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Modernist Bata shoe factory transforms into geothermal-powered homes

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Although the modernist-style factory had been decommissioned in 2000 and sold to a plastics factory, Sonja Bata repurchased the 1,500-acre site in 2008 as part of an ambitious masterplan to transform Batawa into a model of sustainable development. The building is topped with an accessible rooftop terrace.

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U.S. rabbit populations contend with lethal virus, RHDV2

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Incubation is two to 10 days for RHDV1, but three to nine days for RHDV2. House Rabbit Society , Veterinary Practice , as well as both the Vaccine and Veterinary Research journals document RHDV1 as first emerging in China back in 1984, when, in just one year, 140 million rabbits were decimated. There is no known cure for either strain.