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...billion for Burlington Resources, one of the world's largest natural-gas producers. In the contiguous 48 states, easily accessible fields are running full tilt. "We've had great success finding new reserves, but these are unconventional sources--low-permeability gas sands, shale gas, coal-bed methane," says Peter Dea, CEO of Western Gas Resources, a Denver-based gas producer. Longer term, more supplies are on the way. The U.S. Interior Department last week opened for exploration 389,000 acres of Alaskan tundra and shoreline, which officials estimate may contain 3.5 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas. Yet that...
...quest for Hollywood success, actor Steve J. Sandvoss ’02 is turning to a source of ideas that the film industry often ignores: college screenwriters. With his brother Peter, Sandvoss has started a unique production company called Beep Box Productions. They have started a campaign to recruit scripts from college students by visiting college campuses and taking submissions at their website, “getmymoviemade.com.” “Things are changing here [in Hollywood],” Sandvoss says. “It’s not gonna be only the big studio bosses...
...says, is heighten your mental performance. If you're well rested, it tends to improve rudimentary brain functions, like keeping your attention focused on boring, repetitive tasks for long periods. "It also tends to improve mood," he says, "and makes people feel more energetic, generally better overall." Observes Dr. Peter Martin, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology and director of the Addiction Center at Vanderbilt University: "Attention and mood are both elements of how we focus our intellectual resources on a problem at hand...
...mark the first class, and every hour until 4 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays to mark the changing of the classes. On Saturdays, the bell rings as if it were a weekday, but stop by 1 p.m. because the University holds some Saturday classes, according to Reverend Peter J. Gomes, who is Plummer professor of Christian morals and The Memorial Church’s Pusey minister. On Sundays, the bell rings from 10:55 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. to mark the morning service and is silent the rest of the day, Gomes says...
...Peter picks it up like you can’t believe,” Campbell says. “He listens and counts. He can tell who is ringing the bell just by how much force they...