All that mining and trucking rock around was expensive, even though the basic idea, heating the rock, has always been very simple, so simple that you can even do it at home, as NPR's technology reporter Nell Boyce explains.

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Not content with the basic black concert T shirt, the Stones are moving into upscale souvenirs--Rolling Stones Rock wear--to be sold at the concert sites when possible, but also in retail outlets like Macy's, J.

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Instead, it is likely to recommend basic first steps in the area, including the removal of mines and the reinforcement of what is left of the rock face in the niches where the sculptures used to stand.

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