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...Instead, we will take the best practices from the LEED process and apply them to the other dorms without going for the formal certification.”According to Anthony Pacillo, Senior Manager of Harvard Yard and Freshman Dormitories, increasing sustainability in the dorms is a complex process which includes installing dual-flush toilets, motion sensor lighting, water-saving showerheads, and increased recycling. As Pacillo says, it’s an effort to do “basically whatever we can possibly do in the buildings.”Despite budget cuts this year, OFS is still aggressively pursuing green...
Cambridge uses a complex ranking system in its City Council election in which voters can list multiple preferences, and relative candidate rankings are taken into account in determining the nine members of the body...
...place. After all, compared to the relatively simple new rules on the table - insurers wouldn't be able to exclude treatments for pre-existing conditions and would have to sell insurance to anyone who applied for it - many current state insurance regulations are a mishmash of complex formulas and exclusions. "What's been impossible to effectively regulate are these complicated rating rules," says Rick Curtis, president of the Institute for Health Policy Solutions, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization...
...course, we can’t place all the blame on his shoulders. These are tough, complex times. There are no easy solutions to things like war and health care and economic recession. Moreover, President Obama hasn’t even completed one year in office. Complex issues can’t be solved overnight, and he inherited quite a mess to begin with. We should also remember that the president is just one man. In a political system that rests, ideally, on a balance of power, effective leadership requires collaboration and compromise. That said, this president is sometimes...
...months or even weeks. In a bid to consolidate its land holdings in Allston, Harvard has signed an agreement with the Charlesview board that would give the University control of the current apartment buildings, which are situated near the Business School, in exchange for development of a new housing complex a half-mile away...