Solar home soaks up sun on Alpine plateau rise
Dr A R Ponton and family live in a 20 inch adobe sun heated house on a high Alpine plateau, using passive solar design. The heat is stored in thick adobe walls and polyurethane insulation, with skylids guiding sun entry. A pool water heater and solar panels supplement warmth, keeping interiors around 79F in winter and 55F when preinstalled.
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Teens seek contraception access defies laws says Ann Landers
Dear Ann letters discuss teenage contraception access and its effects on pregnancy rates, a widow dating after her spouse’s death, and a man who obsesses over his dead wife. Ann’s blunt replies touch on realism of laws, marriage choices, and personal accountability.
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Polly's Pointers From A Rural Column Mix
Dear Polly offers practical tips and reader questions on odor removal from onions, fish scents, etiquette and table manners, sticky glue stains, crust substitutes using cereal, freezing onions for easy use, and a note about Polly’s thank-you cards.
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Sunken treasure voyage yields riches from 1715 wreck
The richest sunken treasure recovery in the New World comes from a Spanish galleon sunk off Florida in a 1715 hurricane. Rand McNally reports over $1 million in coins and goods raised, with much displayed at the Museum of Sunken Treasure in Cape Canaveral.
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