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...such as stainless steel or aluminum - which are often more expensive still. The latest concretes have other advantages, including setting much faster. That's giving architects, engineers and builders far greater flexibility to use the material's long-lasting, thermal and acoustic properties in everything from pedestrian bridges to bus stations - and, in turn, contributing to big energy and other environmental savings. Some of the innovations are startling: the white concrete used by American architect Richard Meier for the Jubilee Church in Rome contains titanium dioxide, which keeps the concrete clean at the same time as destroying ambient pollutants such...
...notions we have about human value,” says Bonsey. But even with the program’s regulations and difficulties, relationships with prisoners occasionally continue in surprising and inspiring ways: “I had a crazy moment actually this week, when I was on the bus back from prison, and the woman that I tutored last year got on the bus,” Bonsey says. “We were just hugging and laughing. She looked great. She told me she was on the way to a job interview. Just to see that transformation was incredible...
...world’s attention focused on the jubilant throngs packing Grant Park in Chicago, chanting, “Yes We Can!” some small-minded racists lashed out at the black community after Election Day. In Kentucky, Obama was lynched in effigy. In Idaho, a school bus full of second and third-graders chanted, “Assassinate Obama!” Right here in Massachusetts, an arsonist burned down an African-American church the day after Election Day. These reprehensible events illustrate the stubborn remnants of bigotry. Though these were isolated incidents, together they speak...
Greyhound Goes Digital. If you're traveling from New York City to points other than Boston and trying to keep your T&E budget in check, it's now easier to purchase a ticket on Greyhound - the bus company has expanded it's e-ticketing network to New York State. Buy your tickets online and print them out at home; there's no need to stand in line at the station...
...border that plenty will always want to cross. As Europe slides into recession, it will still offer better opportunities than the places from which illegal immigrants flee. Said, a lanky 18-year-old, left his native Afghanistan two months ago and traveled by bus, foot and taxi through Iran and Turkey before puttering toward Mytilene with 10 others in a tiny motorboat. So far, he says, the trip has cost him $3,000, a discount price he got from a distant cousin, who helps operate a trafficking ring...