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...first stop was in Lexington, at Doug Holmes's place. Doug Holmes is a consulting engineer and makes his living giving practical advice. He has waged a lifelong battle against inefficiency and sloppy design...
...long ago Doug helped design a sewage treatment plant that forgoes modern technology for more traditional means. "People aren't the only ones with sewage to treat," he told us. "Every animal out there makes some, and Nature takes care of it." Modeled on a wetlands, his plant is a series of tanks open to sunlight. The sewage flows through so slowly you can't see it move. At the front end, there are only bacteria. Farther down you can find worms, shrimp, and then fish. "When we wanted to start the plant running, we needed all the little beasties...
When we all arrived Doug led us down to the greenhouse on the south side of his house. When the house was built in 1979, he purchased the greenhouse armature from a garden store that was going out of business. "If you are ever going to build a greenhouse, use sliding-door glass. Sliding door replacements are the cheapest double-glazed glass on the market...
...acquitted. Some, however, do express relief and opine that the public got a distorted impression of what happened from the tape. There was -- there must have been -- other evidence that led the jury to acquit. "The trial was much more than 81 seconds of tape," says Houston burglary sergeant Doug Elder. "The media and politicians took the tape and indicted, tried and convicted those officers before they went to court." Now, he says, "politicians are helping pour flames on the problem...
Rioting itself is an extension of the politics of protest. In Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, Doug McAdam analyzes the effectiveness of disruptive political action. Both riots and non-violent demonstrations such as sit-ins and marches "may constitute the only available means by which excluded groups can overcome their traditional powerlessness within institutionalized political channels...