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CaliforniaPeggy

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March 28, 2013

19-year-old Student Develops Ocean Cleanup Array...

19-year-old Boyan Slat has unveiled plans to create an Ocean Cleanup Array that could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic waste from the world’s oceans. The device consists of an anchored network of floating booms and processing platforms that could be dispatched to garbage patches around the world. Instead of moving through the ocean, the array would span the radius of a garbage patch, acting as a giant funnel. The angle of the booms would force plastic in the direction of the platforms, where it would be separated from plankton, filtered and stored for recycling.


Read more: http://inhabitat.com/19-year-old-student-develops-ocean-cleanup-array-that-could-remove-7250000-tons-of-plastic-from-the-worlds-oceans/

March 22, 2013

Me at 13, and as a bride:





March 19, 2013

How do You define family?

This is how I do.......found on Facebook:



March 17, 2013

For all of you CSI-Miami fans........some pics of the real setting for the crime lab!

I recently found out that the crime lab is about a mile from where I live...

So, today, my husband and I drove over for a look, and some pics.

Behold:

The front entrance:


What it really is:


My husband on the steps:


Me too:



And a pic lifted from CSI's Facebook page:


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Name: Peggy
Gender: Female
Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA
Home country: USA
Current location: At home
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