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| | Straw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Straw envelopes for wine bottles have become rarer, but are still to be found at some wine merchants. | | | The soil under strawberries is covered with straw to protect the ripe berries from dirt. | | | However, straw can be put to many uses, old and new. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw
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| | Straw Types |
| | This is a very popular straw and comes in a number of forms including, natural, skin of xian, twisted xian (or seagrass) and bleached. | | | Very similar to double wheat, made from the same basic straw but the strands are flatter, also used for cheaper hats and dyed to colour. | | | This straw softens easily and does not like to be mistreated, normally considered as a one season hat. |
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http://www.hatsuk.com/hatsuk/hatsukhtml/bible/strawtypes.htm
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| | Your Home Technical Manual - 3.4e Construction Systems - Straw Bale |
| | Using straw for building stores carbon that would otherwise be released. | | | Using straw for building reduces air pollution and stores carbon. | | | With cement rendered interior skins that are a nominal minimum of 30mm thick, it is possible to hang pictures and other items off plugged holes in the thin masonry skin. |
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http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs34e.htm
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| | BuildingGreen.com - EBN 4:3 - Straw: The Next Great Building Material? |
| | Fourth, in many areas straw is still burned in fields, producing significant air pollution. | | | Two companies have plans to produce furniture-grade particleboard out of finely chopped wheat straw. | | | When the material is cooled, the fibers stay in place. |
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http://www.buildinggreen.com/features/straw/straw.html
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| | Straw Wattle Dams |
| | Straw wattles (straw worms, bio-logs, straw noodles) come in different diameters and are made of different materials. | | | Other Factors: Straw wattles are relatively cheap to buy. | | | Wattles are generally stuffed with straw, rice or wheat. |
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http://fire.r9.fws.gov/ifcc/Esr/Treatments/straw-wattle-damsi.htm
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| | straw on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Powell et Straw ont également jugé insignifiant l'accord conclu à Bagdad entre les chefs des inspecteurs et. | | | Braids have been made in Europe from medieval times and probably originated in Tuscany, Italy. | | | Effects of pine straw harvesting on quantity and quality of surface runoff. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s1/straw.asp
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| | Instrawment |
| | For example, place the straw on a tabletop and rub the end of straw with the rounded bottom of a spoon. | | | Another way to flatten the end of a straw is to rub the straw with a hard object. | | | Start at the end of straw furthest from your mouth and cut the straw shorter inch by inch while you're blowing. |
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http://www.doscience.com/act_archive/sept98_activity/sept98.html
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| | The Annotated "Jack Straw" |
| | You mention a Jack Straw in the Peasant's revolt and in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. | | | There is also a Jack Straw in Tennessee Williams' | | | Maggie: "...when he was just overseer here on the old Jack Straw and Peter Ochello place." |
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http://arts.ucsc.edu/GDead/AGDL/jstraw.html
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| | Swarthmore College Strawbale House Project |
| | The same things that make straw hard to use for other purposes make it ideal for building. | | | There was also a small amount of concrete mixed into the stucco placed on the walls. | | | There are few other uses for straw, since, unlike hay, it cannot be used by animals for feed. |
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http://www.swarthmore.edu/es/strawbale.html
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| | Surfin' StrawBale |
| | There are a couple straw bale links here, of course, but so very much more. | | | I'm very proud to consider John Glassford my friend (and "friend" isn't a term I use lightly). | | | Everything seems to link to this—whatever it's called this year. |
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http://mha-net.org/html/sblinks.htm
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| | Straw Polyhedra |
| | Make a triangle with three straws of different colors, threading it twice. | | | There is also a very useful theorem that says that in the situation described above, k+1 colors will always suffice. | | | When you make a straw polyhedron, making it with colored straws in such a way that in each vertex, all straws have different colors, is a big help. |
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http://www.math.nmsu.edu/breakingaway/Lessons/straw/straw.html
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| | The Last Straw: Human Resource List |
| | Timberframe homes of local timber, earth, straw and recycled content. | | | Human Resources outside the USA follow, sorted alphabetically by country. | | | Commercial grade rice and wheat straw bale suppliers (See www.strawbalelocator.com). |
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http://www.thelaststraw.org/resources/humanresources.html
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| | Turbo Turf Straw Blowers |
| | It may be used over hydroseeding to provide additional protection from cold or hot weather and the drying effects of the wind. | | | Blowing straw with a Turbo Turf Straw Blower is 10 times faster than shaking straw by hand and produces the same results using 20% less straw. | | | Straw is a great way to provide erosion control and to maintain optimum conditions for seed germination. |
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http://www.strawblowers.com
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| | Green Home Building: Natural Building techniques: Strawbale |
| | If you are interested in building a house, especially one of straw, this is a must read. | | | Care must be taken to assure that the straw is kept dry, or it will eventually rot. | | | This is also the only way that many building authorities will allow. |
