Sen. Obama, who has taught courses in constitutional law at the University of Chicago, has regularly referred to himself as a constitutional law professor, most famously at a March 30, 2007, fundraiser when he said, I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution..
Hip roof. A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid.
The number of common rafters in a hip roof are restricted to the length of the ridge with the. rafters on either side, at the end of the ridge, being referred to as centering rafters. The rafters may be set out using a variety of methods including use of the steel square, full size. set out and by calculation.