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...skin in a year and a half. That was the prototype for Foreballs, which he now sells for $130 a pop. Griffiths' invention has been joined over the years by about a dozen competitors, which use tape, tension, suction, weights and straps to gently coax the skin to expand over time. Among the options are the Tug Ahoy, T-Tape, VacuTrac and, of course, the 4restore and TLC Tugger - which Low, an industrial engineer, invented in his Northbrook, Ill., basement when he lost sensitivity in his mid-30s. "It certainly doesn't make any sense to me that nature would...
...started farm aid in response to the Dust Bowl and the Depression, calling it "a temporary solution to deal with an emergency." But in Washington, the emergency has never ended. The government still gives farmers your money--more than ever over the past decade--along with research projects to expand their yields, restoration projects to clean up their messes, flood-control and irrigation projects to protect and enhance their land, visa programs to supply them with cheap labor, ethanol mandates and tariffs to boost their prices, and tax breaks by the bushel...
...Randolph, Neb. "Farms are getting bigger and more efficient, and that's not going to stop." The Environmental Working Group's farm-subsidy database shows that Ebbersons in the area collected $3 million in crop aid over the past decade. Craig used that money to snap up more land, expand his feedlot, invest in a nearby ethanol plant and buy gizmos that track his fertilizer and pesticide use and the food and drug intake of every cow. It's no accident that agriculture's productivity growth consistently outpaces the rest of the economy--or that farms with million-dollar revenues...
That was the bit of analysis that changed everything. Gruber ran the numbers at MIT: universal coverage would be expensive, but so would any half-measure. Romney could simply expand the existing system and, by doing so, cover about one-third more people. Or he could cover everyone by including an "individual mandate," a controversial measure requiring people to buy insurance and offering subsidies to those who couldn't afford it. The price tag would be about one-third higher. "I began by saying, Well, maybe we could help half the people that don't have insurance, maybe we could...
...proliferation of risk-sharing joint ventures called syndicates. The proposition is simple: syndicates allow up to 50 people to pool their money and collectively purchase, maintain and race thoroughbreds, and to share in the winnings. In the U.K., the British Horseracing Authority hopes such schemes will expand the sport's middle-class base. A few hundred pounds can give enthusiasts an insider's privileges, landing them not only a stake in a horse, but also access to the paddock, pre-race chats with trainers and jockeys, and the chance to gloat in the winner's circle. Ed Marley, a syndicate...