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...that have not been clear-cut. For some parts of the Cannon Beach house, including the interior heavy timber framing and flooring, the wood is actually from windfallen trees. The exterior shingle walls of the house conceal Durisol interior concrete forms made of recycled wood chips, insulating material and cement. The hollow cores of the forms are filled with concrete to become walls that resist fire, termites and rot. Even the concrete has a high content of fly ash, a waste by-product from power plants that requires less energy to produce than standard cement. Plus, there was minimal reliance...
...contributions, according to Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise.Currently, the football team plays five or six home games on the stadium turf each fall, in addition to a number of practices and exhibition games in spring and summer. Though DHA-clad students are often seen jogging on the steep cement bleachers, the stadium is unused for much of the year.The renovations, says Department of Athletics spokesman Chuck Sullivan, are “basically designed to make the stadium more useful than just five days a year.”The new turf, lights, and bubble—which would...
...former pest-control entrepreneur says he had been contemplating a departure for months, and his struggle in last month's Republican primary helped cement his plan. He says he prayed repeatedly and even fasted, and made the final decision the day after receiving a thunderous response to a speech he gave in Washington at a War on Christians Conference on March 28. "The enemies of virtue may be on the march," he said, "but they have not won. And if we put our trust in Christ, they never will." He said the adulation convinced him he could do more good...
Supporting Harvard’s Sagging Midsection By ALEX SLACK Friday, April 07, 2006 2:45 AM Only by extending HFAI to cover middle-income students can Harvard cement the initiative’s reputation as one based on egalitarian principles, not just on the enhancement of Harvard’s image...
...recent expansion of the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI). But Harvard’s progress thus far in enlarging financial aid awards for lower- and middle-income students has not tested the true, underlying goals of the initiative. Only by extending HFAI to cover middle-income students can Harvard cement the initiative’s reputation as one based on egalitarian principles, not just on the enhancement of Harvard’s image...