As part of the scheme, the wall along High Hill will be raised using a combination of Lakeland stone and glass panels which aims to protect views of the river, whilst reducing flood risk.

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In addition, the glass is extremely strong, obviating the need for expensive aluminum frames, and reducing costs by another 10%.

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Academics have a habit of crawling along the frontiers of knowledge with a magnifying glass, blind to the wide vistas opening up before them, and often reducing the most engaging subjects to tedious debates about methodology.

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Pittsburgh-based architect Lewko Korzeniwsky recently finished turning the traditional, Colonial-style floor plan of an old 4, 600-square-foot French Normandy mansion into an open, contemporary interior, reducing the number of bedrooms to four from six and introducing floor-to-ceiling glass windows and recessed lighting.

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Kindle Fire HD solves this air gap problem by laminating the touch sensor and the LCD together into a single layer of glass, creating a display that's easy to view even in overhead light, and reducing glare by 25% relative to iPad 3.

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