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Good things come in threes. For Clay Johnson of the Harvard sailing team, the third time was just as charming as the first two.The junior skipper made easy work of the New England Singlehanded Championship last weekend, claiming his third title in as many years. He beat out 34 other sailors, notching five wins in 14 races and beating Zander Kirkland of Tufts by 15 points. Johnson’s fall season is far from over. With his victory, Johnson qualified for nationals in Hawaii. “Going in, I really just try to be consistent...
...unmanned lunar landings within the next two decades. Space exploration is one area of national endeavor where developing China, the third nation to put a man in orbit around Earth, is not scrambling to catch up with its wealthier, more technologically advanced rival. Make no mistake, says Joan Johnson-Freese, the chair of the National Security Studies Department at the U.S. Naval War College, "China is on a fast track into space," and that has definitely caught Japan's attention...
...Japan implements every initiative outlined in Vision 2025, it will cost $2.5 to $2.8 billion a year, compared with JAXA's current budget of $1.8 billion. Sekigawa doubts such increases will find much political backing. "The government doesn't seem that interested in space at the moment," he says. Johnson-Freese of the U.S. Naval War College sees no evidence that Japan will commit the resources needed to chase China in space: "Technologically, everyone understands that the Japanese could pretty much do whatever they want, but it's the politics that...
Raising money for their company, Johnson Seafarms, was not so effortless. The $60 billion fish-farming industry has a foul reputation from problems associated with caged salmon, such as parasites and pollution from concentrated fish wastes. Investors were leery. Viguie and Rzepkowski argued that farming cod would be cleaner. Cod is white fleshed, so it doesn't require dyes that are added to farmed salmon; nor does cod attract sea lice, so chemical pesticides aren't needed. By 2005, Johnson Seafarms had raised $38 million and had begun exporting cod to U.S. restaurants and specialty markets. The company aims...
...keep their product eco-friendly, Johnson Seafarms feeds its crop pellets of commercially caught herring and mackerel. Predators like seals and otters are repelled by a second net around the cages, instead of being shot or trapped. "We want to innovate the whole aquaculture industry to show it can be environmentally sound," says Rzepkowski. And at the same time save that great English culinary invention, fish and chips...