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http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/strawbale.htm
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| | Christmas Time Together at imagitek.com - Straw Stars |
| | Then cut two short pieces of straw to fit across the bound triangles. | | | Soak natural straw in warm water to make it easier to handle. | | | Fold a second straw in the same way and tie the two triangles together as seen in the photo at right. |
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http://www.imagitek.com/xmas/crafts/straw.html
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| | Jack Straw |
| | Mr Straw worked as a barrister from 1972-1974 and was special adviser to Barbara Castle from 1974-1975 and to Peter Shore from 1976-1977. | | | You are here: home > government > cabinet > cabinet ministers > The Rt Hon Jack Straw | | | Jack Straw was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 8 June 2001. |
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http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page1381.asp
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| | Strawbale Construction |
| | Could it be that the house of the future was invented a century ago? | | | Straw is available wherever grain crops are grown, and is annually renewable. | | | Straw bales are so sound proof, one Nebraska pioneer family was found playing cards in their kitchen, oblivious to the roar of a tornado which had just blown through the town. |
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http://www.txses.org/epsea/straw.html
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| | Sourcebook Straw Bale |
| | They are cheaper at the time of harvest rather than after they have been stored from the previous season and, of course, cheaper if they are transported shorter distances. | | | It is important to recognize that straw is the dry plant material or stalk left in the field after a plant has matured, been harvested for seed, and is no longer alive. | | | Straw bale construction uses baled straw from wheat, oats, barley, rye, rice and others in walls covered by stucco. |
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http://www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook/strawbale.html
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| | The Last Straw: Judy Knox & Matts Myhrman |
| | I found a couple of old articles from Mother Earth News from the 1970s. | | | As word of how to build with straw bales began to spread in recent years, owner/builders found they could put up a nice home for $25 to $30 a square foot. | | | Myhrman and Knox found some buildings that initially were made from straw but in the intervening years had had their roofs jacked up and the walls replaced with frame. |
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http://www.strawhomes.com/history/roots.html
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| | Straw Handbags - Straw Handbag Manufacturers, Straw Handbag Factories, Straw Handbag Suppliers, China Straw Handbags |
| | Start here to find suppliers, manufacturers and exporters of Straw Handbags from China and around the world. | | | If you are a supplier, factory, manufacturing company or exporter, and want to have more international Buyers, Join Alibaba now to become a Gold Supplier (for Chinese suppliers), or a TrustPass® Member (for suppliers outside mainland China), and have the opportunity to be included here in the featured supplier list! | | | Straw Handbags - Straw Handbag Manufacturers, Straw Handbag Factories, Straw Handbag Suppliers, China Straw Handbags |
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http://straw_handbag.manufacturers.alibaba.com
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| | IronStraw - Stronger Communities through Straw Building |
| | click the "Why Use Straw" menu button at the top of any page. | | | To read more about the Benefits of Strawbale Building | | | We have put together a slideshow of one of our previous projects, the Mattawa Library construction. |
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http://www.ironstraw.org
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| | Dreams made of straw / A construction style begun by necessity has become chic |
| | Straw is the fibrous dead stalk left behind after agricultural plants such as rice, oats, maize and wheat have been harvested. | | | Straw has been used as a building material for eons by cultures all over. | | | In California, the field burning of rice straw -- the type preferred for building -- has historically created twice as much air pollution than all of the state's power plants combined. |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/12/29/HO110081.DTL
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| | Encyclopedia4U - Straw man - Encyclopedia Article |
| | Probably originating from the Athenian man of straw who were men that could be found in the courts who placed a piece of straw in their shoes (also called straw-shoes). | | | Straw man is also a type of media manipulation. | | | In the sport of rodeo, the straw man is a scarecrow-like figure, made of a shirt and pants stuffed with straw, and, traditionally, propped up with a broom. |
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http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/s/straw-man.html
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| | ET 5/96: Straw bale construction: an update |
| | As far as insects are concerned, straw is usually not on the menu. | | | Straw has virtually no nutrients and common house eaters, like termites, devour wood and not straw. | | | With timber in short supply, people turned to the renewable resource they had on hand - straw from wheat, barley and rye harvests. |
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http://www.sdearthtimes.com/et0596/et0596s2.html
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| | RoadTrip America® - Straw Bale Houses in Arizona |
| | The bales must be kept dry until they're sheathed. | | | There's nothing flimsy about a house made of straw, as long as the straw is tightly baled, free of pesticides, dry, and used in accordance with good engineering principles. | | | Versatility is built into the medium, and the thick walls may well be the only giveaway when a project is complete. |
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http://www.roadtripamerica.com/people/straw.htm
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| | Come Hell or High Water, We've Got You Covered. Straw Net |
