and roll music - through jazz, folk, blues and gospel - are utterly
fascinating. And, more importantly, they leave you wanting to raid record
stores to listen to the likes of Robert Johnson and Hank Williams.
Elsewhere, there are brilliant displays on big stars (such as Elvis), the
producers and DJs that propelled rock's takeover, and the cities where
different scenes emerged. See rockhall.com Monticello, Charlottesville,
Virginia. Monticello wasn't just the home of third President Thomas
Jefferson - he designed it himself, based largely on Palladian, classicist
principles. But while the architecture, including a glorious central dome,
may be magnificent, the decoration inside - full of things Jefferson
collected from around the world - is more fascinating. The same applies to
the tours, which go into the man - a consummate polymath - and the slaves he
both kept and had relationships with. See Monticello.org Bradbury Science
Museum, Los Alamos, New Mexico. The Bradbury delves into nuclear science,
but most importantly the atomic bomb, which was developed in Los Alamos. The
stories of people who worked there are riveting - particularly in terms of
the lengths they had to go to keep things secret. And the horrified
reactions of those who worked on the project after seeing the first test
explosion live long in the memory afterwards. See lanl.gov/museum Henry Ford
museum, Dearborn, Michigan. Just outside Detroit, the Henry Ford has superb
collections of cars and planes, as you might expect. But it also offers
perfectly pitched trawls through American history, and has some genuinely
staggering "woah there" exhibits. These include the bus where Rosa Parks
made her civil rights stand, the car JFK was in when he was assassinated,
and the bike shop where the Wright Brothers made the first plane. The latter
was transported brick by brick from Dayton, Ohio. See thehenryford.org
Johnson Space Centre, Houston, Texas. NASA's Manned Spaceflight Centre is
where astronauts are trained and flight control is based. There's an
incredible amount to do there - from tram tours around the site to hanging
out over lunch with an astronaut. You can visit mission control, see the
gigantic Saturn V Rockets, experience blast-off in a specially designed
theatre and learn about life on the International Space Station. See
Spacecenter.org Dali Museum, St Petersburg, Florida. The art museum for
people who get bored with art museums, the Dali Museum has thousands of
works by the Spanish surrealist, including a greedy handful of those
considered his masterpieces. The museum is an architectural high point too,
with an eye-popping, curving glass blob slinking around the building. See
thedali.org Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The largest single
artist museum in the US spreads over six floors and, as you might expect
with an artist who believed in mass producing his work, all the hits from
the Jackie O screen prints to the Campbell's soup cans are there. But more
importantly it explores the man and how he forced himself and his scene into
the world's consciousness. See warhol.org American Civil War Centre,
Richmond, Virginia. Inside the Tredegar Ironworks that provided much of the
heavy metal behind the Confederate war effort, the American Civil War Centre
gives an absorbing overview of the battle between North and South. For
non-military buffs, it does a great job of explaining the underlying themes
- slavery, states' rights, industrial versus plantation economy - and the
resulting impacts on world history. See acwm.org Temple Square, Salt Lake
City, Utah. The Mormon equivalent of the Vatican, Temple Square is notable
for both its grandeur and its weirdness. Seemingly hundreds of missionaries
wander around between the soaring temple, curving tabernacle - home to the
famed choir - and giant conference centre. Head inside the visitor centre,
and the museum-esque exhibits tell the phenomenally improbable tale of the
Mormon faith's origins and spread. See templesquare.com National Civil
Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee. Generally seen as a pilgrimage site for
Elvis diehards, Memphis is also a key site on the US civil rights trail.
Martin Luther King jnr was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel, and the
National Civil Rights museum has been built opposite the motel. The exhibits
are extensive, both on King's struggle and those of other civil rights
leaders, and there's no beating about the bush about the impact on American
life, past and present. See civilrightsmuseum.org See also: A guide to
tipping in USA.
See also: The ultimate guide to New York for first-timers.
<www.traveller.com.au/us-travel-tips-and-advice-under-the-radar-cities-with-
worldclass-attractions-gs15el>

All with tdu:
July 17 2017 Queensland power generators referred to regulator over
price-gouging claims .
AAP
<www.theage.com.au/queensland/queensland-power-generators-referred-to-regula
tor-over-pricegouging-claims-20170717-gxcxp4.html>

July 18 2017 'Almost exponential': Green bank eyes rapid renewables growth
as doubts linger .
<www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/almost-exponential-green-bank-
eyes-rapid-renewables-growth-as-doubts-linger-20170717-gxd7pj.html>

July 18 2017 Somebody's got it wrong on renewables Businesses committed to
buying renewable energy, and those with no intention of doing so, all
believe their decision will save them money.
<www.theage.com.au/business/energy/somebodys-got-it-wrong-on-renewables-2017
0717-gxclo8.html>

July 20 2017 Arrium's new owner Sanjeev Gupta plans to invest to overcome
'high' energy costs . with tdu.
<www.theage.com.au/business/arriums-new-owner-sanjeev-gupta-plans-to-invest-
to-overcome-high-energy-costs-20170719-gxeec5.html>