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** Thatching uses straw, reed or similar materials to make a waterproof, lightweight roof with good insulation properties.
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** The use of straw as a carbon-neutral energy source is increasing rapidly, especially for biobutanol.
** The use of straw in large-scale biomass power plants is becoming mainstream in the EU, with several facilities already online.
** When baled, straw has moderate insulation characteristics ( about R-1. 5 / inch according to Oak Ridge National Lab and Forest Product Lab testing ).
** Until about 100 years ago, thousands of women and children in England were employed in plaiting straw for making hats.
** In Japan, certain trees are wrapped with straw to protect them from the effects of a hard winter as well as to use them as a trap for parasite insects.
** The soil under strawberries is covered with straw to protect the ripe berries from dirt, and straw is also used to cover the plants during winter to prevent the cold from killing them.
** Rope made from straw was used by thatchers, in the packaging industry and even in iron foundries.
** In some parts of Germany like Black Forest and Hunsrück people wear straw shoes at home or at carnival.
** The Independence Party of Minnesota tabulates results of an instant-runoff straw poll and finds John Edwards to be the winner .......................
** After Princeton's stunning knockout of the UCLA men's basketball team in the 1996 NCAA tournament, SI wrote " If there really is a hoop heaven, the house band would be Princeton's, troubadours in straw hats who played the theme from " Underdog " late in the Tigers ' victory.
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