| | For years straw has been used to help maintain soil moisture during germination. | | | Holding moisture around the seed during germination process is one of the major keys to successful seeding. | | | And for years straw being blown away or washed out leaving areas of soil exposed has been a problem. |
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http://www.strawnet.com
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| | Controlling Pond Algae with Barley Straw, NF00-429 |
| | This method may be a good alternative to using copper-containing compounds since it is not known to have toxic effects on rooted aquatic plants, zooplankton, insect larvae or fish. | | | The selected dose is 225 pounds of straw per acre. | | | This rate is equivalent to about 0.8 ounces of straw per 10 square feet of surface area. |
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http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/wildlife/nf429.htm
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| | Ezekiel A. Straw - Guide to Likeness of New Hampshire Officials and Governors |
| | Governor Straw worked to reduce the war debt which the state had taken over from impoverished post-war towns. | | | Amoskeag was Manchester and Straw was asked to provide plans and specifications for the city's water works and then to be president of the facility. | | | He surveyed lots for the company, and constructed dams and canals; he also founded (1842) Manchester's First Unitarian Society. |
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http://www.state.nh.us/nhdhr/glikeness/straezek.html
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| | BBC News UK Straw's brother on sex register |
| | I told him he was scaring me and he seemed to snap out of a trance," she told the court. | | | She said Straw, who is married but separated, started talking to her and touched her on the stomach, below the crop top she was wearing. | | | William Straw, 47, of Bramcote in Nottingham, will be placed on the sex offenders' register for the next five years. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/916179.stm
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| | PNI.org Pacific Neuropsychiatric Institute |
| | The STRAW has two components, a timing component and a severity component. | | | Neppe developed the STRAW in the early 1990s because of the non-availability of adequate measures which would reliably differentiate subtle differences in tardive dyskinesia, and which could be easily scored within a 10% range by several different raters. | | | The STRAW timing system is multiplied by the STRAW severity, giving a total score out of 1000. |
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http://www.pni.org/neuropsychiatry/instruments/straw.html
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| | Straw Bedding - Definition of Straw Bedding - Horse Encyclopedia |
| | Also, it is not as absorbent as other types of bedding, and you must use a lot of it to properly bed a stall. | | | Straw makes perfectly acceptable bedding but is becoming less popular because it causes colic in horses that eat it. | | | Western and English horse tack and saddles plus supplements, stable supplies and gifts. |
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http://www.horseandridergear.com/encyclopedia/straw-bedding.aspx
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| | straw |
| | to decide by lottery using straws or strawlike items of different lengths, usually with the short straw or straws determining the person chosen or the loser. | | | catch, clutch, or grasp at a straw, at straws, or at any straw or straws, | | | of, pertaining to, containing, or made of straw: |
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http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/straw
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| | StrawBaleBuilding |
| | Bales used in foundations and cement create an insulated and strong foundation for cold climates--where the mean soil temperature is too low for comfort. | | | Straw bale walls, when combined with a thick plaster interior, create not only superior insulation--but form a large thermal mass. | | | to breathe. Mold would result with the use of a vapor barrier(as it does in wood houses) but with it you would also lose one of straw's best advantages: a natural heat-exchanger. Cold air in winter percolates inward and warms as it does so. |
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http://www.strawbaletradingpost.homestead.com/StrawBaleBuilding.html
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| | Straw Productions |
| | These things help to set Straw Productions apart from other companies. | | | Straw Productions is a St. Louis based company specializing in Music Management, Wedding Videography, and Corporate/Sports Videography. | | | The wide variety of services is offered as a result of the expertise Straw Productions holds in several fields. |
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http://www.strawproductions.com
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| | Straw Man Argument |
| | That Straw Man urban myth has been, and continues to be, spread by anti-evolutionists to cause doubt and confusion. | | | Another type of Straw Man that anti-evolutionists use is a hypocrite's caricature in which they use criteria for judging evolutionary theory which they will not equally apply to any other discipline. | | | Understanding when someone is using this deceptive tactic is the best way to call attention to the weakness of the straw man position. |
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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lilyth/strawman.html
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| | Burbophobia cure . . . build it yourself |
| | We also have some definite opinions on building with straw bales as well as working with an architect/designer, and on salvaging materials, both new and old. | | | Straw bale construction and other ways to make a life by hand | | | But our diary is a good place for first-hand thoughts on the whole process of building a place to love and live in the rest of one's life. |
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http://www.moxvox.com/straw.html
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| | New Strawbale House Plans |
| | If you are going to build a straw bale house, most if not all are really necessary as they compliment each other in important ways. | | | If I HAD to choose only two, it would be "Build it With Bales" and "Serious Straw Bale". | | | BANKS ARE LESS LIKELY TO LEND MONEY on a straw bale house, however this is rapidly changing, see sbregistry.greenbuilder.com/mortgage.straw for a list of financial institutions which have now loaned on straw bales |
