But as with any new technological breakthrough, there will be those looking to get around it, and as we can see from people taping Pokewalkers to spinning record players, there will always be the lazy who will go to great lengths to stay that way.

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"The governor's credibility is undermined by his insistence on over-spinning the record, " McMahon said.

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This is certainly not a problem for big manufacturers, which are spinning off record amounts of cash and are strong enough to borrow in the international capital markets.

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California's main power grid manager, the Independent System Operator, reported that turbines spinning within the ISO grid produced a record of 4, 196 megawatts Sunday.

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