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...Emery's Featherfiber Corp., which licensed the feather-separating technique from ARS five years ago, it's continuing to tweak the production method at its headquarters in Nixa, Mo., while seeking investment for a full-scale factory. Emery has already demonstrated several applications for the fiber, and the math should work in his favor: a pound of raw feathers is worth about 2�, but could fetch roughly $1 as processed fiber. "I strongly believe," Emery says, "that in a very short period of time, processed poultry feathers will be worth more per pound than poultry meat." Then again, the technology...
Lansing says her method for green-lighting projects is simple: absorb all the data you can, but trust your gut instinct. "I read all the market research and use it as a tool," she says. "But movies are an art form. You have to look into the eyes of a filmmaker and an executive and see their passion...
...shortage of uncomfortable and terrifying ways of traveling between his palatial single and the rest of campus. For example, there’s the horribly crowded 9:50 am shuttle, the 9:51 walk through the rain, or the 9:59 bike ride down Massachusetts Avenue. But the worst method, by far, is the nighttime bike ride. If dodging potholes, vibrating over brick sidewalks, and weaving between Boston drivers isn’t fun enough during the day, it’s a terrorizing experience at night. So the first time Dartboard got stranded at the river after dark, bike...
...Vote or Die Family, choosing to borrow their name from Sean Combs was an appropriate choice—as a voting party featuring vodka and music seems a method “P. Diddy” would likely endorse. But Harvard’s Vote or Die division has a more specific goal than voter turnout; in the recent Undergraduate Council election they endorsed nine candidates who they felt would better serve the needs of a diverse student body. By encouraging students to vote and become more engaged in the process of selecting student government leaders, the Vote...
Scalia —who usually prefers the Socratic method to the rhythm method—stopped short of proposing a ménage-a-trois with Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the newly single Nancy Reagan, but we have to wonder: Does Scalia use any of those ‘judicial restraints’ he’s always yapping about...