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http://www.solarhaven.org/NewStrawbale.htm
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| | deseretnews.com Stephens is the winner of governor straw poll |
| | Acknowledging differences about how effective a straw poll could be, the campaign released its own findings. | | | Some attendees didn't take Saturday evening's straw poll results too seriously because some campaigns bought large numbers of tickets to the event. | | | The Huntsman campaign purchased 75 tickets for the event, placing it behind many of the other contenders. |
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http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,590041892,00.html
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| | BuildingGreen.com - EBN 7:9 - R-Value of Straw Bales Lower Than Previously Reported |
| | Upon disassembly, it was found that there were voids at the top of the wall and very loose packing in places. | | | Also, during construction the walls were compressed with polypropylene strapping, which left a 3” (80 mm) gap at the top; this gap was filled with loose straw. | | | This water was found to have wicked as much as 6” (150 mm) into the wall along the edges of some of the bales. |
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http://www.buildinggreen.com/news/r-value.html
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| | Foreign & Commonwealth Office Foreign Secretary |
| | The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 8 June 2001. | | | Mr Straw has been the Member of Parliament for Blackburn since 1979. | | | Joint Press Conference between Jack Straw and the Greek Foreign Minister, Petros Molyviatis - 56K VERSION (22/07/04) (VID, 1MB) |
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http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1077044580831
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| | Straw Dogs (1971) |
| | On that level alone it is a terrific piece of film-making backed up with highly textured acting from the two principals. | | | It is certainly possible to look at STRAW DOGS as nothing more than a simple story of a man defending his house, his animalistic insides unleashed by a group of Cornish hoodlums. | | | The Criterion Collection two-disc set of STRAW DOGS is excellent, from the Peckinpah documentary to interviews with Susan George and the producer, to the audio commentary track. |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067800
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| | Casas Que Cantan |
| | Donations from many generous people, several of whom are building or dreaming of their own straw bale homes, have helped keep the women supplied with the needed building materials. | | | We have kept the process as simple as possible so they could eventually learn to build it all themselves, as they are. | | | We hope to continue helping them and other such communities. |
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http://www.caneloproject.com/pages/cqc.html
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| | Straw Bale Vaulted Structures |
| | We now have a small network of diverse women who are able to build straw bale vaulted structures. | | | This vaulted straw bale cottage in Point Reyes Station, CA, was designed by Daniel Smith and Associates Architects in collaboration with Penny Livingston-Stark of the Permaculture Institute of Northern California.. | | | See a straw bale house built in Vermont |
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http://www.imagegypsy.com/sbvault.htm
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| | HFH Straw Bale House, Pueblo, Colorado |
| | If you are interested in volunteering on the next project, you can call 719-565-0745. | | | City of Tucson Affordable Straw Bale Homes Project | | | You can also contact Owen for information on how to volunteer for the next Habitat Straw Bale House, to be built in the summer of 1998. |
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http://www.moxvox.com/hfh.html
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| | International Straw Bale Registry Project |
| | Greenbuilder.com, The Last Straw Journal, The Straw Bale Association of Texas, and the Development Center for Appropriate Technology, along with a number of regional strawbale organizations, are working together to build a database of buildings constructed using straw bale. | | | For those countries which are broken out by state/province, filter displayed listings by country to avoid listings from another country with same initials (ie, Western Australia and Washington State are both "WA") | | | Address and contact info will only be used to avoid duplication of listings in those cases. |
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http://sbregistry.greenbuilder.com
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| | The Rice Straw Market - Homepage |
| | This site should serve as a valuable marketing tool for a variety of people in the rice straw business. | | | If you are involved in any of the following service areas in the rice straw business, you should consider using this site. | | | Welcome to the RiceStrawMarket.org, your gateway to an interactive market place for buyers and sellers of California rice straw and rice straw products. |
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http://www.ricestrawmarket.org
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| | Strawbale Components |
| | Straw is very low in embodied energy, though transportation beyond the locale increases the EE rapidly. | | | And at this point in history, there are many reasons to protect forest ecosystems, which should encourage an attitude of frugality in its use. | | | Some materials may not have high embodied energy, but may never the less be offensive due to the environmental stress their production, use, or disposal can cause. |
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http://www2.whidbey.net/lighthook/sbparts.htm
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| | The Straw Warehouse (Ltd) New Zealand |
| | The Straw Warehouse has two partners, Peter and Herb, and between them, they aim to provide the best Hay and Straw they can find, at the most realistic price, and delivered in the best possible time frame. | | | We source top quality Hay and Straw product and we supply North Island Farmers, Horse Racing Stables and Studs and Hobbyists etc. | | | The Straw Warehouse Ltd is based from our office in Walton (North Island, NZ)and was established 4 years ago. |
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http://straw_warehouse.tripod.com
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