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With some exceptions, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000. The main culprit? Tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside air...
...result of his bleak youth in a Japanese prison camp, Ballard, who died on April 19 at 78, was convinced that 20th century life was a frail shell of pretense over strong, dark, violent impulses. His prose had a lucid, often clinical air, but his characters were weird iconic figures lost in their obsessions over sex, drugs, media, massive disasters, car crashes, dead pop stars, hydrogen bombs and fatal medical experiments...
Ballard met his late successes with a brisk, ironic air. His final book, a memoir, was full of warmth and kindness for the people around him, but this poet of the 20th century's dark side was a stoic figure; the visionary had his cult, but he had no equals...
Change is in the air this spring, or at least it will be soon, as President Obama pursues “a new beginning with Cuba.” In remarks made at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, Obama indicated his willingness to engage with the Cuban government in an effort to ameliorate U.S.-Cuba relations, which have remained chilly for half a century. And, prior to the summit, Obama broke with traditional policy by lifting restrictions placed on Cuban-Americans’ ability to travel to Cuba and send money to friends and relatives...
...Oelstrom, a scheduled panelist and retired Air Force Lieutenant General who now directs the Kennedy School’s National Security Program, said in an interview yesterday he hoped Harvard would become more open to ROTC...