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...Wards Berry Farm, there’s a vision of what the sustainable future of food might look like. Between a new peach orchard and a tomato field, a series of outdoor enclosures, and hoop barns house egg-laying hens and wool-bearing sheep. The chickens are free to scratch in the dust and the spring lambs to graze on grass. The manure that the animals produce is used to fertilize the crops and no antibiotics or hormones are needed to keep these free-ranging animals healthy...
...women’s lacrosse, the department hired Lisa Miller, the fiery and strict 2007 Big East Coach of the Year who built the Syracuse program from scratch to a perennial juggernaut. For the men it hired John Tillman, a former member of a powerhouse Cornell program and an assistant coach for over a decade with Navy. Tillman helped the Midshipmen to five NCAA tournament appearances, just missing the national title in a 14-13 loss to Syracuse...
Hayashi gave a team of 17 the assignment to build a car that was durable yet powerful and highly maneuverable - at the same time instilling in his charges a sense of teamwork, responsibility and commitment. Of course, college students couldn't create such a sophisticated machine from scratch. Much of the work has focused on fine-tuning components purchased elsewhere, such as the chassis, which is manufactured by Courage-Oreca of France but has been highly modified to fit the students' specifications. The car is powered by a four-liter V8 turbocharged engine - meant to be compact, and costing half...
...take off that dress?”He looked down at her with his penetrating green gaze. Without pausing to think, Felicity raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face. He didn’t move. Her diamond ring had left a thin scratch across his cheekbone. With complete control, The Stable Boy grabbed her wrists and pushed her against the wall, her arms above her head.Her chest strained against the wet, almost transparent fabric of her dress. “Someone will see,” she gasped.“Let them...
...Core courses, mostly in the humanities. Committee chair Jay M. Harris also said the the most represented area of the roughly 40 proposals received has been the humanities. “It’s pretty obvious you’re not going to map out any curriculum from scratch,” said Professor Laurel Ulrich, who will begin teaching “Pursuits of Happiness” next fall. “It also seems like a terrible waste of resources to throw out courses that are working. ... It’s a question of what students...