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font-family:Arial'>a. We're posting a series of YouTube videos with step by
step documentation on how to construct the earthquake-proof (should I be humble
towards Mama Earth and say earthquake-resistant?) strawbale dome-atories in our
EcoCampus. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>b. Do any of you know of formal fire rating testing and
results for "light straw"? I'd like to have an idea of what to
expect before we begin Standards Institute of Israel material testing on 8 and
40 cm light straw wall panels.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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