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Epidra, a private firm in Athens, Ga., is exploring larger-scale applications, such as pyrolysis systems that can produce both enough energy to power a tractor and a biochar tailored to improve particular soils. "If you're going to grow food, you have to do it responsibly," says Bob Hawkins, Eprida's project manager. "And one way of doing that is to use it to generate sustainable energy." A prototype can turn a ton of ground peanut shells into 600 lb. (270 kg) of biochar, with energy as the bonus...
...particular achievement of The World is to flesh out the two potent forces that Naipaul has often seemed to repress: women and Trinidad, where he grew up. The abstemious Brahmin vegetarian who looked away from the movie screen whenever a kissing scene was shown, even after his marriage, is here revealed as a writer of wildly sensual letters whose mistress of 24 years called him "the Lion King" and drew sketches of his manhood in all its naked glory. That did not stop him from seeing her through three abortions and being, in his alarming words, "very violent with...
...described the events of November 4, a night still alive in the memories of the ebullient hundreds who filled Cambridge’s streets just one short month ago, as “not just a culmination, but a new beginning” for America. Who better than this particular elder statesman to make such a pronouncement? In the midst of his ongoing struggle with brain cancer and what will likely be his last term as a U.S. Senator, Kennedy has not only witnessed but also participated in much of America’s commendable progress over the last half...
...truth through the analysis of a number of outlets. “Much more thinking needs to be done both on the empirical side and in terms of the appropriate legal response,” Sunstein said. “We can see that in the Internet era in particular, false rumors are not only a source for many people— anonymous and less so—of unjustified injury and cruelty, but also pose serious problems for economic prosperity and democratic self-government as well.” Sunstein described the specific social and psychological tendencies to believe...
...account, we would suggest that student groups endorse candidates based primarily on how a their platform would specifically affect the group—rather than use the irrelevant criterion of how a certain candidate’s individual qualities or ideals may align with the group’s particular ideology. Endorsements are indeed an important component of any democratic process, and should not be denigrated by any such red herrings that are irrelevant to the election at hand. Ultimately, we applaud and anticipate the extra days of this year's UC presidential election, and strongly urge the candidates...